Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1374

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1374', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377, (London, 1913) pp. 53-54. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol14/pp53-54 [accessed 23 April 2024]

November 1374

Membrane 6.
Nov. 16.
Westminster.		 To Thomas de Illeston escheator in Kent. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with the manor called Newenton Belhous by Hethe taken into the king's hand by the death of Thomas Belhous knight, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Thomas at his death held no lands in that county in chief as of the crown in his demesne as of fee nor in service, but held the said manor of others than the king.
Nov. 20.
Westminster.		 To William de la Vale escheator in Cumberland. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with lands in Stayneburne, Hensyngham, Dundrawe, Whirig, Keldesik and Neuton taken into the king's hand by William de Ergum late escheator, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as lately the king ordered the late escheator to certify in chancery the manner and cause wherefore he took the premises into the king's hand, and the yearly value thereof, and he certified that he found by inquisition, before him taken of his office, that ancestors of the Deyncourtes (antecessores de Deyncourtes) founded a chantry at the Lund by St. Bede, to which they gave divers lands in Staynburne and elsewhere to find there one chaplain celebrating divine service for the souls of the king and his ancestors and the ancestors of the Deyncourtes (de les Deyncourtes), that the said chantry is long time withdrawn and no chaplain is there found, and that those lands are worth 10l. a year; and that he found by another inquisition, taken likewise of his office, that Gilbert de Dundragh knight gave certain lands in Dundragh, Whyrig, Keldsyk, and Neuton to find one chaplain celebrating divine service at Dundragh and Neuton, and that no chaplain is there found, and that for those causes he took the premises into the king's hand; and the king reckons those causes insufficient.
Nov. 28.
Westminster.		 To Thomas de Illeston escheator in Kent. Order to take of Thomasia who was wife of Robert de Notyngham, tenant by knight service of the archbishopric of Canterbury now void and in the king's hand, an oath that she will not marry without the king's licence, and in presence of William Tauk to whom the king has committed the wardship thereof, or of his attorney 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, sending the assignment under seal to be enrolled in chancery.
Nov. 30.
Westminster.		 To William de la Vale escheator in Northumberland. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with two thirds of the town of Idyngton seized into the king's hand as hereinafter mentioned by name of certain particular lands and tenements in Idyngton, delivering to the abbot of Newminster any issues thereof taken; as lately the king ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the cause wherefore the said abbot's lands in Idyngton were by William de Ergum late escheator taken into the king's hand, their description and yearly value, and he certified that the late escheator by indenture delivered to him that nine years before Robert de Fenwyk by charter enfeoffed Alan Whiteheved and John son of Adam chaplains of two thirds of the said town worth 53s. 4d. a year, and that the said abbot having obtained the king's licence took the issues and profits of those two thirds, which the late escheator seized into the king's hand under the name aforesaid; and now the said abbot has petitioned the king for removal of his hand and livery of the premises and the issues thereof taken, as on 4 November in the 38th year of his reign the king by letters patent gave licence in mortmain to Thomas de Kynton, William de Wardecopp, William de Arturet, Richard de Aukelond, Nicholas de Kellawe and to the said chaplains to give and assign to the said abbot and convent and to their successors two thirds of the said town and certain other lands, and to the abbot and convent to receive and hold the same, by virtue whereof the abbot and convent purchased the premises; and the king reckons the cause of the said seizure insufficient. It is the king's will that the escheator be discharged of the same toward him.
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