Close Rolls, Henry VI: May 1441 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 3, 1435-1441. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1937.

'Close Rolls, Henry VI: May 1441', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 3, 1435-1441, (London, 1937) pp. 412-417. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol3/pp412-417 [accessed 19 April 2024]

May 1441



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May 8. Westminster.	To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other lieges to whom etc. Order to suffer the men and tenants of the manor of Gertelie co. Stafford, which is of the ancient demesne of the crown, as appears by certificate sent into chancery by the treasurer and the chamberlains by command of the king, to be quit of toll upon their goods and property, and of the expenses of knights of the shires coming to parliaments, as they ought to be, and they and their ancestors the men and tenants thereof used to be; as according to custom heretofore used and approved in England men and tenants of the ancient demesne are and ought to be quit of toll throughout the realm, and of the expenses of knights of the shire.
May 1. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Suthampton for the time being. Order every year to pay to John Yerde esquire the wages, fees, profits and commodities pertaining to the office of constable of Wynchestre castle, and to pay him the arrears thereof since Michaelmas last; as the late king by letters patent, confirmed by the king, granted him that office for life, which William Marchall esquire deceased it is said lately had, to be occupied by himself or a deputy for whom he will answer, taking the wages etc. thereto pertaining.
	Et erat patens.
	Membrane 16. (fn. 1)
March 18. Chiswick.	To the sheriff of Essex and Hertford for the time being. Order to pay to Robert Chambirlayne the king's serjeant, one of the clerks of his chapel, 10l. a year for life which the king has granted him of the issues, farms, profits and revenues of the said counties. By p.s. [5842], and the date by authority of parliament.
	Et erat patens.
May 22. Westminster.	To the collectors, receivers or customers for the time being of the petty custom of the city of London. Order every year to pay to John Paunton 6d. a day during his life, and to pay him the arrears since Michaelmas last; as King Henry IV by letters patent, confirmed by the late king and by the king, granted him for life 6d. a day of the said custom.
	Et erat patens.
May 21. Westminster.	To the keeper of the wardrobe for the time being. Order against Christmas next, and against that feast every year during his life, to give Giles Griffith livery of a gown of the suit of the grooms of the wardrobe; as for good service the king has granted him for life the office of groom of the king's tents and pavilions, with wages of 3d. a day, taking among other things such a gown. By p.s. [5832], and the date by authority of parliament.
	Et erat patens.
	Membrane 14. (fn. 2)
April 25. Westminster.	To the farmers, bailiffs or occupiers for the time being of the manor of Eltham. Order every year to pay to William Say the king's servant 2d. a day and 4d. a day during his life, and to pay him the arrears thereof since Michaelmas last; as by letters patent of 5 January 16 Henry VI the king granted him for life the offices of keeper and janitor of the said manor, taking in that office 2d. a day of the issues and profits thereof, and keeper of his wardrobe therein taking 4d. a day of the issues and farms thereof, to be occupied by himself or by deputy, with all other the fees, profits and commodities accustomed of old time.
	Et erat patens.
	Membrane 13.
May 21. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Norffolk and Suffolk for the time being. Order to pay to Giles Griffith 3d. a day for life; as for his good services the king has granted him for life the office of groom of his tents and pavilions, with wages of 3d. a day of the issues and profits of those counties.
	By p.s. [5832], and the date by authority of parliament.
May 20. Westminster.	To the collectors of the petty custom in the port of London for the time being. Order to pay to John Cornewaille knight, who has overlived Elizabeth Lancastre his wife who was wife of John Holande late earl of Huntyngdoun, 1,000 marks a year for life and to pay him the arrears of 1,000 marks a year for Easter term last over and above 301l. 4s. 4d., 80l. and 100 marks a year hereinafter mentioned; as King Henry IV by letters patent, confirmed by the late king and by the king, granted to the said John and Elizabeth 1,000 marks a year of the said custom for their lives and the life of the longest liver, further granting them 301l. 4s. 4d. a year of the possessions of the abbey of Fécamp in England, 80l. of Tywardreth priory, and 100 marks of the possessions of the abbey of Séez in Sussex and Lincolnshire in part of the 1,000 marks aforesaid, and to be therefrom deducted.
