Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1331

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

'Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1331', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 2, 1330-1333, (London, 1898) pp. 185-204. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol2/pp185-204 [accessed 20 April 2024]

February 1331



Feb. 3. Langley.	To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John Fraunceys of Bristol, the younger, whom the king has amoved from office because he is a merchant and does not make continuous stay in the county, so that he cannot attend to the duties of the office.
Feb. 4. Langley.	To John de Harnham. Order to repair the palings and ditches about the park of Claryndon by the view and testimony of Giles de Bello Campo, keeper of the forest and park of Claryndon, out of the money arising from the sale of underwood in the forest and park, the king having lately appointed John by letters patent to survey the underwood in the forest and park, and to cause it to be felled and sold where it may be felled in places most advantageous to the king and without destruction of the forest and park by the advice of the said keeper. By p.s.
Feb. 6. Langley.	To John Paynel, chamberlain of Chester. Order to pay to the king's ministers of those parts and to Trahern, a Welsh hostage, their usual fees and wages and the ancient alms there appointed. By the treasurer.
	To the same. Order to cause oxen, plough-horses (affri), ploughs, and carts, and other things for the cultivation (gaineria) of the king's manor of Frodesham to be bought out of the issues of his bailiwick, and to cause them to be delivered to the keeper of the manor by indenture.
	By the treasurer.
Jan. 26. Waltham.	To the sheriff of Wilts. Whereas, upon its being found by inquisition taken by Adam Walrond and Peter Doynel that John Giffard of Brymmesfeld, on Sunday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 9 Edward II. granted to John Torny of Werston, for a moiety of the manor of Stapelford, which John Torney had granted to him, 10l. yearly from his manor of Assheton near Boyton, in the aforesaid county, and that he also granted to the said John Torney by another deed 10l. and a robe, price 20s., yearly for life from the said manor, payment of which rent and robe John Giffard charged upon himself and his heirs and the said manor, and that John Torny was seised of the rent and robe by John Giffard from the aforesaid feast, and received the rent and robe for six years by the hands of John Giffard and his bailiffs of that manor until the manor was taken into the late king's hands upon John Giffard's death with the other lands of the latter, and that the manor was then in the king's hands by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser, the elder, to whom the late king granted it, and that it is held of the heir of William Mautravers by fealty for all service, the king, on 9 March, in the first year of his reign, ordered the keeper of the aforesaid manor to pay to John Torny the arrears of the rent and robe for the time of the keeper's office, and to pay to him the rent and robe thereafter; and the king now learns from John Torny that although he received the rent and robe when the manor was in the king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture and when John Mautravers had it of the king's grant, the rent and robe are in arrear from the time when the manor came to the king's hands by the forfeiture of John Mautravers: the king therefore orders the sheriff to pay to John Torny the arrears of the rent and robe from the time when the manor came to the king's hands by John Mautravers' forfeiture, and to pay the same to him so long as the manor shall be in the sheriff's custody.
Feb. 6. Langley.	To William de Clynton, justice of Chester, or to him who supplies his place, and to John Paynel, chamberlain there. Order to take with them some faithful and discreet men of those parts and to go to the king's castles of Chester, Flynt, Rothelan, and Beston, and the manors of Frodesham and Shotewyk, and to certify the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of what repairs are required therein, and of the cost of such repairs, as the king is given to understand that there are many defects (defunctus) greatly needing repair in the castles and manors, and that unless they be speedily repaired, it will be necessary to incur much greater expense, and the king wishes to be certified of the defects in the houses, walls, turrets, bridges, sea-ditches, ponds, hedges, palings, and in other buildings, and by whose default the defects arose, and at what time and in what manner, and for how much they can be repaired. By the treasurer.
	To John Paynel, chamberlain of Chester. Order to cause the defects in the said castles and manors and the king's mills in those parts to be repaired by the view and testimony of him whom the justice of Chester or he who supplies his place shall appoint for this purpose. By the treasurer.
	To William de Clynton, justice of Chester, or to him who supplies his place, and to John Paynel, chamberlain there. Order to appoint Master Richard de Legh, carpenter, or another suitable man of that mistery to survey the aforesaid castles and manors, and to appoint him to repair the defects therein from time to time as may be necessary, and to pay to him 4d. a day for his wages so long as he shall be employed in that office.
	By the treasurer.
	To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John son of Thomas de Karliolo, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 4. Langley.	To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to the king's serjeant, Master William le Ferour, keeper of the king's studs in the manors, parks and forests and elsewhere on this side the Trent, as much for the maintenance of the studs and for the wages of himself and his grooms keeping the studs as shall seem necessary according to their discretion.
	Vacated, because on the Liberate roll.
Feb. 1. Langley.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Wynterburnestok, co. Wilts, which was taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Joan, late the wife of Hugh Wake, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Joan at her death held no lands of the king in chief by reason whereof the custody of her lands ought to pertain to the king, but that she held the aforesaid manor of Matilda, late the wife of Robert de Holand, as of Matilda's purparty of the inheritance of the earl of Winchester in socage by fealty and by a rose yearly at Midsummer for all service, and it appears by certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer sent into chancery that the said land of Wynterburnestok is not held of the king as of the crown.
Jan. 27. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. John de Stanstede, executor of the will of Peter de Bolyngton, citizen of London, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that Edward I. was indebted to Peter in 44l. 17s. 0d. for fish bought from him in the 28th, 33rd, and 34th years of the said king's reign for the use of the said king and of Edward the late king, then prince of Wales, as appears by two bills of the wardrobe of Edward I. in the executor's possession, and he has besought the king to order payment of the said sum or satisfaction therefor to be made to him, so that he may make execution of the aforesaid will: the king therefore orders them to see the aforesaid bills, and if they ascertain that the said 44l. 17s. 0d. is still owing and that John is Peter's executor, to pay this sum to John at the exchequer, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor. By pet. of C.
Jan. 27. Waltham.	To the same. John de Cotes has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that Richard de la Pole, in the second year of the king's reign, received from John 40l. as a loan for the king's use, of which sum John has not yet had payment or any satisfaction, wherefore he has besought the king to order payment of the same to be made to him: the king therefore orders them to call before them the said Richard, and to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and if they ascertain by Richard's acknowledgment or by such search or otherwise that Richard received the said sum from John for the king's use, and answer was made to the king by Richard or by the collectors of the custom in the port aforesaid (sic), to pay the said sum to John out of the treasury or to cause him to have an assignment for it. By pet. of C.
Jan. 28. Hertford.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to see the late king's writ, dated 25 May, in the 12th year of his reign, to cause the master and brethren of the order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England to be quit of tenths, tallages and aids [as in this Calendar, 12 Edward II., page 71], and the king's late writ to the like effect, and to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and if they find thereby that the master and brethren were discharged of such tenths, tallages and aids in the late king's time, to cause them to be discharged thereof for the king's time and henceforth, as the king learns, by petition of the master and brethren exhibited before him and his council in parliament, that although they were thus discharged in the late king's time, as appears by the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, the treasurer and barons have hitherto deferred discharging them thereof for the king's time, wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy. By pet. of C.
