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Membrane 26. |
Jan. 26.
Westminster. |
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, 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 present season of 'reek'
for the celebration of masses for the souls of all the faithful departed, in
accordance with the king's grant to him of a tun of such wine to be
received yearly. |
Jan. 28.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to deliver to the abbot of Waverle a tun of red
wine of the present season of 'reek,' in accordance with the king's grant
to the abbot and convent of that place of a tun of such wine to be received
yearly. |
Jan. 26.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to direct the taxers
and collectors in co. Kent of the tenth and fifteenth last granted by the
laity to supersede levying the same of the goods of the hospital of St.
Thomas the Martyr, Estbrugg, Canterbury, as the hospital is so slenderly
endowed, as the king has learned by trustworthy testimony, that the goods
thereof do not suffice for the maintenance of the master and poor there,
and if it be charged with the aids granted by the community of the realm
the master will not able to maintain the charges incumbent thereupon. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
William parson of Bursele church and Ralph atte Watere of Bursele,
imprisoned at Wyndesore for trespass of venison in that forest, have a writ
to Thomas de Berkele, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who
supplies his place in Wyndesore forest, to bail them. |
Feb. 7.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon R. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield for 9½ sacks 3
stones 7½ pounds of wool for his portion if they find that he paid the moiety
of his wool in accordance with the grant thereof as he has shown the king
that he delivered 10 sacks for his moiety of wool in accordance with the
grant made in the parliament held at Westminster in the 12th year of the
reign, long before the summons of the council at Northampton in that year,
to John de Causton and Thomas de Swanlond, collectors of customs in the
port of London, yet the treasurer and barons exact 9½ sacks 3 stones
7½ pounds of wool from him for his portion as if he had not paid his
moiety as aforesaid, because it was ordained in the said council that what
was in arrear of the 20,000 sacks granted should be levied in accordance
with the rate of the portion of the fifteenth, to wit for every 20s. of the
fifteenth 10 stones or cloves of wool of 14 pounds each, and pro rata whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy. |
Feb. 12.
Westminster. |
To William Basset and his fellows, justices of assize in co. Northumberland. Whereas lately at the suit of John son of John de Evere, knight,
showing that he arramed before those justices an assize of mort d'ancestor
against Robert Darrayns, concerning the manor of Calverdon Darrayns,
and Robert died while the assize was pending, and subsequently John
arramed another assize of mort d'ancestor against John de Eseby, tenant of
that manor, and the sheriff of the county took the manor into the king's
hand by reason of certain debts in which Robert was bound to the king for
the time when he was sheriff of that county, and John son of John
beseeching the king to cause the assize to be proceeded with, notwithstanding that the manor was in the king' hand, the king ordered the
justices to proceed with the assize and to render justice to the parties
notwithstanding the said cause, but not to proceed to render judgment
without consulting the king, and now John son of John has besought the
king by his petition before the king and his council to order justice to be
done to him in the premises, as it was acknowledged by the assize that
John de Evere, John's father, died seised of the said manor in his demesne
as of fee, after the coronation of Henry III, and that John is his next heir,
and that John de Eseby was tenant of the manor on the day of the
impetration of the writ against him: the king orders the justices to proceed
to judgment upon the verdict of that assize, if it has been taken as aforesaid, notwithstanding that the manor is in the king's hand. |
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By p.s. [17276, 17277.] |
Feb. 13.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of William de Emelode, who is so sick and broken by
age that he cannot travail to execute the duties of that office. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To John Darcy 'le fitz,' escheator in the liberty of Holdernesse, or to
him who supplies his place there. Order not to distrain Herbert de Sancto
Quintino for his homage, as he has done homage to the king for the lands
which he holds of him. By p.s. [17249.] |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. Order
to deliver to William del Wode, the king's serjeant at arms or to his
attorney, all the goods and chattels found in a ship called 'la Jouette' of
Warnett at the time when the ship was forfeited to the king because the
collectors found 8 dickers of hides therein not coketted or customed, as the
king has given those goods to William. By p.s. [17250.] |
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To the same. Like order to deliver the said ship called 'la Jouet' to
John de Wyndesore, the king's yeoman, to whom the king has given it. |
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By the same writ. |
Feb. 12.
