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Membrane 26. |
March 20. Langley. |
To R. bishop of London and to the collectors in that bishopric of the
biennial tenth lately granted by the clergy of the realm. Order to deliver
to Michael Petri de Cuellar', proctor of P. formerly cardinal of St. Praxede,
now bishop of Sabina, what pertains to him of the money of the
procurations of cardinals in that diocese, taken for the king's use,
as the king lately caused such money to be taken into his hand
and ordained that satisfaction for those sums should be made to
the cardinals of the issues of that tenth, and ordered the bishop
to retain the sums and cause them to be kept for the use of the cardinals
to be paid to them when they desired it, and now the said cardinal has
besought the king to order such payment to be made to him. |
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[Fœdera.] By p.s. [13803.] |
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The like to eight other bishops and to the collectors in their dioceses and
to the guardians of the spirituality of the archbishop of York and of the
bishopric of Lincoln, sede vacante, and to the collectors in those dioceses,
and to the collectors in the bishopric of Rochester. [Ibid.] |
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Like order for the same cardinal under date March 22 to the aforesaid
collectors and to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, the collector of the tenth in
the diocese of York, the prior of St. Katherine's without Lincoln, one of
the collectors of the tenth in the diocese of Lincoln, and the abbot of
Eynesham, the other collector in that diocese, to deliver the said sums to
the proctor. |
March 26. Sheen. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Nicholas Devenyssh of
Winchester 357l. 2s. 3d. of the issues of the ninth in cos. Southampton
and Wilts of the first year of the grant and 160l. of the ninth of the second
year in co. Southampton, and that done to receive the tallies and Nicholas's
letters of acquittance and the king's letters obligatory, as the king assigned
to him 357l. 2s. 3d. in co. Southampton, being bound to him in that sum
for wool bought from him at Durdraght by Reginald de Conductu and John
de la Pole as may appear by three tallies levied at the exchequer, and
because he gave the king 15 sacks of wool in his last passage to parts
beyond the sea and has now lent the king 40 sacks which are extended at
160l. at 6 marks the sack, and the king caused the 40 sacks to be delivered
to the duke of Brabant, and the king wishes Nicholas to be satisfied for
the said sums. By p.s. [13817.] |
March 25. Sheen. |
To the same. Order to pay 240l. to Nicholas to whom the king is bound
in that sum of 60 sacks of wool at 6 marks the sack which he bought and
delivered by the king's order to the duke of Brabant. By p.s. [13821.] |
March 28. Sheen. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay 72l. 19s. 6d. to Henry
Prodhome if they find that the king is bound to him in that sum for his
wages of war and those of the men at arms and archers whom he retained
with him 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,
sometime keeper of the wardrobe, and he has besought the king to order
payment to be made to him. By K. |
March 20. Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
Order to permit William de Kelstern, merchant of Beverley, and John de
Rypon, merchant of York, or their attorneys to lade 40 sacks of wool in
that port and take them to parts beyond the sea which are in the king's
friendship, having first paid 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, if that
wool is of lambs' wool, wool twice shorn and other wool called 'peltewoll,'
'cobbewoll' and wool of 'malemort,' as they have besought the king
to permit them to take that wool which the takers and purveyors refused
to take because it is too feeble and insufficient for the king. By K. and C. |
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The following have like writs, to wit: |
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Thomas de Leuesham, merchant of York, for 10 sacks in the port of
Hertilpole. By K. and C. |
March 26. Langley. |
Thomas Colle, Richard de Weston, Adam de la Home and John
Rotour, merchants, for 40 sacks in the port of Kyngeston upon
Hull. By K. and C. |
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Thomas Graa and John Goldbetere, merchants of York, for 80 sacks
in the same port. By K. and C. |
March 26. Sheen. |
Nicholas Nolyn, merchant of Malyns, for 2 sacks of 'peltewoll' and
200 wool-fells in the port of Boston. By K. and C. |
March 26. Sheen. |
John de Gaunt for 20 sacks in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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By K. and C. |
March 26. Sheen. |
John Lokre, burgess of Ghent, for 30 sacks in the same port. |
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By K. and C. |
March 20. Westminster. |
Gerard Corp for 30 sacks of such wool in the port of London. |
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By K. and C. |
May 5. Westminster. |
Simon Bertevill of Loughteburgh for 40 sacks of such wool in the
port of Boston. By K. |
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Walter Prest the younger of Melton Moubray for 40 sacks of such
wool in the same port. By K. |
May 4. Westminster. |
Thomas Kele of Lincoln for 20 sacks in the same port. By K. |
May 6. Westminster. |
Robert de Beverlaco of 100 sacks of wool in the port of Kyngeston
