Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1348

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1348', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 8, 1346-1349, (London, 1905) pp. 570-577. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol8/pp570-577 [accessed 19 April 2024]

November 1348



Nov. 4. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of Kent. Order upon sight of these presents, to cause bars, benches and other necessary things to be made and repaired in three places in the customary houses before Monday after Martinmas next, for the session of Robert de Sadyngton and his fellows, justices next in eyre in that country. By K.
	[Ibid.]
Oct. 25. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. Order to permit a ship called 'la seint Guilliam' of St. Jacut (de Sancto Jacuto) in Britanny, whereof Periotus Novesce is master, to be dearrested without delay together with the goods therein, and to cross to Britanny, as the said ship, laden with certain goods and merchandise of John Turquart, merchant of Britanny, lately came to the port of Southampton, and stayed there to have the passage of certain men of Britanny who lately came to England, by the king's licence, to treat for the release of Charles de Bloys, then in the Tower of London, and the mayor and bailiffs arrested the ship and goods, pretending that the truce between the king and the men of Britanny was terminated and the truce between the king and the said Charles and his wife is to endure until Christmas next. By C.
Nov. 5. Sandwich.	To William de Ryngebourn, escheator in the Isle of Wight. Order to cause Thomas son and heir of John Kaynes, tenant in chief of the late king, 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 Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Dorset, and the king has taken his homage for the lands which his father held in chief of the late king, and has rendered them to him. By K.
Nov. 5. Sandwich.	To Aymer Fitz Waryn, escheator in co. Devon. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which are taken into the king's hand by reason of the death of John de Kaynes, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by Simon de Bereford, sometime escheator this side Trent, that John at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee in chief as of the crown in co. Devon, but that he held a carucate of land in Wynkelegh in his demesne as of fee as of the honour of Gloucester, then in the king's hands by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser the younger, by the service of half a knight's fee, and he held divers other lands in his demesne as of fee of others than the king by divers services, and that Thomas de Kaynes, John's son, is his next heir and was aged six months at the feast of St. Barnabas in the 1st year of the reign, and now Thomas has proved his age before Thomas Cary, escheator in co. Dorset, and the said honour is now in the hands of Hugh le Despenser and others and not of the king.
	Membrane 12.
Oct. 28. Sandwich.	To William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, or to his steward or bailiff of the castle, manor and hundred of Halton, co. Chester. Order under the great seal to deliver the said castle, manor and hundred to Henry earl of Lancaster, without difficulty or delay, certifying the king thereupon before St. Katharine next, as in part satisfaction of 200l. of land yearly which Queen Isabel and the king promised to provide for William, the king granted the premises to him to hold for life to the value of 120l. of land yearly, and now for certain causes, by the advice of the council, the king has caused the premises to be resumed into his hand, and in recompence for the same he has granted to William 120l., to be received yearly at the exchequer, and the king is informed that the premises pertained to Henry by virtue of certain gifts and enfeoffments, after the death of Alesia countess of Lincoln, deceased, of ancient right, before they came into the king's hand, and he wishes to show favour to Henry, who is staying in parts beyond the sea in his service, and ordered the earl of Huntyngdon to deliver the premises to him and he does not wish the execution of that order to be postponed. By p.s. [19822.]
Nov. 8. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of York. Order to cause the mills beneath York castle to be newly built of timber and the head of the pond of the River Fosse to be repaired where necessary by the view and testimony of Roger de Normanvill, controller of certain of the king's works there.
	By bill of the treasurer.
Nov. 8. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of Berks. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Blebury, deceased.
Nov. 7. Sandwich.	To the keeper of the lands which belonged to Laurence de Hastynges, earl of Pembroke, tenant in chief, in the king's hand by reason of the minority of the heir, in co. Weyseford in Ireland, for the present or the future. Order to permit John de Butterleie to hold the office of constable of Weyse ford castle, and to pay him 10l. yearly, as the earl granted that office to John to hold for life, receiving 10l. yearly for his fee of the earl's treasury at Weyseford, and the king has ratified those letters and has further, of his special favour, pardoned John any trespass committed by him in acquiring the office without licence. By p.s. [19849.]
