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Oct. 1.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary of Ireland or to him who supplies his place. Order to
cause all liberties which he shall find by due process that the men of those
parts have used unduly, without warrant, to be taken into the king's hand
without delay and detained until the king has directed otherwise by advice
of the council, as the king is informed that several men of those parts,
usurping the royal power, have used divers liberties without warrant from
the king, and others have used liberties which they assert will be granted
to them. |
Oct. 3.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to cause the 37 striped cloths and a
cloth of colour arrested as forfeit to the king by Thomas Levelyf, deputy
of John Mareys, the king's alnager, in the fair of Steresbrigg, because they
were not of the assize, and now in the custody of the mayor of Cambridge,
to be taken to the Tower of London with all speed and delivered to the
keeper of the great wardrobe there. |
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Membrane 11. |
Oct. 2.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of Rokyngham to be elected in place of Stephen le Keu of Eston, deceased. |
Oct. 3.
Westminster. |
To John le Mareschal, escheator in the county of Gloucester. Order
not to intermeddle further with the lands which were taken into the king's
hand by the death of Roger Mautravers, restoring the issues thereof, as the
king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Roger at his
death held no lands in his demesne as of fee or in service in chief in that
county, but that he held a messuage, a carucate of land, 4 acres of meadow,
3 acres of pasture and 13s. 4d. rent in Luttle Shurdunton in the manor of
Beggeworth, and that he held in his demesne as of fee 2 messuages and
15 acres of land in the said manor, and that John Mautravers, son of John
Mautravers, Roger's brother, is his next heir and of full age. |
Oct. 4.
Westminster. |
To Henry Picard, the king's butler. Order to deliver to David de
Wollore, the keeper of the chancery rolls, a pipe of wine beyond the tun of
wine which the king previously ordered him to deliver for the expenses
of the household of chancery during the absence of the chancellor for
twenty-eight days, for a quinzaine following the said twenty-eight days,
for the expenses of the said household. |
Oct. 3.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John de Falle, who is insufficiently qualified. |
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To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in
place of John de Hertwell, who is insufficiently qualified. |
Sept. 21.
Westminster. |
To Roger de Swalouclyf. Order to keep safely all the money which he
has levied of the manor of Fyfyde, co. Wilts, which belonged to Roger
Bavent, knight, and which is now in the king's hand by Roger's grant,
among the other lands which belonged to the said John (sic), for the time
when he had it at ferm of Roger's grant, and to have it before the king and
his council at Westminster on the morrow of All Souls next, to be delivered
to the king or to those to whom it shall be adjudged by the king and
council. By K. |
Oct. 16.
Westminster. |
To Henry Picard, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in
the port of Sandwich. Order to supersede altogether the exaction of 2s.
the tun on 55 tuns of wine brought to that port from the parts of Gascony
in a ship of Bayonne whereof Reymund de Bates is master, for the use of
Bernard, lord of Albret (de Lebreto), which the king lately ordered him to
supersede until All Saints next. By K. |
Oct. 17.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. Order to deliver to Nicholas
Cogat, merchant of Bernard lord of Albret, in Bernard's name 37 tuns and
a pipe of wine arrested by them, without delay, the customs due thereon
being paid, to do his will therewith, as Bernard has besought the king
to order the wine to be dearrested and delivered to Nicholas; as the said
merchant caused that wine to be placed in the Nief Dieu (navi dei) of
Wynchelse at Bordeaux and to be taken to Sandwich for the use of the said
lord, but the mayor and bailiffs have arrested that ship and wine because
the ship had been previously arrested for the king's service and withdrew
from that port without licence, and the king does not wish to aggrieve
Bernard or the merchant for the fault of the master of the ship. By K. |
Oct. 19.
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
Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 1,500l.
to be received yearly for life of the issues of the customs in the ports of
London, Kyngeston upon Hull and Boston, to wit 500l. in each port. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Boston. |
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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. |
Oct. 13.
Westminster |
To Walter de Chiryton and his fellows, fermors of the customs and
subsidies in all the ports of England and to their mainpernors or to their
attorneys in the port of London. Order to pay to Queen Philippa or to
her attorney 500l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's
grant to her, in recompence for the castle, town and honour of Pontefract,
and its knights' fees, advowsons and other appurtenances, which the king
granted to her to hold in dower or for life, and which she has surrendered
to the king's hands, of 1,000l. to be received yearly for life of the first
money of the issues of the old and new customs in that port. |
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To the same. Order to pay to Queen Philippa or to her attorney
297l. 2s. 11d. of the issues of the petty custom in the port of London if
they suffice for this, or of the issues of the great custom for what is
lacking, in accordance with the king's grant to her, in consideration of her
charges for the maintenance of their children, of 891 marks 5s. 9¾d. to be
received yearly of the said issues until the king should ordain otherwise for
the said maintenance. |
Dec. 1.
