Close Rolls, Edward III: April 1333

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 3, 1333-1337. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: April 1333', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 3, 1333-1337, (London, 1898) pp. 28-38. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol3/pp28-38 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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April 1333

April 1.
Knaresborough.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause all payments, which they had required to be made at the exchequer before the morrow of Trinity next, or which are to be made there in the mean time, to be made to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, whom the king has appointed receiver of that money, so that the affairs of the king and kingdom may in no way be retarded for lack of such payment, making known to those, who ought to make these payments, that they will receive letters of receipt from the said abbot for the sums of money which they pay, as the king had ordained that the exchequer should be transferred to York, and had ordered the treasurer and barons to cause the rolls, writs, tallies and other memoranda of the exchequer to be brought to that place on the morrow of Trinity next, and now the king had ordained a journey to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to repress the malice of the Scottish enemies, who have invaded the kingdom and do not cease to perpetrate all the evil which they can, notoriously breaking the peace begun elsewhere between the king and them, for which it is necessary for the king to expend great sums of money. By K. and C.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York. Order to receive the money which will be delivered to him as aforesaid for the king's benefit, and to cause it to be safely kept until further orders, and cause letters patent to be made containing the receipt of the money thus paid to him, for those who have made such payments, by which the king may cause tallies to be levied on them in their discharge. By K. and C.
March 29.
Pontefract.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Order to cause suitable houses for storing and keeping the king's victuals in that town to be delivered to Master Gilbert de Halghton, parson of the church of Hovyngeham, whom the king has appointed receiver of the victuals of corn, wine, and other things, which are now sent, or will be sent to the said town, so that he shall answer to the king for those victuals, and the king wishes that reasonable satisfaction may be given to those whose houses are so delivered. By K. and C.
April 6.
Knaresborough.
To the sheriff of Warwick and Leicester. Order to pay to Giles de Bello Campo upon the issues of that bailiwick, 20l. for Easter term last, of those 40l. which the late king granted to him to be received yearly by the hands of the sheriff of the said counties for the time being from the issues of those counties.
April 3.
Knaresborough.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, receiver of the money of the tenth and fifteenth in cos. York, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Northumberland. Order to pay to Robert de Tanton, keeper of the wardrobe, 600 marks from the said money and from other money in the abbot's custody, upon the expenses of the household. By K.
April 7.
Northallerton.
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to pay to Master John de Langetoft, warden of the scholars whom the king maintains in the university of Cambridge by his alms, 10 marks which the said John has informed the king are in arrear for the pension of the houses where these scholars dwell, as to the king's great surprise, that sheriff has neglected to attend to a previous order directing him to pay by indenture to John the said arrears for the last two years. By K.
April 2.
Knaresborough.
To the sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon. Order to pay to Master John de Langetoft, warden of the scholars whom the king maintains in the university of Cambridge by his alms, the arrears of the wages due to John and the said scholars, and also John's wages until Midsummer next, by an indenture to be made thereupon between the sheriff and John. By K.
April 6.
Northallerton.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause 100l. from the issues of that bailiwick to be paid without delay or excuse, upon sight of these presents to Robert de Wolsthorp and John de Melton for making payments for victuals which the king has deputed them to make, which victuals have been provided by Maneutus Francisci by the king's order [as at p. 27 above]. By K.
To Robert de Welsthorp and John de Melton. Order to pay from the money which the king ordered to be delivered to them by the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in the parts of Kesteven and Holand, co. Lincoln, and from other money delivered or to be delivered to them, for the corn and victuals bought and provided as aforesaid by Maneutus Francisci, to those from whom the corn and victuals were bought, by the advice and information of the said Maneutus, so that the provisions needed by the king may in no way be delayed for lack of payment, and to make indentures between themselves and the said Maneutus for the sums which they shall so pay and the number of quarters of corn and the other victuals.
By K.
April 7.