	Et erat patens.
Nov. 14. Westminster.	To William Bret, escheator in co. Essex. Order to permit Roger de Bradele to have the custody of the park and warren of the manor of Hanyngfeld, in that county, and to receive all the wood in his bailiwick blown down by the wind, and to pay him what is in arrear to him of a bushel of wheat weekly from 7 November last and to pay him a bushel weekly henceforth and a robe and 6s. 8d. for his shoes yearly, of the issues of the lands of Laurence de Hastynges, earl of Pembroke, which are in the king's hand by reason of the minority of the earl's heir, as the earl granted the said custody to Roger, for receiving a bushel of wheat weekly, a robe of the suit of the earl's men of mistery, and 6s. 8d. yearly for his shoes, to hold for life, and he also granted to him all the wood blown down by the wind in that bailiwick for life, and on 7 November last the king ratified the said grant and pardoned Roger any trespass committed by him in acquiring the said custody without licence.
Nov. 14. Sandwich.	To Arnald Sauvage, escheator in co. Kent. Order to permit Thomas de Kyngessnode to hold the office of parker of the park of Sutton Valence and of the bedelry in that manor and in Estsutton, and to pay to him what is in arrear to him of 2d. daily from 7 November last and to pay him 2d. daily henceforth and 13s. 4d. yearly for his robe of the issues of the manor of Sutton Valence, in accordance with the earl's grant to him of the said office to hold for life, which grant the king ratified on 7 November last and pardoned Thomas any trespass committed by him in acquiring the office without licence.
Nov. 14. Sandwich.	To Richard Blundel, escheator in co. Northampton. Order to deliver to Robert Wyard, sometime the king's yeoman, what is in arrear to him of 3d. daily, hay, litter and oats from the time of the death of Laurence de Hastynges, earl of Pembroke and to pay him the said 3d. daily and a robe befitting an esquire or 20s. for the same, and hay, litter for his horse and a peck of oats every night, to be received so long as the manor of Yerdelee remains in the king's hand, in accordance with the earl's grant, confirmed by the king, of the bailiwick of the said manor and the custody of the chace therein, to hold for life, receiving the said wages and fees.
	Membrane 11.
Nov. 25. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause two coroners for that county to be elected in place of Andrew de Canterton, deceased, and John de la Burgh, who is so weak that he cannot travail to execute the duties of his office.
Nov. 24. Westminster.	To Richard Blundel, escheator in co. Northampton. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Pateshull, restoring the issues thereof to Eleanor late the wife of John de Wodhull, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death was jointly seised with Eleanor in his demesne of the said manor of the grant of Robert de la Hay, late parson of Dachet church, to hold for themselves and the heirs of their bodies by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the manor is held in chief as parcel of the manor of Wodhull, which is held in chief with the said parcel, by knight's service, and the king has taken Eleanor's fealty.
Dec. 20. Otford.	To William Croyser, escheator in co. Bedford. Order not to intermeddle further with the manors of Wodhull and Langeford, restoring the issues thereof to Eleanor late the wife of John de Wodhull, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held the said manors in chief in demesne and service, jointly with Eleanor, by a fine levied in the king's court by his licence, and that those manors together with the manor of Pateshulle, which is parcel of the manor of Wodhull, are held in chief by the service of two knights' fees and of rendering 9l. yearly to the custody of Rokyngham castle, at Michaelmas, and 20s. 9d. to the king by the hands of the sheriff of Bedford, of view, hidage, suit and ward, and of rendering 10s. to Thomas Wake of Lydel of the manor of Wodhull, and that John held no other lands at his death in chief or of others in that bailiwick, and the king has taken Eleanor's fealty.
Dec. 10. Westminster.	To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order not to intermeddle further with the tenements which he took into the king's hand by reason of the death of John de Wodhull, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held a messuage and a carucate of land in Little Durneford in that county, jointly with John his son, of the manor of Aumbresbury, which is of the earldom of Salisbury by the service of a third part of a fourth part of a knight's fee, and that he held the manors of Great Derneford and Little Derneford and a messuage, 80 acres of land and 100 acres of wood in Tuderle in that county, jointly with Eleanor, for themselves and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the said manors and the messuage, land and wood in Tuderle are held of others than the king by divers services, and that John held no other lands at his death in chief of the king or of others.