upon Hull. By K. |
May 8. Westminster. |
Robert de Dalderby and John de Canewyk of Lincoln for 40 sacks in
the port of Boston. By K. |
May 12. Westminster. |
Thomas Reyner of Haverbergh for 30 sacks in the same port. |
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By K. |
March 28. Sheen. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king
ordered the sheriffs of England by divers writs to cause all the fines,
issues, forfeitures adjudged and amercements affeared before the justices
appointed to hear and determine the trespasses, extortions and damages
committed by the king's ministers and others, to be levied without
delay and the money to be brought to the exchequer to be delivered to
the treasurer and chamberlains there except so much as was paid for
wages to the said justices, the king orders the treasurer and barons to
direct the sheriffs by writs under the exchequer seal to pay wages to
the justices of the issues of those fines etc. in accordance with the
king's orders to the sheriffs and to cause the residue to be levied and
brought to the exchequer as aforesaid. By K. |
March 30. Sheen. |
To the sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham. Order to find for Master
William de Otford what he needs for the costs of certain of the king's
horses in his custody in those counties, by indenture, notwithstanding
any order to the contrary. By K. and C. |
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The like to the same sheriff for William de Framesworth. |
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By K. and C. |
March 30. The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Buckingham. Whereas the king lately committed
to Nicholas de Bokelond and John Cory, the custody of all the lands,
goods and chattels which belonged to John de Molyns and which are
in the king's hands by reason of his rebellion, and of the fees,
liberties and other appurtenances of those lands, so that they should
answer for the issues in the chamber, and among other liberties the
king granted to John by charter that in his manors of Stoke Pugeys
and Dytton he should have 'infangethef' and 'outfangethef' and the
chattels of his men and tenants who were felons and fugitives; the king
therefore orders the sheriff that if Henry Inde when he committed the
felony for which he was adjudged to death before the justices of oyer
and terminer in co. Berks, held as of the manors of Stoke and Dytton
after those liberties were granted to John, then he shall deliver all the
goods and chattels which belonged to Henry, and were forfeited by the
felony to Nicholas and John, to answer therefor as aforesaid. |
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Membrane 25. |
March 25. Sheen. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to pay to John Crabbe, whom the king
appointed to make certain engines and hoardings for the war, and to the
carpenters and other workmen whom the king directed him to arrest for
their works at the king's wages, their reasonable wages as shall be agreed
between the receiver and John. By K. |
March 25. Sheen. |
To Nicholas de Passelewe, late sheriff of Buckingham. Order to cause
the gaol of Aillesbury to be repaired or rebuilt without delay up to the sum
of 20l. by the view and testimony of Gerard de Braybrok, the present
sheriff and of two other lawful men of Ayllesbury, in accordance with a
previous order to him to cause the gaol to be repaired by the views of two
such men, in which he has hitherto done nothing. By K. |
March 30. The Tower. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull and to the collectors of
customs in the port of that town. Order to cause 30 sacks of wool
arrested there to be de-arrested without delay and delivered to Godekynus de
Revele and his fellows, merchants of Almain, charging them with the
custom and subsidy thereon and permitting them to lade the 30 sacks in
the port of Kyngeston upon Hull, and take them to parts beyond the sea
in accordance with the tenor of the king's order, as the king granted to
those merchants for their good service and because they lent 300 sacks of
their wool at London to the king for the use of the duke of Brabant, that
they should take 300 sacks of their own wool to parts beyond the sea, to
wit 270 from the port of Boston and 30 from that port for paying 70s. a sack
for the customs and subsidies, with which they should be charged in part
payment of the debts in which the king is boand to them for which the
customs of the realm are assigned to them; and now the king has learned
that Robert de Sancto Owano, his serjeant at arms, deputed to arrest wool
in co. York, has arrested the said 30 sacks in the port of Kyngeston and
delivered them to the mayor and others, so that the merchants are prevented
from taking that wool. By K. |
April 4. Langley. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to John de Hanon[ia] or to his attorney,
500 marks for Easter term in accordance with the king's grant to him on
7 February in the 1st year of the reign of 100 marks to be received yearly
of the issues of the said custom by the hands of the collectors of the same,
and the indenture made with the merchants of Almain contains that all
such assignments made to magnates and others upon the customs before
they were granted to those merchants, shall be paid. |
March 30. The Tower. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the money of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, 1,938l. 14s. of the subsidy in co. Northampton, if he finds
