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Membrane 10. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow 40l. to
Nicholas de Langeford in 149l. 0s. 8d. in which the king is bound to him
for his wages and those of his men for the time when they were in the
king's service in parts beyond the sea, if after viewing the bills of the wardrobe they find that the king is bound to Nicholas as aforesaid and that
Nicholas is bound to the king in 40l. of the arrears of his ferm and has not
had any satisfaction therefor, receiving one bill from Nicholas and delivering to him the other endorsed with the remaining 5l. 9s. 8d., as Nicholas
has besought the king to order such allowance to be made to him, as the
king is bound to him in the said sum by two bills under the seals of
William de Cusancia and William de Northwell, sometime keepers of the
wardrobe, by one to wit in 114l. 0s. 4d. and by the other in 34l. 10s. 4d.,
and Nicholas is bound to the king in 40l. of the arrears of those 24 marks
yearly which he renders for the bailiwick of the hundred of Tatemouneslowe, co. Stafford, which he holds for life of the king's grant. By K. |
May 19.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to supersede the demand made upon Richard de
Lambheth, fishmonger, for 80l. and upon William de Hanamsted, spicer of
London, for 40l. for the subsidy on wool, after inspecting the rolls of the
accounts of the collectors of customs in the port of London and that of
Master Robert de Askeby, the king's clerk, appointed to receive the subsidy
of 40s. on every sack of wool taken out of the realm, in the parts of
Flanders, and after viewing the king's order to Robert, as for 60l. which
Richard and William lent to the king in parts beyond the sea in his
great need, the king granted them the passage of 60 sacks of wool in the
port of London, to wit 40 to Richard and 20 to William, quit of the custom
and subsidy due thereon, by reason whereof they caused the wool to be
laded in that port and taken to parts beyond the sea, and the king ordered
Robert to permit them to take the wool to Flanders and do their pleasure
therewith, without exacting anything for the subsidy, and now the king
has learned that the treasurer and barons have charged Richard with 80l.
and William with 40l. upon Robert's account rendered at the exchequer,
for the said subsidy because no mention was made in the writ that the king
pardoned Richard and William the subsidy. By p.s. [15437.] |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to account with Robert de Beaupel, whom the king
lately appointed admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards
the West, for his wages for the time when he was in that office and for the
sums received by him by reason of the office, allowing him such wages for
every day that he remained in the office as they find to have been allowed to
other admirals, and farther to do what pertains to the final issue of the
account. By K. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to allow 10l. to Gilbert de Umframvyll, earl of
Anegos in 10l. 10s. due to him by the king, causing a bill of the wardrobe
to be endorsed therewith; if they find that the king is bound to him in
that sum, as he has besought the king to cause such allowance to be made
to him, as the king is bound to him in 10l. 7s. for his wages for the time
when he was in the king's service in Scotland, as may appear by a bill
under the seal of William de Edyngton, keeper of the wardrobe, and he is
bound to the king in 10l. for a certain fine which he made with the king
in chancery for the grant of receiving certain customs in the water called
'la Ee de Kyme.' By K. |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of wool in co. Kent for the fifteenth and sixteenth years
of the reign. Order to supersede the demand made upon the master and
priests of the hospital of poor priests, Canterbury, for paying wool to the
king, provided that the entire sum of wool apportioned to the county be
levied, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by John de Vieleston,
escheator in that county, that the lands, goods and faculties of the hospital
are worth nothing beyond the maintenance of the master and priests and
for the alms and other works of piety ordained in the hospital, and they do
not suffice for these. By C. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to pay to Richard de Lymbaldeseye,
John de Boklond and Robert de Hoo, appointed by commission to be
justices to enquire in that county concerning the plundered goods of the
duke of Gueldres, to wit to Robert 10l. and to John and Robert 10 marks
each for their wages for the time when they were attendant upon that
commission, of the issues of the extracts made before those justices. |
May 25.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit the attorney of Queen Isabel to supervise
the receipt of all money arising from that custom and to deliver to him
without delay what is in arrear to him of 250l. of the first money of that
custom, from time to time, before all other assignments or payments made
thereon, as the king granted to the queen 500l. to be received yearly for life
of the issues of the said custom in that port, and he ordered the collectors
to pay her 250l. for Easter term last, whereof they have not hitherto cared
to do anything, as the king has learned. By K. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Boston. |
May 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to Hugh de Audele, earl of
Gloucester, 10l. for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to
him of 20l. to be received yearly of the issues of that county. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To William de Edyngton, keeper of the wardrobe. Order to pay to John
de Carleton, the king's clerk, what is in arrear to him from 8 December in
the 5th year of the reign of 7½d. daily and his yearly robes and to pay him
the said 7½d. daily and his yearly robes henceforth, as for John's long
service to the late king and his father, not without expensive labours, the
king granted to him on the said 8 December, 7½d. daily for his wages both
within and without the court, to be received by the hands of the keeper of
the wardrobe, and robes of the suit of the clerks of the household or the
value thereof, for life, and that John should come to the household, depart
therefrom and stay at the table there at his free will. |
May 16.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to
pay to Adam Cogger what is in arrear to him of 4d. daily from 7
November in the 15th year of the reign, and to pay him that 4d. daily
henceforth so long as they remain in their office, as on 24 July in the
13th year of the reign, the king granted that Adam should receive 4d. daily
of the issues of the customs in that port, for life, and the king ordered
Richard Imberd and William de Braundeston, late collectors of customs in
that port, to pay to Adam what was in arrear to him of the 4d. daily from
the said 24 July and to pay the 4d. daily thenceforth so long as they should
remain in their office, and afterwards the king ordered Richard and William
to certify him in chancery how much money they had paid to Adam
while they were in office, and they returned that they paid to Adam 6l. 15s.
