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Nov. 1.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer, and to the
chamberlains. Order to account as used to be done with John
Franke the king's clerk, trusting in whose loyalty and prudence
the king by letters patent of 28 October 2 Henry VI appointed
him keeper of the rolls of chancery and of the house of converted
[Jews] London with the wages and fees due and accustomed, or
with his attorney, for his wages and fees, the wages and fees of
two chaplains and one clerk serving the said house, and the wages
of Henry Stratforde, Martin son of Henry Wodestoke, Joan the
convert, Alice her daughter and John Durdraugh converts
thereof, John Durdraugh having been admitted by the keeper
on 6 June last by virtue of a writ of privy seal, making him such
allowances as were heretofore made; and order to the treasurer
and chamberlains to pay him what shall be found due and in
arrear from 28 October 3 Henry VI to 28 October last, and for
John Durdraugh from 6 June to 28 October last, the first day
being reckoned. |
Nov. 5.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Order to take
of Margery who was wife of William Molyns knight on oath etc.,
and in presence of Thomas Chaucer esquire, farmer of her
husband's lands taken into the king's hand by his death and by
reason of the nonage of William Molyns his son and heir, or of his
attorneys, to assign her dower. |
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To the escheator in Wiltesir. Order to assign dower to the
said Margery, of whom the king has commanded the escheator
in Oxfordshire and Berkshire to take an oath etc. |
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Like writ to the escheator in Bukinghamshire. |
Nov. 26.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Salop and the march of Wales adjacent.
Order to give Anne who was wife of Edmund late earl of March
and Ulster livery of the manors of Tikenhulle, Cleobery and
Ernewode, the town of Beaulieu, a messuage in the town of
Shrewsbury and the liberties hereinafter mentioned, and the
issues and profits thereof taken; as with advice and assent of
the lords spiritual and temporal and at the special request of
the commons in the last parliament by authority of that parliament the king made order that immediately after the return of
any inquisitions concerning castles, lordships, lands, hundreds,
commotes, fees, advowsons, liberties etc. in England, Wales,
the march thereof, Ireland and Calais whereof after their marriage
the earl was seised in fee simple or fee tail, seized into the king's
hands by virtue of any writ of diem clausit extremum or commission of the nature thereof, and whereof she is dowable,
the countess may make special and particular suit and have
livery of dower thereof, and the issues and profits of such dower
arising since the earl's death; and of the possessions of the earl
in England, Wales and the said march, except those of the heritage
of the sometime earl of Kent in Norffolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, the manors of
Mersshwode and Gussich Bohun co. Dorset, the castle, town and
lordship of Nerbergh in Wales, the third part of the commote of
Trayne, the third part of the town of Seyntclere co. Kermerdyn
and other lands of that heritage, which came to the king's hands
by the earl's death and by reason of the nonage of Richard duke
of York his cousin and heir, with assent of William Acworth,
attorney of Humphrey duke of Gloucester to whom the king has
committed the ward thereof with the exceptions aforesaid, and
of John Squery her attorney, the king has assigned to the countess,
having taken of her an oath etc., the manors, town and messuage
aforesaid, the site of the manor called the 'Stronde' in 'Westgrenewyche,' 3 acres of arable land at 'Depefordestronde' and
three quarters of a dovecot in 'Westgrenewyche' co. Kent,
4l. 6s. 8d. a year of rent of assize in Newebury, the view of frankpledge of Newebury and the profits of a third part of the market
toll there in Berkshire, the site of the castle and the lordship of
Norton, the lordship of Clandestre, the castle, borough, lordship
and land of Radenore, the town and lordship of Presthemede,
the castle and cantred of Buelth, a moiety of the borough and
lordship of Ewyas Lacy, the castle, manors and lordships of
Dynas, the manor of Mawardyn, two thirds of the manor of
Marcle, the manor, borough and lordship of Penbrugge, and
divers land, meadow and pasture in Little Cowerne in Herefordshire and the march thereof, the manor of Wodecokesworth
by 'Wymburnemynstre' save a yearly rent of 100s. issuing
therefrom, the hundreds of Rysshemore, Roubergh, and Haselore,
and three messuages, one carucate of land, 4 acres of meadow
and 200 acres of pasture in Hellewelle by Upwey in Dorset,
Bruggewater castle, a third part of the borough of Bruggewater, the manors of Haygrove, Odecombe and Mulverton
with the hundred of Mulverton in Somerset, Uske castle and the
tower of Karlioun with the lordships of Uske, Karlioun, Trilleke
and Tregruke in Gloucestershire and the march thereof, 26 acres
of arable land at Shyre, 50 acres of pasture and heath, 26 acres
of wood and 52s. of rent of assize there, and 70 acres of meadow
in Camerwelle and Retherhithe in Surrey, and the manor of
Drayton in Sussex. |
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To the escheator in Kent. Order to give the said countess
livery of the site of the manor called the 'Stronde' in 'Westgrenewyche,' 3 acres of arable land in 'Depefordestronde,' and
three fourths of a dovecot in 'Westgrenewyche' which the king
has assigned to her among other castles, lands etc. |
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To the escheator in Berkshire. Like order, mutatis mutandis,
concerning 4l. 6s. 8d. a year of rent of assize in Newebury, the
view of frankpledge and the profits of a third part of the market
toll there. |
