Close Rolls, Edward III: September 1343

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: September 1343', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346, (London, 1904) pp. 175-180. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol7/pp175-180 [accessed 24 April 2024]

September 1343



Sept. 10. Nottingham.	To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Simon Alsey, who is so weak and broken by age that he cannot execute the duties of his office.
Sept. 8. Nottingham.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order not to prefer any of the king's allies, who have assignments upon the customs in that port, to John de Hanon[ia] or his attorney, in the payment of the assignment made to him, but to give him prompt and speedy payment of the 1,000 marks yearly assigned to him, as on 1 August last the king ordered them to pay to John 500 marks for Easter term last of the said assignment, and afterwards on 12 August the king ordered them by another writ to pay to John or to John Malewayn, or his attorney, 416 marks 8s. 8d. which then remained to be paid of the 500 marks, as is found by certificate of William de Briklesworth and Henry de Preston, late collectors of customs in that port, sent into chancery, whereof John has not yet received any payment, as the king has learned from his plaint, and the king has considered John's many services in his wars.
Sept. 13. Nottingham.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, or to his attorney, 35l. remaining due to him for Easter term last, as the king ordered William de Melchebourn and Thomas de Swanlond, late collectors of customs in that port, to pay to the earl, 75l. for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 150l. to be received yearly of the issues of those customs, and they paid the earl 40l. of the 75l. as they have certified the king in chancery, and the earl has besought the king to cause the remaining 35l. to be paid to him.
Sept. 16. Nottingham.	Robert Sabbe of Snaynton, imprisoned at Nottingham for trespass of vert and venison committed by him in the king's forest of Shirewod, has a writ to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of Shirewode, to bail him.
Sept. 14. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Elias de Oldebury, who has not sufficient lands in fee in that county, whereof he can answer to the king's people, in accordance with the statute, so that he is insufficiently qualified.
Sept. 10. Nottingham.	To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to pay to Robert de Thyngden, chaplain, what is in arrear to him of 100s. yearly, and to pay him the 100s. yearly so long as he is sheriff and as Robert celebrates in the chapel of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, in accordance with the king's grant to him on 11 February in the 12th year of the reign.
Sept. 20. Westminster.	To Edward de Stradelyng, escheator in co. Somerset. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Mershton in that bailiwick, restoring the issues thereof to Margaret late the wife of John de Bello Campo, of Somerset, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held the said manor jointly with Margaret, and that the manor is held of another than the king.
	Membrane 21.
Aug. 14. Westminster.	To William de Northo, sheriff of Surrey and Sussex and escheator in those counties. Order to deliver by a mainprise to Andrew Peverel, knight, and to John de Frenyngham, executors of the will of John de Ifeld, it is said, the corn and other goods and chattels which belonged to John, taken into the king's hand by the escheator, for various causes, if they shall find security for the price of the said corn, goods and chattels, at Michaelmas next, if it is found in the meantime that they ought to pertain to the king, informing the king without delay of the price of the corn, goods and chattels and of the said security. By C.
Aug. 16. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Salop. Order to deliver to John le fitz Waryn what pertains to the king of the year, day and waste of a messuage and two carucates of land in certain places in that county, which belonged to John de Wyggeleye and which were taken into the king's hand by reason of John's felony, for which he was outlawed, in accordance with the king's grant to John le fitz Waryn on 26 May last.
July 15. Westminster.	To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause Master John de Farges and Bernard Vitalis to be dearrested without delay and to permit them to return to their own parts for this turn, of the king's special favour, as the king ordered the sheriffs to arrest them for certain contempts, and he has now granted that they may return to their own parts at the request of John, archbishop of Canterbury and other prelates of the realm.
Sept. 3. Kingseliffe.	To Thomas de Chisenhale, sheriff of Southampton. Order to sell at the best possible price all the cloth lately arrested by him in a cog called 'la Juliane' of Lescluse and in a ship called 'la Nicolas' of Yarmouth, at Portesmuth, by the view and testimony of William de Edyngton, keeper of the wardrobe, and to deliver the money arising from that sale to William by indenture, as the king wished the said cloth so arrested and delivered to the sheriff by John de Codyngton, clerk, appointed to supervise the cog and ship and the goods and merchandise therein, and to cause them to be appraised, to be so delivered, and although he ordered the sheriff to so deliver it, it is still in his custody and has not yet been delivered to William, as the king has learned. By K.
