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Oct. 2.
Evesham. |
To the keeper of the forest of Kynfare. Order to cause the Friars
Minors of Worcester to have six oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift. |
Oct. 1.
Worcester. |
To the justices of the Bench. Order not to permit Mary le Soper to be
impleaded concerning the following book, as it is testified before the king by
the coroners of co. Warwick that Gregory de Caldewell was outlawed for
felony in that county, whereby his goods and chattels came to the king as
forfeited, and that the king gave a book from the said goods to Roger de
Mortuo Mari, and Margery, late the wife of the said Gregory, exacts by
writ before the said justices the said book from Mary le Soper as if it was
not of the forfeited goods of the said Gregory. |
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To the keeper of the forest of Kenefare. Order to cause Margery de
Wigornia, a nun of Wystan without Worcester, to have six oaks, of the
king's gift. |
Oct. 2.
Evesham. |
To the constable of St. Briavells castle. Order to permit the abbot of
Gloucester to fell, by the view of Ralph de Saundon or of another of the
king's bailiffs to be appointed for this purpose by Ralph, ten oaks in his
wood of Bridwode and ten others in his wood of Hopemaloysel, which are
within the bounds of the forest of Dene, where this can be done to the
least damage of the forest, as the king has granted permission to the abbot
to fell the trees aforesaid. |
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To the sheriff of Salop, escheator in the same county. Order to cause
Eleanor, late the wife of Robert le Estraunge, tenant in chief, to have again
seisin of the manor of Whitchurch (de Albo Monasterio), with everything
received thence since it was taken into the king's hands, as the king learns
by inquisition taken by the sheriff that Robert held the said manor as the
inheritance of Eleanor, and in no other wise. |
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Membrane 3. |
Oct. 2.
Evesham. |
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to deliver to the abbot of Lire (Lira)
a messuage in Fothehope, which Robert le Brun, who was outlawed for
felony, held, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the
messuage has been in the king's hands for a year and a day, and that
Robert held it of the abbot, and that the township of Fouhop had the
king's year and day by delivery of the coroners and that it ought to answer
to the king for the same. |
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To the sheriff of Salop, escheator in the same county. Order to cause
Fulk son of Robert le Estraunge, tenant in chief, to have again seisin of the
manor of Sutton Maddok, together with everything received thence since it
was taken into the king's hands, as the king learns by inquisition taken by
the sheriff that Robert long before his death enfeoffed Fulk of the manor,
which was taken into the king's hands by reason of Robert's death, and
that Fulk had continuous and peaceful seisin thereof afterwards until the
manor was taken into the king's hands by the sheriff. |
Oct. 4.
Woodstock. |
To the keeper of the forest of Kanek. Order to cause the prioress of
Cochull to have six oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift. |
Oct. 4.
Woodstock. |
To the sheriff of Devon, escheator in the same county. Whereas the
king learns by inquisition taken by William de Brayboef and Adam de
Wyntonia that Emma, daughter and heiress of Walter de Chiffard,
—which Emma was not of sound mind, wherefore the king committed
the custody of her lands to John Wyger—held of Isabella de Fortibus,
countess of Albemarle, fifteen knights' fees in Aveton Giffard, Whitechirch,
Lamberton, Were, and Kempebere, in that county, and that Hugh de
Wideworth, her late husband, held the manor of Lusteleg, in the same
county, of John de Maundevill by knight service, and that Emma, daughter
and heiress of Hugh and Emma of the inheritance of both of them, is under
age, and that the custody of the manor of Lusteleg and the marriage of
Emma pertain to the king by reason of the lands of the said John being in
his wardship, and that Hugh and Emma held nothing of the king elsewhere
in chief by reason whereof the wardship and marriage of the said Emma
might pertain to the king otherwise than by virtue the wardship of the
lands of the said John: the king therefore orders the sheriff to keep the
manor of Lusteleg safely until the king shall otherwise order, and to permit
the countess to have the aforesaid fifteen fees, together with all the issues
thereof from the time of the death of Emma. |
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To John son of Nigel, appointed to make clearings (trencheas) in
Wodestok park, and to Robert le Eyr, the king's bailiff there. Order to
cause the abbess of Godestowe to have twelve oak-trunks (robora) for her
fire from the oaks to be felled in the said clearings. |
Oct. 5.
Brill. |
To the sheriff of Oxford. Notification that the king has committed his
houses at Oxford to Edmund de Mortuo Mari to dwell in them during the
king's pleasure, and order to deliver them to Edmund. |
Oct. 8.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of Rokingham to be elected, as the king at present needs a verderer in that
forest. |
Oct. 14.
