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Feb. 4.
Westminster. |
Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause a coroner to be elected
instead of John Ledrede, who is insufficiently qualified. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To the chancellor of Ireland. Order, upon the petition of Peter
de Cogan, that if by the inquisitions taken by writs of diem clausit
extremum after the death of Walter his brother and returned in the
chancery of Ireland, and by process thereupon had, it be found that
Walter son of Peter de Cogan held the manors of Beauver and
Colmore in chief, that the said Peter is his brother and heir, that he
has proved his age, and that thereupon his homage was respited to a
set time long past and livery was given him of the said manors, as
in the said petition is shewn, to take of the said Peter security to come
in person to the king in England and to do his homage before
Christmas next or on that day, unless other command be given in
the mean time, and to cause the said manors to be restored and
delivered to him, together with the issues thereof from the time
livery was so ordered, certifying the king meanwhile in the chancery
of England under his seal used in Ireland of the whole process; as
the said petition also shows that the said manors are taken into the
king's hand for that the said Peter brother of Walter has not yet
done his homage, praying the king to take his homage, who has
come to the king in England for that purpose, and to order restitution thereof to be made; and in consideration of the toil and
expense which the said Peter has incurred by so coming from those
distant parts, and abiding in England until the king be certified of
the process made touching such restitution, without which the king
might not take his homage, the king would deal generously with
him. By K. and C. |
Feb. 14.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
Order to suffer all wool, woolfells and hides laded in ships in that
port to be unladed and landed, and the customs and subsidies
thereupon paid to be delivered and paid back, although on 31
January last the king by writ ordered the collectors from that day
forward to suffer no wool, hides or woolfells to be laded in the said
port and taken to foreign parts until further order; as petition is
made to the king on behalf of several merchants to give them licence
to unlade their wool and order the customs and subsidies to be repaid,
as they laded no small quantity in ships to take to Calais on that day
and after before they had knowledge of the said writ, and paid the custom
and subsidies thereupon. By K. and C. |
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The like to the collectors in the ports of St. Botolph, Newcastle
upon Tyne, Great Jernemuth, Suthampton and Cicestre. |
Feb. 12.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Cicestre. Order to suffer
all wool, woolfells and hides cocketed, customed and laded in that
port before 31 January last to be taken to Calais without let, though
on that day the king ordered them to suffer none from that day
forward to be taken to foreign parts until further order; as it was
and is not the king's intent that any so cocketed, customed and laded
before that day should by colour of the said writ be hindered.
Proviso that none be taken over from the day named until further
order. |
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The like to the collectors in the ports of St. Botolph, Newcastle
upon Tyne, Great Jernemuth, Suthampton, Sandewic and the city
of London. |
Feb. 28.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the
port of London. Order to weigh all wool now ready in the city and
port of London without waiting, according to the ordinance, for
delivery of any bill of the mayor of the staple at Westminster, and
upon payment of the customs and subsidies thereof due, to suffer
the same to be by aliens taken over to foreign parts according to the
command to the collectors previously addressed, the said ordinance
notwithstanding; as for particular causes the king's will is that all
now ready shall be so weighed and taken over. By K. and C. |
Feb. 13.
