Close Rolls, Edward II: May 1322 | British History Online

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

'Close Rolls, Edward II: May 1322', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 441-456. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp441-456 [accessed 23 April 2024]

May 1322



May 4. York.	To Robert de Stoke, Guy Breton, and William de Sutton. Order not to assess Richard de Herthull to the fine of 200l. made by knight, squires, and other men-at-arms in the county of Warwick for permission to attend to their own affairs, and to be exempt from the expedition against the king's enemies, which fine they were appointed by the king to levy, as Richard was too ill to go in the expedition and sent his son Richard in his place, who stayed continuously in the expedition with Ralph Basset, as the king learns from Ralph's testimony. By K. [Parl. Writs.]
	To Humphrey de Bassyngbourne, Laurence de Preston, the younger, and John de Sancto Mauro. Order not to levy anything from Ralph de Camoys by virtue of their appointment to levy 500 marks from the knights and squires of the county of Northampton, as well upon those who lately come by the king's order as upon those who stayed at home, as Ralph stayed with the king in his service, and it is not the king's intention that anything shall be levied of those who stayed in his service. [Ibid.]
May 7. York.	To Ingelram Berenger and John de Cotesford. Order to deliver to Hugh le Despenser, the elder, all his lands, goods, and chattels, and the issues received therefrom, the custody whereof the king committed to them when Hugh was declared to be disinherited and exiled by judgment of certain magnates of the realm in parliament at Westminster, in three weeks from Midsummer last, as the king has annulled the judgment as erroneous in the present parliament at York, and has restored Hugh to the estate he was in before the said judgment. By K. and C.
May 6. York.	To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to restore to Richard de Pyryton and Henry le Bonde of Neweport Paynel their goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon their imprisonment as rebels, the king having caused them to be delivered at the request of John Somery, at whose request the king makes the present order. By K. on the information of Master Robert de Baldok.
May 8. York.	To John de Whityngton. Order to be intendent and respondent to Robert de Silkeston and Henry de Leycestre, whom the king lately appointed auditors of the accounts of the lands of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, and other rebels beyond Trent, to give them information concerning the lands that belonged to the Templars in co. Lincoln, and other things that they shall require, and concerning the lands that were in the hands of the said rebels.
May 9. York.	To John de Crumbwell, keeper of the Forest this side Trent. Order to deliver Robert son of Margery de Edenestowe, imprisoned at Notyngham for trespass of vert in the forest of Shirewode, in bail to twelve mainpernors, who shall undertake to have him before the justices for forest pleas when they come to those parts.
	To the sheriff of Surrey (sic). Order to cause verderers for the forest of Wyndesore to be elected in place of Thomas de la Vine, Walter le Porter, Richard de Fynghampsted, and John de Aisshesham, deceased.
May 8. York.	To Stephen de Abyndon, the king's butler, 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, in accordance with the grant of Henry III.
May 4. York.	To the justices of the Bench. Whereas at the suit of the abbot of Croyland, shewing that, although he holds no lands by barony or part of a barony or by any service by reason whereof he ought to be amerced as a baron, he has been amerced before the aforesaid justices at 40 marks and at another time at 10 marks, and in the eyre of John de Vallibus and his fellows, justices of the late king last in eyre at Lincoln as a baron, which amercements were exacted from him as a baron by summons of the exchequer, the king ordered the keeper of the office of treasurer and the barons of the exchequer to examine the book of fees, rolls, and other memoranda of the exchequer that ought to be examined in this behalf, and to enquire, if necessary, concerning the abbot's tenancy, and if they found that he did not hold as a baron and ought not to be amerced as one, and that neither the abbot nor his predecessors did any service in the armies of the king or of his progenitors, to correct without delay what had been done surreptitiously by the aforesaid justices, and to cause the abbot to be discharged thereof, provided the abbot should, in that case, be amerced by his peers according to the tenor of Magna Carta; and it appears by the record and process before the keeper and barons that the abbot did not hold as a baron and ought not to be amerced as one, whereupon it was considered by them that the abbot should be discharged of the aforesaid amercements, and should be amerced according to the form of Magna Carta: the king, wishing to carry that consideration into effect, orders the justices to cause the name of the abbot amerced as a baron in their rolls (nomen baronis ipsius abbatis in rotulis vestris amerciati) to be deleted, amercing him according to the tenor of Magna Carta.
May 10. York.	To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. Order to restore to Henry de Glastyngburys his lands, goods, and chattels, which the sheriff took into the king's hands believing that he had adhered to the rebels, as the king learns upon trustworthy testimony that he has borne and bears himself faithfully to the king. By K.
	The like to Robert de Hungerford for the said Henry's lands in his custody. By K.
	Membrane 11.
May 9. York.	To Master John Waleway[n], escheator beyond Trent. Order to restore to Henry Darcy and John de Poulteneye, citizens of London, the manor of Stretbale, co. Essex, together with their goods and chattels therein, and the issues thereof from the time when it was taken into the king's hands, as the king learns by inquisition that Bartholomew de Badelesmere, to whom the king committed the custody of the aforesaid manor during the minority of the heir of Payn de Tibetot, tenant in chief, the owner thereof, gave the custody to Robert de Watevill, knight, on Thursday before St. Andrew, in the 12th year of the king's reign, and that Robert held the manor by that gift from then until Wednesday after All Saints, in the 14th year of the king's reign, when he sold the custody thereof to the aforesaid Henry and John, and the escheator has returned that when the king ordered him to take into his hands the lands, goods, and chattels of the aforesaid Robert, his subescheator in co. Essex took the aforesaid manor into the king's hands believing that Robert was seised of the custody thereof. By pet. of C.
