Close Rolls, Edward II: February 1315

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1893.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: February 1315', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318, (London, 1893) pp. 144-157. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol2/pp144-157 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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February 1315

Feb. 5.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of La Bukholt to be elected in place of John atte Milne, deceased.
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Lungevill, late elected, if he be, as asserted, insufficiently qualified to exercise the office in that county.
Jan. 30.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to pay 20 marks yearly to the late king's yeoman Peter Burdet, to whom the late king granted for life the custody of the castle of Lanceveton and the prison of the same, receiving yearly the above sum from the sheriff.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay, out of the first receipts from the custom of wool, hides, and woolfells in Boston, after Anthony Pessaigne have received the money assigned to him therefrom, to Manent Francisci and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, 3,103l. 10s. 11d. due to them from the king, to wit 1,066l. 13s. 4d. paid by them into the king's wardrobe, in the seventh year of the reign, for the expenses of the king's household and of that of queen Isabella; 1,976l. 16s. 4d. for cloth bought from them by Ralph de Stokes, clerk of the great wardrobe, in the sixth and seventh years of the reign; 25l. 5s. 0d. paid by them to John de Goldeneth for meat and fish bought for the king's use by Robert Turk and Godenet and Spray, in the third and fifth years of the reign; 8l. 19s. 3d. paid by them to Richard de Gersey for money lent by him to the king's wardrobe for the expenses of the king and queen's household at Montreuil (Montem Trolley) in the sixth year of the reign; 10l. 17s. 0d. paid by them to Martin de Vear, the king's surgeon, for his wages and expenses from 1 February, in the fourth year of the reign, and 7 July then next following and for restoration of a sumpter-horse (summerii); 15l. paid by them to Pucheus de Portenial for cloth bought from him by the aforesaid Ralph in the third and fourth years of the reign, for which they have delivered into chancery four bills sealed by the said Ralph de Stokes for the sums for the above cloth and five bills sealed by Ingelard de Warle, late keeper of the wardrobe, for the remaining sums. By K.
Feb. 7.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to pay to the said Manent and his fellows 296l. 12s. 6d. from the king's treasure after Easter next, for 16l. 12s. 6d. paid by them to Bernard Ferrant for his wages and restoration of a horse lost in the king's service, in the sixth year of the reign; 40l. paid by them for divers of the king's affairs in January, in the seventh year; 240l. paid by them to Master Reymund Subirani, clerk, for his expenses staying in the Roman court for the king's affairs, which sums were allowed to them at Westminster on 5 February last, as appears by three bills sealed by Ingelard de Warle, keeper of the wardrobe. By K.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to pay, out of the next aid to be granted to the king by the clergy, to Manent Francisci and Gygne Bonenseigne and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, 1,333l. 11s. 11½d., for which they satisfied Anthony Pessaigne of Genoa for sums due to him from the king, to wit 230l. 13s. 7½d. paid by him to Owen Gough, Reymund Provost, and all the other serjeants-at-arms of the king's household for the arrears of their wages for all the fifth year of the reign and the beginning of the sixth, and 75l. for a silver cup with gilt and enamelled (anmellatis) foot and cover, and a silver jar gilt and enamelled of the suit of the said cup, bought from him for the king's use in November, in the seventh year; and 1,027l. 18s. 4d. paid by him to Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and to Ingelram de Marny, chamberlain of the king of France, in the same year, as appears by three bills sealed by Ingelard de Warle, then keeper of the wardrobe. By K.
To the steward of Cornwall. Order to pay to Peter son of William de Trenelnargh, to whom the king has committed the custody of the castle of Tyntagel during pleasure, the usual fee for the said custody.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to assign to Sibyl, wife of William le Latymer, dower of the lands of her late husband William de Huntyngfeld, tenant of the king as of the manor of Eye, in the presence of Hugh le Despenser the younger, to whom the king assigned the custody of the said lands, saving to William Lovel, to whom the king granted what pertained to him of Sibyl's marriage, his action, she having married William le Latymer without the king's licence.
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Guy Ferre of the tenth of his goods for the tenth of lay goods granted to the late king, the king having pardoned him the same in consideration of his good service in Gascony. By K.
Jan. 28.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to restore his lands and goods to Henry de Oldefeld, clerk, taken into the king's hands upon his indictment before Roger de Chaundos and John de Actone, justices appointed to deliver the gaol of Hereford, [for harbouring] Henry le Droys and Philip his brother, convicted of larceny, harbouring, and other crimes before the said justices, as he has purged his innocence before Richard, bishop of Hereford, the diocesan, to whom he was delivered according to the privilege of the clergy.
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cancel the fine of 20l. that the prior of Eye made with the king for licence to appropriate to him and his convent the church of Laxfeld, which is of his advowson, and acquit him and his priory of the same, as he has delivered the king's letters patent granting the same licence into chancery to be cancelled.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert de Bakunesthorp, whom the king has caused to be amoved from office for infirmity.
