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May 1.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Gilbert de Wygeton, king's clerk, has shewn the king, by petition before
him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in
181l. 3s. 1d. of the moneys paid by him when he was clerk of the great
wardrobe of the late king for divers things bought for that office, and also
for his wages and robes when he was controller of the said king's wardrobe,
as appears by divers bills under the seals of the keepers of the wardrobe
in Gilbert's possession, and he has besought the king to order the said sum
to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to examine the said bills,
and if they ascertain that this sum is clearly owing to Gilbert, to cause it
to be paid to him out of the treasury, or to cause him to have a suitable
assignment for it. By pet. of C. |
April 2.
Dartford. |
To Arnald Micol, the king's butler. Order to cause J. bishop of
Winchester, the chancellor, to have the arrears from the time of Arnald's
appointment of the fee of wine that he ought to receive from the king by
virtue of his office, and to cause him to have such fee henceforth until
otherwise ordered. |
May 2.
Dartford. |
Richard de la Lee, imprisoned at Colchester for trespass of venison in the
forest of Waltham, has letters to bail him until the first assize. |
May 2.
Dover. |
To the sheriff of Salop. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in that county in place of Fulk Glaas, who does not dwell continuously in the same county, so that he cannot execute the duties of the
office. |
May 2.
Dartford. |
To Robert de Sapy, keeper of the castle of St. Briavels and of the forest
of Dene. Order to cause 20 oaks fit for timber to be felled in that forest
and to cause them to be carried to the castle aforesaid, and to cause the
defects most needing repair in the houses and other buildings of the castle
and in the king's mill there to be repaired therewith by the view and
testimony of two approved men of those parts. By C. |
May 4.
Dartford. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Roger de Bourne, who is insufficiently qualified. |
May 4.
Dartford. |
To Gerard de Orum, seneschal of Ponthieu, and to John Vyncent,
receiver of the issues of that county. Order to cause James de Scotillaire,
attorney of Queen Isabella, to have all her goods and chattels, and to cause
the debts and arrears of accounts of her bailiffs and fermors and other debts
due to her to be levied and delivered to James for her use, restoring to the
attorney anything that they may have levied therefrom, as she, on 1 December
last, simply and of her spontaneous will, rendered into the king's hands all
castles, towns, manors, lands and rents, as well those that she held in dower
or endowment (dotalicium) by the late king's assignment as those that
she held for life of the king's grant, with all her goods and chattels therein,
and the king, on 10 December following, granted to her all her said goods
and chattels together with the debts and arrears, etc., as above. |
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Et erat patens. |
May 7.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To Robert de Hambury, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay to
John Lestrange, king's yeoman,—to whom the king, on 9 November last,
committed the custody of the castle of Coneweye during good behaviour,
receiving therefor the usual fees and wages—the arrears of his fees and
wages, and to pay him such fees and wages henceforth for so long as he
shall have the custody. |
May 4.
Dartford. |
To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to distrain the
prior of Boulton in Craven for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the
king in Holmeton, Peningesthorp, Thorp, and Esthattefeld in Holdernesse,
as he has done his fealty to the king. |
May 4.
