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July 3.
Westminster. |
To William de Langele, escheator in co. Kent. Order to assign dower
to Joan late the wife of Thomas de Basynges, tenant in chief, of all the
lands which belonged to her husband, in the presence of Roland Daneys, to
whom the king committed the custody of those lands to hold until
Thomas's heir should come of age, if he choose to attend, as the king has
taken her oath that she will not marry without his licence. |
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To Robert de Thorp. Order to take the oath of Joan late the wife of
Thomas de Basyngges, tenant in chief, that she will not marry without the
king's licence, as the king has given Robert power to receive that oath out
of compassion for Joan's estate. |
July 1.
Westminster. |
To John de Mautravers, keeper of the islands of Gerneseye, Jereseye,
Serk and Aureneye. Order to permit Nicholas Galicien, parson of the
church of St. Mary in the island of Jereseye, of the value of 20l. of Tours
at present and of the patronage of the abbey of St. Vigor de Cirizeo in
Normandy, Nicholas Lorenir, parson of the church of St. Clement in the
same island, of the value of 20l. of Tours and of the patronage of the abbey
of St. Sauveur; Roger Hasteyn, parson of the church of St. Peter de
Deserte, in the same island, of the value of 20l. of Tours, and of the
patronage of the same abbot, and Nicholas Hasteyn, parson of the church
of St. Laurence in that island, of the value of 18l. of Tours and of the
patronage of the abbot of St. Nicholas de Blanchland in Normandy, who are
liege men of that island and who have borne themselves faithfully towards
the king, as the keeper has certified the king by letter, who are impeded by
the keeper, it is said, from the possession of their benefices, to have the
same, to exercise the cure pertaining to them and to receive the fruits and
issues thereof, during the war with France or until further order, as at the
plaint of the said islands, containing among other things that the charges,
which ecclesiastical benefices require there which are provided by the Roman
court or to which the king's adversaries of France present whereof the
collations or presentations at present pertain to the king by reason of the
present war, have not been executed for no small time as the public weal
requires, by reason of an order of the king to the keeper not to permit such
purveyances and presentations, and for certain other causes, but will soon
remain altogether undone unless the king graciously act with such
purveyors and presentees, he has graciously permitted that those who have
hitherto behaved faithfully to him, shall enjoy their benefices, exercise
their cure and receive the fruits and issues while they behave well, during
the said war. By C. |
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Edward de la Court, parson of the church of St. Mary de Tortenhale in
the island of Gernesey, John Justice, parson of St. Peter de Boys church
in the same island and John Valeynes, parson of the church of Holy
Trinity de la Forest, have like letters. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To the chancellor of Ireland for the present or the future, or to him who
supplies his place. Order to deliver to Guy de Briane and to Elizabeth
his wife, late the wife of Giles de Badelesmere, tenant in chief, Elizabeth's
dower of all the lands which belonged to Giles at his death, in Ireland,
according to the law and custom of Ireland, in the presence of the heirs
and parceners of that inheritance or of their attorneys, if they choose to
attend, certifying the king in chancery of that assignment under the seal
used in Ireland, so that it may be enrolled in chancery in England. |
July 15.