Northallerton.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to apply all possible diligence in levying the money owed to the king at the exchequer, because it is necessary for the king to pour out infinite sums of money on account of the great and arduous affairs arising by reason of the present war with Scotland, and to cause that money to be safely and securely guarded and brought to the king with all possible speed; and the king does not wish any payment to be made to any person by virtue of any orders previously directed to them or to be directed, for the reason aforesaid, until it shall be otherwise ordained by the king and council.
April 5.
Knaresborough.
To the collectors of the new custom in the port of Boston. Order to pay to John de Feryby, controller of the said custom in that port, such wages from the issues of the custom from the time when he was controller there, and henceforward, as John de Barton and other late controllers there were wont to have and receive. By p.s. [6315.]
March 15.
Pontefract.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. William Heyron, son and heir of Roger Heyron, has besought the king that—as 11l. which Roger owed to the late king for the remainder of his account for the time when he was constable of Baumburgh castle, were to be paid in instalments of 20s., twice a year, as atterminated by the treasurer at that time, and Roger paid the first instalment of 20s., and before the second term, he died—the king will be pleased to grant him the same terms for the remaining 10l.; and the king has granted that the said William may have the same terms as his father enjoyed and orders the treasurer and barons to allow him to have them. By p.s. [6289.]
April 10.
Durham.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause 120 quarters of wheat, 20 quarters of beans and peas and 80 bacon hogs or other salt meat of the same value (ad valenciam) to be bought and purveyed immediately upon sight of these presents from the issues of that bailiwick, in places which he shall deem expedient, both within liberties and without, and cause 40 quarters of that wheat to be ground and the flour to be put in tuns and the said wheat, flour, and meat to be brought and carried to Knaresborough castle and delivered to the constable there, by indenture, for the provision of that castle. By K.
Membrane 17.
April 11.
Durham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to William de Botereaux, sheriff of Cornwall, on his account, for 30 marks which he has paid to Peter Burdet by the king's order, as Edward I. granted to Peter, for the long service which he rendered, the custody of Launceveton castle and of the gaol there, for life, receiving 20 marks yearly for that custody, by the hands of the sheriff of Cornwall for the time being, and on 8 April in the 5th year of his reign, the present king ordered William to pay the said 20 marks yearly to Peter, and to pay them henceforth, and William paid 20 marks in the 6th year of the king's reign, and 10 marks for the term of Easter last to the said Peter by virtue of the said order.
April 14.
Durham.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to Oto, lord of Kuyk, or his attorney 125l. from the issues of the said custom for Easter term last in accordance with the king's grant to him of 250l. yearly, for life, from the issues of that custom.
Vacated because otherwise below.
April 14.
Durham.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, receiver of the money of the tenth and fifteenth in cos. York, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Northumberland. Order to deliver from the money of the said aid and from other money in his custody, to Master John Pavilonar, the king's serjeant, 20l. for making provisions therefrom in his office, besides those 40l. which the king lately ordered the abbot to deliver to him for that purpose. By K.
To the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in the North Riding, co. York. Whereas the king lately appointed them to levy and collect the said aid under a certain form, and to deliver the money arising therefrom to the exchequer, one moiety on the morrow of Purification last, and the other moiety on the morrow of Trinity next, and afterwards, for certain reasons, the king ordered them to deliver all the money of the said aid to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, whom the king had appointed receiver of the said aid, to be kept for the king's use, and now the king has learned that they have levied for the king's use divers sums of money of the said aid beyond the moiety for the term of Purification, in the said North Riding, and retain it themselves; and because the king needs money at present for the expedition of certain of his affairs, he orders the said collectors to cause all the money collected by them beyond the said moiety, and in their hands, to be brought without delay to York and delivered to the said abbot for the king's use. By C.
The like to the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in the West Riding, co. York. By C.
April 14.
Durham.
To Robert Selyman, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to deliver the manor of Wormenhale, co. Buckingham, to John, son of John de la Ryvere, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John de la Ryvere held the said manor in his demesne as of fee at his death, of the honour of Gloucester, by the service of the moiety of a knight's fee, and that the said manor came into the late king's hands as a custody, because the honour was in the hands of the said king by the death of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester, tenant in chief, and is now in the king's hands, and that John son of the said John de la Ryvere is his next heir and of full age.
