Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1343 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1904.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1343', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346, (London, 1904) pp. 22-26. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol7/pp22-26 [accessed 19 April 2024]

March 1343



March 1. Kennington.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or his attorney to lade 71 sacks of wool in that port and take them to Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, as the king assigned to him 26 sacks of the wool of the 15th year and 45 sacks of the wool of the past year in co. Warwick, at 11 marks the sack beyond the custom, in part payment of certain sums of money in which the king is bound to him upon the expenses of the household.
March 1. Westminster.	To Thomas de Swanland and John Hoddyngges, collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to permit Master Paul de Monte Florum to lade 14 sacks of wool which still remain to be laded of 60 sacks, in that port, as may appear by the certificate of the said John and Thomas le Botiller, late collectors of customs in the port, sent into chancery, if the 14 sacks were not laded in whole or in part in their time, and to take them to Flanders after paying ½ mark a sack, making letters for the passage of the 14 sacks under the part of the coket seal in their possession, if the merchants of Almain refuse to affix the part remaining in their custody, as the king assigned to Paul 600 sacks of the wool reserved to the king in the agreements made with certain alien merchants, for the payment of 1,000l. for the redemption of certain of the king's jewels, and Paul has now sold the passage of 360 of those sacks to certain merchants, as he says, for 2½ marks a sack beyond the custom due, and the king ordered the said late collectors to permit Paul to lade 60 of the 360 sacks in that port and take them in the form aforesaid.
Feb. 10. Kennington.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Henry earl of Derby or his attorney to lade 112 sacks of wool in that port and take them to Flanders, paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, without finding security of a plate of silver for each sack in accordance with the ordinance, and notwithstanding the proclamation that all such wool must be taken out of the realm before the Purification last, as by the advice of the council the king assigned to the earl 36 sacks in co. Sussex and 76 sacks in co. Stafford of the wool granted for the past year, the wool of co. Stafford at 8l. the sack and that of co. Sussex at 6l. the sack, to be received by the hands of the collectors and receivers of that wool, upon the wages of the earl and his men who lately set out to parts beyond the sea in the king's service. By C.
Feb. 30(sic). Kennington.	To the same. Order to permit Master Paul de Monte Florum or his attorneys to lade 273½ sacks of wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, after paying the ancient custom of ½ mark a sack, notwithstanding the proclamation, as with the assent of the council the king assigned to Paul 273½ sacks of the wool granted for the past year in co. Northampton to be received by the hands of the assessors, collectors and receivers of wool there, at 11½ marks the sack beyond the ancient custom of ½ mark, which said wool was ordained by the council to be delivered to Paul for the redemption of the king's great crown and of two crowns of Queen Philippa and other jewels, and although Paul received that wool from the assessors, collectors and receivers, he has not yet caused it to be taken to parts beyond the sea, wherefore he has besought the king to accelerate the passage of the wool. By bill of the treasurer.
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March 6. (fn. 1) Westminster.	Here the great seal which the king took with him to Britanny and thence to England, was delivered to Robert Parvyng the chancellor, as appears by a memorandum on the dorse of this roll.
	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Bartholomew Thomasyn, spicer, of London, or his attorney, to lade 60 sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, notwithstanding the king's order that such wool should be taken out of the realm before the Purification last, as the king sold to Bartholomew 60 sacks of the wool of co. Surrey granted for the past year, at 6l. the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark due thereon. By bill of the treasurer.
	Mandate to the collectors of the new custom in the port of London to supersede the demand made upon Bartholomew for paying 40d. a sack on the said wool for the new custom. By the same bill.
March 12. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Reginald de Cobeham or his attorney to lade 54½ sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, notwithstanding the proclamation that all the king's wool assigned to certain persons should be taken out of the realm before the Purification last, as the king assigned to Reginald 54½ sacks of the wool of the past year, at 6l. the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark the sack due thereon, upon the wages of himself and his men, about to set out in the king's service to parts beyond the sea.
	By bill of the treasurer.
March 13. The Tower.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth. The king sends to them Robert de Wardecop his clerk, with the seal called coket deputed in that port to cause to be laded the wool assigned to the earls of Warwick and Pembroke upon the wages of themselves and their men, about to set out to parts beyond the sea in the king's service, and to the merchants of the Bardi for certain causes, which the king has ordered to be taken from that port, and to supervise the weighing of that wool and to cause the seal to be opened and letters of coket, containing the sum of wool so laded, to be duly made, and to bring the seal back to the king, and the king therefore orders the collectors that when the wool has been weighed in Robert's presence and the letters of coket sealed, they shall permit the earls and merchants or their attorneys to lade the said wool and take it to the staple in Flanders, after paying the custom of ½ mark the sack, in accordance with the tenor of the king's orders directed to the collectors before these times. By C.
