Close Rolls, Edward II: September 1321

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1895.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: September 1321', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 401-402. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp401-402 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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September 1321

Sept. 14.
Shotley.
To Thomas de Brotherton, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England. Order to cause all the prisoners of Scotland and Flanders in his custody to be delivered, together with their attachments, to the sheriff of Suffolk by indenture. The king has ordered the sheriff to receive them and cause them to be taken to the Tower of London, there to be delivered to Roger de Swynnerton, constable, whom he has ordered to receive them and to cause them to be kept safely in the prison of the Tower until further orders.
By p.s. [5807.]
Mandate in pursuance to the sheriff.
Mandate in pursuance to the said constable.
Sept. 26.
Westminster.
William Broun, 'bercher,' of Bergham, in Cambridge prison for the death of John Bek of Hildresham, who was slain at Bergham in that county, has letters to the sheriff of Cambridge to bail him until the first assize.
Sept. 25.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William Bonum, whom the king has amoved from office, as he is incapacitated by illness and age.
Sept. 8.
Sandwich.
To Thomas, earl of Norfolk, and marshal of England, or to him who supplies his place in the manor of Leyham. Order to deliver to the king's clerk Gilbert de Ebor[aco] the said manor, with the goods and chattels found in the same, to ordain concerning the same as the king has enjoined upon the said Gilbert, whom the king has appointed to take into his hands all the castles, lands, goods, etc., that belonged to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Cambridge. By K. [Fœdera.]
The like to the aforesaid earl, or to him who supplies his place in the manor of Wykes. [Ibid.]
The like to the said earl, or to him who supplies his place in the manor of Kereseye. [Ibid.]
The like to Humphrey de Bohoun, earl of Hereford and Essex, or to him who supplies his place in the manor of Lammersh. [Ibid.]
The like to Ed. Pynkeny, or to him who supplies his place in the manor of Dachet, co. Buckingham, to deliver [the manor] to William Aylemer, clerk, appointed for the above purpose in the counties of Buckingham, Northampton, Oxford, and Berks. [Ibid.]
Sept. 28.
Westminster.
To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order to supersede until further orders the execution of judgment against the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, who was lately convicted before them for prosecuting a plea in Court Christian against the monks of St. Martin's, Dover, contrary to the king's prohibition, for which he was adjudged to prison and a writ of judgment to take his body directed to the sheriff of Kent was issued, as the king has granted to the prior that execution of judgment shall be respited at the king's pleasure. By p.s. [5817.]
Membrane 25.
Sept. 25.
Westminster.
To Roger Damory. Order to deliver to Adam de Brom, king's clerk, all the castles, lands, etc., that belonged to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, in Glomorgan and Morganno without further delay, putting aside all excuses, according to the king's previous order, as the king understands that he delays delivering the lands, etc., to the said clerk upon feigned excuses, whereat the king is surprised, more especially it was agreed in the last parliament at Westminster that Hugh's lands should be taken into the king's hands and that they should be delivered to the king's ministers appointed for this purpose. By K.
The like to Hugh Daudele, the younger, concerning the castle and town of Neuport, with the county and land of Wenthelok and the land of Maghay, which belonged to the aforesaid Hugh, together with Hugh's goods and chattels there, to be delivered to the aforesaid Adam. By K.
Sept. 25.
Westminster.
To Adam de Brom. Order to apply all diligence and care in executing the king's commission to take the above lands into his hands, etc., and to certify the king of the names of any persons resisting him in the execution of his commission, or of any cause preventing his executing the same.
By K.
Sept. 30.
The Tower.
To the constable of Tykehull castle. Order not to distrain William de Colne for his homage for the lands that he holds in chief as of the honour of Tykehull, as the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [5826.]