Dartford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king,
on 8 July, in the 17th year of his reign, ordered Robert Power, then
chamberlain of North Wales, to pay the fees and wages of the justices,
constables, sheriffs and officers within his bailiwick for the time of his
office, and Robert paid 555l. to Edmund, late earl of Arundel, then justice
of Wales, out of the issues of his office: the king orders them to examine
the earl's letters of acquittance, and if they ascertain that it is so, to cause
Robert to have due allowance for that sum in his account at the exchequer. |
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To the same. Whereas the late king, on 12 December, in the 20th year
of his reign, committed to Richard Dammory the office of justice of North
Wales during pleasure, and the king, on 10 May, in the first year of his
reign, ordered Robert Power, then chamberlain of Kaernarvan, to pay to
Richard such fee as other justices were wont to receive for the time of the
chamberlain's office, and Robert paid him 38l. 9s. 2d.: the king therefore
orders them to see his writ and Richard's letters of acquittance, and if they
ascertain that it is so, to allow to Robert the said sum in his account. |
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To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Grace,
daughter of Robert le fitz Neel, the manor of Saldene with certain lands in
Murslee, co. Buckingham, and the manor of Yeftele, co. Oxford, and not to
intermeddle further with the other lands that Robert at his death held of
other lords than the king, restoring the issues of such lands, as the king
learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Robert at his death held
the aforesaid manor, lands, and manor of the gift of Roger de Guldesburgh
by fine levied in the king's court, to him and the heirs male of his body,
with remainder in default of such heirs to the said Grace for life, with
remainder after her death to Robert her son and the heirs male of his body,
and that the aforesaid Robert le fitz Neel died without an heir male of his body,
and that the manor of Salden and the said lands in Murslee are held of the
king by the service of a moiety and of an eighth part of a knight's fee, and
that the manor of Yeftele is held by the service of one knight's fee, and the
king has taken Grace's fealty for the manors and lands aforesaid. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king, on
26 October, in the first year of his reign, ordered Robert Power, then
chamberlain of North Wales, to pay to Roger de Mortuo Mari, then justice
of Wales, the arrears of the fee that he ought to receive in that office for
the time of Robert's office, and to pay him the same thenceforth, and
Robert paid him 178l. 3s. 10d.: the king orders them to see his writ and
Roger's letters of acquittance, and if they find it is so, to allow to Robert
the said sum in his account. |
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To the same. Like order for allowance to the said Robert of 25l. paid
by him, in execution of the king's order of 24 March, in the first year of
his reign, to William de Shaldeford for his wages for the time when he was
constable of Kaernarvan castle. |
May 10.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
Richard de la Lee and John his son, imprisoned at Colchester for trespass
of venison in the forest of Essex, have letters to Robert de Ufford, keeper
of the Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest
of Essex, to bail them until the coming of the justices next in eyre for
Forest pleas in co. Essex. |
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The like in favour of Master Robert de Rodeswell. |
May 6.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to deliver to Robert Whitheberd of
Wodhull, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the
king's hands upon his being indicted before John de Cantebrigge and his
fellows, justices in eyre in that county, for the robbery of 15l. and of goods
and chattels to the value of 100s. from Richard Wake of Everton at
Everton, as he has purged his innocence before H. bishop of Lincoln, the
diocesan, to whom he was delivered according to the privilege of the
clergy. |
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Membrane 15. |
May 5.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, the following of
her husband's lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the
manor of Castelcombe, co. Wilts, of the yearly value of 12l. 11s. 10½d.;
the manor of Ideshale, co. Salop, of the yearly value of 40l.; the manor of
Fymmere, co. Oxford, of the yearly value of 20l.; certain lands in
Heghtredbury, co. Wilts, of the yearly value of 100s. 6d.; the manor of
Knouk, in the same county, of the yearly value of 100s. 2d.; 40 acres of
land in Badlesmere, co. Kent, which are called 'Coteslonde,' of the yearly
value of 20s.; and 10s. 7¼d. of rent from certain tenants in Sheldewych, in
the same county. |
May 4.
Dartford. |
To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to
Agnes, late the wife of John de Neubiggyng, tenant in chief, a third of two
parts of a moiety of a water-mill in Kirkebampton, co. Cumberland, which
third is of the yearly value of 3s. 4d., and 31s. 6d. of yearly rent from
certain tenants in the same town, which the king has assigned to her as
dower. |
May 3.
