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April 2.
Langley. |
To John de Segrave, lord of Folkeston and to Nicholas Chaumpeneys
and Thomas Espelon, collectors of customs in the port of Sandwich.
Order to cause the 14 sarplars of wool and the 7 sarplars of wool fells
which they lately found laded in a boat at Folkestan to be taken to parts
beyond the sea contrary to the proclamation, and arrested for that cause, as
the collectors have certified the king, and which are in John's custody, to be
taken to London without delay and delivered by indenture to the collectors
of customs there. By K. |
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Mandate to the collectors in the port of London to receive the said wool
from the collectors in the port of Sandwich. By K. |
April 3.
Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to
permit John de Meldreg, attorney of the duke of Brabant to lade in that
port 200 sacks of wool of co. Southampton, to wit: 100 sacks to be received
by the hands of Nicholas Devenys and 100 sacks by the hands of William
Walkelate, the king's serjeant at arms, together with 40 sacks which the
king ordered to be delivered to John by Anthony Bache, the king's
merchant, and to permit that wool to be taken to parts beyond the sea, as
the king granted to the duke a certain number of sacks of wool to be
delivered to him upon certain conditions agreed upon between them in
parts-beyond the sea, and in part satisfaction thereof he assigned the said
200 sacks to him, ordering that they should, be delivered to John. The king
wishes the collectors to be discharged of the custom and subsidy thereof
towards him. By K. and C. |
April 6.
Langley. |
To John de Alveton, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford,
Berks, Bedford and Buckingham. Order to cause Ralph Russel, son and
heir of Theobald Russel to have seisin of all the lands of which his father
was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as the king took his fealty
for all the lands which his father held in chief and gave him respite for his
homage until Christmas next, unless the king should return from parts
beyond the sea in the meantime, and the king ordered Ralph de Middelneye,
then escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, to take
security from him for rendering him relief and to cause him to have seisin
of the said lands, saving the dower of Margaret, late the wife of Theobald,
and the king has now taken Ralph's homage. By p.s. |
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To John de Canford of Welhop, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset,
Devon and Cornwall. Order not to distrain Ralph Russel, son and heir of
Theobald Russel, tenant in chief, for his homage, as the king has taken
his homage for the lands which his father held in chief at his death. |
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By p.s. [13864.] |
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Membrane 28. |
April 1.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to go to the collector of the biennial
tenth granted by the clergy in the diocese of Canterbury, whom the king
has ordered to cause all the money thereof to come to the Tower of London
by the morrow of the close of Easter next to be delivered to William de
Edyngton, appointed receiver of all the money of that tenth this side Trent,
and to command him to have all the money at the Tower as aforesaid, and
if he refuse or neglect to do this, the sheriff shall compel him to bring that
money to the Tower, by distraints and in other ways, and he shall not omit
to do this upon pain of forfeiture. By K. |
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The like to all the sheriffs this side Trent. By K. |
April 2.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Oxford and Berks. Order to pay to Gerard Lartiler,
whom the king charged to make cross-bows and other necessaries in
Wyndesore castle, the arrears of his customary wages from the time of the
sheriff's appointment until the Purification last, in accordance with the
king's order to the sheriff under the privy seal. |
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By letter of the secret seal. |
March 28.
Sheen. |
To William Talmache, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford. Order to pay to Margaret de Kendale
what is in arrear to her of 26s. 8d. and of 18d. yearly due for the service of
the manor of Welles, co. Hertford, from the time when the manor was taken
into the king's hand, and to pay those services henceforth so long as the
manor is in the king's hand and in the escheator's custody, as the king
ordered Robert de Clere, late escheator in those counties, to inform him of
the cause of the taking of that manor into the king's hand, and Robert
returned that he had so taken it because he had found by inquisition of
office that Elena de Dernardeston held it for life of the inheritance of Giles
de Badelismere, who held divers manors in chief at his death, and that the
manor is held of Margaret as of her manor of Hicche, by homage and by
the service of 26s. 8d. yearly at Michaelmas and suit at her court of
Hicche every three weeks and also by the service of 18d. to the aid of the
sheriff of the county, at the same feast. By C. |
March 24.
Sheen. |
To the taxers and collectors of the triennial tenth and fifteenth granted
by the laity in co. Kent. Order to supersede the levying of that aid of the
goods of the hospital of Newark (novi operis), St. Mary, Strode, restoring
anything which they have levied, as the hospital was founded for the poor
and infirm who remain until they are healed, and for divers chantries and
other alms, and is so slenderly endowed that the goods thereof hardly suffice
for the maintenance of the master and brethren and of the said charges as
the king has learned, and the masters have never paid any tenths imposed
by the pope or other quotas to the king, 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 the said alms. By C. |
April 3.