8d. from September in the 14th year of the reign until 7 November in the
15th year, by virtue of the aforesaid order. |
May 12.
Westminster. |
To Edward de Cretyng, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order
not to intermeddle further with 12 acres of land of the abbot of St. Osith's
in Denham, co. Suffolk, restoring the issues thereof to him, as the
king ordered the escheator to certify him concerning the cause of
the taking of that land into the king's hand, and the escheator
returned that William Talmache, sometime escheator in those counties,
delivered the land to him by indenture, asserting that it was in
the king's hand by reason of the appropriation which the abbot made in
acquiring it for himself and his house of Etheldreda le Ray after the
publication of the statute of mortmain, without obtaining the king's
licence, and afterwards, at the suit of the abbot, showing the king
that the land was not acquired of Etheldreda in the form aforesaid,
and that she had no estate in the land except for a term of years of the
abbot's grant, for rendering a certain ferm to him yearly during that term,
and the land is parcel of 40s. of land in Denham which Alice de Veer and
Aubrey de Veer gave by charter, which Aubrey de Veer, son of the said
Aubrey, sometime earl of Oxford, afterwards confirmed by his charter, to
God and the church of St. Osith, Chich, now called the abbey of St. Osith,
and which the abbot and his predecessors held peacefully as parcel of the
said 40s. of land from the time of that grant until the abbot was amoved
therefrom by William without reasonable cause, the king ordered the
escheator to take an inquisition upon the premises, by which it is found
that the land was not acquired of Etheldreda but is parcel of the said 40s.
of land in Denham, given to the church of St. Osith, Chich, by Alice de
Veer and Aubrey de Veer long before the publication of the said statute,
and confirmed by Aubrey son of the said Aubrey, and that all the abbots
held the said 12 acres as parcel of the 40s. of land from the time of that
grant until Michaelmas in the 9th year of the late king's reign, when the
abbot demised the 12 acres to Etheldreda for a term of ten years for a
certain ferm, and that she never had any other estate therein, and that
after the lapse of the ten years the abbot re-entered the land and held it
peacefully until it was taken into the king's hand, and that the land, as
parcel of the 40s. of land, is held of the earl of Oxford in frank almoin and
is worth 6s. yearly in all issues. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause the defects in the great
hall and chambers in Notingham castle and in the bridges and weirs of the
mills of the castle, which are in great need of repair, to be repaired with
all possible speed by the view and testimony of William de Eland, the king's
yeoman, constable of the castle, causing an indenture to be made with him
concerning the costs and expenses incurred thereon. By p.s. [15362.] |
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Membrane 9. |
May 21.
Westminster. |
To Roger Lysewy, escheator in the Isle of Wight. Order to deliver to
Thomas son and heir of John de Langeford, all the lands, goods and
chattels which belonged to his father, without delay, as Thomas and
Nicholas de la Beche have mainperned before the king to answer in his
chamber for all the debts in which John was bound to the king at his death. |
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By K. |
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The like to the following, to wit: — |
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William Pipard, escheator in co. Devon. |
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Edward de Stradelyng, escheator in co. Somerset. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order not to intermeddle
further with the priory of Brydelyngton and with a messuage, 13 carucates,
and 2 bovates of land in Brydelyngton and Eston, which were taken into
the king's hand because 10 bovates of land in Skyrlyngton, pertaining to
the priory, are held of the king as of the honour of Albemarle by fealty and
by the service of making suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three
weeks and by the service of 2s. yearly to the ward of Skipse castle, and the
prior did not perform these services, as Thomas has certified the king in
chancery, restoring any issues levied of the priory and lands in Brydelyngton
and Eston to the prior, as the prior has done fealty to the king for the
10 bovates and the king has ordered William Lenglish, escheator in the
parts of Holdernesse, to deliver to the prior those 10 bovates which he took
into the king's hand because the prior did not do fealty to the king. |
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To William Lenglish, escheator in the parts of Holdernese, or to him
who supplies his place there. Order not to intermeddle further with 10
bovates of land in Skirlyngton pertaining to the priory of Bridelyngton,
which are held in chief, restoring the issues thereof to the prior without
delay, as the prior has done fealty to the king for that land which is held
of the king as of the honour of Albemarle and by the aforesaid services. |
April 24.