Dartford. |
Richard de Vautort, imprisoned at Colchester for trespass of venison in
the forest of Hattefeld, has letters to Robert de Ufford, keeper of the
Forest this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of
Hattefeld, to bail him until the coming of the justices next in eyre for
Forest pleas in co. Essex. |
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Adam de Lincolnia, imprisoned at Carlisle for trespass of venison in
Inglewod forest, has letters to John de Crumbewell, keeper of the Forest
beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the forest of Inglewod,
to bail him until the coming of the justices next in eyre in co. Cumberland. |
May 10.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of the city of London. Order to pay to John de Hanon[ia] or to Dinus
Forcetti and Bartholomew Barde and their fellows, merchants of the society
of the Bardi of Florence dwelling in that city, John's attorneys in this
behalf, 500 marks for Easter term last, notwithstanding any assignment
made or to be made upon the said custom, in part payment of 1,000 marks
yearly from the custom granted to John by the king, on 7 February, in the
first year of his reign. |
May 8.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To Margaret, countess of Kent. Order not to intermeddle with the
manors of Lechelade and Sodyngton and with two parts of the manor of
Bardesleye, by pretext of the king's commission to her of the custody of
the lands, etc., of the inheritance of Edmund son and heir of Edmund, late
earl of Kent, which are in the king's hands by reason of the heir's minority,
as the king had previously committed the custody of the said manors and
two parts, which are of the said inheritance, to Thomas de Bradestan. |
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By p.s. [4578.] |
May 2.
Dartford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Richard de Bromle has shewn the king, by petition before him and his
council in parliament, that Gilbert de Bromle, keeper of the late king's
victuals at Carlisle, received 23l. 16s. 0d. from Richard as a loan for the
use of the said king to make provision of victuals towards the munition of
that town, as appears by the account of William de Melton, archbishop of
York, then keeper of the said king's wardrobe, for which sum Richard has
not yet received any payment or satisfaction, and he has besought the king
to order this sum to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to
search the books of the late king's wardrobe touching the said account,
which are in the wardrobe, and if they ascertain that the said sum came to
the late king's use and is still owing to Richard, to cause it to be paid to
him or to cause him to have a suitable assignment. By pet of C. |
May 4.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to pay to Anthony de Lucy, justiciary of Ireland, 120l. from the issues of that county, in part payment of
the 500l. that the king granted to him in aid of his expenses in that office,
notwithstanding the king's late order to the sheriff to have all the money
that he has collected or can collect at the exchequer on the morrow of the
Ascension next, to be delivered into the treasury for the expedition of
certain of the king's affairs. |
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The like, 'mutatis mutandis', to the following: |
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William de Tatham, keeper of the lands of Blakeburnshire and Cliderhou, for payment of 100l. to Anthony, notwithstanding the king's
late order to the sheriff of Lancaster to have all money at the
exchequer, etc. |
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The keeper of the manor of Soureby, co. Cumberland, for 40l. for
Anthony. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Carlisle for 40l. from the ferm of that city
for Anthony. |
May 10.
