Close Rolls, Edward III: June 1341

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1902.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: June 1341', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343, (London, 1902) pp. 158-171. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol6/pp158-171 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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June 1341

June 6.
The Tower.
To Henry de Greystok, clerk, and John Edred of Evre, keepers of the lands which belonged to John de Molyns, now in the king's hand. Order to deliver the manor of Silveston, co. Northampton, with its appurtenances, to the abbess and convent of Burnham, together with the issues thereof from the time of its being taken into the king's hand and with the goods and chattels of the abbess and convent found therein, as lately at the suit of the abbess and convent showing that John de Molyns granted that manor to them by charter on 12 February in the 12th year of the reign, by the king's licence to hold in perpetual almoin to find certain chantries and other works of piety, and they remained in seisin of the manor by virtue of the said grant and licence until William Trussel of Cublesdon and James de Kyngeston, under colour of a commission to take into the king's hand all the lands which belonged to John, took that manor, the king appointed the prior of Luffeld, John de Stoke, clerk, Henry Gobyoun, Hugh Gobyoun and John Edred to take an inquisition on the matter by the men of that county, by which it is found that John granted the manor to the abbess and convent by charter on the said 12th day, by the king's licence, to hold in perpetual almoin, to find three chaplains to celebrate divine service daily, to wit: one in the said abbey at the altar of St. Katherine, one in the church of Stoke Pugeys at the altar of St. Thomas the Martyr, and the third in the chapel of Ditton, annexed to the church of Stoke, for the salvation of the king, Queen Philippa and their heirs and of John and Egidia his wife and their children, and for the souls of the same after death and for the souls of all the faithful departed, and to distribute certain alms yearly and perform other works of piety, in accordance with John's ordinance, and that the abbess and convent were seised of the manor by virtue of the said grant and licence, receiving all the profits, rents, perquisites of court and other issues, until William and James took it into the king's hand, under colour of their commission.
By K. and by writ under the seal of 'Griffoun.'
June 12.
Langley.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to Robert de Burghcher, the chancellor, 81l. 13s. 4d. of the money of forfeited wool and other merchandise in that port which the king ordered to be sold by the collectors, and of other issues of the custom; in part payment of 181l. 13s. 4d., as on 20 January last the king granted him 300l. in aid of the maintenance of all his extraordinary expenses, beyond the accustomed fees of the chancellor and 200l. in aid of his provision of vessels and other necessaries for that office, to be received of the king's gift, of the issues of the hanaper for the present year by the hands of the keeper thereof, at the exchequer and in other suitable places where he should be promptly satisfied, and the king ordered 318l. 6s. 8d. to be delivered to him in part payment of the said 500l., as appears by inspection of the chancery rolls, and the king wishes him to be satisfied for the remaining 181l. 13s. 4d. By K.
June 13.
The Tower.
To Richard de Marton, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster. Order to deliver to Adam de Everyngham the younger the manors of Laxton, co. Nottingham and Northleverton, co. Nottingham, together with the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Adam de Everyngham of Laxton at his death, held no lands in his demesne as of fee but that he held the manor of Laxton in chief for life by the service of a knight's fee and the manor of Northleverton of the archbishopric of York, now in the king's hand, by the service of 2s. yearly, also for life with remainder to Adam the younger, his son, and to the heirs male of his body; and the king has taken the homage of Adam the younger for the manor of Laxton and his fealty for the manor of Northleverton, and has rendered them to him.
By K. on the information of the chancellor.
June 13.
The Tower.
To John de Wodhous, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. Order to deliver to Adam de Everyngham the younger the manor of Everyngham, co. York, together with the issues thereof, and not to intermeddle further with the lands which are held of other lords than the king, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator, that Adam de Everyngham of Laxton, at his death, held no lands in his demesne as of fee, in chief as of the crown, but that he held the said manor for life of the archbishopric of York, now in the king's hands, by the service of performing the office of butler in the archbishop's house on the day of his inthronization, with remainder to Adam the younger, his son, and to the heirs male of his body, and he held lands of other lords by divers services; and the king has taken the fealty of Adam the younger.
June 12.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent, and of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury. Order to pay to the men of Ipre, or to Hugh de Ulseby or to his attorney what is in arrear to them of 466l. 3s. 2d. and 400l. beyond that sum of the first money of the ninth and tenth in the parts of Lyndeseye, co. Lincoln, and in certain other parts this side Trent, so that they may be speedily satisfied and that the payment of such money be not delayed for any order previously assigning money for the release of Henry earl of Derby, as in part payment of certain debts in which the king is bound to those men he has assigned to them 466l. 3s. 2d. to be received by William's hands of the said money and 400l. beyond that sum in part payment of the same debts. By p.s.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth granted by the community of the realm, in all the counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Giles de Bello Campo, 30l. 0s. 1d. in which the king is bound to him of the arrears of his wages for the time when he was in the king's service in parts beyond the sea, as may appear by a bill in his possession, as he says, under the seal of William de Northwell, late keeper of the wardrobe.