Westminster. |
To John de Swynnerton, escheator in the county of Stafford. Order to
deliver to John de Melbourn, prebendary of Eccleshale in the church of
St. Chad, Lichfield, two places called 'Holdemor' and 'Horseleyrudyng'
respectively, an acre of meadow and 2 acres of wood in Eccleshale in that
county, together with the issues thereof, as at John's suit beseeching the
king to order such restitution to be made to him, as Adam de Peshale has
disseised him of the premises, which are of the right of the said prebend,
and which John de Kynardeseye, the late prebendary, recovered against
Robert de Horsleye, Peter de Joneston, Roger de Brokhurst, William
Parent and Robert son of Elias de Horsleye, unjustly occupying them by
judgment in the late king's court, as pertaining to the prebend, and had
occupied the same until Adam's death, and they were taken into the king's
hand as forfeit with Adam's other lands, the king appointed Roger Hillary,
John de Freford and John de la Lee to take an inquisition upon the
matter by the men of that county, and by inquisition taken before John
de Freford and John de la Lee it is found that the said plots, meadow and
wood are of the right of the said prebend and have been from time out of
mind, and that Adam unjustly desseised John de Melbourn thereof and
occupied them until his death, and those tenements were taken into the
king's hand as aforesaid and by reason of Adam's forfeiture, and John never
released his right therein to Adam, and they are held in frank almoin and
are worth 19s. yearly, and the said plots contain 15 acres, and John de
Freford and John de la Lee have certified in chancery that John de Okoure,
late keeper of the said lands, on being notified, was present at the said
inquisition and said nothing to retard the taking thereof. By K. and C. |
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The like to Thomas Adam, late sheriff of Stafford, keeper of the lands
which belonged to Adam, in the king's hand. |
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Membrane 10. |
Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of John Chaumberlein of Potter Neuton, who is
insufficiently qualified. |
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The like to the same sheriff to elect a coroner in place of John de Burton. |
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The like to the same sheriff to elect a coroner in place of John de Multon. |
Oct. 21.
Westminster. |
The like to the sheriff of Gloucester to elect a coroner in place of William
Hayl of Bristol. |
Oct. 25.
Westminster. |
The like to the sheriff of York to elect a coroner in place of Thomas de
Lincoln, skinner. |
Oct. 21.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause all the
collectors of the subsidy of 2d. the sack, 40d. the tun of wine, and 6d. the
pound of wool, wine and other merchandise brought to England and taken
thence, now accounting at the exchequer for the issues thereof, to account
for those issues until the morrow of Michaelmas last, and to cause those who
have accounted for the issues at the exchequer to be summoned before
them to account again, and to cause all the collectors to be charged with
the issues of that subsidy until the said morrow, although the subsidy was
granted until Michaelmas last, to which term the fermors of the customs
of wool, hides and wool-fells held those customs at ferm, yet the collectors
of the said subsidy do not intend to charge themselves therewith beyond a
year, although they received it until the said morrow, because the king's
commissions to them contain that the subsidy must be collected for a year
from 24 September in the 24th year of the reign, asserting that the subsidy
ought not to endure for more than one year, and if this should happen it
would be to the king's prejudice. |
Oct. 25.
Westminster |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to survey all the weirs, mills, ponds,
piles and kiddles set up in the great rivers in that bailiwick, and to cause
all those which were found by inquisition to have been set up in the time
of Edward I or afterwards, to the damage of the people and the hindrance
of the traffic of ships and boats, to be cast down and removed without
delay, in accordance with the statute made in the last parliament held at
Westminster, because of the damage done by such erections in the great
rivers of England. |
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The like to the following:— |
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The sheriff of Middlesex. |
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The sheriff of Oxford and Berks. |
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The sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham. |
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The sheriff of Kent. |
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The sheriff of Essex. |
Oct. 29.
Westminster |
To Richard de Foxcote, escheator in the county of Gloucester and the
adjacent march of Wales. Order to take a simple seisin in the name of
the king's royal lordship in the gates of the abbey of St. Peter's, Gloucester,
void by the death of Adam, the last abbot, and not to intermeddle further
with the abbey or with the priories, cells, manors or other things pertaining
thereto by reason of the present voidance, restoring to the prior and convent
anything which he has levied, saving to the king the knights' fees, advowsons
and escheats of the abbey and the custody of any lands acquired after
28 February in the second year of the reign, as on that day the king granted
that the prior and convent should have the custody of the abbey and all its
possessions in every voidance, subject to certain conditions. [See Cal.
Patent Rolls, 1327–1330, p. 243.] |
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To John de Swynnerton, escheator in Salop and the adjacent march
of Wales. Like order not to intermeddle with the temporalities or other
possessions of the said abbey. |
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The like to the following:— |
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Thomas de Aston, escheator in the county of Hereford and the adjacent
march of Wales. |
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John de Wyndesore, escheator in the county of Warwick. |
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John Laundeles, escheator in Berks. |
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John de Wynton, escheator in the county of Southampton. |
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Thomas de la Ryvere, escheator in Wilts. |
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Membrane 9. |
Oct. 18.
Westminster. |
To Nicholas de Loveyne. Order not to intermeddle further with the
body of William son and heir of John de Pulteneye, as although the king,
believing that the said heir's marriage pertained to him, caused the heir's
body to be seized into his hand, yet it is found by inquisition taken by
Henry de Grene and William de Notton that John at his death held in his
demesne as of fee certain lands in Leghe of Ralph earl of Stafford as of
the manor of Tonebrigg, by knight's service, and it is not found that he
held any lands in chief. By C. |
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The like to Guy de Briane. |
Oct. 10.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause the abbot of Lettele
to have seisin of a messuage and 20 acres of land in Shoteshale which
Robert Cok of Hamele held, who was outlawed for felony, it is said, as the
king has learned by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the premises have
been in the king's hand for a year and a day, that Robert held them of
the abbot and that Thomas de Chisenhale, late sheriff of the county, had
the year, day and waste thereof and ought to answer therefor to the king. |
Oct. 24.
Westminster |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to deliver the body of Master Nicholas
de Heth, arrested by them at the suit of certain persons, to the constable
of the Tower of London or to him who supplies his place, without delay, to
be detained in the Tower until he has satisfied the king for 100 marks in
which he is bound for a fine for contempts committed by him, to be paid
in the king's chamber. When that fine has been paid the king wishes
Nicholas to be restored to the sheriffs to answer those at whose suit he is
arrested. By K. on the information of Henry de Greystok. |
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Mandate to the constable of the Tower or to him who supplies his place
to receive Nicholas from the sheriffs and keep him safely in the form
aforesaid. |