April 6.
Knaresborough.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to inspect the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer touching the sums of money paid to Arnold de Duro Forti for his wages or for other reasons by the king's writs, during the last four years, and to inform the constable of Bordeaux thereof without delay, as the king wishes the constable to inform himself concerning the said payments. By K. and C.
April 16.
Durham.
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to deliver to John Darcy, whom the king has appointed justiciary of Ireland during pleasure, if he shall need money for victuals and other necessaries while he intends that office, the usual fee due for the said office for a quarter from the time when he held that office, by the hands of the treasurer. By K.
April 15.
Durham.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to restore to William Gobioun, chaplain, his lands, goods, and chattels which had been taken into the king's hand upon his being indicted before the last justices in eyre in that county of coming by night together with others at Denshangre, and of feloniously taking and abducting his brother Henry, taken for the death of Roger Rag of Estpirie, and delivered into the custody of the constable and tithing man of Denshangre, and for taking and carrying away the goods and chattels of the said Henry, to the value of 40s., which were forfeit to the king, as William has purged his innocence before the bishop of Lincoln, his diocesan, to whom he was delivered by the said justices according to the privilege of the clergy.
April 18.
Durham.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Antony Bache from the treasury 863l. 7s. 8d., which he caused to be lent to the king, at his request, by different men, and has pawned divers of the king's gold and silver vessels, and other of the king's jewels in his custody, to the said men for that money, until an appointed day, yet to come, and the king wishes the said men to be paid. By K.
Vacated, because on the Liberate roll.
April 22.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To John Darcy, justiciary of Ireland. Order to give credence to Robert de Scardeburgh, to whom the king has made known the intent of his mind, to speak on the king's behalf, upon the contents of a certain indenture made between John, bishop of Winchester, the chancellor, and the said Robert, and to give effect thereto according to the desire of the king's heart, the form of the said indenture being preserved. By K.
April 18.
Durham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to William de Langeford, keeper of the New Temple, London, for 2d. a day, which he shall be found to have paid to a certain groom for his wages for keeping the gates there, from 25 January in the 6th year of the reign, on which day the king ordered him to make the said payment from the ferm of that Temple.
April 15.
Durham.
To the same. Whereas the late king on the 25 May in the 12th year of his reign, at the prosecution of the master and brethren of the order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England ordered the treasurer and barons to discharge the said master and brethren from payment of the tenths, tallages and aids, heretofore granted to the king by the popes, for the time then past and thenceforward in like cases [as in this Calendar, 12 Edw. II. p. 71], and the king wishing to continue the favour granted by his father, afterwards ordered the treasurer and barons to view the said writ and to discharge the said master and brethren of the said tallages and aids according to the tenor of the writ, and afterwards at the petition of the said master and brethren before him and the council in parliament, the king learned that the treasurer and barons delayed to discharge them from the said tenths and aids in the king's time, although they had been released from the said tenths and aids in the late king's time, and the king again ordered the treasurer and barons to inquire if they had been discharged from the said tenths in the time of the late king, and if so, to discharge and release them thereof, and because by petition of the said master and brethren made before the king and council in the last parliament at York, the king learned that the treasurer and barons delayed to discharge the said master and brethren from the said tenths and aids, and by a certificate sent before the king in chancery by the treasurer and barons, it fully appears that the master and brethren were discharged and released from the said tenths and aids in the time of the king and his father, the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to discharge the said master and brethren, according to the tenor of the previous orders directed to them. By pet. of C.
April 23.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to intend without delay or excuse the arrangement of the rolls, tallies, writs, and all other memoranda of the exchequer which the king had lately ordered them to cause to be brought to York together with the said exchequer, at the king's expense, on the morrow of Trinity next, and to cause the ministers and officers of the said exchequer to intend each one the things which pertain to his office, so that the exchequer may be held in that place on the day appointed. By K.