Westminster. |
To Bartholemow de Burghersh 'le piere' and to Edward le Despenser,
keepers of two parts of the lands which belonged to Hugh le Despenser,
tenant in chief, in the king's hand by reason of the minority of Hugh's
heir. Order to permit Walter Bacheler to have 10l. yearly of the manor of
Faireford, co. Gloucester, as Hugh by deed granted to Walter, then his
chamberlain, a yearly rent of 10l. in that manor, for life, and on 11 July
last the king confirmed that grant. |
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Membrane 5. |
July 13.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to
pay the wages of the men at arms, both horse and foot, whom the king
gave power to Thomas de Rokeby, justiciary of Ireland, to retain for the
defence of Ireland against the sudden attacks of the Irish, as often as
should seem necessary, by the advice of the treasurer and chamberlains and
others of the council, and to make the other payments which the king
enjoined upon them. By K. and C. |
July 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of John de Farburn, who is insufficiently qualified. |
July 5.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause the houses and walls of
the king's stables in his park of Odiham for his foals there to be repaired
and amended by the view and testimony of Richard de Boclond, underkeeper of those foals. By bill of the treasurer. |
July 6.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle, or to him who
supplies his place there. Order to deliver to the abbot of Westminster
eight bucks on the eve of St. Peter ad Vincula, in accordance with the
grant of Henry III to the abbot there of eight bucks to be taken yearly in
Wyndescore forest at the king's cost, to be taken by the constable to
Westminster on the said day, so that those who carry the venison should
make two companies (facient duas meneyas), before the high altar of St.
Peter's, Westminster. |
July 22.
Westminster. |
To the collectors in the port of Sandwich of the subsidy of 2s. the sack,
12d. the tun of wine and 6d. the pound. Order to show to John de
Bukyngham, keeper of the great wardrobe or to his attorney the account
touching the said subsidy in that port, permit him to receive the evidence
thereof, and to deliver to him all the money thereof by indenture, to do
therewith as the king has enjoined upon him, so that the king's affairs,
which entirely depend upon the sending of that money, may not be retarded
by their default, as the king has charged John to supervise the accounts of
all the collectors of that subsidy in all the ports of England, where it has
hitherto been collected, to draw up certain evidence in deeds for the king's
use, and to receive all the money thereof to do therewith as has been fully
enjoined upon him. By C. and by bill of the treasurer. |
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To like to the collectors of the same subsidy in the following ports,
to wit:— |
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The collectors in the port of Bristol. |
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The collectors in the port of Sandwich. |
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The collectors in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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The collectors in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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The collectors in the port of Hertilpol. |
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The collectors in the port of Scardeburgh. |
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The collectors in the port of Wynchelse. |
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The collectors of 2s. in the port of Ravensere. |
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The collectors in the port of Plemmuth. |
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The collectors in the port of Chichester. |
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The collectors in the ports of Melcumbe and Weymuth. |
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The collectors in the port of Exeter. |
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The collectors in the port of Dertemuth. |
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To the collectors etc. in the ports of Ipswich and Colchester. Like
order in favour of the said John or of Robert de Wyngreworth, his
attorney. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors in the port of Great Yarmouth. |
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The collectors in the port of Lenn. |
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The collectors in the port of Boston. |
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Membrane 4. |
July 9.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Thomas de Enebroke, who is so sick and broken by age
that he cannot exercise the duties of his office. |
July 8.
Westminster. |
To Peter de Boxstede, escheator in co. Essex. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manor of Gossefeld, restoring the issues thereof to John
son of John de Liston, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by
the escheator that John de Liston at his death held no lands in his
demesne as of fee or in service in that county, in chief or of another, but
that he held jointly with Maud his wife and John his son the said manor,
except a wood called 'Alvyneshy,' a plot of pasture called 'Innome,' a field
called 'le Heyfeld,' a field called 'Heldeleye' with 2 acres of pasture
adjacent, a field called 'le Mellefeld' together with a windmill, a field
called 'Simondeslond,' a piece of pasture called 'Morkynlese,' a field called
'Souteresmede,' a croft called 'Parkcroft,' of the grant of Walter de
Ronheye and John Edward, to hold for themselves and the heirs of the
body of John son of John, and that the manor is held of others than the
king by certain services. |
June 8.
Westminster. |
To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his
place. Order to deliver to John bishop of Worcester, the chancellor, or to
his attorney, what is in arrear to him of his fee of wine by reason of his
office, by indentures. By C. |
July 1.
