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Aug. 1. Westminster. |
To Walter de Chiriton and his fellows, the king's merchants, fermors of
the customs and subsidies in all the ports of England, and to their
mainpernors or attorneys in the port of the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne
and Hertilpole. Order to pay to John de Stryvelyn, 100 marks for Easter
term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 200 marks to be
received yearly in the said ports, to wit 140 marks in the port of Newcastle
and 60 marks in the port of Hertilpole. |
Aug. 3. Westminster. |
To Humphrey de Walden, escheator in co. Hertford. Order not to
intermeddle further with a messuage and a carucate of land in the town of
Ware, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Beatrice late the wife of Geoffrey de Ware, at
her death, held no lands in her demesne as of fee or in service in that
county, but that she held jointly with Geoffrey of the heir of Thomas Wake
of Lydel, tenant in chief, the said messuage and land, in socage and by the
service of 20s. 4d. and by suit at the court of that heir every three weeks,
and by the enclosure of 5 perches of hedge in the park of Ware, when
necessary, in a customary place, and that Margery, daughter of Geoffrey
and Beatrice is their next heir and aged eight years, and the king lately
committed to Blanche, late the wife of the said Thomas, the custody of
all the lands which belonged to her husband at his death, together with
the knights' fees and advowsons pertaining thereto, and with the issues, to
hold so long as they should remain in the king's hand. |
Aug. 10. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Hertford. Order to cause two coroners for that county
to be elected in place of John de Gatesbery and John Blake the elder,
deceased. |
Aug. 5. Marlborough. |
To Henry Sturmy, escheator in co. Southampton. Order to deliver to
Fulc de Coudray and Joan his wife a moiety of the manor of Berton Sacy
in that county, and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Shirebourn Coudray in that county, as the king has learned by inquisition taken
by the escheator that Thomas de Coudray, knight, at his death, held for
life the said moiety of the grant of William de Warbelton and Richard de
Coudray by a fine levied thereupon in the king's court with remainder to
Fulc and Joan and to the heirs of their bodies, and that he held in his
demesne as of fee, the said manor of Shirebourn, and that the moiety is
held in chief, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and the manor
is held of the heirs of Edmund de Sancto Johanne, by knight's service,
and Fulc de Coudray, knight, Thomas's kinsman, is his next heir and of
full age, and the king has taken his homage for the said moiety and has
rendered it to him and to Joan. By p.s. [20526.] |
Aug. 33 (sic) Westminster. |
To Robert de Hadham, escheator in co. Middlesex. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Popelar in the town of Stebenheth,
restoring the issues thereof to Margaret late the wife of John de Pulteneye,
knight, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that
John at his death held no lands in chief in that county in his demesne as
of fee, but that he held the said manor for life of the grant of John de
Tilteygh and John le Skynnere, with remainder to John de Stretford,
archbishop of Canterbury, now deceased, and to the said Margaret, for
their lives by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the manor is held
of another than the king, by certain services. |
Aug. 20. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause two coroners for that county
to be elected in place of Peter de Wyghtfeld and John le Goldsmyth,
deceased. |
Aug. 22. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Leicester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of John Levere, who is insufficiently qualified, because
he holds no lands in the county except in fee tail. |
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Aug. 13. Westminster. |
To William de Langele, escheator in co. Kent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manors of Penshurst and Yenesfeld, restoring the issues
thereof to Margaret late the wife of John de Pulteneye, as the king has
learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held
the said manors for life of the grant of John de Tilteye, by a fine levied in
the king's court, with remainder to John de Stratford, archbishop of
Canterbury, now deceased, and to Margaret, for their lives, and that the
said manors are held of others than the king by divers services. |
Aug. 13. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John Gybunson, deceased. |
Aug. 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon John bishop of Carlisle for the sums received by him
from the king for the wages of himself and his men staying upon the
march of Scotland, as he has besought the king to discharge him of the
sums exacted of him in recompence for the wages of himself and his men,
retained in the king's service, as he was charged in full parliament to set
out to Scotland in the king's first passage to those parts, wherefore he
retained forty men at arms and fifty hobelers and archers for a year, and
he has received nothing from the king for their wages except for nine
weeks, and from that time forward he has stayed upon the march of
Scotland every year, in defence of England, with fifty or forty men at arms
and as many hobelers and archers, and he has received no payment for
himself and his men, beyond the said wages for nine weeks, except once of
333l. 14s. 4d. made by Henry de Percy and Ralph de Nevill, by reason of
their commission in the 14th year of the reign, upon the ninth of sheaves,
lambs and fleeces in co. Cumberland, and again, of 422l. 19s. by the hands
of Thomas de Berewyk and his fellows, which sums, although they do not
amount to the third penny of those wages, as the bishop asserts, are