April 23.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To Juliana, wife (compaigne) of Sir William de Clynton. Request to retain in her wardship, Laurence, son and heir of John de Hastyng, tenant in chief of the late king, a minor in the king's wardship, and to find what is necessary for him and his until further orders, as the king lately ordered that Laurence should remain by him, in the company of Queen Philippa, wherefore Laurence is come to York; because the queen has gone after the king in the parts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the king does not wish the child to travel so far, and has confidence that Juliana will take care of him better than any other, because, being her son, he is nearer her heart. French.
April 24.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Ralph de Wedon has besought the king that—whereas he was appointed by the late king to lead divers men-at-arms and others in the said king's service, towards the march of Wales, at his wages, and he received 46l. 6s. 8d. of the late king's money by the hands of John de Langeton, clerk, as a prest from the wardrobe, for the wages of the said men, and Ralph paid the said sum, and more of his own, to the said men, as wages—the king will be pleased to cause account to be made with Ralph upon the premises, and to order him to be paid what is found to be owing to him; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to audit Ralph's account upon the premises and cause that to be done upon it which belongs to the final issue of that account, and if anything is found to be owing to Ralph, to inform the king, and to supersede the demand which they have caused to be made on the said Ralph by summons of the exchequer for the said sum until the quinzaine of Midsummer next, unless the king orders otherwise in the meantime, causing Ralph to be released from any distraint that may have been made upon him for that cause.
Membrane 16.
April 9.
Durham.
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to cause John Maurdyn, park keeper of Wyndesore park, to be paid the arrears of his usual wages from the time when Thomas had the custody of that castle, and to pay such wages henceforth from the issues of the bailiwick.
To William de la Pole. Request to pay to Peter Tunnok, master of the ship called 'la Gerlande,' for his service, 40l. from his money, for the wages of the said master and of the mariners and others about to set out in the said ship to the North on the king's service, as the king lately ordered the mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull to cause a ship of war to be prepared, and furnished with armed men and other necessary things, to set out on the king's service towards the parts of Scotland, for the king's expedition of war there; and the king sends to William letters of obligation by which he wishes the said 40l. to be allowed to William in the customs for taking his wool out of the kingdom. By K. and C.
April 10.
Durham.
To Gilbert [de] Ledered, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle further with a rent of 100s. in Wadyngton, restoring the issues, as the king ordered Matthew Broun, escheator in the said counties, to inform him why the said rent had been taken by him into the king's hand, which rent Thomas de Belhous, deceased, held for life by the grant of John de Balliolo, and which the late king granted to John de Britannia, earl of Richemund, to hold under a certain form, among other lands which formerly belonged to John de Balliolo and which had come into the hands of Edward I. by forfeiture; and Matthew showed the king that he took the said rent into the king's hand because he was informed that the late king had not granted the said rent after the death of Thomas, and it was found by inspection of the rolls of chancery, that the late king had granted the lands of John de Balliolo to the earl as aforesaid, to hold for himself and the legitimate heirs of his body.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas on 28 July in the fourth year of his reign the king granted to William de Faucumberge for his good service 18l. 13s. 4d. of rent for life, which the abbot and convent of Clyve were wont to render yearly to Edmund, late earl of Kent, and which escheated to the king by the forfeiture of the earl, and the king ordered the said abbot and convent to pay the said rent to William, and afterwards, on 21 March following, the king granted to Margaret, countess of Kent, the custody of all the castles, manors, and lands, which belonged to the inheritance of Edmund, son and heir of the said earl, then in the king's hand by reason of the minority of the said heir, to hold until the heir came of age, and the king ordered the abbot and convent to be answerable to Margaret for the said ferm which was then in the king's hand as aforesaid; and subsequently, on 3 November following, the king granted to Edward de Bohun the said ferm, which was in the king's hand by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of the said earl, to hold in aid of the maintenance of Edward, until the heir come of age, and the king ordered the abbot and convent to be answerable to Edward for the said ferm, and orders the treasurer and barons to cause the demand to be superseded which they made on the abbot and convent by summons of the exchequer for the said ferm, for the king's use, from the said 28 July when the said William, countess, and Edward received the ferm by the king's grant aforesaid, and to cause them to be discharged and released thereof.
April 20.
Durham.