	To Geoffrey Dode and William de Neuport. Like order concerning the aforesaid manor, taken by them into the king's hands by virtue of the king's order to them to take into his hands the lands of the aforesaid Robert. By pet. of C.
	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John son of Thomas, whom the king has amoved for insufficient qualification.
May 12. York.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver to Richard de Hertesleye, of co. Hereford, his lands, goods and chattels, together with the issues thereof from the time when the sheriff took them into the king's hands under the belief that Richard was not at that time in the king's service, as the king learns by the testimony of John de Weston, supplying the place of the earl of Norfolk, marshal of England, that Richard was in his service with horses and arms at Coventry and elsewhere, to wit from 2 March last until 28 March following.
	The like in favour of Hugh de Meryngton of Coventry, co. Warwick. By the testimony of the said John.
May 10. York.	To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Brideport, who is insufficiently qualified.
May 11. York.	To Roger de (sic) Beler. Order to restore to Robert de Tylinton his lands, goods and chattels in Roger's bailiwick, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king at his will for what the king will say against him, the sheriff of Stafford having certified the king that he took Robert's lands, goods and chattels into the king's hands because it was said that he wore (tulisse) the robes of the countess of Lincoln, as Robert has prayed the king by petition in parliament to restore his lands, goods and chattels. By pet. of C.
	The like in favour of Henry de Kersewell.
May 12. York.	To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Ralph Basset, son and heir of Richard Basset of Welledon, tenant in chief, to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [6003.]
	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause 20l. to be levied of those who made fine with the king, and to pay that sum to John de Insula, Andrew Payn, and Ralph de Wolverton for their expenses and the carriage of 200l., which the king appointed them to levy upon the knights and esquires of that county.
	To Richard de Rodeneye. Order not to intermeddle with the lands that belonged to Hugh de Audele, the younger, in the county of Devon by virtue of the king's commission to him of the custody of the lands that belonged to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, and to other rebels and others in that county, in the king's hands by forfeiture, as the king had previously committed the custody of the said Hugh's lands in that county to Matthew de Cranthorn.
May 14. York.	To Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver John, parson of the church of Stapelford, imprisoned at Cokham (sic) for trespass of vert and venison in the forest of Roteland, in bail to twelve mainpernors, who shall undertake to have him before the justices in eyre for Forest pleas when they next come to that county.
	Vacated.
May 11. York.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Order to pay to Richard de Horsle 40l. from the issues of that custom, which sum the king owes him for the wages of himself, his men-at-arms, and hobelers staying in the company of Robert de Humframvill, earl of Angus, for the custody of the castles of Hirbotel and Prudhou, to wit between 1 January, in the 9th year of the king's reign, and the last day of December, in the 10th year of the reign, as appears by bill under the seal of Henry de Hale, late cofferer of the wardrobe. By K.
May 14. York.	To Robert de Aston. Order to deliver to Henry le Keu of Brokworth his lands, goods and chattels by indenture to be made between him and Henry, his lands, goods and chattels having been taken into the king's hands because he was charged with having adhered to John Giffard or other rebels, as Thomas son of Thomas de Berkele, Walter de Gloucestre, Nicholas de Compton, and John Blaketoft, of the county of Gloucester, have mainperned in chancery to have him before the king to answer when the king shall speak against him. By pet. of C. [5943.]
	To Robert de Aston. Order to deliver to John Chaumpenays his lands, goods, and chattels in cos. Gloucester and Somerset, which are in Robert's custody by the king's commission, as he has prayed the king for restitution of his lands, goods, and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands because he was said to have adhered to Maurice de Berkele, a contrariant of the king, and he has shown that he stayed with Maurice only for the purpose of auditing the accounts of his reeves and bailifls, and prosecuting his legitimate affairs, and that he never bore arms with him or any other of the king's contrariants, and Walter de Gloucestre, Thomas son of Thomas de Berkele, William Damoysele, and Nicholas de Cumpton, of the county of Gloucester, have mainperned in chancery to have him before the king to answer to him when the king shall speak against him. By pet. of C.
	The like to Richard Lovel, to restore to the said John his goods and chattels, which Richard took into the king's hands when he was constable of Bristol castle. By pet. of C.
	The like to the aforesaid Robert de Aston in favour of Richard de la Marche, whose lands, goods, and chattels were taken into the king's hands for the above reason, as he has shewn by his petition that he stayed with the aforesaid Maurice only for the purpose of holding his courts and prosecuting his lawful affairs. By pet. of C.
	The like to the aforesaid Richard Lovel, who took the goods and chattels of the said Richard de la Marche into the king's hands whilst he was constable of Bristol castle. By pet. of C.
May 12. York.	To John de Crumbwell, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver to the prior and convent of St. Mary's Carlisle the arrears of the tithe of venison taken in Inglewode forest in the 13th and 14th years of the king's reign, and to cause them to have a tithe of the same during the present year.