Westminster. |
To John Mautravers, keeper of the islands of Gerneseye, Jereseye, Serk
and Aureneye. The king lately ordered him, with the assent of the council,
not to permit any provisors of the Roman court, unless of the king's faith
and allegiance, or any clerks presented to benefices by his adversaries of
France, whereof the presentations or collations pertain to the king by
reason of the war, to obtain possession of those churches and benefices
during the war, but to answer to the king in his chamber for the fruits and
other profits of those benefices, under a certain form, certifying the king of
the conditions of such provisors and presentees, their action towards the
king, the value of their benefices and by whom they were presented; and
now the king has learned from the complaint of the people of those islands
that by reason of the said order and because the diocesan of the islands has
not hitherto admitted those presented, the charges which those benefices
exact, which pertain to the salvation of the souls of the parishioners, are
not performed for the most part and it is to be feared that they will shortly
cease altogether, the king has therefore allowed, by advice of the council,
that such provisors and presentees who have hitherto been faithful to him
shall enjoy the possession of the benefices with which they are provided,
shall have the cure of souls there and receive the fruits and issues thereof
during good conduct, in the time of the war, unless the king order
otherwise in the meantime: the king therefore orders the keeper to permit
those provisors and presentees to enjoy their benefices as aforesaid, notwithstanding the previous order, provided that they are resident in their
benefices, and that during the war, or until further order, a return shall be
made to the king's chamber of all the benefices whereof the value exceeds
a reasonable maintenance. By K. and C. |
June 20.
Westminster. |
To John de Wesenham, the king's butler. Order to deliver to the abbot
of Coggeshale a tun of red wine for Easter term last, as the abbot and
convent of that house, which is of royal foundation, promised to find a
monk as chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in the church of that
house in honour of God and the Virgin Mary and for the salvation of the
king, Queen Philippa and their children, and on 11 January in the 18th
year of the reign the king granted to the abbot and convent a tun of red
wine, to be received yearly at London. |
July 15.
Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of Harwich. Order to permit John de la Grave and
William de Dersham to lade 200 quarters of wheat in that port and to take
it to Cales after having paid the customs due thereon, in accordance with
the king's grant to them, after receiving security from them that they will
take it to Cales and that they will bring back letters under the seal of the
captain of Cales, testifying to the unlading of the wheat there, before the
Nativity of the Virgin next. |
June 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to supersede the demand made upon
Walter de Creyk, knight, for the lands which he held in that county, for
finding men at arms, hobelers or archers for the king's service, as in the
20th year of the reign, at the time when the king crossed with his army
to Hoges in Normandy, Walter was in the company of Henry de Percy,
deceased, one of the wardens of the marches of England and Scotland, and
he was with Henry at the battle of Durham and elsewhere upon the
custody of those marches, all the time that the king was in parts beyond
the sea, as Henry has testified. |
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June 20.
Westminster. |
To John Laundels, escheator in co. Berks. Order to divide the manor
of Shaldeburn in that county into three equal parts in the presence of the
heirs and parceners, if they choose to attend, or of their attorneys, and to
deliver their purparties thereof to them, sending the partitions to chancery
to be enrolled there, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Eva late the wife of Robert de Tateshale, knight, at her
death, held the said manor for life as her dower after her husband's death,
of the inheritance of Adam de Clyfton and John de Orreby, two of the
kinsmen and heirs of Robert, and of Robert son of William Bernak, to
whom John son of William de Bernak, kinsman and third heir of Robert
de Tateshale, granted his purparty, to wit, a third part of the said manor,
for himself and the heirs male of his body, by a fine levied in the king's
court, and that the manor is held of Peter son of Herbert by the service of
a rose yearly for all services, and that Adam, John and Robert son of
William are of full age. |
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To Saier de Rocheford, escheator in co. Lincoln. Like order to make a
legal partition of the manors of Toft and Tydd St. Mary in that county,
and to deliver the purparties to the heirs, as the king has learned by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Eva late the wife of Robert de