that 1,938l. 14s. are in arrear to him of 2,572l. 14s. 0¾d. which the king
assigned to him of 4,546l. 17s. 6¾d. of a greater sum in which he was bound
to the earl for his wages for the time when he was in the king's service in
parts beyond the sea and for other causes touching the war, to be received
of the subsidy in that county of the first year, and now the earl has besought
the king to order the said 1,938l. 14s. which is in arrear to be paid to him,
and the king has considered the costs sustained by the earl in his service
and the great sums of money in which he is bound to divers creditors for
this cause and wishes to help him so that he may be able to pay those debts
speedily. By p.s. [13843.] |
March 31. The Tower. |
To the takers and collectors of wool in the city of London. Order to
deliver to Nicholas Rode, attorney of James Dartevelde, 60 sacks of wool,
by indenture, without delay, which the king has assigned to James of the
best wool of the merchants of the society of the Peruzzi in that city arrested
for the king's use, in part satisfaction of a certain sum of sacks of wool
which the king promised to pay to him, in accordance with agreements
made between them for debts in which the king is bound to James. By p.s. |
April 2. Langley. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to deliver to Hugh Daudele, earl of
Gloucester, whom the king is sending as envoy to parts beyond the sea,
230 marks upon his expenses in going to the said parts. By p.s. [13859.] |
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To the same. Order to deliver to Ralph de Brok, the king's clerk, whom
he is sending as an envoy to parts beyond the sea, and to whom the king
has granted 5s. in parts this side the sea and 6s. 8d. in parts beyond for his
daily wages, 20l. upon the said wages in that journey and in part payment
of certain debts in which the king is bound to him. |
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By the same writ. [13858.] |
April 2. Langley. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Wolfhardus de
Gustell and Eleanor his wife what is in arrear to them of 100l. yearly from
14 September in the 11th year of the reign, in accordance with the king's
grant to them on that day of 100l. for themselves and the heirs male of
their bodies, to be received yearly at the exchequer, until the king should
provide them with 100l. yearly of land or rent. |
April 2. Langley. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to pay to John Dyen, 20l. without delay,
as he has besought the king to order such payment to be made to him, as
the king is bound to him in divers sums for his wages and fees from the time
when he was in the king's service in the duchy of Acquitaine, as may
appear by bills under the seal of the constable of Bordeaux. |
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By p.s. [13857.] |
Feb. 11. Westminster. |
To William de Ravendale, keeper of the hanaper in chancery. Order to
deliver to Master Gerald de Podio and Reymund his brother, the charter by
which the king granted to them that he would not separate the duchy from
the crown of England, quit of the fee which pertains to the king. By K. |
April 2. Langley. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand which they make on the master and brethren of the hospital of
Newark (novi operis), St. Mary, Strode for the tenth and fifteenth of the tenth
year of the reign and for the triennial tenth and fifteenth, as the hospital
is so slenderly endowed that the goods thereof hardly suffice for the
maintenance of the master and brethren and of the alms and other
charges incumbent upon the hospital, 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; but the treasurer and
barons, because the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth granted
in the tenth year of the reign and of the triennial tenth and fifteenth
afterwards granted in co. Kent assessed the goods of the master and
brethren in that county of divers sums and delivered their rolls thereof at
the exchequer, cause those sums to be exacted of the master and brethren
by the sheriff of the county. By C. |
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Membrane 24. |
April 12. Langley. |
To Henry Muddepenyng and his fellows, merchants of Almain, to whom
the king granted all the customs and subsidies in all the ports of the realm
up to a certain time or to their attorneys in the port of Ipswich. Request
to permit the attorney of John de Hanon[ia] to take 100 sacks from that
port to parts beyond the sea, without exacting the custom and subsidy due
thereon, as the king is bound to him in 100 sacks and ordered the collectors
of the custom and subsidy in that port to permit him to take them as
aforesaid. The king will allow those merchants to receive the custom and
subsidy in that port beyond the appointed limit until they are satisfied for
the said customs due, unless they are satisfied for the same in the mean
time at another place. |
April 12. The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Whereas the king granted that Gilbert Bernard, burgess of
Ghent, should lade 20 sacks of wool-fells which he had at the house of
Henry de Combemartyn under the name of Giles Nasse, Gilbert's attorney,
in that port and take them to Flanders paying 40s. a sack for the custom
and subsidy due thereon, and now the king has granted that he shall lade
6 sacks of wool-fells beyond the 20 sacks, which he has at the city of
London under the name of Giles, and take them to Flanders paying custom