Westminster. |
To the citizens of Chichester. Order to pay to Maud de Pyrye,
formerly the nurse of John de Eltham, the king's brother, and of Joan his
sister, or to her attorney, what is in arrear to her of 30l. for Easter term
last, as the king granted to her 30l. to be received yearly for life at the
exchequer, and to Joan du Boys, late the nurse of Eleanor, another sister of
the king, 30l. to be received yearly at the exchequer for her life, and afterwards, with the consent of Maud and Joan, the king assigned to them a
yearly ferm of 36l. which the citizens used to render at the exchequer,
which ferm belonged to Edmund earl of Kent, deceased, who held in chief,
and which was in the king's hand by reason of the minority of John, the
earl's son and heir, to hold until the heir should come of age unless they
should die in the meantime, and if one of them should die before the other
then a moiety of the ferm should revert to the king, and the entire ferm
after the death of both, and although a moiety of the ferm should have
reverted to the king after the death of Joan, who died on the feast of
St. Matthew in the 11th year of the reign, in the city of London in the
parish of St. Nicholas Olave, as is found by inquisition taken thereupon by
John de Pulteneye, then mayor of that city and escheator there, yet the
king granted that Maud should receive 30l. yearly of the said ferm of 36l.
until the heir should come of age, if she chanced to live so long, with
reversion to the king if she died before the heir came of age, in the name of
a custody, and that the said citizens should answer yearly at the exchequer
for the remaining 6l. |
May 1.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to pay to John de
Shardelowe 6s. 8d. and to John de la Rokele and John de Berneye 5s. each
for their expenses for every day that they are attendant upon their duties as
justices, to be received of the issues of the extracts of the fines and amercements adjudged before them in their sessions, in accordance with the
ordinance of the council, as the king has appointed them to be justices to
enquire concerning the names of all those by whom the king's good
money of sterling has been taken out of the realm and weak, counterfeit
money of sterling brought into the realm and of those who have taken out
of the realm wool-fells not customed and not coketted or such wool not
weighed or ill weighed and to do other things contained in the king's letters
patent to them. By C. |
May 4.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Wodehous, archdeacon of Richemund, and to his fellows,
appointed to hear and determine the accounts of the merchants of the Bardi
and Peruzzi. Order to allow 230 sacks 13 cloves of wool to the merchants
of the Bardi in their account, if they find by the certificate of the treasurer
and barons that those merchants delivered 230 sacks 13 cloves of wool to
William de Northwell, sometime keeper of the wardrobe, that William had
a warrant from the king for receiving the wool from the merchants and
accounted therefor at the exchequer, as the merchants of the Bardi
have besought the king to order such allowance to be made to them,
as they delivered 230 sacks 13 cloves of the king's wool assigned
to them to William in 225 saplars, and William accounted therefor at
the exchequer. |
May 3.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to certify to Robert de
Wodehous, archdeacon of Richemund, and his fellows, appointed to hear and
determine the accounts of the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and
Peruzzi, concerning the account of William de Northwell, sometime keeper
of the wardrobe, so that they may be able to audit the account of those
merchants, if by inspection of William's account they find that he received
the 230 sacks 13 cloves from the merchants of the Bardi, had a
warrant therefor from the king and accounted for the wool at the
exchequer. |
May 15.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to discharge the bishop [of Chester] of 30 marks
of the increment, as the king ordered Ralph de Stafford and his fellows,
vendors of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces granted by the community of the realm in co. Stafford to sell the said ninth in the parishes of
the following churches or prebends, to wit: of the ancient prebend of
Eccleshale, the prebend of Brewode, the prebend of Colewich, the prebend
of Berkeswich and the prebend of Allerwas, extended at 240 marks, according to the taxation thereof, it is said, for the said taxation and 30 marks
of increment, and deliver that ninth to the bishop or to his attorney, as
might fully appear in the said order delivered at the exchequer by the said
vendors upon their account rendered there, and the king of his special
favour has pardoned the bishop the said 30 marks of the increment. |
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By K. |
March 14.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to supersede the demand made upon Gaucelinus
Johannis, bishop of Albano, cardinal of the Holy Roman church and
prebendary of Driffeld in the church of St. Peter, York, of Louth (de Lude)
in the church of St. Mary, Lincoln, and of Sallowe in the church of St. Chad,
Lichfield, and parson of the churches of Hakeneye and Stebenhuth, diocese
of London, Pageham, diocese of Chichester, Holyngbourn and Lemyng,
diocese of Canterbury and Hemyngburgh, diocese of York, for his portion
of the tenth last granted by the clergy of the realm, and also of other tenths
granted before these times, in consideration of the affection which he has
hitherto borne to the Crown of England, and for the good place which he
has held and may hold for the king in the Roman Court. By K. |
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[Fœdera.] |
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The following cardinals have like writs for the following churches and
