Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1371

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1371', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374, (London, 1911) pp. 259-269. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol13/pp259-269 [accessed 18 April 2024]

November 1371



Nov. 12. Westminster.	To William de Wyndesore the king's lieutenant in Ireland. Order, under pain of forfeiture, forbidding him until other order be taken by the king and council thereupon to make any processes in any the king's courts in Ireland against the mayor and commonalty of the city of Dublin, the mayor, steward and commonalty of the town of Droghda, the commons of the counties of Dyvelyn, Meath, Uriel and Kildare in Ireland, or against any person of the same by reason of their resisting or obstructing the payment of the fines, ransoms and imposts hereinafter mentioned; as lately the king commanded his said lieutenant altogether to stay the levy of all manner of tallages, fines, ransoms and imposts by him laid upon the people in Ireland, and utterly to cease from laying upon them undue tallages and exactions until other order should be taken by the king and council thereupon, having learned by complaint of great number of his lieges in Ireland that the lieutenant has gone beyond the conditions contained in particular indentures between the king and himself, and has laid upon the said people new and unheard of imposts etc. (as above, p. 257); and now on behalf of the said mayors, steward and commons the king is informed that the lieutenant is purposing to make divers processes against them in the king's court for resisting and obstructing the payment of the fines ransoms and imposts aforesaid, striving to distrain them for that cause.
	[Fœdera.]
Nov. 12. Westminster.	To the sheriffs of London. Order, upon the petition of James Seland citizen and hostler of London, to cause payment and allowance to be made him of the goods in their keeping (if so they be) which belong to certain men of Flanders, who were his guests before their arrest, for the reasonable expenses which by his oath and by examination of the said Flemings the sheriffs shall be assured that he incurred upon their maintenance; as his petition shews that divers men of Flanders of the city of London to the number of thirty, whom with their goods and chattels there the king lately commanded the sheriffs to arrest and detain until further order, before their arrest abode one quinzaine in the inn of the said James as his guests, and that after their arrest they abode seven weeks at his cost in the king's prison of Algate under the sheriffs' custody, praying that he may be contented for the expenses of their maintenance.
Nov. 6. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay their demand made by exchequer summons upon John Burgherssh deceased for 20 marks of his lands and chattels in Berkshire for the expenses of finding two men at arms for the king's passage to Normandy, thereof discharging as well the said deceased as John de Burgherssh his son and heir; as the said deceased was in the king's company by his command on his service at the time when he landed at Hogges in Normandy and until his return to England, as Edward prince of Aquitaine and Wales has testified by his bill.
Nov. 26. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay their demand made by exchequer summons upon Alice prioress of Bromhale for the portion of a sum of 36l. 5s. 0½d. falling upon her as tenant of certain lands which were of William de la Rokele late Queen Philippa's bailiff of the manors of Cokham, Braye, Benetfeld and Sonynghull, thereof acquitting her, so that answer be made at the exchequer for the portions thereof falling upon other the tenants of lands which were the said William's; as the king of his favour has pardoned her the portion falling upon her for the said lands of the said sum wherein the said bailiff was bound to Queen Philippa. By K.
Nov. 24. Westminster.	To the abbot of Pippewell and his fellows, collectors in Norhamptonshire of the subsidy last granted to the king by the clergy of the realm. Order to stay their demand made upon the two chaplains of the chantry of St. Mary of Makeseye to pay the said subsidy with the clergy for their possessions, suffering them to be thereof quit according to the form of the grant thereof, releasing any sequestration laid for that cause upon their goods or fruits, and revoking any sentences fulminated against them; as on behalf of the said chaplains the king has learned that the said chantry was founded for one chaplain only, and that chaplain of old time used not to contribute with the clergy or with laymen to any subsidy for that the possessions [assigned to] him by the founder thereof were insufficient for his maintenance, that the second chaplain has been appointed by Robert de Thorp the chancellor, who has newly conferred upon the said chantry certain possessions as well for his maintenance as to sustain the chaplain who was there of old time, as the king has sure information, that so the said chaplains are concerned to contribute to the subsidy for their said possessions with laymen and not with the clergy for that the greatest part thereof is newly assigned to the said chantry and not of old time, but that the collectors considering not this are striving by ecclesiastical censures to compel the said chaplains to contribute with the clergy, although the possessions of old assigned to the said chantry used not heretofore to be taxed towards any subsidy or other charge, and although the other possessions newly conferred upon the same ought to be taxed with laymen and not with the clergy, wherefore the said chaplains have prayed the king for remedy.
