Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1373

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1373', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 13, 1369-1374, (London, 1911) pp. 526-527. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol13/pp526-527 [accessed 21 April 2024]

December 1373



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Dec. 5. Westminster.	To John Froille escheator in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with the lands of Roger son of Richard de Stanlak, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as lately upon information received that the said Roger was an idiot from birth so that he was not capable of ruling himself or his lands, the king ordered the escheator to make inquisition by true men of his bailiwick whether the said Roger was an idiot or no, and by another writ ordered him to have the said Roger before the king and council in the quinzaine of St. Martin next to be examined as the manner is; at which day the said Roger was accordingly brought before the chancellor and the king's justices at Westminster and there examined, and by that examination was found that he was of sound mind, capable of ruling himself and his lands, and not an idiot, wherefore it was determined that the king's hand should be removed from his lands taken into the king's hand for that cause.
Dec. 7. Westminster.	To Roger Keterich escheator in Essex. Order to cause John de Muskham vicar of Steeple Bumpstede to have seisin of a messuage and 8 acres of land in Bumpstede aforesaid held by William Rede 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 William held them of the said vicar, and that answer has been made to the king by John Welde late escheator for the year and a day and for the waste thereof.