Havering. |
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Feckenham to be elected in place of Nicholas de Hambury, deceased. |
May 11.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king learns
by inquisition taken by Robert de Prestbury and Robert Dabetote that
Herbert son of John, on Sunday after St. Mark, 19 Edward I. dowered
Eleanor, formerly his wife, at the door of the church of Harscombe,
co. Gloucester, upon which day he married her, with the assent of John son
of Reginald, Herbert's father, with a third of the castles of Blenleveny,
Bulkedinas with the honour, and of certain lands in Langellon, Kethedyn,
and La Mare, to hold for her life in name of dower, and that the said John
son of Reginald ratified, granted, and confirmed the aforesaid endowment
by his deed and spontaneous will, and that Eleanor never was seised of any
part of the castles, honours, and lands aforesaid after the death of Herbert,
her late husband, in the name of dower or otherwise, and that she had not
any lands of the aforesaid Herbert or John or of any one else in recompence
for her dower of the castles, honour and lands aforesaid, and that, after her
said husband's death, she did not release or quit-claim her action for the
dower aforesaid to any one, and that on the day when she married Herbert she
was aged sixteen years and more, and that Herbert died on the morrow of
St. John the Baptist, 14 Edward II. and that the aforesaid castles, honour,
and lands are in the king's hands by the forfeiture of Roger de Mortuo
Mari, late earl of March, and for no other cause, and that they are held of
the king by the service of two knights' fees, and are worth yearly in all
issues 60l.: the king therefore orders the escheator to cause the aforesaid
third part to be assigned and delivered to Eleanor in the presence of the
keeper of the castles, honour, and lands aforesaid, or of him who supplies
his place, Eleanor having taken her oath before the king not to marry
without his licence. |
May 11.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
John Hamound, John Not, and Simon Dolsely, executors of the will of
Adam de Sarum, late citizen of London, have shewn the king that he was
indebted to Adam in 40l. 16s. 5d. for divers things bought from him for the
king's use by William la Zousche, clerk of the great wardrobe, as appears
by a bill of the said wardrobe in their possession, and Adam or they have
not been satisfied for the said sum, and they have besought the king to
order payment thereof or assignment therefor to be made for the execution
of the said will: the king therefore orders them to examine the said bill,
and if they ascertain that it is so, to cause payment or assignment for the
aforesaid sum to be made. By C. |
May 12.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. Order to cause John de
Daggeworth, knight, kinsman and heir of Laura, late the wife of William
Payforer, to have the barriers made for the sessions of the justices in eyre
in those counties, and other things pertaining to the office of the barriers,
the king having ordered Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, late justices in
eyre in co. Northampton, and William de Herle and his fellows, late justices in eyre in co. Nottingham and Derby, to admit John to the office of
proclaimer, marshal, usher, and [to the office] of the barriers in those eyres
[for the reasons given at page 71 above], by virtue of which order John
was admitted to that office, as the said Geoffrey has certified in chancery. |
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To Robert de Hornclif, constable of Baumburgh castle. Order to pay to
Roger de Horsele 20 marks for Easter term last out of the issues of that
castle, in accordance with the late king's grant, of 20 November, in the
12th year of his reign, to Roger of 40 marks yearly from the issues of the
castle. |
May 14.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the collectors of the customs of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the
port of Ipswich. Whereas the king lately, at the petition of John Baud,
the elder, merchant, ordered the collectors to allow to him 117s. 11½d. in
his next customs on wool, hides, or wool-fells sent out of the realm by him
to parts beyond sea, in payment of money lent by him to the king in the
first year of his reign, and John has now shewn the king that he has not
obtained any allowance or payment for the said sum, and that he does not
now exercise such merchandise, and he has therefore besought the king to
order him to be satisfied for that sum: the king therefore orders the collectors to see his letters patent under the seal called 'cocket' concerning this
debt, and if they ascertain that John has not been satisfied for the said
debt, to cause it to be paid to him out of the issues of the custom. |
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By pet. of C. |
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Membrane 14. |
May 8.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To Master Jordan de Mackelesfeld, bailiff of the manor of Mackelesfeld.