prebends, to wit:— |
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Peter, cardinal of Palestrina, for the archdeaconry of York and for the
prebend of Wistowe. [Ibid.] |
May 1.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to Henry de Lancastr[ia] earl of Derby, or to his
attorney, the sum which is found to be due to him by the certificate of the
collectors of the petty custom in that port, as the king ordered those
collectors of the petty custom to deliver to the earl all the issues of that
custom up to the sum of 445 marks 9s. 7d. [as at page 48 above], or to show
cause why they should not obey the order, and they have shown the king
that they paid 115 marks to the earl's attorney for Easter term last, and
that they have no more money of those issues at present; and the king
ordered the collectors of the petty custom to pay to the earl, or to his
attorney, the remaining 330 marks 9s. 7d. for the said term, and if the
money did not suffice then to certify the said collectors of the custom of
wool, hides and wool-fells of what they could not pay, and not to pay any
money of the petty custom to the earl for the said term by reason of any
writs after that certificate has been made. |
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Membrane 8. |
May 25.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge
Thomas Ughtred of the ferm or issues of the manor of Bentele, co. York,
wherefor answer has not yet been made to the king or his father, as on
20 April in the 4th year of the reign the king ordered the sheriff of York to
take that manor into the king's hand and deliver it to H. bishop of Lincoln,
the assign of W. bishop of Norwich, executor of the will of Bartholomew
de Baddelesmere [as in this Calendar, 4 Edward III, page 21]. |
April 16.
Havering atte Bower. |
To the prior of Okebourn. Order to pay the 500 marks which he is
bound to pay to the king for Easter term last for the custody of his priory
to Master John de Thoresby, the king's clerk, deputed to receive that money
and to acquit the debts of Robert de Artoys therewith, so far as they suffice,
notwithstanding any assignment or order to the contrary, receiving from
John the tally for that sum levied at the receipt of the exchequer, as the
king granted to Robert 800l. to be received yearly under a certain form, to
wit 1,000 marks of the prior and 200 marks of other priors, and afterwards,
because Robert was about to set out to Britanny in the king's service and
was staying there at heavy charges, wherefore he become much involved
with debts to several creditors, the king granted that he should receive 400l.
for Easter term last of the said 800l. of the prior of Okebourn and the other
priors of the ferms which they were bound to pay for their priories, for
acquitting his debts therewith, although Robert should die before the said
Easter. |
May 12.
Westminster. |
To William Lenglish, escheator in the liberty of Holdernesse, co. York.
Order to deliver to Maud late the wife of Henry de Burton, mother of
Alice and Beatrice, Henry's daughter or his next heirs, 4 messuages and
4½ bovates of land in Burton Pidese, together with the issues thereof,
to hold for the use of the said heirs, provided that she answer for 13s. 4d.
yearly for the same, as the king had learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Henry at his death held the said messuages and bovates in
chief as of the honour of Albemarle in his demesne as of fee, by fealty and
the service of 13s. 4d. yearly, and that Alice and Beatrice are his next
heirs, Alice aged one year and more, and Beatrice aged three days. |
May 12.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Maud late the
wife of Henry de Burton, tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged
to her husband at his death, upon her taking oath that she will not marry
without the king's licence. |
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To William Pipard, escheator in co. Devon. Like order, 'mutatis
mutandis,' to assign dower to Katherine late the wife of Peter de Veel, tenant
in chief. |
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The like to Simon Basset, escheator in co. Gloucester, for the same
Katherine. |
May 12.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, 3 acres
of wood and 10l. rent at Velehalle in Plymton Earl in that county, restoring
the issues thereof to Katherine late the wife of Peter de Veel, as the king
has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Peter at his death
held no lands in chief in that bailwick, but that he was enfeoffed of the said
messuage, wood and rent jointly with Katherine by a fine levied in the king's
court, of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon, by certain services. |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To William de Ravendale, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to
pay to Robert de Burghcher, sometime the chancellor, 50l. for Easter term
last in accordance with the king's grant to him on 20 December in the
14th year of his reign of 100l. to be received yearly of the issues of the
hanaper, for life, in recompence for 100l. of land which Hugh Daudele,
earl of Gloucester, granted to him for life for his stay with him, and which
the earl resumed because Robert made stay with the king. |
May 15.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to receive twentyseven charters of great fee and three hundred and twenty-seven charters of
petty fee from William de Ravendale, keeper of the hanaper of chancery,
and deliver them to the chamberlains to be kept in the exchequer, as those
charters remain in William's custody of the charters which he received by
indenture by John de Wodhous, sometime keeper of the hanaper, and no
one sues for acquiting the charters without the hanaper, as the king has
learned, and William has besought the king to ordain for the safe custody
of the charters and to discharge him. |
May 16.