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To the escheator in Herefordshire and the march of Wales
adjacent. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning the site of
the castle and the lordship of Norton, the lordship of Clandestre,
the castle borough, lordship and land of Radenore, the town
and lordship of Presthemede, the castle and cantred of Buelth,
a moiety of the borough and lordship of Ewyas Lacy, the castle,
manors and lordship of Dynas, the manor of Maywardyn, two
thirds of the manor of Marcle, the manor, borough and lordship of
Penbrugge, and divers land, meadow and pasture in Little
Cowerne. |
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To the escheator in Somerset and Dorset. Like order, mutatis
mutandis, concerning Bruggewater castle, a third part of the
borough of Bruggewater, the manors of Haygrove, Odecombe
and Mulverton with the hundred of Mulverton co. Somerset, the
manor of Wodecokesworth by 'Wymburnemynstre' save a yearly
rent of 100s. issuing therefrom, the hundreds of Rysshemore,
Roubergh and Haselore, and three messuages, one carucate of
land, 4 acres of meadow and 200 acres of pasture in Hellewelle
by Upwey co. Dorset. |
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To the escheator in Gloucestershire and the march of Wales
adjacent. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning Uske castle,
the tower of Karlioun and the lordships of Uske, Karlioun,
Trilleke and Tregruke. |
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To the escheator in Surrey and Sussex. Like order, mutatis
mutandis, concerning 26 acres of arable land at Shyre, 50 acres
of pasture and heath, 26 acres of wood and 52s. of rent of assize
there, and 70 acres of meadow in Camerwelle and Retherhithe
co. Surrey, and the manor of Drayton co. Sussex. |
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Membrane 17. |
Nov. 10.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not
to trouble Robert Claverynge for his homage; as upon the finding
of an inquisition, taken before John Midelton knight escheator
in Northumberland, that John Claverynge knight died seised of
the manors and towns of Caltley and Yetlyngton, and that the
same are held of the king by homage and fealty and by the
service of the sixth part of one knight's fee, by the service of 6l.
a year among the gross farms of the county post terras datas,
2s. 4d. a year for cornage and 13s. 4d. among details of farms of
abbots, priors and other men who have lands within the bounds
of the forest for disafforesting their lands, all payable yearly to
the sheriff to the king's use, by suit at the county [court] every
six weeks, and likewise by the service of rendering to the king
32s. a year by the hands of the constable of Baumburgh castle
for truncage, and that the said Robert is his son and next heir,
and of full age, the king has taken his homage and fealty due for
the same. By p.s. [1512.] |
Nov. 12.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not
to trouble Richard Comberton, brother and heir of William
Comberton son of John Comberton son of William Comberton
brother of John Northampton father of James Northampton
deceased, and cousin and heir of the said James, for his homage,
the said William the son having died within age in ward of the
late king; as upon proof of his age before the escheator in
Middlesex the king took his fealty, and for a fine paid in the
hanaper respited his homage until a day yet to come, and commanded livery to be given him of the lands of the said James;
and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [1513.] |
Nov. 8.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not
to trouble William Bydyke and Baldwin Thornhulle for their
homage and fealty; as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken
before John Welyngton the late king's escheator in Dorset, that
John Haym at his death held in fee tail the bailiwick of the
forestership in Gillyngham forest by fine thereof levied in the
court of King Edward II between William Haym and Alice
his grandfather and grandmother plaintiffs and William de
Buggele and Amice his wife deforciants, whereby the deforciants
granted the same to the plaintiffs and to the heirs of their bodies
with remainder to the right heirs of William Haym, that after
the death of William and Alice, and of Godfrey their son and
heir, the bailiwick descended to John Haym as son and heir of
Godfrey, that it was held of the late king by the serjeanty of
keeping the forest and park of Gillyngham, taking the fees of old
time accustomed, that John Haym died without issue, and that
William Bydyke and Baldwin Thornhulle are his cousins and
next heirs, William Bydyke being son of Godfrey Bydyke son
of Margaret elder daughter of William Haym and Alice and sister
of Godfrey Haym father of John, and Baldwin being son of Alice
daughter of Isabel their younger daughter, and that both were
of full age, for a fine paid in the hanaper the late king respited
their homage and fealty until a day now past, and commanded
livery to be given them of the said bailiwick; and the king has
taken their homage and fealty. By p.s. [1509.] |
Oct. 10.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Norffolk. Order to remove the king's
hand and meddle no further with the manor of Kenynghale,
delivering to Richard Steresacre, Robert Suthwelle, Nicholas
Ledewyche esquire, John Ledes esquire, Nicholas Blaxhale and
Hugh Dalby any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned
by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that William de Monte
Acuto earl of Salisbury and lord of Man gave that manor to
William his son and Elizabeth his son's wife and to his said
son's heirs by her, that William the son died seised of that estate
without issue by her, that she overlived him, and took to her
husband Thomas then earl marshal and earl of Notyngham,
that a fine after levied at Westminster in the quinzaine of St.
