Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1327

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 1, 1327-1330. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1896.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1327', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 1, 1327-1330, (London, 1896) pp. 188-192. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol1/pp188-192 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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December 1327

Dec. 2.
Nottingham.
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order to amove the king's hand from a messuage and a virgate and 12 acres of land in Westbury, and to restore the issues received thence since the death of Nicholas de Bathonia, as the king—at the prosecution of Robert de Sapy and Alina his wife, daughter and co-heiress of John de Aune, kinsman and the other heir of the said Nicholas, suggesting that Nicholas demised the premises for his life to John de Cromhale and Margaret Kynervan, and that John de Bury, the late king's escheator in co. Gloucester, pretending that the messuage and land were held of the said king and had been alienated without his licence, took them into the said king's hands, and that they are for this reason still in the king's hands—ordered the escheator to make inquisition concerning the premises, and it is found by the inquisition that the lands were taken into the late king's hands by the said John de Bury for the reasons above stated, and that they are in the king's hands for this reason only, and that Nicholas held them of John de Bohun of Harsefeld by knight service as parcel of the manor of Westbury, which the said Robert and Alina and John de Aune, the heirs of Nicholas, hold of the said John de Bohun by the service of half a knight's fee.
Dec. 2.
Nottingham.
To the same. Order to deliver to H. bishop of Lincoln or to Walter de Woburn, his attorney, the manors and lands whereof Bartholomew de Badelesmere, tenant in chief of the late king, was seised in his demesne as of fee, and the lands that are held of the inheritance of Giles, his son and heir, for term of life when they fall in, together with the issues received by the escheator from the said lands from 26 February last, when the king committed to the bishop the custody thereof during the minority of Giles.
Dec. 5.
Leicester.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain Walter Trayly for homage and fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done homage and fealty to the king. By p.s. [1436.]
Dec. 2.
Nottingham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause an assignment where prompt payment may be had to be made to the executors of the will of Hervey de Staunton for 800l., for money of Hervey's that the king, after the arrival of him and his mother from France, caused to be taken for his affairs in St. Edmund's abbey, which money was not paid to Hervey in his lifetime. By p.s. [1425.]
Nov. 25.
Pontefract.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause John de Lacy, whom the king ordered to be taken and imprisoned by the mayor and them, to come before the king in chancery under secure convoy, to hear what the king will say against him and to receive what shall be ordained.
Nov. 22.
Pontefract.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Hampton, deceased.
Dec. 2.
Nottingham.
To John de Stonore. Order to affeer the estreats of his rolls of the time when he was the late king's justice, with others, to hear and determine certain felonies and trespasses committed in cos. Oxford, Berks, and Buckingham, and to send the estreats to the exchequer, there to be delivered to the treasurer and barons.
Membrane 4.
Dec. 4.
Leicester.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to make summons of an eyre in that county before Geoffrey le Scrop, John de Stonore, Walter de Friskeneye, Richard de Wylughby, and Ralph de Bereford, and others, at Canterbury at the quinzaine of St. Hilary next. By K. & C.
Vacated, because the eyre was revoked as appears below in a writ enrolled on the dorse of this roll.
Nov. 24.
Pontefract.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to Gilbert Talebot, banneret, in the debts due from him to the exchequer for 116l. 3s. 8d., and to cause him to be satisfied by payment or assignment for any surplus that there may be, as Gilbert has prayed the king to cause allowance to be made to him as above for this sum, which is due to him for the wages of himself and his men-at-arms in war and for his winter and summer fees for this year, as appears by a bill of the king's wardrobe under the seal of Robert de Wodehous, keeper of the same, in his possession. By K. & C.
Dec. 1.
Nottingham.