Membrane 19.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To Henry Spigurnel and his fellows, justices of assize in the county of Sussex. Whereas the late king, on 22 September, in the 19th year of his reign, committed to Stephen de Penecestre during pleasure the custody of the body and lands of John Wacelyn, son and heir of Nicholas Wacelyn, because it appeared by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that John was a madman and an idiot from his birth; and afterwards, on 2 November, in the 30th year of his reign, because it was found by inquisition taken after the death of John by Walter de Gloucester, then escheator this side Trent, the lands of the said John being in the custody of Margery de Penecestre on account of his madness, that he held at his death the manor of Iwehurst, in the county of Sussex, of John, count of Britanny, and certain lands in the county of Southampton of the prior and convent of Winchester, and that he did not hold any lands of the king, and that Nicholaa wife of Henry de Sharndene and Matilda late the wife of John de la Parrok were his sisters and nearest heirs, the late king ordered the escheator not to intermeddle further with the lands of the said John, and to restore the issues thereof from the time of his death to the said Henry, Nicholaa, and Matilda, who had entered the lands by virtue of the above order; the king understands that John de Raylegh, pretending that he had an estate and seisin of certain lands by the deed and feoffment of the said John, has instituted an assize of novel disseisin before the said justices against the said Henry, Nicholaa, Richard de Codyn, and Matilda his wife, and certain of the king's ministers who took the tenements into the king's hands; as the late king regarded any such alienation as null and frivolous according to law and custom, as appears by his taking and detaining the lands in his hands and by the examination and process, and as the king regards any alienation made by the said John as void and being unwilling on that account to annul the said examination and process, he orders the justices to consider the premises diligently, and to so conduct themselves that nothing may be attempted to the prejudice of the king or his ministers or to the annulling of the said examination and process.
Jan. 24.
Westminster.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Emericus, brother and heir of Grimbald Pauncefot, 10l. 15s. 0d. in his account of the issues of the castle of St. Briavels for the time when Grimbald was constable thereof, which sum the late king ordered, on 1 July, in the 13th year of his reign, the barons of the exchequer to allow to Grimbald, then constable of that castle, being 10l. for making 500 quarells for crossbows (ad arcum de pilo) and 15s. for carriage of the same thence to Rothelan for six days at 6d. a day, (fn. 1) which quarells were delivered to William de Cygoun, then constable of Rothelan, to fortify that and other of the late king's castles in Wales in the eleventh year of his reign; as the king understands that the said order was not executed because Grimbald delayed delivering the writ to the barons.
To the same. Like order to allow the said Emericus in his account of the ferm of the forest of Dene 13l. 2s. 6d., which the late king ordered, on 2 June, in the tenth year of his reign, the barons of the exchequer to allow to the said Grimbald for the expenses of a hundred footmen in garrison at Whitchurch (Album Monasterium) from Monday the morrow of Easter then last past for fifteen days.
To the same. Like order to allow the said Emericus 50l. in his account of the issues of the bailiwick of the castle of St. Briavels, which the late king ordered, on 14 May, in the eleventh year of his reign, the barons to allow the said Grimbald for his expenses in conducting footmen on divers occasions to Roger de Mortuo Mari, lately deceased, by Roger's order, to attack the Welsh rebels in the tenth year of his reign, and 9l. 6s. 0d. paid by him by the late king's order to a hundred tree-fellers (coupiatoribus), and a man conducting them to the late king in Wales about the octaves of St. Peter ad Viucula, in the aforesaid year, for their wages for six days, to wit 3d. a day to each of the fellers and 12d. a day to the man conducting them, and 10 marks that Grimbald expended in making 10,000 quarells and in carriage of the same from that castle to Rothelan castle about the Nativity of St. Mary, in the aforesaid year; and 14l. 6s. 8d. expended in making and preparing 20,000 quarells and in carriage of the same to Rothelan castle about Martinmas in the said year; and 10l. 8s. 0d. paid by him by the late king's order to a hundred fellers and charcoal-burners and their conductor for their wages in going to Brecheynouch to do there what Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and Robert Tibotot should order, in the aforesaid year; and 9l. 6s. 0d. that Grimbald paid to a hundred fellers and their conductor for their wages in going from the said forest to Chester for six days, to wit 3d. a day to each of the fellers and to their conductor 12d. a day, in the eleventh year of the late king's reign; and 8l. 6s. 8d. for the making of a hundred axes (hachiarum) and a hundred pickaxes (picosiarum), to wit each axe 8d. and each pickaxe 6d.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause a coroner to be elected in place of William de Ernesby, who is incapacitated by age and infirmity.
Jan. 27.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to receive from the proctor of William de Airemynn, parson of the church of Whiteberne, the said William's corn, which the king has requested him to deliver to the sheriff for the munition of Berwick-on-Tweed, making an indenture of the value of the same with the proctor, and to send it with all speed to Berwick, there to be delivered to the receiver of the king's stores.
Jan. 30.
Westminster.
To William de Ayrmynn, parson of the church of Witeberne. Request that he will deliver all his corn at the said church to the sheriff of Northumberland at a certain price and by indenture to be made between the sheriff and William's proctor of that church.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
William de Toukeswell, in the king's prison of Exeter for the death of Henry le Forester, has letters to the sheriff of Devon to bail him until the first assize.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to assign dower to Joan, late the wife of John Peverel, tenant in chief, as she has taken oath before the king not to marry without his licence.
