Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1363 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: March 1363', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364, (London, 1909) pp. 456. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol11/p456 [accessed 19 April 2024]

March 1363



	Membrane 34.
March 22. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to Edward prince of Aquitaine and Wales duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, or to his attorney, if not yet contented in whole or in part, 200 marks for Easter and Michaelmas terms last, and at Easter next 100 marks for that term, taking his letters of acquittance; as in consideration that the stannary in Cornwall and the profit of the stampage thereof (which the king lately gave to the said prince and to his heirs the kings of England to be, 1,000 marks yearly of the issues thereof excepted, which the king previously granted to William de Monte Acuto late earl of Salisbury and to the heirs male of his body until the castle and manor of Troubrigge co. Wilts, the manors of Aldeburne, Aumbresbury, and Wynterbourne in the same county, Caneford co. Dorset and Cherleton co. Somerset, then held for their lives by John de Warenna earl of Surrey and Joan his wife with reversion by the king's grant to the said earl of Salisbury and his heirs male to the value of 800 marks a year in part thereof, and 200 marks a year of lands and rent provision whereof the king promised to him and his heirs male, should come to his hands) were much diminished by reason of the plague, and in consideration of the great and unwonted expenses which the said prince had to incur, the king lately granted him 1,000 marks to be taken every year of the said customs at Michaelmas and Easter by even portions so long as the said yearly sum should fall to the said earl and his heirs male, so that when payment thereof should cease, payment to the prince of the customs should likewise cease, and answer be made to the king for the same; and the said earl of Surrey and Joan are dead, and by their decease William son and heir of the said earl of Salisbury is seised of the castle and manors aforesaid, and has taken the issues and profits from Michaelmas in the 35th year of the reign, whereby 800 marks as well of the sum payable of the said stampage to the said late earl and his heirs male as of that payable of the customs to the said prince are extinguished, by reason whereof the prince has given back the king's letters patent of 1,000 marks a year to be cancelled in chancery, praying the king to cause him to be contented of the 200 marks yearly remaining; and on 15 February last the king granted accordingly by letters patent that he should have and take that sum every year from Michaelmas aforesaid of the customs in the said port at Easter and Michaelmas by even portions, in recompense for 200 marks a year of the said stampage, taken by the said now earl of Salisbury until the king shall cause provision to be made him of 200 marks of land and rent.