Roll No. 125.
Headed, "Assisæc aptæ apud Northt: coram Domino Rege, in crastino
Epiphaniæ Domini, anno L." [7th January, 1266.]
M. 2. "Placita."
Salop. Giles de Erdington appeared against James de Alditheleg in a
plea that he (James), accompanied by a multitude of armed men, had come
into his lands of Soubiri, Wethiford, and Befford, and taken away or consumed his hay, oxen, and other cattle, and detained them at his castle of
Redcastle, &c. James did not appear. The Sheriff is commanded to distrain
him, and to produce him at three weeks from Easter. m. 4.
Staff. Adam de Arderne appeared against the Celerar of Stanes, Gilbert
le Mareschal, Robert son of Elias, and Richard de Bromle, in a plea that
whilst Adam was in prison for the King and Edward his son, they had come
to his house at Cnotton, and taken away his goods and chattels to the value
of 30 marks, and still detained them. The defendants did not appear; and
the Sheriff was commanded to attach them for this day, and returned
that the Celerar was attached by Roger Lenfant of Stokes, and William
le Meke of the same, and Robert fitz Elias by Elias his father, and William
the clerk of Wytemore: they are therefore to be attached by better sureties
to appear at a month from Easter. And as regards Gilbert le Marescal
and Richard de Bromle, the Sheriff returned that they were not to be
found, and held nothing by which, &c. The Sheriff is therefore ordered
to arrest them, if they can be found, and produce them at the same term.
m. 14.
Staff. Thomas de Arderne's suit versus William de Handesacre for trespass committed during the disturbances in the kingdom, comes up again.
The Sheriff returned he had been unable to execute the writ, because all the
lands of William had been given to James de Audedele, and he held nothing
by which he could be distrained. The Sheriff is commanded therefore to
arrest him, if he can be found, and to produce him at a month from Easter.
m. 16.
Staff. Adam de Upton appeared against Hugh, son of Thomas, Henry de
Fonte, William le Peleter, Adam de Lamden, Thomas, brother of the said
Hugh, Richard le Roer, William de Crewer, Robert Walkere, William de
Rottele, Roger de Crew, William le Forester, Roger de Snocton, Jordan de
Swerkeston, John Muryel, and five others, to hear judgment in a plea of
mayhem, robbery, and breaking of the King's peace, for which he had appealed
them, and which had remained since Easter, 48 H. III., in consequence of the
disturbances in the kingdom; and the Sheriff was commanded to produce the
jury, viz., Robert de Badenhale, Geoffrey de Bromlegh, Robert de Rynkerdon,
Geoffrey de Walton, Warin Brun of Heywode, William de Warylowe of
Grenlegh, Hugh de Blakelowe, Symon de Cherleton, Robert de Parco, of
Offelegh, William Meverel, of Standon, Robert, son of Robert de Wolselegh,
Thomas Grym of Heywode, Robert, son of John de Acumdeston, and Roger
de Beryhull. None of the jury appeared; and the Sheriff was ordered to
produce them at fifteen days from Easter. m. 12, dorso.
Staff. The Sheriff was ordered to distrain the same defendants at the suit
of the King for the assault and robbery upon Adam de Upton, and to produce
them on the same day. m. 12, dorso.
Staff. Adam de Upton appears against Richard le Clerk, and thirty-one
others named, to hear judgment in an appeal of mayhem and robbery, viz.,
for insulting and beating him in the highroad of the town of Newcastleunder-Lyme, and robbing him of 10 marks. The defendants did not appear,
and the Sheriff is ordered to produce them at fifteen days from Easter. m. 26.
Roll No. 126.
No heading; but endorsed in old handwriting, Michaelmas Term,
50 H. III. [October, 1266.]
Staff. William de Farnham appeared against the Dean and Chapter of
Tamewurth in a plea that they should hold to a fine made between Philip
Marmiun and the Chapter respecting the advowson of the Church of
Middilton, by which fine the Dean and Chapter conceded to the said William
10 marks to be paid yearly to him for his life. The defendants did not
appear, and the Sheriff had been commanded to distrain them and produce
them at this day, and had done nothing, and sent no writ. The Sheriff is
therefore in misericordiâ, viz., Leon de Kynefare.