Feb. 16. Langley.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with 40 acres of land in Hemmyngton, Assh, and Gosebek, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert Selyman, his late escheator this side Trent, that the said 40 acres, [part] of the messuage and 99 acres of land in the towns aforesaid that Roland le Fartere held of the king's progenitors by the service of making a leap, a whistle, and a fart (saltum, siflum et pettum), were alienated long before the time of [legal] memory to divers men, which alienations King Henry, the son of the Empress Matilda, confirmed by his charter, and that the justices late in eyre in co. Suffolk, because it was presented before them that the said 40 acres were thus alienated and that the service aforesaid had been withdrawn for a long time, caused them to be arrented at 15s., with which sum the prior of Buttele, Ralph de Bockyng', and other tenants of the said 40 acres are charged, and that the 40 acres are worth yearly in all issues 13s. 4d., and that they were taken into the king's hands for the alienation aforesaid.
	Membrane 30.
Jan. 26. Waltham.	Walter Jory of Braye, imprisoned at Wyndesore for trespass of vert in Wyndesore forest, has letters to Robert de Ufford, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, to bail him until the first assize.
Jan. 28. Hertford.	To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to supersede the demand upon John Siward of Okebourn Moysi for the 45s. in which he was amerced before the justices lately in eyre for Forest pleas in that county, as the king has pardoned him this sum. By p.s.
Jan. 29. Hertford.	To Richard de la Pole, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the town of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu a tun of wine of the king's right prise at Southampton for the fourth year of his reign, for the celebration of mass, in accordance with the grant of Henry III.
Jan. 26. Waltham Holy Cross.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Bernard Dyne has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in 50s. 3d. lent by him to the king in the first year of the reign in the port of London, as appears by the king's letters patent under his seal called 'coket' in Bernard's possession, and he has besought the king to order payment thereof or an assignment therefor to be made to him: the king therefore orders them to see the said letters, and if they ascertain that the aforesaid sum is still owing to Bernard, to cause it to be paid to him or to cause him to have an assignment for it.
	By pet. of C.
	To the same. Richard de Rothing, merchant, of London, has shewn the king that he is indebted to Richard in 114s. 4½d. for money lent by Richard in the port of London, as appears by the king's letters patent under the seal called 'coket' in Richard's possession, and he has besought the king to cause this sum to be allowed to him in his next customs of wool to be sent out of the realm from that port by him: the king therefore orders them to see the said letters, and if they ascertain that this sum is still owing to Richard, to cause it to be paid to him out of the treasury or to be allowed to him out of his next customs as above. By pet. of C.
Jan. 28. Waltham Holy Cross.	To the same. John de Swanlond, clerk, has shewn the king that he is indebted to John in 71l. 12s. 5d. for divers things bought from him for the late king's use, as appears by two bills of the said king's wardrobe in John's possession, and he has besought the king to order payment thereof to be made to him: the king therefore orders them to see the said bills, and if they ascertain that the said sum is clearly owing to John, to cause him to have payment or assignment therefor. By pet. of C.
Jan. 28. Hertford.	To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order the pay to Henry de Wytheton, chaplain celebrating in the chapel within Clippeston manor, the arrears of 5 marks yearly from 6 September last, when the king granted to him this sum during pleasure, to be received from the escheator beyond Trent, the late king, having on 5 December, in the 9th year of his reign, granted to the said Henry that he should receive 2 marks yearly from the escheator, in addition to the 40s. yearly for the chantry in the aforesaid chapel and in addition to other emoluments that he was wont to receive because he celebrated divine service in St. Edwin's chapel on certain occasions.
Jan. 25. Waltham Holy Cross.	To John de Wysham, justice of North Wales. Order to survey the king's castles in North Wales and the defects therein, and to ordain for the repair of the defects as he shall see fit for the least damage and greatest convenience to the king, as the king has ordered Master Adam Withiford, chamberlain of North Wales, to cause the defects most needing repair to be repaired by the view and testimony of the justice or of others to be deputed by him.
	By K.
	To Adam de Withiford, chamberlain of North Wales. Mandate in pursuance. By K.
Jan. 26. Waltham Holy Cross.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. Order to cause Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, son and heir of Guy de Bello Campo, late earl of Warwick, to have seisin of a messuage and a pesage (pesagio) in Southampton, which Guy at his death held of the late king in chief by the service of finding a chamberlain at the exchequer, as appears by an inquisition taken by Master John Walwayn, the late king's escheator this side Trent, as the king has taken Thomas's homage for his father's lands, although he has not yet proved his age.
Feb. 2. Hertford.	To the bailiffs of Hereford. Order to pay to the abbot of Dore 20l. from their ferm of that town at the terms at which they were wont to pay their ferm at the exchequer, which sum the king lately granted to the abbot towards his expenses in staying in the last parliament at Westminster concerning the expedition of certain of the king's affairs. By K. & C.
Jan. 28. Hertford.	To John Darcy, lord of Werk in Tyndale, or to his bailiff of the liberty of Tyndale. Whereas lately, at the prosecution of Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, late earl of Kent,—suggesting that the king ordered the aforesaid John to cause dower to be assigned to the said Edmund and to her of the lands of John Comyn of Badenagh, formerly her husband, tenant of the late king, within that liberty according to the extents, transcripts whereof the king sent to him sub pede sigilli, in the presence of Richard Talebot, to whom the king had committed the custody of the lands that belonged to the said John Comyn in that liberty, and that the keeper caused certain lands to be thus assigned and delivered to Edmund and her, the said lands were nevertheless afterwards resumed into the king's hands, and she has besought the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, to cause the lands to be restored to her—the king ordered the said keeper to cause the said lands to be restored to Margaret, and the keeper has certified the king that he could not deliver to her the said lands because David de Strabolgi, earl of Athole, and the aforesaid Richard Talebot and Elizabeth his wife have entered the lands in question as their inheritance: as it was agreed in the parliament at Westminster that Margaret should have her dower of the said Edmund's lands and should have all other lands that she held in dower or otherwise at his death and that were taken into the king's hands at his death, and as it appears to the king by evidences shewn in chancery and by inspection of the writs enrolled in the rolls of chancery that the assignment of the dower aforesaid was made during Edmund's life, and that the lands thus assigned to them in dower were taken into the king's hands by reason of Edmund's death, the king orders the keeper to resume into the king's hands all the lands thus assigned to Edmund and Margaret in dower, and to deliver them to Margaret with the issues received thence from the time of their being taken into the king's hands. The king sends to him, enclosed in the presents, for his greater information the transcript of the assignment of the aforesaid dower lately sent by him into chancery.
Feb. 3. Langley.	To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Simon Greylond, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 8. Langley.	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Walter de Toutheby, who is incapacitated by illness and age.
Feb. 8. Langley.	To Geoffrey Lescrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order to admit William de Denum as one of the king's serjeants in the matters before them touching the king. By K.
	To the justices of the Bench. Like order for admission of the said William. By K.