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Alan Pulhore, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To John Segrave, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to permit John de Penreth or others who shall buy the trees and underwood growing in the sixty-four and a half acres of wood, measured by the forest perch, in the forest of Englewode granted to the said John at a certain arrentation by the king, to wit in the places called 'Selywra,' 'Mosiwra,' 'Langhirst,' 'Whithirst' 'Midelscogh,' between Lyndebek and the land of Hugh le Harpour and the close of William de Dacre called 'Kirkethwait,' reserving to the king all trees and underwood in the same, to fell and carry away the trees bought by them, the king having appointed Henry de Malton and Robert de Barton to sell the said trees and underwood, instructing them to give preference to the said John if he offer to pay as much as any other for them.
Feb. 15.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Chedeworth, chamberlain of Karnervan. Order to buy armour for twenty footmen and a hundred crossbowmen (balistas) at London, and to cause them to be taken without delay to Beaumaris castle, there to be delivered to John de Sapy, constable of the castle, for the munition of the same.
To Walter de Islep, treasurer of Ireland. Order to provide for the king's use a hundred quarters of corn and thirty quarters of beans, and to cause them to be taken to the castle of Beaumaris in Wales, there to be delivered to the chamberlain of Kaernarvan.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the executors of the will of Henry de Percy, tenant in chief, brother and heir of John de Percy, who died a minor in the late king's custody, of the scutage for the late king's armies of Wales in the fifth and tenth years of his reign, as he was a minor in the late king's custody at that time, as appears by the rolls of chancery; provided that the scutage of the knights' fees then held of him be levied for the king's use.
Feb. 14.
Westminster.
To Roger le Brabanzon and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order to cause the ordinances made by certain prelates, earls, and barons by virtue of the king's commission and accepted by the king to be firmly observed in their bench. By K.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Thomas son and heir of Robert de Halghton a messuage and half a virgate of land in Wythynton, which, as appears by inquisition taken by Walter de Gloucester, the late king's escheator this side Trent, his father held at his death of the heir of Richard son of Alan, late earl of Arundel, then a minor in the late king's custody, by the service of making two appearances (apparencias) yearly at the court of Upton, by which inquisition it was found that Thomas his son was his nearest heir, and that he was aged fifteen years on the day of the Translation of St. John the Baptist, in the 32nd year of the late king's reign.
To the keeper of the castle and honour of Clare, of the late Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, tenant in chief. Order not to distrain Robert de Hansted the elder for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king by reason of that castle and honour, as the king has taken his fealty.
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To the chamberlain of Kaernarvan. Order to buy and provide victuals necessary for the munition of the castle of Beaumaris, over and above the hundred quarters of wheat and thirty quarters of beans that the king has ordered Master Walter de Islep, treasurer of Ireland, to provide and send to that castle.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a verderer for the king's forest of Hyneholt to be elected in place of William de Havering atte Boure, who is insufficiently qualifed.
Membrane 18.
Jan. 20.
Westminster.
To John de Evre, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Eleanor, late the wife of Henry de Percy, tenant in chief, the following of his lands, which the king has assigned to her as dower: the manor of Thurstanby, in the county of York, of the yearly value of 7l. 11s. 0d.; the pleas and perquisites of the court of Giseburn, and the chace of the same, in the same county, of the yearly value of 40s.; 29s. 8¾d. of yearly rent in Westby, Pathenal, Swyndene, and Staynford Scotayn, in the same county, from certain free tenants there. The king has also assigned to her 106s. 8d. of yearly rent in Loutheford and Leggesby, in the county of Lincoln, from the prior of Sixil.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to the said Eleanor the aforesaid rent in Loutheford and Leggesby, in the county of Lincoln.
To John de Evre, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to the said Eleanor the advowson of the church of Arneclyff, in the county of York, of the yearly value of 40l.; the advowson of the church of Lekyngfeld, in the same county, of the yearly value of 10l.; the advowson of the church of Catton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 24l.: which the king has assigned to her as dower of her husband's advowsons.
