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June 1.
Woodstock. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Alice,
late the wife of Thomas Cok of Abyndon, and to Thomas, their son, a toft,
8 virgates of land and 12s. of yearly rent in Chepyngfarendon and Westbrok,
and to restore the issues to them, as the king learns by inquisition taken
by the escheator that the said Thomas and Alice and their said son held the
said lands jointly at Thomas's death of the king in chief by service of a third
of a knight's fee, by a fine levied in the court of the late king by his licence, as
well as other lands of divers other lords by various services, and the king
has taken the fealty of the said Alice and of her son Thomas. |
June 2.
Woodstock. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Nicholas de Metham, who is insufficiently qualified. |
June 2.
Woodstock. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Order to cause Thomas Blauncfront to have 40l. yearly at the exchequer
from 11 January, in the third year of the king's reign, or to make allowance
to him for that sum from the same date in the issues of the castle and land
of Hemelyn, which he holds by the king's commission at pleasure, as long
as he shall hold the said castle and land, as the king granted to him, on the said
day, the said 40l., to be received yearly for life or until the king should
cause him to be provided with 40l. of land yearly for life. |
May 22.
Woodstock. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king
learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the prior and convent
of Wyrmegeye hold all their lands in Narburgh, co. Norfolk, of John, son
and heir of Thomas Bardolf, late patron of the said priory, tenant in
chief, a minor in the king's wardship, in frankalmoin, of the gift and feoffment of William de Warenna, son of Reginald de Warenna, formerly lord
of Wirmegeye, founder of the said house, and that the sub-prior and convent of that place had the custody of the said lands during every voidance
from the time of the foundation of their house, receiving the issues and
disposing of them at will, without Thomas or his ancestors or any other
patrons of the priory receiving any issues or profits from the said lands, or
intermeddling with the custody of the same, except that they placed a
janitor in the priory throughout the voidance, at the expense of the sub-prior
and convent, without receiving any other profit therefrom: the king therefore
orders the escheator not to intermeddle further with the said lands, which
have been taken into the king's hands by reason of the last voidance of the
priory and of the minority of the said heir, and to restore the issues thereof
to the prior and convent. |
May 27.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of the
prior of Plympton in Lannouseynt and Taltagon, and to restore the issues,
as the escheator has signified to the king that he took the lands into the
king's hands because he found by an inquisition of office that the prior and
convent acquired in fee two acres of Cornish land in Taltogon after the
publication of the statute of mortmain without royal licence, and afterwards
the king, upon learning from the prior that the said lands had been acquired
before the publication of the said statute, ordered an inquisition to be taken
by the escheator concerning the premises, and it was found thereby that
Richard Fot, who impleaded the prior and convent before John de Berewyk
and his fellows, justices in eyre in co. Cornwall, concerning the said lands,
released them to the prior and convent, and that they were seised of the
said lands before the publication of the said statute, to wit from time out of
mind. |
June 4.
Woodstock. |
To Richard de Wylughby and his fellows, justices to hear and determine
a trespass committed on Robert de Colevill of Bitham by William Marmyoun and others contained in the king's original writ. Whereas the said
William, because he did not appear before the said justices to answer
Robert for the aforesaid trespass, was placed in exigent in the county of
Lincoln, and afterwards surrendered himself to the sheriff there and found
certain mainpernors, who undertook to have him before the justices on
Wednesday in Whitsun week next at Lincoln to answer for the trespass,
and the said William has now been imprisoned in Cambridge castle by the
king's order for certain causes, and will not therefore be able to appear at
Lincoln as aforesaid: the king therefore orders the justices not to amerce or
aggrieve William or his mainpernors for this cause. By p.s. [5545.] |
June 10.
