Folio cl.
Preceptum super statutum pro Bettyno Boyamontis.
Sunday the Feast of St. Ambrose, Bp. [4 April], 33 Edward I.
[A. D. 1305], precept by John le Blound, Mayor, to John de Lincoln
and Roger de Paris, Sheriffs of London, to take the body of
Walter le Mazerer, if a layman, and safeguard it until he shall
have paid to Betyn Boyamontis and his fellow-merchants of
Luka the sum of 50 marks due under a recognizance made
before the said Mayor and Sir Henry de Leycestre, clerk of
the King, by form of statute of merchants, on Wednesday before
the Feast of St. Michael [29 Sept.], 31 Edward I. [A. D. 1303],
as set forth. The Sheriffs returned, non inventus. Thereupon
precept sicut alias. Return made that the said Betyn was not
prosecuting. Therefore they did nothing therein, &c.
Folio cl b.
Preceptum super statutum pro Wilielmo Trente.
On Trinity Sunday [13 June], 33 Edward I. [A.D. 1305], a
similar precept to the same Sheriffs to take the body of John
le Mareschal de Wileby for a debt of £14 due to William Trente,
merchant of Gascony, under a recognizance made before the
same on Tuesday after the Feast of Nativity of St. John Bapt
[24 June], 31 Edward I. [A. D. 1303]. Return, non inventus. Thereupon precept to Reginald de Thunderle and William Cosin, the
[new] Sheriffs, on Saturday after the Feast of Epiphany [6 Jan.],
34 Edward I. [A. D. 1305-6], to take his body, &c, and cause an
extent to be made of all the property he had at the date of the
recognizance, in whose hands soever it be found other than an
heir under age holding the same by hereditary succession, &c.
The Sheriffs returned that the said William Trente was not
prosecuting. Therefore they did nothing therein.
Folio cli.
Tuesday after the Feast of Conversion of St. Paul [25 Jan.],
35 Edward I. [A. D. 1306-7], precept by John le Blound, Mayor,
to Geoffrey de Conduit and Simon Bolet, Sheriffs of London, to
take the body of Walter le Mazerer, son of Luke le Ayller,
deceased, if a layman, and safeguard it until he shall have paid
to William de Writele the sum of £22 due under a recognizance
made before the said Mayor and Sir Henry de Leycestre, clerk of
the King, by form of statute of merchants, on Monday before the
Feast of St. Nicholas [6 Dec.], 35 Edward I. [A. D. 1306]. Return
made, non inventus. Thereupon another precept to take his body
and cause an extent and valuation to be made of all his property
at the date of the recognizance, in whose hands soever it may
be other than an heir under age to whom it may have come
by hereditary succession, &c. Return made to the effect that
they could not take the body of the said Walter because he was
not found within their bailiwick; that they found goods and
chattels in his house of the value of 10 marks, and had caused
them to be valued at that sum by the oath of Henry de Fonte,
James le Reve, Walter Gobbe, Gilbert de Mordone, John Lucas,
William Hardel, Henry le Whyte, William de Ware, Edmund
Lambyn, Eustace le Cotiller, Robert de Borham, and Ralph
de Storteford, and the money had been delivered to William de
Writele in part payment of the debt; that as to the lands, rents,
and tenements which the debtor owned at the date of the
recognizance, the aforesaid jurors said that he owned a house
in the parish of St. Michael, now tenanted by John de Blibury,
of the value of 8 marks by the year; a shop, tenanted by
William de Braye, of the value of 40s. by the year, another
shop, tenanted by John Lucas, of the value of 24s. by the year;
a solar at Oystergate, tenanted by John le Loung, of the value
of 9s. by the year; and another solar, tenanted by William de
Braye, of the value of 1 mark; and that he had 18s. quitrent
of the house of John Lucas;-total £10 11s., from which must
be deducted £6 17s. 8d. due to the chief lords of the fee, and
1 mark a year for the maintenance of the said houses, and so
they are worth quit by the year 60s. Of which lands, rents,
and tenements the said Sheriffs delivered seisin to the said
William, on Sunday after the octave of the Purification [2 Feb.],
35 Edward I. [A. D. 1306-7], to hold as frank tenement until the
residue of the aforesaid debt be levied, &c.
Folio cli b.
Preceptum super statutum pro Regin' de Brandone.
