Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1342 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1902.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: July 1342', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 6, 1341-1343, (London, 1902) pp. 550-556. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol6/pp550-556 [accessed 19 April 2024]

July 1342



July 2. Westminster.	John Hert, son of Robert le Hert of Faveresham, of co. Kent, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas Flambart, citizen of London, 6l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Kent.
	Nicholas le Hore, of Bernes, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas le Hore, of Bernes, 40l.; to be levied etc. in co. Surrey.
	Henry de Loxelye acknowledges that he owes to John de Ore and Richard de Peplisham 20 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Sussex.
July 5. The Tower.	John de Pulteneye, knight, acknowledges that he owes to James de Burford, knight, 1,000 marks; to be levied in co. Kent.
	Cancelled on payment.
	Enrolment of deed testifying that whereas Sir John de Pulteneye, by the devise of Royse, mother of James de Boreford, knight, son of John de Boreford, was charged to the use of James son of John in divers rents in the city of London, and with several seals and silver vessels as well as sums of money with the profit issuing from the manors of Coumbe, Erhuth, Stokwell and Cherleton together with the stock dead and alive in those manors, with several other moveables and immoveables, as may appear by tripartite indenture made between Sir John de Pulteneye of one part, Sir Henry de Iddebury, parson of Islep church, Thomas de Betoygne, citizen of London, Sir John de Mucheldevere, parson of Stevenache church, executors, and Robert de Kellesey, surveyor of Royse's will, which was dated at London on 1 June, 1329, 3 Edward III, James son of John makes a general release to Sir John de Pulteneye of all actions etc. arising from the said devise or otherwise. Dated at London on Midsummer day, 1342, 16 Edward III. French.
	Memorandum that James came into chancery at Westminster on 6 July and acknowledged the preceding deed.
July 2. The Tower	To the sheriff of Lancaster and the coroners of that county. Because the king learned from the testimony of divers men of the county that whereas Adam son of William de Radeclyve, appealed in that county without the king's writ, Henry de Twiselton, Katherine de Pudesay, Henry de Pudesay, Robert son of Philip de Clayton, Richard de Westeby, Simon son of Richard de Morlay, Robert de Morlay, Richard Mauncell, John de Raucestr[ia], William de Raucestr[ia], William de Halton, Laurence de Mithop 'Scalle,' Adam de Mithop, John son of John de Catherton of Craven, Adam del North, John his brother, Thomas son of Richard de Goldeburgh, John de Stale, Nigel le Cu of Sallay, John de Hawedon, chaplain, Robert de Sallay, monk, William son of John de Boulton, 'bastard,' William de Waldreston of Mithop, Thomas de Marton of Elslak, William de Kelbrok and Adam de Wolynton of Thornton for robbery and breach of the king's peace, and Henry and the others brought divers writs for removing that appeal before the king, the sheriff cunningly pretending that there was a variation between the writs aud the appeal, has hitherto delayed to remove the appeal before the king, and has placed those appealed in exigent: the king, considering that such appeals can only be determined before him or his justices, orders the sheriff, notwithstanding any variation between the writs and the appeal, to cause the appeal to come before the king on the octaves of Michaelmas, with the attachments and all other things touching it, and to tell Adam that his appeal shall be pursued there, if he wishes, and to supersede the exigents and outlawry against Henry and the others, and the sheriff shall appear in person before the king on the said day to answer for his contempt.
	The like to the same concerning the appeal which Matilda de Ratthedale made against Anabilla late the wife of Richard de Bolton, John Ivesone, John de Wro and Thomas de Halghton, for a robbery.
July 3. Westminster.	To Roger de Baukwell, Thomas de Sibethorp and William de Thorp. Order to proceed to take the assize which remains to be taken before them at the suit of Robert son of Robert son of Robert de Kelm, clerk, as the king lately appointed William Basset with the said Thomas and William to be justices to take an assize of novel disseisin which Robert son of Robert de Kelm, clerk, arrames before William, Thomas and William against Robert son of Robert de Kelm, clerk, and others contained in the original writ, concerning tenements in Kelm and Kirneshale, and afterwards the king appointed Roger in place of William Basset, to take that assize, and although the king ordered the justices not to proceed to take any assize whereof the tenements sought exceed two messuages or four tofts or 20 acres of land or 20s. rent yearly, unless a reasonable fine is expressed according to the quantity of land, yet the king wishes to show favour in this matter to Robert son of Robert son of Robert.