Woodstock. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause the
following lands to be assigned and delivered to Isabella, late the wife of
Henry Huse, tenant in chief, which lands the king has assigned to her, with
her own consent and with that of Henry, son and heir of the said Henry,
as her dower: a third of a moiety of the manor of Saperton, co. Gloucester,
which moiety is extended at 51s. 2d.; a third of a moiety of the manor of
Rusyndon, in the same county, which moiety is extended at 7l. 4s. 0d.; a
third of certain lands in Suthmorton, co. Berks, which lands are extended
at 110s. 5d.; a third of certain lands in Great Mussyngden, co. Buckingham, which lands are extended at 15l. 13s. 11½d.; a third of the manor of
Staunden, co. Wilts, which manor is extended at 13l. 19s. 6d.; a third of a
moiety of the manor of Tudeworth, in the same county, which moiety is
extended at 6l. 3s. 0½d.; a third of a messuage and of a moiety of a
virgate of land in Midlovent, co. Sussex, which messuage and moiety are
extended at 2s.; a third of the manor of Hertyng, in the same county,
which manor is extended at 53l. 16s. 4½d.; a third of a moiety of the
manor of Pulbergh, in the same county, which moiety is extended at
7l. 12s. 8d. yearly; and a third of 65s. of yearly rent in West Wittenham,
co. Berks; and a third of 9l. 10s. 0d of yearly rent issuing from the manor
of Frifolk, co. Southampton. |
June 8.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order to deliver to Elizabeth, late the wife of John de
Tremur and mother of John de Tremur, her son, as the next heir, 8 acres of
Cornish land in Trelulla and certain lands in Tremur, and to restore the
issues to the said Elizabeth, as it is found by an inquisition taken by the
escheator that the said John at his death held the land in Trelulla of
the king in socage by fealty only, as of the honour of the castle of Launceveton, in the hands of John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, and that he held
the lands in Tremur of Stephen de Podiford by fealty for all service, and
that he held no other lands in chief by reason whereof the custody of his
lands ought to pertain to the king, and that John de Tremur, his son, is his
next heir, and is aged one year. |
June 12.
Woodstock. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Thomas son of Thomas
de Furnyvall has shewn the king that whereas he lately made a recognisance
for 10,000l. to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wyggemore before the treasurer
and barons, and the king, after the said Roger's death, ordered the sheriff
of Salop and Stafford by writ of the exchequer to warn the said Thomas to
appear at the exchequer on the quinzaine of Easter, in the 5th year of the
king's reign, to shew cause why the said 10,000l. should not be levied of his
lands and chattels and paid to the king by reason of the forfeiture of the said
Roger, and that although Thomas appeared on that day and proffered before
the treasurer and barons an indenture under Roger's seal, containing certain
conditions for the annulling of the recognisance, in order to hinder its
execution, and he appointed an attorney there for prosecuting the affair,
nevertheless the treasurer and barons, because he did not appear on another
day appointed by them, considered that execution of the said recognisance
ought to be made, by pretext whereof they intend levying the said 10,000l.
of the lands and chattels of the said Thomas, wherefore he has besought the
king to admit him to the defence of the said matter notwithstanding the
consideration aforesaid: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons
to admit him in the same state as before the default and consideration, by
the king's special favour. By p.s. [5577.] |
June 13.
Woodstock. |
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver to the abbot of Westminster eight bucks
on the eve of St. Peter ad Vincula next from the forest of Wyndesore, to
be taken and carried to Westminster at the king's cost, in accordance with
the charter of Henry III. which the king has inspected, granting to the
abbot of Westminster eight bucks yearly to be taken in Wyndesore forest by
the hands of the constable of Wyndesore, to be carried by the constable to
Westminster on the eve of the said feast, so that they who thus carry the
venison shall blow two 'harkaways' (facient duas meneyas) before the
great altar of St. Peter's, Westminster. |
June 20.
Woodstock. |
To the prior and convent of St. Mary's, Carlisle. The archbishop of
York has complained to the king that the said prior and convent, by
pretext of a commission to them by the king of the custody of the temporalities of the bishopric of Carlisle, now void and in the king's hands,
cause the fruits and oblations of the churches annexed to the bishopric
and other spiritualities of the said bishopric, which belong of right to the
archbishop during voidance, to be collected and levied, not allowing the
said archbishop to intermeddle in any wise, wherefore he has besought the king
for a remedy: as it seemed to the council in the parliaments of the late and
of the present king, upon petitions exhibited by the said archbishop and
by other prelates of the kingdom, that the keepers of the temporalities
during voidance ought not to intermeddle with obventions, fruits, etc., of
churches annexed to episcopal sees, the king orders the prior and
convent not to intermeddle further with the fruits and obventions of the
said churches annexed to the said bishopric, or with other spiritualities
pertaining to the bishopric, but to permit the archbishop to receive and
dispose of them without hindrance, and to restore to the archbishop aught
that they may have already levied. |
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To John de Louthre, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis.' |
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Membrane 22. |
June 3.
