Close Rolls, Edward II: December 1324

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: December 1324', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327, (London, 1898) pp. 331-334. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol4/pp331-334 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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December 1324

Dec. 11.
Nottingham.
Richard de Rothyng, fripperer (philipparius) of London, acknowledges that he owes to Robert de Wodehouse, clerk, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Kent.
Cancelled on payment.
Dec. 18.
Nottingham.
Hugh Damesone of Notingham acknowledges that he owes to William de Herlaston, clerk, 8l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
Roger de Akeovere acknowledges that he owes to Walter de Lincoln of Notingham 4 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Stafford.
Dec. 24.
Nottingham.
John de Rithre acknowledges that he owes to the king 300l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
Cancelled on payment.
Dec. 20.
Nottingham.
John de Thynden, clerk, has letters to the abbot and convent of Croyland to receive the pension due to one of the king's clerks by reason of the new creation of the abbot.
Membrane 22d.
Nov. 25.
Bassingburn.
John son of William de Wanetyng' acknowledges that he owes to Richard le Cleet of Chepynglamborn 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.
Cancelled on payment.
William de Bradshagh, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Robert de Haliwell, clerk, 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Lancaster.
Roger le Barber of Sandhoton puts in his place Hugh de Ebor[aco], clerk, and Simon Kyngeson to prosecute a recognisance for 5 marks made to him by William Roseles.
Dec. 22.
Nottingham.
Richard de Ryboef and William de Holyns of Stretton acknowledge that they owe to Walter de Lincoln of Notingham 10l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Derby.
Dec. 22.
Nottingham.
William de Berlay acknowledges that he owes to William de Ayremynne, clerk, 200 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.—William de Herlaston received the acknowledgment.
Dec. 18.
Nottingham.
To Robert de Kendale, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place. Order to cause diligent search to be made in all ports and places within his bailiwick of all persons coming into England from parts beyond sea, and to arrest all letters of a suspicious nature and their bearers, sending such letters to the king with all speed and causing the bearers to be kept safely until further orders, as the king is given to understand that many letters prejudicial to him and his crown are being brought into the realm notwithstanding his late orders to the said warden and other keepers of ports to cause search to be made for such letters. By K.
[Fœdera.]
The like to the following:
The mayor and sheriffs of London.
The bailiffs of Bristol.
The bailiffs of Southampton.
The bailiffs of Portesmuth.
The sheriff of Southampton.
The sheriff of Somerset and Dorset.
The sheriff of Devon.
The sheriff of Cornwall. [Ibid.]
Membrane 21d.
Assignment of dower of the manor of Wroxhale, co. Somerset, made to Eleanor, late the wife of Ralph de Gorges, by the king's escheator, on 1 March, 17 Edward II., by virtue of the king's writ. These are assigned to her, for her dower of the chief messuage, a messuage at Burton wherein are situate a hall with a chamber, a barn, a cow-house, a stable, a barn, and a gate with a chamber above it, the easements whereof are not extended because they are worth nothing beyond reprises. There are also assigned to her a dovecot at Burton, worth 4s. yearly; a garden at Burton, worth half a mark yearly. There are also assigned to her 198½ acres of land of the demesne lands of the manor, of the yearly value of 72s. 0¾d., whereof 43½ acres and 1 rood lie at Burton in the cultura near Barewe Westeleyes and Munecheneorchard, price 1d. an acre; in the cultura called Wowethere, Shrubbetheslade, and La Grove 28 acres, price 2d. an acre; in the cultura of Bradefurlang 6 acres, price 3d. an acre; in the cultura Bynitheton 28 acres, price 5d. an acre; in the cultura of Westfeld and Northfeld at Burton 69 acres, price 6d. an acre; and in Lupe[y]atefeld at Wroxhale 24½ acres and 1 rood, price 8d. an acre. There are also assigned to her 26 acres of meadow and a rood, of the yearly value of 46s. 1d., to wit at Burton in Langemede and Burtoneham 19 acres and 1 rood, price 20d. an acre, and in Bineswell and Foullewellesmode 7 acres, price 2s. an acre. There are also assigned to her 58½ acres of pasture, of the yearly value of 26s. 5d., whereof 23 acres, price 6d. an acre, lie in Burton Wode and La More outside the park, 13½ acres, price 8d. an acre, in La Hame near Le Mullehous, 5 acres in Shortemore, price 4d. an acre, 17 acres, price 3d. an acre, in Radingrovecroft and Sharpecroft. There are also assigned to her 38 acres of wood and a rood, of the yearly value of 3s. 10d., consisting of 9½ acres of alderholt in Burtonewode, 6 acres of spinny (spineti) in the grove (grava) Boneden, 3 roods of spinny in Radingrove, 8 acres of spinny in three groves near Godingeshous, and 14 acres of small alderholt in the moor (mora) without the park. There are also assigned to her 11 acres of heath and reeds (jaonibus), of the yearly value of 3s. 4d. There are also assigned to her 6l. 7s. 5d. of yearly rent from the following free tenants: Thomas de Bernewode 13s. 4d., Thomas Fraunkelayn 7d., John le Frensh 