To the same. Order to deliver to the said Eleanor the following of her husband's knights' fees, assigned to her as dower: one fee in Swyndene, Pathorn, Halton West and Helghfeld, in the county of York, which Ranulph de Nevill holds, of the yearly value of 28l.; three parts of a fee in Tadecastre, in the same county, which the heirs of Thomas le Lardener hold, of the yearly value of 110s.; a twelfth of a fee in Uplythum, in the same county, which Robert Capoun holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a fourth of a fee in Foulsutton, in the same county, which John Dautrive holds, of the yearly value of 18l.; a quarter of a fee in Hudburton and Kexby, in the same county, which Brian Burdon holds, of the yearly value of 12l.; an eleventh of a fee in Catton, in the same county, which William Tarttourteis holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eleventh of a fee in the same town, which Thomas Serf holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eleventh of a fee in the same town, which Richard de Killyngwyk holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eleventh of a fee in the same town, which Gilbert Steresman holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eleventh of a fee in the same town, which Ellen Parent holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eleventh of a fee in the same town, which William son of Peter holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eighth and a twenty-third of a fee in Neuton, in the same county, which John de Rotherfeld holds, of the yearly value of 7l.; a fee in Galmeton, Staxton, and Hayton, in the same county, which William de Bossale holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a fee in Kibblyngcotes, Gurmundham, and Cloghton, in the same county, which Roger de Grymston holds, of the yearly value of 11l.; a fee in Neuton, in the same county, which Walran de Rocheford holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a moiety and a third of a fee in Lund, in the same county, which Robert de Mora holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a thirteenth of a fee in Emeleseye, in the same county, which Walter de Emeleseye holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a fee and a third of a fee in Heton (sic), Seszaye, Queldryk, and Crakhale, in the same county, which William Darel holds, of the yearly value of 12l. 12s. 8d.; a fifth of a fee in Pokethorp, in the same county, which Thomas de Difford holds, of the yearly value of 61s.; three parts of a fee in the same town, which John de Notyl holds, of the yearly value of 12l.; a fee in Esthorp, in the same county, which Joan Sturmy holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; an eighth and a thirty-second of a fee in Stoureburg, in the same county, which John de Hothum holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; two parts of a fee in Lynton, Thresshefeld, and Foston, in the same county, which John Gras holds, of the yearly value of 57s. 4½d.; an eighteenth of a fee in Foston, in the same county, which William the Marshal (Marescallus) holds, of the yearly value of 18s.; a twelfth of a fee in the same town, which John de Driffeld holds, of the yearly value of 28s. 1½d.; an eighteenth of a fee in the same town, which John de Mewys holds, of the yearly value of 19s. 1½d.; a tenth of a fee in Wandesford, in the same county, which William de Hanley holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a thirteenth of a fee in the same town, which Wymund de Rayley holds, of the yearly value of 30s.; a fortieth of a fee in the same town, which Jollan de Orkestowe holds, of the yearly value of 8s.; an eightieth of a fee in the same town, which Hugh de Thornholm holds, of the yearly value of 4s.; a fourteenth of a fee in Nafferton, in the same county, which the prior of Bridlyngton holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a fourth of a fee in the same town, which Robert le Conestable holds, of the yearly value of 64s.; an eighteenth of a fee in the same town, which Robert son of Richard holds, of the yearly value of 16s.; an eighteenth of a fee in the same town, which Simon de Spines holds, of the yearly value of 16s.; a thirty-sixth of a fee in the same town, which Henry de Wyndonson holds, of the yearly value of 8s.; an eighteenth of a fee in the same town, which Nicholas Pynche Ware holds, of the yearly value of 16s.; a thirtysixth of a fee in the same town, which Robert son of Neel holds, of the yearly value of 8s.; a fifty-fourth of a fee in the same town, which Letice de Nowers holds, of the yearly value of 6s.; a thirty-sixth of a fee in the same town, which William son of Herberd holds, of the yearly value of 8s.; a sixty-fourth of a fee in the same town, which Robert Kyng holds, of the yearly value of 4s.; a sixty-fourth of a fee in the same town, which Geoffrey Helewys holds, of the yearly value of 4s.; a moiety of a fee in Marton and Tollesby, in the same county, which the heirs of John de Blaby hold, of the yearly value of 20 marks; a fee and a sixth in Dalton, Askwyth, Wolsington, and Horton, in the same county, which Mauger le Vavasour holds, of the yearly value of 19l. 4s. 0d.; a fee in Lofthous, Walplou, and Hilderwelle, in the same county, which Richard de Percy of Dufford holds, of the yearly value of 18l.; a moiety of a fee in Castel Levyngton, in the same county, which Christiana de Menyll holds, of the yearly value of 20 marks; a quarter of a fee in Morton in the same county, which William de Morton holds, of the yearly value of 7l.; a third of a fee in Hilderwelle, in the same county, which the free tenants of Hilderwelle hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; a third of a fee in South Lofthous, in the same county, which the free tenants of South Lofthous hold, of the yearly value of 11l.; a fifth of a fee in Bernaldby, in the same county, which the prior of Giseburgh holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a quarter of a fee in Ketelwell, in the same county, which the abbot of Coverham holds, of the yearly value of 4l. 16s. 0d.; a third of a fee in Arneclyff and Malghum, in the same county, which the abbot of Fountains (de Fontibus) holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 8s.; a twelfth of a fee in Rauthmel, in the same county, which John Flemyng holds, of the yearly value of 64s.; a sixth of a fee in Roston, in the same county, which Richard de Thorny holds, of the yearly value of 64s.; a fee and three parts and a seventeenth of a fee in Plumpton, Stiveton, Gloseburn, Gersington, Rybstayn, Colthorpe, Scotton, and Hornyngton, in the same county, which Robert de Plumpton holds, of the yearly value of 40l. 12s. 0d.; two fees, two