Tateshale at her death held the said manors for life as dower of the
inheritance of Adam de Clyfton and John de Orreby, Robert's kinsmen and
heirs, and of Robert son of William Bernak, to whom etc. as above,
'mutatis mutandis,' and that the manor of Toft is held of the manor of
Folkyngham by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, which manor of
Folkyngham is held in chief by homage and fealty for every service, and
the manor of Tydd is held of Henry earl of Lancaster by certain services,
and that Adam, John de Orreby and Robert son of William are of full age. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Devon. Order to pay to Robert de Esshyng, the king's
mason and purveyor, 45s. for stones bought by him in that bailiwick for
the king's use, and taken by him to London, and for the same number of
stones of the quarry of la Bere bought by him for the king, as many as
can be loaded in two ships, by indenture. By bill of the treasurer. |
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To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to pay for 22 tuns of plaster bought
for 30s. by Robert de Esshyng, the king's mason and purveyor in that
bailiwick, and for Caen stones taken and arrested by him for the king in
that bailiwick to be taken to London in a certain ship, and for a marble
stone for making an altar in the king's chapel at Westminster. |
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By the same bill. |
July 24.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland. Order to warn
the keepers and stewards of the lands of absent lords to certify their lords
within a certain time to ordain for the defence of their lands and for the
recovery of those occupied by armed power, to defend them against hostile
attacks and to obey and assist the justiciary whenever necessary, otherwise
they shall ordain as they see fit with the issues of those lands to defend
the same and shall apply other remedies if the rebellion demands it, as the
king has learned from his lieges in Ireland that several possessions and
lands of divers of his subjects there have been laid waste and occupied by
his enemies for lack of custody, and he has ordained in the parliament lately
held at Westminster that magnates and others having lands in Ireland and
living in England, to recover the lands so occupied and to bridle the malice
of enemies, shall send men at arms, horse and foot, to Ireland, wherefore
the king has ordered them to depute fit keepers for recovering the lands
occupied and for the safe custody of those which they then held, and that
the keepers and their lords, when present in Ireland, should assist the
justiciary in the recovery of the lands occupied and the defence of the
others whenever necessary, and if they neglected to do so the king would
do his will with the lands occupied when they had been conquered by him
or his ministers, and although the magnates and others holding lands have
received the said orders and have been repeatedly warned to ordain for the
recovery of the lands occupied, yet they have not hitherto cared to do anything, but have caused the issues and profits of their lands to be carefully
collected, making no provision for their defence, so that by their default
not only their own land, castles and places, but the king's demesne lands
and the adjacent lands of his lieges are attacked and occupied by the said
enemies, and none of them has gone with the justiciary to attack the
enemies or defend the lands, whereat the king is much angered. By C. |
Aug. 3.
Blatherwycke. |
To Henry Sturmy, escheator in co. Southampton. Order not to intermeddle further with two parts of the manor of Brokenhurst in the New
Forest or with certain lands in Broukle, restoring the issues thereof, as the
king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Thomas de
Grymstede at his death held the said two parts in his demesne as of fee of
Queen Philippa by the service of great serjeanty, to wit, to find an armed
man with a horse in the king's army in Scotland for forty days at his own
cost, to wit, according to his share of the two parts, and he held the said
lands of another than the king by certain services. |
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To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a third part of the
manor of Brokenhurst in the New Forest, restoring the issues thereof, as
the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margery,
late the wife of John de Grymstede at her death held the said third part as
dower of her husband's inheritance of Queen Philippa by the service etc. as
above, and that she held other lands in that bailiwick for life of others than
the king by divers services. |
Aug. 13.
Rotherhithe. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to permit John Malewayn, the
king's merchant, to lade 200 sacks of wool and certain hides and woolfells in small ships called 'hekbotes,' or in other small ships, after paying
the customs and subsidy due thereon, and take them to parts beyond. |
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By C. |
Aug. 20.