The Sheriff is commanded as before to distrain the Dean and Chapter, and
to produce them at fifteen days from St. Martin, and to be present himself to
hear judgment on his own default. m. 3, dorso.
Staff. Hugh de Boeles sued Robert de Grendon for a debt of 26 marks.
Robert did not appear, and is to be attached for the Octaves of Hillary. m. 3,
dorso.
Staff. Matilda, widow of Henry, son of Adam le Taylur, sued William le
Sergeant, of Ernefeld, for one-third of a messuage and a carucate of land in
Ernefeld, which she claimed as dower.
The same Matilda sued Roger de Cnotton for dower in Newcastle-underLyme (one-third of a messuage and two acres of land). The defendant did
not appear, and to be summoned for the morrow of St. Martin, and the land
to be taken into the King's hands. m. 4, dorso.
Staff. Emma, the widow of Hugh Attelitgate, sued Richard le Berkyr for
one-third of a messuage and nine and a half acres of land in Little Aston, and
Thomas le Wudeward of Alrewyk for one-third of a messuage in the same
vill, which she claimed as dower. The defendants did not appear; to be
re-summoned for fifteen days from Hillary, and the land to be taken into the
King's hands. m. 7, dorso.
Staff. William, son of Mabel de Fosbrok and Avice his wife, sue Matilda
de Huggeford, the Prior of Stanes, and four other tenants in Hildulveston for
the dower of Avice. The defendants did not appear, and are to be resummoned for the morrow of St. Martin; the land to be taken into the
King's hands. m. 9.
Staff. Christiana, the widow of Geoffrey de Thykenton, recovers dower
against the Prioress of Farewell and three other tenants by default. m. 17,
dorso.
Staff. The suit for dower between Isolda, the widow of Robert, son of
Robert, and William, son of Nicholas de Mere, is respited till fifteen days from
St. Martin, through defect of a jury. m. 19.
Staff. Margery, the widow of William de Athelaxton, recovers dower by
default against Geoffrey de Doneston and Thomas le Chapman out of
tenements held by them in Athelaxton (Ellaston). m. 20, dorso.
Staff. Nicholas, son of Robert de Wyrlegh, sued Magister Michael le
Seinter for a messuage and one virgate of land in Alreshawe. Magister
Michael appeared and prayed a view. A day is given to the parties at three
weeks from Easter. m. 27, dorso.
Staff. William de Mayshamme and Loretta his wife appeared against
Margaret, widow of Roger de Ponte of Rouecestre, in a plea that she should
render to them John, the son and heir of Roger de Rouecestre, the wardship of
whom belongs to them by reason of the gift of Robert de Sengeshale, of whom
the said Roger held his land by knight's service. Margaret did not appear,
and was attached by Robert de Acoure of Denneston, and Thomas de
Cornbrugge. To be attached by better sureties to appear at a month from
Easter; and the first sureties are in misericordiâ. m. 31, dorso.
Staff. Hugh de Walecote appeared against John, son of Geoffrey fitz
Warin, to warrant to him the third part of a carucate of land in Cumberton,
in co. Worcester, which Christiana, the widow of Geoffrey de Tykinton,
claimed as her dower. John did not appear, and the Sheriff is commanded to
take into the King's hands land of John to the value of the dower claimed,
and he is to be summoned for the Octaves of the Purification. m. 36.
Staff. Matilda, the widow of Henry, son of Adam le Taylur, sued Roger
de Cunton for one-third of a messuage and two acres in Newcastle-under-Lime
as her dower. Roger stated she had no claim, because she had remitted to
him all her claim for dower by a charter which he produced. Matilda denied
she had executed the charter, and the witnesses named in it, viz., William the
Parson of Audele, Geoffrey Muriel, John de Audele, William de Cesta,
Thomas de Cherleton, and Roger de Lichefend, to be summoned for fifteen
days after Easter, and in addition to them twelve others to make recognition,
&c. m. 36, dorso.
Staff. Hugh, son of Ingram, the essoin of Symon de Picstok, appeared
against Robert de Halweton for unjustly detaining a horse. Robert did not
appear, and is to be attached for five weeks from Easter. m. 37, dorso.
Roll No. 127.
The third membrane, headed, "Placita de Assisis et juratis captis
coram Domino Rege apud Salop, ad Festum Sancti Bartholomei,
anno LI. [24th August, 1267.]
