Close Rolls, Edward III: April 1335 | British History Online

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: April 1335', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 3, 1333-1337, (London, 1898) pp. 475-482. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol3/pp475-482 [accessed 18 April 2024]

April 1335



April 1. Nottingham.	John le Wallere of Coventre, 'marchaunt,' acknowledges that he owes to John de Weston the elder, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Warwick.
	Ralph de Brok, parson of Gosberdkirk church, acknowledges that he owes to John de Pulteneye, citizen of London, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Lincoln.
	Cancelled on payment.
	Membrane 30d.
April. 2. Nottingham.	John de la Ryvere of Turmerton, knight, acknowledges that he owes to the abbot of Malmesbury, 237 marks 6s. 8d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Wilts.
March 31. Nottingham.	Hugh de Garton acknowledges that he owes to Roger de Berkewey, goldsmith of London, 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in the city of London.
	Enrolment of release by Roger de Berkewey, goldsmith of London, to Hugh de Garton, of all right and claim in a messuage, cellar and four shops in London, in the street of Bredstrete, of which Ralph, Roger's father, whose heir he is, was seised, and for which tenements Roger lately impleaded Hugh by writ of right, before the mayor and sheriffs of London, and of which Roger confesses Hugh to be fully seised on the day of the drawing up of these presents. Witnesses: John de Pulteneye, Richard de la Pole, Benedict de Fulsham, Simon de Berkyng, Walter de Chesthunt, Thomas de Walpol, William Pykerell, citizens of London. Dated at Notingham on 1 April 1335, 9 Edward III.
	Memorandum, that Roger came into chancery at Nottingham on the said 1 April, and acknowledged the preceding deed.
April 3. Nottingham.	John de Ellerker, parson of Leveryngton church, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Ousthorp, Robert de Halton, and John del Hay, executors of the will of John de Ousthorp, 160l.; to be levied, in default of payment of his lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Cambridge.
	William son of William Trussel of Cublesdon and John Brocace acknowledge that they owe to John de Pulteneye, citizen of London, 400l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co Berks.
	Cancelled on payment.
—	William Lengleys, 'cosyn,' puts in his place William de Sandford and Thomas de Pardishou, clerk, to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for 40 marks, made to him in chancery by Gilbert de Culwenn.
March 28. Nottingham.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Robert le Moigne to have respite until Michaelmas next for those 9l. 2s. 9d. which are exacted of him for a prest made to him in the late king's wardrobe by Roger de Northburgh, then keeper of that wardrobe. By K.
	To the sheriffs of Kent and Huntingdon. Order to permit Robert to have the said respite.
March 30. Nottingham.	To the same. Order to permit John son and heir of Richard de Grey of Codenore, to have respite until Michaelmas next for all the debts and arrears of ferms which are exacted of him for the king's use, both for his own time and that of his father. By K.
March 28. Nottingham.	To the same. Order to permit John de Scures, sheriff of Southampton, who is attendant upon divers affairs of the king in that county, to have respite for rendering his account until Midsummer next: and they shall admit the said account at that feast by the attorney or attorneys whom he shall put in his place by his letters patent and at his peril. By K.
	Enrolment of release by John Daulys, son and heir of Reyner Daulys of Brampton, near Buckeden, co. Huntingdon, to John de Farendon, clerk, of all right and claim in all the lands, rents, meadows, pastures, commons, and services pertaining thereto, which belonged to Reyner in his life in the town of Brampton and which John has by the gift and enfeoffment of Reyner; and also in a rent of 3s. issuing from a messuage which Amabilla Kay held of Reyner for life in the town of Brampton; and in a rent of 6d. issuing from 6 acres of land which John Daulys and Joan his sister held of Reyner for life in Brampton; and in a rent of 4d. issuing from 3 acres of land and an acre of meadow which Katherine Daulys held of Reyner for life in the said town; and the said John Daulys also grants that the tenements which Amabilla, John Daulys, Joan, and Katherine hold which ought to revert to Reyner and his heirs at the death of Amabilla, John, Joan and Katherine, shall remain to John de Farendon and his heirs for ever. Witnesses: William Tourney of Grymston, John de Diggeby of Leicester, John Laghles of the same, Ralph Bakster of Grymston, Robert Hokenhale of the same, John de Clyve in Leicester, Robert Curteys of the same, Henry Merlyn of the same, John Leueriche of the same. Dated at Grymston, co. Leicester, on Thursday before the Annunciation, 9 Edward III.