To Edmund de Assheby, late sheriff of Warwick and Leicester. Whereas Gilbert Lavener complained to the king that Walter de Busseby of Leicester was indicted, in the late king's time, of the receipt of thieves and of larceny, and was taken for that reason, and all his goods and chattels were confiscated, and that Gilbert had at that time divers goods and chattels in William's custody, which were appraised for the late king's use amongst Walter's goods and chattels at that time, and that they are still in the king's hands, and he prayed the king to cause his said goods and chattels to be restored to him; and the king thereupon appointed Robert Burdet and Roger de Belegrave to enquire the truth of the premises, and it is found by their inquisition that Gilbert had in Walter's custody at the time of the arrest a chest bound with iron, price 2s.; a tapet of Reynes, price 5s. 6d.; 10 sheets, price 20s.; candles, price 2s.; a piece of cloth, price 2s.; a pair of shoes, price 6d.; four shirts (camisias), price 2s.; a bottle (botellum) of wax, price 12d.; 6 silken purses, price 13s. 4d.; a purse of ray cloth (Reo), price 18d.; a silken 'pouch,' price 3s.; a silken 'pouch,' price 18d.; a silken purse, price 12d.; two 'keverchiefs' of silk, price 5s.; four silken stomachers (gorgiers), price 2s.; a gilt caul (kellam), price 2s.; a silk girdle, price 6d.; a knife, price 12d.; four gold rings with sapphires, price 20s.; a diamond ring (de amaund), price 10s.; a gold ring, price 18d.; two gold brooches (fermacula), price 10s.; three silver brooches, price 2s.; two gold rings, price 18d.; an ox-horn (cornu de bugle), price 2s.; a silver ring, price 6d.; a circle with 'perles,' price 30s.; a gold circle, price 6s.; a leaden cistern, price 30s.; a supertunic of woollen cloth, price 3s.; three table-cloths (mappas), price 6s.; three hand-towels (manutergia), price 2s.; a war-knife, price 6s. 8d.; a mazer cup, price 4s.; a bowl, price 2s.; two iron andirons (andernos), price 18d.; a silk purse, price 12d.; four new tapets, price 16s.; eight cartloads of wood, price 16s.; four cartloads of sea-coal, price 6s.; and it was found that all these goods and chattels were taken into the late king's hands with Walter's goods by John de Cophus and John Pyk, who were appointed for this purpose, and were appraised by them for the late king's use, and were delivered by them by indenture to Oliver le Waleys, then sheriff of Leicester, by the late king's order under his privy seal: the king therefore orders the said Edmund to deliver to Gilbert all his goods and chattels thus taken into the late king's hands and in Edmund's custody. By C.
Nov. 23.
Pontefract.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to permit Robert Olyver, the king's serjeant, to pay the debts due from him to the exchequer at the rate of 2 marks yearly, as the king has granted him these terms in consideration of the damages sustained by him by the invasions of the Scotch rebels in the northern parts, and in consideration of his good service to the king and his father. By K.
Nov. 22.
Pontefract.
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent, or to his sub-escheator in co. Hereford. Order to amove the king's hand from the goods and chattels of A. bishop of Hereford in his bailiwick, and to permit the bishop's ministers to dispose thereof without hindrance, as the bishop has complained to the king that the escheator has taken all the bishop's goods and chattels into the king's hands, pretending that he has been translated to the bishopric of Worcester. By C.
Nov. 24.
Pontefract.
To John de Insula, constable of Wyndesore castle and keeper of the manor of Kenyngton. Order to pay to John de Haveryng, parker of the king's park of that manor, the arrears of his usual wages for the time of the constable's office. By p.s.
To the same. Order to cause the houses, walls, and other buildings of the said castle and manor and the pailing of the park to be repaired by the view of men of those parts. By the same writ.
Dec. 9.
Coventry.
To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. Order to cause the hall, chambers, and other houses in Shirburn castle to be repaired, expending up to 20l.
By C.
Dec. 16.
Chipping Campden (Chaumpeden).
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to cause coroners for that county to be elected in place of William de Sutton, Walter de Murcote, William de Wynnecote, and John de Shuckeburgh, whom the king has caused to be amoved from office because they are insufficiently qualified.
Dec. 17.
Winchcomb.
To Simon de Bereford, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of John de Meriet, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by William Trussel, late escheator this side Trent, that John held no lands in chief of the king at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held divers lands of other lords by various services.
Dec. 16.
Winchcomb.
To Master Peter de Galiciano. Order to deliver to the archbishop, dean, and chapter of Rouen their lands in his custody, which the late king caused to be taken into his hands by reason of the war between him and the king of France, as they have prayed the king to cause restitution to be made as peace has been reformed between the king and the king of France. By K.
[Fœdera.]
The like to Robert de Wyvill, 'de verbo ad verbum.' [Ibid.]
Dec. 20.
Gloucester.
To Simon de Bereford, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain Thomas de Sutton for fealty for the lands that he holds of the king in Miccham, as he has done fealty to the king.
To the same. Order not to distrain Elizabeth, sister and co-heiress of Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester, for her homage for the lands that she holds of the king in chief, as the king has taken her homage.