Salop. Walter de Kokeseye, Clericus, appeared at Salop before the King,
and complained that he had been ejected from his Church of Bobinton by
Stephen the Chaplain, acting as Proctor for Michael de Fenes, to which Church
he (Walter) had been presented by John fitz Philip, and instituted by the
Bishop of Chester, the Diocesan. And the said Stephen stated that Walter
was not in just possession of the Church, because in 6 H. III the King had
brought an assize of last presentation to the Church in question against John
fitz Philip, the father of the present John fitz Philip, and had obtained
judgment that the Church belonged to his Deanery of Bridgnorth; and John
fitz Philip, the son of the said John, now appeared of his own accord to answer
to Stephen, and stated that the advowson of the Church belonged to him, because
John fitz Philip his father was always in seisin of the advowson, and had
presented to the Church up to his death; and in consequence of this when the
Church became vacant, he had presented Walter de Kokeseye, his Clerk, to the
Church, who had been admitted and instituted by the Bishop; and as the said
John fitz Philip admitted he had presented Walter after the King had recovered
the advowson, and as plainly appears by the inspection of the Roll of Martin
de Pateshull (the Justiciar), Stephen claimed judgment in his favour. A day
was given to him on Saturday after the Nativity of the Virgin; at which day
Stephen did not appear, and absented himself in contempt of the Lord the
King, and the Sheriff was ordered to produce him at fifteen days from
Michaelmas to answer for his contempt, and to hear judgment. m. 4.
Roll No. 128.
Headed, "Placita coram Domino Rege apud Warewyk, in Octabis
Sancti Michaelis, anno R. R. H., filii Regis J., quinquagesimo
incipiente quinquagesimo primo." [6th October, 1266.]
Staff. William de Mungomeri appeared by attorney against Walter
Passemore, John Sterre, and nineteen others, for burning his manor of
Cuweleye, and breaking into his parks of Cuweleye and Mercington, and
carrying away his animals. The defendants did not appear, and the
Sheriff had been ordered to attach them to appear this day, and had done
nothing, but returned that all the defendants had fled except John Sterre,
who was attached by William le Foun of Toteburi and William Bacun of the
same. He is therefore to be attached by better sureties to appear on the
morrow of the Purification, and the Sheriff is commanded to arrest the others
and to produce them on the same date. m. 10.
Staff. William de Mundeville, the essoinor of Michael de Fenes, the Dean
of the King's free Chapel of Bruges (Bridgenorth), appeared against Walter
de Kokeseye, Philip de Mutton, and Thomas de Luttelie, in a plea that they
had lately come to the houses of the said Michael in Bobinton, belonging to
the said Deanery, and carried away hay and corn vi et armis to the value of
100s., and beat and illtreated his men. The defendants did not appear, and
the Sheriff had been commanded to produce them at this day, and had done
nothing, but returned that they could not be found. The Sheriff is therefore
commanded as before to attach them, and to produce them on the morrow of
the Purification. m. 18.
Roll No. 129.
Headed, "Placita coram Domino Rege, in Octabis Sancti Hillarii,
anno regni Regis ( ), filii Johannis Regis, quinquagesimo
primo." [20th January, 1267.]
Staff., Salop. The Lord the King by Laurence del Brok, who sued for
him, and Michael de Fienes, the Dean of the King's free Chapel of Brugges,
appeared against Walter de Coggesheye, Philip de Mutton, and Thomas de
Luttelegh, in a plea that they together with other malefactors came to the
houses of the said Michael at Bobinton, and at Burton, &c. (as before). The
Sheriff returned that Walter is a Clericus, and the Bishop of Chester is therefore commanded to produce him at fifteen days from Easter; and that Philip
and Thomas held no lands or goods within his bailiwick by which they could
be attached, and it is certified in the Curia Regis that they hold lands in
Mutton, and Lottele, and elsewhere. The Sheriff is therefore in misericordiâ,
and he is commanded as before to attach them and produce them at the same
term. m. 5.
Staff. In the suit of Thomas de Arderne versus William de Handesacre,
the Sheriff returned that William held nothing in Staffordshire by which he
could be attached; but it was certified in Court that he held lands in
Tyrinton in co. Lincoln. The Sheriff of Lincolnshire is therefore commanded
to distrain him, &c., and to produce him at fifteen days from Easter, and the
Sheriff of Staffordshire is ordered to arrest him if found within his bailiwick,
and to produce him at the same term. m. 19, dorso.
