Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1347

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 8, 1346-1349. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1905.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1347', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 8, 1346-1349, (London, 1905) pp. 180-188. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol8/pp180-188 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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21 EDWARD III.—Part I.

February 1347

Membrane 31.
Feb. 30 (sic).
Eltham.
To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or him who supplies his place in the port of Bristol. Order to deliver to Joan de Carrue 6 tuns of wine for the present year in that port, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 6 tuns to be received there yearly for life by the hands of the butler, paying him what he is bound to pay in the king's name to the merchants from whom the wine is taken. (fn. 1)
Feb. 11.
Reading.
To Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Somerset. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Westchynnok in that county, restoring the issues thereof to Joan late the wife of Ralph Mareschal, after taking her fealty according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Ralph at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee in that bailiwick, but that he held jointly with Joan the said manor except 2 messuages, a common oven and 25 acres of land therein, which Richard atte Slade holds for life of the grant of Nicholas le Mareschal, and that the manor is held of the heir of John de Seint Clere, who held in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of a knight's fee of Mortain.
Feb. 4.
Eltham.
To the constable, mayor, bailiffs and lawful men of Briggewauter. Order to cause ships coming to that town laden with merchandise of value and passing thence with wool, hides and wool-fells, to be laded and unladed at the quay of the town or at the quay of the town of Bristoll, and not elsewhere, as the king is informed that he is defrauded of a great part of the customs due on such merchandise because such ships are laded and unladed in the River Peret and not at the quay of the town, as is customary in other ports of England.
Feb. 20.
Reading.
To John de Alveton, escheator in cos. Oxford and Berks. Order to assign dower to Margaret late the wife of Thomas de Norton, tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband at his death, upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence.
Feb. 4.
Reading.
The like to Nicholas Gower, escheator in the liberty of Holderness for Semeia, late the wife of John Parkour of Preston, 'mutatis mutandis.'
Feb. 18.
Reading.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wood-fells in the port of London. Order to make diligent scrutiny of all merchandise hereafter taken out of that port to parts beyond, and to take such customs and subsidies from all hides dressed and tanned and done into rolls as from undressed hides and to cause answer to be made to the king or to the merchants to whom he has granted all the customs and subsidies due in that port, for a certain time, as the king is informed that certain merchants and others, scheming to defraud him of the custom and subsidy due on hides taken out of the realm, have them dressed and tanned in the realm, and made into rolls, and although each roll is worth as much and more than an undressed hide, they cause them to be placed in tuns and pipes as corn and other non-customable merchandise, and have hitherto taken them to parts beyond without paying the custom and subsidy thereon.
The like to the collectors of customs in the following ports, to wit:
The collectors in the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The collectors in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull.
The collectors in the port of Boston.
The collectors in the port of Lenn.
The collectors in the port of Great Yarmouth.
The collectors in the port of Ipswich.
The collectors in the port of Wynchelse.
The collectors in the port of Sandwich.
The collectors in the port of Southampton.
The collectors in the port of Chichester.
The collectors in the port of Bristol.
The collectors in the port of Exeter.
Jan. 27.
Eltham.
To John de Thornhill, clerk, Edmund Disny and Clement de Derneford, clerk. Order to deliver to William de Sutton and Roger le Chapman of Dounton the fruits of Dounton church for the preceding year, together with the rents, issues and other emoluments pertaining thereto, as the king lately appointed John and the others to sell the corn and other goods and chattels which belonged to the cardinal de Columpna, rector of Dounton church, an alien, taken by them into the king's hand in accordance with an ordinance of the council, and to do certain other things contained in their commission; and although they sold the same to William and Roger for a certain price and demised the fruits, rents and issues of the church with the lands and other emoluments pertaining thereto, to them at ferm, as they say, yet Simon Andreu, proctor of the said cardinal in England, and William and Roger have agreed before the council that the latter shall receive all the said fruits etc. from St. Peter ad Vincula last to St. Peter ad Vincula next, for 230 marks, whereof they are bound to pay 200 marks to the king for the expenses in defence of the church and the realm, and the remaining 30 marks to the proctor for the expenses incurred by him in the autumn.