Westminster. |
To the chancellor of Ireland for the time being. Order that
inquisitions of the lands in Ireland which were of John de Carreu
tenant in chief be taken and returned as usual in the chancery of
Ireland, and to cause Leonard de Carreu, son and heir of the said
John, to have seisin of all whereof his said father at his death was
seised in his demesne as of fee, and which by his death are taken into
the king's hand; as on 13 June last the age of the said Leonard
was proved, and the king commanded livery to be given him of the
lands in England of his heritage. |
Feb. 15.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to
cause 27s. 0½d. which Ralph de Neville is bound to pay yearly at the
exchequer after the death of Richard de Denton of the yearly rent
of 51l. 7s. 0½d. issuing of the cornage of Cumberland which the said
Richard took for life of the king's grant, according to the grant of
the reversion of that rent by the king made to the said Ralph and
his heirs, to be deducted from the date of the death of Richard from
120l. yearly assigned to the said Ralph de Neville and his heirs of
the issues of the customs and subsidies in the port of Newcastle upon
Tyne, causing allowance thereof to be made as well to the said Ralph
as to the collectors of the said customs and subsidies, and the
residue of the said yearly sum to be delivered to the said Ralph from
the date of the said Richard's death, making allowance thereof to
the said collectors, and discharging the said Ralph at the exchequer
of the sum first named; as on 16 July in the 26th year of
his reign, in exchange for the castle and manor of Ermytage
in Scotland, then extended at the yearly value of 120l., and given
to the king and his heirs by the said Ralph in exchange for 120l. a year
of land and rent to be by the king given to him and his heirs, the king
granted him the reversion of 90l. 16s. 8d. of the farm of the town of
Newcastle upon Tyne yearly taken by John Darcy deceased and
his heirs during the life of Mary countess of Pembroke of the king's
grant with reversion after her death to the king and his heirs, and
also the 27s. 0½d. aforesaid to him and his heirs in part of the said
yearly sum, further granting to the said Ralph that he and his heirs
should have every year 120l. of the issues of the said customs and
subsidies, namely 90l. 16s. 8d. [thereof until the yearly sum] which
John Darcy took as aforesaid should by the death of the said countess
or otherwise come to his hands, 27s. 0½d. until that sum of the said
cornage should by the death of the said Richard or otherwise come
to his hands, and the remaining 27l. 16s. 3½d. until provision should
be made by the king or his heirs to the said Ralph and his heirs of
that yearly sum in land and rent to the exchange aforesaid; and
the said 27s. 0½d. is come to the hands of the said Ralph by the death
of the said Richard, who died on Wednesday after Palm Sunday in
the 37th year of the reign. |
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Feb. 13.
Westminster. |
To the chancellor of Ireland for the time being. Order that
inquisitions of the lands in Ireland of John de Carreu be taken etc.,
and to cause Leonard de Carreu to have seisin etc. (as above, last page). |
Feb. 15.
Westminster. |
To John de Evesham, escheator in Wiltes. Order to cause John
son and heir of Edmund Burdon tenant in chief to have seisin of
the lands of his father; as he has proved his age before Philip de
Lutteleye escheator in Gloucestershire, and the king has taken his
homage and fealty. |
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The like to Thomas Cheyne escheator in Devonshire. |
Feb. 16.
Westminster. |
To William de Reygate escheator in Northumberland. Order
not to trouble John Stryvelyn, who has taken to wife Jacoba one of
the daughters and heirs of Richard de Emeldon tenant in chief, concerning his homage for her purparty of the lands which Christiana
who was wife of William de Plumpton knight held in dower after the
death of the said Richard her first husband, releasing any distraint
made; as the king has taken the homage of the said John due by
reason of issue between him and the said Jacoba begotten. |
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By p.s. [26521A.] |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Suthampton. Order to stay altogether the
execution, if not already executed, of the king's writ ordering the
lands, goods and chattels of Eustace Dabrichecourt knight of Surrey
and Thomas Garlek of Cheshire to be extended and appraised and
to be delivered to John Devenissh citizen and skinner of London and
Eudo Purchace citizen and draper of London, and the execution of
any writ to take the bodies of the said Eustace and Thomas for that
cause, and in case the same be executed to cause their bodies to be
delivered, and their lands, goods and chattels to be taken again into
the king's hand from possession of the said John and Eudo and
delivered to the said Eustace and Thomas; as lately by colour of
a recognisance for 336l. payable at terms long past by the said
Eustace and Thomas made to the said John and Eudo before John
Pyel mayor of the staple of Westminster, deputed to receive recognisances for debts in the said staple, which money was not paid at
the said terms, by writ made according to a process in chancery
thereupon, the king ordered the sheriff to cause the said lands and
goods to be delivered as aforesaid to John and Eudo to hold until
they should be contented of 100l. in part of the said sum; but
John and Eudo appearing before the king in chancery have acknowledged that they have been contented of the said 336l. |