Sandwich. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit John Cokelar' to lade 14 sarplars of wool in
that port and take them to Seland, after receiving security from him and
the other merchants lading that wool not to take it elsewhere, and after
receiving from him the customs and subsidies due thereon, in accordance
with the king's grant to him made with the assent of the attorney of the
merchants to whom the king granted the customs and subsidies of wool,
hides and wool-fells for a time, for rendering a yearly ferm. By p.s. |
Sept. 8.
Rotherhithe. |
To the constable of the Tower of London or to him who supplies his
place. Order to release Richard atte Wode, the king's serjeant at arms
and échevin of Caleys, from prison, as the king, on learning that Richard
made several illicit meetings with the men of that town to the terror and
disturbance of the people there and the danger of the loss of the town,
appointed Thomas de Kyngeston, constable of Caleys castle, to take Richard's
key from him and to send him to the Tower to be detained there, and the
king has pardoned Richard at the request of certain magnates and because
he submitted himself to the king's favour, and by a security found before
the king. By K. |
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Memorandum that William atte Wode, the king's serjeant at arms, of co.
York, mainperned for Richard that he would behave faithfully henceforward
in that town, and if he should hold meetings or commit other like delict
there, that he should incur forfeiture of life and members and of his lands,
goods and chattels. |
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Membrane 2. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the customs and subsidies of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of Great Yarmouth. Order to deliver to John Malewayn
and Nicholas de Wandlesworth, attorneys of the mainpernors of Walter de
Chiriton, Thomas de Swanland and Gilbert de Wendlyngburgh, fermors of
the customs and subsidies in all the ports of England, the issues of the said
customs and subsidies in that port, from time to time, by indenture,
although the indenture between the king and the said fermors and their
mainpernors contains that all the said issues should be received in all the
ports by the fermors or their deputies, and by four merchants elected by all
the mainpernors, so that nothing should be paid elsewhere until the king
had been satisfied for his quarterly ferm, as with the assent of the fermors
and mainpernors, appearing before the king and his council at Westminster,
it is ordained that all the issues shall be delivered to the said attorneys in
the presence of the attorney or deputy of the said fermors, and should be
kept safely, so that nothing should be paid elsewhere until the said
quarterly payments had been made. By C. |
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The like to the collectors of the customs in the following ports, to wit: |
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The collectors in the port of London. |
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The collectors in the port of Sandwich. |
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The collectors in the port of Chichester. |
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The collectors in the port of Southampton. |
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The collectors in the port of Bristol. |
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The collectors in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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The collectors in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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The collectors in the port of Boston. |
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The collectors in the port of Lenn. |
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The collectors in the port of Ipswich. |
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The like to the collectors of the petty custom in the port of London. |
July 20.
Westminster. |
To the fermors of the customs and subsidies of wool, hides and wool-fells
in all the ports of England and to their mainpernors or to their attorneys.
Order to permit the collectors of the customs in the ports of London,
Boston and Kyngeston upon Hull to pay to Tidemannus de Lymbergh,
Thomas de Brandon, Richard de Causton and Thomas de Notyngham or to
their attorneys 20s. on every sack of wool, 20s. on every 300 wool-fells and
40s. on every last of hides taken out of those ports from 10 April last, and
to deliver to Tidemannus and the others the part of the coket seal in the
custody of the fermors, until they are satisfied for 11,000l. in part
satisfaction of 35,000 marks, in accordance with the king's grant to them,
and on 25 May last the king ordered the collectors in the ports to pay those
sums to Tidemannus and the others or to Robert de Caldewell and John de
Beek in the port of Boston, or to Thomas Dunsely in the port of London,
or to Adam Pound in the port of Kyngeston, until they should be satisfied
for 4,000l. in each of the ports of London and Boston and for 3,000l. in
the port of Kyngeston. By C. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Wynchelse. Order to account with John
Maydekyn, master of a ship called 'la Nicholas' of Romene, for the
number of quarters of salt unladed from his ship for what they find to be
reasonably due to him for towage (thoage) and petty lading beyond 10l. of
the money arising from the sale of that salt, as he has besought the king to
cause such payment to be made to him, as Gamelin atte Watere, merchant,
laded that ship with salt at la Bay and freighted it to the town of
Wynchelse to be unladed there, paying 15d. for the freight for each quarter,
and towage and petty lading, as appears by the indenture in his possession,
and the said master recovered 10l. in part payment of the freight, and the
residue of the payment is detained because the salt is arrested in the port
of Wynchelse by reason of the evil action of Gamelin, and was sold there
for the king's use. By C. |
July 24.
