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Feb. 3.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon Richard de Stanhope for 10 marks for the queen's
gold, if after examining the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer and
having taken information by inquisition or otherwise, they find that the
lands of John de Galeway came into the king's hands as forfeit and were
delivered to Thomas de Ughtred; as Richard has besought the king by his
petition before him and his council in parliament to discharge him of those
10 marks, as John lately made fine with the king by 100 marks for divers
excesses committed by him, and afterwards, by reason of divers felonies of
which John was convicted, his lands escheated to the king, who gave them
in fee to Thomas, and subsequently Thomas gave them in fee to Richard,
who is distrained for 10 marks for queen's gold by reason of the fine
aforesaid in the said lands. Proviso that the 10 marks shall be levied of
the goods and chattels of John and his mainpernors for the queen's use. |
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By pet. of C. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To Master Hugh Pelegrini, the pope's nuncio in England. Whereas
the king lately recovered before the justices of the Bench his presentation
to the hospital of Gretham, lately void and pertaining to his gift, against
Thomas bishop of Durham, as may appear by the tenor of the record and
process held thereupon sent into chancery by his order, and the king
conferred that hospital upon William de Westlee, his clerk, and has now
learned that although William was admitted to the hospital by virtue of
that collation and possesses it at present, yet Hugh, pretending that the
collation ought to pertain to the pope, distrains William to pay first
fruits of the hospital by virtue of the reservation of first fruits of vacant
benefices to the pope, as if the collation pertained to the pope: the king
therefore forbids Hugh to attempt anything in the premises derogatory to
his royal dignity, superseding the said exaction for first fruits and releasing
any sequestration made for that cause. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Hadham, escheator of lands reserved to the king's chamber.
Order to retain in the king's hand until further order the manor of Throp
near Daventre and a moiety of the manor of Norton, and not to intermeddle
further with the other moiety of the manor of Norton, of which Richard
son of Geoffrey de Cornub[ia] was seised alone, restoring the issues thereof
to Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, as the king has learned
by inquisition taken by Thomas de Bukton, late escheator in the county of
Northampton, that Richard at his death held a moiety of the manor
of Norton in his demesne as of fee, and that he held jointly with Sibyl his
wife the said manor of Throp and the other moiety of the manor of Norton,
which moiety contains 5 messuages and 5 virgates of land, for themselves
and the heirs of their bodies of the gift of Geoffrey de Cornewaille
and Margaret his wife, and that the entire manor of Norton is held of the
said earl by knight's service, and the manor of Throp is held of John
de Molyns as of fee of Chokes, and the earl has besought the king to order
his hand to be amoved from the said moiety of which Robert alone
was seised, and to cause the issues thereof to be restored to him, as
immediately after Richard's death he obtained the wardship of the body of
Geoffrey, Richard's son and heir, and of the said moiety of which Richard
alone was seised, and the said moiety was taken into the king's hand
among the lands of Margaret de Cornewaill, grandmother of the said
Geoffrey son of Richard, whose heir he is, who held in chief and who died
long after possession of the body of the heir and of the said moiety was
obtained by the earl, together with the manor of Throp and the other
moiety, after the death of Sibyl, who survived the said Margaret. |
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To William de Middelton, escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk. Order
to make a legal partition of the knights' fees and advowsons pertaining to
the lands taken into the king's hand by the death of Eva late the wife
of Robert de Tateshale, knight, in the presence of the parceners if they
choose to attend, into three equal parts, and to cause Adam de Clifton and
John de Orreby, Robert's kinsmen and heirs, and Robert son of William de
Bernak, to whom John son of William de Bernak, Robert's third kinsman
and heir, granted his purparty by the king's licence, to have seisin
of their respective portions, certifying the king in chancery of those
partitions so that they may be enrolled there, as the king has learned by
inquisition taken by the escheator, that Eva held for life divers lands, fees
and advowsons in chief of the inheritance of the said Adam, John and
Robert son of William, and the king lately took the homage of the said
heirs for their purparties of the said lands and ordered those purparties to
be delivered to them. |
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Vacated and nothing was done thereupon. |
Feb. 1.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Mildenhale, clerk, keeper of the king's exchanges in the
Tower of London. Order to cause William son and heir of William Latymer
to have seisin of the office of engraving and making the king's stamps in that
Tower, delivering the issues thereof to him from 7 April last, as the king
has learned by inquisition taken by Andrew Aubrey, mayor of London and
escheator there, that William Latymer at his death held the said office in
his demesne as of fee, in chief by fealty, which office he acquired of Maud
late the wife of John de Botetourt by the king's licence, and on 7 April
last William the son proved his age, and his homage was taken for the
lands which his father held in chief at his death. |
Feb. 1.