By C.
Membrane 30.
Feb. 15.
Reading.
To William de Middelton, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to take a simple seisin in the abbey of St. Benet, Hulme, in the name of the king's royal lordship, and not to intermeddle further with the custody of the abbey, its cells, manors and goods by reason of the present voidance by the death of John de Aylesham, the last abbot, restoring any issues levied by him to the prior and convent of the place, as Edward I, on 29 May in the 33rd year of his reign, granted to the then abbot and the convent that the prior and convent should have the custody of the abbey in every voidance with free administration of the temporalities, things and goods pertaining thereto, saving to the king the knights' fees held of the abbey and the advowsons when they fall in, so that all the rents and services of such fees during voidances shall remain to the prior and convent except the escheats which then fall in, which shall be delivered to the new abbot after his election and confirmation, for rendering 200 marks for the first four months of the voidance, or less, and pro rata for every succeeding four months or part thereof, so that no escheator, bailiff or other minister should intermeddle with the abbey or its goods, except to take a simple seisin in the form aforesaid.
Feb. 12.
Eltham.
To the prior of Swaveseye. Order to pay to John de Grey or to his attorney, 50 marks yearly of the ferm of that priory and to be answerable to him from Michaelmas next, as in aid of his expenses in the king's service the king granted to John 50l. to be received yearly for life at the exchequer, and on 8 February last the king granted that John should receive 50 marks yearly of the ferm of that priory and 25 marks of the ferm of the priory of Tikford, in the king's hand by reason of the war with his adversary of France, in full satisfaction of the said 50l. for so long as the priory should remain in the king's hand. Et erat patens.
To the prior of Tykford. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis.' Et erat patens.
Feb. 13.
Eltham.
To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton. 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 in that port for the celebration of masses in their monastery for the souls of all the faithful departed.
Feb. 20.
Eltham.
To the same in the same port. Order to deliver to the prior of St. Denys near Southampton, which priory is of the foundation of the kings of England, a tun of red wine of the first wine of the king's prise in that port of 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.
Membrane 29.
Feb. 18.
Reading.
To John de Trehampton, escheator in cos. Lincoln and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle with the custody of the bishopric of Lincoln, now void by the death of Thomas, the late bishop, or with the temporalities and goods pertaining thereto, restoring any issues received thereof from the time of Thomas's death to the dean and chapter of St. Mary's church, Lincoln, as the late king granted that the dean and chapter should have the custody of the bishopric in all voidances with free administration of the temporalities, things and goods pertaining thereto, saving to the king the knights' fees which are held of the bishopric and the advowsons when they fall in, and saving the escheats which fall in during voidances, so that they shall be delivered to the bishop-elect after his fealty, for rendering 1,000l. at every voidance if it last a year at which the bishopric is taxed yearly, and pro rata for a shorter or longer time, so that no escheator, bailiff or other minister of the king shall intermeddle with the custody of the bishopric, the temporalities and other things and goods by reason of a voidance, except that at the beginning of a voidance the escheator shall take a simple seisin in one of the manors of the bishopric in the name of the king's royal lordship, and that done he shall immediately depart without taking fealty or recognisance from any tenant of the bishopric, and shall not stay for more than a day by reason of that seisin, and if an army be summoned during a voidance, the dean and chapter shall not be bound to any service therein, or aggrieved by reason of such service, saving to the king the services of the knights' fees held of the bishopric and the custody of lands or rents acquired by the bishops in fee, during voidances. Proviso that all lands and rents, acquired in fee by Thomas or his predecessors from the time of the said grant, shall remain in the king's hand until further order.
The like to the following, to wit:
Geoffrey de Whychyngham, mayor of London and escheator there.
John Dengayne of Teversham, escheator in cos. Cambridge and Huntingdon.
John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Leicester.
John de Vaus, escheator in cos. Nottingham and Derby.
Walter Parles, escheator in co. Northampton.
John de Alveton, escheator in cos. Oxford and Berks.
