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Nov. 6.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge Master
William de la Zouche, dean of St. Peter's, York, to whom the king committed
the custody of the lands which belonged to Bernard de Bruys for rendering
a certain ferm yearly, of the said ferm, from 30 November in the 12th year
of the reign, on which day the king took the homage of John de Bruys,
Bernard's son and heir, for all the lands which Bernard held in chief, and
rendered those lands to him. Proviso that William shall answer for any
arrears of the ferm before the said 30 November. |
Nov. 2.
The Tower. |
To Thomas Wake of Lydell and his fellows, justices appointed to hear
and determine the trespasses and excesses committed by the king's ministers
and others in co. Norfolk. Order to deliver the transcripts of extracts of
fines, issues and amercements adjudged before them in their session, to the
sheriff of the county, so that those fines etc. may be levied for the king.
The king has ordered the sheriff to receive the said transcripts from them
and cause the fines etc. to be levied quickly. By p.s. |
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Mandate in pursuance to the sheriff of Norfolk. By p.s. |
Oct. 28.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to Hugh de Audele, earl of
Gloucester, 10l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's
grant to him of 20l. to be received yearly from the issues of that county. |
Nov. 15.
Stamford. |
To Nicholas de Cantilupo and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and
determine divers extortions and excesses committed by the king's ministers
and others in cos. Nottingham and Derby. Robert de Beghton has
besought the king to provide for his indemnity, as he was appointed with
other lieges to levy and collect in those counties the wool granted to the
king in the 11th year of the reign, and he rendered his account for the
wool taken by himself and his deputies, at the exchequer, and now he is
impleaded before the justices for taking that wool at the suit of divers men
of the county: the king sends to the justices enclosed with their presents
a certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer sent into chancery
by the king's order, touching Robert's account, ordering them to view the
said certificate and not to implead or aggrieve Robert or his deputies for
any wool contained in that certificate but to supersede any process begun
against him for taking such wool, provided that he shall answer for
the taking of any wool not contained in that certificate and for other
trespasses and injuries imposed on him before the justices. By C. |
Nov. 20.
Stamford. |
The like to Richard de Kelleshull and his fellows, justices appointed to
hear and determine the trespasses and excesses committed by the king's
ministers and others in cos. Oxford and Berks on behalf of John de
Neubury of Redyng. By C. |
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Nov. 10.
Stamford. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to cause 8 sacks of wool arrested by Thomas de Hatfeld,
the king's clerk, to be dearrested without delay and delivered to Walter de
Mauny to be taken to Flanders, informing the king of the number of sacks
laded by Walter and William de Kildesby, if they find that the eight sacks
are of the 200 sacks of co. Essex which the king assigned to William and
Walter with 200 sacks of co. Sussex of the 20,000 sacks granted in the last
parliament, to be taken to Flanders at the king's cost and risk and there
sold by the merchants deputed for this, in part satisfaction of debts in which
the king was bound to William and Walter for the time when they were
with him in the war in parts beyond the sea and for divers other causes, and
Walter has informed the king that eight sacks of the said 200 sacks are
arrested by Thomas in the house of William Curteys in that city and he has
besought the king to order them to be dearrested. |
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Vacated because word for word below. |
Nov. 10.
Stamford. |
To the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Order to pay reasonable expenses
for the maintenance of the king's stud in the park of Henle, co. Surrey,
from 1 March last. By C. |
Oct. 28.