Westminster. |
To Peter Pirpount, keeper of the manor of John le Fermer of Ovyton,
co. Essex, which is in the king's hand. Order to pay to the prior and
brethren of St. Augustine, Clare, what he shall find to be in arrear to them
of 20 marks yearly of the ferm of that manor and to pay them the
20 marks yearly henceforth until the end of a term of three years from the
eve of the Annunciation last, as the king has received the petition of the
prior for himself and convent containing that John ordained 20 marks to
be paid yearly for the said three years to the prior and brethren of the said
ferm for certain chantries to be held in the priory for the souls of certain
persons, and the prior and brethren were seised of the said 20 marks before
John's lands were taken into the king's hand, and although they have
hitherto held the said chantries yet they have not been able to obtain any
payment of the arrears of the said ferm upon pretext that the manor is in
the king's hand. By K. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To John de Rocheford, bailiff of Henry duke of Lancaster of his liberty
of Newcastle under Lyme. Order to deliver all the lands which belonged
to Adam de Peshale, together with the issues for which answer has not yet
been made to the king, to Richard, Adam's son and heir, as Adam was
beheaded by the men whom the king appointed to take him and bring him
before the council, wherefore the king caused his lands to be taken into
his own hand; and because Adam was not convicted of any felony whereby
his lands ought to pertain to the king it has been decided by the king and
his council in the present parliament that all the said lands and issues
shall be delivered to Richard, to hold as his father held them. |
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By K. and C. |
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The like to Thomas Adam, sometime sheriff of Stafford, under another
form as appears below. |
Feb. 1.
Westminster. |
To John Chastilon, escheator in the county of Bedford. Order to assign
dower to Cristiana late the wife of Clement de Stoppesleye of Wardon,
tenant in chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband at his
death, in the presence of Clement's heir, if he choose to attend, upon her
taking oath that she will not marry without the king's licence. |
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Membrane 30. |
Jan. 29.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to restore to Robert le Barbour
of Rothewell, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into
the king's hand upon his being indicted before Henry de Grene and his
fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in that county, for receiving John
le Wright of Stanern, hanged as a common thief, and for being a common
thief, as he has purged his innocence before John bishop of Lincoln,
ordinary of the place, to whom he was delivered by the justices in accordance
with the privilege of the clergy. |
Feb. 2.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon the abbot and convent of Melros in Scotland for any
issues and profits of a plot of land and pasture called 'Trollop,' co.
Northumberland, in the king's hand by reason of the war with his
adversaries of Scotland, from Martinmas in the 20th year of the reign,
discharging them, John de Coupeland, escheator in the said county, and
other escheators there thereof, since the abbot and convent have shown the
king that although the said plot was lately delivered to them at Martinmas
in the 20th year of the reign by reason of the terms made between Henry
de Percy and Ralph de Nevill, appointed to treat with divers men of Scotland
upon the surrender of Rokesburgh castle, and to bring them to the king's
peace and allegiance; and the abbot and convent and divers other persons
of Scotland after the conflict between the said Henry and Ralph and the
king's adversaries of Scotland at Durham, came to the king's faith and
peace; and they are distrained by the said escheators to pay the issues
and profits from the said Martinmas as if the plot had been delivered to
them, when it was not; and the king, at their request to provide a remedy,
ordered Henry and Ralph to certify him upon the premises in chancery,
and they have returned that the plot and pasture were delivered to the
abbot and convent at Martinmas in the 20th year of the reign as their
right in pursuance of the said terms. |
Feb. 5.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order to inspect the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer
touching the accounts of chamberlains of Berwick upon Tweed; and if
they find that answer has been made to the king of 40s. yearly rent from
15 November in the 28th year of the reign for a tenement in Hidegat, at
Berwick, then to supersede the demand made upon Richard de Stanhop for
the said rent and to discharge thereof both him and John de Coupeland,
sheriff of Northumberland, provided that answer for that rent is made by
the hands of the chamberlains there, as on the said 15 November, by letters
patent under the seal used in Scotland, the king granted to Richard the
said tenement, lying between the tenement of William de Norham on the
east and the tenement which belonged to John de London on the west,
which tenement formerly belonged to William Mason and came into the
king's hands by the forfeiture of William son and heir of the said William
Mason, a rebel, together with 100s. rent issuing from that tenement, which
rent came into the king's hand by the forfeiture of Reginald de Merrania,
a rebel, to hold in free burgage at a yearly rent to the king of 40s. during
the life of Margaret late the wife of William Mason the elder, and of 60s.