Roll No. 130.
Headed, "Placita apud Westm: in Octabis Sancti Hillarii, anno
regni Regis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, quinquagesimo primo."
[20th January, 1267.]
Staff. Petronilla, the widow of John del Boys, of Bromsulf, sued John,
son of Elias, for one-third of a messuage and a croft in Bromsulf (Bramshall)
which she claimed as dower. John did not appear, and is to be summoned
for fifteen days from Easter; the land to be taken into the King's hands. m. 2,
dorso.
Staff. Richard de Loges appeared by his essoignor against Osbert
Thurstan, Robert Griffyn, and three others, for cutting down his trees in
Great Wyrle. The defendants did not appear, and their first sureties are in
misericordiâ To be attached by better sureties to appear at fifteen days
from Holy Trinity. m. 11, dorso.
Staff. Emma, the widow of Hugh Attelgate, sued Richard Le Berker for
a third of nine acres of land and half an acre of meadow in Little Aston, and
Thomas le Woodward of Alrewyke for one-third of a messuage in the same
vill, as her dower. Richard and Thomas called to warranty Hugh, son of
John de Aston, who is to be summoned for three weeks from Easter. m. 12,
dorso.
Staff. Alienora, daughter of Robert de Melewyz, sued Richard le Wolf,
of Stafford, for thirteen acres of land in Melewyz (Milwich) by writ of ingressu.
Richard prayed a view, and a day is given to the parties at the Octaves of St.
John the Baptist. m. 19, dorso.
Roll No. 131.
"Placita coram Domino Rege, in Octabis Sancti Michaelis, anno
regni regis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, quinquagesimo primo
incipiente LII." [6th October, 1267.]
Staff. Richard Brun appeared against William Serle for coming to his
house and taking goods and chattels to the value of 30 marks (no place named).
William did not appear. His first sureties, William de Asselegh and Thomas
son of Henry de Aston are in misericordiâ, and he is to be attached by other
sureties to appear at fifteen days from St. Martin. m. 1, dorso.
Staff. Alice, widow of Robert de Bromsholf (Bramshall), appeared against
William de Bromsholf and William Sheld, for taking away the chattels from
her house in Stafford to the value of 100s. The defendants did not appear,
and are to be attached for the morrow of St. Martin. m. 1, dorso.
Staff. Nicholas de Slyndon appeared against Robert le Mareschall,
Thomas Coley, and Richard de Okele, for imprisoning him at Slyndon, and
taking his goods to the value of 8 marks. The defendants did not appear,
and are to be attached for fifteen days from Hillary. m. 4.
Staff. Walter de Burges appeared against Robert de Melburne for
coming vi et armis to his manor of Orcross (Hoarcross) and taking away his
goods to the value of 20 marks. Robert did not appear, and is to be attached
for fifteen days from St. Martin. m. 5.
Salop. Suit respecting advowson of Bobbington concluded by John fitz
Philip renouncing all claim. m. 6.
Staff. Thomas de Arderne appeared by his essoin against William de
Hondesacre, in a plea that, during the disturbances in the kingdom, he had
taken and consumed or carried away his goods and chattels at Cherleton
(Chorlton). William did not appear, and the Sheriff returned he held
nothing within his bailiwick, but he held lands and tenements in co.
Worcester. The Sheriff of Worcestershire is therefore commanded to
distrain him, and to produce him at the Octaves of Hillary. m. 11.
Salop. Giles de Erdington appeared by attorney against William
Burgylun and Robert de Wikeshulle, for carrying away his goods and chattels
from Saubure (Shaubury) and other places, at the command and mission of
James de Aldethel, to the value of £40, and against the said James for
detaining them. The defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff returned
that the men of the said James would not permit him to distrain them. The
Sheriff is ordered therefore to distrain the tenants, and to produce them
before the Justices assigned to make inquisition, when they come into those
parts. m. 15.
"De Quindena Sancti Hillarii." [27th January, 1268.]