Aug. 25. Westminster.	To Henry Gernet, escheator in cos. Essex, Hertford and Middlesex. Order to deliver to John de Coggeshale, knight, and Margaret his wife the manor of Alesford together with the advowson of the church of that town, and with the issues thereof, saving the relief due to the king, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margery late the wife of Humphrey de Staunton, held no lands at her death in her demesne as of fee in chief in that bailiwick, but that she held the said manor and advowson for herself and Humphrey and the heirs of their bodies, of the gift and grant of Walter le Gros, parson of Little Bentlegh church and of Stephen de Berle, parson of Alesford church by a fine levied in the king's court with remainder, in default of such heirs, to John and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, and that Humphrey and Margery died without heirs of their bodies and that the manor and advowson are held in chief as of the honour of the Boulogne by the service of a fourth part of a knight's fee and suit every month at the court of Boulogne, and the king has taken John's homage and has rendered the manor to him and Margaret. By p.s.
Sept. 13. Nottingham.	To the sheriff of York. Order to pay to Roger de Blakeston, appointed justice with other lieges to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses committed by the king's ministers and others in that county, 5s. a day for his expenses while he is intendant upon the premises, of the forfeited issues, fines and amercements adjudged before those justices, in accordance with the king's grant to him.
Sept. 14. Westminster.	To Edward de Cretyng, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to restore to brother Robert de Nassyngton, abbot of Rameseye, all the knights' fees and advowsons pertaining to the abbey, together with the issues thereof from 22 January last, as on that day the king took the fealty of Robert after his confirmation, and restored the temporalities of the abbey to him, ordering the escheator to deliver those temporalities to him, and although by virtue of that order the escheator delivered lands to the abbot in the name of such temporalities, he has hitherto delayed to deliver the knights' fees and advowsons, because no mention thereof was made in the order.
Sept. 16. Westminster.	To John de Vieleston, escheator in co. Kent. Order not to intermeddle further with the abbey of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, or with the temporalities, things and goods pertaining thereto, by reason of the last voidance through the death of Thomas Pousyn, the last abbot there, after having taken a simple seisin within the gates of the abbey, in the name of the king's royal lordship, restoring the issues to the prior and convent, saving to the king the knights' fees, advowsons and escheats which fall in during the voidance and the custody of lands acquired by the abbot after 1 September in the 9th year of the late king's reign, as on that day the said king, by a fine of 200 marks which the abbot and convent made with him and by the pardon which they made to him of 500 marks in which Edward I was bound to them by his letters patent, which they surrendered, granted that the prior and convent should have the custody of the abbey in the next voidance for rendering 600 marks to the king, and in every subsequent voidance, with free administration of the lands, goods and chattels, except that the escheator should take a simple seisin as aforesaid at the beginning of the voidance, rendering for every subsequent voidance 600 marks, to wit, 300 marks within the first two months, and the remaining 300 marks before the expiry of the following two months, and if the voidance shall endure for a year beyond the said half-year, the prior and convent should pay 1,000 marks for the year, and pro rata for every part of a year, and that no escheator, bailiff or other minister should intermeddle with the custody of the abbey, its cells, manors or other goods, by reason of a voidance, saving to the king the escheats etc. as aforesaid.
Sept. 17. Westminster.	To John Mauduyt, sheriff of Wilts, and to his fellows, collectors and receivers of the wool granted by the ministers of that county before Robert Parvyng and his fellows, then justices appointed to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses in that county. Order to deliver to John Malewayn, merchant of London, or to his attorney, 450 sacks of wool, by indenture, as the king sold to him the 450 sacks of wool by which the ministers of that county made fine with the king for divers trespasses and excesses committed by them, before Robert and his fellows, to wit each sack price 8½ marks, according to the price ordained in that county by the last parliament held at Westminster. By C. and by bill of the treasurer.
Sept. 17. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the exactions made upon the abbess and sisters of the order of St. Clare without Algate, London, for 7l. 4s. 8d. for divers tenths granted by the clergy of the realm before these times, as the king has pardoned them the said sum of his especial favour. By p.s. [15640.]
	Membrane 20.
