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June 7. Westminster. |
To the constable of the Tower of London and his lieutenant.
Order to receive William Clynton knight from one who shall
deliver him on behalf of the king, and to keep him in custody
in the Tower until further order. By C. |
June 8. Westminster. |
To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other lieges to
whom etc. Order to suffer all men and tenants of the town of
Blochesham co. Oxford to be quit of payment of toll upon their
property and merchandise, as they ought to be, and as they and
their ancestors have ever heretofore been used to be; as according
to the custom hitherto kept and approved in England men and
tenants of the ancient demesne of the crown are and ought to be
quit of such payment throughout the realm, and the said town is of
the ancient demesne, as is found by certificate sent into chancery
by the treasurer and the chamberlains at command of the king. |
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Et erat patens. |
June 10. Westminster. |
To William Notebem escheator in Kent. Order to give
William Orlaston, son and heir of John Orlaston of Plukele and
of Agnes his wife, seisin of his father's lands, and as well of those
whereof the said John and Agnes were seised as of those which
she held in dower; as he has proved his age before the escheator,
and the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [6611.] |
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To the escheator in Sussex. Like order, as William Orlaston has
proved his age before William Notebem. By p.s. (the same writ.) |
July 1. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Suffolk. Order, with assent of the parties,
to levy and keep until Friday after Corpus Christi next theliberties
and privileges in dispute, claimed by John bishop of Ely and the
abbot of St. Edmunds, and the profits thereof arising, to the
use of the party who shall obtain the right, having and exercising
meanwhile the execution of the king's writs in the manors, towns
and fees of the bishop within the precincts of the eight hundreds
and a half of the abbot; as strife and debate have arisen between
the bishop and abbot touching liberties etc. claimed by them
severally within the bishop's manors in those hundreds, as the
king has true information, and being patron and founder of the
church of Ely and the monastery, the king would save both
harmless, that they be not harassed with expenses contrary to
the founder's intent, nor exposed to ruin or the doubtful issues
of strife; and the parties have agreed to be in London on Friday
aforesaid, in order by advice of their counsel to treat and, if they
may, agree concerning the matter. The king's will is that no
damage or prejudice shall be inflicted upon the parties or either
of them, their churches or successors, by reason of this command
or the execution thereof. |
Aug. 4. Woodstock. |
To Robert Claydoun the king's clerk, keeper of the hanaper
of chancery. Order without taking a fee to deliver to Richard
de Stanes letters patent concerning the office of 'swanherde'
throughout the river Thames, and all manner of rivers, reas and
members thereof from Gravesende to Circestre. By p.s. |
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Membrane 7. |
July 3. Westminster. |
To the warden of the brethren of the order of friars minors
London. Order to deliver to the sheriffs of London, to be kept
in custody until further order as they will answer it, brother John
Broke of that order, pretending to be bishop of Killala (Aldenensis)
in Ireland, who was taken at Depforde for counterfeiting the seal
of the pope and seals of divers spiritual lords of England, and
therewith fraudulently sealing letters patent, with the letters
and instruments prepared for the purpose, and by command of the
king is in custody of the warden. |
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Mandate to the sheriffs to receive him from the said warden,
and as they will answer it to keep him in custody until further
order. |
July 10. Westminster. |
To Nicholas Gower escheator in Yorkshire. Order to take the
fealty of Robert Gowesylle, who has taken to wife Alice daughter
and heir of William Salvayn of Appulgarthe by Baynton,
and to give the said Robert and Alice seisin of her father's lands;
as she has proved her age before the escheator. |
April 1. Westminster. |
To the escheator in Bedfordshire. Order to take of Elizabeth
who was wife of John Daubeney, son and heir of Giles Daubeney,
an oath etc., and in presence of Queen Joan to whom the king
has committed the ward of all the said John's lands, or of her
attorneys, to assign dower to the said Elizabeth. |
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To the escheator in Somerset. Like order to assign dower to
the said Elizabeth, of whom the king has commanded the escheator
in Bedfordshire to take an oath etc. |
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Like writs to the escheators in Lincolnshire and Notynghamshire. |
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Membrane 6. |
June 6. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order, upon petition of John
Kyngesson of Waynflete 'lytster,' [if] he shall find mainpernors
under a pain for which the sheriff will answer that he shall prosecute his writ, and to have him before the king in the octaves of
St. John Baptist ready to be surrendered in case he shall be
adjudged a neif of Gilbert Umfreville, or shall not prosecute
his writ, to set the petitioner free, having there this writ and the
security so taken; as lately the king ordered the sheriff to replevy