Staff. A precept was sent to the Sheriff stating, that whereas on the
occasion of the transgression of Henry de Verdun at the time of the disturbances, the King by his charter had given the redemption of all the lands
and tenements of the said Henry in Derlaweston to his beloved Thomas
Corbet, to hold according to the form of the Dictum de Kenilworth, the said
Henry denied that he should be forced to redeem his lands; and the King,
wishing to do justice, commanded the Sheriff to cause the said Henry to
appear this day; and the said Thomas by his attorney stated that the said
Henry was against the King during the disturbances, being of the retinue of
Ralph Basset of Drayton, during all the depredations, burning of houses, &c.,
committed to the damage of the King's friends, and he was also in the town
of Stafford with the armed force which held the town against the King's
liegeman Hamon le Strange, and he was also at Cestrefeud (Chesterfield)
against the King at the time of the capture of that town, and he produced
proofs of the same.
Henry appeared and denied all enmity to the King, and stated it was true
the said Ralph Basset had taken him, with many others of the county, to
Stafford, but it was against his will, and he had never done any injury to those
who were on the King's side, nor was he anywhere else in arms against
the King, and he appealed to a jury. The Sheriff is therefore commanded to
summon a jury (here the record stops abruptly). m. 26, dorso.
Staff. A precept was sent to the Sheriff stating, that whereas on the
occasion of the disturbances in the kingdom, and the transgressions committed
by Hugh de Weston, the King by his charter had given the redemption of all
Hugh's lands and tenements in Newenton and in Weston to his beloved Thomas
Corbet, to hold according to the form of the Dictum of Kenilworth, and the
said Hugh denied he should be forced to redeem his lands, the King wishing
that his concession should be observed so far as was just (here the record stops).
m. 26, dorso.
Rolls No. 132 and 133 contain no Staffordshire suits.
Roll No. 134.
Headed, "Placita de forinsecis Comitatibus apud Oxon: in crastino
Apostolorum Petri et Pauli, anno LII., coram R. de Middelton
et sociis suis Justiciariis ibidem itinerantibus." [30th June,
1268.]
Staff. Thomas de St. Victor and Matilda his wife were summoned by
Adam de Greynvill, (fn. 1) to give up to him William, son and heir of Roger de
Peuton, the wardship of whom belongs to him, inasmuch as Roger held his
land in Tillington of him by Knight's service, viz., two carucates of land by
the service of one small fee of Morteyn. Thomas and Matilda admit this, but
state the wardship belongs to them, because William de Greynvill, the father
of Adam, gave the land to one John de Peuton in frank marriage with one
Dionisia, and Dionisia had issue the said Roger, and Roger had issue William, the
wardship of whom is now in dispute; and because the said William is the
second heir, issue of Dionisia, and the land was given in marriage with the said
Dionisia, they claim the custody. (fn. 2)
Adam pleaded that as they admitted the land was held of him by Knight's
service, he prayed the judgment of the Court in his favour (left unfinished).
m. 2.
Roll No. 135.
Headed, "Assisæ captæ coram Ad: de Greynville, in diversis Comitatibus, anno regni Regis H., filii Regis J., LII." [A.D. 1267A.D. 1268.]
Warw. An assize, &c., if Richard de Loges, and nine others named, had
unjustly disseised Hugh, son of Hugh de Loges, of his free tenement in
Cestreton (Chesterton) and Sowe, viz., of a messuage and a virgate of land
excepting one-fourth of a virgate and an acre. Richard de Loges appeared
and answered for all, and stated that as regards the tenement in Cestreton he
could not plead without the Lord the King, inasmuch as the King had given
him the land by a charter which he produced, and that as regards the land in
Sowe, which is not within the manor of Cestreton, he stated it was Philip
Marmiun, and not he, who had ejected the said Hugh. The jury find that
Richard had ejected Hugh, and assessed the damage at 10 marks.
A postscriptum (a writ of certiorari) dated 2nd July, 56 H. III., orders the
record of the proceedings of this assize to be sent into the Coram Rege Court
on the morrow of St. James.
Warw. An assize, &c., if Richard de Loges and others named had unjustly
disseised Hugh, son of Richard de Loges, of his free tenement in Cestreton,
viz., of two messuages and a virgate of land.
Richard pleads as before, and produced the King's charter, which testified
that the King had given to Richard the lands in Cestreton of the King's
Serjeanty, which had been alienated by Hugh de Loges to the Templars.