By p.s. [14153.]
Membrane 40.
May 28.
Westminster.
To Hugh Buscy, sheriff of Sussex, and John Flemyng. Order to dearrest the 8 sacks 57 cloves 6 pounds of wool which Thomas Palmere of Winchester—whom the men of the towns of Bruges and Ipre in Flanders have attorneyed to receive a certain number of sacks of the king's wool taken and purveyed in that county, which the king assigned to those men for certain debts in which he was bound to them—received of the sheriff and John for the use of those men by a certain tally made between them, and which the sheriff and John afterward arrested, and deliver them to Thomas by indenture, without delay, as part of the sum of the said sacks, notwithstanding any order to the contrary. By K. and C.
May 28.
The Tower.
To Roger Power, the king's serjeant at arms. Order to deliver to the marquis of Juliers or to Reginald Skononne, his attorney, by indenture, 20 sacks of the wool arrested as forfeit, because not coketted, by John de Segrave at Folkeston and by Roger at Sandwich, keeping the residue of such wool until further order, to have in part satisfaction of a certain number of sacks of wool which the king promised to deliver to the marquis in the realm, for a certain price, to be taken to Flanders. By K.
May 24.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to deliver to the marquis of Juliers or to his attorneys, by indenture, without delay, 9 sacks 6 stones 7 pounds of wool which the sheriff arrested of the goods and chattels of Thomas Wake and his fellows, late receivers of wool in that county according to the rate of the fifteenth of the increment of wool received by them, as the sheriff has returned before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and which he caused to be brought to London at the king's order, as the king wishes to satisfy the marquis in part for a certain number of sacks which he promised to cause to be delivered to him, for a certain price, to be taken to Flanders. By K. and C.
June 4.
The Tower.
To the collectors in co. Kent of the wool granted in the last parliament held at Westminster. Order to deliver to John Cokelare of Bruges or to his attorney 10 sacks of the first wool collected in that county, by indenture, without delay, in accordance with the king's grant to him in recompence for 100l. granted to him for his good service and the damages and costs sustained by him therein. By p.s. [14139.]
May 28.
The Tower.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to Niet de Neghtes of Almain, knight, 50 marks of the subsidy which certain merchants of Almain are bound to pay as custom for the passage of wool in that port, beyond the 40s. a sack assigned to Conrad Clippyng and his fellows, merchants of Almain, in accordance with the king's grant to Niet, in part payment of debts in which the king is bound to him for the time when he was in the king's service. By p.s. [14101.]
To the same. Like order to pay 20l. of the said subsidy to Robert de Foresto, in accordance with the king's grant to him in recompence for replacing his horses, the arrears of his wages and certain other debts in which the king is bound to him for the time when he was in the king's service, receiving from him his letters of acquittance for all debts, actions and demands which he has against the king. By p.s. [14101.]
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in that port of Boston. Order to permit Saierus Scof, merchant of Brabant, to take to Brabant 12 sacks of wool bought by him long before the grant of 20,000 sacks to the king, which have not yet been taken by reason of certain orders and proclamations of the king, if the said Roger (sic) will take oath that the wool was bought as aforesaid and if the collectors find by inquisition or otherwise that it is so, receiving 40s. a sack from him, as Saierus has besought the king to permit him so to take those sacks, paying the 40s. a sack due for the custom and subsidy at the time when he bought them.
By K.
To the late takers, purveyors and surveyors of wool in the parts of Holand, co. Lincoln. Order to cause the said 12 sacks of wool to be dearrested and delivered to Saierus, to be taken to Brabant, as they were arrested by the collectors under pretext of certain orders of the king.
By K.
May 28.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Sussex, and to the takers and purveyors of wool in that county. Order to cause all the wool of Henry, earl of Derby, arrested by them, to be dearrested without delay and delivered to the earl or to his attorney notwithstanding any order to the contrary, as the king lately appointed the sheriff and others to take 400 sacks of wool in that county, and now he is informed that they have arrested divers wool of the earl, and the king has considered the expenses incurred by the earl in his service. By K.
May 30.
Westminster.
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Wolfardus de Gustellis, 100l. in part payment of divers sums in which the king is bound to him for his wages for the time when he was in his service in parts beyond the sea, as may appear by divers bills of the wardrobe in his possession. By p.s.
