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Nov. 3.
Kenilworth. |
To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king.
Order to admit John de Lincoln, king's clerk, in place of Adam de Fincheham, the king's attorney to prosecute the king's affairs before them, as
Adam is intending the king's affairs in the present eyre in co. Northampton,
and has deputed the said John in his place. By K. |
Nov. 12.
Kenilworth. |
To Simon de Bereford, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Jean, late the wife of Philip de Hurst, 10 acres of land, 30 acres of heath,
and 40 acres of wood and heath in Wurlynton, and the issues received
therefrom, and not to intermeddle further with the other lands of Philip,
and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by
the escheator that Philip at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee
of the king as of the crown by reason whereof the custody of his lands
ought to pertain to the king, but that he held the tenements above specified
of the inheritance of Joan his wife as parcel of the manor of Middelton,
which manor with that parcel is held of the king in chief by the service of
one sore-coloured sparrow-hawk or 2s. yearly, and that he held on the same
day divers other lands of other lords by various services, and that John de
Hurst, his son, is his next heir, and was aged sixteen years at St. Matthias
last, and the king has taken Joan's fealty for the lands that she thus holds
of him. |
Oct. 25.
Daventry. |
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the amends, gift,
and aid specified below, and to restore any issues received thence to the
abbot of Cirencestre, as the king lately ordered the escheator to certify him
of the cause for taking the abbot's lands, goods and chattels in Cokham into
the king's hands, and the escheator returned that William Trussel, the late
escheator this side Trent, delivered to him at the time of his substitution in
that office, amongst other things, the amends of the assize of bread and ale
let at ferm (affirmatas) for 2s. yearly and a gift called 'frithborghselver' arrented at 2s. yearly, and an aid called 'wardeselver' arrented at 7½d. yearly,
asserting that they were issuing from the abbot's tenants in Cokham and
that they were in the king's hands because the abbot and convent had
usurped and appropriated them to themselves, they being of the appurtenances of the hundred of Cokham, without the king's licence, and the present
escheator distrained the abbot by his goods and chattels there found to
answer to the king for the ferm and rent aforesaid, because the escheator
was charged therewith, and the king, wishing to be certified concerning the
premises, ordered the escheator to make inquisition concerning them, and it
is found by the inquisition that the abbot and his predecessors have had,
and have been wont to have, from time out of mind view of frankpledge
and amends of the assize of bread and ale from their men and tenants
aforesaid, and all other things pertaining to such view, free and quit of all
arrentation and ferm to the king or others, as of the right of their church,
and that the abbot did not appropriate such amends, gift, and aid of the
appurtenances of the king's hundred aforesaid, and that they were not let at
ferm or arrented at any time before the said William took them into his
hands, and were not exacted from, or paid by, the abbot or his predecessors
or their men and tenants. |
Sept. 20.
Gloucester. |
To the justices of the Bench. Henry de Pembrigg and Sibyl his wife
have shewn the king that they demand before the justices against John de
Handlo and Matilda his wife a third of the manor of Pydyngton, co.
Oxford, as Sibyl's dower of the freehold of Alan de Plukenet, her late
husband, and that the said John, as sole tenant of the manor, alleged in
pleading before them that he held the manor for life of the gift of Hugh le
Despenser, and that it ought to revert to the king after his death by Hugh's
forfeiture, and that he ought not to answer to Henry and Sibyl concerning
the manor without consulting the king, by reason whereof the justices have
deferred proceeding in the plea, wherefore Henry and Sibyl have besought
the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the justices to
proceed in the plea, and to cause justice to be done to the parties, notwithstanding the allegation aforesaid. |
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Sept. 25.
Gloucester. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for Rokyngham forest, which Queen Isabella holds for life, to be elected in place of
John Daundelyn, whom the king has amoved from office for insufficient
qualification. |
Nov. 10.
Kenilworth. |
To the same. Order to cause the great hall within the castle of
Northampton and other houses in the same (sic) bailey to be repaired by
the view and testimony of Walter de Burgh, mayor of Northampton, and of
Richard de Harghden, and to cause all other things necessary for the
session of Geoffrey le Scrop and others, justices in eyre for common pleas in
that county, to be done, according to the king's order to the late sheriff, who
was amoved from office before the order was duly executed. |
Nov. 15.
Kenilworth. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of Dublin and to the
chamberlains there. Order for the treasurer and barons to search the rolls
and memoranda of the exchequer and to examine the account of Edmund
Hakelut, the late king's escheator in Ireland, and if they ascertain that the
late king was indebted to him in 121l. 12s. 7¼d. for his fee for the time of
his office, then the treasurer and chamberlains are to pay this sum to him,
as Edmund has prayed the king to cause this sum to be paid to him, which
is due to him, as he says, for his fee as aforesaid, as contained in the foot
of his account rendered at the exchequer. By p.s. [3071.] |