Nov. 6. Sandwich.	To the barons, knights, captains, castillans and other tenants of the castles, domains, manors, islands, towns and lands which belonged to the lord of Lyouns in the duchy of Britanny. Order to be attendant upon Thomas de Daggeworth as lord of the said castles etc. as William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, granted by charter to Thomas and to Eleanor his wife, the earl's sister, the said castles etc. which came into the hands of John de Monte Forti, then duke of Britanny, by the forfeiture of the lord of Lyouns, and which John afterwards gave to the earl in fee, to hold of John, the said duke's son and heir, and the king confirmed the said grant to Thomas and Eleanor. Et erat patens.
Nov. 24. Westminster.	To Walter de Chiriton and Thomas de Swanlond and their fellows, to whom the king granted all the customs in the realm under a certain form. Order to pay to John de Herlyng and to William de Clopton, whom the king assigned to levy and collect the petty custom in the port of London and in all places thence on either side of the River Thames to Gravesend, for life, their wages for the time when the said custom has been in their hands, and to pay them 20l. yearly so long as the customs remain in the hands of Walter and his fellows, as it appears by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer sent into chancery that 20l. yearly were allowed to John de Pulteneye and John de Aspale, late collectors of the petty custom in that port, for their wages in the said office.
Nov. 2. Sandwich.	To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order to deliver to Richard Talbot the manors of Elecombe and Blountesdon Gay, together with the issues thereof, as on 29 January last the king granted to him the reversion of all the lands which Joan late the wife of John Lovel, tenant in chief, grandmother of John Lovel, tenant in chief, held in dower or otherwise for life, of the inheritance of the said John, a minor in the king's wardship, to hold until the heir should come of age without rendering anything therefor, and it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator that Joan at her death held the said manors in dower of the inheritance of the said heir.
	Membrane 9 (fn. 1).
Oct. 26. Westminster.	To John de Horton, keeper of the exchanges in the Tower of London and in the city of Canterbury. Order to pay to Geoffrey de Thoresby, whom the king appointed on 13 May in the 11th year of the reign to be assayer of his money, and committed to him the office of changer in the exchange of Canterbury, to hold during good conduct, in the same way as Lapinus Roger, deceased, held them, receiving the customary fees and wages, what is in arrear to him of the said fees and wages from the said 13 May and to pay him the same henceforth.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To John de Wyndesore, escheator in cos. Warwick and Leicester. Order to deliver to Thomas de Asteleye, knight, the tenement which the escheator took into the king's hand by virtue of a writ directed to him in the 21st year of the reign, restoring the issues thereof to him, as on its being found by inquisition taken by Robert de Bereford, then escheator in those counties, by writ of diem clausit extremum after the death of John le Latymer, that John at his death held no lands in chief whereby the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held certain lands in Langeton, co. Leicester, of Thomas, by homage and the service of a knight's fee, and he held lands of others than the king by divers services, the king ordered Robert on 20 June in the 17th year of the reign not to intermeddle further with the said lands, but by pretext of another inquisition taken by another writ of diem clausit extremum on 6 November in the 21st year of the reign, obtained erroneously, because it was found that John held certain lands and rents and the moiety of a mill in Langeton of William son and heir of William le Latymer, a minor in the king's wardship, the king ordered those lands to be again taken into his hand and to be delivered to Queen Philippa, to whom he delivered the custody of all the lands which belonged to William Latymer to hold until the heir should come of age, Thomas not being called or heard in the matter, wherefore he has besought the king, by his petition before him and his council in parliament, to order his hand to be amoved and the said lands to be restored to him, and on the matter being discussed with the councils of the king and queen, nothing effectual was alleged by the queen's council whereby the said lands ought to remain in the king's hand and in her custody, wherefore the king has ordered his hand to be amoved from those lands.
