Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1349

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 9, 1349-1354. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1906.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1349', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 9, 1349-1354, (London, 1906) pp. 125-128. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol9/pp125-128 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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December 1349

Dec. 4.
Westminster.
To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Todeworth, a moiety of the manor of Staunden and the advowson of Todeworth church, restoring the issues thereof to Richard son of Henry Husee, knight, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry at his death held no lands in chief in his demesne as of fee but that he held the premises for life of the grant of Joan late the wife Walter de Huntyngfeld, with remainder to Richard and to the heirs of his body, by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the premises are held of others than the king by divers services.
Dec. 16.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Nicholas de Clipston, deceased.
Membrane 5.
Dec. 5.
Westminster.
To Henry Sturmy, sheriff of Southampton. Order to expend up to 77l. 16s. 7d. in repairing the hall, chapel, chambers and other buildings of Winchester castle beyond the sum which he has previously expended thereupon by the king's orders. By bill of the treasurer.
Dec. 4.
Orsett.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to pay to Henry earl of Lancaster and Lincoln or to his attorney 10l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 20l. to be received yearly by the hands of the sheriff for the third penny of the county, as Thomas earl of Lancaster, his uncle, used to receive the same.
Dec. 5.
Westminster.
To Gerard Salvayn, escheator in co. York. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Thornton in Craven and the advowson of the church there, restoring the issues thereof to Thomas de Roos, son of William de Roos of Hamelak, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margaret de Roos at her death held the said manor and advowson for life of the grant of George de Roos, knight, and of Peter de Rither, late parson of Kirkeby Misperton church, with remainder to Thomas, by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the manor and advowson are held of another than the king by certain services.
Vacated because otherwise below.
Nov. 28.
Westminster.
To Peter de Grymesby, escheator in the liberty of Holderness. Order to deliver a messuage, 2 tofts and 7 bovates of land in Bondbrustwyk to the nearest friend of the heir to whom the inheritance ought not to descend, together with the issues thereof, to be kept for the heir's use, and not to intermeddle further with the lands which John de Gouxhull of Bondbrustwyk held of others than the king, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held the said messuage, tofts and land in his demesne as of fee in chief as of the honour of Albemarl, by fealty and by the service of rendering to the king at the manor of Brustwyk 5s. 6d. yearly, at St. Andrew, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas, and he held divers lands in his demesne as of fee of others than the king by divers services, and that Robert, his son, is his next heir and aged six years.
Dec. 6.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to receive from John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or from his serjeants, the customs and subsidies due on the 60 sacks of wool which the king has given him licence to lade in that port and take to Gascony, and to permit him to take that wool in accordance with the said grant. By C.
Dec. 8.
Westminster.
To John de Colby, escheator in co. Suffolk. Order to deliver the manor of Wathe to the nearest friend of the heir to whom it cannot descend by hereditary right, together with the issues thereof, to be kept for the heir's use, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John Noioun at his death held no lands in chief in that county whereby the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held the said manor in his demesne as of fee in chief, in free socage, by the service of paying 4s. yearly to Norwich castle to the white ferm, and that John, his son, is his next heir and aged four years and more.
Oct. 20.
Westminster.
To Walter de Chiriton and his fellows, fermors of the customs and subsidies in all the ports of England and to their mainpernors or their attorneys in the port of Boston. Order to pay to William, marquis of Juliers or to Henry de Brisele, his attorney, 300l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to the marquis of 1,000l. to be received yearly, to wit, 600l. of the customs in that port and 400l. at the exchequer.
Dec. 11.
Westminster.
To Humphrey de Walden, escheator in co. Essex. Order to deliver the lands which he took into the king's hand by reason of the death of John Spenser of Morton, to the nearest friend of John son of Thomas brother of the said John, to whom they cannot descend by hereditary right, together with the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John Spenser at his death held no lands in chief in that county or of any other whereby the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held a messuage and 12 acres of land in the town of Morton in that county in his demesne as of fee of the gift of Richard de Skeryngton, clerk, by the king's licence, and he held a messuage and 30 acres of land in the said town, and that the premises are held in chief as parcel of the manor of Morton, which is held in chief by the service of finding a horse price 10s. and a sack of hide to attach the sack with an iron hook in the king's army in Wales, for forty days and that John the son is the next heir and aged two years and more.
