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April 3. Westminster. |
To John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Leicester. Order to amove the
king's hand from a messuage and 40 acres of land of the prioress of
Langeleye in Dysworth and not to intermeddle further therewith, restoring
the issues thereof to the prioress, as the king ordered the escheator to
certify why he had taken those tenements into the king's hand, and the
escheator returned that he had done so because he had found by inquisition
of office that the prioress appropriated them to herself and her house of
one Ivo le Preost after the publication of the statute of mortmain, and
afterwards the prioress besought the king to order his hand to be amoved,
as Ivo assigned the messuage and land to that house long before the
publication of that statute, to hold in frank almoin, and the king ordered
the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found
that the messuage and land were given by Ivo to that house long before
the said statute, to hold in frank almoin. |
April 3. Westminster. |
To John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Warwick. Order to amove the
king's hand from a mill in Munneworth and not to intermeddle further
therewith, restoring the issues thereof to Ralph de Arderne, as the king
ordered the escheator to certify why he had taken into the king's hand the
lands of Ralph in Munneworth, and the escheator returned that he had so
taken the said mill because he had found by inquisition of office that Ralph
raised it in Munneworth, making purpresture upon the highway by 300
feet in length and 60 feet in breadth to the damage of the king and of the
neighbouring parts, and afterwards Ralph informed the king that he had
raised the mill on his own soil at Munneworth and not on the highway,
and he besought the king to order his hand to be amoved, and the king
ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is
found that the mill is situate on Ralph's own soil at Munneworth and not
on the highway, and that it was raised without purpresture or injury of the
neighbouring parts. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To Edward, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester.
Order to deliver to John Peritz, burgess of Vermeu in Spain, master of a
ship called 'Seint Bartelmeu' and to Domyngus Aynes, burgess and merchant
of Ribadeu in Spain, the said ship together with the wine and goods therein,
without delay, so that John and Domyngus may have no cause to sue the
king for other remedy, as the king ordered John le Straunge and John
Gernach, his serjeants at arms, and the mayor and bailiffs of Fowy to deliver
that ship with the wine and goods to John and Domyngus [as at page 11
above] and John le Straunge has certified the king that they could not do
this because the ship, wine and goods were in the hands of Edward's
ministers and subjects in those parts, and that Edward's ministers and
subjects had sent 17 tuns of red wine and a tun of white wine thereof from
Fowy to Portesmuth and they detain other goods of John and Domyngus,
and the king wishes to maintain friendly relations with the king of Spain
by reason of the newly-contracted alliance with him. |
April 1. Westminster. |
To Master John Cook, keeper of the great wardrobe. Order to deliver
half a short cloth and a piece of sendal (sindon') for the summer season,
another short half cloth with a hood and three furs of white budge for
the winter season and another short half cloth with a hood of thirty-two
miniver furs (ventribus de meniver), a fur of seven rows of miniver and
two furs of 'bissh' for Christmas to each of William Scot, William de
Thorp, William Bassett, Roger de Baukwell, justices of the Bench, John de
Stonore, Richard de Wylughby, Roger Hillary, William de Shareshull,
Richard de Kelleshull and John de Stouford, justices of the Common
Bench, Robert de Sadyngton, William de Broklesby, Gervase de Wilford
and Alan de Assh, barons of the exchequer, for their robes for the present
year. By K. |
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Membrane 14. |
April 9. The Tower. |
To Thomas de Aspale, escheator in co. Southampton. Order to cause
Walter son and heir of John de Romesey, tenant in chief, to have seisin of
all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his demesne as
of fee, as he has proved his age before Thomas Cary, escheator in co.