as aforesaid, the king orders the collectors to receive 40s. for each of the
26 sacks and to permit Gilbert to lade them in that port and take them to
Flanders, notwithstanding the order to take 4l. for each sack of wool laded
in that port. If they find any good wool fraudulently laded among the
said wool they shall cause all the wool to be arrested and detained until
further order. By C. |
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Mandate to the takers and purveyors of wool in the city of London to
cause the said 6 sacks to be de-arrested and delivered to Gilbert or to his
attorney, to be taken to Flanders with the 20 sacks. By C. |
March 31. The Tower. |
To Nicholas de Langeton, mayor of York, and to William de Grantham,
John Randman, and John Haunsard, late bailiffs of that city, and to
Nicholas de Scorby and Walter de Kelstern, collectors of customs there.
Order to deliver to John Cokelare of Brugges, or his attorney, 28 sacks of
wool, without delay, by indenture, informing the king of the price thereof,
as lately while the king was in parts beyond the sea, he sold to John for a
certain sum of money, 40 sacks of wool, to be received in certain places in
the realm, as might fully appear by an indenture between the king and
John; and the king assigned to him 28 sacks of the wool arrested in that
city by Thomas de Brayton and Richard atte Wode, the king's serjeant at
arms, and delivered to the mayor and others by indenture, and 12 sacks of
wool similarly arrested by Thomas and Richard in the town of Kyngeston
upon Hull, and delivered to the mayor and bailiffs and collectors of customs
there by indenture. The king has sent a like order to the mayor and
bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull, and to the said collectors with respect to
the 12 sacks, and has ordered the collectors to permit John or his attorney
to lade the 40 sacks in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull and take them to
parts beyond the sea, having first paid 40s. a sack for the custom and
subsidy due thereon. By p.s. |
March 20. Langley. |
To the vendors and assessors of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces
in the parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln. Bartholomew de Burgherssh has
besought the king to order the levying of the ninth from certain demesne
lands by the vendors and assessors to be superseded, as Henry de Burgherssh, late bishop of Lincoln, his brother, granted to Bartholomew all the
goods and chattels which belonged to the bishop in the realm, and he is
ready to answer to the king for the ninth, touching the demesne lands
which belonged to the bishop in certain counties of the realm; the king
therefore orders the vendors and assessors to take an inquisition as to the
sum paid for the ninth of the said demesne lands in those parts, having
consideration to this that others paid the ninth of the parishes in which
the said lands are, and to inform the king of what they shall find, remitting
this writ, superseding until the month of Easter next the levying of the
ninth of their lands, provided that the ninth be levied as is just of the
tenants of the bishop and of the fermors of the lands which belonged
to him. By p.s. |
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The like to the vendors and assessors of the ninth in the following
counties to wit:— |
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Leicester |
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Rutland |
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Huntingdon |
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Northampton |
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Bedford |
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Oxford |
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Buckingham |
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Nottingham |
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The parts of Lyndeseye in co. Lincoln. |
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By the same writ. |
March 20. Langley |
To the bailiffs of Lincoln. Order to pay to William de Ros of Hamelak
or to his attorney 150 marks, as he granted to the late king the castle of
Werk upon Tweed with all appurtenances except the advowsons of the cells
pertaining to the priory of Kyrkeham and the hospital of Boulton, in
exchange for 400 marks of land and rent yearly between the waters of the
Thames and Tay (Taysie), and the late king granted to him 400 marks of
rent of the ferms of the cities of Lincoln and York, to wit 120l. of York
and 146l. 13s. 4d. of Lincoln, to be received yearly by the hands of the
bailiffs of their cities until the king should provide him with 400 marks of
land or rent as aforesaid; and William remitted 100 marks of the 400 to
the late king by his deed, and he has informed the king that the bailiffs
refuse to pay him by pretext of an ordinance of the king and council that
all money of the ferms of cities, boroughs and towns and of the issues of
counties shall be taken to the receipt at Westminster to be delivered to the
treasurer and chamberlains there, and of an order of the king thereupon
directed to them, and William has besought the king to cause him to have
the said 300 marks. The king has ordered the bailiffs of York to pay the
remaining 150 marks to the said William or to his attorney. By C. |
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The like to the bailiffs of York, 'mutatis mutandis.' By C. |
April 1 Langley. |
To the takers, purveyors and receivers of wool in the city of London.