June 1.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to permit the merchants of societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi to lade in that port what remains to be laded of 370 sacks, to take them to Flanders, receiving from them ½ a mark a sack for Conrad Clippyng and his fellows, merchants of Almain, to whom the king granted all the customs in all the ports of the realm, and allowing to them 2½ marks a sack remaining of the custom and subsidy of 40s. in part payment of the debts in which the king is bound to them, as in order to satisfy the merchants for the sums in which he is bound to them the king granted that they should buy wool in England up to the sum of 1,800 sacks and that they should take the Bardi 150 and the Peruzzi 220 sacks thereof from that port and the remaining 1,430 from the ports of London, Kyngeston upon Hull and Boston to parts beyond the sea, paying 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, and the king ordered the collector to permit those merchants to take the 370 sacks in the form aforesaid, and it is agreed between the king and the merchants of Almain that they shall receive ½ mark a sack for wool taken out of the realm from Whitsuntide last until a certain time and that the residue of the custom and subsidy shall remain to the king. By p.s.
June 13.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Walter Paynleue of Ravenserod, who is staying continuously at Grymesby, co. Lincoln, so that he cannot exercise the duties of his office in co. York, as the king has learned.
Membrane 39.
June 14.
The Tower.
To Conrad Clippyng and his fellows, merchants of Almain. Order to receive ½ mark a sack of 300 sacks of old wool from the merchants of the societies of Bardi and Peruzzi, and to permit them to cross with that wool to parts beyond the sea, in accordance with the agreement made between the king and the said merchants of Almain; as the king granted that the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi should buy 1,800 sacks of wool in the realm, lade them in ships in the ports of London, Southampton, Boston and Kyngeston upon Hull to be taken to parts beyond the sea, paying 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, as is contained in an indenture made between them and the council dated 6 March last; and the king ordered the collectors of customs in the said ports to permit the merchants to take the wool from those ports as aforesaid, to wit: from London 800, from Southampton 370, from Boston 300 and from Kyngeston 280 sacks; and now the king has learned from the merchants that a great part of the said wool still remains to be taken, wherefore they have besought the king to grant them licence to take all the wool so remaining, paying ½ mark a sack for the custom and subsidy and to cause the remaining 2½ marks to be allowed to them in part satisfaction of the sums in which the king is bound to them, and in consideration of their heavy expenses on the king's affairs, the king has granted that they shall take 300 sacks of the said wool, to wit: from the port of London 100 sacks, from the port of Southampton 100 sacks, from the port of Boston 50 sacks and from the port of Kyngeston 50 sacks, paying ½ mark a sack to the merchants of Almain in accordance with the aforesaid agreement. The king wishes the remaining 2½ marks a sack to be allowed to the merchants in part satisfaction of the said debts. By K. and C.
June 14.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to pay to Henry de Ingelby, the king's clerk, 10l. 18d. of the 30l. 4s. 6d. (fn. 1) in which the king is bound to him for his wages and robes, as may fully appear by a bill in his possession under the seal of William de Cusance, keeper of the wardrobe.
By p.s. [14161.]
June 10.
The Tower.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Adam bishop of Winchester 10 sacks 22 cloves of wool delivered by him to Robert de Popham and his fellows, collectors of the moiety of wool in co. Southampton, if they find that he so delivered them, in accordance with the ordinance, as the parliament held at Westminster on the morrow of the Purification in the 12th year of the reign granted the king a moiety of wool up to the sum of 20,000 sacks, so that security should be given for paying a reasonable price for the same, and the king appointed divers lieges in all the counties to take the said moiety by indentures containing the quantity taken, and it was afterwards ordained in the great council held at Northampton on the morrow of St. James following, that the wool should be paid according to the rate of the fifteenth, to wit a stone or clove of 14 pounds for every 20s. of the fifteenth, and pro rata, and now the bishop has shown the king that although he delivered 10 sacks 22 cloves of his wool by reason of that grant to Robert and his fellows and the residue of his wool to the prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, then deputed to collect wool from prelates, abbots and priors in the diocese of Winchester, as may appear by indentures made between the bishop and the prior and Robert, and by the account of the prior and Robert rendered at the exchequer, yet the treasurer and barons unjustly cause the bishop to be distrained for 10 sacks 22 cloves in addition because it is found by the prior's account that the bishop is bound to pay 10 sacks 22 cloves for his temporalities, in accordance with the rate of the fifteenth, beyond what the prior has answered for, whereupon the bishop has besought the king to provide a remedy.
June 12.
The Tower.
To the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. Because the king is informed that William Oliverson of Durdreight, who undertook to take 11 sacks of the king's wool from the port of Southampton to Flanders, under certain agreements made with him to deliver them to the merchants of the society of the Leopardi, in part satisfaction of certain sums which they promised to pay for the release of Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of Derby, went fraudulently with that wool to Seland, aided and abetted by Nicholas Lomp of Durdright and did his pleasure therewith, and William has now once more touched at that town of Great Yarmouth with a ship of his laden with iron and other merchandise, the king orders the bailiffs to attach William and cause the ship and all the merchandise therein to be arrested and safely kept until further orders, and to have William before the king in chancery on the morrow of Midsummer next to answer for his contempt.