Langley. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to assign to William Talemache 100l., by which William Muschet lately made fine with the king
for certain trespasses whereof he was arraigned before Bartholomew de
Burgherssh and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine the
oppressions and extortions committed by the king's ministers and others in
co. Cambridge, and also 50l. of such fine made for like causes by John de
Briggeham before those justices, and also 10l. of the issues of co. Cambridge
to be received by the hands of the sheriff of that county, to be received in
part payment of 406 marks in which the king is bound to William
Talemache, causing tallies to be levied at the receipt of the exchequer of the
sums so assigned to him, as he lent that sum of 406 marks to the king in
parts beyond the sea in aid of his affairs, and because he did this in the
king's need, the king has made him the said assignment. By p.s. |
April 9.
Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to
Otto, lord of Cuyk and to Joan his wife, or to Peter de Gildesburgh, clerk,
their attorney, 125l. and 1,500 florins of Florence for Easter term last,
as on 22 December in the 13th year of the reign the king granted to Otto
250l. to be received yearly for life of the issues of the customs in that port
and also granted to Otto and Joan in recompence for the lands in France
which they lost by reason of their stay with the king, 3,000 florins of
Florence or the value thereof at 3s. the florin, to be received yearly upon
the issues of the said customs until the lands should be restored to them or
until they were provided with lands and rents in the realm to the value of the
lands and rents so lost, and an indenture made with Conrad Clypping and other
merchants of Almain contains that rents and fees granted to magnates and
others upon the issues of the customs before the making of that indenture,
shall be paid to them. By p.s. [13869.] |
April 12.
Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 125l. and
1,500 florins to be allowed to the said collectors in their account, if they are
found to have paid those sums to Otto and Joan by virtue of the preceding
order. By the same writ. |
April 5.
Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to
permit the merchants of the society of the Leopardi to lade 80 sacks of
wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, having first paid
the custom and subsidy due thereon, if they find by inspection of the
papers or rolls of the late collectors there that those merchants took 600
sacks from that port by virtue of the king's grant, as the king ordered the
late collectors in that port to permit the merchants to take 600 sacks to the
said parts [as in this Calendar 14 Edward III, page 599], and now the
merchants have besought the king to grant them licence to take 80 sacks in
addition to the said parts, in part satisfaction of the residue of 1,700 sacks
granted to them. By C. |
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The like to the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in
the port of London for 50 sacks in addition to 400 sacks which the king
ordered the collectors to permit them to take as aforesaid. By C. |
April 2.
Langley. |
To the takers and receivers of wool at London. Order to deliver to John
de Meldreg, attorney of the duke of Brabant, wool extended at 26l., by
indenture, as the king granted to the duke a certain number of sacks of
wool to be delivered to him in parts beyond the sea, and in part satisfaction
thereof the king assigned to him 406 sacks of wool bought in divers parts
of England to be received in that port, and now John has incurred costs
amounting to 26l. in collecting and carrying the wool and in doing other
things for the acceleration of its passage, as it is testified before the king. |
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By K. and C. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Giles de Matryngham, the king's falconer, whom he sent with a falcon to co. Essex, to stay
there for some time, the arrears of his wages of 13d. daily from 8 January
last and to pay him 13d. daily henceforth as long as he shall stay in that
county, as the king ordered John de Coggeshale, then sheriff of that county
to pay John such wages, to wit 12d. daily for himself and 1d. daily for the
puture of the falcon, and now Giles has besought the king to order payment
to be made to him, as John was amoved from his office on the said
8 January and the present sheriff will not make any payment to him by
reason of an order not to pay money to any one. By C. |
April 5.
Langley. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in the
parts this side Trent. Order to pay to Richard de Grymesby, the king's
serjeant at arms, 60l. by indenture, without delay, upon the costs and
expenses of certain works enjoined upon him by the king. By p.s. [13861.] |
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Membrane 27. |
March 26.
Sheen. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth this side
Trent. Order to pay to Terricus lord of Mauny and to Master Clasius de
Dordrech, provost of Oelderbergh, the envoys and attorneys of the count
of Hainault sent to England, 1,500l. in subvention 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 and company at Burenfosse and elsewhere in
parts beyond the sea. By p.s. [13818.] |
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[Fœdera.] |
March 23.
Ditton. |
To the sheriff of Oxford and Berks. Whereas the king ordered him by
writ of privy seal to find maintenance for the king's studs and stallions in
those counties under the custody of Menautus de Brocaz, keeper of the king's
studs and stallions, and now the king has learned that the sheriff has not
hitherto cared to do this, by pretext of an ordinance of the king and council
that all the money of the ferms of cities, boroughs and towns and of the
counties shall be taken to the receipt at Westminster to be delivered to the
treasurer and chamberlains there, and as the stud and stallions may perish
for lack of such maintenance, the king orders the sheriff to view the
previous writ and to cause maintenance to be found in accordance with the
tenor of the preceding order, notwithstanding the said ordinance and
mandate. By K. and C. |
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The like to the sheriff of Wilts for the king's great horses and foals. |
March 31.