Oct. 12. Westminster.	To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to cause wages and the arrears thereof from the time of his appointment to be paid to the following, to wit: to the janitor of each gate of the castle taking 4d. daily; to Thomas le Rotour one of the viewers of works taking 2d. daily; to John de Wyndesore, gardener of the garden without the castle, taking 2½d. daily; to four watchmen of the castle taking 2d. a day each; to Ralph de la More, clerk of the king's works in the castle, taking 2d. a day.
	To the same. Like order for Gilbert Pypet, the king's fletcher in that castle, and to pay him his wages henceforth, delivering to him the other things necessary for his office.
Oct. 12. Westminster.	To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle or to him who supplies his place. Order to pay to Ralph de Dodlesfold to whom on 28 March in the 8th year of the reign the king granted the office of surveyor of his works in that castle and in the manor and parks of Wyndesore and of the palings and hedges about the new and old parks of Wyndesore, and in the manor of Kenyngton and of the enclosure of wall and paling about the king's park of Kenyngton, to hold during pleasure, receiving such wages as Alexander le Peyntour used to receive therein, what is in arrear to him of such wages from the said 8 March and to pay him such wages henceforth.
Oct. 24. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to expend 200 marks beyond the 100l. which the king ordered him to expend in repairing the defects of the hall, chapel, chambers and other buildings of Winchester castle, by the view and testimony of the mayor of Winchester and of Robert de Charteseye, as the king has learned that the said defects cannot be properly repaired for 100l. By bill of the treasurer.
Nov. 16. Sandwich.	To John Sholle, escheator in co. Hereford and the adjacent march of Wales. Order to deliver to Agnes late the wife of Laurence de Hastynges, earl of Pembroke, tenant in chief in England and Wales, the lands in that bailiwick of those which the king has assigned to her, as upon her taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence the king assigned the following lands to her, to wit: the castle, lordship and burgh of Bergeveny with the manor of Engliston and the bedelry there and its members of the town of Michael, Lancadok and Lyncoyd Capella, Killitha, Bloreys, Culgudyn, Pellenny, Mayneyhad, Cregrien and the forestership there pertaining to the said lordship, and the manors of Sutton Valence and Est Sutton, co. Kent, and Esthanyngfeld with certain lands in Westhanyngfeld in co. Essex, and certain tenements and rents in Filungleye and Chelmescote, co. Warwick.
	The like to Arnald Sauvage, escheator in co. Kent, for the manors of Sutton Valence and Estsutton.
	The like to the following, to wit:—
	William Bret, escheator in co. Essex for the manor of Esthanyngfeld and lands in Westhanyngfeld.
	John de Wyndesore, escheator in co. Warwick for the lands and rents in Filungley and Chelmescote.
	Memorandum that the said assignment of dower was made with the assent of Thomas de Clopton, keeper of the wardrobe, whom the king appointed surveyor of two parts of the lands which belonged to the said earl, to ordain and dispose thereof for the expenses of the king's household, until the earl's heir should come of age, as he shall see fit and not according to the extents made thereof.
	Afterwards certain other manors and lands which belonged to the earl were at his death assigned to Agnes to hold in dower, beyond the lands aforesaid, as appears in the Close Roll of the 23rd year of the reign under date 28 April.
Nov. 21. Westminster.	To William Bret, escheator in co. Essex. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Horkeslee, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by John de Blounvill, sometime escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford that John Botetourt and Maud his wife, by a fine levied in the late king's court, granted that the said manor and the advowson of the priory there with all appurtenances, which William de Horkesle and Emma his wife held for their lives with reversion to John and Maud, should remain to Robert de Swynbourn, and the manor and advowson were held in chief as of the honour of Reylegh, then in the king's hand, by knight's service, and that William, Emma and Robert were dead, and Robert son of Thomas de Swynbourn was Robert's next heir and was aged five years on 26 November in the 6th year of the reign, and the king granted the said honour to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, and the heirs male of his body, and Robert son of Thomas is now of full age, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by William de Middleton, escheator in co. Suffolk.
Nov. 18. Westminster.	To Simon Basset, escheator in co. Gloucester. Order to cause John Giffard son and heir of John Giffard of Weston under Egge, 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 John de Swynnerton, escheator in co. Salop, and the king has taken his homage for all the lands which his father held in chief, and has rendered them to him.