Woodstock. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Ralph son of William, and to restore the
issues, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator that the said
Ralph at his death held no lands in chief by reason whereof the custody
of his lands ought to pertain to the king, and that Richard, his son, is
his next heir and is aged nineteen years. |
May 31.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, a mill,
150 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 20s. of rent in Muleburn Deverel,
which belonged to Elias Deverel, the elder, and to restore the issues to
Christina, late the wife of the said Elias, as the escheator has signified to
the king that he took the lands into the king's hands because Elias held them
at his death in his demesne as of fee, and because all the lands of the inheritance of John Deverel, son and heir of Elias, pertain to the king by
reason of John's forfeiture, and the king afterwards—at the prosecution of the said Christina, shewing that Elias long before his death
granted the lands by his charter to John Wake of Gussich and to John
de Sandhull, the younger, and that they, after having seisin thereof,
granted them by deed to Elias and Christina for their lives—ordered the
escheator to make inquisition concerning the matter, by which it was
found that the said Elias, on Sunday before St. Peter in Cathedra, in the
2nd year of the king's reign, granted the lands as aforesaid, and that the
said John and John, on Thursday before Midsummer following, granted the
lands to Elias and Christina as above, with remainder to the said John
Deverel and his heirs, and that Elias and Christina were seised of the lands
from the said Thursday until 14 October, in the 5th year of the king's reign,
on which day Elias died, and that Christina has not changed her estate
therein, and that the lands are held of Robert son of Payn by a certain
service, and are worth 40s. a year. |
May 20.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order not to distrain Henry Stirthup for his homage,
as he has done homage for the lands that he holds of the king. |
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By p.s. [5496.] |
May 29.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order not to distrain Simon de Dychele for his homag
and fealty, as he has done homage and fealty for the lands that he holds of
the king. By p.s. [5531.] |
June 6.
Woodstock. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to
Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas de Furnyvall, the elder, tenant in chief,
the following of her husband's lands, which the king has assigned to her as
dower, with the assent of Thomas de Furnyvall, son and heir of the said
Thomas: the manor of Wirkesop, co. Nottingham, extended at 57l. 16s. 6d.;
the manor of Whistan, co. York, extended at 27l. 12s. 9d.; the manor of
Eyom, co. Derby, extended at 19l. 3s. 1¾d. yearly; the manor of Stony
Middelton near Eyom, extended at 18l. 9s. 4¾d.; and 7l. 2s. 11d. of rent
in Baumford, in the same county. |
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To the same. Order to deliver to the said Elizabeth the following
knights' fees, which the king has assigned to her as dower in like manner:
a fee in Aston, co. York, which Thomas de Ouneby holds, extended at 20l.,
and a quarter of a fee in Gaitford near Wirkesop, co. Nottingham, which
John de Gaitford holds, which is extended at 100s. yearly. |
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To the same. Order to deliver to the said Elizabeth the advowson of
the church of Whitstan, co. York, extended at 10l. 13s. 4d., and a third of
the advowson of the church of Handesworth, in the same county, to wit the
third presentation to that church when it falls in, which is extended at
13l. 6s. 8d. yearly, which the king has assigned to her as dower, as
aforesaid. |
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Memorandum, that the preceding assignment of dower was made with the
assent of the said Thomas, and the said Elizabeth accepted the said dower
from all the lands of her late husband that are contained in the inquisitions
taken after his death, saving her right to demand dower from other lands
that may have been omitted in the said inquisitions when inquisitions
thereof shall have been taken and returned. |
May 31.
Woodstock. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver the
manor of Estmereseye to Robert de Ryvers and Joan his wife, which
manor was taken into the king's hand on the death of Robert (sic) de
Ryvers, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard
de Ryvers of Estmereseye at his death held the said manor for life of
the gift of William le Bretoun and John de Bredstrete, chaplain, by
fine levied in the court of the late king by his licence, with remainder to
the said Robert de Ryvers, son of the said Richard, and to Joan his wife,
and to the heirs of their bodies, and that the manor is held of the king in
chief as of the honour of Reylegh by the service of a moiety of a knight's
fee, and the king has taken the homage of the said Robert for the manor. |
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By p.s. [5538.] |
June 9.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order to cause John Mauduyt, son and heir of Thomas
Mauduyt, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of his father's lands,
as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his
homage for the said lands. By p.s. [5559.] |
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To John de Kyngeston. Order to deliver to the said John the lands of
the said inheritance that are in his custody by the king's commission. |
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By p.s. |
June 13.