By K. and C.
April 24.
Westminster.
To Roger de Poley, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford and Buckingham. Order to deliver to Bartholomew de Burgherssh, brother of Henry de Burgherssh, late bishop of Lincoln, the manors of Heghtredbury, Great Colerne and Sterte, together with the issues thereof, from the time of the bishop's death, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by John de Alveton, late escheator in those counties, that the bishop at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee in that bailiwick, but that he formerly gave the said manors to Robert de Brok and Ralph de Saunford, clerk, and Robert and Ralph rendered the said manors by a fine levied in the king's court, to the bishop, to hold for life, with remainder to Bartholomew, whose homage the king has taken for the said manors. By p.s. [13907.]
June 17.
The Tower.
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to pay to Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the north, 100 marks upon his yearly fee, which he receives from the king by reason of his office. By p.s. [14170.]
June 4.
The Tower.
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth granted by the commonalty of the realm and of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy, this side Trent. Order to pay to Terricus, lord of Mauny, and to Master Clasius de Dordreich, provost of Coldrebergh, envoys and attorneys of the count of Hainault sent to the king in England, 1,000 marks as an instalment of 25,000 florins of Florence, in which the king is bound to the count for replacing his horses lost in the king's service at Burenfosse and other parts beyond the sea, and the king ordered William to deliver 1,500l. to the said attorneys of the issues of the ninth, as an instalment of the said 25,000 florins. By p.s.
[Fœdera.]
June 20.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to pay to Henry Shenk 40l. in aid of his expenses in going to parts beyond the sea, in part payment of 165l. in which the king is bound to him for his wages and those of the men at arms whom he retained with him in the said parts, and for the arrears of a certain fee of 100 marks which the king lately granted to him to be received for life and in 50 marks of that fee for Easter term last, as may appear by bills in his possession under the seal of William de Cusancia, keeper of the wardrobe. By p.s. [14125.]
Membrane 38.
June 17.
The Tower.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Quappelade, who has no lands in that county in fee to qualify him, in accordance with the statute.
June 18.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Bartholomew de Burgherssh, 100l. upon his wages for the time when he was attendant upon the king's council by his order. By p.s. [14177.]
May 20.
The Tower.
To the same. Order to pay to Gerard de Aldenove, knight, of Almain, 20l. which the king has granted to him of his gift in recompence for his services in Scotland and France and for all actions, plaints and demands which he may have against the king. By p.s. [14064.]
To the same. Order to pay to Henry Scharfeskyn, knight, of Almain, 16l. 13s. 4d. for Easter term last of the yearly rent of 50 marks to be received of the king's coffers. By p.s. [14064.]
June 16.
The Tower.
To the same. Order to pay to Reginald de Donyngton, the king's clerk, 37l. of the money of the subsidy of cos. Worcester, Devon and Cornwall as the king is bound to him in a certain sum for his wages for the time when he was in the king's service in parts beyond the sea, as may appear by certain bills in his possession under the seal of William de Northwell, late keeper of the wardrobe. By p.s. [14168.]
June 15.
The Tower.
To the sheriff of Devon. Writ of aid for the prior of St. Nicholas, Exeter, collector of the triennial tenth granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury in that county, in levying that tenth of the lands, goods and chattels of all those whose names the prior shall give him, of whom the prior cannot levy the tenth, with order to deliver the money thereof to the prior, and he shall take and imprison all those whom he finds contrary or rebellious in the levying of the tenth and detain them until their punishment has been ordained by the council, and shall inform the king of the names of those so arrested, as the king has learned that some religious and other ecclesiastical persons in that county refuse to pay that tenth to the prior, resisting him and his ministers by armed force, and so threatening them that they do not dare to levy the tenth, wherefore the payment thereof is much retarded. By K.
Et erat patens.
June 10.
Langley.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to view the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer and the evidence in possession of Adam bishop of Winchester of the debts in which the king is bound to him, and to cause them to be allowed to the bishop in the debts which he owes to the king, as he has besought the king to order this to be done, except the debts for wool touching the bishop of the grant of 30,000 sacks made in the last parliament. By p.s.
June 14.
The Tower.
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to pay to the merchants of the society of the Bardi the sum of money granted to them of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy in certain dioceses and places, without delay, as the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi on 28 May in the 14th year of the reign agreed to find 2,000 marks a month for the expenses of the household and the king's servants and for the wages of his serjeants of the household to be paid by indenture to the keeper of the wardrobe; and although they ought to have received divers sums of money upon the subsidy of the ninth and the said tenth and on the fines of the alien religious in divers parts of the realm, for supporting that charge, as is fully contained in an indenture made between the king and them, yet the merchants of the Bardi have delivered 2,369l. 11s. 8d. beyond the sums received by them upon such assignments, to William de Cusance, keeper of the wardrobe, as may appear by the keeper's letters of acquittance in their possession, wherefore they have besought the king to order the money to be paid to them in the dioceses and places where it was first assigned, by the collectors there, to wit: in the diocese of Worcester by the abbot of Cirencester, 290l. and in the same diocese by the prior of Worcester 204l. 11s. 8½d.; in the diocese of Exeter by the prior of St. Nicholas, 215l. and in the same diocese by the prior of Pelton 60l.; in the diocese of Salisbury by the abbot of Abyndon, 380l. and in the same diocese by the abbot of Middelton, 420l.; in the diocese of Norwich by the prior of Norwich 800l.; and if any of that money is lacking, that the king will cause the money to be paid to them of the tenth in another place. By K. and C. and by p.s.