Order to repair the houses, walls, palings of the park, and other buildings of
that manor by the view of men of those parts to be appointed by John
Giffard, the king's steward and surveyor of the manors of those parts, and
to pay to the keepers of the park and of the king's stud there the arrears
of their usual wages from 1 December last, and to pay them their wages
henceforth. |
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The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to the following: |
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John de Thwayt, keeper of the manor of Brustwyk and of the parks
with members of that manor. |
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William de Tatham, keeper of the castle of Cliderhou and of the manors
of Penwor[t]ham, Tortinton, and Rachedale, with the hamlets and
chaces, in co. Lancashire, and of the manor of Slaitebourn, with the
hamlets and free chace of Bouland, co. York. |
May 17.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to John
de Veer the castles, and manors, etc., specified below, and the issues thereof,
and not to intermeddle further with the other lands that Robert de Veer,
late earl of Oxford, held at his death, and to restore the issues thereof to
John, saving the right of others and saving any relief that may be due to
the king, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that
Robert at his death held the castle and manor of Hengham and the manors
of Bumpstede, Dodyngherst, Benteleye, Earl's Colne, Canefeld, Dounham,
Gelham, and Fingre, co. Essex, Laneham Overhall, Laneham Netherhall,
and Audham, co. Suffolk, Caumpes, Abyton, and Saxton, co. Cambridge,
Kensington, co. Middlesex, Chesham and Calverton, co. Buckingham, and
2 messuages and 2 carucates of land in Langeleye and Bradeleye, co. Berks,
to him and the heirs of his body by fine levied in the king's court, with
remainder to the aforesaid John and his heirs, and that the aforesaid castle of
Hengham and the manors of Hengham, Bumpstede, Dodingherst, Benteleye,
Earl's Colne, Canefeld, Dounham, Laneham Overhall, Laneham Netherhall,
Audham, Kensington, Caumpes, Abyton and Saxton are held of the king in
chief by the service of 2½ knights' fees, and that the manor of Fyngre is
held in chief by serjeanty, to wit by serving in the queen's chamber in
place of a chamberlain on the day of her coronation, and that the manors of
Chesham and Calverton are held by the service of one knight's fee, and the
said messuages and land by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, and the
manor of Gelham by the service of rendering yearly 10l. to the exchequer,
and that the earl died without an heir of his body, and the king has taken
John's homage for the said castle, manors, and lands. By p.s. [4603.] |
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To the same. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew
de Badlesmere, tenant in chief of the late king, the following of his knights'
fees, which are still in the king's hands and which the king has assigned to
her in dower: a moiety of a fee in Buklond, co. Kent, which moiety the
heirs of Henry de Buklond hold, of the yearly value of 30s.; a moiety of a
fee in Bikenore, in the same county, which moiety the heirs of John de
Bykenore hold, of the yearly value of 20s.; a fee in Smethecote, co. Wilts,
which Richard Daunteseye holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a fee in
Saltharpe, in the same county, which Lucy Bluet holds, of the yearly value
of 60s.; a moiety of a fee in Chatyndon, in the same county, which moiety
the abbot of Teukesbury holds, of the yearly value of 26s. 8d.; a moiety of
a fee in Blontesdon, in the same county, which moiety John de As holds, of
the yearly value of 20s.; a quarter of a fee in Budeston, in the same county,
which quarter Nicholas de Budeston holds, of the yearly value of 10s.; a
fee in Combrewell, in the same county, which Roger de Berle holds, of the
yearly value of 40s.; a fee in Little Sherston, in the same county, which
Thomas Giffard holds, of the yearly value of 50s. |
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To the same. Order to deliver to the said Margaret the advowson
of the church of Castelcombe, co. Wilts, of the yearly value of 10l.,
and the advowson of the church of Aderdele, co. Salop, of the yearly value
of 25l., which the king has assigned to her as dower of her husband's
advowsons. |
May 20.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To Margaret, countess of Kent. Order not to intermeddle with the ferm
of the regality and market of Derteford, co. Kent, and with the hundreds of
Wedlestan (sic) and Lethelesfeld, in the same county, by virtue of the king's
commission to her of the custody of the castles, manors, and lands of the
inheritance of Edmund, son and heir of Edmund, late earl of Kent, during
the minority of the said heir, and to permit John de Pulteneye, citizen of
London, to hold them, as the king had previously granted them to John
under a certain form for 317l. 11s. 10d. due to John from the earl, and for
129l. 4s. 2d. due from the earl to Roesia de Boreford, of whose will John is
executor, and for 100l. that John paid to the king at the exchequer. |
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By K. & C. |
May 20.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the keepers of the islands of Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aureneye.
Order not to distrain Matthew de Saumareis for fealty for the lands that he
holds of the king in the said islands, as he has done fealty to the king. |
May 20.