Westminster. |
To Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who
supplies his place in the forest of Ingelwod. Order to restore Henry de
Panetria to the office of the bailiwick of the forestership of Gaytsholes in that
forest, and permit him to exercise it, notwithstanding his removal, as the
late king granted that bailiwick to Henry to hold in the same manner as
others had previously held it, for life, if he behaved well, and although
Henry behaved well for the time when he remained in the office and executed
what pertains thereto well and faithfully, yet he was amoved therefrom
without reasonable cause, as the king has learned from his plaint, wherefore
the king ordered Ralph to take an inquisition on the matter, and if he found
that Henry behaved well in the office and was amoved without reasonable
cause, then to restore him to the office, sending the inquisition to chancery,
and by the inquisition it is found that Henry behaved faithfully in that
office and was amoved without reasonable cause. |
May 23.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow 9l. 6s. 8d.
to Andrew de Canterton and John de Wygan, the present collectors of
customs in the port of Southampton, in their account, as the king ordered
them to pay to Adam Cogger what was in arrear to him of 4d. daily from 7
November in the 15th year of the reign, and to pay him the said 4d. daily
thenceforth so long as they should remain in that office [see at page 40
above], and by virtue of that order they paid him 9l. 6s. 8d. from the
said 7 November to the 22 May last inclusive as may appear by Adam's
letters of acquittance in their possession, as they assert. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler. Order to deliver to Maurice de
Berkle 2 tuns of wine of the king's right prise in accordance with the king's
grant to him on 14 May last of two tuns of such wine to be received yearly
for life by the hands of the butler, in the port of Bristol. |
May 22.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to cause allowance to be made to Robert, brother and heir of Roger
de Clifford of 188l. in 192l. 2s. 3d. due to the king by him, if by inspection
of the bills of the wardrobe in his possession they find that the 188l. are
clearly due to him, as he has besought the king to order such allowance to
be made to him, by his petition before the king and council in the present
parliament, as the king is bound to him in 188l. as may appear he asserts
by the said bills, and he is bound to the king in 192l. 2s. 3d. for the custody
of the lands which belonged to Roger, committed to Robert while he was
under age, by the king, to hold until he should come of age. By pet. of C. |
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May 8.
Westminster. |
To Bartholomew de Burgherssh, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or
to him who supplies his place in the forest of Essex. Order to bail Thomas
de Bedeford of Little Lauvare, imprisoned at the Tower of London for
trespass of vert and venison in that forest, if he shall find twelve mainpernors of that bailiwick who will undertake to have him before the justices
for pleas of the Forest in co. Essex, to stand to right for the said trespass,
if he is repleviable according to the assize of the Forest. |
May 26.
