Close Rolls, Edward III: June 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: June 1346', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 8, 1346-1349, (London, 1905) pp. 31-34. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol8/pp31-34 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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June 1346

June 5.
Porchester.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to pay to Richard earl of Arundel what is in arrear to him of his wages for the custody of the castle and town of Porchester and the forest there, and to pay him such wages henceforth, as the king lately committed that custody to the earl to hold for life in the same way as others who have hitherto held the same.
June 6.
Porchester.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the sheriff of Southampton what they shall find him to have expended upon the construction of a new chamber in Porchester castle and upon the repair of the hall of the chambers and kitchens there, against the king's arrival, by the view and testimony of John Haket, constable of the castle, in accordance with the king's order to him. By p.s.
March 1.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to deliver 1,000 hurdles, 20 bridges and other necessaries for the equipment of the king's horses, to William de Hugate, the king's clerk, by indenture. By p.s.
To the same. Order to cause the defects of the bridge of Winchester castle to be repaired by the view and testimony of John Gabriel and Nicholas de Hanyton, citizens of Winchester. By K.
Membrane 4.
June 26.
Porchester.
To Thomas de Aspale, escheator in co. Southampton. 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.
Vacated because on the second part of the Close Roll for this year.
To John de Roches, escheator in co. Wilts. Like order to assign dower to Margaret.
Vacated as aforesaid.
The like to the following, to wit:—
Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Dorset.
Thomas de Swynford, escheator in co. Bedford.
Robert de Pavely, escheator in co. Northampton.
Vacated as aforesaid.
June 14.
Porchester.
To Thomas de Swynford, escheator in cos. Bedford and Buckingham. Order to assign dower to Katharine late the wife of Geoffrey de Lucy, 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.
To William de Langele, escheator in co. Kent. Like order to assign dower to Katharine.
The like to the following, to wit:—
Robert de Pavely, escheator in co. Northampton.
John de Coggeshale, escheator in co. Hertford.
June 20.
Porchester.
To Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Dorset. Order not to distrain Robert son of Joan late the wife of John Latymer, knight, for his homage and fealty, and not to intermeddle further with 4 messuages and 4 carucates of land in Swanewych, Weye, Wermewell, Tarente Antioche and Chalvedon in that county, saving any relief due to the king, as he has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Joan at her death held the said tenements in service, in chief, by the service of doing homage and fealty to the king, and of rendering 10s. at the exchequer at Easter by the hands of the sheriff of the county, and that she held other lands for life in that bailiwick of the inheritance of the said Robert, John's son, of others than the king, by divers services, and that the said Robert her son is her next heir and of full age, and the king has taken his homage and fealty due in this respect. By p.s. [17639.]
Membrane 3.
June 3.
Porchester.
To John Engayn of Teversham, escheator in co. Huntingdon. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Conyngton and the advowson of the church of that town, restoring the issues thereof to Margaret late the wife of John de Bruys, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee, in chief, or of any other in that county, but that he was jointly enfeoffed with Margaret of the said manor and advowson, for life, of the gift and enfeoffment of William archbishop of York, and of Ralph Turvill, parson of Jakesle church, to hold for themselves and John's heirs, and that the manor and advowson are held in chief as of the honour of Huntingdon, by the service of a third part of a fourth part of a knight's fee, and the king has taken Margaret's fealty.
May 14.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to pay to Godfrey Folejambe 50 marks, in accordance with the king's grant to him of that sum in recompence for his expenses in the king's service in Ireland for the time when he was one of the justices there, and in remuneration of his labour in that service. By p.s. [18045.]
June 13.
Porchester.
To the sheriff of Southampton for the present or the future. Order to pay to Thomas Trusselove, watchman of Winchester castle, what is in arrear to him of 1d. daily, granted to him for life on 23 April in the 18th year of the reign, and to pay him 1d. daily henceforth in accordance with that grant. By p.s.
Et erat patens.
June 6.
Porchester.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to pay to John de Gutyng, one of the foresters of la Bere forest, near Porchester, what is in arrear to him of 1d. daily for his wages from the time of the sheriff's appointment, and to pay him such wages henceforth, in accordance with the king's grant to him, for his long service and because he is detained by a grave infirmity, of 1d. a day for his wages, to be received of the issues of co. Southampton, until further order.
June 15.
Porchester.
To Reginald le Forester, escheator in cos. Surrey and Sussex. Order to assign to Henry de Lokesle and to Alice his wife, late the wife of Thomas de Wyntreshull, tenant in chief, Alice's dower of the lands which belonged to Thomas at his death, in the presence of Richard de Farnhull, to whom the king committed the custody of the said lands to hold until Thomas's heir shall come of age, if he choose to attend.
June 28.
Porchester.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to John Dymmok, yeoman of the king's buttery, 6d. a day for his wages, as he is detained by such infirmity that he cannot cross with the king on his present passage to parts beyond the sea, and the king has granted him 6d. to be received daily for his wages of the issues of that county until the king's return to England.
By p.s. [17723.]
Membrane 2.
June 18.
Porchester.
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Thomas Brayn, who is insufficiently qualified.
July 1.
Porchester.
To Reginald le Forester, escheator in co. Surrey. Order to deliver to Henry de Loxle and Alice his wife the manor of Burgham near Gildeford, as by an inquisition taken before William de Notton and Richard de Burton, concerning the tenements which belonged to Thomas de Wyntereshull, tenant in chief, it was found that Thomas at his death held the said manor of Thomas de Seint More by the service of half a knight's fee, which manor Henry and Alice ocupied from the time of Thomas's death, claiming that they held it for Alice's life, and afterwards Henry and Alice besought the king to order his hand to be amoved, as John atte Beche, chaplain, long before Thomas's death, granted that manor by charter to Thomas and Alice, then his wife, and to William, Thomas's son, to hold for themselves and the heirs male of William's body, and they were seised thereof during Thomas's life and Alice's widowhood, and Henry and Alice continued in seisin thereof after the marriage until the manor was taken into the king's hand by virtue of the inquisition aforesaid, and the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, in the presence of Richard de Farnhull, to whom the king committed the custody of the lands which belonged to Thomas to hold under a certain form, if he chose to attend, by which inquisition it is found that John granted the said manor to Thomas and Alice and to William as aforesaid, and that they were seised thereof as aforesaid until the manor was taken into the king's hand, and that John atte Beche granted the manor to Thomas, Alice and William in the form aforesaid, to wit, on Thursday before the Purification, 12 Edward III, and they were seised thereof as aforesaid, and that the manor is held of Thomas de Seynt More by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee and of rendering 60s. yearly to the heirs of John de Bluet.
June 20.
Porchester.
To Reginald Forester, escheator in cos. Surrey and Sussex. Order to assign dower to Joan late the wife of John Bernak, tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband at his death, in the presence of Nicholas Bokelond and Henry de Greystok, keepers of those lands, if they choose to attend, or of their attorneys, upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence.
The like to William de Middelton, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk.
June 9.
Porchester.
To Thomas de Swynford, escheator in cos. Bedford and Buckingham. Order to cause Geoffrey son and heir of Geoffrey de Lucy, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands which his father held in chief at his death and of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee, as the king has taken his homage for the lands which his father held in chief and has rendered them to him.
The like to the following, to wit:—
John de Coggsale, escheator in cos. Essex and Hertford.
Robert de Pavely, escheator in co. Northampton.
William de Langele, escheator in co. Kent.