Order not to intermeddle with the taking, purveyance and receipt of wool
but to supersede the execution of the king's commission to them as the
greater part of the 20,000 sacks granted to the king remains to be collected,
and now at the supplication of certain merchants and others who wish to
take wool to parts beyond the sea the king has granted that wool to the
number of 20,000 sacks may be taken by merchants and other lieges and
friends in the realm, and laded in the ports of London, Southampton,
Boston, Kyngeston upon Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne, and taken to the
said ports, so that 40s. a sack shall be paid beyond the custom and subsidy
due, except foreign merchants who bought wool in the realm before the
said grant, and others to whom the king granted a passage of wool up to a
certain number of sacks. And the king has ordered the sheriffs of England
to cause this to be proclaimed and observed. By K. and C. |
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The like to the takers, purveyors and receivers of wool in all the counties
of England. |
April 1. Langley. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Hertilpole. Order not to
permit any wool, hides and wool-fells to be laded in ships in that port or
taken thence to parts beyond the sea, until the said 20,000 sacks of wool
have been taken. By K. and C. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in all the ports of the realm except
the five ports mentioned above. |
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To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit all
merchants whether native or alien and other lieges and friends of the king
to lade their wool in the port of London and after paying 40s. a sack of
increment beyond the custom and subsidy to take them to parts beyond the
sea, except foreign merchants who bought the wool before the grant of
20,000 sacks to the king, and except others to whom the king granted a
passage of wool up to a certain number of sacks. By K. and C. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in the remaining four ports. |
April 15. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to restore to
Thomas de Hatfeld, the king's clerk, all his goods and chattels which were
taken into the king's hand by the sheriff of Dorset by virtue of the king's
order under the exchequer seal, because Thomas did not come before the
treasurer and barons at the exchequer to render account for the money and
jewels received by him in the king's chamber, and the king further ordered
the sheriff to deliver the goods and chattels to John Turburvill and
Richard de Parys to be kept for the king's use, but he now wishes Thomas
to have restitution thereof of his special favour. By p.s. [13884.] |
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Membrane 23. |
April 4. Langley. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit Gilbert Bernard, burgess of Gaunt, to lade 20
sacks of wool-fells in that port and take them to Flanders, after paying 40s.
a sack for the custom and subsidy, in accordance with the king's grant to
him, which sacks he has at the house of Henry de Combemartyn, under
the name of Giles Nasse, Gilbert's attorney. By C. |
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Mandate to the takers and purveyors of wool in the city of London to
cause the said 20 sacks, arrested by them, to be de-arrested without delay
and delivered to Gilbert or to his said attorney. By C. |
April 13. The Tower. |
To the takers and purveyors of wool in the city of London. Order to
deliver 8 sacks of wool to the attorney of James Darteveld in part amends
of 72 sacks which the king caused to be delivered to him in payment of
certain debts in which he was bound to him, in full payment of the said
debt, as the king has learned that the wool so delivered is of such
moderate value that it does not suffice to satisfy the said debt. |
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By p.s. [13878.] |
April 12. The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit
Conrad Clippying, the king's merchant, or his attorney to lade 100 sacks
of wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, first paying
40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, in accordance with the king's
grant to him. By p.s. [13873.] |
March 15. Langley. |
To William de Edyngton, receiver of the money of the subsidy of the
ninth this side Trent, at the Tower of London. Order to pay to Henry
de Brisile, Gilbert Birkyn, Geoffrey Hanneby and William de Stranshale,
merchants of Kyngeston upon Hull, 173l. 6s. 8d. of the subsidy in co.
