Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1345

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

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1345', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346, (London, 1904) pp. 539-541. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol7/pp539-541 [accessed 23 April 2024]

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July 1345

Membrane 2.
July 9.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William de Trembetheu, who is so weak that he cannot exercise the duties of the office.
July 10.
Southwick.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the canons of Calceto, keepers of the bridge of Arundel, and the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted by the laity in cos. Sussex and Southampton of the said tenth and fifteenth, as the king ordered the said taxers and collectors to discharge them thereof on account of their poverty, and the said canons had besought the king to cause them to be discharged. By C.
July 14.
Southwick.
To Brian de Thornhill, knight, and Peter de Nuttelegh, collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted by the laity in the East Riding, co. York. Order to deliver all the money collected by them to John Wodehous, receiver of that money, from time to time, to do therewith as has been enjoined upon him.
The like to the following, to wit:—
Anketinus Salveyn, knight, and William de Scurueton, collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in the North Riding, co. York.
William de Scargill, knight, and John Frere, of Danecastre, collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in the West Riding, co. York.
July 12.
Southwick.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Ralph de Cobeldyk, who is detained by such infirmity that he cannot exercise the duties of his office.
July 6.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order to deliver to Andrew son of Geoffrey Louterel and Beatrice, his wife, the manor of Hoton Paynel, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that one Guy Louterel was seised of that manor in his demesne as of fee, and that he granted that manor to Geoffrey Louterel and Agnes, his wife, to hold for their lives, with remainder to Andrew and Beatrice and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the late king's court, and that the manor is held in chief by homage and fealty and the service of a knight's fee, and because Andrew has set out to Gascony in the king's service in the company of Henry earl of Derby the king has given him respite for his homage and fealty until Michaelmas next. By p.s.
To Saier de Rocheford, escheator in co. Lincoln. Like order with respect to the manor of Irnham, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that one Guy Louterel was seised of that manor in his demesne as of fee, and he granted it to Geoffrey Louterel to hold for life, with remainder to Andrew and Beatrice and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the late king's court, and the manor is held in chief by homage and fealty and the service of a moiety of a knight's fee.
By the same writ.
July 11.
Southwick.
To John Darcy, 'le fitz,' escheator in the liberty of Holdernesse, or to him who supplies his place there. Order to cause John son of John son of Peter atte See the elder to have seisin of the lands held in chief which were taken into the king's hand by reason of the death of Alice late the wife of John atte See of Ravenserod, and not to intermeddle further with what is held of another than the king, restoring the issues thereof to John son of John, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Alice at her death held no lands in chief as of the crown, but that she held for life of the gift of John son of Peter atte See the younger and of John Wyte of Ravenesrod, a messuage, 4 bovates of land, 50 acres of meadow and 50 acres of pasture in Holaym, 14 acres of land in that town, 4 acres of land in Wythornse and 15 acres of meadow in Colswaynthorp with remainder to the said John the elder, Margery his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and that the messuage, bovates, land and pasture in Holaym are held in chief as of the honour of Albemarl, by homage and fealty and by the service of a forty-eighth part of a knight's fee, and the 14 acres there are held in chief of the same honour by the service of rendering 10½d. yearly at the king's manor of Brustwyk and the land in Wythornse is held in chief as of the same honour by the service of a thousandth part of a knight's fee and of rendering 4d. yearly to the fabric of the church of St. Mary, Wythornse, and the meadow in Colswaynthorp is held of another than the king, and on 24 June last the king took John's homage and fealty and rendered to him the lands which are held in chief.
By p.s.
Membrane 1.
July 1.
Sandwich.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the tenants of the bishopric of Durham and Robert de Herle, late guardian of the temporalities of that bishopric, when void and in the king's hand, of the tallage or subsidy which the kings used to receive of those tenants by reason of a voidance, as the king has pardoned them that tallage out of his affection for Thomas the bishop elect. By p.s. [16952.]
July 8.
Reading.
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, or to his attorney, a tun of wine of the right prise of the present year, in accordance with the king's grant to him of a tun of such wine, to be received yearly for life.
To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order to take the fealty of Elizabeth late the wife of William de Ros of Yolton, for the manor of Yolton, 2 tofts and 2 bovates of land in Lynton, and to deliver them to her and not to intermeddle further with the lands which her husband held of others than the king, restoring the issues thereof to her, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that William at his death held the said manor and land jointly with Elizabeth of the heir of William de Ros of Hamelak, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, to wit, the manor by the service of an eighth part of a knight's fee, and the tofts and land by the service of a pound of pepper yearly at Christmas, and he held lands jointly with Elizabeth of other lords by divers services.
July 15.
Southwick.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to assign to Philip Hughet 1,000l. of the debts which they find to be due by the king to the merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, upon the fines, issues and amercements adjudged before the justices appointed to hear and determine trespasses and felonies in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk, as Philip has undertaken, with the assent of the said merchants, to raise certain moneys for the king.
By K. on the information of Bartholomew de Burghersh.
July 16.
Southwick.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Peter de Eltham, chaplain, 3d. daily and his yearly robe from the time when the manor of Eltham came into the king's hand until 13 March last, in accordance with the king's grant to him on that day confirming an assignment made by Queen Isabel, before she rendered that manor into the king's hand, of 3d. daily and a robe to Peter who celebrated divine service in the chapel of that manor for the souls of the late king, John the king's brother, and his predecessors.
By K. on the information of the treasurer.