parts, and a fourteenth of a fee in Adyngham, Heselwod, Stutton, Cokesford, Siclynghale, Edlyngton, Yedon, Raudon and Bolton in Bouland, in the same county, which Walter le Vavasour holds, of the yearly value of 52l. 1s. 0d.; a fee in Thornton and Caldeconyngston, in the same county, which John de Ros holds, of the yearly value of 19l. 4s. 0d.; a moiety of a fee in Carleton, in the same county, which Thomas de Alta Ripa holds, of the yearly value of 11l. 4s. 0d.; three parts and an eighth of a fee in Rymyngton, Horton, and Bolton in Bouland, in the same county, which John de Bolton holds, of the yearly value of 15l. 16s. 0d.; a twelfth of a fee in Neusom, in the same county, which Thomas del Grene holds, of the yearly value of 32s.; a twelfth of a fee in Midhop, in the same county, which Robert de Midhop and Agnes his wife hold, of the yearly value of 32s.; a seventh of a fee in Horton, in the same county, which Nicholas de Cailli holds, of the yearly value of 56s.; a seventh of a fee, in the same town, which the heirs of Peter de Horton hold, of the yearly value of 56s.; a twentieth of a fee, in the same town, which William de Irby holds, of the yearly value of 15s.; a twelfth of a fee in Staynford Scoteyn, in the same county, which John de Fannelthorp holds, of the yearly value of 32s.; a sixtieth of a fee in Westby, in the same county, which Adam de Westby holds, of the yearly value of 14s.; a ninety-sixth of a fee in the same town, which John de Westby holds, of the yearly value of 4s.; a twenty-fourth of a fee in Bukdene, in the same county, which William de Midlesmore holds, of the yearly value of 16s.; a fee in Thribergh, in the same county, which Thomas de Etton holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a third of a fee in Stubbum Middelton and Stalwra, in the same county, which Adam de Middelton holds, of the yearly value of 8l.; three parts of a fee in Queldryk, in the same county, which John Malebisse holds, of the yearly value of 18l.; a third and a twentyfourth of a fee in Arnecliff, Kirkeby, and Malghum, in the same county, which William de Haukeswyk holds, of the yearly value of 7l. 4s. 0d.; a quarter and a sixteenth of a fee in Kirkeby Ferers, Kereby, and Folifait, in the same county, which William de Erghum holds, of the yearly value of 8l.; a twelfth of a fee in Uplythum, in the same county, which John de Fontibus holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter and an eightieth of a fee in Pokethorp, in the same county, which Thomas de Bolton holds, of the yearly value of 65s.; a sixteenth of a fee in Irton, in the same county, which Richard Fraunce holds, of the yearly value of 8s.; a fee in Little Hoghton, in the county of Northumberland, which Peter Heryng holds, of the yearly value of 20 marks; a knight's fee in Haukhull, in the same county, which John de Burghdon holds, of the yearly value of 16l.; a fee in Daldene, in the same county, which Jordan de Daldene holds, of the yearly value of 40l.
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margery, late the wife of Peter Savery, the lands in the hundred of Rocheford, whereof, as appears by inquisition, she and her husband were jointly enfeoffed by Robert Gyffard, by which inquisition it appears that she peacefully continued her joint-seisin until her husband's death, and that the lands are held of the king in chief as of the honour of Reylegh by the service of rendering 2s. 6d. yearly for hidage and by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, the king having taken her fealty for the same.
To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed to do justice in the plea wherein Edmund, earl of Arundel, impleaded John de Chavent and Eva his wife concerning the manor of Werpham, in the county of Sussex, in which plea they vouched to warranty John son of Peter de Chavent, who warranted them and produced a charter of Henry III. setting out that he, in part recompence for 80l. yearly of land wherewith he was bound to provide Peter de Chavent, father of the said John son of Peter de Chavent, out of the escheats first coming to his hands, granted to the said Peter the said manor; whereupon the justices superseded the plea.
Feb. 15.
Westminster.
William Mose of Wodhull, in the king's gaol of Bedeford for the death of William Basse of Podynton, has letters to the sheriff of Bedford to bail him until the first assize.
Feb. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to pay to Rhys (Reso) ap Mereduk, a Welsh prisoner in the castle of Norwich, and to his keeper their wages and other necessaries from the time of his appointment as sheriff, and to continue to pay the same, as they were wont to receive them in the late king's reign.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the keeper of the Forest this side Trent. Order to put to bail Laurence le Teynturer of Huntyngdon, in the king's prison of Hereford for trespass of the forest of Wanberge, if he be not an accustomed malefactor in the king's forests and if he find twelve mainpernors to have him before the justices of the Forest when they come to those parts.
Feb. 20.
Westminster.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of John Peverel, tenant-in-chief, the following of his knights' fees, which the king has assigned to her in dower: a fourth of a fee in Keteryngham, in the county of Norfolk, which the prior of Penteneye holds, of the yearly value of 25s.; a quarter of a fee in Reveshale, in the same county, which the prior of Bukenham holds, of the yearly value of 25s.; a quarter of a fee in the same town, which the prior of St. Faith's holds, of the yearly value of 25s.; a quarter of a fee in Asgersthorp, in the same county, which David le Chapman holds, of the yearly value of 25s.
Membrane 17.
Feb. 18.
Westminster.
To the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains of the exchequer. Order to pay to John de Moubray, lord of Haxiolm, 500 marks due to him for his stay with men-at-arms in the parts of York about the custody of the town and county of York, in the sixth year of the king's reign, for which the king, on 21 November, in the seventh year of his reign, assigned to him the issues of the manors of Penreth and Soureby in Tyndale from Easter then next following, as the king afterwards assigned the said issues elsewhere before he received anything therefrom. By K.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Cheddeworth, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay to Griffin ap Rees, to whom the king committed the bailiwick of the forestry of Snaudon in Wales, the arrears of his fee, which, he complains, is two years in arrear.
Changed by the chancellor, because it was otherwise sealed by writ of privy seal.
