Close Rolls, Edward II: July 1308

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 1, 1307-1313. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1892.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: July 1308', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 1, 1307-1313, (London, 1892) pp. 120-121. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol1/pp120-121 [accessed 23 April 2024]

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July 1308

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July 12.
Windsor.
John de Crosseby acknowledges that he owes to Master John Fraunceys 20s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northumberland.
John de Suthorp, clerk, acknowledges that he owes to Robert de Marchumleye, clerk, 60s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northampton.
Thomas de Bykenore, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William de Thorntoft, clerk, 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Hereford.
July 13.
Windsor.
To the prior and convent of Bridlyngton. Order to admit into their house William de Whetele, the bearer of the presents, who has long served the late and the present kings, and to provide him with the necessities of life for his lifetime; whom the king recently sent to them for this purpose, whereupon they made various excuses to J. bishop of Chichester, the chancellor, for not admitting him according to the king's order; which excuses the king deems foolish and insufficient, and will not accept them.
July 20.
Windsor.
Thomas de Rothyng came before the king, on Saturday the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, and sought to replevy his land in Rothing St. Margaret, taken into the king's hands for his default before the justices of the Bench against Geoffrey son of Roger de Tyleteye. This is signified to the justices.
July 13.
Windsor.
To John de Britannia's bailiffs of Boston. Order to arrest goods of the merchants of Bruges, of Damme (du Dam), of Sluys (Exclusis), and of Aardenburgh (Ardenburgh), or elsewhere in Flanders, to the value of 110l., and to keep them until John Aleyn, merchant of Great Yarmouth, have been satisfied for the damages that he sustained, he having complained to the late king that the bailiffs and échevins (scabinos) of the said towns arrested his ship and all its tackle, called 'the great cog (coga) of St. Mary of Yarmouth', loaded with goods for conveyance to Southampton in the port of Swyn, against the will of the master and mariners thereof; the king and his father having frequently requested R. count of Flanders to satisfy him for his damages as above, but he has done nothing herein, as appears from the testimony of the bailiffs and community of Great Yarmouth. By C.
July 15.
Windsor.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to take with him the keepers of the peace in those counties and to proceed to Little Yarmouth, Gorleston, and Great Yarmouth, and to make inquisition concerning those who have with armed force committed wrongs one upon another, contrary to the king's prohibition, in connexion with the undecided pleas pending in the king's court between the men of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston and the men of Great Yarmouth concerning wrongs inflicted one upon another, wherein the parties have day until the octave of St. Mark next, and to attach all whom he shall find by the said inquisition to be guilty, so that he have them before the king in the said octave to answer to him for the aforesaid contempt.
July 29.
Langley.
Richard de la Vache and Michael de Meldon acknowledge that they owe to William le Burdeleys 10 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Buckingham.