To the same. Antony de Pesaigne has besought the king that—whereas the king lately sent him, together with John de Shordich, to France and Gascony and to the Roman court to further certain arduous affairs there touching the king specially, and granted him 40s. a day for his wages for the time in which he should so remain in the king's service, and for the expenses incurred in furthering those affairs, the king caused 40l. from the treasury, 140l. by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux, and 350l. by the hands of the merchants of the society of the Bardi, to be delivered to him, and Antony made divers payments to the sum of 135l. 5s. 10d. for furthering the said affairs, to divers advocates both in the court of France and in the Roman court, and to certain other clerks writing the said affairs, for their salaries, and to divers other servants of the pope, working at the said affairs in the Roman court, and to certain couriers sent from the said Roman court and other parts beyond the seas, on several occasions to the king in England, and also for provision (pastus) for certain of the king's advocates at Paris—the king will be pleased to cause account to be made with Antony in this matter and to order 135l. 5s. 10d. and 290l. to be allowed to him for his wages from 22 July last to 14 December following, to wit, for 145 days on which he was so engaged in the king's service, on the said sums received by him: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to account with Antony as aforesaid, and to cause the said allowance to be made to him, provided that he shall satisfy the king for the remainder of the sums received by him as aforesaid. By K.
April 14.
Durham.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to pay to John de Wyndesore 2s. a day for his wages from the issues of that bailiwick for the time that he meets the said sheriff, for every day that he shall intend together with that sheriff the making of provisions for the king, as the king has appointed the said John to supervise the buying and purveying of victuals in that county, to be done by the sheriff, for the maintenance of the king and his lieges in the North, and to cause the said purchases and provisions to be made with diligence. By C.
The like to the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. By C.
April 13.
Durham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. At the prosecution of Roger de Nowers showing the king that he had been appointed by writ of privy seal to lead certain men of co. Oxford to the late king, to set out with him for the defence of the kingdom, and had received 25l. from Drogo Barentyn, then sheriff of that county, for the wages of the said men, and beseeching the king to cause his account to be audited in this respect and justice to be done to him, the king ordered the treasurer and barons to audit the said account and to proceed further to the final discussion thereof, but they have hitherto delayed to audit that account and cause justice to be done to Roger, because he did not produce the said writ before them, whereupon Roger has besought the king for assistance; and because the king has learned, upon trustworthy testimony, that the said writ was taken and carried away from Roger, together with his other goods and chattels, in the late trouble caused by the king's arrival in the realm, before the king undertook the government thereof, the king orders the treasurer and barons to audit Roger's account and cause justice to be done to him according to the tenor of the previous order, notwithstanding that Roger has not shown the writ before them. By K. and C.
April 16.
Durham.
To Simon Fitz Richard and his fellows, justices of the Bench of Dublin. Order to hold the pleas moved and to be moved in that Bench and do justice to the parties pleading before them, without awaiting the assistance of Robert de Scardeburgh, chief justice of that Bench (who lately came from Ireland to the king in England for certain arduous affairs of the king, concerning the expedition of the said affairs by the king's order) but so that if difficulties arise in any of these pleas, they shall adjourn the said pleas until the arrival of Robert to them, as they shall see fit to be done, according to their discretion. By K. and C.
April 22.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the bailiffs of Tadcastre. Writ of aid for Thomas de Papenham in buying stones in the quarry near Tadcastre for the king's use, for his engines, and in carrying them to the water of Wherf, near Tadcastre, for the king's money, as often as is necessary, and the said bailiffs shall have warning of this by the said Thomas on the king's behalf. By K. and C. [Fœdera.]
April 15.
Durham.