Westminster. |
The like to the same keeper or to him who supplies his place for the
following, to wit:— |
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Thomas son of Thomas de Bedeford imprisoned at Colchester. |
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John son of Thomas de Bedeford detained in the same prison. |
May 18.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon the abbot of Glastonbury or the prior and convent of
that place for more than pertains to them for the rate of 1,000 marks for
the last voidance, and to discharge them and their mainpernors of what is
beyond the said rate, as the king granted by charter to Adam de Sobbury,
late abbot of Glastonbury, and to the prior and convent that in every
voidance of the abbey the prior and convent should have the custody
thereof and of all the temporalities pertaining thereto, with free administration of the temporalities and goods saving to the king the knights' fees
and advowsons, rendering to the king 1,000 marks for each voidance if it
should endure for an entire year and pro rata for a shorter or a longer
time, and now the present abbot has besought the king to have consideration for his grant and order the charter to be allowed, as at the time
of the last voidance of the abbey by the death of John de Breynton, the
late abbot, on account of certain ambiguities pretended to be in the charter
by the council, the king being then in parts beyond the sea, that charter
was not allowed and the temporalities were retained in the king's hand
until the present abbot paid the rate of 1,000 marks at the receipt of the
exchequer for the time when the abbey was void, and he found John de
Briggewater, William de Tilneye and John de Strete of co. Somerset, his
mainpernors, to answer to the king on his return to England for more for
the said voidance if it should be considered that more was due therefor,
and the charter being read and examined before the king and his council
in the present parliament, the king, recollecting all the things contained
in the charter, wishes that charter to be allowed in all things and that the
abbot be not charged with more than the rate of 1,000 marks for the last
voidance. By K. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and lawful men of Bishops Lenne. Notification that
whereas it is provided by the common council of the realm, that if any one
impleaded for a tenement in the city of London shall call a foreign person
to warranty, he shall come to chancery and have a writ to summon his
warrant to be before the justices of the Bench, on a certain day to answer
for that warrant, and another writ to the mayor and sheriffs of London to
supersede the suit pending before them until the suit of warranty has been
determined before the justices of the Bench, and when it is determined the
justices shall tell the warrant to go to the city and answer for the principal
plea and the tenant by his suit shall have a writ of the justices de judicio
to the said mayors and sheriffs to proceed in that plea, and if the demandant
recover, the tenant shall come to the justices of the Bench and have a writ
to the mayor and sheriffs directing that if the tenant lost the tenement
sought against him, they should cause it to be extended and return the
extent to the Bench on a certain day, and afterwards the sheriff of the
county in which the warrant was summoned should be ordered by another
writ de judicio to cause himself to have of the land of the warrant to the
value of the tenement so lost, and it was also provided by the council that
from the time when a plea was moved in London by writ concerning any
tenement in that city, it should not be lawful for the tenant to make any
waste or estrepement of the tenement sought, while the plea was pending,
and the mayor and sheriffs should cause this to be observed at the suit of
the demandant, and this statute is to be observed in other cities, boroughs
and other places of the realm: the king orders the mayor and men to
cause the provisions of the statute to be observed in that town. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of John Peivere of Pertenhale, as the king has learned
by trustworthy testimony that he is so sick and broken by age that he
cannot fulfil the duties of the office. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to view the bills of the wardrobe in the possession of John Tibetot,
and if they find that the king is bound to him in certain sums
amounting to 80l. or more then to assign the said 80l. to Gilbert
de Umframvyll, earl of Angos, out of the issues of the tenth granted by
the clergy of the province of York for the present year, to be received by
the hands of the collectors thereof, in part payment of the debts due to
John by the king if they exceed 80l. or in full payment if they do not,
receiving the bills from John, and if they contain a greater sum to cause them
to be endorsed with the 80l. and delivered to John, as he has besought the
king to order the 80l. to be delivered to the earl, as the king is bound to
him in divers sums for his wages, as may appear by the said bills, in his
possession, as he asserts, and he is bound to the earl in 80l. for certain
causes. By K. |
April 24.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order
to pay to John de Stryvelyn 100 marks for Easter term last, as the king
granted him 200 marks to be received yearly of the issues of the customs
in the ports of Newcastle upon Tyne and Hertilpol, until the king should
provide him with 200 marks of land and rent yearly, and with the assent
of the council the king has ordained that the passage of wool shall only be
made in four ports of the realm, to wit Kyngeston upon Hull, London,
Southampton and Boston, wherefore the king wishes John to receive the
200 marks in the port of Kyngeston until the passage of wool is open in
the ports of Newcastle and Hertilpol. |
May 7.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to pay to the said John or to his attorneys 40
marks remaining, of the issues of those customs, as William de Duresme
satisfied him by the king's order for 40l. of the 100 marks for Easter term
last of the custom which he is bound to pay to the king for the king's
wool sold to William to be taken to parts beyond the sea, as John has
testified before the king in chancery. |
May 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to pay to William de Radenore, the
king's yeoman, or to his attorney 100s. for Easter term last, as for his
good service in the duchy of Aquitaine, the king granted to him 10l. to be
received yearly at the exchequer for life or until the king should provide
him with the value of 10l. yearly in another place, and afterwards William
besought the king to assign the 10l. to him upon the issues of co. Hereford,
to be received by the hands of the sheriff, and because he surrendered the
king's letters patent to chancery to be cancelled, the king, by other letters
patent granted that he should receive the 10l. yearly of the issues of that
county for life. |
April 5.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Bristol. Order to cause a ship called
'la Seinte Marie' of Barsolon whereof John Spital is master, which the king
lately ordered them to have taken from the port of Milford near Haverford,
where it was arrested together with the master, mariners and merchants
thereof and all the goods and merchandise therein, to the port of Bristol
and to be kept safely there until further order, to be dearrested without delay,
and also to dearrest the masters, mariners, merchants and merchandise
without delay and cause the ship and goods to be delivered to the master
and merchants of the king's special favour, to do their pleasure therewith
except to deliver them to the king's enemies. By K. |
May 5.