July 8. Westminster.	Henry de Frowyk, of Southmymmes, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Sibthorp and Hugh de Bardelby, clerks, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Middlesex.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 10. Westminster.	Thomas Fabian, of Bannebury, acknowledges that he owes to Walter de Cirencestr[ia] 200 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Gloucester.
	Membrane 5d. (fn. 1)
June 26. Woodstock.	William de Bohoun, earl of Northampton and constable of England, acknowledges that he owes to Edmond de Bereford 100l.; to be levied etc. in co. Oxford.—R. Parvyng, the chancellor, received the acknowledgment.
—	The abbot of St. Mary's, York, puts in his place John de Pokelyngton and William de Apelton to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for 40l. made to him in chancery by Adam son of Gilbert de Berburn, and also of another recognisance of 60s. made to him in chancery by John de Hotonrof, of Lonesdale.
June 29. Woodstock.	John de London of Newmarket, of co. Cambridge, and Richard Mayner, of Newmarket, of co. Suffolk, acknowledge that they owe to Thomas de Brayton, clerk, 16l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in the said counties.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 1. Westminster.	Reginald Filet acknowledges that he owes to Edmund de Grymesby, clerk, 20l.; to be levied etc. in co. Hertford.
	Cancelled on payment.
—	John Dame the elder puts in his place John de Pitte to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for 40l. made to him in chancery by William de la Hamme.
June 30. The Tower.	John Daundelyn, knight, and John Bonet, clerk, acknowledge that they owe to Philip de Bardes, Dinus Forcetti, Peter Reyneri and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, 93l. 6s. 8d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Northampton.
	Cancelled on payment, acknowledged by Peter Reineri.
July 1. Westminster.	Edmund son of Walter Cropyn acknowledges that he owes to John de Totenham of London, 'carpenter,' 100l.; to be levied etc. in the city of London.
July 9. Westminster.	John Henyne, Hugh Tirel, knight, and Edmund son of Peter Hakelutel acknowledge that they owe to the king 100l.; to be levied etc. in co. Hereford.
	Ralph baron of Stafford acknowledges that he owes to William de Langeford, knight, 80l.; to be levied etc. in co. Stafford.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 10. Westminster.	William de Wychyngham and Vincent de Norton acknowledge that they owe to John de Turveye 80l.; to be levied etc. in co. Norfolk.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 12. The Tower.	Henry de Frowyk, of Southmymmes, acknowledges that he owes to Roger Husee, knight, 40 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Middlesex.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 15. Windsor.	John Engayne, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Richard earl of Arundel 200 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Northampton.
	Memorandum that the chancellor received this acknowledgment by letter of John directed to him, which remains on the files among the writs of this year.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 17. Windsor.	James de Boreford, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas Holbech, citizen of London, 20l.; to be levied in the city of London.
July 19. Windsor.	Peter de Belgrave, clerk, acknowledges that he owes to Master John de Belgrave, clerk, 22l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels and ecclesiastical goods in co. Leicester.
July 20. Windsor.	John de Rither, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Brayton, clerk, and Simon Rote of London, skinner, 40l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. York.
	Cancelled on payment.
July 24. The Tower.	Simon Hauk of Totyngdon acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Knaresburgh, parson of Totyngdon church, 18 marks; to be levied etc. in co. Bedford.
	Cancelled on payment.
	Hugh le Despenser acknowledges that he owes to Alan la Zouch, knight, 200l.; to be levied etc. in co. Gloucester.—The chancellor received the acknowledgment.
—	Robert de la Hyde, parson of the church of St. Mary Wolnoth, London, Andrew de Essex and John de Bristoll, executors of the will of Henry de Gloucestr[ia], of London, put in their place John de Hegham to prosecute the execution of a recognizance for 60l. made to Henry in chancery by Thomas son of Henry de Gloucestri[ia], of London.
July 15. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Lincoln. Whereas in a conference held at Westminster between the king and his council and the community of merchants of the realm, it was agreed that all merchants, denizen and alien, and all others may buy wool in the realm as they can settle with the vendors, but not at a price below that ordained at Nottingham upon pain of the forfeiture of the wool, and that they may take the wool, and also hides and wool-fells, to Flanders to the staple there, paying 40s. a sack, 40s. for every 300 wool-fells and 4l. for each last of hide beyond the custom due thereon, until Midsummer next, and that all may take their wool without hindrance of the collectors of customs and other ministers in the ports of lading after having paid the said custom and the subsidy, to the place ordained for the staple, so that no one shall go elsewhere upon pain of forfeiture, unless he do so by privilege previously granted by the king or his progenitors, and if anyone be convicted of taking wool, hides or fells out of the realm without paying the custom and subsidy, and elsewhere than to the staple, he shall, besides the forfeiture, be expelled from the communion of the merchants in the realm, so that no merchant, whether denizen or alien, shall communicate with him even if he made redemption for the forfeitures or obtain remission or pardon thereupon; the king orders the sheriff to cause the premises to be proclaimed and observed. The king has also ordered the collectors of customs in the port of Boston to permit merchants and others to lade wool in the port and take it to the staple after paying the custom and subsidy, receiving security from them that they will take the wool to the staple and not elsewhere.