	To the farmers, bailiffs or occupiers for the time being of the possessions of the abbey of Séez in Sussex and Lincolnshire. Like order to pay the said John 100 marks a year for life and the arrears for Easter term last.
May 24. Westminster.	To the king's receiver in Cornwall for the time being. Like order, mutatis mutandis, to pay the said John for life 100 marks a year of the stampage of tin in Cornwall, to him granted for life by letters patent of the late king, confirmed by the king.
May 14. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Leycester and Warrewyk for the time being. Order to pay to John viscount Beaumont 20l. a year for life which the king has granted him of the revenues and commodities of those counties. By K. [1427/33.]
	To the treasurer and the chamberlains for the time being. Order to pay (the said) John 60l. a year for life which the king has granted him at the exchequer. By K. [1427/33.]
May 27. Westminster.	To the escheator in Norffolk. Order to take the fealties of Nicholas Dixon clerk, Henry Langley, John Leventhorp and Thomas de Radclyf, and to give them livery of the manor of Byllyngforde; as it is found by inquisition, taken before the escheator, that William lord Lovell, Burnell and Holande was seised of the manor and advowson of Byllyngforde, that without licence of the king by charter dated 12 July 18 Henry VI he made a demise thereof to John Radclyf now deceased, the said Nicholas and the others, their heirs and assigns, that John Radclyf died thereof so seised, that the said manor is held of the king as of the honour of Hatfelde Peverell by the service of 6s. 8d. a year for all services, and that by death of John Radclyf and by reason of that trespass the same is taken into the king's hand; and for a fine paid in the hanaper the king has pardoned the said trespass.
May 20. Westminster.	To the escheator in Norhamptonshire. Order to give John Parles, brother and heir of William Parles brother and heir of Ralph son of Walter Parles of Watforde son of Ralph Parles esquire, seisin of the lands of Ralph Parles esquire, the said Ralph the son and William having died within age in ward of the king; as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [5941.a.]
May 25. Westminster.	To the escheator in Northumberland. Order to give John Hibburne, son and heir of Thomas Hibburne, seisin of the lands of his father; as he proved his age before Robert de Whelpyngton late mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne and escheator therein, and the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [5957.]
May 28. Westminster.	To Richard Longtre. Order under a pain of 40l. before the feast of Corpus Christi next to make Robert de Wryghtyngton an estate in two tenements, two messuages and 100 acres of land in Wryghtyngton, Walswhitell and Dalton co. Lancaster; as at his suit in chancery, shewing that Henry de Wryghtyngton his brother was seised of the premises, and made a feoffment thereof in fee to the said Richard and Hugh Adlyngton and to their heirs, to the intent that they should by writing give the same to the said Robert and the heirs male of his body with remainder to the right heirs of the said Henry, and that though often required so to do, those feoffees have taken no heed to make him an estate according to that intent, and praying for remedy, by several writs the king ordered the said Richard and Hugh to be in chancery at a day now past in order to answer touching what should be laid against them; and the petition being there read in their presence, they were examined touching the matter thereof, arguments were heard on either side, and it was determined that the feoffees should give the premises to the said Robert as aforesaid.
	Membrane 11. (fn. 3)
March 26. Windsor castle.	To the justices appointed for delivery of Huntyngdoun gaol. Writ of supersedeas in respect of their commission; as the king has learned by the sorrowful petition of Margaret who was wife of John Paxton, now of late murdered by Henry Brokesby, Hugh Walsshman and others who are indicted before the commissioners of the peace in Huntingdonshire, that concurrently with the indictment she has prosecuted an appeal against them and others before the king returnable one month after Easter next, and by the law of the land they should be delivered upon her appeal and not upon the said indictment, and that by cunning means they have sued for allowance and delivery of a privy commission of gaol delivery to the justices addressed, to the destruction of her suit, contrary to the law which wills that any man indicted and appealed touching robbery or manslaughter shall be delivered in open court and not in a privy place nor to privy persons; and the king's will is that the course of law be not obstructed by such commission. By K. [1427/10.]
