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May 1. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Nicholas Brun, of Chirchehull, deceased. |
May 4. Westminster. |
To the bailiff of Margaret, queen of England, of the manor of Havering'atte-Bourn (sic). Order to deliver to Peter de Cusancia six oaks fit for
timber from the park of the manor of the king's gift, to construct therewith a chapel at Hornchurch (Monasterium Cornutum). |
May 3. Westminster. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to acquit Geoffrey Luterel of 31l. due from him, to wit
25l. for the scutage of Wales in the tenth year of the late king of the
time of Robert Luterel his father, and 100s. for several defaults, and 20s. for
an amercement of the said Robert, as the king has quit-claimed the same
to the said Geoffrey by letters patent for a fee that will be due to him from
the king, who has lately retained him. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to acquit the prior of Priterwell of 128l. 6s. 10d. due
from him to the late king for the arrears of the ferm of the manors of
Estwode, Stok, Neyland, and Reyleye, and the hundred of Rocheford for
the time when Peter, the late prior, held them at ferm of the late king,
which sum the late king granted, on March 10, in the 31st year of his
reign, to Margaret, queen of England, with provision that the prior should
answer to her for the same. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of
Boston. Order to deliver all the monies of the custom now in hand, and
that shall be hereafter collected, until further orders, to Anthony Pessaigne,
of Genoa, or Robert Usedemer his attorney, for furthering the king's
affairs as the said Anthony has been enjoined by the king. By K. |
April 28. Westminster. |
To Edmund de Hastinges, keeper of the town of Berwick-on-Tweed
and constable of the castle of the same. Order to deliver Isabella, late the
wife of John, earl of Boghan, captured with other Scotch rebels in the late
king's time, to Henry de Bello Monte or William dè Felyng, his attorney,
to be guarded by him as the king has enjoined him. By K. |
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May 3. Westminster. |
To Robert de Kendale, constable of Dover castle and keeper of the Cinque
Ports. Order to provide shipping at Dover on Sunday before the Ascension
next for the passage of the king and his suite to parts beyond sea,
whither he proposes setting out to attend the solemnities of the reception of
arms by the king of Navarre. [Fœdera.] |
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To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause such bridges and hurdles
(clayas) to be made for the king's passage to parts beyond sea as Robert de
Kendale or him who supplies his place or the king's clerk Ranulph de
Benton shall direct, and to cause them to be taken to Dover and delivered
to the said Robert or Ranulph. [Fœdera.] |
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Membrane 5. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay, out of the first issues of his
bailiwick and from the tallage of the community of the town of Gloucester,
200l. to the king's clerk Hugh de Leoministre, treasurer of the king's son
Edward, for the expenses of his household. |
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To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Thomas de
Monemuwe, son and heir of Walter de Monemuwe, tenant in chief, to have
seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the said
escheator and the king has taken his fealty, and has respited his homage
until Michaelmas. |
April 28. Westminster. |
To the same. Order not to molest Richard de Weyland for the issues of a
moiety of the manor of Blaxale or of other lands that his father held from
the time of his father's death, as it was found by an inquisition taken by
Roger de Wellesworth, late escheator this side Trent, that John de
Weyland held the above moiety of the king at his death as of the manor of
Doningworth, which belonged to Roger le Bygod, late earl of Norfolk, and
which the king had then committed to his brothers Thomas and Edmund
to hold, together with the knights' fees and advowsons, during pleasure,
and that the said John held no other lands in chief in his bailiwick,
but that he held lands of divers other lords, and that the aforesaid
Richard his son was his next heir and full age; whereupon the king took
his homage and restored his father's lands to him, and ordered the said
John Abel to cause him to have seisin of the same; Richard having
complained that, although the king ordered Roger de Wellesworth, the
escheator, not to intermeddle further with the said moiety or the other
lands, etc., that he held of the king's brothers by reason of the above