The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to assign to the merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, in part
payment of the debts in which the king is bound to them, all the fines
taken before the justices appointed to hear and determine divers felonies,
trespasses and excesses in cos. Lancaster and Stafford. By p.s. |
Nov. 6.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon the master and brethren of the hospital of St. Thomas,
Estbregg, Canterbury, for any sums of the triennial or biennial tenth and
fifteenth, and to discharge them and the sheriff of Kent thereof, as the
master and brethren have shown the king that although the hospital was
founded for the maintenance of poor pilgrims and other infirm persons
resorting thither to remain until they are healed of their infirmities and to
maintain divers chantries and several other alms, it is so slenderly endowed
that its goods hardly suffice for the maintenance of the master and brethren
and of the said alms and charges, and if the hospital is charged with the
aids granted by the community of the realm, it will behove the master and
brethren to diminish the said alms, but the treasurer and barons, because
the taxers and collectors of the triennial and biennial tenth and fifteenth
in co. Kent have assessed the goods and chattels of the master and brethren
at divers sums among the laity, and have delivered their rolls thereof at
the exchequer, cause these sums to be distrained of the master and brethren
by the sheriff of the county. |
Nov. 8.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to pay 46l. 16s. 8d. to Robert de Sadyngton or to give him an
assignment therefor, as the king ordered the assessors and collectors of
wool in co. Leicester to sell wool of the parishes of Nousele, Sadyngton,
Humberston, Gildenemorton and Laghton, co. Leicester, to the value of
46l. 16s. 8d., and to pay that sum to Robert in full satisfaction of 7 sacks
21 stones of wool taken from him [as at page 210 above]; and lately at
Robert's suit beseeching the king to cause payment of the said sum to be
made to him, as the order to the assessors and collectors has not yet been
executed, because a great part of the wool in the said county is assigned by
the king to certain magnates and others and the residue is sold to Walter
Prest and Hugh Cokheved, the king ordered Hugh and Walter to pay
46l. 16s. 8d. to Robert of the sale of wool of co. Leicester sold to them, and
now Robert has surrendered the said writ to chancery enclosed in the wax,
and has besought the king to cause him to have payment of an assignment
for the said sum. By C. |
Nov. 12.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Ralph
de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, upon his account for the
issues of that Forest, what they shall find him to have paid to the prior of
St. Mary's, Carlisle, for the tenth of all agistments in the forest of Inglewod
without the parish, in accordance with the king's order to him, on learning
by inquisition taken by Ralph that the prior and all his predecessors were
seised of that tenth from the time of the foundation of that priory, by the
grant of Henry son of the Empress (Imperatoris), sometime king of
England, until Henry le Scrop, late keeper of that Forest, detained it from
them, and it is found by the certificate of Henry that he detained the tenth
because the prior did not bring any warrant for having the same. |
Nov. 14.
Stamford. |
To John de Alveton, escheator in cos. Oxford and Berks. Order not to
intermeddle further with the priory of Frompton until further order, and
permit the prior to hold the priory and the lands pertaining thereto in co.
Berks and receive and dispose of the issues thereof, as the king committed
to the prior the custody of the priory which was taken into the king's hand
among the lands of the alien religious in England, for rendering 90l. yearly
to the king for so long as the custody should remain in the prior's hand,
and the king has learned that the escheator has entered the lands of the
priory, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, in Normandy in
co. Berks, by reason of the death of Simon, the last abbot there. |
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Thomas Bewer, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall,
has a like writ for the prior's land in cos. Dorset and Devon. |
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William Talemache, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford has a like writ for the prior of Panfeld
and Welles for lands in cos. Essex and Norfolk. |
Nov. 16.
Stamford. |
To William Mot of Great Yarmouth and John de Elyngham. Order to
deliver to Richard de Middelton the seal for the petty custom in the port of
Great Yarmouth and all other things touching that office, said to be in their
custody, and not to intermeddle further with the collection of the said petty
custom, as the king has appointed Richard to collect the custom of 3d. the
pound and divers other prests and customs on merchandise and goods
brought by alien merchants to that port, and taken thence and from all the
places along the coast as far as Ipswich, to hold during good conduct, so
that he shall answer for the money thereof at the exchequer and to do
certain other things contained in the letters patent directed to him. By K. |
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Nov. 10.
Stamford. |
To the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Lincoln. Order to supersede
the demand for wool made upon the prioress and nuns of Fosse near
Torkeseye, restoring to them anything which they have levied, as the
prioress and nuns are so slenderly endowed that they have not enough for
their maintenance without the alms of the faithful, and they have besought
the king to order the supersession of the exaction of wool from them, as
they have not been assessed at the tenth, fifteenth or any quota, on account
of their poverty, in times past. |
Nov. 8.
Stamford. |
To the abbot of Fourneys. Order to cause a coroner to be elected in their
lands and fees in Fourneys, in accordance with the king's grant to them by
charter, in place of William de Twiselton, deceased. |
Nov. 8.
Stamford. |
To Reymund Segwyn, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place.
Order to deliver to William de Stokton, vicar of St. Paul's church, London,
what is in arrear to him of 2 tuns of wine yearly and to deliver those tuns
to William yearly henceforth so long as Reymund is butler, in accordance
with the king's grant to William on 6 March last of two tuns of wine to be
received yearly in the port of London by the hands of the chief butler, for
life. |
Nov. 5.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Thomas Priour, the
king's yeoman, has shown by his petition that whereas the king committed
to him the custody of the manor of Shelford, co. Cambridge, in the king's
hand by reason of the minority of Laurence son and heir of John de
Hastynges, tenant in chief of the late king, to hold until the heir should
come of age, rendering 18l. yearly thereof at Michaelmas, and although
Thomas held that manor for four years only, and paid the 18l. for each
year, as may appear by the memoranda of the exchequer, yet the treasurer
and barons have charged him with 18l. in addition for the first Michaelmas
because the date of the commission precedes the first Michaelmas by three
weeks, pretending that the issues and profits for the whole of the preceding
year came into Thomas's hands, whereupon he has besought the king to
provide a remedy; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to
view the said commission and the memoranda of the exchequer touching
the payment of the ferm, and if they find that Thomas was charged with
the entire ferm for the said Michaelmas term, they shall receive from him
what pertains to the king of the rate of the said ferm from the date of the
commission until Michaelmas following, and of anything which he received
in the mean time, and shall discharge him of the entire ferm for the said
term. By p.s. [14425.] |
Nov. 15.