9s., Thomas Neel 5s., Thomas Gatecombe 10s., Laurence the clerk 7s. 6d., Richard Galopyn 9s., Robert le Frensh 3s., Walter atte Mulle 12s., Richard Galopyn aforesaid 2s., John Jacob 6s. 8d., William le Smyth 8s. 6d., Adam Chaumpion 5s. 3d., Simon de la Torelle 7d., Richard Bodynet 8s., William Berde 24s., Walter de Stabrichull 3s. There are also assigned to her 16l. 13s. 9¾d. of yearly rent and service from the following villeins: Roger Herdw[ich] 12s. 4½d., [ ] atte Welle 12s. 4½d., William Herdewich 12s. 4½d., Thomas Upehull 12s. 4½d., Ralph atte Lupe[y]ate 12s. 1d., John atte Mulle 6s. 10¾d., Robert Berd 7s. 1d., Adam Smuddyng 7s. 1d., John Rogers 5s. 0½d., Simon de Glaston' 4s. 2d., Adam Gynegone 4s., Edith Nel 3s. 2d., William Chark 2s., Hawisia Chark 5s. 2d., John Housewif 3s. 8d., John Tracy 23s. 7½d., Roger de Kenecote 21s. 8d., Eva in la More 22s. 8d., Richard de Berehull 15s. 6½d., John Estovere 15s., John le Kyng of Naillesy 21s. 8d., Edward atte Lupe[y]ate 8s. 1d., Walter Wodeward 9s. 1½d., Robert Gocelyn 8s. 1d., Nicholas de Cutelbrigg 8s. 0¼d., William Crosman 9s. 0¼d., William atte Lane 8s. 4¾d., William Mariot 10s., 10d., John Berd 10s. 3½ d., John atte Nass[he] 10s. 3½d., John atte Pyle 10s. 4d., Edith Genyng' 2s. 5d., Eva atte Merssh 2s. 9¾d., Nicholas Gocelyn 22¾d., Edith Litelfoghel 21¾d., William Godefray 6d., John Wodeward 14d., John Peytevyn 9d. In witness whereof the seal of the escheator and the seal of Robert de Duddel, Eleanor's attorney appointed by her letters patent to receive the assignment of dower, are put to this indenture. Dated at Wroxhale, the day and year aforesaid.
Assignment of dower of the lands of the aforesaid Ralph in the manor of Braunton, co. Devon, made to the said Eleanor by the escheator on 20 March 17 Edward II., by virtue of the king's writ. There are assigned to her, for her dower of the chief messuage, a barn excepting the granary and chamber on the west, a little house covered with straw lying before the door of the barn, with the site of the barton the length of the said barn, the easements whereof are not extended because they are worth nothing beyond reprise. There are also assigned to her a part of the garden near the said little house, the boundary of which part extends from the east corner of the said barn to a marked ashtree on the south of the ditch of the said garden; a garden near the mill, worth 9d. yearly; a third of the yearly profit of the water-mill, which profit is worth 5s. yearly. There are assigned to her 26½ acres of arable land of the demesne lands, of the yearly value of 16s. 2d., consisting of an acre in the cultura Underfayrlinch in two parcels, price 4d., 1 acre in the cultura at Schorteland, 1 acre in the cultura at Le Aliene, 2 acres in two parcels in the cultura of Myddelforlong, 3 acres in four parcels on La Merlane, price 6d. an acre, 3 acres in four parcels in the cultura under La Morlane, 1 acre in the cultura Bysoutheye, 1 acre in the cultura Bywestegreneweye, 1 acre in the cultura Byestgreneweye, 1 acre in the cultura Bywestestriclane, the two most southern acres in the cultura at La Putte, 2 acres in two parcels in the cultura Byestecharthurn, 2 acres in the cultura Bywestelathurn, 1 acre in the cultura at La Crofta, 1 acre in the cultura on Smerham, half an acre in the cultura at La Longeland, 1 acre in the cultura Byestesmaleweye, 1 acre in the cultura at La Cok, 1 acre in the cultura called 'Stonacre,' price 8d. an acre. There are also assigned to her half an acre of meadow, of the yearly value of 8d.; the middle close of pasture in the park, worth 12d. yearly; a third of the easements of a water called 'Le Mere,' which is not extended because it is worth nothing, except for the feeding of swans. There is also assigned to her a third of all the profits, pleas, and perquisites of the court to be held yearly in common by the common stewards, to be levied yearly by the common bailiffs. There are also assigned to her 47s. of yearly rent from the following free customarytenants: Geoffrey de Nywton 8s., Walter Uppehill and his tenants 4s., Robert Courteys 2s., Thomas Th[ure]ward 18d., Adam Thureward 18d., Elias Hervy 4s., Helewysia de Halsangre 4s., William Symund 4s., Thomas son of Richard Symund 4s., Roisia la Webba 4s., Dionis[ia] Chaunterel 4s., Roger Thurgod 2s., John atte Welle 4s. There are also assigned to her 70s. 1d. of yearly rent from the following free tenants for life: John Dunys 6s. 6d., John the cook (coquo) 2s., Thomas Toghta 2s., Adam Hyna 12s., Richard Taillour 5s., Thomas Wek 2s. 7d., Laurence Bata 9s., Richard Loveryng 6s. 4d., Thomas Thureward 4s., Thomas Hathy 4s., Robert Broun 4s., Thomas Loth 3s., Philip Wek 3s. 6d., Geoffrey de Neuweton 5s. 11d., Robert Abra. . 1d., William Thureward 1d., Robert Templ', 1d. In witness whereof the seal of the escheator and the seal of John Devereus, Eleanor's attorney to receive her dower, are appended to this indenture. Dated at Braunton, the day and year aforesaid.
Dec. 29.
Nottingham.
Richard de Halum of Notyngham acknowledges that he owes to William de Herlaston, clerk, 6 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
Cancelled on payment.
John, abbot of Wellebek, acknowledges, for himself and convent, that he owes to Adam de Brom, clerk, 20 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
Note of payment of 10 marks, acknowledged by Adam on 23 May.
Roger le Botyller of Stok acknowledges that he owes to Richard de Wylughby, the younger, 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.