exacted of him as a prest by summons of the exchequer. By p.s [20576.] |
Aug. 18. Westminster. |
To John de Swynnerton, escheator in cos. Salop and Stafford. Order to
take the fealty of Ankareta late the wife of John Lestraunge of Whitchirche, according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents,
and not to intermeddle further with the tenements which he took into the
king's hand by reason of John's death, restoring the issues thereof to her,
as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John
and Ankareta jointly held the manors of Whitchirche and Dodynton and
certain lands at la Yeye in that county, for their lives, by fines levied in
the king's court by his licence and that the manor of Dodynton is held in
chief by the service of half a knight's fee, and the manor of Whitchirche
and the lands in la Yeye are held of others than the king by divers services. |
Aug. 23. Westminster. |
To Thomas de Lucy, escheator in co. Cumberland. Order to take the
fealty of William son of William de Dolphanby, according to the form of a
schedule enclosed with these presents, and to deliver to him 16 acres of
land in Carleton, and not to intermeddle further with a messuage and an
acre of land in Langwathby, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has
learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that William de Dolphanby
at his death held the premises for life with remainder of the land in Carleton
to William his son and to the heirs of his body, and of the tenements in
Langwathby to Thomas his son, and that the land in Carleton is held in
chief as of the lands which belonged to Robert de Clifford, in the king's
hand by reason of the minority of Robert's heir, by the service of 1d. yearly,
and the land in Langwathby is held of another than the king. |
Aug. 25. Westminster. |
To the keeper of the islands of Jereseye, Gernesey, Serk and Aureneye
for the present or the future or to him who supplies his place. Order not
to impede Roger Hasteyn in obtaining possession of the church of St. John de
Quercubus in the isle of Jereseye, but to permit him to have peaceful possession
thereof when he has obtained it and to receive its fruits, provided that he
remain in the king's fealty and obedience, unless the king order otherwise,
defending him from undue violence and injury in the meantime, as he has
besought the king to provide for his security in the matter, as during the
war with France and long before he remained in the king's fealty and
allegiance, and he was instituted to the said church, during the said war,
by the bishop of Coutances, and the king has heard praiseworthy testimony
of his good conduct. By pet. of C. |
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Et erat patens. |
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To the same. Like order in favour of Peter Malecovenant, rector of the
church of St Martin the Old in the island of Jereseye. By pet. of C. |
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Et erat patens. |
Aug. 25. Westminster. |
To William Playce, escheator in co. York. Order to cause John son
and heir of Thomas de Burgh, 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 Humphrey de Walden, escheator in co.
Essex, 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. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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Guy de Seintcler, escheator in cos. Cambridge
and Huntingdon. |
By the same writ. |
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William de Middelton, escheator in co. Suffolk. |
Aug. 27. Westminster. |
To Richard Blundel, escheator in co. Northampton. Order to deliver all
the oxen, cows and other animals received by him from divers tenants of
the lands in the king's hands, in the name of heriot, to the attorneys of
William de Cusancia, keeper of the wardrobe for the expenses of the king's
household, by indenture, to do therewith as is fully enjoined upon him. |
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By C. |
Aug. 10. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 400l. to
be allowed to John de Moubray in a greater sum due to him by the king, if
they find that it is so, and to discharge him of the said 400l., as he is
bound to the king in 400l. for the licence to grant to Blanche, his daughter,
100l. of land and rent in his manors of Neusum and Thresk, co. York, and
to John his son and to Elizabeth daughter of John de Segrave, 100l. of
land and rent in his manors of Melton Moubray, co. Leicester, and
Hovyngham, co. York, which are held in chief, for them to hold for life,
and he has besought the king to cause allowance to be made to him as
aforesaid, as the king is bound to him in a greater sum, as may appear by
letters patent and bills of the wardrobe, in his possession as he asserts. |
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Aug. 3. Westminster. |
To Humphrey de Walden, escheator in co. Essex. Order to take the
fealty of John brother of Nicholas de Brundissh, according to the form of
a schedule enclosed with these presents, and after taking surety from him
for paying his relief at the exchequer, to cause him to have seisin of 4 acres
of land in the town of Morton in that county, but not to intermeddle
further with the lands which Nicholas held of others than the king,
restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken
by the escheator that Nicholas at his death held no lands in chief in that
bailiwick, but that he held the said land in Morton in his demesne as of
fee, as parcel of the manor of Morton, which is held in chief by the service
of finding a horse, price 10s. and a sack of hide with an iron hook to attach
it, for forty days, at his own cost in the king's army of Wales, and that he
held lands in his demesne as of fee of others than the king by divers services
and that John is his next heir and of full age. |
Aug. 1. Eltham. |
To Thomas Frembaud, escheator in cos. Bedford and Buckingham.