Feb. 12. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Whereas the late king, on 3 June, in the 8th year of his reign, granted to Simon Warde for his good service 100 marks yearly from the exchequer, until he should provide him with 100 marks of land or rent yearly for life, as contained in his letters patent, and Simon has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that whereas he has been satisfied for certain sums of the arrears of the aforesaid 100 marks yearly by virtue of certain of the late king's writs of liberate and writs for allowances to be made to him addressed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and chamberlains, and certain sums of the said arrears of the aforesaid sum are still in arrear to him for the late king's time and for the present king's time, and he has besought the king to order payment to be made to him of the arrears: the king therefore orders them to inspect the aforesaid writs, and to pay to Simon what they shall ascertain to be in arrear of the said sum, or to cause him to be satisfied for the same elsewhere. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6. Langley.	To John de Harnham. Order to pay to Giles de Bello Campo, keeper of the forest and park of Claryndon, 10l. for his fee, which he ought to receive yearly, from the money arising from the sale of underwood in the forest and park, which the king appointed John to fell and sell. By C.
	Membrane 29.
Feb. 14. Langley.	To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to John de Neusom, clerk, whom the king, on 12 December last, appointed surveyor of his studs beyond Trent, the arrears of 8d. a day from that day, and to pay him such wages henceforth for so long as he shall hold that office.
Feb. 14. Langley.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, the following of his lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Bissheie, co. Hertford, of the yearly value of 31l. 15s. 6d.; the manor of Northweld, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 36l. 19s. 8d.; the manor of Laumersh in the same county, of the yearly value of 26l. 17s. 3½d.; the manor of Leiham, co. Suffolk, of the yearly value of 31l. 10s. 0½d.; the manor of Kereseie, in the same county, of the yearly value of 22l. 16s. 0d.; the manor, town, and hundred of Aulton, co. Southampton, of the yearly value of 86l. 7s. 6¾d.; the manor of Bedehampton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 67l. 6s. 8¾d.; the town of Andevre, in the same county, of the yearly value of 104l. 1s. 0d.; the manor of Wockyng' with the members of Sutton, Hoke, and Piribright, in co. Surrey, of the yearly value of 58l. 3s. 2½d.; the town of Wichio, co. Worcester, of the yearly value of 89l. 5s. 0d.; the manor of Eston, co. Northampton, of the yearly value of 34l. 6s. 10¾d.; the manor of Torpel, in the same county, of the yearly value of 56l. 7s. 7d.; the manor of Upton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 15l. 1s. 4¾d.; the manor of Gretham with the member of Thorle and other appurtenances in Waynflet and elsewhere in co. Lincoln, of the yearly value of 38l. 9s. 3d.; two parts of the manor of Caldecote, co. Huntingdon, of the yearly value of 10l. 4s. 1d.; the manor of Assheford in the Peak, co. Derby, of the yearly value of 75l. 16s. 2d.; and 6l. 5s. 0d. yearly from the ferm of 50l. that the abbot and convent of Ramesaie render for the fair of the town of St. Ives, co. Huntingdon. By K. & C.
	To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Margaret the said manor of Assheford in the Peak. By K. & C.
	Memorandum, that, in the parliament summoned at Westminster on Monday after St. Katherine, 4 Edward III., it was agreed by the king and the whole parliament that Margaret should have her dower of the lands, knights' fees, and advowsons of churches of the said earl, as appears more fully by the agreement aforesaid enrolled on the back of the [letters] Close for the said year.
Feb. 15. Langley.	To William Trussell, escheator this side Trent. Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in the last parliament at Westminster, that the earl died seised of the castle, borough, and honour of Arundel and of the manors of Estdene, Westdene, Sengleton, Cherleton, Leumenstre, Northstok, Bourne, Stanstede, Wollavyngton, Palingham, and Dunherst, co. Sussex, and of the manor of Kyneleye, co. Wilts, of the king's grant, wherefore she ought to have dower thereof, which castle, borough, honour, and manors the king has caused to be restored to Richard son of Edmund, late earl of Arundel, as things that are of his inheritance, by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and proceres of the realm in the said parliament, and she has besought the king to cause other lands to be assigned to her in recompence for her dower of the premises, which are extended at 627l. 7s. 4d. yearly, as appears by inquisitions taken by Robert Selyman, late escheator this side Trent: the king therefore orders the escheator to deliver to her the following of the lands in his hands by reason of the minority of the earl of Kent's heir, which he has assigned to her, in addition to the dower previously assigned to her by him: the manor of Swannescomp, co. Kent, of the yearly value of 58l. 17s. 5½d.; the hundred of Berdestaple, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 15l.; and the yearly ferm of 90l. that the abbot and convent of Kirkestalle render for the manor of Colyngham, co. York; and 43l. 15s. 0d. of the yearly ferm of 50l. that the abbot and convent of Rameseie render for the fair of St. Ives, co. Huntingdon; 29s. 11¾d. yearly from the yearly ferm that the abbot and convent of Stratford render for the manors of Sudbury and Hamme, co. Essex: to have until the heir come of age, or until the king cause her to be provided with lands to the value elsewhere.
	By K. & C.
	To the abbot and convent of Kyrkestall. Order to answer to Margaret henceforth for their ferm aforesaid. By K. & C.
	Et erat patens.
	Memorandum, that it was agreed in the aforesaid parliament that Margaret shall have her dower of the earl's lands, knights' fees, and advowsons, as appears by the agreement aforesaid on the dorse of the [letters] Close in the aforesaid year.
Jan. 28. Hertford.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king, on 12 February, in the first year of his reign, by his letters patent pardoned the men of cos. Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland all the debts that are exacted from them by summons of the exchequer for green wax and for the arrears of ferms or for any reason for his time or for the times of his predecessors, and also forfeited issues and the chattels of felons, and all other debts that they owed to him in any way, with the exception of the debts for victuals of the late king bought by them, and it is now shewn to him on their behalf, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that although the king often ordered the treasurer and barons to discharge the said men of all debts due to him from them before the said day, except the debts for the victuals aforesaid, nevertheless the treasurer and barons have hitherto deferred discharging them of the remainder of the accounts of the said men and their ancestors of the time when they or their ancestors were sheriffs and other ministers of the king and of his progenitors, and of divers other debts, wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy; as it appeared by examination of the aforesaid pardon before the king and his council that all debts except those for the victuals aforesaid are pardoned to the said men, the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause the said men to be discharged of the remainders of the accounts and the arrears of ferms and all other debts whatsoever that were owing to the king or his progenitors by them before the said twelfth day. By pet. of C.
Feb. 3. Langley.	To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order not to intermeddle further with the land that belonged to Richard Beaumond, if it be in the king's hands solely for the reason specified below, as the king learns by the record of John de Stonore and his fellows, his late justices to hear and determine divers felonies in that county, that Richard, being indicted before them for feloniously slaying William son of Gervase de Wiston at Wyche St. Mary, and being asked how he would acquit himself of the felony aforesaid, said that he was a clerk and that he could not answer there without the ordinaries, and he was convicted so far as a clerk could be convicted by an inquisition of the country there taken before the justices, by reason whereof his goods and chattels were taken into the king's hands, and because no ordinary came to demand him and because he was indicted of other felonies, he was remitted to prison, and now the king is given to understand that Richard died in prison a natural death before he was delivered to the ordinary of that place, wherefore the king ordered the sheriff and coroners of the county to certify him concerning the said death, and they have signified that Richard was imprisoned in Launceveton gaol because he was indicted before the said justices for divers felonies and trespasses, and that he was there detained in great illness for fifteen days, of which illness he died on Saturday before St. Leonard last. It is provided that answer shall be made to the king for the chattels aforesaid.
