Close Rolls, Edward III: August 1341 | British History Online

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: August 1341', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343, (London, 1902) pp. 266-271. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol6/pp266-271 [accessed 19 April 2024]

August 1341



Aug. 9. Sheen.	Richard Burneby of Watford and Simon de Thorle acknowledge that they owe to Robert de Eynesham, 'pelter' and citizen of London, 40 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Northampton.
Aug. 10. Sheen.	Richard de Haveryng, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William de Swaveseye and John Berlond, 30l.; to be levied etc. in co. Essex.
	Membrane 20d.
—	Elias Dicoun of Thorp, citizen and skinner of London, puts in his place William de Scarle and Thomas de Orgrave, clerk, to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for 50l. made to him in chancery by John de Briaunzon, knight.
	Enrolment of bond by Thomas Gra and Thomas de Lyndeseye, merchants of York, to the king of 200 marks for their wool, 100 marks to be paid at Bruges in Flanders within a month after a part of the said wool has been safely passed, which wool they have bought of the king, and 100 marks after the passage of the residue, for which payment they bind themselves and their heirs and executors and all their goods, moveable and immoveable. Dated at London on 13 August, 15 Edward III. French.
	Memorandum that Thomas and Thomas came to the New Temple, London, on the said 13 August, and acknowledged the preceding deed.
Aug. 21. The Tower.	Geoffrey de Say, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Aledone, knight, 466l. 13s. 4d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Kent.
	Membrane 19d.
Aug. 27. The Tower.	Memorandum that Robert de Burghcher the chancellor on Tuesday the feast of St. Donatus after the hour of vespers, by the king's order by writ of the secret seal made in the chancellor's chamber in chancery in the hostel of the bishop of Worcester near the stone cross in the parish of St. Mary atte Stronde, without the bar of the New Temple, London, delivered the great seal in a bag under his seal to Ralph Baron of Stafford and Philip de Weston, clerk, to be taken to the king at the Tower of London, which seal remained out of the chancellor's custody until the hour of prime on the following Wednesday, when the king returned it in a bag under his seal, to the chancellor, who received it from the king's hands and took it to the parish church called 'Berkyngchapele' near the Tower and had it opened there in the presence of Master John de Thoresby, keeper of the rolls of chancery, Thomas de Evesham and other clerks of chancery, and caused writs to be sealed therewith in that church. [Fœdera.]
Aug. 27. The Tower.	William Gentilcorps of Bovyndone acknowledges that he owes to Edward le Despenser, 120l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Hertford.
	Enrolment of release by William Galeys to John son of Hugh Skynnere of London of all his right and claim in the manor of Mandevill and in all other lands, meadows, pastures, woods, rents and reversions whereof the tenants hold for life or a term of years in Eltham, Modyngham and Cheselhurst and elsewhere in co. Kent, with all their appurtenances. Dated at London on Sunday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 15 Edward III.
	Memorandum that William Galeys came into chancery at the manor of the Carmelite friars, Fletestrete, London, on 10 August and acknowledged the preceding deed.
	Membrane 18d.
Aug. 20. The Tower.	To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, collector of the biennial tenth granted by the clergy of the province of York. Order, upon pain of forfeiture, to pay to Edward, king of Scotland, upon sight of these presents, or to his attorney, 300l. in accordance with the king's previous order [as at page 202 above], so that the king's progress to the march of Scotland may not be delayed for lack of such payment, and that no harm may come to the realm for this cause, as the abbot shall come before the king and his council at London on Monday after the Nativity of the Virgin next to answer for his contempt and further to do and receive what shall be ordained by the king and his council, as the abbot has not hitherto cared to make any such payment. By K.
	[Fœdera.]
	Membrane 17d.
July 28. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to supersede the taking Michael de Haynton by a certain mainprise until the day when the writ for taking him is returnable before the justices, as William de Elsyngg impleads Michael before the justices of the Bench, that Michael shall render account to him for the time when he was receiver of William's money, and because the sheriff returned before the justices that Michael has nothing where he can be summoned, the king ordered the sheriff by writ de judicio to take Michael and keep him safely to have him before the justices at Westminster on the day when the writ de judicio is returnable before them, to answer William concerning the said plea, and Michael has found before the king in chancery Henry le Clerk of co. Essex and John de Musewell of co. Norfolk, his mainpernors, who have undertaken to have him before the justices on the said day to answer William if he then wishes to speak against him, and further to do and receive what the king's court shall determine.