June 16.
Westminster.
To Robert de Radeclif, sheriff of Lancaster, and to the vendors and assessors of the subsidy of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces in co. Lancaster. Order to deliver all the money of that subsidy to William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, or to his attorneys in part satisfaction of 5,000l. of a greater sum in which the king is bound to him for his wages for the time when he was in the king's service in parts beyond the sea, as may appear by bills in his possession under the seal of William de Northwell, sometime keeper of the wardrobe, as is said, and by a roll sent into chancery under the privy seal, as the king has assigned to the earl the said 5,000l. to be received of the money of the said subsidy in co. Lancaster, the North Riding and a moiety of the West Riding co. York, of the first year. The king will cause Robert and the others to be discharged of the sums which they deliver to the earl, towards John de Ellirker, deputed receiver of the subsidy beyond Trent, to whom the king has ordered all the money of the subsidy to be delivered.
June 25.
The Tower.
To William de Ravendale, keeper of the hanaper. Order to pay to Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the north, 50 marks, in part payment of 100 marks, as the king lately ordered William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent, to pay Robert 100 marks upon his yearly fee as admiral, and William has not the money ready to make such payment, as he has testified before the king and his council. By K.
June 22.
The Tower.
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Master John de Offord, the king's clerk, 135l. 13s. 4d. if he finds that sum to be due to John after examining his bills, as the king is bound to John in 435l. 13s. 4d. for his wages for the time when he was in the king's service in the war in parts beyond the sea and for his expenses in going as envoy to the Roman court, as may appear by bills under the seal of William de Northwell, the late, and William de Cusancia, the present, keeper of the wardrobe, which are in his possession as he asserts. By p.s. [14196.]
June 24.
Langley.
To the same. Order to pay to Robert Daundelyn, whom the king lately appointed to arrest all ships of the Cinque Ports and other ports, towns and places from the port of Pevensey to la Pole, for the king's service, and to do certain other things contained in the letters patent, 10l. upon his expenses in the premises. By p.s. [14199.]
May 15.
Westminster.
To William Talemach, escheator in cos. Essex, Hertford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to deliver to Isabella late the wife of Thomas Phelipp of Baldok, the manor of Lebury, co. Essex, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Thomas at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee in chief, but that he held the said manor jointly with Isabella as of the honour of Boulogne, by knight's service and suit of court of that honour every month, except 6 acres of land 1½ acres of meadow, 28s. 5d. rent in Chishull and Arkesden, which are parcel of the manor, which said manor, land meadow and rent are held of others than the king, and the king has taken the fealty of Isabella.
Membrane 37.
May 28.
Westminster.
To John de Caneford of Welhop, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Order to cause John de Mohun, kinsman and heir of John de Mohun, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which John, his grandfather was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as although he is in the king's wardship and has not yet proved his age, the king wishing to show special favour to him, at the request of Bartholomew de Burgherssh, in whose custody are the lands of John's inheritance, to be held until the said heir shall come of age, has taken his homage for the lands which his said grandfather held in chief, and has rendered them to him.
By p.s. [14103.]
The like to the following, to wit:—
Roger de Polay, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford and Buckingham.
Richard de Marton, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster.
June 2.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to pay 500 marks of the money of the subsidy of co. Oxford to William de Kildesby, the king's clerk, in part payment of 1,000 marks which the king assigned to him of the issues of the ninth in co. Oxford, in part payment of the debts in which the king is bound to him for the time when he retained men at arms in the king's service in parts beyond the sea, as may fully appear by bills of the wardrobe, and the said clerk has hitherto received nothing of the said sum. By p.s.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties this side Trent and of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury. Order to pay 200l. to William de Northwell, late keeper of the wardrobe, for wages due to the men of the household, where it is most necessary, by the counsel and advice of William de Cusancia, the present keeper of the wardrobe, by indenture, as the money of the said subsidy in cos. Worcester, Devon and Cornwall, assigned for the payment of such wages, does not suffice for such payment. By p.s.
Mandate to William de Northwell, late keeper of the wardrobe, to receive the 200l. from William de Edyngton and pay them as aforesaid. By p.s.
May 30.