	The like to all the sheriffs of England, making mention in the writs to sheriffs in whose bailiwicks are ports where custom is collected of an order as aforesaid to the collectors of customs in those ports.
July 26. Woodstock.	To William Scot and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order to supersede until further order the process begun and the exigents promulgated against Roger de Buttele, Laurence de Fordham, John de Tonteshale, Robert Rubet, John de Wesenham, 'coteler,' and Richard de Saham, of Bishop's Lynn, indicted before them for the plunder of a ship called 'la Taryte,' as they have caused their ships to be prepared for war and are ready to set out to sea in the king's service in the company of Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet towards the North, and they are deputed by the admiral to array men for the said fleet, and the voyage cannot be deferred without the greatest loss, as the admiral has certified by his letters in chancery, and by reason of the premises the king wishes to show special favour to Roger and the others. By K.
	Membrane 4d.
July 16. Westminster.	To Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the North. Whereas the king is informed that several mariners, who are indicted for the plunder of a ship called 'la Tarite,' to whom he has remitted the suit of his peace for that plunder, so that they should set out to sea with that fleet, although they and the ships are arrayed for this by the admiral, sent away the ships in divers ports without custody and refuse to set out in that service: the king therefore orders the admiral to take and imprison those rebels and seise all their ships, goods and chattels into the king's hands, cause the ships to be brought to the fleet and the goods and chattels to be sold and to cause the ships to be munitioned with men, victuals and other necessities with the money arising therefrom, so that the setting out of the fleet be in no wise retarded; he shall not omit this upon pain of forfeiture. By K.
	Membrane 3d.
Aug. 2. The Tower.	John de Horne and William atte Bisshe of Borstowe, of co. Surrey, acknowledge that they owe to John Brutyn, citizen of London, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in co. Surrey.
	Cancelled on payment.
Aug. 3. The Tower.	Richard de Ratlynge acknowledges that he owes to Edmund de Knelle, knight, 150l. 6s.; to be levied etc. in co. Kent.
July 23. Windsor.	To Alfonso, king of Castile, Leon, Toledo, Galicia, Cordova, Murcia, Jaen (Giennii) and Algarves and count of Molina. Desiring a marriage alliance to maintain the ancient friendship between their houses, the king gave full power to Bernard Ezii, lord of Lebret, and others to treat with Alfonso upon the marriage of Alfonso's eldest son to the king's daughter, and he requests Alfonso to treat with Bernard or with the others nominated in the king's letters, brought by Bernard upon these matters. [Fœdera.]
	Membrane 2d.
July 20. Windsor.	To the justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place, or to the keeper of Ireland for the present or the future. Order to supersede the process made against Simon fitz Richard by reason of an indictment or other trespasses and excesses imposed upon him in England, by a mainprise, directing all the ministers whom they ordered to take him to supersede the execution of such orders, as he has besought the king to order him to be released by a mainprise, as by reason of an indictment for certain felonies and trespasses in that land, at the suit of certain of his rivals, divers ministers there were directed to take and imprison him, and Simon was afterwards summoned before the king and council in England for other trespasses committed by him in Ireland, as is said, and is arrested there for that cause, and he is ready to stand to right in the premises before the king in England; and John Darcy the elder, John de Bereford, Gerard de Sancto Michele and Thomas Bossher, of Ireland, have mainperned to have Simon before the king and his council in England to stand to right for all the said trespasses, when the king wishes to speak against him thereupon.
	By K. and C.
	The like to the chancellor or Ireland for the present or the future.
	By K. and C.
	Mandate to the mayor and bailiffs of Dublin not to molest Simon by reason of the said indictment or for other trespasses and excesses imposed upon him in England contrary to the mainprise aforesaid. By K. and C.
	The like to the mayor and bailiffs of Droghda.