Stamford. |
To Robert de Hamburi, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to permit
Roger de Heyton, the king's surgeon, to hold the manor of Abrefrowe in
North Wales quit of the rent of 29l. 12¾d. thereon, as the king granted him
that manor to hold for life, rendering the said rent yearly at the exchequer
of Karnarvon, and on 8 October last, at the request of William de Bohun,
earl of Northampton, the king pardoned Roger the said ferm in recompence
for the wages, robes and medicines which he receives of the king at the
wardrobe. |
Nov. 15.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge both
Roger and the chamberlain of the said rent from 8 October last. |
Nov. 25.
Stamford. |
To the same. Order to supersede the demand made upon Thomas
Priour, the king's yeoman, for 18l. for Michaelmas following the commission
to him of the custody of the manor of Shelford, co. Cambridge, after viewing
the said commission and the memoranda of the exchequer touching the
payments made by him, if they find by inspection thereof or otherwise that
the ferm ought to be paid at four yearly terms and that Thomas received
nothing of the ferm of the preceding year except the ferm for Michaelmas
term after the date of the commission and that he paid the ferm for that
term and paid the said ferm entire thenceforth yearly so long as he had
the custody, as the king committed to him the custody of that manor,
which was in the king's hand by reason of the minority of Laurence son and
heir of John de Hastynges, tenant in chief of the late king, to hold until
the heir should come of age, rendering 18l. yearly at the exchequer [as in
the order of 5 Nov. above]. |
Nov. 20.
Stamford |
To the treasurer of the exchequer, Dublin. Order not to make any gifts
or remunerations without the presence and assent of the justiciary and
chancellor of Ireland and others of the council of those parts, as the king
has learned that he has made such gifts of the king's money as often as he
pleases, up to the sum of 100s. without rendering account thereof. The
king has ordered the chancellor to direct the treasurer and chamberlains of
the exchequer by writ under the seal used in Ireland to cause the rolls and
memoranda of the exchequer to be inspected, and to certify the king in the
chancery in England of the sums given by the treasurer and other treasurers
from the time when the king undertook the government of the realm, and
the treasurer shall be attendant upon and answerable to the chancellor in
this. By K. |
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To the same. Order not to appoint any sheriffs or officers in that land
without the advice and assent of the justiciary of Ireland or of him who
supplies his place, and of the chancellor there and others of the council, as
the king has learned that he appoints sheriffs and other greater officers
without the assent of the council, at his pleasure, by commissions of the
exchequer, extorts divers sums from the persons whom he nominates to discharge them of their offices, for his own use, and proposes persons
insufficiently qualified for those offices. By K. and C. |
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To the same. Prohibition to grant any respites or prerogatives for
levying the king's debts without the assent and advice of the justiciary,
chancellor and others of the council in Ireland, as the king is informed
that the treasurer and other ministers of the exchequer have taken divers
rewards at divers times for giving respite for the king's debts, whereby the
king has lost a great part and often the whole of those debts. |
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By K. and C. |
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To the same. Order not to make any receipts of money or issues of the
king's money outside the receipt of the exchequer, as the king has learned
that the treasurer, without the assent of the chamberlains, has received
divers sums of the king's money in his own private chamber without the
receipt and causes issues to be secretly written there and has them entered
there afterwards by the chamberlains contrary to the method ordained and
probably to the deception of the king. The king has ordered the chamberlain
not to cause such receipts or issues to be enrolled, upon pain of forfeiture. |
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By K. |
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To the justiciary and chancellor of Ireland or to him who supplies the
place of the justiciary and to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer,
Dublin. Order to certify the king without delay in the chancery of
England, under the seal used in Ireland, concerning the lands, rents and
liberties taken into the king's hand by reason of the king's revocation of all
donations and grants thereof in Ireland made by the king and his father. |
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By K. |
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To the justiciary of Ireland or to him who supplies his place and to the
chancellor there. Order to assist in the election of sheriffs and officers and
cause the appointment of those whom they know to be best fitted, and the
chancellor shall cause the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer to be
examined and shall certify the king without delay concerning the sums
which he finds have been given by the treasurers from the time when the
king undertook the government of the realm. By K. |
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Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Whereas William de Stanes of London, Bartholomew Thomesyn of Luca,
Peter le Spicer of Florence, John Pyncelegh of Genoa and Thorus Oddy of
Luca, citizens and merchants of London, mainperned before the king in
chancery for Banduchus Maskerel to restore to the treasury before Sunday
in Mid Lent in the 14th year of the reign certain letters obligatory under
the great seal and the coket seal in the port of London, and bills of the
wardrobe containing 966l. 2s. 8d. in which the king was bound to Banduchus
and to Landus de Ivers, Pessuch Lazare, Kellus Damas and their fellows,
merchants of Luca, and for which the king granted that Banduchus should
take 322 sacks of wool to parts beyond the sea from the port of London,
60s. a sack being allowed to him in full payment of the said sum; and
afterwards at Banduchus's suit showing that he had sent the said letters
and bills to the receipt in accordance with the mainprise, and was ready to
deliver them to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains there, who refused
to receive them, the king ordered them to receive those letters and bills
from Banduchus discharging him and his mainpernors and allowing the 60s.
