Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1376 | British History Online

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1376', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377, (London, 1913) pp. 285-286. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol14/pp285-286 [accessed 24 April 2024]

January 1376



Jan. 16. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay until the quinzaine of St. John Baptist next their demand made by exchequer summons upon Ellen atte Corner to answer or account for the issues of certain tenements in the parish of St. Mildred in Bredestrete ward in the city of London; as a plea concerning the premises between the king and the said Ellen is pending in chancery without debate.
Jan. 16. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Warrewyk. Strict order on sight of these presents forthwith to cause proclamation to be made on the king's behalf forbidding any merchant of England of whatsoever estate under pain of forfeiture thereof to buy or embrace or cause to be bought or embraced any sort of corn in that county save such as shall be needful for his own consumption and the consumption of his household, or to take any out of that county; as by frequent complaint of the people the king has learned that by reason of withdrawing and embracing of too much corn now and heretofore done by such merchants the dearness of corn is increasing in the said county, wherefore the people in those parts are like to suffer great peril and impoverishment if a speedy remedy be not applied. By C.
	[Fœdera.]
	The like to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
	[Ibid.]
	Membrane 4d.
Jan. 20. Westminster.	To S. archbishop of Canterbury, or in his absence to his vicar general. Summons to be at London on Sunday before Monday after St. George next, to which Monday at Westminster the king for particular causes has prorogued the parliament summoned for 12 February, commanding the said archbishop or vicar general to warn the prior and chapter of Christ Church Canterbury, the archdeacons and clergy of the diocese to be present, the prior and archdeacons in person, the chapter by one proctor and the clergy by two.
	[Rep. on the Dignity of a Peer, iv, p. 665.]
	The like to A. archbishop of York, W. bishop of Winchester and sixteen other bishops, and to the guardians of the spiritualities of St. Asaph and Bangor.
	[Ibid., p. 666.]
	To the abbot of St. Augustine, Canterbury. Like summons.
	The like to the abbot of St. Albans and 21 other abbots, (fn. 1) the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and the prior of Coventre.
	[Ibid.]
	To John king of Castile and Leon. Summons to the parliament as above.
	The like to Hugh de Courtenaye earl of Devon and six other earls, Henry de Percy and 39 others.
	[Ibid.]
	To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause two knights of the shire girt with the sword, the most fit and discreet, two citizens of every city and two burgesses of every borough in the county to be elected and come to the parliament prorogued as above; but it is not the king's will that the said sheriff or any other sheriff be elected, or any man of other condition than that specified above.
	The like to singular the sheriffs throughout England.
	[Ibid., p. 667.]
	To William de Latymere 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 parliament prorogued as above.
	[Ibid.]