Nov. 4. Westminster.	To the guardian of the spirituality of the bishopric of Bangor, now void and in the king's hand. Order, if the facts are as hereinafter rehearsed, to discharge the abbot of Conweye in North Wales of further levying or collecting in the diocese of Bangor the subsidy last granted to the king by the clergy of the province of Canterbury, assigning and deputing in his room another collector for whom the said guardian will answer, and informing the king under seal of the name of the collector so deputed; as the said abbot has shewn the king that, though his abbey is situate in the diocese of St. Asaph, and he is by the bishop thereof deputed to collect the said subsidy in that diocese, for certain possessions which he holds in the diocese of Bangor the said guardian has charged him to levy and collect the said subsidy in that diocese, wherefore he has prayed to be discharged; and the king considers that he is not sufficiently qualified for levying the said subsidy to the king's advantage in both dioceses.
Nov. 10. Westminster.	To the bailiffs of Portesmuth. Order, at their peril, to keep safe and sure under arrest a ship from over sea called la Seinte Croyce of Gaterville, driven by a tempest to that port and by them arrested it is said, and the men, goods and property therein whatsoever. By C.
	Membrane 10.
Oct. 24. Westminster.	To the keeper or farmer for the time being of the manor of Knapp co. Sussex and of other the lands which were of John de Moubray of Axiholm tenant in chief deceased. Order to pay to William de Grene servant of the said deceased the arrears of 2d. a day from 1 February in the 43rd year of the reign, and henceforward to pay him that daily sum every year at the accustomed terms, taking his acquittance for every payment; as in consideration that the said John in his life time gave the said William the keeping of Knapp park to hold of the said John and his heirs for 60 years with the houses appointed for the keeping thereof, the fees and other profits and commodities thereto pertaining, taking of the said John and his heirs 2d. a day of the said manor during that term, and that the said William after he was keeper by virtue of the said John's letters patent lost the said letters as the king is informed of a surety by credible persons, on the aforesaid date the king of his favour by letters patent granted the said William the keeping of the said park, the park and manor being now in his hand by the said John's death and by reason of the nonage of his heir, to hold until the lawful age of the heir during the said term with the houses etc. as aforesaid, taking the said fee of the issues of the manor by the hands of the keepers, bailiffs or farmers thereof.
	Et erat patens.
Oct. 25. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to compel the abbot of Fournes and the abbot of Caldra to contribute with others of the clergy there to the subsidy of 50,000l. granted to the king by the prelates and clergy of the provinces of Canterbury and York, and to pay the subsidy falling to them according to the quantity of their possessions in Cumberland, so that payment thereof be not delayed by their default, and if they shall refuse so to do, to warn them to be before the king in chancery in the quinzaine of St. Hilary next to do and receive what shall by advice of the council be appointed them, certifying in chancery what he shall do therein and all his dealing in the matter, and bringing there the names of those by whom such warning shall be given, and this writ; as for the defence of the realm and protection of the church of England the said prelates and clergy granted the subsidy aforesaid to be paid at the exchequer at Michaelmas last and the Purification next by even portions, and in order that payment thereof might more easily be borne to the greater peace of the clergy, the king willed that parsons and men of the church whatsoever, exempt and not exempt, alien and native, should of their benefices and possessions whatsoever taxed and not taxed within the said provinces contribute rateably to the said sum, and stipendiary priests of their stipends, any privileges heretofore granted by the king or his forefathers or by others whatsoever notwithstanding, and notwithstanding that some of them used not to contribute to such charges; and the king commanded Th. bishop of Karliol at a set day and place before him or his commissaries to convoke by the king's authority all and singular the parsons and men of the church of his diocese, subject to him and exempt, to charge them rateably with payment of the said subsidy according to the ordinance, and to cause the same to be levied to the king's use by trusty men of his diocese to be deputed for the purpose, and if any such parsons and men being exempt will not appear before him or contribute rateably as they are bound to do, to set them a day by the king's authority to be before him in chancery in the quinzaine of Michaelmas last to do and receive what should then and there be appointed by advice of the council, certifying in chancery the names of all who refuse to pay the portion falling upon them; and the said bishop signified accordingly that the said abbots holding possessions within his diocese have taken no heed to appear before him or contribute as aforesaid, wherefore he set them the day above mentioned to be in chancery before the king, and they came not at that day according to the appointment so made on the king's behalf.