a sack to the collectors of customs in the said port; and now the king has
learned from Banduchus that although he delivered the said letters and
bills at the receipt, yet the treasurer, barons and chamberlains have charged
him with 863l. 13s. 4d. of the custom and subsidy of 287 sacks 46 cloves of
wool which he laded of the said 322 sacks in that port and had taken to
parts beyond the sea, and intend to levy that sum of him, whereupon he
has besought the king to cause him to be discharged of that sum and to
cause him to have satisfaction for the remaining 102l. 9s. 4d. or bills to
that amount to be restored to him: the king therefore orders the treasurer,
barons and chamberlains if the bills were delivered at the exchequer as
aforesaid and if they find that the 287 sacks 46 cloves are part of the 322
sacks granted to Banduchus and that he has not yet laded any beyond the
said 287 sacks 46 cloves, or received any allowance of the 966l. 2s. 8d., then
to cause the 863l. 13s. 4d. to be allowed for the custom and subsidy of the
287 sacks 46 cloves, and to discharge Banduchus thereof, causing payment
or satisfaction to be made to him for the remaining 102l. 9s. 4d. or bills or
letters patent containing that amount to be restored to him. By C. |
Nov. 20.
Stamford. |
To the same. Order to cause a tally for 200l. to be levied at the receipt
of the exchequer in the name of the abbot of St. Mary's, York, collector of
the biennial tenth granted by the clergy of the province of York, and
delivered to the attorney of Edward, king of Scotland in the abbot's
discharge, as the king lately assigned to the said king 300l. to be received of
the issues of that tenth by the hands of the abbot in aid of the defence
of the marches of Scotland, and the king ordered the abbot to pay that sum
to him, and because the abbot certified that he had not 300l. of that money
to make such payment, the king ordered him to pay 200l. in part payment
of the 300l. |
Nov. 24.
Stamford. |
To Thomas de Metham, guardian of the temporalities of the archbishopric
of York, which is void and in the king's hand. Order not to distrain
Matthew son of Herbert for his fealty, as he has done fealty to the king for
the lands which he holds of him as of the said archbishopric. |
Nov. 10.
Stamford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow 10 marks
to Thomas Ughtred in 1,803l. 4s. 6¾d. if they find that that sum is due to
him, as he has besought the king to cause such allowance to be made to
him, as he received the 10 marks as a prest upon his wages for the time
when he was keeper of the town of St. John of Perth in Scotland and they
are exacted of him by summons of the exchequer, and the king is bound to
him in 1,803l. 4s. 6¾d. by his account rendered at the exchequer for the time
when he had the custody of the said town, and the king ordered that sum
to be allowed to him. |
Nov. 4.
Stamford. |
To the same. Order to inspect the rolls and memoranda of the
exchequer, and if they find thereby, by inquisition or otherwise, that the
abbots of Bordesleye have hitherto paid the tenth of their temporalities in
Oxhull, Stretton, Budeford, Bunynton, Burleye and in the hamlets of
Songre, Kynton, Hewell cum Lega and Sidenhale, co. Warwick, at every
prestation of the tenth and have never contributed or been taxed with the
community in any tallages, aids, or charges touching the community by
reason of the said temporalities acquired before the 20th year of the reign
of Edward I, then to cause the levying of wool of those temporalities to be
superseded without delay and to discharge the abbot thereof, as the abbot
has shown the king that although all the said temporalities of the abbey
are annexed to the spiritualities of the abbey, and the abbots in time past
have paid the tenths with the clergy of those temporalities, yet the assessors
and collectors of the wool last granted in that county, pretending that the
said temporalities are not annexed to the spiritualities of the abbey, strive
to levy wool of the abbot's moveable goods therein, whereupon he has
besought the king to provide a remedy. |
Nov. 4.
Stamford. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of Thomas de Vieleston, who has no lands in the
county in fee or for life, in accordance with the statute. By p.s. [14422.] |