To Richard Fitz Dieu. Because the king has learned by inquisition taken by William de la Pole, Master John de Barton, and Hugh le Taverner in Richard's presence, that the following merchants caused a ship called 'la Katerine,' whose master was Baldwin Skipper, to be loaded at the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to be taken thence to parts beyond, with the following goods which they bought and provided, before 1 March last, to wit: Baldwin Skipper, 3 sarplers of wool and of woolfells and half a last of hides; Lambert Rumbek, John Normaund, Peter Machiner, James Tonerlot, Paulinus Cumono and Conrad Conemagh of Flanders, 18 sarplers of wool and wool-fells, and a last and 17 dickers of hides, and 8 hides, and Albert de Swyperford, Alvinus de Brake, and Godelinus de la Reule of Almain 27 sarplers of wool and wool-fells and 1½ lasts of hides; and the ship remained loaded with the wool, etc. on the said 1 March at the said town, and the merchants paid their customs for the same, and received their coket for them, and that the said merchants had not communicated with any men of Scotland after the outbreak of war between the king and the Scots, and had not joined the Scots against the king, and that Richard had arrested the ship, etc. upon pretext of an order from the king directing him to arrest any ship charged with divers things of the Scots in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull: the king therefore orders him to restore to the said merchants their ship, etc., without delay, and to permit them to do what they please therewith.
April 22.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas lately at the prosecution of John de Boyvill, showing the king by petition that 300l. had been exacted of him by summons of the exchequer for the debts of William de Boyvill, his grandfather, whose heir he is, and that the lands which descended to him by inheritance at the death of his grandfather are not worth more than 300l. 11s. 7d. yearly, and that 200l. of the said debt have been paid to the exchequer, and beseeching the king to cause the remaining 100l. to be atterminated at a fixed sum to be rendered yearly thereupon, and on 15 May in the second year of the reign the king granted by his letters patent that John should pay the remaining sum to the exchequer in two yearly instalments of 5 marks each, until the debt shall be discharged; and now the said John has again informed the king that of the said 300l. so exacted, divers sums, exceeding the said 200l., have been and are paid to the exchequer both by the said William and by John and some others, and that the said sums were enrolled on the rolls of the exchequer, and at the king's receipt there, and John besought the king to inform himself concerning their payment, and further to cause justice to be done in the premises; the king therefore orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to examine the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer and the tallies of the king's receipt there touching the payments of these debts and inform the king without delay of the manner and cause of the said debts and of the sums paid individually upon them, and by whom and when, and also what and how many of these debts are cleared, and what are not, and cause what is just and reasonable to be done, but to allow the attermination made to John as aforesaid to remain in force in the mean time, while John shall observe the terms of payment, although the debts of William, which the said officers may find to be cleared, may exceed the said sum of 100l., atterminated as aforesaid at the time of the king's grant.
April 24.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To Hugh Tyrel, keeper of the castle and lordship of Blenlevenyth, in the king's hand by the forfeiture of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March. Order to cause a third part of a mill at Crukouwell which is parcel of the castle and manor of Crukhouwell, to be assigned and delivered to Sibyl, late the wife of Emery de Pauncefot, to be held as dower, the king having taken her oath not to marry without his licence, as the king has learned by an inquisition taken by Roger de Chaundos, late escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining, that Emery held the said mill in his demesne as of fee at his death, which mill is parcel of the said castle and manor of Crukhouwell, which are held of the king in chief as of the said castle and lordship of Blenlevenyth, by the service of finding four armed men and four covered horses for forty days in the time of a Welsh war at the castle of Blenlevenyth, at his own expense, and that Grimbald, son of Emery, is his next heir, and aged fourteen years, and the king assigned the third part of the said mill which is in that bailiwick to Sibyl to hold in her dower.
April 23.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To John de Peyto the younger, escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and the march of Wales adjoining. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Benetleye, restoring the issues to Sibyl, late the wife of Emery Pauncefot, as the king has learned by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Sibyl and Emery were jointly enfeoffed of the said manor by the gift and grant of Master Thomas de Esgar, by a fine levied in the court of the late king, and that the said manor is held of the earl of Warwick by the service of a knight's fee.
April 26.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to pay to Rhys son of Rhys ap Mereduk, a Welshman, now imprisoned in Norwich castle, the arrears of his wages from the time of the sheriff's appointment, and to pay those wages henceforth as long as the sheriff holds that office.