Feb. 20.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit the tenants of sixteen bovates of land, a mill and of fourteen marks of yearly rent in Pokelyngton of 20l. yearly for the issues of the same from the time when they were taken into the late king's hands, the late king having, on 12 November, in the 22nd year of his reign, ordered the sheriff of York to restore the premises and the issues thereof to Dionisia, wife of Remigius de Pokelington, they having been taken into the late king's hands by Hugh de Cressyngham and his fellows, justices in eyre in that county, because Dionisia and Remigius entered them without the king's licence, they having been enfeoffed thereof by Isabella de Fortibus, late countess of Albemarle, who held them of the late king in chief.
Feb. 20.
Westminster.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Matilda, late the wife of Robert de Clifford, tenant in chief, the manor of Temedebury in the county of Worcester, of the yearly value of 18l. 9s. 4d., which the king has assigned to her as dower of her husband's lands.
Feb. 21.
Westminster.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the custody of the land and heir of James Peverel, by virtue of the king's order to John Abel, then escheator this side Trent, to deliver the body of the heir to Joan, late the wife of William de Halghton, to whom the king granted the marriage of the heir for a sum of money due to the said William, as it does not appear either by the inquisitions taken by the said John upon the death of the said James or by divers charters and muniments exhibited in chancery by Margaret mother of the heir, or by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer that James held at his death any lands of the king by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king; provided that the king may resume the custody and marriage if shall be found that they ought to pertain to him, and that Margaret, to whom the king has ordered the lands to be delivered as nearest [friend] of the heir for the heir's maintenance, shall in that case answer to the king for the issues received in the meantime and for the value of the marriage.
To the same. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Juliana, late the wife of John de Heronvill, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Feb. 18.
Westminster.
To Edmund le Botiller, justiciary, and Master Walter de Islep, treasurer of Ireland. Order to cause Moryanth Makenedy and his twenty-two accomplices, Scotch rebels lately captured on the coast of Scotland by the men and mariners of John de Ergail, to be brought at the king's charge from the Isle of Manne to the castle of Dublin, according to the request of the said John, who asserts that he might have received a large sum for the release of the said prisoners, who have inflicted much damage upon the king and his subjects.
Feb. 20.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to make account with William de Rodeston for the time when he was keeper of the manor and park of Wodestok, and to allow him his fee for the same and the fee of two parkers there, as he has prayed the king and his council to cause allowance to be made to him for the above fees from Michaelmas, in the 22nd year of the late king's reign, until the same feast in the first year of the king's reign, and from then until the feast of St. Katherine then next following. By pet. of C.
To the prior of Kermerdyn, chamberlain of Kermerdyn. Order to cause the houses, walls, and peel (pelum) of the king's castle of Buelt to be repaired by the view and testimony of John de Cherleton, constable of the king's castle there, or of him whom he shall depute.
To the same. Order to proceed in person to the castle of Buelt, and to survey the state thereof, and to cause it to be provided with armour and victuals by the view of the aforesaid John.
Feb. 15.
Westminster.
To Edmund le Botiller, justiciary of Ireland, and to the chancellor of the same, and to the treasurer of the exchequer of Dublin. Order to take advisement of the number of his men left by John de Ergadia to defend the Isle of Man, and the expenses that he has incurred, and to cause a certain sum of money to be paid to him for their maintenance, the king having previously ordered them to pay him a certain sum of money for the maintenance of himself and his household in Ireland until otherwise ordered, as the king now understands that he went to the Isle of Man with certain of his men and expelled the Scots therefrom, in whose hands it was, leaving many of his men there for the defence thereof. By K.
Feb. 23.
Westminster.
To the chamberlain of Kaermerdyn. Order to proceed to the castle of Dynnevor, and to survey the same, and to cause it to be provided with armour and victuals by the view of Edmund Hakelut, constable thereof.
By K. on the information of William de Melton.
Vacated, because otherwise in the ninth year.
To Master John Waleweyn, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John son and heir of John de Albiniaco, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of the lands of his father and of his mother Isabella, which she held of the late king, as he has proved his age before John Abel, late escheator this side Trent, and the king has taken his homage for his father's lands and his fealty for mother's lands.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to Richard de Schiselden for 50l. paid by him, when fermor of the late king of the manor of Cosham, the borough of Wilton, and the rent of Bereford, by order of the late king's treasurer to Mary, a nun of Ambresbir[y], the king's sister, in execution of the late king's order, dated 4 October, in the 28th year of his reign, to his treasurer and chamberlains to pay her 100l. for Michaelmas term in that year from his treasure, in part payment of 200l. granted to her yearly for the maintenance of her chamber, of which sum they paid 50l. and the said Richard the remainder.