July 27. The Tower.	To William de Bohun and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses committed by the king's ministers and others in co. Oxford. The abbot of Thame has shown the king that whereas his grange called 'la Wyfald' is member and parcel of the town of Chakendon and his grange called 'Stokegraunge' is member and parcel of the town of Stoketalmache, and although he has no other lands in those towns and has hitherto paid the tenth for them under the title of lands of those towns and for his lands in the town of Tettesworth, with the clergy of the archdeaconry of Oxford, yet the justices aggrieve him because it is found by a presentment made before them that the abbot was not taxed at the fifteenth for 2 carucates of land at Wyfald and for 2 carucates of land at Tettesworth and for 3 carucates of land at Stokegrange, among the laity, whereupon the abbot has besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore sends to the justices enclosed with these presents a certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer sent into chancery, testifying that the abbot has temporalities in the said towns of Chakenden, Stoketalemache and Tettesworth, and pays the tenth with the said clergy of those temporalities as annexed to his spiritualities, and the king orders the justices to view the said certificate and if they find by inquisition or otherwise that the said carucates are the same as the temporalities contained in the certificate, then they shall do what is lawful and customary for the abbot's discharge of those things which are imposed upon him by the said presentment.
July 20. The Tower.	To Bartholomew de Burgherssh. Order to come to Auntoyne in Flanders with all possible speed for the treaty begun, so that the dissolution of the treaty may not be imputed to any fault of the king. By K.
	[Fœdera.]
	The like to the following:—
	Master John de Offord.
	Nicholinus de Flisco. [Ibid.]
Aug. 1. Havering atte Bower.	To the sheriffs of London. Order to release John de Chastelyoun from prison by a certain mainprise, as he has besought the king to provide a remedy for his release, as he lately came to the king to England from parts beyond the sea for certain secret affairs touching the king, and while prosecuting those affairs he was taken and is imprisoned at Neugate by virtue of a writ de judicio directed to the sheriffs at the suit of John de Stodeye and John de Pampesworth, citizens of London, asserting that he was receiver of the money of the said John and John and ought to render account to them therefor although he is not bound to them in anything, by process made maliciously before the justices of the Bench; and by the testimony of trustworthy persons it is found that John and John have sued maliciously and John de Chastelyoun has found the following mainpernors in chancery, to wit: Alemannus Cacheford, Bartholomew de Chastelyoun and Francis Blaunchard, who have undertaken to have him before the justices three weeks from Michaelmas on which day the said writ is returnable, as is said, to answer John and John for the said account and further to do and receive what the king's court shall determine. By C.
Aug. 5. Havering atte Bower.	To Robert de Scardeburgh. Order not to intermeddle with any offices by pretext of any commission of the office of justice in any of the king's Benches, or of assize, gaol delivery, or to take inquisitions of oyer and terminer, or with any offices touching the king. By p.s. [14269.]
May 20. Westminster.	To Thomas Wake of Lydel and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine the extortions and excesses committed by the king's ministers and others in cos. Essex, Hertford, Norfolk, and Suffolk and to do certain other things contained in their commission. Whereas it was agreed and ordained in the present parliament held at Westminster, that all upon whom fines were assessed by such justices appointed in divers counties of the realm and who were not present when the fines were made and would not consent to the portions touching them by reason of such fines, should be discharged of the fines and stand to the common law before the justices or elsewhere where they ought of right to answer, the king orders the justices to discharge John de Marton, his clerk, of his fine in accordance with the said ordinance, as he was assessed at 30l. in his absence for the portion touching him of a fine made in common by the king's ministers of co. Essex, in the session of the justices at Colchester in co. Essex and he was in the king's service in chancery outside co. Essex at that time, and has asserted in chancery that he will not consent to the payment of 30l. but is ready to stand to the common law where he ought of right to answer. By C.
	To the sheriff of Essex. Order to supersede the exaction made upon John by reason of the said fine by extracts of the said justices delivered to him, until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next or until further order. By C.
	Membrane 15d. (fn. 1)
Aug. 1. Havering atte Bower.	To the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Oxford. Order to supersede the levying of wool of the abbot of Oseneye until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next, so that after information has been received what is just may be done to him, by the advice of the council, as the commission made to the collectors contains that the wool shall be levied of archbishops, bishops and religious holding by barony, earls and barons and others, and now the abbot has informed the king that although he holds all his lands annexed to the abbey by charters of the founders and the confirmation of the kings, in frank almoin and not by barony or otherwise in chief, and the said temporalities are annexed to his spiritualities, whereof he paid the tenth granted by the clergy beyond the triennial and annual tenth, yet the assessors and collectors compel him to pay wool, as if he held by barony, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy, and he has asserted before the king in chancery that it is contained in the exchequer that the abbots of that place have been amerced at the exchequer as men of the community of the realm and not as barons holding by barony, whereof he cannot have the certificate before Michaelmas next, because the said place is removed, and the king does not wish the abbot to be charged with the wool before his tenure has been ascertained by the certificate and the manner of the amercement of his predecessors. Proviso that wool shall be levied of the abbot's lands acquired after the 20th year of Edward I and that answer be made to the king for the sum of wool of the said counties in accordance with the apportionment thereof. By C.