William Croyser, escheator in cos. Bedford and Buckingham.
Feb. 28.
Reading.
To John Dabernoun, escheator in co. Cornwall. Order to assign dower to Sibyl late the wife of John Dauney, knight, tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband, upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence.
To Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Somerset. The like order.
The like to Hervey Tirel, escheator in co. Devon.
Feb. 28.
Reading.
To the collectors in co. Berks of the aid for making the king's eldest son a knight. Order to supersede the demand for that aid made upon the lands in Chelreye which belonged to Ralph de Ufford, which came into the king's hand by his death, and which the king has reserved to his chamber. By C.
Feb. 20.
Reading.
To John de Vaus, escheator in co. Nottingham. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Rodyngton and 26 bovates of land in that town, restoring the issues thereof, as it is found by the inquisitions post mortem of Robert de Pavely that he held no lands at his death in his demesne as of fee in chief as of the crown, but that he held the manors of Westpyrie and Houghton, co. Northampton, in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by knight's service, and that he held the said manor of Rodyngton and the land in demesne and in service, in socage, of others than the king by certain services.
March 7.
Reading.
To Robert de Mildenhale, keeper of the king's jewels and other things in the Tower of London. Order to deliver to William de Lamehuthe, the king's clerk, two chests or coffers with ornaments therein for the king's chapel, by indenture, as the king has charged William to bring them to him at Caleys for the present Easter. By C.
[Fœdera.]
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to expend up to 20l. in repairing the houses and walls of the king's manor in his park of Claryndon, by the view and testimony of Giles de Bello Campo, keeper of the said manor and park.
By C.
Membrane 28.
Jan. 28.
Eltham.
To the taxers and collectors in the East Riding, co. York, of the tenth and fifteenth last granted for two years. Order to take an inquisition upon the value of the moveables of the men inhabiting the town of Ravenserod in Holdernesse in that county, which they now have and to newly assess and tax them at the tenth according to the quantity of their moveables, superseding the levying of the ancient tenth touching the town until the quinzaine of Easter next, and informing the king in chancery before the said quinzaine of the said new taxation and of all their action in the matter, so that after deliberation with the council, the king may be able to direct as seems good, as at the suit of the said men, showing that the town has been often inundated by floods of sea water, and much impoverished and wasted, and the greater part of the tenements and soil of the town thrown down and carried away, and several men of the town, who used to bear the charges touching it, being disturbed by such dangers, have departed with their goods to another place, and others dwelling there have been so depressed that they no longer suffice to support the tenths, tallages and other charges previously assessed upon the town, and they beseeching the king to order the town to be newly assessed and taxed in consideration of the premises, he appointed certain lieges to take an inquisition upon the matter, and by the inquisition taken at Ravenserod on Tuesday after Epiphany in the past year it is found that the town has been carried away by such floods, and 145 buildings which belonged to Cecily de Selby, and to several others, and 42 plots not built on, which belonged to Thomas Galt and others specified in the inquisition, which said buildings and plots contained two parts of the said town and more, have been drawn to the sea by such floods, from the 8th year of the reign until the day of the taking of the inquisition, and the tenants of the buildings and plots, who used to live in the town, have withdrawn because of that waste and impoverishment, and the other men dwelling there are so depressed that they have not been able to suffice to bear the tenths, tallages and other charges hitherto assessed upon the town. By C.
Feb. 26.
Reading.