The Tower.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to permit the attorneys of the men of Bruges and Ipre to lade 48 sacks of wool in that port, when they are brought thither, and take them thence to Flanders quit of the subsidy and custom due thereon, in accordance with the agreements made between the king and those men, granting them permission to take a certain number of sacks to Flanders, for certain debts in which he is bound to them, so that they should find canvas for packing the wool, and the king ordered the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Wilts and the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Somerset to cause 25 and 23 sacks of wool respectively to be taken to the said port and delivered to the said attorneys by indenture. By K.
The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Chichester to permit the said attorneys to lade 68 sacks 13 cloves of wool of co. Sussex in that port, the king having ordered the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Sussex to cause the wool to be taken to the said port and delivered to the attorneys. By K.
May 24.
Westminster.
To John de Wodhous, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. Order to deliver to Thomas de Rokeby the wapentakes of Hang, Halikold and Gillyng, co. York, if they were not previously adjoined to that county, together with the issues thereof, as for his good service in Scotland and elsewhere and for the defence of the king's lands the king granted to Thomas 60l. to be received yearly at the exchequer until the king should cause him to be provided with 60l. of land or rent yearly; and afterwards the king granted to Thomas the reversion of the said wapentakes, which John, duke of Brittany and earl of Richemund now deceased held for life by the king's grant, on the duke's death, notwithstanding any ordinance to reunite such wapentakes and hundreds to the counties, so that Thomas and his heirs should cause the wapentakes to be guarded in accordance with the statute lately passed at Lincoln, and the king also granted to Thomas those 36l. which the duke was bound to render yearly at the exchequer for the said wapentakes to be received by the hand of the duke or his bailiffs during the duke's life, in part recompence for the said 60l.
By C.
June 1.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich. Order to permit the marquis of Juliers and earl of Cambridge to lade 100 sacks of his wool in that port by his attorneys and take them to Flanders, without paying the custom and subsidy thereon, in accordance with an order made at another time [as at page 77 above], and notwithstanding any order to the contrary, provided that he pay 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy on any of the 100 sacks laded by him after Whitsuntide next. By K.
June 4.
The Tower.
To the collectors of the new custom in the port of London. Order to supersede the demand which they make upon the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzifor 40d. a sack on 800 sacks for the new custom, as those merchants have undertaken to pay great sums for the king in parts beyond the sea, in discharge of his debts to divers creditors there, wherefore the king granted that they should buy 1,800 sacks of wool in the realm and take 800 sacks thereof, to wit: the Bardi 450 and the Peruzzi 350, to the said port, and the remaining 1,000 sacks to the ports of Southampton, Kyngeston upon Hull and Boston, lade them in ships there and take them to parts beyond the sea, paying 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, as is contained in an indenture made between the king's council and the said merchants, dated 6 March last, and the king has ordered the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of that city to permit the said merchants to lade the 800 sacks there and take them to the said parts, after paying 40s. each for the custom and subsidy.
June 18.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth and of the biennial tenth in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to cause payment or other satisfaction of 6 marks a sack for 40 sacks to be made to Nicholas le Devenissh of Winchester, the king's merchant, provided that the release of Henry, earl of Derby, be not delayed upon that pretext as Nicholas lent the king 100 sacks for his use, at 6 marks the sack and by the king's order he delivered them to the attorneys of the duke of Brabant, in part satisfaction of a certain sum in which the king was bound to the duke, and the king wishing to satisfy Nicholas for the price of the said wool lately caused such satisfaction to be made to him for 60 sacks thereof and caused the price of the remaining 40 sacks to be assigned to him upon the issues of the ninth in co. Southampton of the second year of payment, and it was decreed in the last parliament at Westminster that the subsidy should be converted into a subsidy of a certain number of sacks of wool, so that Nicholas cannot obtain payment for the said 40 sacks upon the issues of the ninth, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy. By p.s. [14175.]
June 21.
The Tower.
To Roger la Zouch and John Martyn, late receivers of wool according to the rate of the fifteenth in co. Leicester. Order to deliver 11½ sacks 10 stones 4⅓ pounds of wool of the increment of the wool in that county, still in their hands, as is returned before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, to the marquis of Juliers or to Tillemannus de Werda and William Muchet, his attorneys, by indenture, without delay, in part satisfaction of 100 sacks of old wool, which the king promised to deliver to the marquis for a certain price to be taken to Flanders, in part satisfaction of the certain debts in which the king is bound to him, as it is ordained by the king and his council that the said 11½ sacks 10 stones 4⅓ pounds shall be delivered as aforesaid to the marquis or to his attorneys. By K. and C.
The like to John de Turveye, sometime one of the takers of the moiety of wool in that county, for 2 sacks 10 stones 6 pounds of the increment of wool in his hands. By K. and C.
June 18.
The Tower.