By p.s. [1452.]
Dec. 22.
Gloucester.
To W. archbishop of York. Order to appoint trustworthy men to survey the benefices in his diocese that have been destroyed by the Scots, and to cause those that have not been re-taxed to be taxed anew, so that the tenth may be levied according to the taxation, certifying the treasurer and barons of the taxation, as the clergy of the diocese have prayed the king to cause such benefices to be taxed anew, because they are unable to pay the tenth according to the old taxation. By K.
Dec. 26.
Worcester.
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Geoffrey le Despenser of Upton, who is insufficiently qualified.
Dec. 25.
Worcester.
To Simon de Bereford, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain the abbot of Westminster for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done fealty to the king. By p.s.
Dec. 25.
Worcester.
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to deliver to Thomas de Hevere, executor of the will of Thomas, late bishop of Worcester, all the bishop's goods and chattels, which the sheriff has taken into the king's hands for any debts that may be due to the king, as the executor has found security to answer for any such debts so far as the goods and chattels will suffice.
By K.
Names of the mainpernors of the said Thomas: Robert de Valoignes of co. Kent, John Collan of co. Worcester, John de Berkyng of co. Essex, John de Haddon.
Membrane 3.
Dec. 12.
Kenilworth.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain the prior of Kenilworth for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done fealty to the king.
Dec. 20.
Gloucester.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge William de Burgh, son of John de Burgh, and kinsman and heir of Richard de Burgh, late earl of Ulster in Ireland, of the extent to be rendered to the exchequer for the lands of the earl in England, which were in the king's hands by reason of the heir's minority, the custody whereof the king committed to him on 3 February last, from 22 November last, when the king took his homage for the lands that the said earl, his grandfather, held in chief of the late king, and to discharge Elizabeth de Burgo, lady de Clare, of co. Essex, of her mainprise for payment of the extent.
Dec. 19.
Gloucester.
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to deliver to John de Barton the goods and chattels of the abbot of Fécamp of the value of 180l. 6s. 1d., which the sheriff has arrested, according to his return, in execution of the king's order [at Memb. 7, page 181 above], in part satisfaction of the 280l., for which the king ordered him to arrest goods of the abbot and his men, and to cause goods and wares of the abbot and of the men and merchants of his power to be arrested to the value of the remaining 99l. 13s. 11d., and to cause them to be kept safely until John have been satisfied for that sum, certifying the king of his proceedings.
Dec. 24.
Worcester.
To the sheriff of Lancaster. Order to cause all the lands of Robert de Holand in his bailiwick to be taken into the king's hands, in whose hands soever they may be, and to cause them to be delivered to Robert, as the king lately, in response to Robert's petition for restitution of his lands, ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer and to certify the king of the reason for the taking of Robert's lands into the late king's hands, and it is found by their certificate that the said king, in the 15th year of his reign, caused the lands, goods and chattels of Robert, together with those that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and to Roger de Clifford, to be taken into his hands by certain sheriffs and other of his ministers, and that answer was made to him at the exchequer for the issues of Robert's lands in the same way as for the issues of the lands of the said earl, and that Robert's lands are in the king's hands for this and no other reason, and it was agreed in the last parliament at Westminster that those who were of the earl's quarrel and those whose lands were taken into the late king's hands without any certain cause being expressed shall have restitution of their lands.
By K. and p.s. [1463.]
The like to the following sheriffs:
York.
Lincoln.
Leicester.
Derby.
Northampton.
Bucks.
Rutland.
Stafford.
London.
By K. and the same writ.
To the keepers of the said Robert's lands in co. Lancaster. Order to deliver to Robert all his lands in their custody. By K. and the same writ.
The like to the keepers of his lands in all the aforesaid counties.
To Richard Dammory, justice of Chester. Order to cause all the said Robert's lands in his bailiwick to be delivered to Robert.
By K. and the same writ.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to deliver to the said Robert all his deeds, charters, and muniments in their custody, which the late king caused to be taken into his hands with Robert's goods and chattels.
By K. and the same writ.
Dec. 17.
Winchcomb.
To the treasurer and barons and chamberlains of the exchequer. Order to cause Simon de Swanlond to have payment or assignment where he may speedily be satisfied for 300l., which the king owes to him for cloth bought from him by Thomas de Useflet, clerk of the great wardrobe, for the king's liveries (liberacione) against Christmas. By p.s.