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The like to the following:— |
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To the sheriff of Gloucester concerning 100l. |
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To the sheriff of Somerset concerning 100l. |
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To the sheriff of Devon concerning 36l. |
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Membrane 35. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to cause a coroner to be elected
instead of Walter Carburra, who is insufficiently qualified. |
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The like to the same sheriff, for election of a coroner instead of
Hervey Trenaswethen. |
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The like to the same sheriff, for election of a coroner instead of John
Penhirgharth. |
Feb. 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to search
the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to view a record and
process whereby it is alleged that the manor of Holegh was recovered
in the king's court, and if thereby assured that Thomas de Brewes
had the wardship of no other lands but of the manors of Wauton,
Hernesheved and Holegh by virtue of the king's commission of all
the lands in Surrey which were of John de Brewes deceased, taken
into his hand for that John son and heir of the said John was an
idiot from birth, and that the said manor of Holegh was so recovered
out of his possession, to stay their demands now made by exchequer
summons upon Beatrice, wife and executrix of the said Thomas,
for 20l. a year during all the time that Thomas had that wardship,
namely for the proportion of the said 20l. a year which is the value
of the manor of Holegh, and for the residue of that yearly sum from
8 November in the 37th year of the reign, discharging as well the
said Thomas as Beatrice, his other executors, and the tenants of
his lands, the said John the son and Joan his wife, and releasing any
distraint made by the sheriff of Surrey upon the said Beatrice for
that cause; as lately the king committed the said wardship to
Thomas de Brewes to hold so long as the lands should remain in his
hand for the cause aforesaid, and after on the day named the king by
letters patent committed the wardship of the manors of Wauton and
Hernesheved, which were in the wardship of Beatrice as executrix
of her said husband it was said, to the said John the son and
Joan during the life of the said John for maintenance of
him, his wife, their children and household without rendering
anything to the king, [out of compassion] for their estate, who have
no means of livelihood unless the king come to their aid; and now
on behalf of Beatrice the king is informed that, though John de Brewes
had no lands in Surrey but the said two manors and the manor of
Holegh, where [were] in the wardship of the said Thomas by virtue
of the said commission, and though the manor of Holegh was recovered
out of his hands by process in the king's court made with the king's
knowledge and at his command, and though the said two manors
are delivered to the said John the son and Joan by virtue of the
king's commission to them made, and so all the lands of John de
Brewes are wholly delivered out of the hands of Thomas and Beatrice,
the treasurer and the said barons are nevertheless demanding of
Beatrice, as executrix of Thomas, a yearly payment of 20l. for the
said lands, whereupon she has prayed the king for remedy. |
Feb. 16.
Westminster. |
To John de Tye escheator in Kent. Order to remove the king's
hand, and not to meddle further with certain tenements called
Charles in Derteford, restoring to John Michel the issues thereof taken
in the mean time to the king's use; as lately upon the finding of an
inquisition, taken by John de Tye the escheator, that John de
Cobbeham knight, who held the premises for life with reversion to the
king, aliened the same in fee to the said John Michel to the king's
disherison contrary to the statute, and that thereby the premises
pertain to the king for that John de Cobbeham made thereof a greater
estate to John Michel than he had therein, John Michel appearing
before the king in chancery alleged that at the time of the feoffment
to him made John de Cobbeham was thereof seised in his demesne
as of fee, as he is ready to prove, and Michael Skyllyng, suing
for the king in that behalf, said that at the time of the said feoffment
John de Cobbeham had no estate therein but for life, craving that
of this inquisition might be made by the country, and John Michel
likewise, wherefore a day was given the parties before the king in the
quinzaine of Easter last; and the process thereupon being continued,
it is found by the inquisition whereupon the parties put themselves
that, at the time of the feoffment made to John Michel, John de
Cobbeham was seised of the premises in his demesne as of fee, whereby
it is determined that the king's hand shall be removed, and John
Michel shall have restitution thereof together with the issues
aforesaid. |
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Mandate to the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer to
discharge as well John Michel, to whom the king committed the
keeping of the premises rendering at the exchequer 4 marks a year
whereat the same are extended if it should be adjudged that they
or the issues of them ought to pertain to the king, as also the
escheator of the said issues, and of rendering an account thereof. |
Feb. 20.
