Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1345

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1904.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1345', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346, (London, 1904) pp. 494-495. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol7/pp494-495 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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19 EDWARD III.—PART 1.

January 1345

Membrane 29.
Jan. 28.
Westminster.
To Robert de Tughale. Order to call before him the late bailiffs of Newcastle upon Tyne, and to pay to John Darcy, 'le piere,' what he shall find to be in arrear to him of 90l. 16s. 8d. from 18 February last, and to pay him that sum yearly so long as Robert has the custody of that town, as on the said 18 February the king granted to John 183l. 6s. 8d., to be received of the ferm of the towns of Newcastle and Scardeburgh, and of the issues of co. Nottingham, for the life of Mary countess of Pembroke, and the king ordered the said bailiffs to pay John 90l. 16s. 8d. yearly in accordance with that grant, and now John has besought the king to order that payment to be made by Robert, to whom the king has committed the custody of the said town, to hold during pleasure, as the town and its liberties have been taken into the king's hand for certain contempts and disobediences, made by the mayor and community of the town, wherefore John cannot receive that ferm or any part thereof from the said bailiffs, who have been amoved from the custody of the town.
Jan. 25.
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to pay to Roger de Tissyngton, the king's serjeant, 7½d. daily in accordance with the king's grant to him of that sum, to be received daily at the exchequer, and afterwards on 6 October in the 16th year of the reign the king granted that he should receive that sum by the hands of the sheriff of Derby, until the king should determine concerning his estate.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Ralph Aungevyn, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Leicester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Philip Folvyll, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 1.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to Tidemannus de Lymbergh, merchant of Almain, and his fellows, ½ mark on every sack of wool laded in the port of London and taken to the staple in Flanders from the Purification next until they are satisfied for 2,000 marks, as Tidemannus undertook to pay for the king 4,400 florins de l'écu for the redemption of the king's jewels, deposited with certain merchants at Cologne, and now in the custody of Tidemannus and his fellows at Brugges in Flanders, and in recompence for the 4,400 florins the king, with the assent of the council, has granted that Tidemannus and his fellows shall buy the king's letters obligatory which he caused to be made for the merchants of England for the wool taken from them at Durdraght, up to the sum of 4,000 marks, and they shall receive ½ mark on every sack of wool taken as aforesaid from the ports of London, Boston and Kyngeston upon Hull, to wit in the port of London up to 2,000 marks, in the port of Boston up to 1,000 marks, and in the port of Kyngeston up to 1,000 marks, to be received by the hands of Thomas de Melchebourn and his fellows, the king's merchants, to whom the king committed the customs and subsidies of wool and other merchandise, under a certain form, or of the collectors of the customs and subsidies in those ports, until they should be satisfied for the said 4,000 marks.
April 10.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Like order, up to 1,000 marks.
The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
Membrane 28.
Jan. 26.
Westminster.
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler. Order to deliver to Joan de Carrue 6 tuns of wine in accordance with the king's grant to her on 22 April in the 14th year of the reign of 6 tuns of wine of the right prise in the port of Bristol, to be received for life by the hands of the butler, receiving from her what he is bound to pay to the merchants from whom the wine is taken.
To the same, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu, a tun of wine of the right prise, in accordance with the grant of Henry III to them of a tun of such wine to be received yearly at Southampton between Christmas and the Purification, for celebrating masses in that church.
Jan. 28.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to deliver to the abbot of Waverle a tun of red wine of the first wine of the present season of 'Reek,' in accordance with the king's grant to him of a tun of such wine to be received yearly in that port.
Jan. 26.
Westminster.
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of London. Order to deliver to William de Stokton, vicar of St. Paul's church, London, a tun of wine of the last vintage and a tun of the wine of 'Reek' of the present season, in accordance with the king's grant to him of two such tuns of wine to be received yearly for life.
To the same, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton. Order to deliver to the prior of St. Denys, near Southampton, a tun of red wine of the first of the king's prise in the present season of 'Reek,' in accordance with the king's grant to the prior and convent of a tun of such wine to be received yearly for the celebration of masses in the priory for the souls of all the faithful departed.
Vacated because otherwise below.