To John Dymmok, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton and Rutland. Order to cause John de Swynford, son and heir of Margaret, late the wife of Thomas de Swynford, to have seisin of all the lands of which his mother was seised at her death in her demesne as of fee, taking security from him for rendering his relief at the exchequer, as the king has taken his homage for all the lands which Margaret held in chief and has rendered them to him. By p.s. [14176.]
Vacated because on the roll of Fines.
Membrane 36.
June 14.
Westminster.
To Reymund Segyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of London. Order to deliver a tun of wine of the prise of London to the abbot and monks of St. Peter, Westminster, for the morrow of St. Botulph next for the celebration of divine service in their church, in accordance with the grant of Henry III to them, confirmed by the present king's charter, of a tun of such wine yearly.
June 18.
Langley.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Foxton as the substitute of Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, in the office of coroner of that city, of which Reymond cannot fulfil the duties because he is attendant upon the king's affairs in divers parts of the realm.
June 15.
The Tower.
To S. bishop of Ely. Order to reinstate the prior of Bernewell in the office of collector of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy of that diocese, and to permit him to collect the tenth so that he may be able to answer William, marquis of Juliers and earl of Cambridge, for the money thereof, in accordance with the king's assignment to the marquis of the said tenth in that diocese, as the king ordered the prior to pay the money of the tenth to the marquis, who has informed the king that the bishop has caused the prior to be amoved from his said office, so that he cannot pay the tenth to the marquis, who has besought the king to cause the prior to be reinstated in his office. By K.
June 15.
The Tower.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to pay to Queen Isabella or to her attorney, 47l. 7s. 4d. remaining of 250l. for Easter term last of the 500l. which the king granted to her to be received yearly of the customs and subsidies in that port, for her life, and ordered the collectors of customs in that port to pay her the said 500l. yearly; and John de Barton and Hugh del Clay, late collectors of customs in that port, paid 202l. 12s. 8d. for the term of Easter last, to the said queen, as they have certified in chancery, by the king's order.
June 15.
The Tower.
To the dean and chapter of St. Peter's, York. Order to permit the abbot of St. Mary's, York, to collect the tenth granted by the clergy of the province of York on the octaves of the Purification in the 14th year of the reign, in the diocese of York, for which he was deputed by the dean and chapter, and to revoke the sequestration upon the money of that tenth in his hands and the sentence of excommunication fulminated against him, without delay, so that the abbot may be able to answer to the king for all the money of that tenth on the quinzaine of Midsummer next, which day the king has given to the abbot to render his account finally for the tenth, the dean and chapter not intermeddling with the receipt or collection of the money thereof without the king's special order, knowing that if the payment of the money is delayed by any revocations, sequestrations or other acts of theirs, beyond the said quinzaine, the king will cause what is lacking to be levied of their lands, goods and chattels without delay and will punish them in an exemplary manner for their contempt and disobedience; as the abbot has informed the king upon his account at the exchequer that the dean and chapter have revoked their commission to him and have sequestrated all the money collected by him, and have warned him not to collect the residue of that money or intermeddle further therewith under pain of grave ecclesiastical censures, wherefore the abbot has not dared to answer the king for the money collected by him or collect the money, and thus the payment of the money is delayed to the damage and peril of the realm.
By K.
Order to the sheriff of York to go to the chapter in person and warn them not to impede the abbot in collecting the tenth, and, if he finds them rebellious or contrary in this matter, to inform the king of their names.
By K.
May 1.
Westminster.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Robert atte Ford, Roger Bedyk, John de Wymondham and John de Wynton to lade 200 sacks of old wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, receiving 50s. a sack from them for the custom and subsidy, in accordance with the king's grant to them.
By K.
The like to the same for John Frere for 100 sacks of such old wool.
June 28.
Westminster.
To the justices of the Bench. The abbot of St. Evroult has shown the king by his petition before him and his council that whereas he impleaded before the justices John de Alveton and Joseph le Baillif for his cattle, to wit: 2 horses taken and unjustly detained in the town of Cherleton in a certain place called 'Wythesmees,' and John came by William de Merston, his attorney, and pleaded for him and Joseph that the taking was just because at the time John was sheriff of Oxford and by reason of his office he was hundredor of the hundred of Poughedelowe, wherein the abbot holds a messuage and virgate of land in the town of Cherleton, and that the place in which the taking was made is parcel of the tenements for which the abbot owes suit at the said hundred every three weeks, of which suit the king was seised by a certain William Wyth of whom a former abbot acquired those tenements, and the king's progenitors have been seised of that suit from time out of mind, and because the suit was in arrear for four years, John took the said horses for the suit of the first four years, as was his right; and the abbot said that John could not justify the taking for the reason aforesaid, and that the king's progenitors were never seised of the suit by William or any of his ancestors, and the abbot and John have both petitioned for an enquiry by the country; and the process thereupon being afterwards continued by inquistion held before Thomas de Heppescotes, one of the justices of the Bench, associated with John de Lyouns, knight, by writ of nisi prius at Dadyngton, taken in the presence of the attorneys of the parties and returned before the justices in the Bench, it was found that neither the king nor his predecessors were ever seised of the said suit by William or any of his ancestors or others who previously held the said tenements, as may appear, it is said, by the record and process held thereupon before the justices in the Bench, and although the abbot has often requested the justices to proceed to render judgment in the matter, they have hitherto delayed to do so because the affair touches the king, it is said, whereupon the abbot has besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore orders the justices to view the record and process held before them and to proceed to render judgment with all lawful speed, notwithstanding that the affair touches the king. By pet. of C.
