Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1331

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 2, 1330-1333. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1331', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 2, 1330-1333, (London, 1898) pp. 104-107. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol2/pp104-107 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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January 1331

Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to the executors of William Rydel, in their account at the exchequer of the time when he was the late king's constable of Bernard's Castle, for such wages for one bailiff and one clerk holding the court of the castle aforesaid as were wont to be allowed to other constables of that castle for such bailiff and clerk.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the same. Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king, after the death of Walter, the late archbishop, by reason of certain debts due from Walter to him, caused all Walter's goods and chattels to be taken into his hands, which were afterwards granted and delivered to Simon, as ordinary of the place, because the executors of Walter's will refused the administration of his goods, in order to make execution of the will, on condition that Simon should answer to the king for the said debts for so far as the goods sufficed, and the keepers of the temporalities of the archbishopric, whilst they were in the king's hands by reason of the voidance, took 4,000 quarters of corn of the said goods for the king's use, and answered to the king for the same, as appears by their account rendered at the exchequer, and Simon has besought the king to cause the value of the said corn to be allowed in the debts due to the exchequer from Walter, which are exacted from Simon by summons of the exchequer: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to examine the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer touching the account of the said keepers, and if they find that the said corn came to the king's use, to allow the value thereof to the archbishop in the aforesaid debts. By pet. of C.
Jan. 17.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause payment or assignment to be made to John Keyser of Newerk for 10l. if they find that that sum is due to him, as he has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in 10l. for wines bought from him, as appears by a bill under the seal of Richard de la Pole, the king's butler, and he has besought the king to cause payment or assignment therefor to be made to him. By pet. of C.
Jan. 18.
Westminster.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John de Wodeford, master of St. John's hospital, Chastel Donyngton, to have two cartloads of brushwood (busce) on Saturday in every week from the delivery or assignment of the parker of Donyngton park, which is now in the king's hands and in the escheator's custody, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Simon de Bereford, late escheator this side Trent, that the said master and his predecessors from time out of mind have been wont to receive two cartloads of brushwood for firewood on Saturday in every week from the aforesaid park by the delivery or assignment of the parker, without any interruption on the part of any lord of the park until John was hindered from receiving such brushwood by Hugh le Despenser, the elder, to whom the late king granted the town of Donyngton with the park aforesaid in the 17th year of his reign. By p.s.
Jan. 17.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause Eleanor de Lenham, daughter and heiress of John de Lenham, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of her father's lands, as she proved her age before Simon de Bereford, late escheator this side Trent, and the king has taken her homage. By p.s. [4221.]
Jan. 11.
Westminster.
To William de Brome and Thomas Ace. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, all the lands in Ewyas and Walterston that are of her inheritance, which are in their custody, as the king has restored to her the lands of her inheritance, which are in his hands by reason of Roger's death. By p.s. [4194.]
Jan. 23.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to cause payment or assignment to be made to Christiana, late the wife of Robert de Stubton, executrix of his will, for what they shall find to be due to her by inspection of the bill mentioned below, as she has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to Robert in 4l. 11s. 0d. for divers victuals bought from him for the late king's use, as appears by a bill of the late king's wardrobe, and she has besought the king to cause payment or satisfaction to be made to her.
By pet. of C.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause a moiety of the issues of the old custom in the port of Southampton to be assigned to the communities, inhabitants, and merchants of the following towns and places of the duchy [of Aquitaine], to wit Bourg (Burgo), Blaye (Blavia), St. Sever, St. Quitterie (Sancti Quinter'), Bonnegarde (Bonegarde), Sorde, La Batut, Peyrehorade (de Pereforate), Pouillon (Pulion), Hure (Huyre), and Labouheyre (Hebefavore), to hold until they be satisfied thence for the debts due to them from Edward I., in satisfaction whereof the king, in the first year of his reign, assigned to them all the issues of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Southampton, as they have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that they have been amoved from the collection of the said issues by reason of an assignment thereof to the merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, and they have besought the king to order the issues to be restored to them, or at least to cause payment to be made to them for the arrears of the said debts. The king makes this order with the assent of the merchants of the society of the Bardi. By K.
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Jan. 30.
Guildford.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to John de Aspale, king's yeoman, for 100 marks in the 125l. due from him to the exchequer, as he has shewn the king that two of his horses, which were appraised at 100 marks, were taken into the king's hands after the death of Edmund, late earl of Kent, because John was of the earl's household (fuit familiaris), without any satisfaction being made to him for the same, and he has besought the king to cause the value aforesaid to be allowed to him as above, and the king accedes to his petition because he had his will of the said horses. By p.s.
Jan. 13.
Westminster.
To the keeper of the castle of Bergeveny and of the land of Went in South Wales. Order to pay to Robert de Middelton, king's yeoman—to whom the king has granted the bailiwick of the serjeanty of the said land, which belonged to John de Hastynges, tenant in chief of the late king, and which is in the king's hands by reason of the minority of Laurence, son and heir of John, during the heir's minority—his usual wages for the time that he shall have the custody, as were wont to be paid to others who had that custody.