	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the burgesses of Newcastle-on-Tyne to be discharged of 40l. of the 100l. 13s. 4d. due from them for the ferm of that town for the coming year, as the king has pardoned them this sum in aid of the repair of the pile (pile) of the bridge of that town, which pile is now broken down, wishing to shew them special grace in consideration of the damages sustained by them by the frequent comings of the Scots in the late war. Dated at Langley, 3 January, in the fourth year. (fn. 1) By pet. of C.
Feb. 8. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Elizabeth, late the wife of Roger Damary, has shewn the king that divers debts are exacted by summons of the exchequer from her in Roger's name as tenant of certain lands of Roger's, and the late king was indebted to Roger in divers sums, as appears by divers writs of liberate directed to the treasurer and chamberlains and not yet executed, and she has besought the king to order the arrears due to Roger to be allowed to her in the debts exacted from her under his name: the king therefore orders them to examine the said writs of liberate, which are in the possession of the treasurer and chamberlains, and to obtain information concerning any payments that may have been made thereon, and to cause tallies to be levied for Elizabeth of the sums of money that still remain to be paid, which are to be allowed to her by the treasurer and barons in the debts exacted from her under Roger's name as above. By pet. of C.
Jan. 26. Waltham.	To the same. John de Lincoln, citizen of London, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that he, by the late king's order by word of mouth, bought lead, tin, iron, steel, boards, ropes, cables, honey, and divers other small things for the works that the said king had then ordered to be done in divers places, and the said king ordered the sheriffs of London and other his ministers by his letters patent under his privy seal to be intendent and aiding to John in making the aforesaid provisions, as appears by the said letters in John's possession, for which things and for the expenses about the buying and carriage thereof John has not yet been satisfied, and he has besought the king to cause account to be made with him for the premises, and to order payment to be made to him of what shall be found to be due to him: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons and chamberlains to audit John's account in this behalf, and if they find any sum to be due to him, to cause it to be paid to him out of the treasury or to cause him to have an assignment for it.
	By pet. of C.
Jan. 27. Westminster.	To the same. The executors of the will of Master Thomas de Cobham, late bishop of Worcester, have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that the late king was indebted to the bishop in 86l. 3s. 8d. for his expenses in going to France and for expediting divers affairs there and in the duchy of Aquitaine, as appears by divers bills under the seal of the late king's wardrobe in their possession, which sums still remain to be paid to them, and they have besought the king to order payment thereof to be made to them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and chamberlains to cause payment to be made to the executors of what they shall ascertain to be due to them of the sums contained in the bills, or the treasurer and barons to cause an assignment therefore to be made to them. By pet. of C.
Feb. 3. Langley.	To the sheriff of Kent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Henry de Leyburn, if they are in the king's hands solely for the reason specified below, as Henry was put into exigent to be outlawed in that county, and was afterwards outlawed, because he did not come before the late king to answer to him for the death of William de Cobham, whereof he was indicted, by reason of which outlawry his lands in that county were taken into the late king's hands, and they are still in the king's hands in the sheriff's custody, and the outlawry aforesaid is annulled and revoked because Henry on the day of the promulgation of the outlawry and long before and after that day was in prison in the castle of Vises, as appears by the tenor of the record and process of the annullation aforesaid, which the king has caused to come before him in chancery under the seal of Geoffrey le Scrop, his chief justice.
	Membrane 28.
Feb. 12. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Emma, late the wife of Robert de Monte Alto, executrix of his will, to whom the king committed the custody of the lands of John de Sancto Johanne, tenant in chief, during the minority of John's heir, to be discharged of the extent of the manor of Sotwell, co. Berks, as the king on 14 May, in the third year of his reign,—at the prosecution of Margaret, late the wife of William de Bereford, suggesting that the aforesaid John had demised to her the said manor for a term of years then not expired, which manor was taken into the king's hands by reason of John's death, and praying the king to provide for her indemnity in this behalf,—granted that Margaret should have again and hold the said manor for so long as it should remain in his hands, rendering to the exchequer he extent thereof, as contained in his letters patent.
Feb. 15. Langley.	To Robert de Hambury, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay to John de Wysham, justice of North Wales, the arrears of his fee for his office for the time of the chamberlain's office, and to pay to him the same fee henceforth.
Feb. 18. Windsor.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the abbot and convent of Egleston to be discharged of the 15l. 13s. 4d. due from them to the exchequer, for victuals bought by them from the late king, which sum is attermined to them at the exchequer, as the king has pardoned them this sum, in consideration of the damages sustained by them by the frequent comings of the Scots into those parts. By pet. of C.
Jan. 27. Waltham.	To the same. Order to cause the citizens of Carlisle to be discharged of 40l. of the 80l. due from them to the exchequer for the ferm of their city for Michaelmas term last, as the king has pardoned them this sum in aid of the repair of the walls and ditches of the city aforesaid and of certain engines there, in consideration of the damages sustained by them by the frequent comings of the Scots into those parts. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6. Langley.	To the same. Master Richard de Haveryng', son and heir of John de Haveryng', has shewn the king that John, when he was the sheriff of Edward I. in co. Southampton, in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th years of his reign, incurred divers costs and expenses about the repair of Winchester castle and the houses therein and in the carriage of timber for the said king's engines there, and in the payment to William de Candevre, then the said king's coroner, by divers writs of precept to the sum of 198l. 11s. 11d. which sum was put in view upon John on his account of the shrievalty for the said 6th year, but because he had not then any writs of the said king, he did not then obtain allowance for the aforesaid sum, as appears by the roll of the memoranda of the seventh year of the said king, by reason whereof the said Richard is distrained for the aforesaid sum for the king's use by the sheriff of Wiltshire, and he has besought the king to order a remedy to be provided in this behalf: as it appears to the king by inspection of the rolls of the said king's chancery, that the said king, on 22 May, in the 3rd year of his reign, ordered the sheriff of Southampton by his writ to cause the bridge of Winchester castle and the houses of the same to be repaired, and ordered Adam Gurdon, keeper of the forest of Alheholt, by another writ to cause the abbot of Hyde, Winchester, the prior of St. Swithin's there, and the sheriff of Southampton, surveyors of the works of the said castle, to have thirty oaks fit for timber in that forest, and ordered Matthew de Columbariis, keeper of the forests of Cheut and Derley, by another writ to cause the abbot, prior, and sheriff to have thirty oaks in the said forests for the aforesaid works, the king orders the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer concerning the premises, and if they ascertain that John expended the aforesaid sum for the purposes aforesaid, they are to cause Richard to be discharged thereof at the exchequer, although he cannot shew any writs of precept of the said king.
Feb. 17. Windsor.	To the same. John Sefoule has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that the king is indebted to him in 50l. for his fee for the time when he was one of the late king's justices to take assizes in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk, as appears by divers of the late king's writs of liberate sent to the treasurer and chamberlains of that time at John's prosecution, and remaining in the exchequer, and John is indebted to the king in a sum of money for the time when he was the late king's sheriff of the said counties, and he has besought the king to cause the said 50l. to be allowed to him in the sum thus due from him: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to see the said writs and other memoranda of the exchequer, and to cause to be allowed to John in the sum due from him what they shall ascertain to be in arrear of his fee aforesaid. By pet. of C.