May 14. York.	To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order not to molest Walter de Stirkeland, Richard del Rig', William son of Geoffrey, Adam del Crag, and Adam his brother, John le Gyuour, Adam del Shawe, Roger del Crag, Laurence le filz Anneys, William son of Walter, Roger de Cranford, Adam Crosier, Robert Gaythird, William de Derwent, and Elias de Brisseban for not appearing before the king in a month from Easter last, the day given to them by the king in the matter of a trespass committed by them upon Gilbert de Crakhale, which trespass the king lately appointed Richard de Bernyngham and others to hear and determine, the record and process whereof he afterwards caused to come before him upon the suggestion of the said Walter, Richard, and the others, that error intervened in the record and process, as the said [Walter (fn. 1) ], Richard, and the others are in the king's service in the marches of Scotland, so that they could not come on that day; provided that the process herein before the said justices as to other matters touching this affair be observed. By K.
May 15. York.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to restore to William Damysele, clerk, 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 hold pleas before the king, with the death of John de Asshewell, son of John de Asshewell, brother of John de Prestbury, of that county, as he has purged his innocence before the abbot of Westminster, the ordinary of the place by reason of his exempt jurisdiction, to whom he was delivered according to the privilege of the clergy.
	Membrane 10.
May 12. York.	To Roger Beler, keeper of the lands in the county of Leicester that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster. Order to permit the abbot and convent of Leycestre to carry away from the woods of Leycestre the timber and brushwood previously bought by them, if it appear to him that they have paid for the same, as they have prayed by the king by petition before him and his council at York for permission to carry away the said timber and brushwood, alleging that they bought the timber and brushwood at divers times of sales in the said woods, and that they made full payment therefor long before the earl's forfeiture. By pet. of C.
May 15. York.	To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Roger de la Haye, who is incapacitated by infirmity and age.
May 18. York.	To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William de Wychyngham, who is incapacitated by age and infirmity.
	To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert le Bore, who is incapacitated by age and infirmity.
	To the sheriff [of Nottingham]. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Shirwode to be elected in place of John de Annesleye.
May 12. York.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to pay to Simon Warde 50 marks for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant of 3 June, in the 8th year of his reign, of 100 marks yearly from the exchequer until the king should provide him with 100 marks yearly of land or rent for the term of his life.
May 20. York.	To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order to continue until a month form Michaelmas next all matters touching the bishop of London, the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, and the officials and other ministers of that church moved in the last eyre of the justices in eyre at the Tower, which the king afterwards caused to come before him, and which he ordered to be continued until the quinzaine of Easter. By pet. of C. [2925.]
	To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to assign dower to Matilda, late the wife of Jollan Bavent, tenant in chief by reason of the lands of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, being in the king's hands, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
May 16. York.	To the sheriff of York. Order to cause Robert de Wyrnthorp to have seisin of a messuage and 3 acres of land in Erdeslowe, as it appears by inquisition taken by the sheriff that John Maufesour, who was outlawed for felony, held the messuage and land of Robert, and that they have been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and that Henry Russel of Skipton had the king's year, day, and waste thereof, for which he ought to answer to the king.
May 18. York.	To the sheriff of Essex. Order not to molest Master William de Melbourn, parson of Melford church, by reason of his having been in the service of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, the king's enemy, and to release any distress that he may have levied for this reason, as Edmund Bret and William de Gildesburgh, of the county of Nottingham (Notynght)', John de Thoresby and Nicholas de Thoresby, of the county of Lincoln, John de Brumle and William de Weston, of the county of Stafford, have mainperned to have the said Master William before the king if he will speak against him for this matter. By pet. of C.
	To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order not to levy anything of the villeins of John, bishop of Norwich, the chancellor, by reason of the king's writ to levy expenses for the knights of that county who came to the parliament at York in three weeks from Easter last, as it was not, and is not, the king's intention that anything should be levied of the villeins of the said bishop, who was present in person at the said parliament. By K. [Parl. Writs.]
	To John Inge, sheriff of Glamorgan. Order to release John de la More, John Beneit, and Meuric Kammeys from prison, if they are imprisoned solely by virtue of the king's order to arrest and keep them until further orders, provided that they each find sufficient mainpernors to have them before the king when he shall speak against them.
May 16. York.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver to John Pypard his lands, goods, and chattels, which the sheriff took into the king's hand believing that John was not at that time in the king's service, together with the issues received therefrom, as John de Weston, supplying the place of the earl of Norfolk, marshal of England, has testified that the said John was in the king's service from Thursday before Christmas until 28 March following.
May 18. York.	To Robert de Aston, keeper of the forfeited castles and lands of the king's rebels and of others in the county of Gloucester. Order to deliver to John le Galeys of Pagenhall his lands in that county, upon his finding security to answer to the king for what he will say against him, as he has shewn by petition that, although he was despoiled of all his goods and imprisoned in Gloucester castle during the whole time that John Giffard and other contrariants of the king held the castle and town of Gloucester against the king, because he was present at the demolition of Brymmesfeld castle with other men of that county by the king's order, his lands in that county were nevertheless taken into the king's hand by the procurement of certain of his enemies (emulorum) asserting that he was of the said contrariants of the king, although he was not with them otherwise than in the said prison. By pet. of C. [2369].