Somerset, and the king has taken his homage for the lands which his father
held in chief and has rendered them to him. By p.s. [17403.] |
April 15. Guildford. |
To John de Wesenham and his fellows, merchants to whom the king
granted all the customs and subsidies in all the ports of the realm. Order
to pay to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, or to his attorney, 350l.
of the sums assigned to him in the ports of London, Kyngeston upon Hull
and Boston, for Easter term next, after first paying to Queen Isabel the fee
due to her in those ports, as the king granted to the earl in the said ports,
400l., 150l. and 150l. respectively, to be received yearly until certain lands,
which others hold for life, with reversion to him, come into his hands. |
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To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, or to his attorney, 100l. for Easter term next in accordance
with the king's grant to him of 200l. to be received yearly as aforesaid of
the ferm or issues of that city. |
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The like to the sheriff of Essex for 50l. |
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To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to pay to the said earl or to his
attorney, 10l. for Easter term in accordance with the king's grant to
him of 20l. to be received yearly by the hands of the sheriff of that county. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, and to the prior of Treweleghe, fermors of that priory, in the king's hand by reason of the war with
France. Order to pay to Gawayn Corder, or to his attorney, 20l. for Easter
term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him on 18 February in the
16th year of the reign of 40l. to be received yearly of the ferm of that
priory for so long as it shall remain in the king's hand. |
April 22. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow 20l. to
William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, and to the prior of Trewelehe, if
they are found to have paid that sum to Gawayn Corder by virtue of the
preceding order. |
April 16. Westminster. |
To the collectors in co. Kent of the tenth and fifteenth granted by the
community of the realm for two years. Order to cause what is in arrear
of that tenth and fifteenth to be levied, without delay, and to pay the
money to those to whom the king has assigned it, and if they find any
refusing to pay to distrain them to pay their portions, notifying those who
are so distrained that the king will cause those distraints to be sold within
ten days from the taking of the same, and the collectors shall so behave
that the king's affairs be not impeded through their default, whereby he
would have cause to punish them. By K. and C. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to pay to brother Alexander de
Rameseye, now abbot of Barlynges, 100s. for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 100s. to be received yearly for life by
the hands of the sheriff of Lincoln. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford. Order to pay to John Brocas, the
king's yeoman, or to his attorney, 10l. for Easter term last, in accordance
with the king's grant to him of 20l. to be received yearly of the ferm of
that town. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to John Brocas what
is in arrear to him of 50 marks from 20 December in the 13th year of the
reign until 14th June in the 19th year, and to pay him 34 marks 8s. 4d.
from that 14 June, as on the said 20 December the king granted to John,
for his good service to himself and the late king, and that he might
maintain himself in the knightly order, 50 marks, to be received yearly at
the exchequer, and on the said 14 June the king granted to him lands in
Donemowe, co. Essex, to the value of 10l. 5s., in part satisfaction of the
said 50 marks. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to
John Brocas, the king's yeoman, or his attorney, what is in arrear to him
of his wages and fees from 6 November in the 8th year of the reign, and
to pay him such fees and wages yearly henceforth, as on the said day the
king granted to him the bailiwick of chief forestership of Wyndesore forest,
to hold for life, receiving the customary wages and fees. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To Richard de Thoresby, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to
pay to Robert de Burghcher 50l. for Easter term last, as on 20 December
in the 14th year of the reign the king granted to Robert, then chancellor,
100l. to be received yearly for life, in recompence for 100l. of land which
Hugh Daule, earl of Gloucester, granted to him to have for life, and which
the earl resumed into his hand because Robert made stay with the king. |
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April 10. The Tower. |
To the taxers and collectors in co. Cumberland of the tenth and fifteenth
granted by the community of the realm. Order to supersede the demand
made upon the men of the town of Penereth and of the hamlets pertaining
to that town for their portion, as the king has pardoned them their portion
for the second year of the grant out of compassion for their estate, as the
town and hamlets have been lately burned by the king's Scottish enemies. |
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By p.s. [17406.] |
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Mandate to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to discharge both
the taxers and collectors and the said men of that tenth and fifteenth. |
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By the same writ. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton for the present or the future. Order to pay
to Henry Whissh, the king's yeoman, what is in arrear to him of 7½d. daily
for his wages, and of 40s. yearly for his robes, and to pay him the said
wages and 40s. yearly henceforth, as the king lately granted him 7½d.