24 April, 33 Edward I. [A. D. 1305], precept by John le Blound,
Mayor, to John de Lincoln and Roger de Parys, Sheriffs of
London, to take the body of John le Loung, son of Roger le
Loung, if a layman, and safeguard it until he shall have paid
to Master Reginald de Brandone, Canon of St. Paul's, the sum
of 45 marks due under a recognizance made before the aforesaid Mayor and Sir Henry de Leycestre, clerk of the King,
on Saturday before Christmas, 26 Edward I. [A. D. 1297],
by form of statute of merchants. Return made that they
had taken the said John and committed him to Neugate.
And because the said John stood in prison for half a year
and more, and had not paid the debt, precept was issued
to Reginald de Thunderle and William Cosyn, Sheriffs of
London, by the same Mayor, on Thursday the Feast of
St. Martin [11 Nov.], 33 Edward I. [A. D. 1305], to cause an
extent and valuation to be made of all the debtor's property
within their bailiwick at the date of the recognizance, in whose
hands soever it be found other than, &c. Return made that
they had caused an inquiry to be held on oath by William le
Chaundeler, Adam de Derlingtone, Hugh le Taverner, Robert
de Wellested, Robert de Pampesworth, William le Taverner,
"chaucer," John Wynebaud, barber, William Dilhay, "chaundeler," Dyonisius le Orfevere, William de Harwe, William de
Kent, "taillur," and William de Aldenham, who found that on
the day named the said John le Loung had in the parish of
St. Mary le Bow a tenement and shops, now tenanted by Alan
de Suttone, "seler," as security for 100 marks, of the clear
yearly value of 6 marks; also in the parish of St. Alphege
within Crepilgate three messuages and ten shops, together with
an annual rent of 12s. issuing from a tenement held by John le
Pestour, the whole of the clear yearly value of £6 5s. 4d.; of
which property one of the messuages is held by William de
Aldenham for a term of years at 9s. a year, and the other two
messuages and shops by Guillot le Sautreour for £40, in which
sum the said John was bound to the said Guillot by form of
the New Statute. All which tenements were delivered to
Master Reginald de Brandone on Sunday after the Feast of
St. Edmund, K. [20 Nov.], 34 Edward I. [A. D. 1305], to hold
as frank tenement until the debt be levied, except the tenements
held by Guillot le Sautreour by form of the New Statute as
aforesaid.
[Fos. clii-cliv b blank.]
Folio clv.
Preceptum super statutum pro Johanne Wengrave.
Wednesday after the Feast of the Purification B. M. [2 Feb.],
34 Edward I. [A. D. 1305-6], precept by John le Blound, Mayor,
to William Cosin and Reginald de Thunderle, Sheriffs of London,
to take the body of Ralph de Honilane, citizen and Alderman
of London, if a layman, and safeguard the same until he shall
have paid to John de Wengrave the sum of £60 due under two
recognizances by form of statute of merchants made before the
said Mayor and Sir Henry de Leycestre, clerk of the King, on
Friday after the Feast of St. Faith [6 Oct.], 32 Edward I.
[A. D. 1304], and on Monday before the Feast of St. Bartholomew
[24 Aug.], 33 Edward I. [A. D. 1305], as set forth Return made,
non inventus. Thereupon another precept to take the body of
the said Ralph and cause an extent and valuation to be made
of his property at the date of the several recognizances, in
whose hands soever it may have come other than, &c. Return
made, non inventus, and that he had no goods or chattels whereon
the debt could be levied; and further that they caused an extent
and valuation to be made of his tenements and rents within their
bailiwick by the oath of Alan de Suffolk, John de Berdene,
John de Vaus, Henry Monquey, Adam Mulgar, Richard le
Joynur, William de Medelane, William Ace, William le Gras,
John Fraunceys, "joynur," Roger le Paumer, senior, and Roger
de Arcubus, who found that the said Ralph had in the Vintry
in the parish of St. James two messuages of the yearly value of
£18, from which must be subtracted 100s. annual rent owing
to Richard le Vielour, and 20s. annual rent due to St. Giles's
Hospital, and 40s. annually for repairs; and so the said tenements are of the clear yearly value of £10, and they have been
delivered to John de Wengrave to hold as a frank tenement
until, &c.
Breve Regis pro Gauselmo Bonet.
Edward, &c., to the Mayor and Sheriffs of London, greeting.