Woodstock. |
To Thomas de Leyham and Marca his wife. Whereas the king lately
granted to Marca the custody of the lands that belonged to Henry Dyve,
tenant in chief, her late husband, which lands were in the king's hands by
reason of the minority of John, son and heir of the said Henry, to hold during
the minority of the said heir, rendering to the king the value of the said
lands every year, and the king, on 4 September, in the first year of his reign,
granted to William de Clynton, for his good service to Queen Isabella and
to the king, so that he might remain more suitably in the king's service, the
said value of the lands, to be received by the hands of Marca until the
majority of the heir or until the king should provide him with 200l. of
land yearly for life, as he and the said queen promised to do: the king
therefore orders Thomas and Marca to pay the said value to William until
further orders, notwithstanding any order of the king to the contrary
directed to them under the seal of the exchequer. |
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By letter of the chancellor. |
May 14.
Woodstock. |
To John de Louthre, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage and two bovates of land in Stapelford, and to
restore the issues thereof from 9 April, in the 3rd year of the reign, to
Richard son of Richard de Herice, as John de Bolyngbrok, late escheator
beyond Trent, returned to the king that he took the tenements into the
king's hands because he found by inquisition that Richard de Herice, son
and heir of Joan, late the wife of Hugh de Herice, at his death held the said
lands in his demesne as of fee of the king as of the honour of Peverel by
the service of a thirty-second part of a knight's fee, by whose death and the
minority of Richard de Herice, his son and heir, the custody thereof
pertained to the king, and that John de Stapelford entered the said tenements without taking any estate therein from Richard in his life, and so
occupied them, and the king afterwards, at the prosecution of the said John,
suggesting that Richard the father held the messuage and land of the said John
by certain services, and that long before his death he rendered them into the
hands of the said John, because the services were too burdensome, and that
John thus entered and held the said lands until they were taken by John de
Bolyngbrok as aforesaid, ordered the escheator to make inquisition hereupon, by which it was found that Richard the father held the said lands of
the king as of the said honour by foreign service, and that he never rendered
them to the said John, and that John never had any estate in them, and
the king, on 9 April, in the 3rd year of his reign, took the homage of the said
Richard son of Richard for all the lands that his father at his death held of
the late king in chief, and ordered them to be delivered to him. |
June 17.
Woodstock. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge John
de Offord, clerk, of the extent of the manor of Offord Daneys, co. Huntingdon,
as the king committed to him the custody of the said manor, which belonged
to Edmund Peverel, tenant in chief, and was in the king's hands by reason
of the minority of Edmund's heir, to hold until the majority of the heir,
rendering to the king yearly the extent thereof, and afterwards—upon its
being found by inquisition taken by William Trussel, escheator this side
Trent, that Edmund held no lands in his demesne as of fee of the king
in chief by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the
king, but that he held certain lands in Scalleby of the heir of John Paynel
of Rasen, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of a moiety of a
knight's fee, and that he held the manor of Offord Daneys of Richard
Waleys and Eleanor, his wife, as of Eleanor's dower of the lands that
belonged to Robert le Brus, her former husband, by the service of a knight's
fee—the king ordered the said William to retain the said lands held of the
heir in his hands until further orders, and not to intermeddle further with
the manor. |
June 20.
Woodstock. |
To the same. Order to discharge and acquit John Wroth of the ferms
of the manors of Dylewe and Monynton, co. Hereford, which they
exact from him by summons of the exchequer, from 15 February, in the first
year of the reign, provided that he shall answer to the king for the arrears
of the said ferms for the time that he had the custody of those manors, as
the late king, on 15 July, in the 16th year of his reign, committed to the said
John, his yeoman, the custody of the manors, which belonged to Nicholas de
Audele, tenant in chief of the said king, and which Peter de Lymesye held
for life, and which came into the late king's hands by the forfeiture of the
said Peter, to hold until the majority of the said Nicholas's heir, then a
minor in the late king's wardship, rendering to the said king 30l. a year,
and the said king, on 6 July next following, granted to the said John the
custody of the manors from Easter last past until the majority of the said
heir, rendering to the said king 50 marks yearly, and the king, on
15 February, in the first year of his reign, committed the custody of the
said heir's lands to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wyggemore, to hold until
the majority of the heir, rendering the extent thereof to the king
yearly. |
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Membrane 21. |
June 20.
Woodstock. |
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of Walter le Wyse, who is insufficiently qualified. |
June 18.
Woodstock. |
To the chamberlain of South Wales. Order to pay to Edmund de
Hakelut, constable of the castle of Dynnevor, the arrears of his fee for the
custody of the said castle for the time during which he has been chamberlain
there, and to pay the said fee henceforth until further orders, as has been
done hitherto. |