Norfolk if he finds that sum to be due to them, receiving from them the
king's letters obligatory under the seal of William de Kildesby, the king's
clerk, the letters patent assigning that sum to them and their letters of
acquittance, as the king assigned that sum to them of the issues of the
ninth in that county, as they had lent a like amount to him in aid of his
affairs in parts beyond the sea, and although it was afterwards ordained by
the advice of the council that all the money of the ninth should be
brought to the Tower and delivered to the receiver to perform therewith
what should be enjoined upon him, upon which pretext the merchants
have not yet received any payment, yet the king wishes them to be
speedily satisfied because they lent the money to him in his great need.
It is the king's intention that William de Northwell, late keeper of the
wardrobe, shall be charged with the said sum. By p.s. |
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The like to the same William for Roger de Brisele, Walter Holeward,
Robert Draper and Alan Cok, merchants of Kyngeston upon Hull, to pay
400l. to them. By p.s. |
April 4. Langley. |
To the takers and receivers of wool in the city of London. Order to
deliver to the marquis of Juliers or to Reginald de Scoenowen and Libertus
Vace his attorneys, 100 sacks of wool, by indenture to be taken to parts
beyond the sea, for paying 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, in
accordance with the king's grant to him. By K. and C. |
April 6. Sheen. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit the said marquis by himself or his said
attorneys to lade those sacks and take them to the said parts, paying the
custom as aforesaid. By K. and C. |
April 12. The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Edmund atte Pond, who is so feeble and broken by age
that he cannot exercise the duties of the office. |
April 8. Langley. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause proclamation to be made in
sea ports and mercantile places and elsewhere in that bailiwick that all
merchants and others who have wool in the realm shall cause it to be taken
to parts beyond the sea or sold at another time before the Ascension next,
so that the king may be able to receive answer for the custom and increment on every sack and that all old wool found in the hands of merchants
and others after that day shall be taken into the king's hand as forfeit, as
lately at the supplication of merchants and others the king granted that
the 20,000 sacks of wool granted to him should be taken to the said
parts by those who wish to take them and who shall pay 40s. a sack as
increment beyond the custom and subsidy, except certain persons mentioned
in the order, and now the king has learned that merchants and others who
have old wool, scheming to defraud the king of the said custom, retain the
wool which they wished to take to the said parts before the grant of the
increment so that they might take it after Whitsuntide next for a lesser
custom, contrary to the agreements made between the king and certain of
his friends and confederates of the parts of Flanders and Brabant, permitting wool to pass out of the realm to the said parts. By K. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England. By K. |
March 20. Langley. |
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to pay reasonable costs for the carriage
of 30 sacks of wool, which the king assigned to the duke of Guelders in
that county, to London, as the king ordered the takers and receivers of wool
in that county to cause it to be taken thither to be delivered to the duke's
attorney there. |
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 whom the king
has ordered 200 sacks assigned by him to the duke in co. Southampton to be
delivered, to wit 100 sacks to be received from Nicholas Devenys and 100
sacks from William Walkelate, the king's sergeant at arms, for a certain
price agreed upon, to lade the wool in that port and take it to parts beyond
the sea, quit of the custom and subsidy, in accordance with agreements
made between the king and the duke in parts beyond the sea. |
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By K. and C. |
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To William Walkelate, the king's serjeant at arms. Order to arrest the
100 sacks of wool which he is appointed to take in co. Southampton to be
delivered to the duke of Brabant, and that done to deliver that wool by
indenture to John de Mealdre, the duke's attorney, by indenture without
delay, to have in part satisfaction of certain debts in which the king is
bound to the duke. By K. and C. |
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The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to Nicholas Devenys to deliver 100 sacks
to John of the wool which Nicholas undertook to purvey in co. Southampton
to be delivered to the duke. By K. and C. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 100l. to
be allowed to Bartholomew Deumars in his account and that of Adam
Lucas, sheriffs of London, as the king is bound to Bartholomew in 100l.
