Close Rolls, Edward III: May 1339 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 5, 1339-1341. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1901.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: May 1339', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 5, 1339-1341, (London, 1901) pp. 214-218. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol5/pp214-218 [accessed 19 April 2024]

May 1339



	Membrane 45d.
May 8. Berkhampstead.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de Knyghton to have respite until the quinzaine of. Michaelmas next for the account which he is bound to render for the issues of the knights' fees which belonged to Theobald de Verdoun, tenant in chief of the late king, for which they previously gave him respite until a certain day now past.
	By the keeper and C.
	Membrane 43d. (fn. 1)
May 13. Berkhampstead.	John de Wydevyll of Grafton acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Ferrariis, knight, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northampton.
	Enrolment of release by John Fitz Bernard son and heir of Thomas Fitz Bernard, knight, to Sir John de Molyns, knight, and Egidia his wife, William their son and his heirs, of all his right and claim in the manor of Adynton, co. Buckingham with all its appurtenances. Witnesses: Sir Nicholas de la Beche, Sir Gerard de Braybrok, knights, Richard le Warde, Robert le Warde, Thomas de Tochewyk, John le Bruyn, William de Berkhamstede. Dated at Stoke Pugeys on 12 April, 13 Edward III.
	Memorandum, that on 14 May John came at Tyllebery co. Essex before Walter de Notingham, clerk, to whom the king gave power by writ to receive his acknowledgment, and acknowledged the preceding deed, and that the seal appended thereto is his, as appears by the writ which is on the files among the writs of dedimus potestatem of this year.
	Enrolment of release by the same John to Sir John de Molyns, Egidia, John their son and his heirs of all his right and claim in the manors of Aston Bernard, Ilmere and Adynton, co. Buckingham with all their appurtenances. [Witnesses as above. Dated as above.]
	Memorandum that John acknowledged the preceding deed before Walter de Notingham at Tyllebury on 14 May, as aforesaid.
May 15. Berkhampstead.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to admit the person deputed by Peter Doynel, late sheriff of Wilts, to render his account on the morrow of Trinity next, as he is broken by age and weak in body, as has been testified in chancery by certain who have taken oath thereupon.
	By C.
May 19. Berkhampstead.	Roger de Skeryngton, parson of Little Laufare church, diocese of London, John de Laufare and John de Neuport acknowledge that they owe to Henry son of Aucherus, 2,000l., to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Essex.
	Cancelled on payment.
May 22. Berkhampstead.	John Junctyn, merchant of the society of the Peruzzi, acknowledges for himself and his fellows of that society that they owe to Richard de Bradeburn, citizen of Chester, 168l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in the city of London.
	Cancelled on payment.
May 10. Berkhampstead.	To the taxers and collectors in co. Sussex of the triennial tenth and fifteenth granted by the laity. Order to supersede the exaction of the tenth and fifteenth from the men of the town of Arundell until the Purifica tion next, as the town is for the most part burned by mishap and the goods and chattels of the men there are so consumed that they do not suffice to pay their portion and the king gave them respite until Easter last and has now prorogued the respite until the Purification. By the keeper and C.
	To the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Sussex. Like order for the same with respect to the exaction of wool. By the keeper and C.
May 28. Berkhampstead.	To the abbot and convent of Bardeneye. Request to cause competent sustenance to be ministered to Adam de Ormeskirke, 'palfreiman,' who has long served the king, until the king's arrival in England.
	By the keeper and C.
May 30. Berkhampstead.	To the sheriff of Oxford. Order, upon sight of these presents, to cause proclamation to be made that no one shall place nets or engines in places where the king's fawns may be taken, upon pain of the burning of the same, and he shall inform the king of the names of those who infringe this order, so that the king may punish them, because divers men of the county take the king's fawns of his forest of Whitelwode, by nets and other engines.
	By the keeper and C.
	The like to the sheriffs of Northampton and Buckingham, severally.
	Membrane 42d.