	Memorandum, that John Daulys came into chancery at Lenton on 6 April, and acknowledged the preceding deed.
April 10. Clipston.	John de Grey of Codenoure, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Richard de Wilughby, knight, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
April 8. Clipston.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to receive in the place of William Baud, John Anton of Munden and John de Acpeden, whom he has attorned to render his account before the treasurer and barons for the time when Walter Baud, William's father, whose heir he is, had the custody of certain lands which belonged to the Templars, and which were in the late king's hands, because William is engaged upon divers affairs of the king, so that he cannot be present to render his said account at the quinzaine of Easter next. By C.
April 1. Nottingham.	To Ralph de Nevill, Geoffrey le Scrop, Richard de Aldeburgh and Peter de Middelton, justices in eyre for pleas of the Forest in the forest of Galtres. Order to continue their eyre and all the pleas and other things touching it in the same state in which it now is, until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next, because divers magnates and other lieges and others of the realm are about to set out shortly for Scotland to repress the malice of the Scots, who gather in a great multitude and have invaded the marches of the realm and the king's other lands, so that the said magnates, lieges and others may not be molested before those justices in their eyre for their absence or for other causes while they are thus in the king's service. By K.
April 1. Nottingham.	To the sheriff of York. Order to cause proclamation to be made in that bailiwick that no one shall circulate or tell false rumours, publicly or privately, by which any discord or matter for discord or scandal might arise between the king and his people or the magnates of the realm, and if any shall be found doing so after that proclamation, to cause them to be taken without delay and to be kept safely in prison, and so to execute this order that the king may not have cause to complain of his negligence or lukewarmness in this respect, according to the provisions of the statute of Westminster, as the king has learned that some persons of the realm spread certain false rumours whereby matter for dissension and discord might easily arise between the king and the magnates of the realm and his people.
	[Fœdera.]
	The like to all the sheriffs of England. [Ibid.]
	The like to the following, 'mutatis mutandis,' to wit:
May 15. Cowick.	The mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston-upon-Hull.
	The bailiffs of Norwich.
	The bailiffs of Lenne.
	The bailiffs of Great Yarmouth.
	The bailiffs of Ipswich. [Ibid.]
May 8. Cowick.	William de Donecastr[ia], by reason of his good service to the king, is sent to the abbot and convent of Mussenden to receive such maintenance in that house as John atte Lane of Wyndesore, deceased, had there at the order of Edward I.
	Membrane 29d.
	Enrolment of grant by John le Colyer, burgess of Notyngham, to Sir Thomas de Sibthorp, parson of Bekyngham church, for life, of a messuage in Sibthorp called 'Sywordplas,' and it extends in length from the highway to the water called 'Kersik,' and lies between the messuage of Thomas son of Geoffrey on the east side and the lane called 'Kirkelane' on the west; and 20 acres of arable land and 2½ acres of meadow, of which half an acre lies upon Marifosfurlong between the land of Robert de Scridlington on the north and the land of the chaplains of Sir Thomas de Sibthorp on the south, and 2 acres 1½ roodes of land lie between the land of the same Robert on the north and the land of the same chaplains on the south, in the same place, and 3 roods of land lie between the land of Geoffrey atte Lane on either side in a place called Bradmere; and an acre of land lies upon Mikkelheugfurlong, between the land of the same Geoffrey on the south and the land of the said chaplains on the north; and 1½ roods lie in a place called 'Bighteleyes,' between the land of John son of Reginald de Aslakton, knight, on the west, and the land of the said chaplains on the east; and half an acre and half a rood of land lie upon 'le Milnefurlong' between the land of the same John son of Reginald on the north and the land of Thomas son of Geoffrey on the south; and an acre of land lies upon 'le Milnefurlong' between the land of the parson of Sibthorp church on the south and the land of Robert de Scridlington on the north; and half an acre and half a rood of land lie between the land of Athelina on the north and the land of the said chaplains on the south, and they lie in a place called 'Scandolfues;' and an acre of land lies between the land of Henry de Botlesford on the north and the land of the said chaplains on the south in the same place of Scandolfues; and