Martin 12 Richard II, recorded in the octaves of St. Hilary that
year, between Richard then earl of Arundell and Surrey, Payn
Tybtoft knight and Thomas Garwynton plaintiffs and William then
earl of Salisbury deforciant, of the said manor whereof the said
earl marshal and Elizabeth were tenants for her life, and thereby
the deforciant acknowledged the right of the earl of Arundell,
granting the reversion thereof to the plaintiffs and to that earl's
heirs, with clause of warranty, that Richard earl of Arundell by
deed with clause of warranty gave the said reversion to Thomas
archbishop of York, William bishop of Winchester, John Charleton
lord of Powys, Thomas lord Camoys, William Percy, Thomas Fitz
Nicholl, Robert Berny knight, Robert Pobelowe clerk, John
Cokkynge, John Tauke, John Estephenes and Thomas Harlynge
and to their heirs, with the knights' fees and advowsons, and the
earl marshal and Elizabeth attorned tenants to them, that the
said archbishop, bishop, John, Thomas, William, Thomas,
Robert, Robert, John, John and John died, and Thomas Harlynge
survived, that a fine levied at Westminster in the quinzaine of
Easter 1 Henry VI between Thomas Angleys, John Broker,
Thomas Dene, Robert Deve clerks, William Ryman, John
Burnell, John Lelye and Maurice Pomerey plaintiffs and Thomas
Herlynge clerk deforciant, whereby Thomas Herlynge
acknowledged the right of the said William, granting the reversion
of the said manor, whereof the duchess was then tenant for life,
to the plaintiffs and the heirs of the said William, that the other
plaintiffs after made a quitclaim to William Ryman and Maurice
Pomerey and to the heirs and assigns of the said William of the
said manor and of all lands, rents, reversions, services of freeholders and neifs, homages, wards, marriages, reliefs, stews, ways,
chaces, parks, warrens, courts, escheats etc. within the same
arising and thereto pertaining, that a fine after levied at
Westminster one month after Easter last between Richard
Steresacre and the others plaintiffs and William Ryman and
Maurice Pomerey deforciants, whereby the deforciants acknowledged the right of Robert Suthwelle, granting the reversion
aforesaid to the plaintiffs and the heirs of the said Robert, that
by virtue of that fine the plaintiffs were thereof seised, and
continued their estate all the life of the duchess, namely the said
Robert in his demesne as of fee, and the others as of freehold,
and so continued until the date of that inquisition, and that the
said manor is not held of the king. |
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Membrane 16. |
Nov. 26.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Norffolk and Suffolk. Order to give Anne
who was wife of Edmund late earl of March and Ulster livery of
the manors of Little Walsyngham, Great Walsyngham and
Bricham, a rent arising of divers tenements in Stokesby, Owelton
and other towns, namely 6l. 6s. 8d., as parcel of the honour of Clare,
the view of frankpledge of Balegunthorp (sic) and Sharnyngton
co. Norffolk, the court in the town of Sowthwolde with the view
of frankpledge, rent of herring there and the farm of the toll and
ankerage of divers merchandise within the lordship there in
Suffolk, and the issues and profits since the earl's death; as
with advice and assent etc. the king made order etc. (as above,
p. 218); and of the possessions of the earl in those counties
and in Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, the manors of Kersey and Leyham co. Suffolk excepted,
which are taken into the king's hand by his death and by reason
of the nonage of Richard duke of York, son of Anne his sister,
cousin of the earl and one of his heirs, with assent of William
Morley, attorney of Thomas duke of Exeter to whom the king
has committed the ward of the earl's lands etc., and of John
Squery attorney of the countess, the king has assigned to her in
dower the manors, rent, view of frankpledge, court and farm
aforesaid, the manor of Berdefelde as parcel of the earldom of
Gloucester, a leet to be holden at Stambourne and the court there,
leets at Tappesfelde, Shaldforde, Branketre, Halstede Horolde
and Wyggeberwe, the view of frankpledge to be holden yearly
at Wydeforde, and views of frankpledge at Patchyngpicot in the
town of Brounfeld, and in Gynge Rauff co. Essex. |
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To the escheator in Essex. Order to give the said countess
livery of the manor of Berdefelde, the leets and views of frankpledge (above mentioned) which, among other castles, lands etc.
the king has assigned to her in dower. |