	The above writ was afterwards renewed to Simon de Driby, keeper of the castles, etc., in the said county, or to him who supplies his place, under the same date.
May 16. York.	To Robert Lewer. Order to restore to Geoffrey de Brochampton and John Carbonel their lands and the issues thereof, if he took them into the king's hands because they were in the company of John de Sancto Johanne of Basyng', keeper of the king's peace in the county of Southampton, for the preservation of the peace, as they have shewn by their petition before the king and his council in his parliament at York that Robert took their lands into the king's hands for the above reason. By pet. of C. [4505.]
May 15. York.	To John de Bermyngeham, earl of Loueth, justiciary of Ireland. Order to deliver to John de Sancto Amando, brother and heir of Almaric de Sancto Amando, the issues of all his brother's lands from the time when it shall appear to him that John or his attorney delivered to John Wogan, then justiciary of Ireland, the king's writ of 1 March, in the 4th year of his reign, to deliver seisin to John of all the lands of the said Almaric in Ireland.
May 17. York.	To John Mortein, Peter Lorenge, Henry de Preiers, John de la Penne, Philip de Hardedeshull, and Matthew de la Vach. Order to supersede entirely their appointment by the king to levy 600 marks upon the communities of the counties of Bedford and Buckingham, which the communities granted to the king to spare them from arming and sending 500 footmen to Newcastle-on-Tyne, as the prelates, earls, barons, and community of the realm in the present parliament of York have granted the king, in aid of the Scotch war, one footman armed with aketon, haubergeon or plates, bascinet, and iron gloves from every town within the realm that answers in the justices' eyre for a township, at the charge of the men of the township until he come to Newcastle. By K. [Parl. Writs.]
	To the keeper of the manor of Gatesden, co. Hertford, in the king's hands for certain reasons. Order to permit Alan de Cherleton and Ellen his wife, one of the daughters and heiresses of Alan la Zousche, to receive a moiety of the profits of the manor from the time when it was taken into the king's hands for so long as it shall be in his hands, as they have shewn the king that they and Robert de Holand and Matilda his wife, the other daughter and heiress of the said Alan, held the manor jointly and undivided as of the inheritance of Ellen and Matilda, and that each received a moiety of the profits thereof until the king caused it to be taken into his hands with other lands of the said Robert for certain reasons touching Robert, and that the keeper receives the whole of the profits as if the whole of the manor had belonged to Robert and Matilda.
May 12. York.	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to release Richard de Westcote, imprisoned at Winchester by the king's order, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king for what the king will say against him. By pet. of C. [7529.]
May 20. York.	To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Treut. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Alice, late the wife of Thomas Folejaumbe, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
May 17. York.	To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to restore to Peter de Grymstede his lands, goods and chattels, if they were taken into the king's hands, as he alleges in his petition before the king and his council, because he wore a bendy garment (vestem bendatam) when lately at Westminster in the company of certain magnates of the realm. By pet. of C. [5668.]
	The like to the sheriffs of Somerset, Wilts, and Southampton.
	The like to the sheriffs of Wilts for John de Grimstede.
	To the constable of Marlebergh castle. Order to release Peter from prison in that castle, if he be imprisoned for the above reason. By pet. of C. [5668.]
	Membrane 9.
May 18. York.	To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. Order to release John de Meriet from prison, and to restore to him his lands and goods, as he has shewn by his petition in parliament that he is attached by his body and his lands and chattels taken into the king's hands as one of the adherents of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, although he was in no wise of the company or retainer of the earl or of any other rebel, but that he sent certain of his men-at-arms with the community of the above counties for the expedition of the king's affairs against the rebels, and the sheriff has not informed the king, when addressed in parliament, of any sufficient cause for the arrest of John or his lands and goods. By pet. of C. [6308.]
	To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to restore to the aforesaid John his lands and goods in his bailiwick.
	The like to the sheriffs of Gloucester, Wilts, and Bedford.
May 21. York.	To Richard de Potesgrave, the king's chaplain. Order to deliver to Thomas Gregory 3½ acres of land in Estfarlegh, and the issues received therefrom, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Ralph Sauvage and Richard Byflet that the said Thomas, at Michaelmas, in the 12th year of the king's reign, pledged the aforesaid land to Walter Culpeper until Michaelmas, in the 14th year of the reign, for 9 marks received from Walter, and that Thomas satisfied Walter for that sum at Walter's house in Estfarlegh on the morrow of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in the 14th year of the reign, and that Walter nevertheless detained the said land, which was taken into the king's hands with Walter's other lands by reason of the felony for which Walter was hanged.
May 19. York.	To the sheriff of Salop and Stafford. Order to deliver to John de Stratfeld his lands, goods, and chattels, taken into the king's hands by the sheriff by virtue of the king's order to take into his hands the lands, goods, and chattels of the king's contrariants, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king for what the king will say against him, as John has shewn the king that he lately had the custody of the castle of Bruggewauter from Margaret, late the wife of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, and that he stayed there in the king's service after John de Lorty took the castle into the king's hands, and that the sheriff has nevertheless taken his lands, goods, and chattels into the king's hands as if he were one of the king's contrariants. By pet. of C.