May 15. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to permit David Mareschal or his attorneys to lade 4 sacks 10 stones 5¾ pounds of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, after paying at the rate of ½ mark a sack for the custom, as the king assigned to David 4 sacks 10 stones 5¾ pounds of the wool granted in the North Riding co. York for the 15th year of the reign, which were due to the king by Anketinus Salvayn and his fellows, late assessors and collectors of wool in that Riding, of the remainder of their account rendered at the exchequer, at 8l. the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark due thereon, to the price of 35l. 3s. 10d. in part satisfaction of those 100 marks which he received from the king yearly, and of the wages due to him for the war of Scotland.
	By bill of the treasurer.
March 16. The Tower.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Hugh de Reppes or his attorney to lade 16 sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, notwithstanding the proclamation, as in part satisfaction of a great sum of money in which the king is bound to Hugh for certain causes, as may fully appear by his account rendered at the exchequer, the king assigned to him 16 sacks of the increment of his wool for the past year, in co. Norfolk, in the hands of the sheriff of Norfolk and of his fellows, assessors, collectors and receivers of wool in that county, at 6l. the sack beyond the customs due thereon. By bill of the treasurer.
March 16. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to permit Ralph de Stafford or his attorney to lade 11 sacks of wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king assigned to Ralph 57 sacks of the wool of co. Stafford for the past year, at 12 marks the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark due thereon, upon his wages and those of his men then about to set out to parts beyond the sea, of which 57 sacks the king has ordered 42 to be taken to parts beyond the sea. By C.
March 24. The Tower.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit John atte Fenn of Lenn, the king's merchant, or his attorneys to take 36 sacks of wool beyond the 100 sacks which the king ordered to be laded in that port, and to take them to Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom due thereon, notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king sold to John 136 sacks which were in arrear of the quantity of the wool of co. Norfolk for the 15th year, for a certain price agreed upon with him, as is fully contained in an indenture made with him, and the king ordered the collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth to permit John to take 36 sacks of the 136 sacks from that port to the staple in Flanders in the form aforesaid, and John laded nothing of the 36 sacks in that port as the collectors there have certified to the king in chancery, and he has besought the king to order that he may lade the 36 sacks in the port of Boston. The king has ordered the said collectors in the port of Great Yarmouth to supersede the lading of the 36 sacks in that port.
March 8. Westminster.	To the collectors of the customs of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Robert de Ferrariis or his attorneys to lade 42 sacks of wool in that port and take them to parts beyond the sea, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, without finding security of a plate of silver, in accordance with the ordinance, and notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king lately assigned to him 42 sacks of the wool of co. Worcester for the 13th year of the reign, at 8l. 6s. 8d. the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark, upon his wages and those of his men, then about to set out to parts beyond the sea.
March 25. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to permit Richard de Wottone to lade 5 lasts of hides in that port and take them to Bordeaux, receiving from him 4l. on each last for the subsidy, beyond the custom due thereon, as he has besought the king that he may so take the hides to buy wine with the money arising from the sale thereof and to bring it to England. By C.
March 25. Westminster.	To the same. Order to permit William de Cusancia, the treasurer or his attorneys to lade 21 sacks 36 cloves of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, without paying the custom and subsidy thereon, notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king lately ordered Richard Imberd and William de Braundeston, then collectors of customs in that port, to permit the said treasurer or Robert Inkepenne his attorney to lade in that port 100 sacks of the 240 sacks of the wool of co. Dorset of the past year, assigned to him, and to take them to the staple in the form aforesaid, and the treasurer laded 78 sacks 16 cloves of the 100 sacks in that port and took them to the said parts by his said attorney, and 21 sacks 36 cloves still remain to be laded as Richard and William de Braundeston have certified the king in chancery. By C.
April 6. Havering atte Bower.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to permit William de Duresme, the king's merchant, or his attorney to lade 281 sacks 15½ stones 3 pounds of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king sold to William 87 sacks of the wool in arrear of cos. Westmoreland and Cumberland of the 15th year and 194 sacks 15½ cloves 3 pounds of the wool of those counties for the past year, for a certain price, as is fully contained in an indenture made with him. By C.
	Vacated because otherwise below.
March 8. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Michael de Ponynges to lade 21 sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple in Flanders, after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom due thereon, notwithstanding the proclamation, as the king assigned to Michael 21 sacks of the wool of co. Sussex for the past year, upon the wages of himself and his men, lately about to set out to parts beyond the sea. By C.