half an acre and half a rood of land lie in two selions, between which a selion of Robert de Scridlington lies in a place called 'le More,' and 1½ roods of land lie between the land of Henry de Botlesford on the south and the land of John son of Reginald on the north, in a place called 'le Milnefeld,' and 3 roods of land lie in le More, between the land of John son of Reginald on the north and the land of Robert de Scridlinton on the south, and half an acre of land lies between 'le Fletedyk' on the east and the land of Robert de Scridlington on the west, and a rood of land called a headland lies between the land of John son of Reginald on either side, upon le Wetfores, and half an acre of land lies upon Kymbyngcroft between the land of John son of Reginald on the east and the land of Geoffrey atte Lane on the west, and 3 roods of land lie upon Wolfhou between the land of Simon de Sibthorp on the east and a certain ditch on the west called 'Musholmdyk,' and half an acre and half a rood lie upon Wolfhou between the land of Simon de Sibthorp on the south and the land of John son of Reginald on the north, and 3 roods of land lie upon Wolfhou between the land of Geoffrey atte Lane on the south and the land of the said chaplains on the north, and 1½ acres of land lie between the land of the late Walter le Serjaunt and le Grenegate towards Mikkelheug, and half an acre and half a rood of land lie near the land of William de Midelton on the south side and abut towards the west on the land of Robert de Scridlington in a place called Bradmer, and 1½ roods of land lie between the land of Walter le Serjaunt on either side in the same place, and half an acre of land lies upon Bradmer between the land of Nicholas son of William on the south side and the land of the said chaplains on the north, and 2½ roods of land lie upon Toukbut between the land of Robert Adam on the north and the land of the said chaplains on the south, and 1½ roods of land lie between the land of Walter le Serjaunt on the east and the land of Henry de Botlesford on the west, and they lie upon Toukbut, and half an acre and half a rood of land lie upon Mikkelheug between the land of William de Midelton on the south and the land of the said chaplains on the north, and 1½ roods of land lie upon Edrikwro, between the land of the parson of Sibthorp church on the north and the land of William de Midelton on the south, and half an acre of land lies upon Mikkelheug, between the land of Geoffrey atte Lane on the south and the land of Walter le Serjaunt on the north, and an acre of land upon Mikkelheug lies between the land of John son of Reginald on the north and the land of William son of Emma on the south; and the said 2½ acres of meadow lie in a meadow called 'Middelbeckes,' between the meadow of Simon de Sibthorp on the north and the meadow of William son of John de Sibthorp on the south. Witnesses: Simon de Sibthorp, Thomas son of Gilbert of the same, Robert de Scridlington, John de Congham, William upon le Grene of the same, William son of Geoffrey of the same, and Thomas his brother, Geoffrey atte Lane, Hugh Seyntpol. Dated at Sibthorp on 12 April, 9 Edward III.
	Memorandum, that John le Colyer came into chancery at Lenton on 13 April, and acknowledged the preceding deed.
	Assignment of dower to Joan, late the wife of Thomas de Redeberwe, made in the 8th year of the king's reign, by John de Peyto the younger, escheator in co. Gloucester, by the king's writ directed to him concerning all the lands which belonged to Thomas, at his death, in that county and in the march of Wales adjoining, on 20 June, at Magor, to wit, there are assigned to Joan there a new grange with an old cattle shed and all the close from the outer door to the door of the old grange, with all the ditches from either head, without the court towards the mote as far as each head of the new grange on the north and south sides; there are also assigned to her all the great parcel (custura) in Pulfeld, near the way which leads from Magor towards Abreweythel, which contains 9 acres 1 rood; and in Chaumberlerneslod, two parcels of arable land on the east which contain 4 acres 1½ roods; in the middle parcel there 3 acres 1½ roods on the east side as they are bounded; also in Esturuwelom, all the little parcel of arable land near the court, which contains 3½ acres, and all the middle parcel of arable land there which contains 9 acres, and all the parcel of arable land called 'Stomforlong,' which contains 4½ acres; also all the parcel of arable land called Regevillislond, which contains 12 acres 3 roods; and all the parcel of arable land called 'Lesser Paynimscroft,' which contains 4 acres 3 roods; also at Smethot, all the upper parcel of arable land on the east side which contains 6 acres 1 rood; and in the parcel of arable land near le Morwall there, on the east side 4 acres 1 rood, as they are bounded, with