Jan. 26. Waltham.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. William de Felton, king's yeoman, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to William in 100 marks of the arrears of the 50 marks yearly from the exchequer granted to him by the late king, as appears by divers writs of liberate in their possession in the exchequer, and he has besought the king to order this sum to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to see the late king's letters patent to William, and to pay to William the said 100 marks out of the treasury, or to cause him to have suitable assignment therefor.
	By pet. of C.
Jan. 26. Waltham.	To the same. John le Botiller and Joan his wife, executrix of the will of Thomas de Sanford, and William de Holle and William Milksop, Joan's co-executors, have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that he is indebted to them in 24l. 4s. 10d. for the surplus of Thomas's account of the time when he was the late king's constable of Porcestre castle and keeper of the forest of La Bere, and for divers other causes, as appears by the said account, which was lately rendered at the exchequer, and they have besought the king to order the aforesaid sum to be paid to them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons and chamberlains to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer touching the said account, and if they ascertain that the aforesaid sum is still owing to the executors, to cause payment or assignment to be made to them for it.
	By pet. of C.
Feb. 5. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king, on 30 April, in the 19th year of his reign, granted to Edmund Bacun the custody of all the lands of Giles de Brewosa, in the said king's hands by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of Giles, to have, with the knights' fees, advowsons, reversions, etc., until the heir came of age, or, if John died a minor without an heir of his body, until Alexander, John's brother, came of age, and the king now learns from the complaint of John de Boselyngthorp, son and heir of Richard de Boselyngthorp, that although Edmund levied relief from him for the lands that Richard his father held at his death of the said heir, which Edmund caused to be seised into his hands after Richard's death, the treasurer and barons nevertheless exact five marks from John for his relief for the said lands that are thus held of the heir by reason of an order of the late king's dated 12 June, in the 19th year of his reign, to his escheator this side Trent to take security from John for payment of his relief to the exchequer for the lands that his father held in chief, wherefore John has besought the king to provide a remedy: as it is found by the inquisitions taken after Richard's death by the late king's order that Richard at his death held in his demesne as of fee certain lands in Boselyngthorp of the aforesaid heir, a minor thus in the said king's wardship, as of the manor of Loutheburgh by the service of two parts of a knight's fee, the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause the exaction of the said five marks from John for his relief to be superseded, and to cause him to be discharged thereof at the exchequer; provided that relief of other lands that Richard held of the said king in chief be levied, if it have not yet been levied.
Feb. 10. Langley.	To the same. Roger Heyron has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that he expended divers costs when he was constable of Baumburgh castle in the repair of the walls, houses, engines, buildings, and other things in the castle, and paid divers wages to the watchmen and gatekeepers of the castle, and the treasurer and barons have hitherto deferred allowing him the said costs and wages in his account, wherefore he has besought the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to see the parcels of the said costs delivered before them by Roger, and to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to enquire concerning the costs and wages, and to cause to be allowed to Roger what they shall ascertain he expended in the repairs aforesaid and such wages for the watchmen and gatekeepers as have been usually allowed to other constables heretofore. By pet. of C.
Feb. 9. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Robert de Hornclif has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that he is bound to render account at the exchequer of the time when he was constable of Baumburgh castle, that the king is indebted to him in divers sums of money, as appears by divers writs of liberate in the exchequer, and he has besought the king to cause his account to be audited, and if any sum be found due from him to the king, to cause it to be allowed to him in the debts due to him from the king, and if the king be found indebted to him, to order such debts to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to audit Robert's account, and to cause the debts to be paid or allowed to him as above. By pet. of C.
Feb. 24. Croydon.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John, son and heir of Christina de Bydyk, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of his mother's lands, as he has proved his age before Robert Selyman, late escheator this side Trent, and the king has taken his homage.
	By p.s. [4374.]
Feb. 25. Croydon.	To the justiciary of Ireland and the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of Dublin. The men and tenants of the town of Tassagard have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that they are so impoverished by the hostile attacks of Irish enemies and by divers fires and by rapine of their possessions that they are hardly able to pay to the king 20l. yearly, whereas they were wont to render 100l. yearly to the exchequer of Dublin, and that although they have often sought for a remedy in the premises from the king's council there, nevertheless they are not able to obtain one without the king's special order, and they have besought the king to remit to them the arrears of their ancient ferm for the enclosure of their town against the attacks of the enemies aforesaid, because there is no one at the king's peace between that town and the said enemies: the king therefore orders the justiciary and treasurer and barons to obtain information concerning the premises by inquisition and otherwise, and to make remission of the said arrears in so far as they shall find by the information aforesaid that grace ought to be shewn to the said men; provided that the men find security to expend what shall be thus remitted about the enclosure of their town. By pet. of parl.
	Membrane 27.
Feb. 14. Langley.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Brottelby, co. Lincoln, which was taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Edmund, late earl of Kent, and to restore the issues thereof to Margaret, late the wife of the said earl, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert Selyman, late escheator this side Trent, that Edmund and Margaret held jointly on the day of Edmund's death the said manor of the gift of William de Clif, clerk, for the life of Alesia de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, and that Edmund and Margaret continued their seisin of the manor from the time of the gilt until Edmund's death.
Feb. 12. Langley.	To John Byk, keeper of the manors of Wheteley and Grengeley. At the prosecution of the prior of Wirkesop, by petition before the king and his council in parliament at Westminster in the first year of his reign, suggesting that Walter, sometime prior of that place, was disseised by Constance de Byern and John de Vescy and others of a windmill in Gryngeleye and of the suit of the men of that town to the mill, which mill and suit Walter had of the feoffment of Matilda de Lovetot, sometime lady of that town, and that Walter recovered the mill and suit by recognition of an assize against Constance and John and others named in the original writ before John de Raygate and his fellows, the justices of Edward I. to take assizes in co. Nottingham, and that judgment of the assize was not rendered by the said justices because Constance held the manor of Gryngeleye in dower by assignment of the said king, to whom the reversion of the manor was reserved, and Constance and John, pending the rendering of the judgment aforesaid, moved the mill out of the prior's soil, and placed and erected it elsewhere in the town on Constance's soil, and that the record and process of the assize were afterwards sent before Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, the late king's justices to hold pleas before him, together with the petition of the present prior concerning the premises, in order to do justice, and it was considered before them that the prior should cause his mill aforesaid to be re-erected (reparari), if he wished; by reason whereof the prior caused the mill to be constructed anew; and when it was constructed, as the keeper of the manor of Gryngeley did not permit the aforesaid men to make suit at that mill as they were wont to do before the disseisin, the king, at the prior's prosecution, appointed certain of his subjects to enquire whether such suit was owed to the mill or not, and concerning other articles in this behalf; and although it was found by the inquisition that the suit was owed to the said mill, and that the priors were seised thereof, the prior could not have any execution upon the inquisition because the manor was assigned to Queen Isabella before the inquisition was returned; wherefore, upon another petition of the prior in the parliament at Northampton in the second year of the reign, the king ordered Simon de Bereford, the said queen's keeper of the manor, to do justice to the prior in the premises according to the tenor of the said inquisition; which Simon, having no respect to such order, caused the aforesaid mill to be removed from the place where it stood, and caused it to be carried and erected in the manor of Wheteleye, which he then held at ferm of the said queen, and compelled the tenants of that manor to do suit at the mill; by reason whereof the king, at the petition of the prior before him and his council in the last parliament at Westminster, praying for restitution of the mill and suit aforesaid, appointed Robert de Pyrpount, Richard de Whatton, and William Basset to make inquisition by men of co. Nottingham, in the presence of the keeper of the manor of Wheteleye, concerning the premises; and it is found by the inquisition that the said Simon, when he was Queen Isabella's fermor of the manor of Wheteley, removed the prior's said mill situate on the prior's soil of Gryngeley, and caused it to be carried and taken by engines and the draught of oxen and horses to the manor of Wheteley, and caused it to be erected on the soil of that manor, and that there was then no other mill in the manor of Wheteley, and that he would thus make profit (appruasse) of the suit of the tenants of that manor at the mill aforesaid: the king therefore orders the keeper to deliver the mill thus erected on the soil of the manor of Wheteley to the prior, to be replaced where it stood before the removal aforesaid, or elsewhere as the prior shall see fit, and, after the mill have been thus replaced or erected, to cause the prior to have the suit of the men of Gryngeley pertaining to the mill, and to permit the men to grind their corn at the mill without impediment, just as the men of that town and their ancestors were wont to grind at the prior's mill there. By pet. of C.