assignment, but should permit them to have the issues and profits thereof,
the said John Abel charges Richard with the issues of the above and of the
lands held of other lords from the time of his father's death. |
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The like to the said Roger, late escheator this side Trent. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to aid the king's servants Ralph Spray
and Adam le Chaumberleyn in providing meat and fish in divers places in
that county against the king's arrival there, for which purpose the king has
sent them into that county. He is to satisfy those persons from whom the
victuals shall be bought. |
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The like to the same for Thomas de Garston and John de Hampton. |
May 3. Westminster. |
William son of John de Bulyngton, in the king's prison at Grymesby
for the death of Roger le Long, of Brighowe, has letters to the sheriff of
Lincoln to bail him until the first assize. |
May 7. Windsor. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to acquit Adam de Everyngham, son and heir of Robert
de Everyngham, of 83l. 6s. 8d. that they demand from him for a fine that
the said Robert made with the late king for the service of two and a half
knights' fees for his army of Wales in the tenth year of his reign, as
Robert paid 40l. to Master William de Luda, keeper of the late king's
wardrobe, into the wardrobe at Rothelan on Friday the eve of the
Assumption, in the above year, and 43l. 6s. 8d. on Saturday after St. Luke
the Evangelist, in the same year, as appears by the late king's letters
patent. |
May 2. Westminster. |
To the same. Order to acquit brother Henry, prior of Coventry, of
50 marks that they demand from him, part of a fine of 100 marks that the
prior made with the late king for the service of two knights' fees for his
army of Wales in the tenth year of his reign, as he paid 50 marks into the
late king's wardrobe on Sunday before Michaelmas in the above year to
Master William de Luda, the keeper. |
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To the same. Order to acquit the said prior of 50 marks paid into the
late king's wardrobe as above on the morrow of St. Peter ad Vincula, in
the above year. |
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To the same. Order to acquit the said prior of 80 marks, in which the
prior made fine with the late king for the service of two knights' fees for
his army of Wales in the fifth year of his reign, paid into his wardrobe as
above on Monday after the translation of St. Martin, in the same
year. |
May 10. Windsor. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John Gillot, deceased. |
May 7. Sheen. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that
county to be elected in place of Roger Tunnok, incapacitated by age and
infirmity. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To the justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place. Order to
restore his barony to Drogo de Merlon, of Loueth, together with the
money therefrom received deposited in the exchequer of Dublin, which
barony was taken into the king's hands by John Wogan, late justiciary
of Ireland, because, as he certified the king, the king's council in Ireland
considered that, as the barony is held in chief and Robert de Verdoun
and his accomplices have risen against the king in occupying the barony
and lands pertaining thereto, the barony should be taken into the king's
hands on account of the weakness of Drogo's bailiffs of that barony, who
were unable to resist the said Robert, and that the money received from
the same should be deposited in the exchequer of Dublin under the said
bailiff's seal. |
May 10. Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to restore his lands and goods to Geoffrey
de Coulyngge, rector of the church of Burgheremerssh, diocese of Canterbury,
taken into the king's hands upon his indictment before John de Frisingfeld
and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in that county, for the
homicide of John Bunde, as he has purged his innocence before R. archbishop of Canterbury, to whom he was delivered according to the privilege
of the clergy. |
May 13. Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause satisfaction to be made before
the Ascension to those persons from whom victuals were bought by the
king's servants sent into that county to make provision of victuals against
the king's arrival at Dover. |
May 10. Windsor. |
To the bailiffs of the honour of Albemarle. Order not to distrain Peter
de Campania for his homage, as the king has taken his homage. |
May 21. Canterbury. |
To Roger le Brabazoun and his fellows, justices of pleas coram rege.