free entry and egress to all the said parcels; there are also assigned to her 19 acres of meadow, to wit, 1 acre 3 roods in Ithellismede on the west, and 3 acres in Froggemede on the east; and 14 acres in a meadow, called 'le Maris,' on the north, in length as they are bounded; and all the meadow called 'le Splot,' near le Couleswe, containing 3 roods with free entry and egress to all the said parcels; there are also assigned to her 4½ acres of pasture, in Couleswe, on the north, as they are bounded; also a third part of two water mills and a windmill, with a third part of all the issues and profits of the same; also a moiety of a knight's fee, in Sondbrok, which William Duraunt and William Herberd hold; also 40s. 2¼d. of assize rent; to wit, from Hugh Duraunt, 25s. 4d.; from John Podi, 10s.; from John Yracle, 3s. 9d.; from the abbot of Tynterne, 10d.; from Andrew le Walshe, 1d.; from Felix Teygruk, 2d.; from Adam le Bakere, ¼d., with all the services and customs of the same; there are also assigned to her 7s. 7¼d.; to wit, from John le Wythe, 12d.; from Richard Podi, 3d.; from William Adi, 2d.; from William son of Philip, 12d.; from Alice Houwe, 6d.; from John Bigge, 2d.; from John le Yrichs, 1d.; from William Seliman, 2d.; from Richard le Hore, 2d.; from Nicholas son of Richard, 2s.; from Robert le Dikare, 1d.; from John le Bakere, chaplain, 12d.; from John Pynk, 12d.; from Walter son of Nicholas, ¼d., with all the services and customs of the same; there are also assigned to her 40s. 1¼d. of customary rents, to wit, from William Podi, 5s. 8¾d.; from Alice Hardig, 5s. 8¾d.; from Richard Podi, 5s. 8¾d.; from Thomas Willi, 5s. 8¾d.; from William Walter, 5s. 8¾d.; from John Podi, 5s. 8¾d.; from John son of Richard, and Robert Godkane, 5s. 8¾d., with all the services and customs of the same; there are also assigned to her 10d. of the third part of the rent of John son of John; also 2s. 8d. of the third part of the rent of John de Capella, and 21½d. of the third part of the rent of John, the son of Adam Bigge, with a third part of all their services and customs; there are also assigned to her 13s. 6¾d. of free rent of fee 'anevel,' to wit, from Adam Hardyng, 8d.; from John Koc, 18d.; from Nicholas Huhekot, 18d.; from Adam Podi, 3s. 7d.; from John Podi, 21¾d.; from John le Withe, 14d.; from John Koc, 10d.; from William Walter, 2s. 6d., with all their services and customs; there are also assigned to her 2s. 6d. of customary rent, and the whole of the said fee, to wit, from Richard Brixard, 4d.; from Agnes Richeman, 1d.; from Nicholas Yrichs, 22d.; from John Hobbehue, 5d., with all their services and customs; there is also assigned to her a third part of all the wastes and common profits of the said manor; also at Hamptone Monial, of the chief messuage, the new cattle shed near the gate, with all the chamber and stable adjoining, and a house called 'le Musthous,' and that part of the court from the angle of the cattle shed to the angle of the great chamber towards the said houses, with that part of a garden from the outer angle of the great chamber to le Musthous, and thence direct to the hedge of the garden by the middle of a well, with free entry and egress at the great gate; there are also assigned to Joan of arable land, 13 acres 1 rood by all parcels on the south side, to wit, a third part of 'le Hemerudygg' and of le (del) 'Neweruydyingg,' as they are bounded, and a third part of all parcels of arable land of the said manor on the south side, as they are bounded; also a third part of the dovecotes there; also a certain plot of meadow in le Brodemede on the south, as they are bounded; also 6s. of assize rent, to wit, from John Hobekynes, 4s. 2d.; from Thomas atte Berne, 10d.; from Richard Dauwe, 12d., with all their services and customs; there is also assigned to her a little pond with enclosure adjoining by the middle of the head, as it is bounded; also a third part of all profits pertaining to the said messuage; as in woods, wastes, and other common things; there are also assigned to Joan, at Hawenepenne, of a chief messuage, a grange near the gate with two parcels enclosed, as they are bounded; also 26½ acres of arable land, by all parcels, as they are newly bounded; also an acre of meadow, to wit, a third part of that part of meadow within the close, and a third part of that part of meadow without the close, as they are bounded; also a third part of a parcel of separable pasture as it is bounded; also 15s. 9d. of rent of assize, at three terms yearly, to wit, from Henry atte Mede, 18d.; from John Lucos, 8s.; from John Fevel, 7d.; from Peter Auncel, 4s.; from Sibyl la Slattere, 15d., and from four bedripes, 6d.; there is also assigned to Joan a third part of all common profits pertaining to the said messuage to hold in her dower from all the lands which belonged to the said Thomas, in that county, at his death.