Sept. 25. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay 250l. for Michaelmas term next to Queen Isabella, or to her attorney, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 1,500l. to be received yearly of the customs for life, to wit 500l. in that port, 500l. in the port of Boston and 500l. in that port of Kyngeston upon Hull, as she voluntarily surrendered the castles, manors and lands granted to her as dower by the late king, to the yearly value of 4,500l., and the king wishes his grant to remain in force, notwithstanding the grant of the customs to certain merchants, and he confirmed his said grant of the queen at her request and with the assent of the parliament lately held at Westminster.
	The like to the collectors of customs in the following ports, to wit:—
	The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
	The collectors of customs in the port of Boston.
Sept. 24. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Southampton for the present or the future. Order to pay to Simon Bacon what is in arrear to him of his wages of 3d. a day for the custody of Fremantel park in that county, from 24 July last, when the king granted the said custody to him to hold for life, and to pay him the said wages henceforth and 13s. 4d. yearly for his robe, so long as he holds the said custody, in accordance with the king's grant to him.
	Et erat patens. By p.s. (fn. 1) [15688.]
Oct. 6. Hertford.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to Matthew Canaceon, the king's merchant, or to his attorney, 25l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 50l. to be received yearly of the said custom in that port.
Oct. 6. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. Order to pay to John de Stryvelyn, 100 marks for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 200 marks, to be received yearly of the issues of the customs in the ports of Newcastle and Hertilpol, and now the passage of wool in the port of Hertilpol is closed, wherefore the king wishes John to receive the 200 marks of the issues of the customs in the port of Newcastle.
	Memorandum that on the 29th September last, to wit Michaelmas day, the great seal was delivered to Robert de Sadyngton, the chancellor, as appears by a memorandum on the dorse of this roll.
Oct. 9. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to pay to John de Feriby, the king's clerk, controller of customs in that port, what they shall find to be in arrear to him of his customary wages from the time of their appointment, and to pay him such wages henceforth so long as they are collectors and John is controller.
Sept. 14. Westminster.	To Edward de Cretyng, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to restore to brother Robert de Nassyngton, abbot of Rameseye, all the knights' fees and advowsons pertaining to the abbey, which he took into the king's hand by reason of the last voidance, together with the issues of the fees from 22 January last, on which day the king took Robert's fealty after his confirmation and rendered the temporalities of the abbey to him, ordering the escheator to deliver them to him, and although the escheator delivered the lands to the abbot in the name of such temporalities, he has hitherto delayed to deliver the fees and advowsons, because no mention is made of the livery thereof in the said order.
Oct. 12. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to pay to William marquis of Juliers or to William Muchet and Tilemannus de Werda, his attorneys, 300l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him by charter of 1,000l. yearly, to wit, 600l. of the customs in that port and 400l. at the exchequer.
	To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to pay to William marquis of Juliers or to Tidemannus de Warda and William Muschet, his attorneys, 10l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him on 7 May in the 14th year of the reign, when making him earl of Cambridge, of 20l. to be received yearly of the issues of that county by the hands of the sheriff there.
Sept. 29. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. Order to pay to Nicholas de la Despense, the king's yeoman, or to his attorney, 10l. for the present Michaelmas term, in accordance with the king's grant to him, for his good service to Queen Isabella, of 20l. to be received yearly for life of the issues of those counties, by the hands of the sheriff, as the late king granted him 20l. yearly of the land which William de Bredon held in co. Derby, in aid of the maintenance of himself, his wife and children, and those lands were afterwards taken from Nicholas and delivered to William with the assent of Parliament.
	Membrane 19.
Sept. 3. Kingscliffe.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made upon Thomas de Ryse and Walter Froste, merchants of Beverley for 562l., if they find after inspecting the accounts of the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull and that of Master Robert de Askeby, appointed in Flanders to collect a subsidy of 40s. a sack of wool taken thither from England, and after viewing the king's orders, that 532l. were exacted of them for the said subsidy and for no other cause, as for 266l. which those merchants lent to the king in his urgent need, he granted to them the passage of 266 sacks of wool in the said port, without rendering the custom and subsidy thereon, by reason of which grant they caused those sacks to be laded in the said port and taken to parts beyond the sea, and the king ordered Master Robert to permit those merchants to take the 266 sacks to the said parts without rendering the said subsidy, and now the king has learned that the treasurer and barons have charged Thomas and Walter upon Robert's account with 562l. for the said subsidy, because the writ to Robert did not mention that the king had pardoned them the subsidy, but at the time of the grant there was no mention that they should be charged with that subsidy. By p.s.