To John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Leicester. Order to deliver to Isabel late the wife of Henry de Ferrar[iis], tenant in chief, the knights' fees in that county of those which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower, with the assent of the council of Queen Philippa, to whom the king committed the custody of all the lands which belonged to Henry and were in his hand by reason of the minority of Henry's heir, to wit: a fee in Drayton in that county, which Thomas de Welesbergh and John de Heusee hold, extended at 100s. yearly; a third part of a fee in Berleston in the same county, which William Framory and Robert Botiller lately held, extended at 33s. 4d. yearly; a fourth part of a fee in Clenfeld in the same county, which Robert Raven holds, extended at 25s. yearly; a fee in Burton and Upton in the same county which Giles de Meignill holds, extended at 100s. yearly; a moiety of a fee in Waltham in the same county which the abbot of Croxton holds extended at 50s. yearly, a fee in Thorp Ernald, Ailmersthorp, Thirneby, Pettlyng, Busseby, Belgrave, Croppeston, Barnesby, Babbegrave and Atterton, in the same county, which William la Zouche of Haryngworth holds, extended at 100s. yearly; a fourth part of a fee in Wodeham Ferrers, co. Essex, which Robert de Burghcher holds, extended at 25s. yearly, and 2½ fees in Little Brampton, co. Northampton, which William Rosselyn holds, extended at 20 marks yearly.
To John de Coggeshale, escheator in co. Essex. Like order to deliver to Isabel the said fourth part of a fee in Wodeham Ferrers.
The like to Walter Parles, escheator in co. Northampton, to deliver to Isabel the said 2½ fees in Little Brampton.
To John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Leicester. Order to deliver to Isabel late the wife of Henry de Ferrar[iis], the advowson of the priory of Charleye in that county, extended at 10 marks yearly, which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower.
Memorandum that Thomas de Brayton and Roger de Cloune, clerks, came into chancery at Westminster on 26 February and undertook at their peril for the said queen, that she will consider herself satisfied in all things with the assignment of dower made to Isabel in the form aforesaid.
Feb. 20.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to dearrest without delay all the wool bought for the king by Walter de Chiriton and Thomas de Swanlond, his merchants, of William de Deyton and Henry David, delivered to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, in part satisfaction of the debts in which the king is bound to him for the wages of himself and his men, staying in the king's service in parts beyond the sea, and arrested by the sheriff, and to deliver it to the earl or to his attorney, permitting him to take it where he will for the earl's use. By C.
The like to John de Leomynstr[e], of Assheburn.
March 4.
Reading.
To John de Wesenham, late 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 present year of the king's right prise, in accordance with the grant to them by Henry III of a tun of such wine to be received yearly at Southampton between Christmas and the Purification, to celebrate masses in their church.
Feb. 23.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to deliver to James Pyk of Hastynges 40s. for the freight of a ship of his laden with 100 quarters of oats to be taken to the king at Caleys, and to John de Brustwyk, yeoman of the king's avenary, 13s. 4d. for his wages for going with the said oats to Caleys.
By bill of the treasurer.
Feb. 16.
Reading.
To the collectors in co. Cambridge of the aid granted for making the king's eldest son a knight. Order to supersede the demand for that aid made upon the prioress of Stratford by reason of her lands in Haselyngfeld, provided that answer be made for the lands which she holds there or elsewhere in the county by knight's service, as at her suit beseeching the king to order the distraint made upon her for that aid to be superseded, as she holds all her lands in Haselyngfeld in that county in frank almoin, so that she and her predecessors have been quit of such aids, the king ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to inspect their rolls and memoranda and to certify him upon the matter, and by their return it is found that the prioress was discharged of 20s. exacted of her as an aid for marrying the eldest daughter of Edward I, for the said lands, by reason of charters of the king's predecessors and by process held thereupon in the exchequer. By C.
Feb. 15.
Reading.
To the collectors in co. Nottingham of the aid granted for making the king's eldest son a knight. Order to supersede the demand for that aid made upon the abbot of Peterborough for any sums for his lands in Colyngham, co. Nottingham, provided that if the abbot and convent held any other lands there or elsewhere in the county by knight's service in the time of Edward I and did not pay the aid thereon they shall be compelled to do so, as the abbot has shown the king that although he holds all his lands in Tynewell, co. Rutland, and in Colyngham and in Stanewigg, co. Bedford, by charters of preceding kings of England, and the present king's confirmation, in frank almoin, quit of all aids, yet the collectors distrain him for that aid, pretending that he holds his lands in Colyngham by knight's service, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy; and by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, sent into chancery, it is found that the said lands were given in frank almoin to God, St. Peter and the monastery of Peterborough, and it is not found in the exchequer rolls that the abbot and convent ever paid any such aid by reason of those lands, except certain sums exacted of them by reason of an aid for marrying the eldest daughter of Edward I, of which sums the abbot then sought to be discharged, and he was discharged by consideration upon process held thereupon in the exchequer.