Feb. 22. Eltham.	To Richard de Par. Order to lend to Bertrand Calculi 25l. of the king's money in his custody that the king ordained to send to the duchy [of Aquitaine], receiving from Bertrand letters obligatory to repay the same to Richard on the latter's first coming to the duchy. By K.
	The like to the said Richard for 50l. in favour of Reymund Durand.
	By K.
Feb. 20. Windsor.	To Adam de Wythyford, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay to Richard de Holand, keeper of the castle of Crukyn, the arrears of the fee that he ought to receive for the custody of the castle, and to pay to him such fee henceforth for so long as he shall have the custody.
Feb. 15. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to John de Crumbewell, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, for 18l. 13s. 9¼d. paid by him to the prior of St. Mary's, Carlisle, for the tenth penny of all extra-parochial agistments within the forest of Ingelwode, in execution of the king's order [as in the preceding volume of this Calendar, page 461].
Feb. 8. Langley.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. William de Weston the king's yeoman, has shewn the king by petition before him and his council in parliament, that Edward I. was indebted to him in 600l. and the late king in 300 marks and 75s. for his wages for the time when he was in their service in the wars of Scotland and for recompence for his horses lost in the said wars, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe of Edward I. and by certain bills of the late king's chamberlain of Scotland in William's possession, for which he has not yet been satisfied, and he has besought the king to order payment or assignment to be made to him for the said sums: the king therefore orders them to see the said bills, and to pay to William what they shall find to be owing to him, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor. By pet. of C.
Feb. 4. Langley.	To Edmund Hakelut. Whereas the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert Selyman, late escheator this side Trent, that Roger Martel and Ivo Martel, sometimes lords of the manor of Hyneton Martel, granted by their charters in frankalmoin to the prior and convent of Christchurch, Twynham, a rent of 103s. and 2 quarters of wheat yearly from the manor aforesaid, and that the prior and his predecessors received the rent without interruption from time out of mind until the manor came to the late king's hands by the death of Peter son of Reginald and of Reginald son of Reginald, late lords of the manor, tenants in chief, and by reason of the minority of their heirs, and that 50s. and 10 bushels of wheat of the said rent yearly from the purparty of the heir of Peter son of Reginald are in arrear to the prior and convent for eight years after Peter's death, and that 40s. and 6 bushels of wheat of the rent of the purparty of the heir of Reginald son of Reginald are in arrear to them for two years after Reginald's death, and that the prior was seised of the residue of the said rent by the hands of Nicholas de Odecoumbe, tenant of a sixth part of the manor, and that the manor is worth 10l. yearly beyond the rent aforesaid, and it appears by inspection of the aforesaid charters exhibited in chancery that the gifts were made in form aforesaid: the king orders Edmund to pay to the prior the arrears of the aforesaid 40s. and 6 bushels from the purparty of the heir of Reginald son of Reginald of the manor, which is in Edmund's custody by the king's grant, and to pay the same yearly henceforth for so long as the purparty shall be in his custody.
	The like to Hugh de Poyntz concerning the 55s. and 10 bushels of wheat from the purparty of the heir of Reginald son of Reginald that is in his custody.
Feb. 22. Eltham.	To the collectors of the old and new customs in the port of Ipswich. Order to pay to Dinus Forsetti, Peter Reyneri, Bartholomew Barde, Lotrinus de Colyne, and Lotierus Johan, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, by indenture all moneys from the customs in that port, and one leaf (folium) of the king's seal called 'coket' of the old custom, and his seal called 'coket' of the new custom, until they have been satisfied for the debts due to them from the king, as the said Dinus, Peter, Bartholomew and their fellows, merchants of the said society, undertook before the king and his council to pay a certain sum of money daily into his wardrobe for the expenses of his household from 17 August, in the 3rd year of his reign, for a certain time, and the king granted to them all issues of the customs aforesaid until they should be satisfied, notwithstanding any assignments previously made thereon, excepting the assignments made by the king to John de Hanon[ia], the count of Julers, John de Berners, William Chaumberleyn, and Gerard de Potes. The king will cause tallies to be levied at his receipt for the collectors for the same to be paid by them to the said merchants, and will cause the tallies to be delivered to them for their discharge.
	The like to the collectors in the following ports:
	Great Yarmouth.	Sandwich.
	Lenne.	Chichester.
	Boston.	Wynchelse.
	Hertilpol.	Weymuth and
	Newcastle-on-Tyne.	Melcombe.
March 20. Eltham.	The like to the collectors in the port of Southampton.
Jan. 26. Waltham Holy Cross.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. The abbot of Leycestre has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king was indebted to him in 100 marks for a loan, as appears by his letters patent in the abbot's possession, and the treasurer and barons and chamberlains have caused 56l. 4s. 4¼d. of the aforesaid sum to be allowed to the abbot, by virtue of the king's letters of privy seal directed to them, in the sum of money that the abbot was bound to pay to the king for the tenth lately granted to him by the clergy, and 10l. 8s. 11¾d. still remain to be paid to the abbot, and he has besought the king to order this sum to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to see the letters aforesaid and the memoranda of the exchequer, and if they ascertain that the said sum is still owing to the abbot, to pay it to him at the exchequer, or to cause him to have allowance therefor in the next payment due from him for the tenth for four years imposed upon the clergy of England by the pope, a moiety whereof was granted to the king.
	By pet. of C.
Feb. 13. Windsor.	To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to cause the houses, tower, walls, and bridges of the castle, the houses and walls of the king's garden without the castle, the houses and ponds of Wyndesore park, the palings and enclosure round the parks there, the houses and walls of the manor of Kenyngton, and the paling and wall round the king's park there to be repaired by the view and testimony of the viewer of the king's works there. By K. & C.
	Membrane 26.