Sept. 26. Westminster.	To Thomas de Bukton, escheator in co. Northampton. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to John le Latymer, restoring the issues thereof as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held no lands in chief in that bailiwick, whereby the custody of his lands ought at present to pertain to the king, but that he held lands of other lords by divers services.
Sept. 18. Westminster.	To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to Hugh de Normanvill what is in arrear to him of his wages and fees as surveyor of works of the castle and park of Wyndesore, which office the king granted to him on 29th April in the 16th year of the reign, to hold for life, receiving such wages and fees as Ralph de la More, deceased, used to have there.
Sept. 18. Westminster.	To the same. Order to pay to John Brocas, the king's yeoman, what is in arrear to him of his wages and fees as chief forester of Wyndesore forest, in accordance with the king's grant to him of the bailiwick of the chief forestry there, to hold for life, receiving the customary fees and wages therein. By p.s. [15943.]
Sept. 24. Woodham.	To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to supersede levying the issues forfeited by Walter atte Bergh before Robert Parvyng and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses in that county, delivering for the use of Henry earl of Derby any issues levied by them from Walter, informing the king in chancery of the sum at which the issues, so forfeited by Walter, are extended, as the king has assigned to the earl all the issues so forfeited, to hold together with a certain fine which Walter made with the king for the pardon of certain trespasses and excesses and other things contained in the letters patent, to hold in part satisfaction of certain debts in which the king is bound to the earl.
	To the same. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' with respect to the issues forfeited by Robert Russel before Robert Parvyng and his fellows.
Sept. 26. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton or to his attorney, 200l. for the present Michaelmas term, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 400l. to be received yearly of the issues of those customs, until certain lands, which others hold for life, revert to the earl.
	The like to the following to pay the following sums to the earl, to wit:—
	The collectors of customs in the port of Boston for 75l. of 150l. to be received yearly upon the customs in that port.
	The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston-upon Hull for 75l. of 150l. to be received yearly upon the customs of that port.
	The sheriffs of London for 100l. of the 200l. to be received yearly upon the ferm of that city.
	The sheriff of Essex for 50l. of the 100l. to be received yearly upon the ferm of co. Essex.
	To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to pay to the said earl or to his attorney, 10l. for the present Michaelmas term, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 20l. to be received yearly of the ferm or issues of that county by the hands of the sheriff.
Sept. 24. Westminster.	To Edward de Stradelyng, escheator in cos. Somerset and Dorset. Order to take the oath of Margaret, late the wife of John de Bello Campo of Somerset, tenant in chief, that she will not marry without the king's licence, and to deliver to her the following lands of those which belonged to her husband, assigned to her by the king to hold in dower, to wit: the manor of Dondene, co. Somerset, extended at 10l. 19s. 8d. yearly; the manor of Shepton Beauchamp in the same county, extended at 6l. 0s. 5d. yearly, and a messuage with a garden, 40 acres of land, 24 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, 60s. rent and a moiety of a mill in Muryfeld, extended at 73s. 8d. yearly, and 100 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 5 marks rent in Stormynstre Mareschal, co. Dorset, extended at 4l. 18s. 4d. yearly.
	The like to the following to assign the following lands to Margaret, to hold in dower, except the clause concerning the oath, to wit:—
	John de Vieleston, escheator in co. Kent, for a moiety of the manor of Sellyng near Monkehorton, co. Kent, extended at 7l. 16s. 2½d. yearly.
	John Mauduyt, escheator, in co. Wilts, for a messuage, 2 carucates of land, 12 acres of meadow, 18 acres of pasture, 30 acres of wood and 100s. rent in Westkyngton, co. Wilts, extended at 9l. 16d. yearly.
	John Aignel, escheator in co. Buckingham, for a messuage, a garden, 120 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 18 acres of wood and 6l. 18s. 2d. rent in Dorton near Brehull, co. Buckingham, extended at 10l. 2s. 8d. yearly.