Havering atte-Bower. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause the king's
hand to be amoved from the priory of Lodres, and to cause to be emended
what John de Ledrede, his sub-escheator in co. Dorset, has done unjustly,
so that renewed complaint may not reach the king, whereby he would have
to apply a heavier hand, and to restore the issues to the prior, as Roger, the
prior, has complained to the king that John de Ledrede entered the priory
and the lands pertaining to it by colour of his office, and now occupies the
priory, not permitting the prior or his men to dispose thereof as they ought,
and the king has frequently ordered William to certify him of the cause for
taking the priory into his hands, and nothing has as yet been done in the
matter. If there be any reasonable cause why the premises ought not to
be executed, he is to certify the king thereof before St. Barnabas next. |
May 25.
Sudbury. |
To the bailiffs of Scardeburgh. Order to cause the houses, walls,
turrets, and bridges of Scardeburgh castle to be repaired, expending
100 marks thereupon out of the ferm of that town, by the view and testimony
of Henry de Percy, keeper of the castle, or of him who supplies his place,
notwithstanding the assignment of 91l. of the ferm of the town and of the
town of Whallesgrave to the abbot of Fountains by commission of the
exchequer, as they have signified that they could not execute the king's
previous order to this effect because of the said assignment, which has not,
however, been paid. By K. & C. |
May 20.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage, 80 acres of land, an acre of meadow, an acre of
pasture, and 15s. 2d. of yearly rent in Kyngesham, in the suburbs of Chichester, and the advowson of the church of St. Pancras in the same suburbs,
and to restore the issues thereof to Isabella, late the wife of Nicholas de Ayot,
taking her fealty in this behalf, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the
escheator that Nicholas and Isabella held the premises jointly on the day of
Nicholas's death of the feoffment of William de Sydeneye by fine levied in
the late king's court, to them and to the heirs of Nicholas's body, and that
they are held of the king by the service of finding him, if he came by a
certain lane called 'Godelane' to make war on the south sea, a spindle
(fusillum) full of raw thread to make a false cord for his crossbow for all
services. |
May 22.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Anthony Bache, merchant, has shewn the king that the king is indebted to
him in 799l. 1s. 10d. as appears by two bills under the seals of Thomas de
Garton, keeper of the king's wardrobe, and of Master William la Zousche,
clerk of the king's great wardrobe, which are in Anthony's possession, and
he has besought the king to order payment thereof to be made to him: the
king therefore orders them to examine the said bills, and if they ascertain
that Anthony has not been satisfied for the said sum, to cause it to be paid
to him out of the treasury or to cause him to have an assignment for it. |
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By p.s. [4617.] |
May 25.
Sudbury. |
To Robert de Hambury, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to see the
king's letters patent appointing Oylard de Welles keeper of the castle of
Hardelagh in North Wales, and if he still have the custody, to pay to him
the arrears of the usual fee for the custody for the time of the chamberlain's
office, and to pay him the same henceforth, as Oylard has shewn the king
that his fee is in arrears for the time of the chamberlain's office, and he has
besought the king to order it to be paid to him. |
May 28.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Felstede to be elected in place of John de Terlyngg, deceased. |
May 30.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to Robert Power, late chamberlain of North Wales, in his
account rendered or to be rendered at the exchequer, for 300l., which the
king granted to him in recompence for his costs and expenses about the safe
custody of those parts at the time of the prosecution of Hugh le Despenser
and other enemies of the king, and for his good service in that office, and
which the king ordered them to allow to Robert, as Robert asserts that he
has not yet obtained allowance therefor. By p.s. [4651.] |
May 26.