after her death, as is contained in the said letters, which, at Richard's
request, the king caused to be exemplified under the great seal of England;
and now Richard has besought the king to discharge him of the said 40s.
yearly, as although he has paid the said rent to William de Kellesey, late
chamberlain of the said town, and to the other chamberlains there, yet the
treasurer and barons have caused 40s. yearly to be exacted of him. |
Feb. 4.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order, if they find that a messuage and 8 acres of land
in Belford mentioned in the account of John de Coupelond, escheator in
Northumberland, are the same as a messuage and 6 acres of land there
contained in the king's letters and no more, then to cause the said 2 acres
of land to be delivered to John Hauberger of Belford, and to discharge both
him and the said escheator of the issues of those 2 acres, notwithstanding
that in the rolls of the accounts of the escheators the messuage and 6 acres
are called a messuage and 8 acres, as the king pardoned John Hauberger
the trespass of Robert Hauberger, his father, in acquiring a messuage and
6 acres of land in Belford of Walter de Huntercoumbe, who held them in
chief of Edward I without obtaining the king's licence, which messuage and
land were taken into the king's hand by reason of that trespass, and the king
granted that John should have the messuage and land again, and ordered the
said escheator by writ not to intermeddle further therewith, and to certify
the king in chancery if there was any reason why he should do so, and the
escheator returned that he had learned that John de Louthre, late escheator
in that county, had seized the messuage and land into the king's hand
by Henry de Castro Bernardi, his sub-escheator there, because Robert
Hauberger had acquired the premises, by reason of the trespass aforesaid,
and what are styled a messuage and 6 acres he called a messuage and 8
acres, and they were so called in the account of the late escheator and of
other escheators and by indentures containing the livery of the office of
the escheatry from one escheator to another, and so 2 acres of the said 6
acres are in the king's hand in the said office, whereupon John Hauberger
has besought the king to provide a remedy. |
Jan. 26.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John Bole, deceased. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The same sheriff to elect a coroner in place of Thomas atte Halle,
deceased. |
July 29.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Devon to elect a coroner in place of Thomas de
Scobehull, who is insufficiently qualified. |
Feb. 8.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Hereford to elect a coroner in place of John de Solers,
who is insufficiently qualified. |
Feb. 1.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Gloucester to elect a coroner in place of John de
Ledene, deceased. |
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The sheriff of Essex to elect a coroner in place of John Rokel, who is
occupied on divers affairs of the king and others. |
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The same sheriff to elect a coroner in place of John Waleys, etc. as
above. |
Feb. 3.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Suffolk to elect a coroner in place of John Daneys, who
is insufficiently qualified. |
Feb. 4.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Gloucester to elect a coroner in place of William Hayl,
who is insufficiently qualified. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Berks to elect a coroner in place of John de Mountfort,
who is sick. |
April 6.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Gloucester to elect a coroner in place of John de la
Chaumbre, who is insufficiently qualified. |
May 1.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Norfolk to elect a coroner in place of William atte Hegge
of Shipedam, who is insufficiently qualified. |
June 5.
Westminster. |
The sheriff of Leicester to elect a coroner in place of John le Lyvere,
who is infirm. |
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Membrane 29. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To William de Shareshull and his fellows, justices appointed to hold
pleas before the king. Order not to intermeddle with the liberties of Ralph,
earl of Stafford, in Essex in their session, as he is about to set out to
Gascony in the king's service. By K. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To William de Middelton, escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk. Order
not to intermeddle with the lands which Edward de Monte Acuto holds by
the law of England by reason of the death of Alice his wife, one of the
daughters and heirs of Thomas, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England,
restoring to him any which he has taken together with the issues thereof,
as at the time when the king was at Ghent in Flanders he took Edward's
homage for all the lands which he and Alice held in chief of her inheritance,
by reason of their common offspring. By p.s. |
Jan. 30.
