Close Rolls, Edward III: September 1329

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: September 1329', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 1, 1327-1330, (London, 1896) pp. 568-570. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol1/pp568-570 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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September 1329

Sept. 2.
Gloucester.
William de Mattesdon, son of Philip de Mattesdon, Thomas de Mattesdon, and Gilbert de Rewes of Upton acknowledge that they owe to Henry de Brocworth 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Gloucester.
Cancelled on payment.
Sept. 1.
Gloucester.
To Alfonsus, king of Castile, Leon, etc. Letter commending to his favour James Douglas of Scotland, who is setting out to aid the Christians against the Saracens, and requesting him to order James to be favourably treated by his subjects in case he go through the said king's land, and to order safe-conduct to be made for him. [Fœdera.]
Membrane 11d.
Sept. 3.
Gloucester.
To R. bishop of Bath and Wells. Order to grant to Richard de Barwe, king's clerk, the pension due to one of the king's clerks by reason of the bishop's new creation. By p.s.
Sept. 12.
Hereford.
Philip de Bifare of Great Teynton acknowledges that he owes to William de Tyderynton 21l.; to be levied in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Gloucester.
Sept. 17.
Gloucester.
William, prior of Llanthony near Gloucester, acknowledges that he owes to Master Stephen de Ketlesbury, clerk, 66l. 13s. 4d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands, chattels, and ecclesiastical goods in co. Bedford.
Robert de Stretton, clerk, is sent to the abbot and convent of Burton to receive the pension due to one of the king's clerks by reason of the abbot's new creation. By p.s.
Sept. 10.
Gloucester.
John de Carewell acknowledges that he owes to Mary, his daughter, 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
Adam son of William de Grenley and John his brother acknowledge that they owe to Thomas de Woner 100 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Nottingham.
Cancelled on payment.
Enrolment of deed between Thomas de Woner and Joan his wife, on the one side, and Adam son of William de Grenley, John his brother, and Robert de Wannervill, witnessing that Adam has granted and released to Thomas and Joan, and to the survivor of them, by charter certain tenements in Burton, Saundeby, Lee, Littebburg (sic), and Stretton, and Thomas and Joan have rendered to him by deed all the tenements that belonged to William de Grenley in Longstanton near Cambridge, and they have also rendered to the said John by deed all the tenements that John had of the gift of William his father contained in John's charter, which two deeds together with the charter shall remain in the custody of Robert de Wannervill by the assent of the parties until Thomas and Joan have levied a fine to Adam of the said tenements in Burton, Saundeby, Lee, Lutebury, Stretton, and Longstanton, and until Adam have levied a fine to them of the tenements in Burton, Saundeby, Lee, Littelburg, and Streton for their lives by clause of warranty, and until Thomas and Joan have levied a fine to the said John of the tenements in Wympton and elsewhere contained in his father's charter; and the parties were sworn upon the gospels to do these things before Christmas, 1331. And for further security for this Adam and John have bound themselves to Thomas in 100 marks by recognisance in chancery. The said Thomas and Joan, Adam, John, and Robert will and grant that if John, being of full age, make secure estate to Thomas and Joan for the term of Joan's life of a mark of yearly rent, and if he be bound to Elizabeth her sister for her reasonable maintenance until she be married or promoted, and if he release to Thomas and Joan the tenements aforesaid released to them by Adam, and if the fine between Adam, Thomas, and Joan concerning the said tenements be levied before Christmas aforesaid, then the deed of Thomas and Joan concerning Stanton and Wympton and the charter of Wympton shall be delivered to Adam and John by the said Robert, and that the aforsaid recognisance shall be of none effect for so long as Thomas and Joan shall hold the said tenements without loss of any part thereof by Adam and John. In case John, or Adam in his default, fail to levy the fine before the date aforesaid, the said two deeds of Thomas and Joan and the charter of Wympton shall be delivered to Thomas and Joan by the said Robert, and the recognisance shall retain its effect. Dated at Burton-in-le-Cley, on Sunday after the Nativity of St. Mary, 1329.
Memorandum, that the parties came into chancery, on the said day, and acknowledged the aforesaid deed.
Brother Leonard de Tibertis, supplying the place in England of the grand-master of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and brother Thomas Larcher, prior of the same, acknowledge that they owe to Augustine de Waleys of Woxebrigge 1,000 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Buckingham.
Cancelled on payment.
John de Esthalle, the elder, acknowledges that he owes to Asselinus Simonetti, merchant of Luca, 60l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Kent.
Cancelled on payment.
Sept. 28.
Gloucester.
William de Bourstowe acknowledges that he owes to the abbot and convent of Certeseye 60l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Surrey.
Sept. 27.
Gloucester.
William le Barber of Hynton Martel came before the king, on Wednesday after St. Matthew last, and sought to replevy his land in Croydon, which was taken into the king's hands for his default before the justices of the Bench against Thomas de Waggeworth. This is signified to the justices.
Sept. 30.
Gloucester.
Alice, late the wife of John de Sancto Johanne, acknowledges that she owes to Edmund de Reynham 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of her lands and chattels in co. Sussex.
Cancelled on payment.
William de Iford acknowledges that he owes to the said Edmund 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Somerset.
Cancelled on payment.
Alice, late the wife of John de Sancto Johanne, acknowledges that she owes to William de Iford 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of her lands and chattels in co. Sussex.
Laurence Basset acknowledges that he owes to the said William 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Somerset.
Cancelled on payment.