Feb. 20. Windsor.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to to Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, tenant in chief, the following of the earl's knights' fees, which the king has assigned to her in dower: a fee in Ardeleye, co. Essex, which Walter Baynard holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Liston, Dannebury, and Coryngham, in the same county, which Hugh son of Simon holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a fee in Little Thurrok, in the same county, which John Swery holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a moiety of a fee in Fairstede, in the same county, which moiety John Dyn, knight, holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety of a fee in Gyngerolf, in the same county, which moiety Richard Gosham holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in the same county, which quarter John de Carmenho holds, of the yearly value of 30s.; a quarter of a fee in Wylingehale, in the same county, which quarter John Rokle holds, of the yearly value of 30s.; a moiety of a fee in Braghyng, in the same county (sic), which moiety Henry de Pentelewe holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a fee in Todenham, co. Suffolk, which Edmund de Hemmegrave holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Stanton, in the same county, which Hervey de Stanton held, of the yearly value of 15l.; a moiety of a fee in Northburgh, co. Northampton, which moiety the abbot of Peterborough holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Sutthorp, in the same county, which quarter the heirs of Richard de Walcote hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in the same town, which quarter John Griffyn, knight, holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Okele, co. Kent, which moiety William Sencler held, of the yearly value of 50s.; a moiety of a fee in Bocland, in the same county, which moiety Richard de Bucland held, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Randolveston and Fordingbrigg, co. Somerset (sic), which Maurice le Brun holds, of the yearly value of 13l. 6s. 8d.; a fee in Esshemaners, in the same county, which John Randolf holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; two parts of a fee in Fidelton, in the same county, which parts Richard de Coumbe holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Newenham, in the same county, which quarter John le Botiller holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a tenth of a fee in Nettelham, co. Lincoln, which tenth John Knyght holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a tenth of a fee in Wyvelingham, in the same county, which tenth John le Arblaster holds, of the yearly value of 23s. 4d.; a sixth of a fee in Wyvelingham and Stowe, in the same county, which sixth John son of Roger de Wyvelingham holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a quarter of a fee in Billingburgh, in the same county, which quarter John de Cesterton holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a fee and three parts in Pitteworth, in the same county, which Adam de Braceby and John de Ounesby hold, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a quarter of a fee in Faldyngworth, in the same county, which quarter Alan de Scures holds, of the yearly value of 6s. 8d.; a fortieth part of a fee in Refham, in the same county, which part Roger son of Gregory de Wylingham holds, of the yearly value of 6s. 8d.; a fee in Ousthorp, in the same county, which John de Ry holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Fillingham, in the same county, which the heir of Thomas Bardolf holds, of the yearly value of 30l., a third of a fee in the same town, which third William de Snartford holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a tenth of a fee in Sudbrok, in the same county, which tenth Thomas son of John Aubert holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a quarter of a fee in Osberneby, Neuton, and Trikyngham, in the same county, which quarter Adam de Braceby holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in Osberneby, in the same county, which quarter Philip de Ounesby holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; three parts of a fee in Kesteby, in the same county, which parts Thomas Olifart holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in Ounesby, in the same county, which quarter Robert de Saltfleteby holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a a moiety of a fee in the same town, which moiety John de Isny holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a moiety of a fee in Wyvelingham, in the same county, which Henry de Milton and Agnes his wife hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; a fee in Ingelby and Thorp-in-les-Falwes, in the same county, which Thomas de Multon holds, of the yearly value of 40l.; a tenth of a fee in Horblyng, in the same county, which tenth William Auncel holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a moiety and an eighth of a fee in Osbernby, Neuton, and Trikyngham, in the same county, which parts John Sourdevale holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety and an eighth of a fee in Osbernby, Neuton, Swarby, and Manthorp, in the same county, which John son of John Dru of Wywell holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety of a fee in Askeby near Parteney, in the same county, which moiety John de Wyluby holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Steynwath and Casthorp, in the same county, which quarter the abbot of Swynesheved holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Killingholm, in the same county, which moiety Ralph de Wellewyk holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Hauton near Grimesby, in the same county, which moiety Simon de Grimesby holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety of a fee in Humberston and Teteneye, in the same county, which moiety William de Elkyngton, Geoffrey Maudeleyn, and Robert Charneles hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Hauton near Grimesby, in the same county, which quarter Roger de Aisterby holds, of the yearly value of 66s. 8d.; a twentieth of a fee in Thedelthorp, in the same county, which twentieth part John son of Simon son of Guy holds, of the yearly value of 26s. 8d.; a twentieth of a knight's fee in Malberthorp, in the same county, which twentieth part the said John holds, of the yearly value of 26s. 8d.; a sixth of a knight's fee in Farlesthorp, in the same county, which part William de Friskeneye holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a sixth of a fee in the same town, which part the heirs of Robert Seylbert hold, of the yearly value of 60s.; a moiety of a fee in Waynflet, Friskeneye, and Irby, in the same county, which moiety John son of Simon de Waynflet holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Langeton, Hagworthingham, Sausthorp and Ulseby, in the same county, which moiety John son of John de Langeton holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Langeton and Ulseby, in the same county, which quarter Robert de Grendale holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in Sausthorp and Langeton, in the same county, which quarter the heirs of Alan Malbissh hold, of the yearly value of 26s. 8d.; a fee in Salmanby, in the same county, which Richard de Stretton, canon of Lincoln, holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a quarter of a fee in Donsthorp, in the same county, which quarter the heirs of Adam de London hold, of the yearly value of 40s.; a moiety of a fee in Scamelesby, in the same county, which moiety the heirs of Robert Martel hold, of the yearly value of 4l.; a fee and a half in Tathewell, Malteby, Raytheby, and Halington, in the same county, which William Fraunceys of Tathewell holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Donyngton, in the same county, which quarter Simon atte Halle of Donyngton holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in the same town, which quarter John Smyth of Donyngton holds, of the yearly value of 40s. By K. & C.