Order to deliver to the prior and convent of Rameseye the abbey of
Rameseye and its temporalities with the issues thereof, as on 10 June last
the king committed to them the custody of that abbey, now void by the
death of the last abbot, for rendering 300l. for that voidance at the
exchequer, so that if the voidance should last beyond three months they
should pay at the rate of 2,000 marks a year so long as the voidance
should last and on the said day the king ordered William Croyser, then
escheator in those counties, to deliver the abbey and its temporalities to
the prior and convent and William was amoved from his office before he
had executed that order, as the king has learned from the prior and
convent. |
Aug. 2. Eltham. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Gilbert Chuffur of Ravenserod, deceased. |
Aug. 5. Marlborough. |
To Thomas de Lucy, escheator in co. Cumberland. Order to deliver to
Adam son of John Pacok the manor of Melmorby and the advowson of the
church there, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator
that Margaret de Wygton, at her death, held the said manor and advowson
for herself and the heirs of her body, with remainder, in default, to Robert
Parvyng, now deceased, and the heirs of his body, and in default, to Adam
and the heirs male of his body, by a fine levied in the king's court, and
Margaret and Robert died without heirs of their bodies, and the manor is
held in chief by homage and fealty and by the service of paying 13s. 4d.
yearly to cornage at the Assumption, and by the service of 4s. yearly for
the puture of the king's bailiffs, and the king has taken Adam's homage
and has rendered the manor and advowson to him. By p.s. [20520.] |
Aug. 6. Marlborough. |
To Simon Basset, escheator in co. Gloucester. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manor of Walton Kerdyf in that county, restoring the
issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator
that Joan late the wife of John de Wyncote, at her death, was seised of
that manor in her demesne as of fee, and that it is held of another than
the king by divers services, and that she held no lands in her demesne as
of fee in that county in chief as of the crown. |
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To John de Wyndesore, escheator in cos. Warwick and Leicester. Order
not to intermeddle further with certain lands and rents at Wylmecote, co.
Warwick, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Joan late the wife of John de Wyncote, at her
death, held no lands in her demesne as of fee in chief in those counties,
but that John her husband died seised in his demesne as of fee of the said
lands and rents, which were held of Laurence de Hastyng[es], earl of
Pembroke, by knight's service, and that after John's death the earl took
them into his hand as a custody by reason of the minority of John's four
sons and heirs. |
Aug. 8. Westminster. |
To Henry Sturmy, escheator in co. Southampton. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Chalghton in that county, restoring
the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that John Lestraunge of Whitchurche, at his death, held that
manor for life by a fine levied in the king's court, with remainder to Fulc,
John's son, and his heirs by Elizabeth his wife, and that the manor is
held of the earl of Lancaster by homage and the service of 6d. yearly. |
Aug. 6. Eltham. |
To Walter de Chiriton and his fellows, fermors of the customs and
subsidies in all the ports of the realm and to their mainpernors or their
attorneys in the port of Boston. Order to pay to William, marquis of
Juliers, or to John de Wesenham his attorney, 300l. for Easter term last,
having first paid to Queen Isabel the fee due to her of those customs,
in accordance with the king's grant to the marquis of 1,000l. to be received
yearly, 600l. of the customs in that port and 400l. at the exchequer. |
Aug. 13. Westminster. |
To Saier de Rocheford, escheator in co. Lincoln. Order to deliver to
Blanche late the wife of Thomas Wake of Lydell, tenant in chief, the
manors of Brunne, Depyng and Kelby in that county, to hold in dower, as
of the lands which belonged to Thomas at his death, and with the assent
of Margaret countess of Kent, his sister and heir, the king assigned to
Blanche, whose oath he took that she will not marry without his licence,
the following tenements to hold in dower, to wit: the manor of Brune, to
the value of 116l. 2s. 0¾d.; the manor of Depyng, to the value of
367l. 12s. 5½d.; the manor of Kelby, to the value of 27l. 14s. 6¾d.; the
manor of Styvyngton, co. Bedford, to the value of 49l. 7s. 4d.; the manor
of Ware, co. Hertford, to the value of 52l. 9s. 4d.; the manor of Colne
Wake, co. Essex, to the value of 10l. 5s. 8d. and certain lands in Stebenhethe, co. Middlesex, to the value of 25s. |
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To Thomas de Ferinbaud, escheator in co. Bedford. Like order to
deliver to Blanche the said manor of Styvyngton. |
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To Humphrey de Walden, escheator in cos. Essex and Hertford. Like
order to deliver to Blanche the said manors of Colne Wake and Ware. |
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To Robert de Hadham, escheator in co. Middlesex. Like order to deliver
to Blanche the said lands in Stebenhethe. |
Aug. 24. Westminster. |
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands which he took into the king's hands by reason of
the death of John de Pateshull, restoring the issues thereof to William
de Pateshull and Joan his wife, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that John at his death held no lands in chief or
of others in his demesne as of fee in that bailiwick, but that he held divers
lands there for life of the gift of Henry Hubert and Robert de Foxhole,
chaplain, with remainder to William and Joan and to the heirs of their
bodies, by a fine levied in the king's court, and the said lands are held of
others than the king by divers services. |