On behalf of Gauselm Bonet, merchant of Bordeaux, it has
been shown to us that whereas Ralph de Homlane, citizen
of London, is bound to the said Gauselm in £12, by recognizance
made in the said City according to the form of our statute put
forth at Acton Burnel, (fn. 1) which money he ought to have paid the
said Gauselm on the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord last past
and has not paid it; and whereas the said Gauselm has caused
to be produced and delivered by "Amanenus" de Bessoun, his
servant, after the aforesaid Feast, letters patent, sealed with
our seal ordained for such recognizances in the City aforesaid, (fn. 2)
and also the seal of the said Ralph, touching the said debt for
taking the said Ralph, then found in the City aforesaid, and committing him to prison according to the form of the statute aforesaid until he shall have satisfied the said Gauselm of the said debt,
you, although you took the said Ralph for this matter and committed him to prison, have nevertheless set him free from prison
although satisfaction has not been made to the said Gauselm for
the said debt, and have detained, moreover, the said letters
patent from the said "Amanenus" in your possession, to the no
small hurt of the said Gauselm and contrary to the form of the
statute aforesaid :-We therefore command that if, after consulting the said statute, you find that something has been done that is
not in accordance with its provisions, you cause the same to be
revoked on behalf of the said merchant, and such a full measure
of justice be done to him that it will not behove us to lay to our
hand in another manner on his behalf owing to your default
Witness ourself at Winchester, 10 May, the thirty-fourth year
of our reign [A. D. 1306]. And because it appeared to the aforesaid Mayor and Sheriffs that the aforesaid Gauselm was dead,
and the aforesaid "Amanenus" produced nothing to show that he
was his (Gauselm's) executor or attorney, &c., the aforesaid
letter of statute was delivered to the Chamber of the Guildhall
on Monday before the Feast of St. Dunstan [19 May], the same
year, until, &c.
Folio clv b.
Preceptum super statutum pro Petro Syan et Bernardo de Boys.
Thursday after the Feast of St. James, Ap. [25 July], 34 Edward I. [A. D. 1306], precept by John le Blound, Mayor, to
William Cosyn and Reginald de Thunderle, Sheriffs of London,
to take the body of Henry Poteman de London, if a layman,
and safeguard it until he shall have paid to Peter Syan, merchant of Fontenay le Counte, (fn. 3) and Bernard de Boys his merchant,
or William Cosyn, appointed their attorney by letter patent, the
sum of £60 due under a recognizance made before the said
Mayor and Sir Henry de Leycestre, clerk of the King, by form of
statute of merchants, on Wednesday after the Feast of St. Hillary
[13 Jan.], the year aforesaid. Return made, non inventus. Thereupon another precept to take his body, &c., and to cause an
extent and valuation to be made of all his property at the date
of the recognizance, &c.
Tenor litere de attornato.
Letter of Bernard de Boys appointing William Cosyn his
attorney to receive the money. Dated London, Saturday before
the Feast of St. Margaret [20 July], 34 Edward I. [A. D. 1306].
[On fo. clvi there are various references to this and other
Letter-Books, Coroners' Rolls, &c., touching St. Katherine's
Hospital, roughly entered.]
Folio clvi b.
Friday before the Feast of St. Martin [11 Nov.], 1 Edward II.
[A. D. 1307], precept by John le Blound, Mayor, to Nicholas Pycot
and Nigel Drury, Sheriffs of London, to take the body of Ralph
de Honilane, vintner, if a layman, and safeguard it until he shall
have paid to Richard de Dorsete, corder, the sum of £19 due
under a recognizance made before the said Mayor and Sir
Henry de Leycestre, clerk of the King, by form of statute of
merchants, on Friday after the Feast of Nativity B. M. [8 Sept.],
33 Edward I. [A. D. 1305]. Return made that the said Ralph
was a cleric, and as such had already been released from prison,
and therefore they could not take him. Thereupon another
precept to the same to cause an extent and valuation to be
made of his property at the date of the recognizance, into whose
hands soever it may have come, other than an heir under age
possessed of it by hereditary succession, by the oath of twelve
good and lawful men, &c. Return made that they had caused
an inquiry to be made of such property by the oath of Walter
de Herlestede, William de Honilane, taverner, John Poyntel,
Eudo de Essex, Walter de Norwych, Robert de Turnay,
Geoffrey de Cavendish, Philip le Chaucer, John de Braghingge,
William Spot, Thomas de Arcubus, and Osbert de Arcubus,
who found that the said Ralph had no goods or chattels, but
had a certain cellar under the church of All Hallows de Honylane, of the yearly value of 66s. 8d. They further found that
he had a messuage, two shops, and a cellar in the same parish,
occupied by Adam de Arcubus, of the yearly value of 60s., from
which 24s. are subtracted as due to the chief lords of the fee,
and half a mark for repairs, and so are of the clear yearly value
of 29s. 4d. Sum total £4 16s.; and the said tenements were
delivered by the said Sheriffs to Richard de Dorsete by the
extent aforesaid, &c.