Close Rolls, Edward III: April 1346

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: April 1346', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 8, 1346-1349, (London, 1905) pp. 19-23. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol8/pp19-23 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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April 1346

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.
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.
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.
The like to the sheriff of Essex for 50l.
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.
Membrane 13.
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.
By p.s. [17406.]
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.
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.
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.
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.