	To the same. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Margaret the following of the said earl's knights' fees: a moiety of a fee in Clopton, co. Suffolk, which moiety Peter de Boxstede holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Catworth, co. Huntingdon, which quarter John Bauston holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a fee in Loholm, co. Northampton, which Robert de Loholm holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a sixth of a fee in Ryhale, co. Rutland, which sixth Henry de Sprotton holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a sixth of a fee in the same town, which sixth Henry son of Thomas holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a fee in Cowykbury, co. Essex, which the prior of Bermundeseye holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Walhop, co. Somerset (sic), which moiety Claricia de Buklond holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Wodebrigg, in the same county, which Richard son of John holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a tenth of a fee in Coldehaneworth, co. Lincoln, which tenth Walter de Ouneby holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; two parts of a fee in Wyvelingham, in the same county, which parts the said Walter holds, of the yearly value of 4l.; a moiety of a fee in Billingburgh, in the same county, which moiety William de Marmyon holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a third of a fee in Wyvelingham, in the same county, which third Adam de Swilington held, of the yearly value of 60s.; a moiety of a fee in Goldyngton, Bestburgh, and Thorp, in the same county, which moiety William de Kyme holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Ingham, in the same county, which quarter Robert de Helewell holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a tenth of a fee in Brottelby, in the same county, which tenth Walter le Clerk of Brottelby holds, of the yearly value of 10s.; a fee in Risum, in the same county, which John de Rocheford holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; an eighth of a fee in Ulseby, in the same county, which eighth Richard son of William de Ulseby holds, of the yearly value of 6s. 8d.; an eighth of a fee in the same town, which eighth Nicholas the clerk of Ulseby holds, of the yearly value of 6s. 8d.; a moiety of a fee in Merston, Drydonyngton, and Bradon, in the same county, which moiety the heirs of Payn Tibetot hold, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety of a fee in Wylughby and Assheby, in the same county, which moiety William Darmyn holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Billingburgh, in the same county, which quarter Beatrice, late the wife of Thomas de Brun holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Swaby and Humberston, in the same county, which Adam de Well holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; an eighth of a fee in Humberston and Teteneye, in the same county, which eighth the abbot of Humberston holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; three parts of a fee in Thedelthorp, in the same county, which parts John de Sulley holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Tathewell, Malteby, Raytheby, and Halington, in the same county, which quarter John son of Florence holds, of the yearly value of 4l.; which the king has assigned to Margaret, in addition to the dower previously assigned to her, to have during the minority of the earl's heir, or until the king cause her to be provided elsewhere with knights' fee to the same value, in response to her petition before him and his council in the last parliament at Westminster, shewing that the earl died seised of the castle, borough, and honour of Arundel, and of the manors of Estdene, Westdene, Sengleton, Cherleton, Leumenstre, Northstok, Bourne, Stanstede, Wollavyngton, Palingham, and Dunherst, co. Sussex, and of the manor of Kyneleye, co. Wilts, with the knights' fees and advowsons of churches pertaining to the castle, borough, honour, and manors aforesaid, of the king's grant, so that she ought to have dower thereof according to law and custom, which castle, borough, honour, and manors, with the knights' fees and advowsons, the king has caused to be restored to Richard son of Edmund, late earl of Arundel, as being of his inheritance, by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and proceres of the realm in the said parliament, and beseeching the king to cause knights' fees to be assigned to her in recompence for her dower of the thirty-five knights' fees pertaining to the castle, borough, honour, and manors, which fees are extended at 478l. 6s. 8d. yearly, as appears by the inquisitions taken by Robert Selyman, late escheator this side Trent. By K. & C.
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Feb. 26. Croydon.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king lately ordered the treasurer and barons to cause to come before them John Darcy, and to audit his account of the issues of the manors of Eggefeld and Walecote, co. Norfolk, for the time when they were in his hands, the late king having granted to him the manors, which were in his hands by reason of Thomas Rocelyn's adherence to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and to certify the king of the issue of such account, so that he might cause Thomas Rocelyn to be satisfied for what they should find to be due to him, the king having restored to him the manors by virtue of the agreement in parliament at Westminster, in the first year of his reign, and Thomas having besought the king to restore to him all the issues of the manors for the time when they were in John's hands, and the treasurer and barons have certified the king that they have audited John's account, and that it is found that John levied from the manors, which are extended at 32l. 7s. 9d. yearly, from 12 August, 17 Edward II., when the late king granted the manors to him for life or until he should provide him with 30l. of land yearly for life elsewhere, until St. Matthew, in the 20th year of the said king's reign, upon which day Thomas Rocelyn entered the manors, the the sum of 284l. 13s. 10d. clear: the king, having consideration to the late king's grant to John and wishing that he shall receive for each year that he held the manors the said 32l. 7s. 9d., and that Thomas shall be satisfied for the remainder of the said 284l. 13s. 10d. for the king's discharge in this behalf, orders the treasurer and barons and chamberlains to pay to Thomas 100l. 14s. 5d. of the extent of the manors for the time that they were in John's hands, or to cause him to have an assignment therefor, and to cause the remaining 183l. 19s. 5d. to be levied from John's lands and chattels for Thomas's use. By K. & C.
Feb. 2. Langley.	To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to permit Thomas de Bradenestan to have and hold the lands of the late Simon de Northwold, tenant in chief, which are in the king's hands by reason of the minority of Simon's heir, until further orders, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, and to restore to Thomas any issues received thence, the king having lately granted the custody of the lands to Thomas during the heir's minority.
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Feb. 18. Windsor.	To the justiciary of Ireland, present or to come. Whereas Edward I.— understanding from the prior of Holy Trinity, Dublin, that the magnates and chief lords in Ireland ought to have, and were wont to have in times past, the wardships of land held of them by homage and certain services after the death of the tenants thereof, according to the custom in that land, and that the prior entered upon the wardship of the manor of Kyneshale, which John Comyn held of him by homage and certain services, after the death of the said John, and possessed the same until the said king's escheator in Ireland, believing that the custody of the said manor pertained to the said king by reason of the voidance of the priory, took the custody into the said king's hands, and that the said escheator, having afterwards found by inquisition that the custody pertained to the prior and not to the said king, restored it to the prior, and that Amabilla, late the wife of the said John, asserting that the custody ought to pertain to her because the manor was held in socage and she was the nearest [friend] of John's heir, ejected the prior from the custody—ordered Robert de Ufford, then justiciary of Ireland, to prefix a day to the parties to be before the said king and his council to do and receive what should be ordained in this matter, and to send to the said king the record and process had in Ireland in this matter with the writs and other things touching it; and the said king afterwards—understanding by the said Robert's certificate that the custody of the manor pertained to the prior by reason of the homage done to him by the said John, according to the aforesaid custom, as was found by an inquisition that Robert caused to be made—wishing to be certified whether the custom aforesaid was approved by or annulled by judgment, because the custom was contrary to the laws of England, ordered S. bishop of Waterford, his treasurer of Ireland, and Richard de Exon[ia], then chief justice of the Bench of Dublin, to search the rolls of the justic[iaries] in the treasury and elsewhere, and to send to him the records and processes touching the said custom; and afterwards— because it was found by the certificate of the said bishop and Richard that Roger Andreu and Rosamund his wife in a suit before Alexander de Notyngham and his fellows, late justices in eyre at Cassel, between them and Matthew Power and Dionisia his wife of this that Matthew and Dionisia should render to them the custody of the manor of Cloneth and of 40 acres of land in Kylmeroch, as nearest [friends] of the heir of Adam Cristofre, who held the manor in socage, recovered the custody aforesaid against Matthew and Dionisia notwithstanding that the manor and land were held of Matthew and Dionisia by homage and certain services—it was considered before the said king in his court, because this judgment agreed with the English law, that Amabilla should recover her seisin of the said custody of the manor of Kyneshale, notwithstanding the custom aforesaid, as appears by the record and process before the said king, which the king has caused to come before him; and the king now learns from the information of the men of Ireland, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the chief lords of Ireland now claim the custodies of tenements held of them both by certain services and by homage and certain services, according to the aforesaid custom, and implead divers men of that land before the justiciary to render to the said chief lords such custodies according to the said custom, contrary to the law and custom of the realm and the form of the judgments aforesaid rendered in the like case, wherefore the men have besought the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the justiciary to cause the law and custom of the king's realm and not the custom aforesaid to be observed henceforth before him and other the king's justic[es] of that land in such cases, according to the tenor of the judgments aforesaid. By pet. of C.
	To the justices of the Bench of Dublin. Like order to cause the law and custom of the realm to be observed in such cases. By pet. of C.