June 3. Berkhampstead.	To the arrayers of men for the custody of the maritime land in co. Southampton. Order to de-arrest certain men at arms with their armour, of those whom the abbess of Romeseye is bound to find for the custody of the maritime land, whom the king ordered her to send to Southampton for that custody and whom the arrayers arrested there, and to permit the men to stay in garrison at Southampton in accordance with the king's order.
	By C.
June 1. Berkhampstead.	To John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, and his fellows, keepers of the maritime land in co. Sussex. Order to depute certain men at arms, armed men and others for the custody of Hastyng castle against a hostile invasion thereof which the king's enemies, assembled in a great fleet, propose. By C.
June 6. Berkhampstead.	To Ed[mund] de la Beche, Richard de Penle and Stephen de Bitterle, keepers of the town of Southampton. Order to desist from distraints on Thomas, precentor of the church of St. Mary of that town, for finding men for that custody beyond the two armed men and four archers whom he finds for the garrison of the town, as he has shown the king that although he paid 7l. in aid of the walling and enclosing of the town, and finds the said men, and he is not sufficient to support such a charge and his church and manse, where he dwells, are without the walls of the town, yet the keepers distrain him to find other men for the watches upon the walls, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C.
	To the arrayers of men for the custody of the maritime land in co. Wilts. Order to supersede the exaction made upon Thomas de Cary, the king's yeoman, to contribute to the expenses of finding men for that custody with the men of the hundred of Heghtredbury, by reason of his lands there, while he is staying in the king's service beyond the sea.
	By C.
June 4. Berkhampstead.	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Dorset. Order to supersede the exaction made on Roger Husee to find men at arms or others for that custody by reason of his lands in the county, while he is staying with his men and all his power in the company of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, appointed chief arrayer of men at arms and others in cos. Surrey and Sussex and keeper of the maritime land there, upon the custody of the maritime land in co. Sussex, as the earl has shown. By C.
June 1. Berkhampstead.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the distraints made on the mayor, bailiffs, and community of Sandwich until Michaelmas next, so that the king may cause justice to be done to them after full information is taken, as they have besought the king to provide a remedy, as they assert that they have such liberty that they can admit whom they will, aliens and natives, as their fellow barons to enjoy like privileges with themselves, and contribute to lot and scot and other charges, and they are distrained because they so admitted Peter Garsyes, William Thomas and Arnald Sauser of Bordeaux and some others of the duchy [of Aquitaine], the treasurer and barons pretending that this is to the king's prejudice. By C.
June 4. Berkhampstead.	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Southampton. Order to supersede the exaction made upon R. bishop of Bath and Wells for finding two men at arms for that custody by reason of his manor of Dogmarsfeld in that county, while he is attendant upon the arraying of men in co. Dorset for which the king appointed him with other lieges, with his men, servants and others of his retinue, and while he is staying with all his power upon the custody of the maritime land of those parts. By C.
June 10. Berkhampstead.	To the arrayers of men for the custody of the maritime land in co. Rutland. Like order for John Bussy, who is staying in the king's service beyond the sea in the company of Thomas de Ponynges. By C.
May 10. Berkhampstead.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made upon Theobald Russel for 160l. 4s. 2½d. in which he is bound to the king, until Michaelmas next, so that the king may account with him in the meantime for the wages paid by him to certain men at arms and archers retained by him for the defence of the isle of Wight against hostile invasion, beyond the men whom he is bound to find by reason of his lands in the island, as the king ordered him to pay such wages of the 160l. 4s. 2½d. by the view and testimony of John de Wyndesore, receiver of the king's money for paying such wages. By C.
May 10. Berkhampstead.	To Theobald Russel. Order to pay the wages as aforesaid. By C.
June 10. Berkhampstead.	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Dorset. Order not to compel the abbot of Middleton to find any men for that custody, as he has shown the king that they distrain him to find men and archers, although he is staying with his power at his manors of Holeworth and Osemyngton, co. Dorset, near the sea, for their defence, by the king's order, and finds 100 armed men and archers for himself and his bondmen upon the said custody. By C.