Order not to molest Margery, late the wife of John de Sancto Dionisio, of
Rochester, committed to prison for not prosecuting her appeal of certain
men for her husband's death, as the king has pardoned her the imprisonment
and whatever pertains to him. By K. |
May 22. Dover. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to deliver to Adam de Bray,
keeper of the king's horses staying at Chertsey (Certes'), what remains
unpaid of the 100l. that the king ordered James de Norton, late sheriff of
that county, to pay out of the tallage and the issues of his bailiwick to the
said Adam for the maintenance of the above horses. |
May 23. Dover. |
To Master John de Weston, chamberlain of Scotland. Order to deliver
to Edmund de Hastinges, keeper of the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, as
much as he can safely (bono modo) spare of the king's moneys and victuals in
his custody and of what the king is about to send to Berwick, in part payment of the arrears of the wages of the said Edmund and his men defending
that town. |
May 8. Sheen. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to discharge the king's clerk Geoffrey de Welleford of
a rent of 40s. from December 15, in the sixth year of the king's reign, for
a messuage in the parish of St. Dunstan near the New Temple, London,
committed to him during pleasure by the king on August 12 in the above
year, which tenement Roger Blome, deceased, held for life by demise from
the master and brethren of the order of the Temple in England, of which
Roger the said Geoffrey held it at ferm for the above rent, which tenement
came to the king's hands upon Roger's death by reason of the Templars'
lands being in his hands, as the king afterwards, on December 15 aforesaid,
granted all the Templars' lands in London and the suburbs to Aymer de
Valencia, earl of Pembroke. |
May 16. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause Bartholomew de Badelesmere, keeper of the town of Bristol, taken into the king's hands for
contempts and wrongs inflicted upon the king by the mayor, bailiffs, and
community of the town, or him who supplies his place [to have] the return
of all writs touching the town, as the mayor and bailiffs were wont to have
before it was taken into the king's hands. By K. |
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May 16. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Huntingdon. Order to pay 12d. a day to Robert
Squier, the king's huntsman, whom the king is sending into that county to
take venison in his forests there during this season of fatness, and 2d. each
daily to John de Brehull and Hikenettus, berners, Thomas Smalwode and
Richard de Woxbrigge, veutrers, and ½d. each daily for twenty-four dogs
de mota, twelve greyhounds, and one berselet, from June 5 next for so
long as they shall stay in his bailiwick. |
May 21. Canterbury. |
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Thomas
Cheyndut, son and heir of William Cheyndut, tenant in chief of the king,
to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the said
John and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [2699.] |
May 22. Dover. |
To the same. Order to pay a moiety of the issues of the priory of
Lenton during the present voidance to Jacob de Spine and his fellows,
merchants of the society of the Spini of Florence, in part payment of debts
due to them from the king and his father, notwithstanding the king's late
order to pay the issues of the priory to John Vanne and his fellows,
merchants of the society of the Ballardi of Lucca, in part payment of debts
due to them from the king. |
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By K. on the information of J. de Sandale. |
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To Edmund de Hastinges, keeper of the town of Berwick-on-Tweed.
The king has received his letters sent by John de Sarum, the bearer hereof,
and understands what is therein contained. The king has ordered Master
John de Weston, chamberlain of Scotland, to deliver to him as much as he
can of the king's moneys and victuals in his keeping and of those that the
king is about to send thither, in part satisfaction of the wages of the said
Edmund and of the men-at-arms in his company defending the said town,
which the king charges him to carefully keep. By K. |
May 22. Dover. |
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain John
de Chausy, son and heir of John de Chausi, tenant in chief, for his homage
for his father's lands, whereof the king ordered him to cause the said John
to have seisin upon his finding security for payment of his relief, the king
having taken his fealty for the same on March 29 last, as the king has
respited his homage until the quinzaine of Michaelmas. |
May 23. Dover. |
To Master Jordan Moraunt and William de Claydon, keepers of the
archbishopric of Canterbury, void and in the king's hands. Order to pay
to Robert de Kendale, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque
Ports, Nicholas Larcher, and William Larcher 200l. out of the issues of
the bailiwick of Aldynton, which is of the archbishopric, for the passage of
the king and those going with him to France. By K. |
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To the said keepers. Order to pay to Robert de Kendale 13s. 4d. daily
for the wages of certain men of the king's household, archers and others,
staying at Dover until the king's return, for so long as they shall stay