April 28.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To W. bishop of Norwich. Order to pay to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, those 40l. by which the bishop lately made a fine with the king for the custody of all the lands which belonged to John de Shelton, tenant in chief in Brent Eleigh (Illeye combusta), co. Suffolk, on the day he died, and which are in the king's hand by reason of the minority of Ralph, son and heir of the said John, for doing certain of the king's affairs enjoined upon the said abbot by the king. By C.
Membrane 15.
April 25.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To Edmund de Baconesthorp. Order to deliver all the money of the issues of cos. Norfolk and Suffolk from the time when he was sheriff there, and all the money levied by him for the king's use at that time with which the king ordered him to purvey victuals in those counties for his use, to Roger de Bury, whom the king has now charged to purvey these victuals, by an indenture made between the said Edmund and Roger, for making the said purveyances. By C.
April 25.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to find by inquisition or by any other lawful manner the day of the death of John de Claveryng, and cause justice to be done both for the king and for Roger de Bourn, and others concerned, as John held the hundreds of Lodenyng, Clavering, and others in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk for life, by the grant of the late king, which hundreds were lately taken into the king's hand by Roger, then sheriff of those counties, on John's death, and the king has heard that the treasurer and barons delayed to proceed to charge Roger with the issues of the said hundreds, from the time when they came into Roger's custody, because they did not know the date of John's death.
April 24.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in co. Norfolk. Order to pay 100 marks from the money of the said aid, to John Perbroun, whom the king has appointed captain and admiral of the fleet which is about to go to the parts of Scotland on the king's service, upon the expenses of the mariners of five ships which the king ordered to be provided at Great Yarmouth and Little Yarmouth and Gorleston, and destined thence to the parts of Scotland, as the king has fully ordered him. By K.
April 28.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, receiver of the money of the tenth and fifteenth in cos. York, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster, Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland. Order to pay to William de la Pole, mayor of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, 100l. from the money of that aid and from other money in the abbot's custody, for making certain provisions of victuals therewith for the king's use, as he has been fully enjoined by the king.
By K. and C.
April 28.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to John de Hanonia, the king's kinsman, or to James Nicholas and Bartholomew de Barde and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Barde of Florence, his attorneys, 500 marks for the term of Easter last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 1,000 marks yearly to be received from the issues of that custom.
May 1.
Fenwick.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to the said collectors on their account for the payment of 500 marks to John de Hanonia, by virtue of the preceding order.
April 26.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To Ralph de Nevyll, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of Galtres. Order to deliver, of the king's gift, to Master Robert de Ayleston, archdeacon of Berkshire, the treasurer, who is about to come, with the exchequer, to York, six oaks, not bearing foliage, in the said forest where it is most convenient to be done, to be taken to York for his fuel there. By K.
May 3.
Fenwick.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause the wish and desire of the king contained in a letter under the privy seal directed to the chancellor, which the king sends with these presents, to be executed according to the form and effect of the said letter, without delay or excuse. By K.
A transcript of the said letter is on the files of chancery among the writs of privy seal of the 7th year.
April 20.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, receiver of the money of the tenth and fifteenth in cos. York, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster, Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland. Order to deliver to Thomas de Pappenham, 20 marks, for his expenses, from the said aid and from other money in the abbot's custody, as the king has appointed Thomas to choose 24 masons in co. York, to make 500 stones for the king's engines, and for taking stones for this in quarries or without wherever they may be found, whether within or without liberties, paying for them with the king's money. By K.
To the same. Order to pay to Richard le Goldsmyth, whom the king has lately appointed to choose 60 carpenters in co. York to make certain engines, and also as many sawyers, smiths, ropers and other workmen, as are necessary for the construction of such works, 20l. from the said aid or from other money in the abbot's custody, for his expenses in the premises, besides those 40l. which the king lately ordered to be delivered to him for the same purpose by the abbot. By K.
To the same. Order to pay to Laurence de Hastyng, a minor in the king's wardship, who lately came to York at the king's order, and whom the king has sent to Coventre to his mother staying there, to remain in her custody until the king has ordained otherwise concerning his state, 100s. from the said aid or from other money in the abbot's custody, upon the expenses of Laurence in coming to the said place. By K.