	To the arrayers of men at arms and others in co. Buckingham. Order to supersede the exaction made upon William de Langeford to find any men for that custody by reason of his manor of Wythemere, while the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England finds thirty men at arms and other armed men and archers for the defence of Southampton, by reason of that manor and his other lands, and while William is prepared to set out with the keeper of England against the king's enemies, if they presume to invade the realm, as he holds the manor for a certain term by the prior's demise, rendering to the prior yearly the true value thereof.
	By C.
June 10. Berkhampstead.	To the arrayers of men in co. Oxford for the custody of the maritime land in co. Southampton. Order not to compel John de Ifeld to find any men for that custody while he is attendant upon the arraying of men in cos. Surrey and Sussex with John de Warenna earl of Surrey and other lieges appointed for this and while he is staying with his power upon the custody of the maritime land in co. Sussex.
June 8. Berkhampstead.	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Dorset. Order to supersede the exaction made on the abbess of Romeseye for finding an archer for that custody while she finds the men, whom she is bound to find by reason of her lands, for the defence of Southampton, as she has shown the king that she only has 2 marks rent in Pudele Bardolveston in that county. By C.
	Membrane 41d.
May 25. Berkhampstead.	To Richard de Wylughby and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order to be at Westminster with all the king's said place on the morrow of Midsummer next, and to hold the pleas there.
	By the keeper and C.
May 24. Berkhampstead.	To Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the north, or to him who supplies his place in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to supersede the exaction made on the prior of Okebourn to find an armed man to set out to sea with the admiral, beyond the two men whom he finds at Portesmuth, as the prior has shown the king that although he holds the custody of his priory as an alien, rendering a ferm yearly to the king, and has found two men at arms upon the custody of the maritime land at Portesmuth, for some time past, yet the admiral distrains him and John de Podewell, bailiff of the manor, to find an armed man to set out to sea in the king's service by reason of his manor of Blakenham, co. Suffolk, wherefore the prior, appearing before the council, has asserted that he is paying a greater sum for the custody of the priory than was paid in times past, and has sought for his discharge from the said custody on account of the present small price of the things from which the ferm ought to be levied and that the king will cause the priory to be resumed into his hands, and the matter being deliberated before the council, it is considered that it would be to the king's harm if the priory were so resumed. By C.
May 30. Berkhampstead.	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Southampton. Order to supersede the exaction made on Hugh de Audele, earl of Gloucester, to find men at arms or others for that custody by reason of his lands in that county, while he is arraying with other lieges the men of co. Essex, and while he is staying with all his power upon the custody of the maritime land in that county. By C.
	To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Kent. Like order in favour of Reginald del Dyk, deputed by the said earl to the custody of the maritime land in co. Essex. By C.
May 30. Berkhampstead.	To Edmund de la Beche, the king's clerk. Order to supersede the distraint made on the abbot of Hyde near Winchester to find six men at arms at Southampton, while he finds the six men at Portesmuth for the custody of the maritime land there, because the king considers that the maritime land at Portesmuth is in more danger than at Southampton as Richard earl of Arundel, keeper of the maritime land in those parts, has testified before the council. By C.
May 22. Berkhampstead.	To John de Veer, earl of Oxford and his fellows, keepers of the maritime land in co. Essex. Order to supersede the exaction made upon John Legat for finding an archer for that custody by reason of his lands in co. Hertford, if he is attendant with other lieges upon the arraying of archers in that county and setting out with them to the king to parts beyond the sea.
	By C.
May 8. Berkhampstead.	To the arrayers of men at arms and others in co. Berks for the custody of the maritime land. Order to supersede the exaction made upon the prior of Okebourn for finding men for that custody by reason of his lands in that county, as he holds the custody of his priory as an alien, and besides the ferm which he renders for the same he finds two men at arms for the custody of the maritime land at Portesmuth. By C.