for wine bought from him by Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, as
Reymund has acknowledged before the king. By K. |
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April 3. Langley. |
To William de Edynton, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in all the
counties this side Trent. Order to pay to Thomas atte Chirch or to his
attorney 12l. of the subsidy of the first year in co. Worcester, in which
sum the king is bound to him of a greater sum 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, as he says, under the seal of William de Northwell, late keeper of the wardrobe. By p.s. |
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The following have like writs for the following sums, to wit:— |
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John de Covyntre, yeoman of the household, for 100s. |
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Richard le Ferour and Thomas le Ferour for 15l. 19s. |
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Thomas de Astele for 33s. |
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John Bruyn for 50s. 10d. |
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Master Martin Surgicus for 13l. 0s. 11½d. |
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Gilbert le Ferour, John Carnaver and Richard de Sallesbury for
4l. 4s. 8½d. |
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John de Morcok for 107s. 6½d. |
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Master John de Coloyne for 57l. |
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Roderic de Medina for 12l. |
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Richard de Potenhale for 47s. 4½d. |
April 17. Westminster. |
To William Talemache, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
Hertford, Cambridge and Huntingdon. Order not to intermeddle further
with 7½ messuages, 100 acres of land, 20 acres of heath and 17 acres of
pasture in Wodedallyng, Thirnyng, Geistweit and Heidon, restoring the
issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator
that John Noioun at his death held jointly with Beatrice his wife, who
survives him, in his demesne as of fee, the manor of Salle and the said
tenements and that the tenements are held of others than the king. |
April 15. The Tower. |
To the same. Order to deliver to the said Beatrice, mother of John son
and heir of the said John, the manor of Wath except 20 acres of land held
of the king in socage, to be held for the use of the said heir, and not to
intermeddle further with the other lands which are held of other lords,
restoring the issues of those other lands, provided that Beatrice answer for
4s. yearly for the manor, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that John Noioun at his death held the said manor in his demesne
as of fee, except the 20 acres, by the service of paying 4s. yearly to the king
by the hands of the sheriff of Suffolk, and that he held no other lands in
chief as of the crown, but that he held lands of other lords by divers services
and that John his son is his next heir and aged fourteen years. |
April 15. Westminster. |
To the mayor, bailiffs and lawful men of Chester. Order to deliver to
Master Robert de Askeby, the king's clerk, appointed chancellor of Ireland
and who is about to set out to Ireland to exercise his office, one or two ships
for his passage and that of his men, horses and other things to Ireland, at
his own cost, notwithstanding any order to arrest ships in that port for the
king's service. By K. |
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The like to the same to deliver two or three ships to John Morice,
appointed to supply the place of John Darcy, justiciary of Ireland. By K. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause 500 white bows and 500 sheaves
of arrows at 12d. the bow and 14d. a sheaf for steeled arrows and 12d. for
non-steeled arrows to be bought and purveyed and taken to the port of
Orewell to be there at Whitsuntide next at latest to be delivered to those
deputed to receive them, as the king needs a great number of bows and
arrows for his war with France on account of the passage which he will
shortly make to those parts in armed force, and the sheriff shall not omit to
do this under pain of forfeiture. By K. |
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[Fœdera.] |
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The like, except the negligence clause, to the following to cause certain
quantities of bows and arrows to be taken to the Tower of London,
to wit:— |
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The sheriffs of twenty-nine other counties. |
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The sheriffs of London. |
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Edward duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester for co. Chester. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Bristol. |
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The sheriff of Gloucester for his bailiwick, except the town of Bristol,
of 1,000 sheaves of arrows, 500 dozen cords for arrows and 2,000
heads for arrows. [Ibid.] |
April 12. Langley. |
To the bailiffs of York. Order to pay to John de Melton 20 marks for
Easter term next, in accordance with the king's grant to him on the
10 January in the 4th year of the reign, of 40 marks yearly of the ferm of
that city until the king should provide him with 40 marks of land or rent
in the realm for life, as the king granted him 40 marks yearly to be
received at the exchequer to maintain himself in the order of knighthood, and afterwards he besought the king to grant that he might receive
the 40 marks of the said ferm by the hands of the bailiffs. |
April 22. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to deliver to Robert de Burghcher the chancellor 25l. which the
prior of Mereseye and 100 marks which brother Stephen de Briggenorth
fellow-monk of the prior of St. Andrew's, Northampton, are bound to pay