Westminster. |
To William de Middleton, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order
not to intermeddle further with the manor of Mendelisham, restoring the
issues thereof to Sibyl late the wife of Otto Buttetourt, as the king has
learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Otto at his death held
no lands in chief or in demesne or in service in that bailiwick, but that
he held the said manor jointly with Sibyl of Roger de Leukanore, by the
service of 1d. yearly for all services. |
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To John de Engayne of Taversham, escheator in cos. Cambridge and
Huntingdon. Like order not to intermeddle further with the manor of
Hamerton, co. Huntingdon, as the king has learned by inquisition taken
by the escheator that Otto Buttort at his death held no lands in his
demesne as of fee, or for life, in chief, but that he was jointly enfeoffed of
the said manor with Sibyl, of another than the king, by certain services. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Thomas
de Swynford, sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham and approver in those
counties, such wages as have been allowed to other sheriffs and approvers
there. |
Feb. 14.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to inspect the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer,
and if they find that the town of Creyk, co. York, and the men living there,
are of the liberty of Durham and have always been quit of the aids granted
by the community of the realm, then to supersede the demand made upon
the men and tenants there for the ninth, as Th. bishop of Durham has
shown the king that whereas that town is parcel of his bishopric and liberty
of Durham, and although the men there, by reason of that liberty, have
been quit of all aids granted by the community of the realm from time out
of mind, yet the sheriff of York distrains them for the ninth, whereupon
the bishop has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C. |
Feb. 15.
Westminster. |
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place
in the town of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and convent of
St. Edward, Lettele, a tun of wine of the right prise for the present year,
in accordance with the grant to them by Henry III of a tun of such wine
to be received yearly between Christmas and the Purification for celebrating
masses in that church. |
Jan. 26.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause the abbot of Neuhous to have
seisin of 2 messuages and 14 acres of land in Haburgh, which Robert son of
Gocelin held, who was outlawed for felony, it is said, as the king has learned
by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the said messuages and land have
been in the king's hand for a year and a day, that Robert held them of the
abbot, and that Saier de Rocheford, the late sheriff, had the year, day and
waste thereof, and ought to answer therefor to the king. |
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To the same. Order to cause Geoffrey de Neubald of Lymbergh to have
seisin of 8 acres of land in Haburgh which Robert son of Gocelin held, who
was outlawed for felony, it is said, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the sheriff that the said land has been in the king's hand for a
year and a day that Robert held it of Geoffrey, and that Saier de
Rochefort, sometime sheriff of the county, had the year, day and waste
thereof, and ought to answer therefor to the king. |
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Membrane 25. |
Jan. 30.
Westminster. |
To William Randolf, bailiff of Salisbury. Order to deliver to John de
Staunton, Adam de la Home and their fellows, merchants of England,
2 horses and 4½ cloths, by a mainprise, as at the suit of those merchants,
showing that they had been plundered of wool, wool-fells and other
merchandise to the value of 2,000 marks, in a ship of Lescluse in Flanders,
laded in the port of London, when sailing to Flanders, during the last
truce between the king and his adversaries of France, by certain pirates and
malefactors of France, the king ordered all merchants, sheriffs, bailiffs,
ministers and lieges of England to arrest all the goods of those malefactors
and of other merchants and men of the realm of France and to arrest such
men and keep them safely until further order, certifying the king in
chancery thereupon, and William returned that by virtue of that order he
arrested at Salisbury James Seint Fyncien of Amyas and John Gourneye
of Picardy with two horses of James, price 2 marks, and 4½ cloths, price
100s.; and now John de Staunton and the others have besought the king
to order the horses and cloths to be delivered to them in part satisfaction
of the 2,000 marks, and they have found in chancery Walter Forster,
Thomas Levelyf and William de Harewell of London, and Thomas de
Wodeby of Abyndon of co. Berks, mainpernors, who have undertaken to
answer to James and John for the horses and cloth or for the price
thereof if it be adjudicated that they and their goods ought to be
dearrested. By K. |
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To Edmund de Stablegate and John de Sheldwych, bailiffs of Canterbury.
Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' with respect to Henry Mownyer, merchant
of the realm of France, with a horse, saddle, bridle and a chest bound
with iron, price 16s., arrested by those bailiffs by virtue of the said order. |
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To Richard Piper, bailiff of the liberty of the hundred of Hornemere.
Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' with respect to 5 quarters and a bushel of
woad, at 22s. the quarter, of one John Queynte, Picard, and 13s. of silver
in the hands of Robert Bate, 'dyer,' of a certain Firmin Picard, arrested by
Richard at Abyndon, by virtue of the said order. |
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To John le Couk, bailiff of the liberty of the hundred of Dorchester.
Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' with respect to 7l. of silver in the hands of
David le Deghere of Dorchester, of the goods and chattels of one Firmin,
merchant of the realm of France. |
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To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler. Order to deliver to Joan de
Carrue, 6 tuns of wine for the present year, in the port of Bristol, in
accordance with the king's grant to her of 6 tuns of wine to be received
there yearly for life. |
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To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his
place in the town of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and
convent of Kings Beaulieu a tun of wine of the present year, of the right
prise, in accordance with the grant of Henry III to them of a tun of such
wine to be received yearly, for celebrating masses in their church. |