The like to the following collectors of the said aid for the same abbot, to wit:
The collectors in co. Rutland for the lands in Tynewell.
The collectors in co. Bedford for the lands in Stanewigg.
Membrane 27.
March 1.
Reading.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to account with John Darcy 'le piere,' whom the king lately sent from the city of London to the castles of Rokesburgh, Werk and Baumburgh, to bring to the Tower of London David de Bruys, Malcolm Flemyng and other prisoners of Scotland taken in war at Durham, for all the time spent in that service, allowing him 20s. for every day so spent, and to give him payment or assignment of what is found to be due to him beyond what he has received from the treasurer and chamberlains for that cause.
Feb. 10.
Eltham.
To John de Vaux, escheator in co. Nottingham. Order to pay to Robert de Maule what is in arrear to him of his wages for the custody of the king's manor and park of Clipston in Shirwode, from 16 May in the 13th year of the reign, and to pay him such wages henceforth as long as he is escheator, as on the said 16 May the king granted that custody to Robert to hold for life in the same manner as Robert del Hill of Clipston, deceased, held it.
Jan. 28.
Eltham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to molest or aggrieve Edward de Saltmerssh, as for his good service in parts beyond the sea, and because he has taken the order of knighthood, the king has pardoned his trespass in not taking the said order according to the proclamations lately made thereupon. By p.s.
Feb. 12.
Eltham.
To John de Wesenham and his fellows, to whom the king granted all the money of the fruits and issues of the benefices of divers aliens, beneficed in the realm, to be received under a certain form. Order to pay to John de Thornhill, clerk, and to Edmund Disny their wages for forty-six days, to wit 2s. a day to each, for two journeys made by them, as the king lately appointed John and Edmund, with Clement de Derneford, clerk, to take into his hand and keep safely until further order the prebend of Chermynstre and Bere in the church of St. Mary, Salisbury, which Master William de Vercato, an alien, possessed, and the church of Dounton which the cardinal de Columpna possesses, and to take information, by inquisition if necessary, as to the true value of the said fruits and issues and to do certain other things contained in the king's letters patent; and on its being afterwards found by inquisition taken by John, Edmund and Clement that divers kinds of corn of the fruits of the said prebend and church for the past year and certain other goods and chattels found there had been taken into the king's hand by them, the king appointed them to sell the same at the highest possible price and to demise at ferm, for rendering a certain sum of money to the king, the lands, rents and possessions pertaining to the said prebend and church and to do certain other things contained in the king's letters patent. By C.
Feb. 28.
Reading.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to intermeddle with any lands, goods and chattels which belonged to Adam de Peshale, but to permit the receivers and ministers of the king's chamber to dispose thereof as has been enjoined upon them, as the king has reserved them to his chamber on account of Adam's rebellion. Proviso that if any of the said goods and chattels have been eloigned, concealed or detained they shall distrain those who have eloigned etc. them, to satisfy the king for the same in his chamber. By C. and the testimony of Henry de Greystok.
Feb. 20.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to restore to the bishop of Norwich or to his attorney any of his goods and chattels or churches appropriated to his bishopric, or lands of the endowment of such churches or any other things pertaining to the bishopric, except the temporalities thereof, for which the bishop has done fealty to the king, together with the issues of the said churches and endowments, as it was considered before the justices of the Bench that all the temporalities of the bishopric for which the bishop did fealty should be seised into the king's hand for a contempt made on the king, wherefore the king ordered the sheriff by writ de judicio to order them to be so seised, so that he should answer for the issues thereof to the king; and now the king is informed that the sheriff, exceeding that order, has caused all the bishop's goods and chattels and the said churches and endowments to be seised into the king's hand, contrary to the tenor of the said order.
March 8.