to the king for Easter term last, for the ferms of their priories, which were
taken into the king's hand by reason of the war with France and committed
to the prior and Stephen for rendering certain ferms, as in consideration of
the great expenses upon Robert for the household of chancery and for the
great charges incumbent upon him by reason of his office beyond what
other chancellors have supported, and considering Robert's estate and the
lesser household which would have sufficed for him if he were not in that
office, the king on 20 January last granted him 300l. in aid of the
maintenance of the said charges, beyond the accustomed fee of the
chancellor, and also 200l. in aid of his purveyance of vessels and other
things necessary for the said office, to be received of the king's gift, of the
issues of the hanaper of chancery for the present year by the hands of the
keeper thereof, and at the exchequer and in other places where he may
promptly be satisfied. By K. |
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April 11. The Tower. |
To the collectors of the subsidy of the ninth in co. Cambridge. Order,
upon sight of these presents, to deliver all the money of the ninth levied
by them to those appointed receivers thereof in that county, by indenture,
and as the king's serjeant at arms, the bearer of those presents, will inform
them by word of mouth, the king having informed him of his intention. |
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By K. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors in co. Huntingdon. |
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The collectors in co. Bedford. |
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To the prior of Newenham, receiver of the subsidy of the ninth in
co. Bedford. Order to cause all the money received by him and the
collectors of the ninth in that county to be brought to London with all
speed, to be delivered to those to whom it is to be delivered and as the
king has ordered them at another time, and the prior shall be at
Westminster in person on Monday the feast of St. George next to render
his account for the money received by him, and he shall not omit this upon
pain of 100l. By K. |
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The like to the prior of Bernewell, receiver of the ninth in cos. Cambridge and Huntingdon. By K. |
April 2. Langley. |
To Anthony Bache, the king's merchant. Order to deliver to John de
Meldreg, attorney to the duke of Brabant, 200 sacks of wool, without
delay, by indenture, which sacks the king has assigned to the duke of the
wool bought by Anthony for the king's use, for a certain price agreed upon
between John and certain of the council. The king has ordered the
collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London
to permit John or his deputy to lade 160 of these sacks in that port, and
the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton to permit him to lade
the remaining 40 sacks in that port, quit of the custom and subsidy, and to
take them to parts beyond the sea. By K. and C. |
March 31. The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order
to permit John Cokelare of Brugges or his attorney to lade 40 sacks of wool
in that port, having first paid 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, and
take them to parts beyond the sea, receiving from him or the attorney his
letters patent testifying the passage of those sacks, as while in parts beyond
the sea, the king sold to John for a certain sum of money, 40 sacks of wool
to be received in certain places in England, as might appear by an indenture made thereupon, and the king assigned to him 28 sacks of the wool
arrested in York by Thomas de Brayton, the king's clerk, and Richard atte
Wode, the king's serjeant at arms, and delivered to the mayor and bailiffs
of that city and to the collectors of customs in the port of the city, and 12
sacks arrested by Thomas and Richard in the town of Kyngeston and
delivered by them to the mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston and to the
collectors of customs in the port there, to be kept under a certain form.
The king has ordered the said mayors and bailiffs of the town and city and
the said collectors in those ports to cause the said 40 sacks to be delivered
by indenture to John or his attorney. By p.s. |
March 31. Langley. |
To the sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon. Order to cause all the
fines, amercements and forfeited issues taken or adjudicated before the
justices appointed to hear and determine in those counties certain
oppressions, extortions and damages, to be levied without delay and 300l.
thereof to be delivered to Thomas de Melchebourn and William
de Melcheborn by indenture before the octaves of Easter next
for buying and purveying corn and other victuals for the
maintenance of the king and of certain lieges, for which they are about
to set out and for the munition of certain ships of the fleet which the king
has ordered to be assembled at an appointed place on an appointed day,
which they have undertaken to do, and the sheriff shall be at the exchequer
on those octaves to make his proffer and to certify the treasurer and barons
of the exchequer concerning the levying and livery of the said money, and
he shall so behave that the king may not have occasion to punish him by
reason of his neglect or lukewarmness. By K. and C. |
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The like to the following sheriffs, to wit:— |
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The sheriff of Lincoln for 300l. |
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The sheriff of Suffolk for 200l. |
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The sheriff of Northampton for 200l. |
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The sheriff of Essex for 200l. |
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The sheriff of Hertford for 100l. |