the petitioner who is taken and held captive by Gilbert Umfreville,
John Knaresburgh (Knaresbourgh), John Gunny, John Yoman,
Robert atte Dam, Stephen Hegge, William Stobbes and Thomas
Polayn, unless taken by special order of the king or the chief justice,
or for manslaughter, the forest, or other charge for which he is not
replevisable; and the sheriff returned that the said Gilbert claims
him for his neif, and therefore he might not replevy him; and
now his petition shews that he is a free man, and ready to prove
his freedom, that he has brought a writ of trespass against the
said Gilbert and the others to be pleaded before the king on the
aforesaid day, and is purposed to prosecute the same. |
May 28. Westminster. |
To the justices of the Bench. Order, upon petition of John
prior of St. Andrew Cowyk, to proceed in the cause hereinafter
mentioned, the allegation of Matthew Doune now parson of
Wymple notwithstanding, so that they proceed not to rendering
of judgment without advising the king; as his petition shews that
in the quinzaine of Michaelmas 38 Edward III in that king's
court John late prior of St. Andrew recovered against John
Hugge late parson of Wymple a yearly rent of 2 marks, and that
8 marks thereof are in arrear, namely for four years past, that
the king ordered the sheriff of Devon to give the said Matthew
notice to be before the said justices in the quinzaine of St. Hilary,
in order to shew cause wherefore those arrears ought not to be
made of his lands and chattels, and delivered to the prior, that
the prior came by John Trelay his attorney, and the parson by
John Laurence, and averred that he is parson of the said church
and imparsonee, and is therein at the king's presentation, that
he found the church discharged of that rent, and without the king
as patron and Edmund bishop of Exeter as ordinary may not charge
or discharge the same, craving aid of the king, wherefore the
justices have deferred to proceed. |
June 18. Westminster. |
To the receiver of Cornwall and his representative there.
Order, with assent of the council, to suffer no merchants of the
islands of Jernesey and Gernesey and no other alien merchants
to take over tin to foreign parts until they find security that it
shall be taken straightway to the staple of Calais and nowhere
else, any letters patent to the contrary notwithstanding, and if
they shall refuse to give security, order to arrest and keep them
in custody until they will so do, certifying in chancery from time
to time the security so taken; as the king is informed that divers
such merchants have bought tin in Cornwall, and many times have
taken it to la Rochell, Normandy and other parts of France,
and cease not so to do contrary to divers statutes, and his will is to
save himself harmless, and to see that the statutes are kept
unbroken, as he is bound to do. |
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Like writs to the following: |
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The collectors of the petty custom in the ports of Dertemouth,
Plymmouth and Fowy, and in singular the ports and places
adjacent. |
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The water bailiff of Lostwythioll. |
Sept. 11. Westminster. |
To the sheriffs of Lincoln. Notice that it is not the king's
intent that by alteration of their name from bailiffs to sheriffs, nor
by reason of his writ to them now of late addressed, or of any
clause or word therein, there shall be any restriction or delay in
payment of 80l. or any parcel thereof to the dean and chapter
of Lincoln, but that henceforward they shall be paid every year
by the sheriffs even as they used to be paid by the bailiffs, the
said writ or the change of name notwithstanding; as that writ was
to the end that they should keep until a month after Michaelmas
next all farms, issues, revenues and other profits of the city
whatsoever without payment of any annuities granted by King
Edward III, the late king or the king, by colour whereof, and
because they are now called sheriffs and not bailiffs, they will
not pay 80l. granted in almoin to the dean and chapter by King
Henry II and King Edward III, to be taken of the city by the
hands of the bailiffs, and to be disposed as in certain charters
and ordinances is contained; and although such annuities as
aforesaid be restricted, the king's will is that the said sum granted
in almoin as parcel of the endowment of the cathedral church
be not restricted in his time other than it was in times of former
kings. By p.s. [6675.] |
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Mandate to the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer to
make the sheriffs and citizens of Lincoln allowance for payments
of the said 80l. a year, even as the citizens and bailiffs had,
the writ above mentioned and the change of name notwithstanding. By p.s. (the same writ). |
Aug. 1. Westminster. |
To the keepers of the passage in the port of London, Dovorre
or Sandewich. Order to suffer Richard abbot of Dore, who with
licence of the king is journeying to a general chapter of his order
at Cisteux in Burgundy, to pass thither in one of those ports with
two monks his fellows and six servants on horseback in his
company, any former command to the contrary notwithstanding,
so that he take with him nought to the prejudice of the king
or realm. By p.s. [6662.] |
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Membrane 5. |
June 30. Westminster. |
Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire for election of a coroner
instead of Thomas Scarburgh, who is insufficiently qualified. |