Barnwell. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, the lands, etc.,
specified below, and the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Bartholomew and Margaret jointly acquired, in
the late king's time, to them and to Bartholomew's heirs a messuage,
31 acres of land, an acre of wood, 4s. 3d. of rent, and a rent of 4 hens and
32 eggs, and a third and a sixth part of a cock and a third of an egg in
Sellyng, and the advowson of the chapel of that town, from Richard son of
John de Sellyng, and a messuage, 16½ acres of land, and 2½ acres of wood
in the same town from Thomas de Grobbydan, and 5 acres of land in the
same town from William son of Ranulph de Enesyngge, and 2d. of yearly
rent in the same town from John de Shotyndon, and a messuage, 1½ acres
of land, 16d. of rent, and a rent of 3 hens, 10 eggs, and a third of an
egg and a sixth of a hen in the same town from Ralph son of John de
Sellyng, and 7½ acres of land in the same town from Bartholomew
Springet, and 25 acres of land, an acre and a rood of wood, and 7½d. of
yearly rent in Sheldewich from William son of John Child atte Helde of
Sellyng, and 11 acres of land in the same town from Robert Durant,
chaplain, and a rent of 2 hens in the same town from William Stokeman of
Sheldewych, and that Margaret continued her seisin thereof with her
husband until the late king took them into his hands with the other lands
of her husband because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of
Lancaster, and that the lands are held of the abbot of Faversham by the
service of 16s. yearly for all service. |
June 1.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To Stephen de Condy of Sandwich. Order not to intermeddle with the
custody of the towns of Wynchelse and La Rye, and of the manor of Iham,
co. Sussex, by pretext of the king's grant to him of the bailiwick of La Rye
and the custody of the marsh of Iham during pleasure, and to restore any
issues received by him to Richard de Grofhurst, and to bring his commission to the chancery to be cancelled, as the king wills that Richard, to
whom he had previously committed the custody of the said towns and
manor, shall have the custody according to his grant. By K. & C. |
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May 2.
Dartmouth. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
John Marchaunt of Berewyk has shewn the king, by petition before him
and his council in parliament, that the late king was indebted to him in
42l. 11s. 0d. for wheat bought from him for the said king's use by Roger
de Horsele, late constable of Baumburgh castle, for the munition of that
castle, as appears by the account of William de Melton, archbishop of York,
then keeper of the said king's wardrobe, of which sum John has not yet
received payment or satisfaction, and he has besought the king to order it
to be paid to him: the king therefore orders them to search the rolls and
memoranda of the exchequer touching the account, and if they ascertain
thereby that the corn came to the late king's use and that the aforesaid sum
is still owing to John for these causes, 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. |
May 13.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. John Sturmy has shewn
the king that whereas he acknowledged in the late king's chancery that he
was indebted to Hugh le Despenser, then earl of Winchester, in 1,000 marks
to be paid to him for certain causes, and the earl afterwards acquitted him
of the said sum and of all other debts due to the earl from him by his
letters patent, nevertheless after the earl's death the sheriff of Wiltshire was
ordered, by virtue of the estreats of the chancery delivered at the exchequer,
to summon John to be in the exchequer at a certain day now past to shew
cause why the 1,000 marks should not be levied from him for the king's use
by reason of the earl's forfeiture, at which day the aforesaid letters were
exhibited in the exchequer before the treasurer and barons on John's
behalf, wherefore the matter was adjourned until the octaves of St. Hilary
last in order to enquire by a jury whether or not the letters were the deed
of the earl, at which octave the jury came and John absented himself,
because he was shortly before that time of the household of John
Mautravers, the younger, fearing to be arrested for that reason if he
appeared, and it was considered by reason of his absence that the debt
should be levied from him in full, and the debt is thus exacted from him by
summons of the exchequer, wherefore he has besought the king to provide
a remedy: the king therefore orders them, if they ascertain that John
absented himself at the said octave for the said reason and for no other, to
cause to be done for John in the premises what they shall see fit to be done
of right. By K. |
May 14.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the collectors of the customs of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port
of Ipswich. Whereas the king, at the petition of John de Chelmisford,
merchant, deceased, ordered them to allow to him in the next customs of
wool, hides, and wool-fells to be sent by him to parts beyond sea 7l.3s. 7d.
due to him from the king for a loan made to the king in the first year of his
reign, and Joan, late the wife of the said John and executrix of his will, has
besought the king to order her to be satisfied for the said sum, since neither
John nor she has been satisfied: the king therefore orders the collectors to
see the king's letters patent under his seal called 'coket' concerning this
debt, and to pay it to Joan out of the issues of the custom if it have not
been paid. By pet. of C. |
May 12.