July 14. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to attach Everard Frensche, of Bristoll, and have him before the king and his council on the morrow of St. Peter ad Vincula next, to answer for his contempt and further to do what shall there be determined, and also to take his lands, goods and chattels into the king's hand and keep them safely until further order, as the king ordered Everard to come before him and his council at London to stay there for some time and inform them upon certain things to be set forth to him, enjoining him not to depart from the court until the king had held conference with him, and he absented himself from the court without licence and returned to his own parts. By C.
—	John de Cormayles son of John de Cormayles, kinsman and heir of John son of John de Cormayles, knight, puts in his place William de Kynardeby and John de Trente, to defend the execution of a recognisance for 100l. made in the late king's chancery by John son of John de Cormayles, knight, to Henry de Malynes and to defend the execution of another recognisance for 15l. made by John son of John de Cormayles, knight, in the said chancery to the same Henry.
—	John Mohaut, tenant of a part of the lands which belonged to John de Cormayles, knight, puts in his place William de Kynardeby and John de Trent to defend the execution of a recognisance for 100l. made by John de Cormayles in the late king's chancery to Henry de Malyns, and to defend the execution of another recognisance for 15l. made by the same John in the said chancery to the same Henry.
—	Hugh de Cormayles, tenant of part of the lands which belonged to John de Cormayles, knight, puts in his place William de Kynardeby and John de Trent to defend the execution of a recognisance for 100l. made by John de Cormayles in the late king's chancery to Henry de Malyns, and to defend the execution of another recognisance for 15l. made to Henry by John in the same chancery.
—	John de Mohaut, tenant of part of the lands which belonged to John son of John de Cormayles, knight, puts in his place William de Kynardeby and John de Trent to defend the execution of a recognisance for 100l. made to Henry de Malyns in the late king's chancery by the said John son of John.
	Membrane 1d.
June 28. Woodstock.	To the collectors and receivers of wool for the present year in the East Riding, co. York. Order to cause all the wool collected by them to be carried without delay to the town of Kyngeston upon Hull, at the cost of the men of Riding, and to receive it there. By K.
	The like to the collectors and receivers of wool in the West and North Ridings, co. York, to cause the wool to be taken to York.
July 1. Woodstock.	To Roger de Hasterbury, knight, John de Tylneye, knight, Robert Chaumberleyn of Edlyngton, Richard de Kele, knight, Brian de Hernby, William de Bliton, Robert de Rouceby of Sleford and William Skynnere of Spaldyng. Order upon pain of forfeiture, to be attendant upon the collection and levying of the 632¾ sacks 2½ stones 6 pounds of wool of co. Lincoln, for the present year, for which the king appointed them, with William Fraunk, sheriff of Lincoln, without awaiting the sheriff's presence, as he is about to set out to parts beyond the sea in the king's service.
July 6. Westminster.	To the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Warwick. Order to supersede until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next the exaction which they make on the warden and chaplains of the chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr, Stretford upon Avene, for wool, as on 11 March in the 11th year of the reign the king granted that they should be quit of all aids, contributions and tallages for ever. By C.
July 29. The Tower.	To the abbot of Peterborough. Order to show all diligence in collecting and levying all the money of the fine which the ministers of co. Northampton made before Robert Parvyng and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses committed in that county, so that the money shall be all levied before the octaves of the Assumption next and delivered to the sheriff of Northampton, so that the king may not have cause to punish the abbot for his default, as the king ordered the sheriff to levy all that money and deliver it to those to whom it was assigned by the king, and the king has learned that the bailiff of the abbot's liberty, who has a full return of all the king's writs and ought to make execution thereof in that liberty, has not cared to levy anything of the fine in the liberty according to the return of the sheriff, or to do anything respecting that return, wherefore the king has ordered the sheriff to warn the abbot, at his peril, to levy all the said money and to deliver that money to the sheriff on or before the said octaves. By K. and C.
July 29. The Tower.	To the sheriff of Northampton. Order, upon pain of forfeiture and upon sight of these presents, to cause all the money of the said fine, according to the extracts of the justices delivered to him, to be levied and delivered to those to whom it is assigned by the king, warning the lords and bailiffs of liberties to cause the moneys to be levied before the octaves of the Assumption next and delivered to him, upon pain of the loss of those liberties, and if they do not so deliver the money, the sheriff shall enter the liberties, levy the money and cause the liberties to be taken into the king's hands, causing the persons of the lords and bailiffs to be seised as disobedient and kept in prison until their punishment has been determined, informing the king in chancery of his action on the said octaves.
	By K. and C.
	The like to the following, 'mutatis mutandis,' to wit:—
	The abbot of Westminster.
	The bailiffs of Northampton.
	Queen Philippa.
	Queen Isabella. By K. and C.