there. |
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To the said constable. Order to receive the above money from the
keepers aforesaid, and to pay from it the wages of the above men, whose
names are set out in a schedule enclosed herewith. |
May 20. Canterbury. |
To the keeper of the Templars' late lands in co. Bedford. Order to pay
to Imbert Blaunk, Templar, 2s. a day for his wages from henceforth, as
brother William de la More, deceased, the late master of the order in
England, was wont to receive, the king having granted, at the instance of
Sir Louis de Claro Monte, that Imbert shall receive the same wages as the
said William received. By K. |
May 3. Westminster. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to allow the executors of Nicholas de Langelond to
have full administration of his goods, taken into the king's hands upon his
death, upon their finding security for any debts due from him to the
exchequer. |
May 20. Canterbury. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of Dublin. Order to
survey the king's castles of Roscoman, Randon, and Athlon, in Connaught
(Connaitia), in the hands and custody of Richard de Burgo, earl of Ulster,
for his lifetime, and to repair them out of the issues of the same, as the
earl has shewn the king that the walls and houses of the same are ruinous,
and that certain of the houses have fallen down. By C. |
May 23. Dover. |
To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to pay to the king's yeoman John
Wilemyn, keeper of the king's horses staying in those parts, 20l. for the
expenses of the horses going thence to Sussex. By K. |
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To the sheriff of York. Order to pay to the king's clerk John de
Rolleston, keeper of the castle of Scartheburgh, 100l. for the wages of the
men defending the castle. By K. |
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John del Egge of Draicote, in the king's prison of Stafford for the
death of Alina la Lynwebbe, of Draicote, has letters to the sheriff of
Stafford to bail him until the first assize. |
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Thomas son of Peter de Tyntehull, in the king's prison of Somerton for
the death of William son of Clement de Carswell, has letters to the sheriff
of Somerset to bail himself until the first assize. |
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To Robert de Lughteburgh, keeper of certain of the late Templars'
lands in co. Lincoln. Order to retain the wool of hoggets and other sheep
(tam de bidentibus quam de ovibus) from the above lands for the king's use,
and to do therewith what the king has ordered, although the king lately
ordered him to deliver the custody of the said lands to Alexander de
Abernithy, to whom the king had granted the same, together with all
the goods and chattels in the said lands except the sheep's wool of this
season. By K. |
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To William de Vallibus, constable of Knaresburgh castle. Order to
repair the king's houses within the castle. |
May 22. Dover. |
To Walter Waldeshef, the king's butler, or to his attorney. Order
to cause thirty tuns of wine to be taken to the Tower of London and there
deposited, according to the directions of W. bishop of Worcester, keeper of
the great seal. By K. |
May 23. Dover. |
To the same, or to his attorney in the port of London. Order to deliver
to the monks of St. Peter's Westminster a tun of wine of the right prise
for this year, according to the grant of Henry III. of a tun to be received
at London yearly on the morrow of St. Botolph for the celebration of
divine service. |
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To R. bishop of London and J. bishop of Lincoln, principal collectors
of the tenth for three years imposed upon the clergy of England and
Ireland by pope Clement V. Order to allow J. archbishop of Dublin
respite until Easter for the whole tenth due from him. |
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By K. on the information of J. de Sandale. |
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Nov. 28. Windsor. |
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the
exchequer. Order to deliver to Hugh le Despenser, the elder, the wardships and marriages now in the king's hands and that shall next come to
his hands by appraisement until he have been satisfied for 2,086l. 2s. 5d.
due to him from the king, to wit 1,508l. 4s. 11d., the arrears of
2,544l. 6s. 8d., for divers debts due to him from the late and the present
kings' time, for which the king lately assigned him the custodies and
wardships on both sides the Trent, and 200l. that he paid into the treasury
at Michaelmas term, in the fifth year of the king's reign, for the custody
of the lands of the late Nicholas de Poyntz, tenant in chief, during the
minority of his heir, and the marriage of his heir, which custody was
resumed into the king's hands, and 37l. 17s. 6d. for eleven tuns of wine
bought from him for the king's use in the second year of the reign by
Henry de Say, then king's butler, and 100l. paid by him into the wardrobe
to Ingelard de Warle, keeper thereof, for the king's use on November 5
last, and 40l. similarly paid on November 13, and 200l. similarly paid on
November 25. The king has ordered the escheators to certify them of the
value of such wardships and marriages when required so to do by the said
Hugh. |