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March 1.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon Ralph de Crophill, late escheator beyond Trent, for the
issues of the lands whereof William de Monte Acuto, tenant in chief, was
seised in his demesne as of fee in Ralph's bailiwick, and to cause Ralph to
be acquitted thereof, the king having, on 6 November, in the 13th year of
his reign, ordered Ralph to take into the king's hands the lands whereof the
said William was seised on the day of his death, and that he should cause
inquisition to be made as to what land William held in chief in his bailiwick
on the day of his death, and what lands he held of others, etc., and the said
Ralph was amoved from office before he could make inquisition concerning
the premises, whereupon the king ordered Gilbert de Stapelton, then
escheator beyond Trent, to cause inquisition to be made concerning the
premises, and it was found by such inquisition that William and Elizabeth
his wife had jointly by the king a moiety of the manor of Ughtreby and of
Bampton, with the advowson of the church of Bampton, co. Cumberland,
and a moiety of the manor of Crosseby near the Water, in the same county,
and 10 bovates of land in Brunnesby in Gillesland, in the said county, and
a moiety of the town of Cumynyntyn, in the said county, and 4l. of rent
from divers tenants in Carlisle, and 13s. 4d. of rent or a sore-coloured goshawk yearly in the same county, and that Elizabeth continued her seisin
thereof together with William from the time of the gift until William's
death, and that the lands were held of others than the king; whereupon
the king ordered Gilbert not to intermeddle further with the said moiety
and rent, and to restore the issues thereof to Elizabeth, as appears by the
rolls of chancery. The king wills that Ralph shall answer to Elizabeth
for any of the said issues that he may have received. |
Feb. 26.
Westminster. |
To Ralph de Crophull, late escheator this side Trent. Order to restore
the issues received by him from the lands of Robert de Maneriis during the
time that they were in his custody, the king having, on 21 August, in the
13th year of his reign, ordered Ralph to take the said lands into his hands
and to make inquisition concerning the same, because it was said that Robert
was a tenant in chief, as the king, on 20 April, in the 14th year of his reign,
ordered Gilbert de Stapelton, late escheator beyond Trent, not to intermeddle further with the said lands and to restore the issues thereof, because
it was found by the inquisition taken by Ralph that Robert held nothing of
the king in chief at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands
ought to pertain to the king. |
March 4.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to restore to Stephen de Becco,
parson of the church of Edworth, his lands, goods, and chattels, which were
taken into the king's hands by the sheriff upon his being charged before
William Inge and his fellows, justices to hear pleas before the king at
Westminster, with the rape of Joan, wife of Hamo Serych of Ruscoumbe,
and with carrying away his goods, as he has purged his innocence before
the abbot of Westminster, the ordinary of that place, to whom he was
delivered by the justices according to the privilege of the clergy. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Middlesex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Henry de Charryngge, 'bakere,' deceased. |
March 5.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Claryndon to be elected in place of John de Boclond, who is insufficiently
qualified, inasmuch as he has no lands in that county. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to Master John Walewayn, late escheator this side Trent, for
what he paid to the prior and convent of the abbey of Thorneye for their
maintenance when the temporalities of the abbey were in the king's hands,
the king having ordered him by writ of privy seal to find them maintenance
as was usual in such cases. |
March 5.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of John Everard, whom the king has amoved from
office because he cannot attend to the duties of the office, as he is the king's
escheator in cos. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. |
March 4.
Westminster. |
Nicholas son of William de Stanton of Notingham, imprisoned at
Notingham for the death of William de Assheburn, has letters to the
sheriff of Notingham to bail him until the first assize. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Robert de Brudecombe, deceased. |
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To John de Bloumvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to cause Henry de Helion, son
and heir of Henry de Helion, tenant in chief of the late king, to have
seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before Master John
Walewayn, late escheator this side Trent, and the king has taken his
homage. By p.s. |
March 8.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Pencathlan, keeper of the manor of Burreth, co. Lincoln.
Order to pay to Richard Tuchet the arrears of 103s. of yearly rent from the
time when that manor was taken into the king's hands by the forfeiture
of William Tuchet, his brother, deceased, and to pay him the same rent
henceforth, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Nicholas de Bolyngbrok, Peter de Luddyngton, and Alan de Cubbeldyk that William granted
the above rent to Richard for life, to be received from the said manor, and
that William bound himself and the manor to the distraint of the said
Richard, and that Richard was seised of the rent and continued his seisin
from the time of the grant until the manor came to the king's hands by the
forfeiture of William, and that the rent has been detained from Richard
since the manor was taken into the king's hands, and that the manor is held
of the bishop of Lincoln by knight service, and is worth yearly in all issues
20 marks. By pet. of C. [7152]. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester,
Salop, and Stafford. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of
Stanedissh, co. Gloucester, and to restore the issues thereof to the abbot of
St. Peter's Gloucester, the escheator having returned that he took the
manor into the king's hands in name of distraint because he found by inquisition that the abbot withdrew without the king's licence a certain alms
of a quarter of corn weekly, the abbot holding the manor in chief for maintaining that and other alms, and that the alms had been withdrawn ten
years ago, as it appears to the king by the inspection of the charter of
William, sometime king of England, his progenitor, that the abbot holds,
and ought to hold, the said manor in frankalmoin, no mention being made
of the aforesaid alms of a quarter of corn weekly. By pet. of C. |