	To John de Donecastre, Richard de Bernyngham, and Geoffrey le Scrop, justices to take assizes in co. York. Order to take as speedily as possible the assize of novel disseisin prosecuted before them by Thomas de la Ryvere and Joan his wife against Robert Wawayn of Scardeburgh concerning a messuage in Scardeburgh of Joan's inheritance, whereof they had enfeoffed Robert, subject to his rendering them 60s. yearly therefor, of which rent they were seised for two years, when Robert disseised them thereof, the justices, who had considered that the assize should be taken, having deferred taking the assize by virtue of a writ of privy seal ordering them not to take it, because the said Robert, fearing that he would lose the messuage and great damages, had rendered the messuage into the king's hands; wherefore Thomas and Joan have petitioned the king to provide them with a remedy. They are ordered not to render judgment herein without consulting the king. By pet. of C. [862, 6823.]
May 18. York.	To Roger Belers, keeper of the lands in co. Derby that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and to his adherents. Order to deliver to Nicholas de Hungerford the custody of the forest of Duffeld, from which Robert has amoved him, as he has shewn the king that Blanche, sometime queen of Navarre, committed to him the custody of the said forest, by reason of her dower of the lands of Edmund, late earl of Leicester and Derby, for the term of her life, and that afterwards Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, son and heir of the said Edmund, committed the said custody to Nicholas for life, in consideration of his good service to Edmund and Blanche, receiving the same stipends and wages and other fees as other keepers had been wont to receive. The king makes this order in consideration of Nicholas's service to Edmund and Blanche and because he does [not] wish to cancel the grant of Thomas, which he has seen in chancery. By pet. of C. [340–344, 9993.]
	To the chamberlain of Caernervan. Order to cause the quay of Caernervan to be repaired, as the king is given to understand that it is broken down, whereby great peril will, it is feared, arise to the king's castle.
May 20. York.	To the sheriffs of London. Order to supersede until Michaelmas next the demand upon Reginald de Conductu, William Prodhomme, John Priour, and William de Furneys, late sheriffs of that city, by summons of the exchequer for 20l. for each escape of a thief or felon in their times, upon their finding security to answer for the same in case they be charged therewith, as the citizens have shewn by their petition before the king and his council that the sheriffs of that city ought to be amerced at 100s. only for any such escape, according to the tenor of the charters of the king's progenitors, which the king has confirmed, just as other sheriffs of the realm are amerced, and that the justices last in eyre at the Tower amerced the said Reginald, William, John, and William at 20l. for each escape; whereupon the king caused all pleas before the aforesaid justices touching the citizens to come before him, which matter still pends undecided.
	To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with certain lands in Tycheseye, Bendestede, Crowehirst, Camerwell, and Pecham and with the advowson of the church of Tycheseye, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition taken by him that Thomas de Elyngham and Robert de Bernham granted the aforesaid lands and advowson to John de Ounedale, now deceased, and Isabella his wife, by fine levied in the king's court, and that John held the same on the day of his death, and that they are held of others than the king.
May 22. York.	To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Nicholas de Menill, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition taken by the escheator that he held nothing in chief of the king at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
May 20. York.	To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to pay to John de Fenwyk 20 marks for Martinmas term, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 40 marks yearly from the issues of that county, in consideration of his good service, and so that he may maintain himself more suitably in the king's service.
May 16. York.	To Donald (Dovenaldo) de Mar, constable of Neuwerk castle, in the king's hands. Order to permit the master and brethren of the hospital of St. Leonard without Neuwerk to receive 20 quarters of wheat and 20 quarters of rye yearly from the granary of the castle, if it appear to him that they have been wont to receive such corn, as they have shewn by petition in the present parliament that the constable hinders their receiving the same, although they and their predecessors have been wont to receive it yearly from the granary of the bishop of Lincoln in the castle aforesaid, in aid of the maintenance of the master and brethren and other poor and infirm dwelling in the hospital. By pet. of C. [15209.]
	To Robert de Aston, keeper of the lands, goods and chattels in the counties of Somerset and Dorset that belonged to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, and to other rebels. Order to deliver to Peter de Grymstede his lands, goods, and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands by the sheriffs of those counties and delivered to him by the king's order, if the lands, goods, and chattels were taken into the king's hands because Peter wore a bendy garment when he was lately in the company of certain magnates at Westminster, as the king wishes to assent to his petition for restitution. By pet. of C. [5668.]
	The like to Robert de Hungerford, keeper of the lands, etc., in the counties of Wilts and Southampton.
	The like to the said Robert, keeper of the lands, etc., in cos. Wilts, Southampton, and Berks, in favour of John de Grimstede.
May 20. York.	To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to release William Blaket from prison, together with his goods and chattels, as he has shewn, by his petition before the king and his council, that Philip de Aylesbury, sheriff of the said county, arrested him and his goods and imprisoned him at Aylesbury because one Geoffrey de Bolstrode of Aylesbury propounded on the king's behalf before the said Philip, at the Annunciation last, that William was an adherent of the rebels, and prayed on the king's behalf that he should be arrested: the sheriff having certified that he is imprisoned for this cause, which the king considers insufficient. By pet. of C. [201.]