Hugh denied that the lands in question had ever been alienated to the
Templars, or had been ever taken in consequence into the King's hands.
The jury say that Hugh de Loges, the father of Richard de Loges, gave the
said messuages and land to the said Hugh, long before he alienated the manor
of Cestreton to the Templars, and Hugh was in peaceable seisin of it until
Richard and the others named had disseised him. Damages half a mark.
The King's charter (nearly illegible) states that Hugh de Loges, the father
of Richard, when he alienated the manor of Cestreton to the Templars was so
old and weak as to be out of his mind. m. 2, dorso.
Roll No. 136, Coram R. Roll (Hillary Term, 52 H. III.), contains no new matter; the Staffordshire suits before the Court
being all adjourned to another term.
Roll No. 137.
Headed, "Placita coram Domino Rege apud Westm: a die Paschæ
in quindecim dies, anno L. secundo." [22nd April, 1268.]
Wygorn. Thomas de Arderne appeared by attorney against William de
Handesake for consuming or carrying away his goods and chattels at Cherleton
during the disturbances in the kingdom; and the Sheriff had been ordered to
distrain him, and returned that he had found no goods of William, except six
oxen, which he had taken, and William did not replevy them. The Sheriff is
therefore commanded to take all the lands, &c., of William into the King's
hands, and to arrest him and keep him in safe custody, and produce him
coram Rege at the Octaves of Trinity. m. 2.
Staff. The Sheriff was commanded to return on the oath of good and loyal
men, the names of the malefactors who came to the house of Richard Brun in
Astone, and took away his goods and chattels to the value of 40 marks, and
to attach them to be in Court at this day; and the Sheriff returned that
Henry de Chavernes (Charnes), Robert Testard, Ralph le Brandewode,
William Serle, and Adam Wrene atte Bures had committed the trespass complained of, but he had not attached them. He is therefore commanded to
attach them for the Octaves of Trinity, and to appear himself to hear judgment on his own default. m. 2.
Staff. The assize of novel disseisin taken before Giles de Erdington,
between John de Swynnerton and William the Clerk of Newcastle and others,
respecting a tenement in Acton (moved by certiorari into the Court), is respited
till fifteen days from Trinity, through defect of recognitors. m. 15, dorso.
Staff. The assize of novel disseisin taken before the same Justice, between
Robert de Acton and Alice, the widow of Roger de Swynerton, and William
the Clerk and others, is respited till the same term. m. 15, dorso.
Staff. Nicholas de Fenes, who sued for the King, appeared against
Philip de Muttone and Thomas de Luttelege, for coming vi et armis with
other malefactors to the houses of Michael in Bobingtone, belonging to the
King's Deanery of Bruges, and carrying away his goods from there, and from
Burton, and for insulting and wounding and maltreating his men. The
defendants did not appear, and had previously made default; and the Sheriff
had been commanded to arrest them and produce them at this term; and he
now returned Bertram de Burgo, Michael de Morton, Hugh de Balingehale,
William le Eyr, John Abard, and Hugh de Wrottesle, as their manucaptors.
They are therefore in misericordiâ, and the Sheriff is commanded to distrain
them by their lands, &c., and to produce them at fifteen days from St. John
the Baptist, and to be present himself to hear judgment on his own default.
m. 18, dorso.
Roll No. 138.
Headed, "Placita coram Domino Rege, in crastino Sanctœ Trinitatis,
anno L. secundo." [4th June, 1268.]
Staff. William Serle is in misericordiâ for several defaults, his sureties are
John de Houtoft and Walter de Cotes. William Serle was attached to
answer the complaint of Richard Brun that he had come to his house at Aston,
in Hales, on the day of St. Botulph, 48 H. III., and taken away a horse and
harness of the value of 6 marks, and 13 marks in money, and goods and
utensils to the value of 30 marks, and on the Tuesday before the Feast of
St. Peter ad Vincula, in the same year, he had abducted from the same house
one Avelina, who was under age, and in ward to the said Richard, and still
detained her, by which Richard had been damaged to the amount of 40 marks.