Havering atte-Bower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Laura,
late the wife of John de Stotevill, tenant in chief of the late king, to be
discharged of the rent of two parts of the manor of Dedham, which
belonged to the said John and which the king granted to her, on
5 March, in the second year of his reign, during the minority of John's
heir, rendering therefor to the exchequer as much as others would
render for it, as the king ordered her not to intermeddle further with the
custody of the said parts by virtue of his aforesaid commission, and
ordered her to restore the issues thereof to the executors of the will of
Hervey de Staunton, because it appeared by inspection of the rolls of
chancery that the king had, on 3 March then last past, ordered Simon de
Bereford, then escheator this side Trent, not to intermeddle further with
the said manor, which he had taken into the king's hands by reason of the
death of Hervey de Staunton, to whom John had demised it under a
certain form, which manor the late king after John's death granted to
Hervey during the heir's minority, rendering therefor 20 marks yearly to
the exchequer, and ordered Simon to restore the issues thereof to Hervey's
executors. |
May 18.
Havering atte-Bower. |
To John Paynel, chamberlain of Chester. Order to permit Eustace de
Basterle of the commote (com') of Rothlan to pay the 11l. due from him
for the arrears of the yearly ferm of the mills of Rothlan half at the
exchequer at Michaelmas and half at Easter, as the king has granted that
he may pay them at these terms. By bill of the treasurer. |
May 22.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Albreda, late the wife of Thomas
de Copham, the king's armourer, and executrix of his will, has shewn the
king that he was indebted to Thomas in 51l. 18s. 9½d., as appears by two
bills under the seals of Thomas de Useflete, late clerk of the great wardrobe, and of Master William le Zousche, now clerk of the same, in
Albreda's possession, of which sum payment or satisfaction has not been
made, and she has besought the king to order that sum to be paid to her:
the king therefore orders them to see the said bills, and to pay this sum to
Albreda if it have not been paid. By p.s. [4616.] |
May 29.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To the prior of Kermerdyn, chamberlain of South Wales. Order to pay
to Gilbert Talbot, justice of South Wales, the arrears of his fee for the
time that he has been justice, and to pay him the same fee henceforth. |
May 28.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the temporalities of the abbey of Middelton, which he has
taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Robert, the late
abbot, and to restore the issues thereof to the prior and convent, as the
king, in consideration of 40 marks to be paid into the exchequer by the
prior and convent of the abbey upon the next voidance of the abbey,
granted to them that they should have the custody of the temporalities of
the abbey upon the next voidance if the voidance lasted for a month or less,
and if it lasted for more, they should pay a proportionate sum for the
excess of time. |
May 30.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To the same. Order not to distrain John Talemach for homage and
fealty for the lands that he holds of the king in chief, as the king has taken
his homage and fealty. By p.s. [4648.] |
May 30.
Bury St. Edmunds. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Stephen de Padyhamme has shewn the king that the king is indebted to him
in 77l. 0s. 1½d. for wines bought from him by the hands of Robert de
Panethorn, merchant of Wynchelse, his servant, by Richard de la Pole, the
king's late butler, as appears by a bili under Richard's seal in Stephen's
possession, and he has besought the king to cause payment or assignment to
be made to him for this sum: the king therefore orders them to see the
said bill, and if they ascertain that this sum is due to Stephen, to pay it to
him at the exchequer, or to cause him to have an assignment for it. |
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By K. & C. |
