Close Rolls, Edward I: April 1278

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

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'Close Rolls, Edward I: April 1278', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279, (London, 1900) pp. 450-452. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol1/pp450-452 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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April 1278

April 3.
Devises.
Walter le Botiller, John de Astleye, and Hugh de Kaus, imprisoned at Oxford for the death of Walter le Waleys, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of Oxford to bail them.
William de Auburn and William de Cley, imprisoned at Peterborough for the death of Fulk son of Ralph de Hemmyngton, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of Northampton to bail them.
— — Ralph Jolif, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of Ralph le Serjaunt, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Derby to bail him.
Gilbert de Spondone, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of Ralph son of Roger de Breydesale, has letters to the sheriff of Nottingham to bail him.
Nicholas de Wydmerpol, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of William Godard of Notingham, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Nottingham to bail him.
Hugh son of Roger de Mapelton, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of Henry le Herdeman, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Derby to bail him.
April 9.
Bruton.
Robert Dunham, imprisoned at Lansaveton for the death of Peter Rybun, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Cornwall to bail him.
April 10.
Camel.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause William de Aldithel[eye] to have respite until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next for all debts due to the king. By Anthony Bek.
April 12.
Camel.
To Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward. Order to cause Contissa, countess of Lorett[o], wife of Roger de Cliff[ord], to have twelve oaks for timber, of the king's gift.
April 14.
Glastonbury.
Thomas de Musters, Peter his brother, and Ralph de Colerne, imprisoned at Ivelcestre, for the death of Thomas de Perle, whereof they are appealed, have letters to the sheriff of Dorset to bail them.
Richard Curteys, imprisoned at Exeter for the death of Ralph Cole, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Devon to bail him.
Robert Spurun and Simon his brother, imprisoned at Bedeford for the death of Agnes le Marchaunt, whereof they are appealed, have letters to the sheriff of Bedford to bail them.
April 17.
Glastonbury.
To the sheriff of Devon. Order to deliver Alexander de Tadeworth, imprisoned at Exeter for the death of Alina de Gydecote, in bail to twelve men who shall mainpern to have him before the justices at the first assize to stand to right, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that Alexander slew Alina through madness (per furiam) and that he was mad (furiosus) at the time, and that he did not slay her by felony or of malice aforethought.
April 19.
Glastonbury.
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause to be replevied until the next parliament the purparty of the lands falling to Emericus de Rupe Cauardi and Matilda his wife in the manor of Luton, which the king lately caused to be taken into his hands, together with everything received thence from the time of its being taken into the king's hands.
April 18.
Glastonbury.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Ralph Rastel and Margery his wife to have respite until the Ascension next for all debts in which William de Swineford, the late husband of Margery, was indebted to the exchequer at his death for the time when he was the late king's sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
To Roger de Clifford, justice of the Forest this side Trent. Order to cause Master Nicholas de Marnham to have four good oaks for timber in the king's park of Hanlee, which is within the bounds of the forest of Wittlewod, of the king's gift.
To Roger de Clifford, justice of the Forest this side Trent. Order to cause John de Somersete to have the ten oaks in the park of Petherton granted to him by the late king, if he have not yet had them, as he says.
April 20.
Glastonbury.
To the same. Order to cause the king's men of Somerton to have three oaks in the king's park of Northperton for the repair of their belfry (clocherii), of the king's gift.
April 21.
Wells.
To the keeper of the forest of Pedyrton. Order to cause the Friars Minors of Bruges to have five oaks fit for timber for the making of their dormitory.
— — Robert son of Thomas Ate Hyde and Jul[iana], late the wife of Thomas Ate Hyde, imprisoned at Salisbury for the death of John son of Thomas Ate Hyde, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of Wilts to bail them.
James de Lye, imprisoned at Salisbury for the death of Robert de la Forde, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Wilts to bail him.
April 24.
Gillingham.
William Wolmere, imprisoned at Salisbury for the death of Stephen Bel Ewe, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Wilts to bail him.
April 26.
Chalke.
To Walter Steresman and Walkelin de Cadyhou, bailiffs of Shaftesbury (Shafton'). Order to cause to be delivered to Abraham de Shafton[ia] and Bata his wife, upon their finding security to answer to the king or any other wishing to speak against them concerning certain trespasses charged upon them, their goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands for this reason, and to cause Abraham to be delivered from prison.
— — John le Fucker of Tythinge, imprisoned at Peterborough for the death of Walter de Leyghton and William de Leyghton, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Northampton to bail him.
Membrane 11—Schedule.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order not to intermeddle in any way with the lands that William de Insula held in Barton by reason of the king's writ to take William's lands into his hands, and to restore to the executors of William's will any of his goods and chattels that the sheriff may have taken into the king's hands for this reason, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that William at his death held nothing of the king in chief in the sheriff's bailiwick, but that he held certain lands in Barton of William de Hanred. Witness the king at Worcester, 5 July, in the fifth year of his reign.