	By p.s. [19978.]
	The like to the following, to wit:—
	Robert Russell, escheator in co. Wilts.	By the same writ.
	Guy de Seintcler, escheator in co. Cambridge.	By the same writ.
	Membrane 8.
Nov. 15. Sandwich.	To Thomas de Lucy, escheator in co. Lancaster. Order to cause the castle and manor of Clyderhou with its chaces and parks in co. Lancaster, except the park of Ightenhull, to be seised into the king's hand and to deliver them to the present earl of Lancaster, as the king has learned by inquisition by the escheator that Alesia, countess of Lincoln, at her death held no lands in her demesne as of fee in service in that county, but that Edward I was seised in his demesne as of fee by the release of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln of the said castle and manor with the chaces and parks and he granted them to the said Henry and the heirs of his body with remainder to Edmund the king's brother, in default of such heirs, and Edmund had a son Thomas and Henry, Thomas's brother, and the said Thomas afterwards married Alesia daughter and heir of Henry de Lacy, and after the death of Edmund and Henry, Thomas held the said castle and manor till his death, after which the late king, in the 15th year of his reign, took them into his hand, and the present king afterwards granted them, except the said park, to Queen Isabel, and Thomas and Alesia died without an heir of their bodies and the reversion of the castle and manor pertains to Henry earl of Lancaster, son and heir of the said Henry son of Edmund, as Edmund's heir in the said tail, and that the castle and manor are held of the honour of Lancaster by the service of six knights' fees and 25s. yearly to the ward of Lancaster castle. By p.s.
Nov. 20. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Roger de Inghou, who has no lands in fee in that county to qualify him.
Oct. 8. Westminster.	To Walter de Bermyngham, justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place there. Order to deliver the custody of all the castles, manors and lands of Maurice son of Thomas, earl of Dessemound in Ireland, with all their appurtenances and the issues thereof from 7 August last, to Ralph baron of Stafford and Richard Talebot, or to their attorneys, in accordance with the king's previous orders to him, and to discharge the receivers, ministers and fermors thereof from the said day, informing the king of what he does before the Purification next, as on the said 7 August the king committed the said custody to Ralph and Richard, to hold during pleasure, for rendering 800 marks yearly at the exchequer, and although the king ordered the justiciary by divers writs to deliver the custody to them he has not hitherto cared to do so, in contempt of the king's orders.
Nov. 26. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to account with Master William de Fenton, the king's clerk, for the time when he was in the king's service at London, to inform the council upon affairs touching the men and merchants of Spain and Gascony, paying him 4s. for every day spent in that service or giving a competent assignment therefor. By C.
Nov. 21. Westminster.	To William de Middelton, escheator in co. Suffolk. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Wystone in that county, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Thomas de Swynbourn, at his death, held that manor in chief as of the honour of Relegh, then in the king's hand, by the service of half a knight's fee, and that the manor was seised into the king's hand by the death of Thomas and by reason of the minority of Robert, his son and heir, and Robert is of full age, and the king has granted the said honour with the knights' fees pertaining thereto to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, and the heirs male of his body.
Nov. 20. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to Queen Isabel or to her attorney 250l. for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 500l. in each of the ports of London, Kyngeston upon Hull and Boston, to be received yearly for life.
	The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Boston.
Dec. 3. Sandwich.	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. a day from 23 April in the 18th year of the reign and to pay him 1d. a day henceforth, in accordance with the king's grant to him on the said day of such wages, to be received for life of the issues of that county. By p.s.
	Et erat patens.
	Membrane 7.
Nov. 24. Westminster.	To William de la Pole, to whom the king granted all the money of the ancient custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to pay to Tidemannus de Lymbergh 25l. for Michaelmas term last, as the king granted to Matthew Canaceon, his merchant, 50l. to be received yearly of the customs in the port of London, and on 15 February in the 18th year of the reign the king transferred that grant, to be received in the port of Kyngeston, to John de Wolde and the said Tidemannus, merchants of Almain, at Matthew's request, who was bound to them in great sums, and John is dead as the king is informed.