a day for his wages and 40s. yearly for his robes to be received yearly
by the hands of the keeper of the wardrobe, for life, and afterwards
on 21 June in the 14th year of the reign the king granted that he
should receive the said wages and robes by the hands of the sheriff
of that county, of the money which the prior of Suthewyk is bound to pay
for the ferm of Colmere and of that which John le Botiller and his heirs
are bound to pay yearly for the rent of the manor of Lokerle in that
county. Et erat patens. |
April 10. Westminster. |
To Thomas Leggi and Geoffrey de Wichingham, late sheriffs of London.
Order to cause all the issues and money received by them from two tenements in Minychinlane in that city, which belonged to John de Tholouse
and were taken into the king's hand by reason of the felony whereof he was
convicted, to be delivered to Robert de Burton, receiver of the issues of the
king's chamber, as the king has reserved those lands to his chamber and
has assigned them to Robert to keep them, with all the profit thereof, so
long as they shall remain in the king's hand. |
April 12. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John de Harsyk, who is so weak and broken by age that
he cannot exercise the duties of the office. |
April 18. Westminster. |
To John le Straunge and John Gernache, the king's serjeants at arms
appointed to arrest ships for his passage, and to the bailiffs of Plummuth.
John Peritz, burgess of Vermeu in Spain, master of a ship called Seint
Bertelmeu, and Domyngus Aynes, burgess and merchant of Ribadeu in
Spain, have shown the king that whereas they lately came near the town of
St. Matthieu, in Brittany, with the said ship laden with 40 tuns 3 pipes of
white and red wine and with other goods and wished to cross with the ship
and goods to St. Matthieu or Brest, certain men of Plummuth
and elsewhere of co. Devon entered that ship by armed force while
John and Domyngus were at St. Matthieu on their affairs, and
killed all the men and mariners therein except John's son, who hid
himself among the tuns, and they took the ship with the wine
and goods to Fowy and did their will therewith, wherefore John and
Domyngus have besought the king to order the ship, wine and goods to be
restored to them, in consideration of the alliance with the king of Spain,
and because it was testified before the king and his council that the ship
was plundered as aforesaid: the king orders John and John and the others
that if they find by inquisition or otherwise that the ship, wine and goods
were plundered by any men of Plummuth or others of co. Devon they
shall compel those men to make speedy restitution to John or Domyngus,
and if any resist and refuse to do so they shall cause them to be taken and
led to the Tower of London, to be imprisoned there until further order,
and they shall not omit this upon pain of forfeiture. By K. |
March 12. Westminster. |
To brother John Godelli, monk of the monastery of St. Denis in France.
Order to be attendant upon Thomas de Bradeston for the ferm of the priory
of Derhurst, which extends to 110l. yearly, and to pay that ferm yearly to
him or to his attorney, in accordance with the king's grant to him of that
ferm, as the priory was taken out the king's hands by reason of the war
with France, and the king has now committed the custody thereof to
brother John, to hold for so long as the war endure, rendering 110l. yearly
at the exchequer. Et erat patens. |
April 1. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton for the present or the future. Order to
pay to Walter de Denham 2d. a day, in accordance with the king's grant to
him of 2d. a day, to be received for life of the issues of that county. |
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Et erat patens. |
April 20. Westminster. |
To John de Wesenham and his fellows, to whom the king granted
all the customs and subsidies in all the ports of the realm. Order to pay
to William marquis of Juliers, or to Tilemannus de Werda, his attorney,
300l. for Easter term last, having first paid to Queen Isabel the fee due to
her on the customs, as the king granted to the marquis 1,000l., 600l. of
the customs in the port of Boston and 400l. at the exchequer, to be received
yearly, as is contained in the king's charter. |
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To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to pay to William marquis of Juliers
and earl of Cambridge, or to Tilemannus de Werda, his attorney, 10l. for
Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him on 7 May in
the 14th year of the reign of 20l. to be received yearly of the issues of that
county. |