Dec. 4.
Westminster.
To William de Langele, escheator in co. Kent. Order to assign dower to Katherine late the wife of Henry Husee, tenant in chief, whose oath the king has taken that she will not marry without his licence, of all the lands which belonged to her husband at his death.
The like to Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts.
Dec. 10.
Westminster.
To Walter de Chiriton and his fellows, fermors of the customs and subsidies in all the ports of England, and to their mainpernors or their deputies in the ports of Kyngeston upon Hull and Newcastle upon Tyne. Order to pay to Robert Bertram, 100 marks of the issues of the customs in the ports of Kyngeston and 100 marks in the port of Newcastle, for Easter and Michaelmas terms last, in accordance with the king's grant to him on 1 January in the 20th year of the reign of 100 marks to be received yearly in each of those ports, for his good service and because he took William Douglas, the king's enemy, in the battle at Durham.
Dec. 3.
Westminster.
John Tewyng, chaplain, imprisoned at Colchester for trespass of venison in the king's forest of Essex, has a writ to Thomas de Brewes, keeper of the Forest this side Trent or to him who supplies his place in the forest of Essex, to bail him.
Membrane 4.
Nov. 30.
Westminster.
To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, 200 acres of land and 60 acres of wood in Sheperigge, Farlegh and Bydenham in that county, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margery late the wife of Nicholas de la Beche, at her death, held no lands in chief or of another in that county, but that she was jointly enfeoffed of the premises with Nicholas, for themselves and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to Edmund de la Beche to hold for life, by a fine levied in the king's court, and that the premises are held of others than the king by divers services, and that Nicholas and Margery died without an heir male of their bodies.
Nov. 30.
Westminster.
To Henry Sturmy, escheator in co. Southampton. Order not to intermeddle further with 5 acres of meadow in Stratfeld Say, restoring the issues thereof to Edmund de la Beche, archdeacon of Berks, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margery late the wife of Nicholas de la Beche, at her death, held no lands in chief in that county, but that she held the said meadow for herself and the heirs of her body by Nicholas de la Beche, with remainder to Edmund in default, to hold for life, by a fine levied in the king's court, and the meadow is held of the heir of Thomas de Say by the service of 6d. yearly, and that Nicholas and Margery died without an heir of their bodies.
Dec. 11.
Westminster.
To W. archbishop of York. Although the king lately presented Adam de Hoton, his clerk, to the archbishop, to the church of Thornton in Craven, void and pertaining to the king's donation by reason of the custody of the land and heir of Margaret de Roos, tenant in chief, requesting him to admit Adam to the church and institute him as parson there, prohibiting him to present a parson to that church, concerning which a dispute was moved in the king's court between the king and Thomas son of William de Roos, until it had been discussed whether the advowson ought to pertain to the king or to Thomas, and because, by a fine levied in the king's court and because by the inquisition taken thereupon it is clear that the reversion of the manor of Thornton in Craven, to which the advowson is said to pertain and which Margaret held for life, belongs to Thomas and that the manor is not held of the king, he ordered the escheator in co. York not to intermeddle further with the manor, restoring the issues thereof, wherefore the right of presenting to the church does not at present pertain to the king: the king therefore notifies the archbishop to do what pertains to his office for the presentation of Thomas, notwithstanding the prohibition aforesaid.
Dec. 16.
Westminster.
To Peter de Grymesby, escheator in the liberty of Holderness. Order not to intermeddle further with 40 marks rent issuing from divers bondmen and cottagers in the manor of Burton Conestable, restoring the issues thereof to Albreda late the wife of John le Conestable of Halsham as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John at his death held the said rent jointly with Albreda, for themselves and the heirs of their bodies, of the grant of Robert le Conestable of Holdernesse, and that the said rent is held of Robert's heirs by the service of a clove yearly.
Dec. 6.
Orsett.
To Saier de Rocheford, escheator in co. Lincoln. Order to cause John son and heir of George de Meriet, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage for all the lands which his father held in chief and has rendered them to him. By p.s. [20806a.]
The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to Thomas Cary, escheator in cos. Somerset and Dorset. By the same writ.