	To the same. Order to release Andrew de Jarpunvill from prison, together with his goods and chattels, as he has shewn, by his petition before the king and his council, that John de Olneye, who was appointed to arrest all the king's contrariants and their adherents in the sheriff's bailiwick, arrested the said Andrew at Mentemor in that county together with his goods and chattels, pretending that he had adhered to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, because he wore the earl's robes, which the earl is bound by his letters patent to deliver to him yearly for life, the sheriff having certified that he is imprisoned for this cause, which the king considers insufficient. By pet. of C. [198.]
	To Robert de Stok. Order to restore to Richard de Cave his lands in Shiryngton and his goods and chattels, upon his finding security to answer to the king in case he will speak against him, as the sheriff of Buckingham has certified the king that he took Richard's lands, goods, and chattels into the king's hands because it was said, at the prosecution of certain of his enemies, that he was in the company of certain of the king's contrariants in arms at Kyngeston, adding in the return that Richard was at the time with the bishop of Ely in the Isle of Ely for the protection thereof, as the king does not wish to aggrieve him for this reason. By pet. of C. [246, 294.]
	To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to deliver Roger de Cave from prison upon his finding security to answer to the king in case he will speak against him, as the sheriff has returned that Roger was attached by John de Olneye, by virtue of the king's commission to arrest his contrariants and their adherents, because he wore the robes of Henry de Burghersh, bishop of Lincoln: as the king does not wish to aggrieve him on this account. By pet. of C. [329.]
May 20. York.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Robert le Fiz Payn, son and heir of Robert son of Payn, of the ferm of the manor of Kyngesbury, with the rent of assise of Mellebourn and with the hundred of La Horethorne, co. Somerset, which the king committed to him during pleasure at a ferm of 42l. 14s. 10½d. on 20 May, in the 4th year of his reign, from 16 September, in the 6th year, when the king granted to him the aforesaid manor, rent, and hundred for life in recompence for the manor of Norton Seint Walery, which he previously held of the king's grant, and which the king then restored to Walter, then bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to restore to John de Gyse his lands, goods, and chattels, which the sheriff took into the king's hands under the belief that John was against the king during the late disturbances, and to restore the issues received therefrom, as the king learns by the testimony of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, that the aforesaid John was in his company at the time of the disturbances. By testimony of the earl.
May 22. York.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Edmund de Dynieton, late chamberlain of North Wales, 100l. in his account at the exchequer, as Master John Walewayn has acknowledged before the king in chancery that, when he was treasurer and was in Wales by the king's order to require a subsidy from the men of those parts for the expedition of the war of Scotland in the 12th year of the reign, he ordered Edmund to pay the above sum, out of the fifteenth granted to the king, to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Chirk, then justice of Wales, for his wages in coming to the king with men-at-arms to set out in the king's service against the Scotch rebels, and Edmund has paid that sum to Roger and has his letters patent for the same. By C.
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May 14. York.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Reginald de Conductu and William Prodhome, late sheriffs of London, of 20 marks for the year and waste of a messuage in Silverstrate, London, and 20l. for the year and waste of a messuage at Billyngesgateward, London, which the treasurer and barons exact from them by summons of the exchequer by virtue of the estreats of Hervey de Staunton and his fellows, justices last in eyre at the Tower of London, the said late sheriffs having been charged with the above sums because the justices caused enquiry to be made concerning the tenements of Henry son of Hugh de Bramdeston, who was indicted before the justices for the death of Robert de Brom of Lapworth, and because Henry was put into exigent to be outlawed for not appearing, as it appears by the record and process before the king returned into chancery that Giles son of Hugh de Pakwod appealled the aforesaid Henry of the said death before the king, and that Giles did not prosecute his appeal, and that Henry afterwards put himself upon the country concerning the said death at the king's suit, and that it was afterwards found before the king by a jury of the country that Henry was in no wise guilty of the said death and that he never withdrew himself for this reason, wherefore it was considered that he should go quit. The king makes this order because he considers that Henry's tenements ought not to remain forfeited to him for this reason.
May 20. York.	To the sheriff of York. Order to pay to Thomas de Grey the arrears for the time of the sheriff's office of 6d. a day, which the king, on 25 February, in the 14th year of his reign, granted to him by the hands of the sheriff of York in aid of the maintenance of himself and his wife during pleasure, as appears by the king's letters patent, and to continue to pay him that daily sum.
May 15. York.	To Robert de Aston. Order to deliver to John de Brokenbergh, of the county of Gloucester, his lands, goods, and chattels, which Robert took into the king's hands because he did not come in the king's expedition against certain of his enemies in his realm, as John sent Nicholas Prowet, his horse serjeant, well armed to the king at Coventre in his place, and Nicholas remained continuously in the king's service from 8 March last until 22 March following, upon which day he returned home by the king's licence, as appears by the testimony of David de Strabolgi, earl of Athole, then constable of the king's army, and of John de Weston, supplying the place of the earl marshal in the aforesaid army. By K.
May 22. York.	To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Joan, late the wife of Philip de Hevenyngham, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order not to molest Richard Tochet in any way contrary to the mainprise of John Waldeshef, Andrew de Norton, Simon de Graham, Alan Hudleston, and John de Godesfeld, of that county, who have mainperned before the king in chancery to have him before the king when ordered to answer to the king if he will speak against him for his alleged adherence to certain magnates of the realm then rebels against the king. The sheriff is ordered to release any distress that he may have levied in this behalf. By pet. of C.