Westminster. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a moiety of the
manor of Fakenham Aspes, co. Suffolk, and with the other manors and
lands which were taken into the king's hand by the death of Edmund de
Pakenham, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Edmund at his death held no lands in
his demesne as of fee in that bailiwick, but that he held the said moiety of
the inheritance of Mary his wife, which moiety is held in chief by the
service of 22½d. yearly to the ward of Norwich castle, and he held other
manors and lands jointly with Mary of others than the king. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To Peter de Notle, escheator in the county of York. Order not to
intermeddle further with a messuage, 2 tofts and 5½ bovates of land in
Midelton, restoring the issues thereof as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that the premises were taken into the king's hand by
reason of the idiotcy of Alexander Tothe of Midelton, and that the messuage is
held of Richard Warde by the service of 3s. yearly, and the toft and land are
held of the provost of Beverley by the service of 8s. yearly, and that Alexander
died on 10 June last and John Tothe his brother is his next heir and of full
age. |
Feb. 15.
Westminster. |
To John Malewayn, surveyor and receiver of the customs and subsidies in
all the ports of England and to the collectors of the customs and subsidies
in the port of London. Order to pay to Katherine daughter of William Due
of Brussels and to Henry Estor her son or to their attorney 50l. for
the Purification term last in accordance with the king's grant to them
on 5 March in the 13th year of the reign, for their homage, of 100l. to
be received yearly of the issues of the customs in the port of London,
for their lives. |
Jan. 30.
Westminster. |
To William de Middelton, escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk. Order not
to intermeddle further with a moiety of the manor of Fakenham Aspes, etc.
as above. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To Simon Pakeman. Order to do all the things contained in the king's
letters appointing him with Robert de Sadyngton, John de Folvill, Roger
la Zouche, William de Skipwith and John de Moubray, to keep the king's
peace and the statutes of Winchester and Northampton in the county
of Leicester, and to be justices of oyer and terminer in that county,
although the king amoved both him and John de Folvill from that office,
because the king wishes to replace him in that office, as his diligence
and fidelity have been testified by certain lieges in whom the king has
confidence. By C. |
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To Robert de Sadyngton, Roger la Zouche, William de Skypwith and
John de Moubray. Order to re-admit Simon Pakeman to the said duties,
for the said reason. By C. |
Feb. 18.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to pay to William de Shareshull
and to Richard de la Pole whom the king appointed to enquire concerning
certain felonies, trespasses, confederacies, extortions, forestalling, maintenance of false plaints, illicit assemblies and excesses committed in that
county and concerning the articles and circumstances touching the
same, 20s. and ½ mark respectively for every day that they hold sessions
upon the premises in that county of the issues of the extracts touching
those sessions. By K. and C. |
Jan. 30.
Westminster. |
To William Aunsel, escheator in Devon. Order to take the fealty of
Joan late the wife of Oliver de Dynham, in accordance with the form
of a schedule enclosed, and not to intermeddle further with the
manors, lands and advowsons taken into the king's hand by Oliver's
death, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Oliver at his death held no lands in his demesne
as of fee or in service in that bailiwick, but that he was jointly enfeoffed
with Joan, for themselves and the heirs of their bodies, of the gift and
enfeoffment of Margaret late the wife of Peter de Ovedale, by the king's
licence, of the manors of Saunford Peverel and Alre Peverel and the
advowsons of the church of the manor of Saunford and of the priory
of Carswille, which manors and advowsons are held in chief by the service
of three parts of a knight's fee. |
March 1.
Westminster. |
To William de Shareshull and his fellows, justices appointed to hold
pleas before the king. Order not to molest Peter Malore, late sheriff of
Northampton, in their session, and if he is placed at any issues because he
does not come before them to answer indictments then to cause those
issues to be extracted from their rolls and to permit him to be quit thereof,
as he is imprisoned in the Flete prison for the arrears of his account at
the exchequer for the issues of that county. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To Thomas Adam, late sheriff of Stafford. Order to deliver to Richard
son and heir of Adam de Peshale all the lands which belonged to his father,
which are in the king's hand, together with the issues thereof for which
answer has not been made to the king, except 2 plots called 'Heldemore'
and 'Horseleye Rudyng,' an acre of meadow and 2 acres of wood in
Eccleshale in that county, which are of the right of the prebend of
Eccleshale and of which Adam unjustly disseised John de Melbourn, the
prebendary there, as is found by inquisition taken thereupon, which plots,
meadow and land the king ordered to be delivered to John as the right of
his prebend on 1 December last, by process held in chancery, as Adam was
beheaded [etc. as on p. 409]. By K. and C. |
Feb. 26.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to cause
the houses, tower and bridges of that castle, the houses and ponds of the
king's park of Wyndesore and the paling and enclosure about the parks
there to be repaired where necessary by the view and testimony of the
viewers of works there, up to 40l. By K. |