	The like to the sheriff of Westmorland concerning the abbot of Bella Landa, the prior of Watton and the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To William de Wyndesore the king's lieutenant in Ireland. Order to stay the levy of all manner of tallages etc. upon the people in Ireland (as above, p. 256).
	Vacated, because above.
Nov. 20. Westminster.	To the escheator in Norffolk. Order to cause Robert de Crongethorp to have seisin of a messuage and appurtenances in Brunham held by John Palmere hanged for felony it is said; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the premises have been in his hand a year and a day and are yet in his hand, that the said John held them of the said Robert, and that John de Cressyngham late escheator had the year and a day and the waste thereof, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
Nov. 16. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause the earl of Richemund to have seisin of 1 acre 3 roods of land in Gosberkyrk held by Thomas son of Robert de Gosberkirk hanged for felony it is said; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by Saier de Rocheford late sheriff, that the said land has been in his hand a year and a day and is yet in his hand, that the said Thomas held it of the said earl, and that Ralph de Bury had the year and a day and the waste thereof, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
July 15. Westminster.	To John Welde escheator in Essex. Order to cause Robert Marny knight, William Andreu, Thomas Bret, John Cooke of Horndon, John Malgraf and John Mokkyng respectively to have seisin of the tenements in Horndon held of them by Peter son of Peter Burre of Horndon, who for a felony by him committed, for which he was outlawed, has abjured the realm it is said; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the sheriff, that one toft and 10 acres 3 roods of land of the said Peter the son have been in his hand a year and a day and are yet in his hand, that the said Peter the son held the toft of the said Robert, 3 acres of land of the said William, 3 acres of Thomas Bret, 3 acres of the said John Cooke, one acre of John Malgraf, and 3 roods of John Mokkyng, and that Thomas de Chabham late escheator had the year and a day and the waste thereof, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
	Membrane 9.
Oct. 20. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs and all the commonalty of the town of Bristol. Order and request, in consideration of the imminent peril, to give their assent to the grant of a subsidy of 2s. upon every tun of wine, and 6d. in the pound upon certain other merchandise brought within the realm and exported thence (wool, hides and woolfells excepted) over and above the ancient customs thereupon due, and to depute certain (ceteras) fit persons to levy, collect and receive the same on the king's behalf in that port, certifying with what speed they may under the seals of the mayor and bailiffs the names of those deputed and all their action in the matter; as the prelates, nobles and merchants of the realm in the great council last assembled at Westminster, in consideration of the peril to the realm and the shipping thereof to be feared by attacks of the enemy, for the safety as well of the said realm and shipping as of the goods and merchandise of the king's merchants and other his subjects imported into the realm or exported thence, have freely granted the said subsidy to the king, so far as in them lies, to be taken from All Saints next until the same feast next following in aid of the expenses of armed men and archers, and of ships of war to sail for the aforesaid cause; and it is the king's desire that effect be given to the things so appointed. It is not the will nor intent of the king or council that aught be taken of merchandise in ships touching at the said port when driven thither by stress of weather or otherwise for their refreshment, if not there laded or unladed, or for those on which the subsidy has previously been paid in other ports. By K. and C.
	The like to the following:—
	The bailiffs of the town of Barstaple.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the city of Excestre.
	The bailiffs of the town of Lostwythyel.
	The bailiffs of the town of Mosehole.
	The bailiffs of the town of Polruen. (fn. 1)
	The bailiffs of the town of Dertmuth.
	The bailiffs of the town of Fowy.
	The bailiffs of the town of Plummuth.
	The bailiffs of the town of Melcombe.
	The bailiffs of the town of Weymuth.
	The bailiffs of the town of Suthampton.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the city of Cicestre.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the town of Lenne.
	The bailiffs of the town of Great Jernemuth.
	The bailiffs of the town of St. Botolph.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the town of Kyngeston upon Hull.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne.
	The bailiffs of the town of Shorham.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the town of Hertilpole.