The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to cause Hugh Daudele, earl of Gloucester, to have an assignment
of 526l. 8s. 4d. upon the subsidy of the ninth in co. Kent of the second
year, as the king is bound to him in that sum of the arrears of
1,092l. 8s. 4d. in which he was bound to the earl by divers bills of the
wardrobe for the time when he was in the king's service on the siege of
Dunbar castle. By p.s. [13849.] |
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Vacated because it was surrendered and he has an assignment for that sum
upon the king's wool in co. Kent as appears in the second part of the patents of
this year. |
March 30.
The Tower. |
To Robert de Hambury, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to cause
all the money of the issues of that bailiwick to be levied with all speed so
that he shall answer therefor at the next proffer of the sheriffs and other
bailiffs of those parts on the morrow of the close of the present Easter at
the exchequer of Kaernervan, and to cause all those who are in arrears of
such debts and who have not wherewith to pay them ready, to be attached
and arrested and kept in prison until further order, informing the king of
the names of those so arrested and of the amounts due by them, by Walter
de Mauny whom the king is sending to North Wales to supervise the sums
which should be paid at the proffer on the said morrow at the exchequer
and to certify the king thereof. By K. |
March 30.
The Tower. |
To Walter de Mauny. Order to go to the said exchequer on the said
morrow and supervise the sums which are paid to the king there, informing
the king of the names of those arrested by the chamberlain for the nonpayment of debts due to the king. By K. |
April 3.
Langley. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, or
to his attorney 200l. for Easter term next, in accordance with the king's
grant to him of 400l. yearly of the issues of those customs. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Boston for 75l. of 150l. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull for
75l. of 150l. |
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The sheriffs of London for 100l. of 200l. |
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The sheriff of Essex for 50l. of 100l. |
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To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to pay to the earl or his attorney,
20l. for Easter term next in accordance with the king's grant to him of
40l. to be received yearly of the ferm or issues of that county by the hands
of the sheriff. |
April 2.
Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. Order
to permit Thomas de Leuesham and Walter Mundy, merchants, to lade 100
sacks of wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, having
first paid 40s. a sack for each of 40 sacks and 46s. 8d. a sack for the
remaining 60 sacks for the custom and subsidy, notwithstanding the order
to take 4l. on each sack laded in that port, provided that if the wool is
from other counties, it shall be arrested as forfeit and kept for the king's
use until further order, as Thomas and Walter have besought the king to
grant them the passage of 100 sacks of wool of cos. Cumberland, Westmoreland and the bishopric of Durham in that port for paying 40s. a sack
for the custom and subsidy, as the wool of those parts is so feeble and of
such moderate value, that a sack of the better wool there hardly attains the
value of 50s. and much of the wool has become rotten owing to its detention and through the negligence of the keepers thereof, so that it will not
be of value to any one if it is longer detained. By K. and C. |
April 6.
Langley. |
To the collectors of the custom and subsidy in the port of Ipswich.
Order to permit the attorney of John de Hanon[ia] to lade 100 sacks of
wool in that port and take them thence to parts beyond the sea quit of the
custom and subsidy, notwithstanding the ordinance of the king and his
council that wool may not be sent to such parts except from the ports of
London, Southampton, Boston, Kyngeston upon Hull and Newcastle upon
Tyne, as the king has caused 100 sacks of his wool to be delivered to John's
attorney at his request in part payment of certain debts in which the king
is bound to John. By p.s. [13865.] |
April 10.
Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
Order to permit Thomas Gra, merchant of York, to lade 100 sacks of wool
in that port and take them to Flanders, receiving 40s. a sack for a
moiety of the custom and subsidy and to allow the remaining 40s. to him
and to John Goldebetere, merchant of York in part satisfaction of the sums
due to them, as they have besought the king to grant this, as he is bound
to them and to certain other merchants of that city in 2,600l. which they
lent to him in parts beyond the sea as may appear by the king's letters
patent in their possession. By K. |
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Vacated because it was surrendered in the wax. |
April 12.
The Tower. |
To William de Ravendale, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to
pay 50l. to Robert de Burghcher the chancellor, for Easter term last, in
accordance with the king's grant to him on 20 December last for his good
service and for 100l. of land which Hugh Daudele, earl of Gloucester
granted to him for life for staying with the earl, and which the earl resumed
into his hand because Robert stayed with the king, of 100l. yearly, to be
received of the issues of the hanaper by the hands of the keeper thereof
for life, until he is provided with 100l. of land or rent for life. |