Membrane 16.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Robert de Holand and Matilda his wife, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Alan la Zousche, tenant in chief, the following of his knights' fees, which the king has assigned to them, with the assent of Nicholas de Sancto Mauro and Ellen his wife, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the said Alan, as Matilda's purparty: a fee in Chaucombe Dalby, in the county of Leicester, which Master William de Bosco held, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Bitlesby, in the same county, which Theobald de Verdon holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a moiety of a fee in Norton and Little Stretton, in the same county, which William de Bereford, justice, holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Munstretton and Polteneye, in the same county, which Robert de Napton holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Great Glen, Carleton, Curby, Rolleston, and Shanqeton, in the same county, which John son of Reginald and Peter son of Reginald hold, of the yearly value of 20l.; a fee in Hunkote, in the same county, which Robert Burdes holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Great Pentlyn, in the same county, which the abbot of St. Evroul, Normandy, holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a moiety of a fee in Loqinton, in the same county, which the abbot of Leycestre holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; an eighth of a fee in Stitheston, in the same county, which John son of Peter de Clenefeld holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; a quarter of a fee in Whatton, in the same county, which William de Bredon holds, of the yearly value of 50s.; a sixteenth of a fee in Dadelington, in the same county, which John Spigurnel holds, of the yearly value of 20s.; a twelfth of a fee in Alton and Raveneston, in the same county, which Ralph Basset of Sapkote holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a twelfth of a fee in Overton Sausse, in the same county, which Nicholas de Craumford holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a moiety of a fee in Blakfordeby, in the same county, which the abbot of Lilleshull holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a twelfth of a fee in Blakfordeby, in the same county, which William Trawy holds, of the yearly value of 60s.; a twentieth of a fee in Staunqeton and Herdewyk, in the same county, which John de Wyleghby holds, of the yearly value of 10s.; a quarter of a fee in Wolvey, in the county of Warwick, which the late master of the order of the Temple held, of the yearly value of 100s.; three parts of a fee in Wolvey aforesaid, which the abbot of Coumbe and the heir of Thomas de Leycestre hold, of the yearly value of 15l.; a fee in Wolvey Ward, in the same county, which the heirs of Master William de Bosco hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Haleford, in the same county, which Robert Burdet holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a sixth of a fee in Secquendon, in the same county, which William Martyn holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a moiety of a fee in Edulvescote and Molverton, in the same county, which John Spigurnel holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Ministre, in the county of Oxford, which Joan daughter of John Lovel of Tychenmersk holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Stoke Basset, in the same county, which Nicholas de Moels holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a third of a fee in Chynnore, in the same county, which Oliver la Zusche holds, of the yearly value of 6l. 13s. 4d.; a moiety of a fee in Cherleton on Ottemore, in the same county, which the abbot of St. Evroul holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a moiety of a fee in Slenkote and Morkote, in the same county, which Richard de la Bere holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Sibbeford Gower, in the same county, which the master of the late order of the Temple in England held, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter and a twentieth of a fee in the same town, which the abbess of Oseneye and the prioress of Pynnele hold, of the yearly value of 102s.; a quarter, an eighth, and a thirtieth of a fee in the same town, which William de Burithorp and others hold, of the yearly value of 7l. 15s. 0d.; a moiety of a fee in Shipton, in the same county, which Matilda de Peton and Roger her son hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; a third of a fee in West Ildesle, in the county of Berks, which Matilda, daughter of Ralph son of William de Bradeford hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; a sixth of a fee in Croxton and Kirnyngton, in the county of Lincoln, which Roger de Sancto Andrea holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a sixth of a fee in Croxton, Kirnington, Staynton, and Wolrichby, in the same county, which Richard de Boselingthorp holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a sixth of a fee in Croxton and Kirnyngton, in the same county, which William de Bernak and William de Brynthinghirst hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Benyngho, in the county of Hertford, which the earl of Oxford holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a moiety of a fee in Chelsen, in the same county, which the master of the late order of the Temple in England held, of the yearly value of 10l.; a quarter of a fee in Heyle, in the same county, which the abbot and convent of Westminster hold, of the yearly value of 100s.; three fees in Ware, Colne, Stevyngton, and Harwe, in the same county, which Thomas Wake holds, of the yearly value of 60l.; a third of a fee in Flitte, in the same county, which Robert de Kendale holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a sixth of a fee in Great Gatesdene, in the same county, which Richard le Chaumberleyn holds, of the yearly value of 40s.; an eighth of a fee in Aldredeston, in the county of Wilts, which Ingelram Berenger holds, of the yearly value of 10 marks; a moiety of a fee in Northotodeworth, in the same county, which the prior of Maydenebradele and the heir[s] of the son (fil') of Fulk de Penbrigg' hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in Brakele, Evenle, and Sibbeford, in the county of Northampton, which the master of the hospital of St. John, Brakle, holds, of the yearly value of 10l.; a fee in [Y]elvertoft, in the same county, which Thomas de la Husee, Henry le Botiller, and Henry de Pydenton of Yelvertoft hold, of the yearly value of 10l.; a moiety of a fee in Franyngho, in the same county, which the abbot of Leycestre holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; a quarter of a fee in Atneston, in the same county, which the prior of Canons' Essheby holds, of the yearly value of 50s.; a quarter of a fee in Brakele, in the same county, which the abbot of Leycestre holds, of the yearly value of 50s.; a moiety of a fee in Donyngton, in the county of Salop, which Hugh de Beaumois holds, of the yearly value of 100s.; four fees, a moiety and an eighth of a fee in Ebrighton, Hudecote, Clopton, Farnecote, Catteslade, Little Guyting, and Teynton, in the county of Gloucester, which Roger Corbet holds, of the yearly value of 48l. 6s. 8d.