	The mayor and bailiffs of the town of Quenesburgh.
	The bailiffs of the town of Gippewic.
	Richard de Pembrugge warden of the Cinque Ports.
	The like to the mayor and sheriffs and all the commonalty of the city of London, for payment of the said subsidy from the feast of St. Simon and St. Jude next to the same feast next following.
Dec. 6. Westminster.	To William de Cranewell steward in Cornwall of Edward prince of Aquitaine and Wales. Order, under pain of forfeiture, to dearrest without delay all the merchants of Portyngale by him arrested, suffering them to go their way and freely to traffic without arrest or wrong done to them; as the king has learned that the said steward has without cause arrested and is keeping under arrest divers merchants of Portyngale, who lately as true merchants [came] into the realm at Dertmuth and Falemuth; and the king reckons them his friends and well wishers, and would not that they be molested within the realm. By K.
	[Fædera.]
Nov. 2. Westminster.	To Edmund Cheyne escheator in Dorset. Order to take the fealty of Felicia late the wife of Edmund Everard knight according to the form of a schedule enclosed, to remove the king's hand and not to meddle further with a messuage and one virgate of land in Fromebelet taken into his hand by the said Edmund's death, delivering to the said Felicia any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken at his command by William Cheyne late escheator, that the said Edmund at his death held the premises jointly with the said Felicia by the service of the twentieth part of one knight's fee of the gift of William Frome, who formerly held the premises of the said Edmund as mesne lord, to the said Edmund and Felicia and to the heirs of the said Edmund, and that by virtue of that acquisition the same are now held in chief.
Dec. 8. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer of Ireland. Order, under pain of forfeiture, if John Frombold now mayor of Droghda in Ireland is arrested for the cause hereinafter mentioned and for none other, without delay to dearrest and set him free, staying until other order be by the king and council taken the levy of 100 marks and other sums of money unlawfully laid upon the said mayor and the commonalty of Droghda by William de Wyndesore the king's lieutenant in Ireland, any command of the said lieutenant now or hereafter to them addressed to the contrary notwithstanding; as lately by complaint of the mayor, steward and commonalty of the said town the king learned that the said lieutenant lately ordered the mayor and steward and twelve true men of the town to come before him at Kilkenny and there abide, not suffering them to depart until for themselves and the commonalty thereof by duress they granted him 100 marks, that by writ under the seal used in Ireland he [ordered] Richard Mole and divers other burgesses of the said town to come to the city of Lymeryc and there to abide and dwell, detaining them there until by a great sum they made fine with him for licence to return thence to their own town, and that he unlawfully laid upon the said mayor, steward and commonalty divers other tallages, fines, extortions and imposts not to be endured, wherefore by advice of the council the king commanded his said lieutenant by writ to stay the further levy and collection of the said sums and of all manner other the tallages, fines and imposts by him unlawfully laid upon them, causing the same utterly to cease until other order should by the king and council be taken, and by another writ commanded the treasurer and the said barons likewise to stay the further levy of the same; and now on behalf of the said John and of the commonalty of the said town the king has learned that by virtue of a command of the said lieutenant the treasurer and barons have caused the said John to come before them at Catherlach, and have there arrested and imprisoned him for non-payment of the said 100 marks and the other sums unlawfully laid upon him and the commonalty of the town, in contempt of the king and his commands, wherefore the king is moved to anger.
	[Fædera.]