	To Robert Darcy. Order not to molest or aggrieve the aforesaid Richard by reason of the king's commission to Robert to arrest the rebels and their adherents, as Richard has found security to answer to the king. By pet. of C.
May 18. York.	To Robert de Hungerford. Order to restore to Ralph de Sharpenham his lands in the county of Wilts, together with the goods and chattels found therein, which are in the king's hands for certain reasons, notwithstanding that the king lately committed the custody of the said lands to the aforesaid Robert during pleasure. The king will discharge Ralph thereof. By K.
May 20. York.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to release John de Alkeleye and Nicholas and John his sons from the king's prison at Gloucester, upon their finding mainpernors to answer to the king for what he will say against them. By pet. of C. [4430.]
May 18. York.	To Edmund, earl of Arundel, justice of Wales, or to him who supplies his place. William de Donecastre, Benedict de Staundon, William le Clerk, Richard Russel, Roger le Blound, Alan de Smetheton, Thomas le Taverner, and Roger le Harper, citizens and merchants of Chester, have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in the present parliament at York, that whereas they and certain other citizens of that city lately sent certain of their men and servants to Gascony to buy wines and other merchandise for the maintenance of the aforesaid city, and the said men and servants freighted a ship called 'La Nicholas' of Lemynton from the port of Bordeaux to Chester, and loaded her with 105 tuns and seven pipes of wine and other goods to the value of 40l., (fn. 2) and the ship lay at anchor on her voyage to Chester in a place called 'Le Stanhous' near Angleseye in the justice's bailiwick, Walter de Coumbe and Geoffrey de Bonevill, clerks of Adam de Wetenhale, chamberlain of North Wales, came to the ship in due manner and entered her, and saw the charter of her freight, and had a transcript thereof, nevertheless the aforesaid chamberlain with the said Geoffrey, Robert Nasse, John (fn. 3) Tabard, Stephen le Fevre of Beaumareys, Alan de Popelton, and other unknown armed men came to the ship in a boat, and wished to enter the ship by force and arms, for fear whereof the mariners of the ship hoisted (traxerunt) their cables and anchors and turned to the high sea, awaiting there for a day and a night, and that the ship was afterwards driven by tempest back to Stanhous, when the aforesaid chamberlain with his armed men caused hue and cry of horn and mouth to be raised upon the ship and mariners and merchants, and taking with him the posse of those parts, assaulted the ship, mariners, and men with springalds (espringaldas), cross-bows, and other arms and engines, harassing (tractando) them continuously with springalds and cross-bows contrary to the inhibition of William de Shaldeford, lately supplying the place of the justice of Wales, and sheriff of Angelseye, who was then present, whereupon the mariners, for fear of death and loss of the goods aforesaid, cut their cables and permitted the ship to go whither it would towards the high sea, and the ship in consequence was driven by tempest to parts unknown, where two mariners of the ship were slain and five wounded to death, and the boat (navicula) called 'flotebate' and 37 tuns and 5 pipes of the aforesaid wine were lost and the other wine considerably deteriorated; wherefore the said citizens and merchants have prayed the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the justice to hear the complaint of the citizens and merchants or their attorneys, and to call before him the aforesaid trespassers and others whom he shall see fit, and to cause due and speedy complement of justice to be done to the said citizens and merchants for the aforesaid trespass and their damages, and he is ordered not to permit injury or hindrance to be done to the citizens and merchants of Chester or to others coming to that city or returning thence with victuals or other goods for the maintenance thereof By pet. of C. [8196.]
May 22. York.	To Roger Beler. Order to certify the king's receiver of the issues of the castles and lands that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and other the king's enemies, the custody whereof the king committed to the said Roger, concerning the usual wages heretofore paid for the custody of the said castles and lands or otherwise concerning reasonable wages to be ordained by Roger. The king has ordered the receiver to pay the wages according to such certificate. By K.
	Mandate in pursuance to William de Oterhampton, receiver of the aforesaid castles and lands.
	To Robert de Silkeston and Henry de Leycestre, auditors of the accounts of all the receivers, bailiffs, and keepers of the lands aforesaid and of the lands of other the king's enemies and of others beyond Trent. Order to allow to the said William the wages thus paid by him.
	The like to the following:
	John de Kilvyngton to certify the receiver of the wages for the lands of the aforesaid in his custody.
	Henry de Malton to certify the receiver in like manner.
	Richard de Emeldon in like manner.
	Robert de Brompton, receiver of the castles and lands aforesaid, to pay to the aforesaid John and Henry the wages separately certified by them.
	Simon de Balderston and Henry de Athelardestre, auditors of the accounts this side Trent, to allow the aforesaid Robert the wages thus paid by him.
May 28. Haywra.	To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Eleanor, late the wife of Thomas de Multon of Egremond, tenant in chief, a third of a knight's fee in Frankton, co. Lincoln, which part Thomas son and heir of Thomas de Fra[n]kton holds, and which part is of the yearly value of 20l., the king having assigned the same to her as dower of her husband's knights' fees.