	Membrane 28d.
April 1. Nottingham.	To J. archbishop of Canterbury. Summons to attend parliament, at York, on the morrow of the Ascension next, warning the prior and chapter of Christ Church, Canterbury, the archdeacons, and all the clergy of that diocese to attend the said parliament, the prior and archdeacons in person, the chapter and clergy by proctors. By K.
	[Rep. Dig. of a Peer, iv. p. 443.]
	The like to W. archbishop of York, and to eighteen other bishops.
	[Ibid.]
	To the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury. Summons to attend the said parliament. [Ibid.]
	The like to the abbot of St. Albans, and twenty-six other abbots, the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and two other priors. [Ibid.]
	To Thomas, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England. Summons to attend the said parliament. [Ibid].
	The like to ten other earls and sixty others. [Ibid.]
	To the sheriff of York. Order to cause two knights to be elected for that county, and two citizens of every city, and two burgesses from every borough, to attend the said parliament. By K.
	[Ibid.]
	The like to all the sheriffs of England. [Ibid.]
	To William de Clynton, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place. Order to cause two barons to be elected from each of the said ports, to attend the said parliament. [Ibid.]
	To Geoffrey le Scrop. Summons to attend the said parliament, to give his counsel with others of the king's council. [Ibid.]
	The like to twenty-two others. [Ibid.]
April 3. Nottingham.	To J. archbishop of Canterbury. Order to warn the abbots, priors deans and chapters of cathedral churches, archdeacons and (fn. 1) all the clergy of the province of Canterbury to attend the aforesaid parliament; the abbots, priors, deans, and archdeacons in person, the chapters and clergy by their proctors. [Ibid.]
	The like to the archbishop of York. By K.
	[Ibid.]
April 9. Clipston.	To W. archbishop of York. Order not to interfere with John, archbishop of Canterbury, or with his men in the bearing of his cross before him in the province of York, while coming to the king, staying and returning, as he is about to come to the parliament, at York, by the king's order. By K.
	[Ibid. Fœdera.]
	To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to meet John, archbishop of Canterbury, when he shall come to that bailiwick, and to conduct him safely through the bailiwick, not permitting any one to hinder him or his men, as the king does not wish the archbishop to be disturbed in the bearing of his cross. By K.
	[Ibid.]
	The like to the sheriff of York. [Ibid.]
April 24. Clipston.	To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order immediately upon sight of these presents to cause proclamation to be made in that bailiwick that no one under pain of forfeiture shall do any damage to John, archbishop of Canterbury in causing his cross to be borne before him or to any of his men in coming to the king to the said parliament, staying there or returning; and the sheriff shall hasten to meet the archbishop on his arrival in that bailiwick and give him safe conduct through the bailiwick. By K.
	[Ibid.]
	The like to the sheriff of York. [Ibid.]
May 10. Cowick.	Richard de Kelleshale puts in his place Henry de Ingelby, clerk and Clement de Derneford to defend the execution of a recognisance for. 200l. made by him in chancery to Ebulo Lestraunge.
	Membrane 27d.
April 19. Clipston.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to admit William de Assh, whom Ralph de Bokkyng, steward of the liberty of St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, has attorned to make his proffer before them, on the morrow of the close of Easter next, and not to molest Ralph by reason of his absence on that day, because he has been appointed by the king to array divers men at arms and others in that county, and is engaged upon both that and other affairs of the king so that he cannot make his proffer in person.
	By K.
	The chancellor received the attornment.
April 20. Clipston.	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause Henry de Bello Monte to have respite until Trinity next for all the debts which he owes at the exchequer, unless the king orders otherwise in the meantime, and to release him in the meantime from any distraint made for that cause. By K.
April 13. Clipston.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Robert Darreynes, sheriff of Northumberland, to have respite until Michaelmas next for rendering his account before them for the issues of that county, and to receive Adam de Walton, as his attorney, to make his proffer, because he is now attendant upon divers affairs of the king, whereby he cannot make the said proffer, which he is bound to make on the morrow of the close of Easter next, in person, nor render his account for the said issues, and the king has given him the said respite for his account and has received Adam to make the said proffer for this turn. By K.
—	William de Melton, archbishop of York, puts in his place Henry de Ingelby, clerk, to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for certain sums of money, made to him in the chanceries of the king and his father by certain persons.