Dec. 10. Westminster.	To the same. Order to stay, until further order be by the king and council taken, the making of any process whatsoever before them in the exchequer by virtue of any commands of William de Wyndesore the king's lieutenant in Ireland now or hereafter to them addressed against the mayor and commonalty of the city of Dublin in Ireland or any person thereof for resisting or obstructing payment of fines and imposts by the said lieutenant unlawfully laid upon the said mayor and commonalty; as lately by their complaint the king learned that the said lieutenant ordered the mayor and twelve true men of that city to come before him at Kilkenny and there abide, not suffering them to depart thence until for themselves and the commonalty of the city they granted him by duress 100 marks, that by writ under the seal used in Ireland he [ordered] Edmund Berle, Nicholas Serjaunt, Richard Chaumberleyn, John Bukeland, Geoffrey Gallan, John Foyl and Walter Passavant citizens of Dublin to come thence to the city of Lymeryc and there abide and dwell, detaining them there until by a great sum they made fine with him for licence to return thence to Dublin, and that at the last parliament holden at Balidoille he unlawfully laid upon the said mayor and commonalty a tallage of 200 marks and divers other tallages, fines, extortions and imposts not to be borne, to their impoverishment and ruin; and by advice of the council the king by writ commanded his said lieutenant to stay the further levy and collection of the said sums and of all other the tallages, fines and imposts by him unlawfully laid upon them, causing the same utterly to cease until other order should by the king and council be taken; and after on behalf of the said mayor and commonalty the king was informed that the lieutenant purposes to make divers processes before him in the king's court because of the resistance and obstruction aforesaid, striving unlawfully to distrain and trouble them for that cause, wherefore by advice of the council the king has by writ forbidden the said lieutenant until other order be taken as aforesaid to make any processes in any courts against the said mayor and commonalty or any person of the said city for resisting or obstructing payment as aforesaid.
	[Ibid. under the erroneous date October 10.]
	Membrane 8.
Nov. 8. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay until Easter next their demand made upon John Wroth and Robert de Parys to account before them concerning any issues arising of four fifths of two messuages, 46 acres and 3 roods of land in Haddenham which were of Robert Busteler knight from the time the same were by John de Olneye late escheator in Cambridgeshire taken into the king's hand, releasing any distress made for that cause; as by a particular mainprise the king committed to the said John Wroth and Robert de Parys the keeping of the said four fifths with the issues thereof taken as aforesaid and all else to the same belonging, until debate should be had in the king's court whether those four fifths ought by law to pertain to the king or to them, so that answer should be made at the exchequer for those and all other issues thereof arising in case the said four fifths or the issues should be adjudged to the king; and no debate is yet had on the subject.
	The like writ of supersedeas until the quinzaine aforesaid (sic) in favour of the said Robert Parys concerning four fifths of the manor of Dukesworth which was of the said Robert Busteler, and was demised to him in the form above rehearsed.
Oct. 10. Westminster.	To the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, deans, archdeacons, officials, chancellors, provosts, sacrists, prebendaries in cathedral or collegiate churches, advocates, proctors and other ecclesiastical persons holding whatsoever dignity or office, and to notaries public and others whatsoever to whom etc. Writ of prohibition, forbidding them and every of them to attempt or cause aught to be attempted which may tend to prejudice the king, to impair his right, or to the disherison of the crown, revoking without delay any such attempt made by them or any one of them, knowing that otherwise the king will be wroth with them as with men who impugn his rights; as the king by letters patent granted to William de Horewyk clerk the prebend of Helegh in the church of Cicestre with its rights etc. then void and belonging to the king's gift by reason of the temporalities of the bishopric of Cicestre which were in the king's hand; and now the king is informed that though the said William by virtue of the king's collation and of the right vesting in him canonically obtained the said prebend, certain men scheming to impugn that right and collation, and unlawfully to trouble him touching the possession of that prebend, have made and without ceasing do daily make provocations, citations, appeals, instruments, processes, notifications thereof and many other things to the prejudice of the king and his crown, whereby they are endeavouring to bring the king's right under another jurisdiction to the subversion and annulment thereof, in contempt of the king and to his prejudice, impairing his right, and to the peril of the disherison of the crown; and the king will not endure these things, being bound by his oath to keep inviolate the rights of his crown.
Nov. 1. Westminster.	To William de Wyndesore the king's lieutenant in Ireland. Order, if assured that at the time he made the fine hereinafter mentioned or afterwards John Scrope deceased had no other estate in two messuages and the appurtenances in Dublin but jointly with Joan his wife, and that the same ought not to be charged for any sums of money due to the king, or for any other cause to remain in the king's hand, to command the king's hand to be removed from the same and the issues thereof since they were taken into the king's hand; as on behalf of the said Joan it is shewn the king that the said John was bound to the king in a certain sum of money for a fine which he made for his deliverance from Dublin prison where he was detained for certain trespasses and contempts by him committed, and that though on the day he made the said fine or after he had but a joint estate in the said messuages with the said Joan, namely in one messuage to them and the heirs of the said John and in the other for a term of 60 years, the lieutenant caused them to be seized into the king's hand for levying the said sum thereof, wherefore the said Joan has prayed for remedy. Proviso that the sum of the said fine be levied to the king's use of other lands which the said John held in fee simple at the date of the said fine or after, and after the said Joan's death of that messuage which he held jointly with her to them and to his heirs.