Jan. 18.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Roger de Horseleye has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that he expended a great sum of money by the late king's order about the making of walls, turrets, houses, and other buildings of the castle of Baumburgh in time of the war for the safe-keeping of the same when he was the constable thereof, and he demanded allowance for such expenses in his account at the exchequer of the issues of the said castle, and the treasurer and barons have deferred making him allowance therefor because he had no warrant in his possession for the said order, and he has prayed the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to see the particulars of the said expenses exhibited before them by Roger, and to make inquisition concerning the premises if necessary, and to cause Roger to have allowance for what they shall find he expended for the said works.
By pet. of C.
Jan. 23.
Westminster.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain Isabella, late the wife of Robert de Scales, for her fealty for the lands that she holds of the king, as she has done fealty to the king.
To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William de Stoke, who is insufficiently qualified.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to pay to Rhys son of Rhys ap Mereduk, a Welsh prisoner in Norwich castle, the arrears for the time of the sheriff's office of the wages that he was wont to receive in the time of Edward I. and Edward II.
Jan. 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The king sends to them enclosed herein the petition of William Cotun and William Shire, executors of the will of Roger Peterel, exhibited before him and his council in parliament, and orders them to call before them Nicholas de Tikhull, and to see his account, and if they find by inspection thereof that the lead whereof the petition makes mention came to the late king's use, and that the money therefor is still in arrear, to cause the executors to have payment of the money. By pet. of C.
Jan. 18.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. The abbot of Tironeau (Tyron) has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that king Edward, the king's progenitor, granted to the abbot and convent 20 marks yearly from the exchequer, and that the abbot and convent received payment thereof yearly from the time of the grant by virtue of the king's progenitors' writs of liberate, until Edward I. ordered the said 20 marks to be detained amongst the lands that belonged to men of the power of the king of France that he caused to be taken into his hands by reason of the war between him and the king of France, and the abbot has besought the king to cause the said sum to be paid to him hereafter and the arrears thereof from the time of the king's accession, when the abbot will remit at the exchequer the residue of the arrears aforesaid: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons and the chamberlains to see the charter of the grant aforesaid and the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and the writs of liberate aforesaid in the exchequer, and if they ascertain that the aforesaid 20 marks yearly were granted to the abbot and convent in form aforesaid, and that the abbey and convent had payment thereof until the money was detained by reason of the war, and that they did not remit it to the king or to any of his predecessors, and did not make any deed that may benefit the king in this behalf, and that the money was detained by reason of the said war and for no other reason, they are to pay the arrears thereof from the time of the king's accession, and to pay it to the abbot or his proctor from the treasury henceforth, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor, on condition that the abbot or his proctor remit to the king the arrears aforesaid. By pet. of C.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the same. The executors of the will of John de Okham have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that they are bound to render account to the king of the time when John was the late king's cofferer and for other causes, and the king is indebted to John in divers sums of money, as appears by bills of the late king's wardrobe in the executors' possession, and also by the accounts of the keepers of the said king's wardrobe and by other evidences in the exchequer, and they have besought the king to cause their accounts to be audited, and if, after auditing, they be found indebted to the king, to cause the amount thereof to be allowed in the debts due to John from the king, and if the king be found to be indebted to John after the auditing, to order such debts to be paid to them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons and chamberlains to audit the said account, and to see the said bills and the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to cause the debts to be paid or allowed to the executors according to their petition. By pet. of C.
To the same. The executors of the will of Ranulph de Benton have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that they are bound to render account at the exchequer of the time when Ranulph was keeper of the late king's victuals at Berwick on Tweed, and for divers other causes, and that the king is indebted to Ranulph in divers sums of money as appears by the bills of the late king's wardrobe in their possession, and also by the accounts of the keepers of the wardrobe and by other evidences in the exchequer, and they have besought the king to cause their accounts to be audited, and if, after auditing, they be indebted to the king, to cause the amount of such debt to be allowed in the debts due to Ranulph from the king, and if, after auditing, the king be found to be indebted to Ranulph, to cause the said debts to be paid to them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons and chamberlains to audit the executors' accounts, and to see the said bills and the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to cause the debts to be paid or allowed to the executors according to their petition. By pet. of C.
Jan. 22.
Westminster.
To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause 7d. a day to be paid to Robert de Clipston, keeper of the manor and park of Clipston, for the time of the escheator's office, and to cause that sum to be paid to him henceforth, as the king, on 12 January, in the first year of his reign, committed the custody of the manor and park to Robert during pleasure, so that he should answer to the king for the issues thereof, and should maintain the manor at the king's cost and the palings of the park at his own cost, receiving for the latter timber from dry wood in the park and 7d. a day from the escheator beyond Trent for himself, his parkers and the makers of the palings, and the king afterwards, on 15 September, in the second year of his reign, committed the custody to Robert during pleasure, so that he should answer for the issues thereof, and should maintain the manor and palings, and should receive as above.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order not to molest Master Hugh Elys, king's clerk, concerning the deanery of the king's free chapel of Wolrenhampton by reason of the king's collation thereof upon Richard de Castello, his clerk, and to maintain and protect him in possession, restoring to him any goods or chattels that may have been arrested by reason of the premises, as the king conferred the deanery upon Richard de Castello upon being given to understand that it was void, and Master Hugh has appeared in chancery in person and has asserted that he holds the deanery of the king's collation, and has exhibited the king's letters patent testifying the same.