To the same. Order to deliver to the said Robert and Matilda the following of the said Alan's advowsons of church and religious houses, assigned to them as above: the advowson of the church of Laghton, in the county of Leicester, of the yearly value of 10 marks; the advowson of the church of Merkfeld, in the same county, of the yearly value of 100s.; the advowson of two parts of the church of Croxton, in the county of Lincoln, of the yearly value of 20 marks; the advowson of the church of Yelvertoft, in the county of Northampton, of the yearly value of 20l.; the advowson of the abbey of Lilleshull, in the county of Leicester, and of the abbey of Gerndon, in the same county, and of the priory of Ware, in the county of Hertford, and of the lepers' hospital without Brackele, in the county of Northampton.
March 3.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Kannok to be elected in place of Richard de Barton, deceased.
Feb. 21.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause recompence or allowance to be made to John, bishop of Lincoln, for two knights' fees, or reduction of the fees held by him of the king, in accordance with the late king's order, dated 6 February, in the 35th year of his reign, to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, because it was found by inquisition taken before William de Bereford and Walter de Aylesbury, appointed for this purpose, that the abbot of Eynesham in the time of King John held the manor of Erdington near Oxford of the bishop of Lincoln, the predecessor of the said John, then bishop of Lincoln, by the service of two knights' fees, and that the abbot in the aforesaid time demised the manor to Robert de Brus, a Norman by origin, for his life, and that the manor came to the hands of Henry III. by forfeiture of the said Robert after the discomfiture of the French at Lincoln, and the said king granted it to Richard, late king of Almain, who afterwards gave it to the abbot and convent of Rewley (de Loco Regali) near Oxford, in frankalmoin, and that neither the bishop of Lincoln in the time of Henry III. nor his successors have received anything from the king or any one else in exchange, allowance, or recompence for his aforesaid services from the manor, and that the manor with appurtenances is worth 56l. yearly, and that it was held, before the time of the aforesaid discomfiture, of the bishop of Lincoln from time out of mind by the service of two knights' fees as of the right of his church of Lincoln, and that neither the said bishop John nor his predecessors were able to obtain their aforesaid service after the manor came to the hands of Henry III.; the bishop having now given the king to understand by his petition before the king and his council that the above order has not been executed.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to the prior of Kaermerdyn, chamberlain of South Wales, for the fees of constables and other the king's ministers in those parts.
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To John Abel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with William Gerberge's marsh called 'Kypesmersh,' and to restore the issues thereof to him, taken into the king's hands by the escheator after he had acquired it of John la (sic) Veille, on the ground that it was held of the king in chief and that William had entered it without the late king's licence, as it appears by inquisition taken by the said escheator that the marsh is not held of the king in chief, but is held of the master of the hospital of St. Giles, Norwich, by the service of 12d. yearly.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to call before them Walter de Langeton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and to hear the reasons of him and Master Robert de Laysset, the king's clerk, concerning an entry by the said Walter of 348l. 15s. 10d. in the wardrobe books of the late king for the month of June, in the 22nd year of his reign, as paid to the said Robert, then constable of Bordeaux, and to acquit the said Robert of the same, if they find that, as he asserts, he was captured by Philip, late king of France, and imprisoned in France from the beginning of June, in the aforesaid year, for two years then following, and that he received no sum from the wardrobe, as the treasurer and barons exact the above sum from him, notwithstanding his denial, Walter attempting to charge him with that sum, which he asserts that he received by reason of an account made by him from the merchants of Lucca, for divers payments made by them in the late king's name, although Robert was not present at the making of the account.
1315. Membrane 15.
March 3.
Westminster.
John Hamon, in the king's gaol of Canterbury for the death of Richard Colyn, has letters to the sheriff of Kent to bail him until the first assize.
To the sheriff of Essex and Hertford. Order to cause to be delivered to John de Pelham, clerk of the Marshalsea, or to John de Redynges, his attorney, hay straw, litter, and horse-shoes, for the maintenance of the king's horses staying in those parts, and money for the wages of the king's men and carters staying there for the custody of the same horses, up to the sum of 200 marks. By C.
Feb. 28.
Westminster.
To Robert de Barton, bailiff of Penreth and Sourby. Order to deliver the issues of the manors by indenture to Robert de Leyburn, in accordance with the king's grant to him that he should receive the same until he had been satisfied for 599l. 15s. 3¼d., the balance of a sum of 733l. 11s. 9¼d., which the king promised to pay him before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, being the arrears of 1096l. 16s. 8¾d., due to him for the arrears of his wages and those of his household in garrison of the castle of Die in Scotland, whereof he was constable, and for recompence for his horses and the arrears of the wages of the soldiers (stipendiariorum) in his company whom he paid, for payment whereof the king granted him the castle and manor of Cokermuth, as of the value of 130l. yearly, to be held by him until he were satisfied for the above sum, the king having afterwards committed the castle to Edmund de Malo Lacu for his life, as well as for the said Robert's costs in repairing the castle aforesaid, as appears by his account rendered at the exchequer.
By K. with the assent of the earls and barons.
Feb. 22.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge John, abbot of Evesham, of the scutage for the late king's army of Wales in the tenth year of his reign, as it appears by the rolls of his marshalsea that the abbey was then void and in his custody, provided that the scutage be levied of the knights' fees that were held of the abbey at that time.

Footnotes

  • 1. Apparently for each hundred.