Nov. 14. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause the abbot of Peterborough to have seisin of 2 acres of land in Gosberkirk held by Thomas son of Robert de Gosberkirk hanged for felony it is said; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by Saier de Rocheford late sheriff, that the said land has been in the king's hand a year and a day and is yet in his hand, that the said Thomas held it of the said abbot, and that Ralph de Bury had the year and a day and the waste thereof, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
Oct. 16. Westminster.	To William Cheyne escheator in Somerset. Order to cause James de Audelegh of Helegh to have seisin of a messuage and garden, 50 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow in Strengeston held by John Nicol outlawed for felony it is said; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the premises have been in his hand a year and a day and are yet in his hand, that the said John held them of the said James, and that the king has had the year and a day and the waste thereof, and the escheator ought to answer for the same in his account.
Nov. 27. Westminster.	To the true men and all the commonalty of the city of Worcester and every of them. Writ de intendendo, strictly ordering them under pain of forfeiture, if the custom hereinafter mentioned be had in that city, to be answerable to Robert Baret as bailiff thereof, and forbidding them and every of them, under pain of forfeiture, in anywise to hinder his election or attempt aught that may tend to a breach of the peace or of that custom, or to put the people in fear; as according to the custom heretofore maintained and approved the citizens of Worcester have been used time out of mind to choose 24 citizens thereof, and these 24 ought to elect one bailiff for the keeping and good governance of the city; and the 24 citizens so chosen have accordingly elected the said Robert bailiff for the present year as the king has learned, but he is now informed that certain of the city opposing the election are striving as rebels to cause disputes among the men thereof and assemblies in contempt of the king, in breach of the peace and of the said custom, and to the terror and disturbance of the people; and the king would obviate the peril threatened thereby.
Nov. 20. Westminster.	To Richard de Tounlay escheator in Lancashire. Order of the king's favour to restore to Roger Birewath of Preston clerk, unless he was a fugitive, his lands, goods and chattels taken into the king's hand by William de Chorle late escheator by reason of the felonies for which he was indicted; as he was lately indicted before Godfrey Foljambe and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in Lancashire, upon charges of the manslaughter of William Clerc of Preston, the robbery of 33s. 4d. and of a merchant's seal in the said William's keeping, the manslaughter of Geoffrey de Langton, the theft of one cow and other chattels of Robert de Riddyng price 10s., of breaking the church of Preston and feloniously carrying away 100s. in coined money in an ambry in the chancel thereof, of breaking the chamber of Henry de Preston chaplain at Preston and feloniously carrying away 10 marks and a mazer of the said Henry price 6s. 8d., and of being a notorious thief; and after at the request of John archbishop of York his diocesan he was by the said justices delivered to the said archbishop according to the benefit of clergy, and there lawfully purged his innocence, as the archbishop has signified to the king.
	The like to William de Chorley late escheator, mutatis mutandis.
Nov. 10. Westminster.	To John Froille escheator in the county of Suthampton. Order to take of Alice who was wife of John de Norton tenant in chief an oath that she will not marry without the king's licence, and in presence of Hamon parson of Fynchampstede to whom the king has committed the wardship thereof, if being warned he will attend, to assign her dower of her said husband's lands taken into the king's hand by his death and by reason of the nonage of his heir, sending the assignment to be enrolled in chancery.
Nov. 20. Westminster.	To Richard de Tounlay escheator in Lancashire. Order of the king's favour to restore to John de Hakenshawe clerk, unless he was a fugitive, his lands, goods and chattels taken into the king's hand by William de Chorley late escheator by reason of the felonies for which he was indicted; as he was lately indicted before Godfrey Folejambe and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in Lancashire, upon charges of the manslaughter of Geoffrey de Langeton and William le Clerk of Preston, and of the robbery of 33s. 4d. and of a merchant's seal in the said William's keeping, and after at the request of John archbishop of York the diocesan was by the said justices delivered to the said archbishop according to the benefit of clergy, and there lawfully purged his innocence, as the archbishop has signified to the king.
	The like to William de Chorley late escheator, mutatis mutandis.