Reading.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to inspect the rolls of the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull and if they find thereby, or by inquisition, that 10 sarplars of wool, containing 9 sacks 6 stones of wool, which John le Goldbetere of York, merchant, took from that port contrary to the proclamation, are those for which he made fine with the king, and that he took no other wool contrary to the proclamation, then to supersede the demand made upon him for the said sarplars or for his said trespass and to release him from prison, notwithstanding that the king's letters do not specially mention that John took the wool to Middelburgh and Durdraght, and afterwards to Flanders, as on 19 October in the 12th year of the reign the king pardoned John the 200l. by which he made fine for taking certain wool to Flanders and selling it to the men of Flanders contrary to the proclamation, and now John has besought the king to order his release from the Flete prison where he is imprisoned for taking the 10 sarplars in the form aforesaid, and they are the same as the wool contained in the king's letters of pardon to him. By C.
March 17.
Reading.
To Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Somerset. Order to cause Edmund de Cheyne, son and heir of William de Cheyne, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands whereof his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage for all the lands which his father held in chief at his death, rendering those lands to him, and has given him respite for his homage until the king's return to England. By the keeper.
The like to the following, 'mutatis mutandis,' to wit:
John de Engayne of Teversham, escheator in co. Cambridge.
John de Coggeshale, escheator in co. Hertford.
The escheator in co. Devon.
Mandate to William fitz Waryn, not to intermeddle further with the said lands which are in his custody by the king's commission.
Membrane 26.
Feb. 28.
Reading.
To John de Swynnerton, escheator in co. Salop. Order to assign dower to Isabel late the wife of Henry de Ferariis, tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband in the presence of the keepers thereof, if they choose to attend, upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence.
Feb. 22.
Reading.
To John de Coggeshale, escheator in co. Essex. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Newenham, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Robert de Lacy, knight, at his death, held no lands in his demesne as of fee or in service, in chief, in that county, but that he held the said manor in the town of Asshyndon near Waleden Abbas of John de Lacy of co. Wilts by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee.
Feb. 26.
Reading.
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order to amove the king's hand from a messuage and 2 bovates of land of William son of Cecily de Waplyngton in Waplyngton and not to intermeddle further therewith, restoring the issues thereof, as the king ordered the escheator to certify him upon the taking of the premises, and the escheator returned that he had not taken them into the king's hand, but that John de Faucomberge, late escheator in that county, at the time of his substitution in that office, delivered them to him by indenture, asserting that they were in the king's hand by reason of the trespass of Simon le Archer, who held them in chief as parcel of the king's serjeanty there, in alienating them in fee to Thomas son of Albreda de Fangefosse and Beatrice his wife, in the time of Henry III without licence, whereof the king lately granted the custody to Robert de Brunneby, clerk, to hold for rendering a certain yearly ferm at the exchequer; and afterwards, at William's suit beseeching the king to order his hand to be amoved from the premises, as his ancestors held the same of the master and brethren of the Temple in England as chief lords of that fee, from time out of mind, until the annulling of that order, by the service of rendering 5s. 8d. yearly, and from that time William held them of the prior and brethren of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, to whom all the lands and fees of the Templars were delivered, by the same services, and not of the king in chief, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that the tenements are in the escheator's custody because the executors of Robert's will and others would not intermeddle therewith after Robert's death, and that the escheator charged himself therewith in his account, and William's ancestors held the premises of the Templars and afterwards of the Hospitallers as aforesaid, and not of the king in chief, as parcel of a serjeanty, until they were taken into the king's hand by reason of the said trespass.
Feb. 11.
Reading.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause a new coket seal to be made for the port of Exeter and delivered to Thomas de Swanlund, Walter de Chiriton and their fellows, the king's merchants, to whom he has granted the customs and subsidies in all the ports of England under a certain form, for coketting wool, hides and wool-fells in that port, as the king has ordained that there shall be a passage of wool etc. there as in certain other ports of England, and a coket seal deputed there. By C.

Footnotes

  • 1. Tested by Lionel, the king's son, keeper of England, as are the succeeding entries.