Westminster. |
To J. archbishop of Dublin, chancellor of Ireland. Whereas clerks of
England are disposed to set out to Ireland with the chancellor, the king
has given him full power to confer seven benefices now void and to have
the collation or presentation by reason of the archbishoprics or bishoprics
or the temporalities thereof, but as none of the said benefices attains to the
value of 20l. according to the taxation of the tenth now current in Ireland,
the king has granted that the collations or presentations to such benefices
shall have full force and that the clerks shall not be disturbed by the king
by reason thereof, because the king has reserved the collations of benefices
without curates to his disposition, and he has ordered the prelate and
chapters of cathedral churches in that land not to admit any clerks to such
benefices without curates by reason of any collations except under the great
seal of England. By K. and C. |
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Vacated because on the Patent Roll for this year. |
Aug. 7.
Rotherhithe. |
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to supersede the demand made upon
Ed[mund] de Bereford, clerk, for 10l. for the gold of Queen Philippa by
reason of a sum of 100l. which he paid at the receipt of the exchequer for
men at arms, hobelers and archers, as it was ordained by the council that
all those who had not paid the sums at which they were assessed for such
men for the king's passage when he went to Hoges in Normandy should
not pay the queen's gold thereon. By C. |
July 1.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to cause
Elizabeth de Burgo to have respite until Easter next for all debts and
reliefs which she owes at the exchequer, both her own and those of her
ancestors, in accordance with the king's grant to her. |
Aug. 30.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of Alexander Cheyne, deceased. |
Oct. 1.
Hertford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to release from the
Flete prison John Pyel, who is detained there for 926l. received by him of
the customs and subsidies, by the mainprise of John de Wesenham, who
has undertaken to have him at the exchequer in the end of the next
account of Walter de Chiriton and his fellows, fermors of the customs and
subsidies and of their mainpernors, to stand to right thereupon and to do
and receive what shall then be determined. By C. |
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Membrane 1. |
July 24.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland. The king has
learned that certain of his officials and ministers in Ireland, being almost
entirely ignorant of the rule and exercise of their offices, have procured
admission thereto by commissions under the great seal of England, no
examination being taken or testimony given of the sufficiency and
knowledge of the persons, so that injustice has frequently prevailed; the
king, by the advice of the council, has ordained that no official or minister
shall be admitted to any office, below the office of treasurer, custody or
bailiwick by commissions under the great seal of England, unless he is
sufficient and fit to exercise the office, before the justiciary and others
have certified the king and his council in England of the names of the
inefficient ministers: the king therefore orders the justiciary and others
to examine the persons coming to Ireland with such commissions, and not
to admit those who are unfit, informing the king of their names and also
of the names of the ministers who are unfit to exercise their offices, so that
the king may provide a remedy. By K. and C. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his
place. Order to deliver to John bishop of Worcester, the chancellor, the
fee of wine which he ought to receive for the household of chancery, from
9 June in the 23rd year of the reign, when he took that household, and to
pay him that fee henceforth, by indenture. By C. |
July 23.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland. Order to cause
the rolls, processes and memoranda of the exchequer, Dublin, and of the
king's other places there and those of the late king's time to be examined,
and to cause the errors therein to be corrected, as the king is informed
that divers errors exist whereby prejudice is done to him, for which no
remedy has hitherto been applied. By K. and C. |
