Close Rolls, Edward I: November 1275

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

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'Close Rolls, Edward I: November 1275', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279, (London, 1900) pp. 257-259. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol1/pp257-259 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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November 1275

4 EDWARD I.

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1275. Nov. 21.
The Tower.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Roger Lestrange (Extraneo) to have acquittance of the 20l. that he ought to have paid to the exchequer at Michaelmas last, in part satisfaction of the 25l. that are in arrear to him of the excess (superplusagio) of his account of the time when he was sheriff of York, as appears to the king by the record of the treasurer and barons.
Nov. 21.
The Tower.
To the same. Whereas the king understands that Alexander le Riche in the time of the last war in the realm lent to Matthias de Besill[es], then constable of Dover castle, 80l. by order of the late king and of the present king, to provision (muniend') the castle therewith, of which sum Matthias or his heirs have not rendered account: the king orders the treasurer and barons to respite the demand that they make upon Alexander for 20l. until the heirs of Matthias have rendered account at the exchequer of the aforesaid 80l.
To Gregory de Rockel[eye], Order to cause Master Robert de Beverlaco, keeper of the king's works, to have a tun of wine, of the king's gift.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the aforesaid Robert to have 12d. a day whilst he stays in the city of London about the the king's works, and 16d. a day when he is journeying in connexion with the said works, which sums the king has granted to him for his maintenance for so long as he shall be in that office.
To the same. Order to cause Walter son and heir of John de la Linde to come before them at a certain day to answer to the king for the issues of the forests of Gillingham, Blak[emore], and Porestok for the time when John and he held the forests in their hands.
Nov. 24.
The Tower.
To the taxors and collectors of the fifteenth in co. Essex. Order not to intermeddle further with taxing or appraising the goods of the abbot and convent of Waltham, and to restore to them anything they may have received from them in this behalf, as the abbot and convent have satisfied the king for the fifteenth of their goods.
The like in favour of the said abbot to the taxors and collectors of the fifteenth in cos. Hertford, Norfolk, Lincoln, Bedford, Cambridge, Berks, and Surrey.
The like in favour of W. bishop of Rochester to the taxors and collectors of the fifteenth in co. Kent.
Thomas de Wyethayt and Adam de Ulvethayt, imprisoned at York for the death of Roger Ferraunt, whereof they are appealed, have letters to the sheriff of York to bail them.
Martin de Beston, imprisoned at Norwich for the death of Geoffrey le Mouner of Herdwik, has letters to the sheriff of Norfolk to bail him.
Robert le Taillur of London Bridge, imprisoned in Neugate for the death of Henry Goye, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the mayor and sheriffs of London to bail him.
Nov. 25.
The Tower.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the 10l. that Walter de Huntrecumb was wont to receive from the abbot of Strafford of the abbot's ferm of 20l., which 10l. Walter quit-claimed to the king, to be levied hereafter and brought to the exchequer, together with the arrears of the same for Michaelmas term last, and to cause this to be thus done and enrolled.
To the bailiffs of John de Britannia at Boston. Order to desist wholly from distraining the abbot of Louth Park for the wool mentioned below, and for the damages and expenses of Herbert Wermond adjudged to him in Boston fair last, and to restore to the abbot and his men anything that they may have received from them in this behalf, as an agreement has been made in the king's court between the abbot and Giles de Eyre, Herbert's attorney, concerning all disputes between them by reason of 14 sacks and 20 stone of wool and for the expenses incurred in this behalf.
Nov. 23.
The Tower.
John de Hales, imprisoned at Hertford for the death of Walter Eleys, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Hereford to bail him.
Nov. 24.
The Tower.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the executors of Robert Waleraund to be acquitted of 100l., and to cause this to be so done and enrolled, unless Robert had such acquittance in his lifetime, as the late king pardoned Robert 100l. of the 300l. that were exacted from Robert for trespasses committed by his bailiffs in the forest of Dene when he was keeper of that forest, which 100l. are now exacted from Robert's executors because he had not an acquittance thereof in his lifetime.
Nov. 25.
The Tower.
To the same. Order to allow to R. archbishop of Canterbury his liberties and acquittances as they were wont to be allowed in the rolls of the exchequer in the times of kings Richard and John.
Nov. 24.
Westminster.
To the taxors of the fifteenth in co. Kent. Order to supersede the taxation of Gregory de Rokesle's goods in the custody of the lands that belonged to Nicholas de Kirioll in that county, as Gregory has the custody of the said lands by the king's commission for a certain yearly ferm.
Nov. 25.
The Tower.
To the justices appointed for the custody of the Jews, and to William de Middelton. Whereas the king ordered them by divers writs to cause to be allowed to certain of his Jews, in the tallage last assessed upon them or in other debts that they owe to the king at the exchequer of his Jewry, the total of the debts due to them from certain Christians by their charters, or to cause the total to be delivered to the Jews from the king's debts in the treasury of the Jewry, in recompence for the debts aforesaid attermined by the justices and William by the king's order or granted to any one, and it would not be seemly that the king should be in a worse condition than the said Christians would be in this case if the debts had been in the hands of the Jews: the king therefor orders the justices and William to cause to be allowed to the said Jews the value of the said debts from the debts contained in the writs directed to them, or to cause recompence to be made from the debts aforesaid, as shall seem most expedient to them, and to cause to be amended cautiously anything that may have been done previously by the said writs contrary to this order.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause Master Robert de Beverlaco, keeper of the king's works, to have 12d. a day when staying in the city of London in connexion with the said works, and 16d. a day when he is journeying without the city in connexion with the works, which sums the king has granted to him for his maintenance whilst in that office.
To the treasurer and barons. Order to cause John de Vyvone to have the following terms for payment of 100 marks for his fine for his marriage and of 37l. in which he is indebted to the king for the debts of Hugh de Vyvone, the younger, his father, and to cause this to be so done and enrolled, as the king has granted that he shall render 50 marks yearly, to wit a moiety at Easter and a moiety at Michaelmas, 50 marks at the same terms in the following year, and the remainder of the sum at the same terms in the sixth year of the reign.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to cause Walter de Lesseburn, imprisoned in Neugath for divers trespasses wherewith he is charged, to be delivered from that prison by the mainprise of Grimbald Pauncefot of co. Worcester, Saer de Harecurt of co. Leicester, William de Parles of co. Stafford, Master Walter de la Mare, Thomas de Aungens of co. Buckingham, and Roger de Suthcote of co. Middlesex, who have mainperned to have him before the king where and when he will to stand to right if the king or any other wish to speak against him concerning the trespasses aforesaid.
Nov. 24.
The Tower.
Hugh son of Ralph de Thorneton, imprisoned at Beverley for the death of John son of Roger de Arnehal, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of York to bail him.