Westminster. |
To Roger Turtle, mayor of Bristol, and John le Spicer. Order to cause
all the money which they received from the sale of the goods and merchandise of a ship called 'la Taryt,' and the residue of the said goods, to be
delivered to John Spital, master of that ship, and to certain merchants to
whom the goods belong, to do their pleasure therewith, as the king lately
appointed Roger and John to sell the said goods in that ship, which the
king ordered to be brought from the port of Milford near Haverford in
Wales, where it was arrested by the said mayor and the bailiffs of Bristol, to
the town of Bristol, and to sell them by the view and testimony of Francis
Geffrey, who sues to have those goods without the king's hands, or of his
deputy, keeping the money arising from the sale until further order. By K. |
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April 28.
Westminster. |
To John Aignel, sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause the fine which the
king's ministers of that county made with the king before Robert Parvyng,
the chancellor, and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine
divers trespasses and excesses in that county, which is in arrear, to be levied
without delay from those liable, by distraints and in other rigorous ways,
and to deliver it to Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or to his attorney
until he has delivered to Reymund 2,200 marks which the king assigned to
him upon the money of that fine for the expenses of his office in accordance
with several previous orders to the sheriff, so that the wine which the king
has newly ordered Reymund to purvey may not be unpurveyed through the
nonpayment of the money, whereby the king would have reason to punish
the sheriff severely. By K. |
May 10.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause the pond of the water of Fosse,
which is now partly destroyed and broken, as the king has learned, to be
repaired by the view and testimony of the mayor of York, by indenture
made with him. By K. |
April 18.
Mortlake. |
To Thomas de Chisenhale, sheriff of Southampton. Order to deliver to
William de Edyngton, keeper of the wardrobe, by indenture, all the cloth,
both whole and cut into pieces, found in a certain cog called 'la Juliane'
of Lescluse and in a ship called 'la Nicholas' of Yarmouth, at Portesmuth,
which the king ordered Thomas to arrest, and they were afterwards
delivered by John de Codyngton, clerk, appointed to supervise and appraise
the said cog and ship and the merchandise therein, to the said keeper, by
indenture. By K. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the justiciary of Ireland or to him who supplies his place. Order not
to distrain John son of John de Hothum of Bondeby for his homage and
fealty for the lands which he holds in chief both in England and in
Ireland, as he has done homage and fealty to the king. By p.s. |
May 6.
Westminster. |
To Edward de Cretyng, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to
deliver to William Pipard, knight, and to Margery his wife the manor of
Huntlesham and the advowson of the church of that manor, together with the
issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator,
that Margery late the wife of Thomas Pipard held the said manor and advowson at her death in dower of the inheritance of William Pipard, knight, and
that William, by the king's licence, granted the remainder of the said manor
and advowson to Geoffrey Gilberd and his heirs, after Margery's death, and
that Geoffrey, on receiving Margery's attornment, granted that the manor
and advowson which ought to remain to him should remain to William
and Margery his wife and the heirs male of their bodies, and the king has
taken William's fealty. |
May 1.
Westminster. |
To William Lenglissh, escheator in the liberty of Holdernesse, co. York.
Order to deliver to Robert de Wasingdon and Margaret his wife, daughter
of Andrew Haukyn, a messuage, a moiety of an acre and a rood of land in
Preston, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that
Andrew at his death held the premises in demesne as of fee, in chief as of
the honour of Albemarle, by knight's service, and that Margaret is his
next heir and of full age, and the king has taken Robert's fealty. |
May 18.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a moiety of a chief
messuage of the manor of Outhorne towards the south and 2 messuages, 10
tofts, 6 bovates and 2 acres of land in the same manor and Wythornse,
restoring the issues thereof to Katherine late the wife of William de Meaux,
as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that William,
at his death, held jointly with Katherine in fee tail the said moiety, except
the hall and two chambers called the 'Wardrobe,' and the messuages, tofts,
bovates and land of the heirs of Philip de Meaux by the service of a rose
at Midsummer. |
May 21.
Westminster. |
To Edward de Stradelyng, escheator in cos. Somerset and Dorset. Order
not to intermeddle further with a messuage and a carucate of land in
Stormynstre Mareschal, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned
by inquisition taken by the escheator that William son of Theobald Russell,
at his death, held no lands in chief in that bailiwick but that he held the
said messuage and carucate for himself and the heirs male of his body of
another than the king, with remainder, in default of such issue, to Theobald
his brother and the heirs male of his body, by a fine levied in the king's court,
and that William died without an heir of his body. |
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To Roger Lysewy, escheator in the isle of Wight, co. Southampton.