Westminster. |
To Henry de Grene and his fellows, justices appointed to hold
pleas before the king. Order, notwithstanding that the business
concerns the king and Isabel his daughter, to command an inquisition to be taken, if not already taken, before John de Moubray one
of the justices of the Bench by the king's writ of nisi prius, between
the king and Isabel his daughter on the one part and John de
Dynham on the other part, namely whether Thomas de Courtenaye
tenant in chief deceased, whose lands are in the king's hand by
reason of the nonage of Hugh his son and heir and in the wardship of
the said Isabel by the king's commission, was at his death seised in
his demesne as of fee of certain manors and lands in Somerset and
Devon in the process contained, as in the said process is alleged on
behalf of the king and the said Isabel, or whether in his life time he
demised the same to the said John, as by him alleged in the said process,
without that that he was thereof seised in his demesne as of fee at his
death. Proviso that they shall not proceed to render judgment
therein without advising the king. |
Feb. 12.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Norhampton. Order to remove the king's hand,
and not to meddle further with a messuage, 32 acres of land, 3 acres
of meadow and 2 acres of pasture in Irtlyngburgh and two messuages
with a garden, 98 acres of land and 3 roods of meadow in Raundes
which were of William son of William le Botiller of Hardemede and
of Joan his wife as of the right and heritage of the said Joan, delivering
to her any issues thereof taken since the said William's death; as
lately the king ordered the sheriff to certify in chancery the cause
wherefore the lands of the said William son of William and Joan in
Irtlyngburgh and Raundes were by him taken into the king's hand,
what lands they were, of whom held, and of what value a year, and
he returned that he so took the premises by virtue of the king's
command to him addressed to make inquisition what lands in his
bailiwick the said William had one month after Easter in the 37th
year of the reign, on which day the said William was a clerk convicted
before the king at Westminster, and that the premises are held of others
than the king; and by certificate of the abbot of Westminster, sent
before the king in chancery by his command, it is found that the
said William, who was lately before the king impeached of certain
felonies and was delivered to the abbot as ordinary according to the
benefit of clergy, died on 12 May last in the abbot's prison at Westminster of a natural disease. |
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Membrane 34. |
Feb. 21.
Westminster. |
To William de Otteford escheator in Bedfordshire and Bukinghamshire. Order to cause Thomas son and heir of Nicholas Pouer
tenant in chief to have seisin of the lands of his father; as the said
Thomas has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has
taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [26537.] |
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The like to Roger de Wolfreton escheator in Hertfordshire. |
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Membrane 33. |
Feb. 24.
Westminster. |
To the brethren of the hospital of St. Leonard York. Writ de
intendendo, directing them to observe an ordinance touching the
estate and governance of the said hospital, of the brethren,
sisters, clerks and ministers therein, and of others now or
hereafter abiding therein by whatsoever colour, and of the
possessions as well temporal as spiritual that thereto belong
or ought to belong, made at the king's special command by Simon
bishop of Ely the chancellor, to whom the visitation of all the king's
hospitals and free chapels is acknowledged to belong, by advice of
the learned of his council after information had; and to be attendant
upon Richard de Ravenser the king's clerk, warden of the said
hospital, to whom the king has opened his will touching this matter,
commanding him to declare and shew to them the said ordinance and
the king's command that they may observe and keep it, performing
at their peril those things which he shall lay before them; as the
king has of his particular knowledge accepted the said ordinance,
confirming it by letters patent under his great seal. |
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Et erat patens. |
Feb. 22.
Westminster. |
To Richard la Vache constable of the Tower of London, or to his
lieutenant. Order to cause William de Wenlok clerk to be set free
from the prison within the Tower by the mainprise of John de Buyres
of London 'draper' and Adam Karlill of London; as they appearing
in person before the king in chancery have mainperned under a pain
of 1,000l. to have the body of the said William before the king
at his command upon warning received when the king shall choose
to proceed with a cause against him, and that in the mean time he
shall not pass out of the realm, nor attempt or procure aught that
may tend to the prejudice of the king or of his crown. By K. |
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Membrane 32. |
Feb. 10.
Westminster. |
To the prior of Lewes. Whereas lately, on finding by inspection
of the rolls of chancery that the prior of Lewes was first summoned
to a parliament holden in the 4th year of the late king, and not before
to any parliaments of the said late king or of King Edward I or at
any other time, and after that year only at intervals in the time of
the king and of the said late king, taking knowledge that the prior's
name was of his will and not of right inserted in the rolls of chancery
among the names of prelates so summoned, the king ordered his name
to be withdrawn, cancelled and erased so that henceforth the prior
for the time being shall not be summoned, but shall be discharged of
coming to parliament: the king holds the said prior excused for not
coming to the present parliament according to the summons made him,
and hereby signifies the same to him. By pet. of parl. |
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Et erat patens. |
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[Report on Dignity of a Peer, iv. p. 638.] |
Feb. 17.
Westminster. |
To Roger de Wolfreton escheator in Suffolk. Order to take of
Margaret who was wife of William de Kerdeston knight tenant in chief
an oath that she will not marry without the king's licence, and to
assign her dower of the lands of her said husband taken into the
king's hand by his death and yet in the king's hand, sending the
assignment under seal to be enrolled in chancery. |
