Close Rolls, Edward I: November 1304

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 5, 1302-1307. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1908.

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'Close Rolls, Edward I: November 1304', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 5, 1302-1307, (London, 1908) pp. 223-225. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol5/pp223-225 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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November 1304

Nov. 8.
Burstwick.
Master Edmund de London[ia], clerk, acknowledges that he owes to Master William de Grenefeld, dean of Chichester, 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in London.
Cancelled on payment.
Membrane 3d.
Isabel, late the wife of Hugh Bardolf, tenant in chief, puts in her place Master James de Mohun and Henry de Ingelby, clerks, to demand and receive in chancery her dower of the lands, etc. that belonged to Hugh.
Nov. 3.
Burstwick.
To the abbot and convent of Seleby. The war of Scotland having come to an end, the king wills that his exchequer shall be transferred to Westminster, and as it is necessary that he should have horses and carts with their harness for the carriage of his treasure thither, he orders and requests them to aid him with a cart with four horses and their harness and with two men to take the cart thither at the king's expense and to bring it back again, so that they shall be at York at the latest on Friday before St. Nicholas next, certifying the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of what they shall cause to be done in this matter.
The like to the following:
The abbot of St. Mary's, York.
The abbot of Whiteby.
The prior of Pontefract.
The abbot of Fountains.
The abbot of Jervaulx (Girovall').
The abbot of Kirkestal.
The abbot of Rievaulx.
The abbot of Byland.
The abbot of Meaux.
The abbot of Roche.
The abbot of Rufford.
The abbot of Salleye.
The prior of Bridlington.
The prior of St. Oswald's.
The prior of Boulton.
The prior of Newburgh (de Novo Burgo).
The prior of Kyrkham.
The abbot of St. Agatha's.
The prior of Watton.
The prior of Malton.
Memorandum, that the record and process of an appeal that John son of Nicholas le Granger made against Stephen de Veggeland and others named in the king's original writ for the death of Nicholas le Graunger, John's father, before William Haward and Henry de Baiocis, the king's justices appointed for this purpose, and returned into chancery, are written in the form of a letter patent (litere patentis) word for word according to what is contained in the record and process aforesaid and sealed with the king's seal in these words: 'Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine, to all to whom, etc., greeting. We have inspected the record and process of an appeal that John son of Nicholas le Graunger made against Stephen de Weggeland and others named in our original writ of the death of Nicholas le Graunger, father of the said John, before our faithful and well-beloved William Haward and Henry de Baiocis, our justices appointed for this purpose, which record and process we have caused to come before us for certain causes, in these words: "Pleas of the crown, etc., Lincoln. The lord king sent to his justices, etc., and they are there sent, etc." In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness the king at Brustwyk, 9 November.' By C.
Roger de Messenden acknowledges that he owes to Nicholas Fermbaud, clerk, 20s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northampton.
Cancelled on payment.
Membrane 2d.
Nov. 4.
Burstwick.
William le Fysshere, the king's serjeant, is sent to the prior and convent of Thornholm.
Nov. 1.
Burstwick.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. As the king learns from the complaint of the prior and convent of St. Oswald's, Gloucester, which is the king's free chapel, that Robert, archbishop of Canterbury, has caused public inhibition to be made in the town of Gloucester and elsewhere in the sheriff's bailiwick, under penalty of excommunication, of anyone rendering to the prior and convent tithes, rents or other ecclesiastical rights, or selling to them or buying from them victuals or other things necessary for their maintenance, or otherwise communicating with them, which, if allowed, would redound to the prejudice of the king and of his crown and the derogation of his royal dignity, he, not wishing that the prior and convent should be excluded by such inhibitions from buying and selling victuals and other things for sale and from communicating with all Christians in all things, orders the sheriff, if such inhibition have been there made, to cause public proclamation to be made in the town of Gloucester and in other places where necessary that no one shall desist by reason of such inhibitions from communicating with the prior and convent as with others of the realm who are in the king's peace and faith in the buying and selling of victuals and other things for sale and also in all other things, as they have been wont to do heretofore. [Prynne, Records, iii, p. 1026.]
Nov. 8.
Burstwick.
To J. bishop of Lincoln. Order to permit the hospital of St. John without the East Gate of Oxford to be quit of payments, procurations and other exactions of the ordinary, and to release to the master and brethren of the hospital any distress that he may have levied in this behalf, as the hospital, which was founded of the alms of the king's progenitors, has been wholly exempt from all jurisdiction of the ordinary and from all such payments as above from the time of its foundation, so that no one but the king and his chancellor ought to visit or intermeddle with it. [Prynne, Records, iii, p. 1028.]
Nov. 12.
Burstwick.
To Edward, prince of Wales. Summons to attend a parliament to be holden at Westminster on Tuesday the quinzaine of the Purification next. [Parl. Writs.]
To Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln. Summons to attend the said parliament. [Ibid.]
The like to seven earls and ninty-four others. [Ibid.]
Nov. 12.
Burstwick.
To R. archbishop of Canterbury. Summons to attend the aforesaid parliament. [Ibid.]
The like to seven bishops. [Ibid.]
The like to the elect of London or to his vice-gerent, he being in parts beyond sea, and to nine bishops. [Ibid.]
The like to R. bishop of Bath and Wells. [Ibid.]
The like to W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. [Ibid.]
To the dean and chapter of St. Peter's, York, guardians of the spirituality of the archbishopric of York during voidance. Summons for the dean to attend the parliament in person and the chapter by a proctor, and order to warn the archdeacons of their church to be present in person and the clergy of the diocese to attend by a proctor. [Ibid.]
To the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury. Summons to attend the said parliament. [Ibid.]
The like to seventy-four abbots, the master of the order of Sempyngham, the master of the military order of the Temple in England, and the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England. [Ibid.]
Nov. 12.
Burstwick.
To Roger le Brabazon. Summons to be present at the parliament to give his counsel with others of the king's council. [Ibid.]
The like to thirty-two others. [Ibid.]
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause two knights from that county, two citizens from every city and two burgesses from every borough within the county to be elected and to be sent to the king at the said day and place. [Ibid.]
The like to all the sheriffs of England. [Ibid.]