And William appeared and denied that he had taken away any of the goods
of Richard, nor had he abducted the said Mabilla (sic) as stated, and he
appealed to a jury, and Richard likewise. The Sheriff is therefore commanded to summon a jury for the Octaves of Michaelmas. A postscriptum
states that afterwards at the Octaves of Hillary, the said William Serle
appeared, and the said Richard being solemnly called on the first day, second,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth days, did not appear, and he was the plaintiff.
The suit is therefore dismissed, and Richard is in misericordiâ for a false
claim. His fine is remitted because of his poverty. m. 12.
Staff. The Abbot of Hulton appeared against Walter de Hopton (fn. 3) and
John de Bromeshulf, in a plea that when the said Abbot was going to
Stafford to the King's Court to sue out a writ, the said Walter and John had
taken and detained him in prison, until he had made a fine with them of 40s.
for his release. The defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff had been
commanded to attach them for this day, and returned that the writ reached
him too late. He is therefore commanded to attach them for the Octaves of
Michaelmas. m. 12, dorso.
Wygorn. In the suit of Thomas de Arderne versus William de Handesacre,
the Sheriff returned that he had taken the lands of William into the King's
hands, but they were out of cultivation. He is commanded to arrest
William, and to produce him at a month from Michaelmas. m. 24.
Roll No. 139.
Headed, "Placita coram Domino Rege, in Octabis Sancti Michaelis,
anno L. secundo." (6th October, 1268.]
Staff. Walter de Burges appeared against Robert de Meleburn for coming
to his manor of Horecros and taking away his goods to the value of 20 marks.
Robert did not appear, and had made several defaults; and the Sheriff had
been commanded to distrain him by his lands, &c., and to have his body in
Court at this day; and the Sheriff returned that all his lands were out of
cultivation, and he could obtain nothing from them, and that Robert was
staying in Leicestershire, but it was testified that he had lands and rent to the
value above named. The Sheriff is therefore commanded as before, and to
produce him in Court on the morrow of All Souls, and to be present himself to
hear the judgment of the Court on his default. The same command was
sent to the Sheriff of Leicestershire. m. 1.
Staff. Walter de Upton (Hopton) appeared to answer the complaint of
the Abbot of Hulton, &c. (as before), and the Abbot did not appear, and was
the plaintiff. The suit is therefore dismissed, and the Abbot and his sureties
are in misericordiâ. m. 1.
Staff. Simon Mautravers, the Parson of Sarneshull (Shareshill), appeared
against Robert le Flemeng for entering his house at Sarneshulle, vi et armis,
killing two pigs, and cutting down and carrying away his trees, and committing damage altogether to the amount of 60s. Robert did not appear, and
is to be attached by other sureties for the Octaves of Hillary. m. 8.
Staff. Ralph Basset, the Parson of the Church of Draicote (sic), appeared
against William Wyther, Philip Wyther, and Thomas Wyther, for fishing in
his fish-pool at Draicote, and carrying away fish to the value of 40s. The
defendants did not appear, and were attached by Elias de la Forde and
William de la More. To be attached by better sureties for fifteen days after
Hillary. m. 8, dorso.
Staff. Philip Marmiun appeared by attorney against Robert de Knytelegh, William his brother, Roger de Brunton, Ralph de Loskesford,
William de Onne, William de Berkeleya, Parson of Northbyri, Richard de
Chetewynde, William de Wollastone, Roger, son of Jordan de Oldingtone,
Walter de Hantone, Parson of Gnousale, Thomas de Onne, William, son of
Jordan de Oldintone, Thomas de Chatculne, Adam, son of Ralph de Cule,
Richard le Jovene of Cotes, Robert de Wotton, Ralph de Suttone, William de
Blakemere, Richard de Blakemere, Robert de Blakemore, William de la
More, Hamon de Plerdewike, Henry, son of Ralph de Cotes, Henry de Coulee,
son of William Algeri, and nineteen others (named), for entering vi et armis
his manor of Northbyri (Norbury), and pulling down his houses and mills,
carrying away his timber, destroying his fishponds, cutting down his trees,
and committing other damage to the amount altogether of 200l.; and the
defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that there were no sureties
(for the prosecution); and as Richard de Stafford of co. Stafford, and Richard
de Hereford of the same county, were the sureties, the Sheriff is commanded
to attach the defendants for fifteen days from Hillary. m. 9.
Rolls Nos. 140 and 141 contain no Staffordshire suits.