April 2. Cambridge.	To John Fray, John Enderby, William Wauton, John Haydoun, Thomas Burgoyne and Robert Dauvers, appointed justices of gaol delivery for delivery of Huntyngdoun gaol. Order, for particular causes now moving the king, to proceed to delivery thereof notwithstanding a writ after to them addressed upon an information directing them not so to do, or any other command of the king to the contrary. By K.
May 27. Westminster.	To the bailiffs, farmers, reeves, receivers, occupiers and other the king's ministers for the time being of the manor of Brigstoke otherwise Brigestoke co. Norhampton. Order to pay to Isabel Thorley and William Tresham during their lives and the life of the longest liver 20l. a year which the king has granted them of that manor from Michaelmas last, and to pay them the arrears since that feast. By p.s. [5864.]
	Et erat patens.
	Membrane 10.
Jan. 12. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Leycester for the time being. Order to suffer Henry Benet the king's servant, one of the clerks in the office of the privy seal, to have, take and enjoy the fees and profits of the hundred of Godlokston otherwise Goudlokston arising during his life from 8 January last, on which date the king granted him those fees and profits for life without rendering aught to the king.
	Et erat patens.
May 16. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire for election of a coroner in the Northtrithing instead of Henry Tesedale, who dwells so far from where the county [court] ought and used to be held, and where urgent business which affects the office of coroner must needs be done, that he may not always be present at the holding thereof and at such business.
May 15. Westminster.	To the receiver of the duchy of Cornwall for the time being. Order to pay to Lewis Johan esquire 20l. a year for life and the arrears for Easter term last; as by letters patent of 22 November 16 Henry VI the king granted the said Lewis for life the offices of steward of all castles, lordships, manors, lands etc. in Devon to the said duchy pertaining, and warden of the stannaries in Devon, to be occupied by himself or by deputies, taking for those offices 20l. a year of the issues and profits of the duchy.
	Et erat patens.
May 28. Westminster.	To the customers for the time being in the ports of Pole, Melcombe, Exemouth, Dertemouth, Plymmouth, Fowey and Bruggewater. Order to deliver by indentures from time to time to the executors of John Radclyffe the king's knight, late steward of Aquitaine, constable of Bordeaux, captain and constable of Fronsak castle and the king's ambassador at Arras, the customs and subsidies in those ports arising, until fully contented of the sums due from the king to the said John in his life time for his services, and certified to the chancellor by the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer; as he rendered long service to the king in war and otherwise in times past, and by continuance thereof sold a large part of his revenues, and was deeply in debt to a number of friends which, as in his life time he informed the king, would redound to his utter ruin but for the king's special favour, and in consideration thereof by writ of privy seal of 2 July last the king commanded the treasurer and the barons to certify the chancellor under the exchequer seal of all they should find due to him for his services in the offices aforesaid by several accounts by him rendered in the exchequer, sending to the chancellor the said writ and their certificate, and by like writ of that date, addressed to John bishop of Bath and Wells the chancellor, reciting his grant that the said John should have and enjoy the customs and subsidies in the said ports until fully contented of all that should be found due to him for his services and otherwise by several accounts of record in the exchequer, the king commanded the chancellor to make him letters patent thereof in due form under the great seal; and the treasurer and barons did certify that it was found upon the computus roll (roll 15) that on 13 July 1 Henry VI the king appointed the said John steward of Aquitaine during pleasure, to exercise that office in the duchy with all rights and appurtenances, and with wages specified in indentures made between him and the king, that he accounted for all receipts, and for his own wages and the wages of men at arms and archers appointed with him for safe guard of the duchy, and for a set fee for the office of constable of Fronsak castle from 1 September that year to 6 November 15 Henry VI when he was discharged of office, namely fourteen years and 66 days, and that there was due to him 7,015l. 6s. 0¾d., that it was likewise found (roll 13) that by name of John Radclyffe banerett he accounted for his wages when sent on an embassy to the city of Arras to treat for peace between the king and France, namely from 23 June 13 Henry VI to 15 September following, and that there was due to him 68l., as appears by certificate of the treasurer and the barons and the said writ of privy seal, which were delivered to the chancellor after the said John's death and not in his life time; and by letters patent of 27 May last the king granted to Thomas Radclyff and Robert Lethum, executors of the said John, that they should have and enjoy the said customs and subsidies until contented as aforesaid.
	Et erat patens.