Order to deliver to Theobald Russel the manor of Knyghteton, together
with the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the
escheator that William son of Theobald Russell held that manor at his
death for himself and the heirs male of his body by a fine levied in the
king's court, with remainder, in default of such issue, to Theobald his
brother and the heirs male of his body, and that William died without an
heir male of his body, and the manor is held in chief as of the honour of
Caresbrok castle by knight's fee, and the king has taken Theobald's homage. |
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By p.s. [15456.] |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the
prior and brethren of Henton and Wytham, of the Carthusian order, of the
portion touching them of the yearly tenth last granted by the clergy of the
province of Canterbury, and to acquit them thereof for this turn of the
king's special favour, directing the collectors of the enth and others concerned to supersede the collection of that tenth of the prior and brethren,
as the late king granted by his charter that if the temporalities or
spiritualities of the other religious of England should be taxed, the goods
of the said prior and brethren should not be taxed. By p.s. |
May 23.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to discharge the warden and chaplains of the chapel
of St. Thomas the Martyr, Stretford upon Avene, of tenths, fifteenths, wool
and other charges granted by the clergy or the community of the realm,
which are exacted of them by reason of their lands, goods and chattels, for
this turn of the king's special favour, as among other things the king
granted that they should be quit of all manor of aids, contributions and
tallages. By p.s. [15459.] |
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To the same. Order to supersede the demand made upon the master,
brethren and sisters of the hospital of St. John without the east gate,
Oxford, for the tenth, fifteenth, ninth, wool and other aids granted by the
clergy and community of the realm, and to discharge them thereof for this
turn of the king's special favour, as the king granted by charter that they
and their successors should be quit of all manner of aids, contributions and
tallages. By p.s. [15462.] |
May 12.
Westminster. |
To Thomas Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to John
de Broghton, the king's clerk, what is in arrear to him of his wages from
the time of the constable's appointment, and to pay such wages henceforth
so long as he is constable, as the late king on 16 May in the 16th year of
his reign granted to John the custody of the gate of Wyndesore park and
of the manor there, to hold for life, receiving as much as Laurence de
Bagshote, deceased, who held that custody, received for the same. |
May 24.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with
William Trussel, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards
the north, for his wages for the time when he has been in that office from
the time of the king's last passage to Britanny, allowing him 13s. 4d. for
his wages for every day that he has been attendant upon the premises, and
further to do what pertains to the final issue of the account. |
May 8.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to call before them all those who are found by the
certificate of the collectors of wool in co. Worcester to have been assessed
at wool there, and to distrain and compel them to pay the portions assessed
upon them without delay, and to cause 42 sacks thereof to be delivered to
Robert de Ferariis, as the king assigned to Robert 42 sacks of the wool of
that county, which he ordered to be levied in the 15th year of the reign, to
wit at 8l. 6s. 8d. the sack beyond the custom of ½ mark due thereon, upon
the wages of himself and his men, then about to set out with the king in
his service, and although several men of the county are assessed at certain
portions of wool, yet they refuse to pay those portions, and the collectors
are not sufficient to distrain those men, as Robert has informed the king,
wherefore Robert has besought the king to provide a remedy. |
May 1.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order to take into the
king's hand the manor of Daneby upon Wysk with the advowson of the
church of that manor, and to keep them safely until further order, causing
all the issues thereof to be levied without delay and answer therefor to be
made to the king, as on its being lately found by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Geoffrey Lescrop at his death held the said manor and
advowson, which manor is held in chief by knight's service, of the grant of
John duke of Britanny and earl of Richemund, deceased, tenant in chief,
and that Geoffrey had no other estate in the manor except for life, the
king ordered the sheriff to notify Henry le Scrop, Geoffrey's son and heir,
who held the manor and advowson, it was said, to be before the king in
chancery on Monday after St. Gregory the Pope last, to show cause why
the manor and advowson should not be taken into the king's hand and
answer made to the king for the issues thereof from the time of Geoffrey's
death, and further to do and receive what the chancery should consider,
and as Henry did not come on that day, after being sufficiently warned and
summoned, it was considered that the manor and advowson should be
taken into the king's hand and answer made to the king for the issues
thereof from the time of Geoffrey's death. By K. and C. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his
place in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to deliver to Hugh de
Garton, the king's yeoman, a tun of wine for the present year of the king's
prises in that port, in accordance with the king's grant to him of a tun of
such wine to be received yearly for life in that port. |
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May 14.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to
Gabriel de Monte Magno, the king's merchant, what is in arrear to him of
50l. yearly from 19 November in the 13th year of the reign, and to pay him
the 50l. yearly henceforth so long as they are customers there, in accordance
with the king's grant to him on the said 19 November, for the great place
which he held for the king in parts beyond the sea, of 50l. to be received
yearly of the customs in that port until the king should provide him with
50l. of land or rent in the realm, notwithstanding assignments made to
other persons upon those customs. |