	The like to the assessors and collectors of wool in cos. Gloucester and Buckingham.
	Membrane 14d.
July 28. The Tower.	To the assessors and vendors of the ninth of sheaves, fleeces and lambs in co. Huntingdon. Order to cause the abbot of Croyland to have respite for the ninth until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next, so that after the matter has been deliberated with the council, the king may cause to be done what seems good to the council, as the abbot has besought the king to order the demand made upon him for the ninth to be superseded as neither he nor his predecessors have held any lands by barony and have never done service in the king's armies; as may fully appear by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of the late king, sent into chancery, and the abbot does not hold anything of the king whereby he ought to be summoned to parliament, and although he was not present in person by his proctor at the parliament where the ninth was granted, and has paid the tenth granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury not summoned to that parliament, beyond the triennial and annnal tenth previously granted by the clergy, at the statutory terms, which greatly exceed the value of the ninth, yet the assessors and vendors unjustly distrain him for the ninth. Proviso that the abbot shall pay the ninth on any lands acquired after the 20th year of Edward I, in accordance with the agreement made in the last parliament. By C.
	[Rep. Dignity of a Peer, iv. page 534.]
	The like to the following, to wit:—
	The assessors and vendors of the ninth in co. Lincoln.
	The assessors and vendors of the ninth in co. Cambridge.
	The assessors and vendors of the ninth in co. Bedford. [Ibid.]
	Membrane 13d.
Aug. 22. Sheen.	Nicholas de la Beche, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Edmund de Bereford, clerk, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.
Aug. 24. Sheen.	John de Roscamp, John Clerk of Wokyngham, the elder, and William Matheu of Wokyngham, acknowledge that they owe to Raimund de Fargis, dean of the church of St. Mary, Salisbury, and Master Bernard Vivent, clerk, 60 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Berks.
	Cancelled on payment, acknowledged by Bernard.
	Enrolment of deed testifying that whereas on Friday after St. Matthew in the 12th year of the reign Richard Godsalm, knight, of co. Essex, granted to Sir John de Marton, late parson of Westtillebury church, John de la Pole and Roger de Skeryngton, clerk, all that tenement with two shops annexed thereto and all its appurtenances, which he held by hereditary succession after the death of Richard Godsalm, knight, his father, in the parish of St. Benet atte Wodewharf, London, rendering to Richard a red rose yearly for the first six years, at Midsummer, and then 60s. yearly at the same term, if they wish to hold the said tenement, and afterwards Richard granted that they should hold the said tenement freely for one year beyond the six years, without rendering the 60s. yearly, Richard grants for a certain sum of money paid down by John, John and Roger, that they shall hold the said tenements and shops for six years beyond the seven years contained in the previous charter and deed, without rendering the said 60s. yearly. Andrew Aubrey, mayor of London, Adam Lucas and Bartholomew Dieumars, sheriffs. Witnesses: Walter Neil, then alderman of the ward of Baynardcastel, William de Carleton, Richard de Pynnore, William atte Well, 'candelar,' Thomas de Maryns, Roger de Frowyk, John de Priterwell, Jurdan le Sherman, then bedel of the ward. Dated at London on Tuesday after St. Bartholomew, 15 Edward III.
	Memorandum that Richard Godsalm came into chancery at the New Temple, London, on 29 August and acknowledged the preceding deed.
	Membrane 12d.
Sept. 8. Sheen.	Brother Nicholas prior of Holy Trinity, London, acknowledges for himself and convent that they owe to John de Oxon[ia], citizen and vintner of London, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in the city of London.
	Cancelled on payment, acknowledged by Richard de Rothyng, executor of John's will.
	Membrane 10d. (fn. 2)
Aug. 24. The Tower.	To the sheriffs of London. Order to supersede the demand made upon Richard Polkyn, John Polkyn, Nicholas Hotot and John Adam for 5d. a sack on 618½ sacks 13 stones 2½ pounds of the wool granted in the last parliament, in cos. Surrey, Sussex and Middlesex, which the king is about to send out of the port of London to parts beyond the sea, by them, in his own name, and to permit them to cross with that wool from the said port from time to time, so that no other wool cross except that contained in the indentures made between the king and those merchants, as the king is not bound to pay any custom on his wool or other things within the realm of England. By K.