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Membrane 19. |
Sept. 6. Westminster. |
To the escheator in Staffordshire. Order to take the fealty of
John Bromley, son of William son of Thomas de Bromley esquire
and cousin and heir of the said Thomas, and to give him seisin
of the lands of his grandfather; as he has proved his age before
the escheator, and for 1 mark paid in the hanaper the king has
respited his homage until the Purification next. |
Nov. 2. Westminster. |
To the escheator in Leycestershire. Order to remove the king's
hand and meddle no further with a messuage and the moiety of
one virgate of land in Carleton by Boseworth, delivering to John
Balle any issues thereof taken since the death of William Balle;
as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator,
that the premises were of William Balle, and were taken into the
hands of King Henry IV by William Palmer late escheator by
virtue of his office by reason of outlawry published against
William Balle for felony for which he was indicted, as was found
by inquisition of his office taken before William Palmer, that on
the day the alleged felony was committed, and on the date of his
outlawry, William Balle held the same in fee tail to him and the
heirs of his body by feoffment of William Balle of Carleton in
the parish of Boseworth, grandfather of the said outlaw whose
heir he was, long ago made at the church door to Agnes daughter
of Robert Taillour for life after the decease of the grantor, and
to the heirs of their bodies, that William Balle the grandfather
did take the said Agnes to wife, that they had issue William Balle
and died, that William Balle the son entered the same after their
deaths, and had issue William Balle the outlaw and died, that
after his death the same descended to William Balle the outlaw
as son and heir of line in tail, that the same are held of the heir
of Thomas Harecourt knight as of his manor of Boseworth by
the service of 6d. a year for all service, and that John Balle son
of William the outlaw is his next heir and of full age. |
Oct. 23. Westminster. |
To the justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order
by advice and assent of the council to adjourn to the octaves of
St. Hilary in the same state wherein they now are, or ought to be
if the writs concerning the same were returned before the king, all
pleas before the king of the morrow of All Souls, the morrow,
octaves and quinzaine of St. Martin next, fixing that day for the
parties, and commanding singular the sheriffs of the realm to
keep until then all writs by them returnable from a month after
Michaelmas to that day and then return them; as the king has
learned that in consequence of the infection and the deadly plague
of men in the city of London the serjeants at law and attorneys
admitted in either Bench and in other his courts have withdrawn
from the city, wherefore pleas before him pending may not be
determined, and prosecutors and defendants may not have
counsel of them that are learned in the law, in consideration
whereof, and of the peril and expense to his subjects who are
deprived in their pleas of needful counsel, if in such circumstances
the justices were to proceed, with advice and assent of the council
the king has made order that all pleas pending before him from a
month after Michaelmas until the octaves of St. Hilary shall be
adjourned as aforesaid. By p.s. [1670.] |
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Like writ, mutatis mutandis, to the justices of the Bench. |
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By p.s. (the same writ). |
Oct. 25. Westminster. |
To the constable of the Tower of London or his lieutenant.
Order by mainprise of John lord Talbot and Fournyvale and John
Botreaux esquire to set free Ralph Botreaux knight lately committed to the constable's custody for particular causes moving
the king and council; as they have mainperned under a pain of
1,000l. to have him before the king and council on the morrow
of St. Martin next to answer touching what shall be laid against
him. |
Dec. 14. Westminster. |
To the escheator in Bukinghamshire. Order to take the fealty
of Margaret late the wife of John Brewys knight, and to give her
livery of the manor of Wodunhulle, and the issues thereof taken;
as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator,
that at his death John Brewys held that manor jointly with her
by gift of John Pakenham and others to them and the heirs of
John Brewys by her, and that 200 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow
and 150 acres of wood thereof are held of the king in socage as of
his castle of Berkhamstede which is of the duchy of Cornwall by
the service of suing at the castle court every three weeks, but the
residue of others than the king. |
Dec. 2. Westminster. |
To the escheator in Gloucestershire and the march of Wales
adjacent. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no
further with a croft of land called 'Wyggerescroft,' containing 18
acres and lying at 'Gopushulle' in Suthwyke and 4 acres of
meadow there adjacent, and with 6 acres of land and 2 acres of
meadow in Tredyngton, all within the lordship of Tewekesbury,
delivering to Robert Wygger of Hardewyke any issues thereof
taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the
escheator, that Lawrence Wygger at his death held no lands in
that county or march of the king in his demesne as of fee nor
in service, but in right of Isabel his wife held the said croft, land
and meadow of Richard earl of Warrewyk as of his manor of
Tewkesbury by the service of 4s. a year, and the premises in
Tredyngton by the service of 12d. a year, and that Robert Wygger
is his son and next heir, and of full age. |