	To the same. Order to deliver to the said Eleanor the advowsons of the church of Hemmyngby, co. Lincoln, of the yearly value of 20 marks, of the church of Wadyngham with the chapel, of the yearly value of 30 marks, and of St. John's hospital without Boston, which the king has assigned to her as dower of her husband's advowsons.
	To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Eleanor the following of her husband's knights' fees and cornages, which the king has assigned to her in dower: a sixth of a fee in Mulcastre, co. Cumberland, which part John de Penyngton holds, and which is of the yearly value of 10l.; a twelfth of a fee in Ravenglasse, in the same county, which part the said John holds, and which is of the yearly value of 40s.; a sixth of a fee in Punchonby, in the same county, which part Alexander de Punchonby holds, and which is of the yearly value of 20s.; a tenth of a fee in Cleterne, in the same county, which part Robert de Cleterne holds, and which is of the yearly value of 10l.; and the rents of the following cornages: 6s. 8d. of such rent that Thomas Wack renders yearly for certain lands in Dregge, in the said county, of the yearly value of 10l.; 5s. of such rent that Robert de Sevenhowes renders yearly for lands in Neuton, in the said county, of the yearly value of 100s.; 5s. of such rent that John de Kirkebythore renders yearly for lands in Caldre, in the same county, of the yearly value of 100s.; 2s. 10d. of such rent that John de Landplogh renders yearly for lands in Morton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 20s.; 10s. of such rent that John son of Stephen de Crofton renders yearly for lands in Distyngton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 20s.; 4s. 5½d. of such rent that Joan de Mosergh renders yearly for lands in Mosergh, in the same county, of the yearly value of 10 marks; 16d. of such rent that John de Penyngton renders yearly for lands in Braystanes, in the same county, of the yearly value of 12s.
May 26. Haywra.	To the chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay Thomas Gaye, constable of Crukith castle, the arrears of his wages from the time of the chamberlain's appointment, and to continue to pay him the same wages.
	To the same. Order to pay to Edmund, earl of Arundel, the arrears of the fee that he ought to receive for the office of justice of Wales from 5 January last, when the king committed that office to him, and to continue to pay him such fee.
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May 28. Haywra.	To the sheriff of Leicester. Order to restore his lands, goods, and chattels to Oliver le Waleys, and to supersede the arrest of his body, upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king at his will to answer for what the king will say against him, the sheriff having certified the king that he took Oliver's lands, goods, and chattels into the king's hands by virtue of the king's writ to this effect, as Oliver has prayed by petition before the king and his council for restitution of his lands and supersession of the order to arrest him, because he is prepared to verify that he was always in the king's peace and faith and was never opposed to the king, nor adhered to any of the rebels. By pet. of C. [3846, 5378.]
	The like to the same sheriff in favour of Ralph de Stanlowe. By pet. of C. [5377, 8412.]
	To Robert de Gatesby, keeper of the lands, goods, and chattels in the county of Leicester that belonged to the rebels, except the lands that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Leicester. Order to restore to the aforesaid Ralph his lands, goods, and chattels, together with the issues thereof, and not to molest him contrary to the above mainprize.
	The like to the said Robert in favour of the aforesaid Oliver.
May 30. Rothwell.	To Thomas Deyvill, keeper of the lands beyond the water of Use, co. York, that belonged to Thomas, earl of Lancaster, and other rebels and to others. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of William de Wakefeld at Sutton and Wakefeld and with his goods and chattels therein, the said keeper having certified the king that William de la Beche took the said lands and goods into the king's hands when he was keeper of the honour of Wakefeld, and that he delivered them to the said Thomas Deyvill, as William de la Beche has certified the king that the lands and chattels at Sutton were not taken into the king's hands by him and that he took the said lands and chattels into the king's hands for the salvation of the same, because, when the castle of Sandale with appurtenances was delivered to him for custody, he found the men and servants of John, earl of Warenne, and others unknown wasting and destroying the said goods and chattels.
May 28. Haywra.	To the sheriff of Devon. Order to release Reginald de Wylington, parson of the church of Atherington, in that county, from prison, and to restore to him his goods and chattels, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king in case the king will speak against him, as he has shewn by petition that although he was not indicted or guilty of counselling, aiding, or adhering to any of the king's rebels, as he is prepared to prove, the sheriff, imputing to him that he adhered to John de Wylington and Henry de Wylington, his brothers, and to other rebels, took and imprisoned him and seised into the king's hands his goods and chattels found within the sanctuary of his said church. By pet. of C. [7398.]
May 18. York.	To John Inge, sheriff of Glamorgan. Order to release John de la More, John Beneit, and Maurice Kammey from prison, wherein they are detained by virtue of the king's order to the sheriff, upon their finding mainpernors to have them before the king when he will speak against them.
May 31. Rothwell.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause and inquisition to be made concerning the goods and chattels of John de Cotum, citizen of London, found in the manor of Oxindon, in that county, when it was taken into the king's hands because William Tochet, to whom it belonged, became a rebel, and to restore to John such goods and chattels, provided that nothing be done concerning the manor or the corn growing therein by virtue of this order, as John has shewn by his petition that he took the manor for a term not yet completed from the said William, and that the manor and his goods and chattels therein were taken into the king's hands when William became a rebel. By pet. of C. [2007.]