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Membrane 2d. |
Jan. 20.
Westminster. |
To S. archbishop of Canterbury. Summons to a parliament to be
holden at Westminster on Monday the morrow of the Invention of
Holy Cross next, directing him to warn the prior and chapter of Christ
Church Canterbury, the archdeacons and clergy of the diocese to be
present, the said prior and archdeacons in person, the chapter by one
proctor and the clergy by two, and desiring him to be at London on the
Sunday before that date so as to attend at Westminster on the
Monday morning. By K. and C. |
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[Report on the Dignity of a Peer, iv. p. 639.] |
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The like to John archbishop of York, Thomas bishop of Durham
and sixteen other bishops, the bishops of Landaff, St. Asaph and
Bath and Wells not being named. |
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[Ibid.] |
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To the abbot of Glastonbury. Summons to the said parliament. |
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The like to the abbot of St. Augustine Canterbury and 21 other
abbots, the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and the prior of
Coventre. |
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[Ibid.] |
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To John duke of Lancastre the king's son. Summons to the said
parliament. |
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The like to Edmund earl of Cantebrigge and nine other earls, Henry
de Percy and 40 others, including John de Bohun of Midhurst. |
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[Ibid., p. 640.] |
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To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause two knights of the shire,
two citizens of every city and two burgesses of every borough to be
elected and come to the said parliament. |
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The like to singular the sheriffs of England. |
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[Ibid.] |
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To Ralph Spigurnell constable of Dovorre castle and warden of the
Cinque Ports, or to his lieutenant. Order to cause two barons of every
of the said ports to be elected and come to the said parliament. |
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[Ibid., p. 641.] |
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To John Knyvet. Summons to the said parliament. |
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The like to Robert de Thorpe and twelve others. |
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[Ibid.] |
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Membrane 1d. |
Jan. 23.
Westminster. |
John Devenysshe citizen and skinner of London to Walter de Multon
clerk. Recognisance for 30l., to be levied, in default of payment,
of his lands and chattels in the city of London. |
Jan. 23.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order, upon the petition of
Alice who was wife of Thomas de Cokefeld knight and Richard atte
Celer citizen of London, to view the record and process of a plea before
them in the husting of London upon a writ of right against Robert de
Hull 'maryner' concerning a messuage and two shops in London,
and to proceed therein and do justice to the parties according to the
custom of the said city, the allegation of the defendant that the king
was seised of the premises and by letters patent gave them to the said
Robert notwithstanding, so that they do not proceed to rendering of
judgment without advising the king; as the said Alice and Richard
have shewn the king that they sued before the said mayor and sheriffs
for the said messuage and shops, that the said Robert in pleading
alleged that the king was thereof seised in fee and gave the premises
as aforesaid to him for life with reversion to the king and his heirs
by the name of a messuage with the appurtenances, for which cause
he ought not without the king to answer the plaintiffs, and that by
colour thereof the mayor and sheriffs deferred to proceed therein, to
the plaintiffs' hurt. By C. |
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Charter of John Cory clerk, giving to the king, his heirs and assigns,
all his tenements and messuages with two gardens and curtilages
and the dovecot thereto adjoining etc. sometime of Roger atte Ponde,
John Reed and Agnes Lucas at Estsmethefeld and upon la Tourhulle
in the parish of St. Botulph without Algate London, situate and lying
in length between the new churchyard of Holy Trinity and a tenement
of the abbot and monks of St. Mary Graces by the Tower of London
on the south side and another highway called Hoggestrete on the north,
and in breadth between the said churchyard on the east and the public
street towards the city of London on the west. Witnesses: Adam de
Bury then mayor of the said city, John Brikelesworth and Thomas de
Irlaund sheriffs, John de Wendovere, Robert Groylonde, William
Gamen. Dated la Tourhulle, 6 November the feast of St. Leonard
39 Edward III. |
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Memorandum of acknowledgment, 22 January. |
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Memorandum that this charter was delivered to the said abbot,
to whom the king gave the premises therein comprised. |
Jan. 22.
Westminster. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause the king's former order
concerning the sale of sweet wines to be proclaimed in the city and
suburbs of London, and to be observed, and if after such proclamation
they shall find any persons contravening the same, to arrest and safe
keep until further order as forfeit to the king all sweet wines so exposed
for sale, the tuns or vessels wherefrom such wines were drawn and all
wine therein remaining, and also the bodies of the vendors, certifying
such arrest from time to time in chancery under their seals; as lately
the king ordered all cellars or houses wherein sweet wines were stored
to be closed and kept closed so that none should be drawn out thence
until further order, and now after deliberation had touching the matter
with the prelates, nobles and other learned men, by common consent
it is agreed for the public weal and the advantage of the people that no
merchant, taverner or other person whatsoever shall on any pretence,
under pain of imprisonment at the king's will and forfeiture of double
the value of the tun or vessel from which the same is drawn and all
wine therein, sell or cause to be sold any sweet wines at retail or by
parcels or otherwise in small quantities within the realm in any
houses or places, and that all such wines now within the realm, save
those reserved in gross for the households of lords and others, shall
under pain of forfeiture thereof be taken out of the realm before
Easter next. By K. and C. |
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[Fœdera.] |
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The like to the following: |
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The bailiffs of the city of Rochester and 22 other cities and towns. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich and of 15 other cities and
towns. |
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[Ibid.] |
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Writing of Geoffrey son of William de Swynithwait, being a quitclaim with warranty to Sir Richard le Scrope knight, his heirs and
assigns, of the manor of Preston by Layburn. Witnesses: Geoffrey
Pigott, Robert de Stodawe, Gilbert de Wauton, John de Thoresby,
Peter de Wencelaghe, John Botiller of Layburn, Henry de Bellerby,
Roger de Eston, John de Gunwardeby, William de Redenesse clerk.
Dated Preston aforesaid, Sunday before Martinmas 39 Edward III. |
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Memorandum of acknowledgment at Kirtelyngton in Richemundshire, 9 January, before John Moubray, by virtue of a writ of dedimus
potestatem which is on the files of chancery for this year. |