May 8.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to pay to Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of Derby, or to his attorney 10l. for Michaelmas term in the 13th year of the reign, and 20l. for Easter and Michaelmas terms in the 14th year of the reign, and 10l. for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 20l. yearly of the issues of that county, made at the request of the parliament at Westminster, notwithstanding any assignment of the money of those issues at another time or any order to take the issues to the king's receipt.
June 1.
Langley.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to deliver to Robert le Bousser or to his attorney, 4 sacks of the 7 sacks of wool taken as forfeit at Grenewych in recompence for four sacks of the price of 20s. taken from him at Coggessale by William le But of Colchester and his fellows, lately appointed to take the moiety of wool in co. Essex who charged themselves therewith in their account rendered at the exchequer, as is found by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, sent into chancery. If the 4 sacks delivered to Robert exceed the value of 20l. the king wishes Robert to answer for the surplus, and the collectors shall certify the king in chancery concerning the price and sort of the wool.
By C.
Membrane 35.
June 10.
The Tower.
To the sheriff of Sussex, John de Radyngdene, William de Northo, John de Perchinge and John Flemyng, takers and purveyors of wool in that county. Order, upon sight of these presents, to deliver 10 sacks of wool to Henry, earl of Derby, or to his attorney, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, as although the king lately ordered the sheriff to detain until further order 10 sacks of wool arrested by him at Wormynghirst [as at page 155 above], yet it has been testified to the king by those in whom he has confidence that the said 10 sacks belong to the earl. By K.
June 14.
The Tower.
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the counties of the realm this side Trent. Order to deliver by indenture to the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi all the money of that subsidy of the archdeaconry of Lincoln and cos. Hereford, Salop, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester and Hertford, and 2,000l. of the money of the triennial tenth of the last term of payment, to wit: 500l. collected by the prior of St. Katherine's, Lincoln, in the diocese of Lincoln, 700l. collected by the prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, and 200l. received by the collector in the diocese of Hereford, and 300l. collected by the prior of St. Bartholomew's, London, and 300l. collected by the abbot of Keynsam, collector in the diocese of Bath and Wells, or wherever else the money may be had quickly, with all possible speed, in part satisfaction of the sums in which the king is bound to them, as the king wishes them to be able to serve him better and to preserve better state, and if any of the said sums have been paid to others, then he shall pay those sums to the merchants of the subsidy of other counties, without delay, as the said merchants have lent the king great sums for his urgent affairs touching the defence of the realm, and the war in parts beyond the sea; and the king has assigned to them all the subsidy of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces and of the ninth of cities and boroughs and of the fifteenth of merchants living outside cities and boroughs and of other men who do not live by cultivating their own fields or by their own stock granted by the parliament held at Westminster on Wednesday after Sunday in Mid Lent in the 14th year of the reign, in the said archdeaconry and counties, of the first year; and now the king has learned from the merchants that although they paid divers parcels amounting to 29,257l. 22d. or thereabouts by reason of the said grant, to wit: 5,333l. 6s. 8d. for certain payments to Flemings and to be sent for certain affairs touching the king in Gascony, and 3,000l. to Matthew Daste as the price of 500 sacks of wool in part payment of sums due for the king's jewels, 3,480l. to the men of Lovayn as the price of 580 sacks of wool upon a good account, 10,500l. to Simon de Hale, 1,894l. 13s. 4d. to John Suderman and his fellows, merchants of Almain, 2,189l. 1s. 6d. to Hugh de Geneve, 1,003l. to Ralph de Hautevill, 523l. 6s. 8d. to John Deynard, 800l. to Henry de Flandr[e] or thereabouts, and 533l. 6s. 8d. or thereabouts to certain men of Cologne for money lent to the king at Andewerp, as may appear, they assert, by those parcels shown before the council, yet those merchants have only received 6,491l. 13s. 4d. in part satisfaction of the said sums up to the present and they have not been able to receive a greater sum, to the manifest depression of their estate, whereupon they have besought the king to provide a remedy.
By K. and C. and by p.s.

Footnotes

  • 1. 30l. 4s. 11d. in the privy seal, with direction to pay a third part thereof to Henry.