Westminster. |
To Adam Gurdun, keeper of the forest of Axiholt. Order to cause Roger
le Taillyur of Heyford to have an oak with the strippings (escaetis), of the
king's gift. |
Oct. 16.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to deliver to the abbot of Grimesby
the chapel of St. Andrew without Grimesby, which is ruinous and in which
divine service is not celebrated now, as the king has granted to the abbot
that he may demolish the chapel and use the stones thereof for sacred
buildings. |
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To the sheriff of Salop. Order to deliver to Margery, late the wife of
William de Hockelinton, to hold during the king's pleasure, the hamlet of
Walecote, which Hamo Lestrange (Extraneus), who had it of the late king's
grant, gave to them and their heirs, and which the sheriff took into the
king's hands after William's death. |
Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
William de Ichinton, imprisoned at Titlesham for the death of William
le Waleys, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Sussex to
bail him. |
Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to search the rolls of the
exchequer concerning the things that relate to the county of Cumberland,
and to cause allowances such as are contained in the said rolls to be made to
Robert de Hampton, sheriff of that county. By those of the exchequer. |
Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lancaster. It is shown to the king on behalf of Alice
de Coygners that whereas the custody of the lands and heirs of Adam de
Coygners pertain to her during the minority of the heirs, because Adam
held his land of her by knight service, the sheriff nevertheless, asserting that
Adam held his land of Peter de Brus, tenant in chief of the late king, and
not of Alice, has taken the custody into the king's hands by reason of the
fees that belonged to Peter still in the king's hands: the king orders the
sheriff to cause inquisition to be made whether Adam held his land of Alice
so that the custody ought to pertain to her or not, and if he find that it
ought, to cause her to have seisin of the custody. |
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The like to the sheriff of Westmoreland, escheator in the same county. |
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To the barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the abbot of Rading'
40s. yearly for so long as the New Forest shall be in the hands of Queen
Eleanor, the king's consort, as the late king granted the forest to her,
wherefore the king ordered the abbot to pay to her the 40s. that he was
wont to pay to the exchequer for 24 acres of meadow in the forest pertaining
to the forest. |
Oct. 24.
Westminster. |
To Elias de Rabayn, constable of Corf castle. Order to cause to be restored
to the abbot of Cerne two tuns of wine of wreck of the sea that were found
by the constable's bailiffs on the abbot's land by the sea-shore (maritimam)
of Brunkeseye and Kemescumbe (sic), which are detained by the constable's
bailiffs, or to restore the price thereof, and to permit the abbot to have
wreck of the sea on the shore and on his lands henceforth, as he was wont
to have in times past, as the king learns by inquisition made by Walter de
Wymburn that the abbots of Cerne have always been in seisin of having
wreck of the sea on the said shore and lands since the late king granted to
them wreck of the sea by his charter in their lands by the said shore, and
that although they were sometimes hindered by the constables of the said
castle from receiving wreck, it was always restored to them by inquisitions
and the inspection of their charters. |
Oct. 22.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton, escheator in the same county. Order to
cause to be assigned to Eleanor, late the wife of Robert son of Robert
Lestrange (Extranei), tenant in chief, 23l. 2s. 9½d. yearly of land in the
manor of Chaulton, which the king has assigned to her as dower. |
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To the sheriff of Salop, escheator in the same county. Order to cause
the aforesaid Eleanor to have seisin of the manor of Betton, which is
extended at 115s. 4d., as the king has assigned it to her as dower. |
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To the barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately gave to Adam
de Norh[an]t[ona] a yearly rent of a fur-cloak (pellicie) of grey (griso)
that William le Tailliur owes to the king for a house in Winchester, and the
arrears of the same to make his profit thereof: the king orders the barons
to cause the cloaks to be appraised, and to cause their value to be paid to
Adam; provided that William or the tenants of the house be discharged of
the arrears when they shall have satisfied Adam. |
Oct. 26.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Nottingham, escheator in the same county. Order to
deliver to Cicely, late the wife of Robert le Derley, tenant in chief, a
messuage and 7l. 5s. 0d. yearly of land and rent in Thorp, as the king has
assigned the premises to her as her dower, on condition that he may retake
them into his hands if anyone claim right in the land in name of wardship. |
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Memorandum, that Cicely came into chancery, on the 27th October, and
took oath that she would not marry without the king's licence. |
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To Bartholomew le Jeovene, constable of Bristol castle. Whereas the
king learns by an inquisition that he caused to be taken when he was last at
Bristol that the abbot of Keynesham is entitled to fell trees in his wood of
Filwod, which is within the king's chases of Kingeswod, for his use without
view of the foresters or regardors, and that he and his predecessors were
wont to make their profit thereof in this manner heretofore: the king orders
the constable to permit the abbot to make his profit of the said wood in form
aforesaid, provided that the king's deer (fere) may enter and leave the wood
as they have been wont to do heretofore. |
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To Master Robert de Seyton, and his fellows, justices late in eyre for
common pleas in co. Middlesex. Order to deliver the goods and chattels of
Hugh son of Laurence de Brok, put on mainprise in their eyre in order that
he should render the rolls of his father of the time when his father was the
late king's and the king's justice to deliver Neugate gaol, and to cause the
distraints made on this behalf to be released, as Hugh has taken oath
before the king that he has rendered to him whatever he had from the said
rolls and that he will render to him whatever he may hereafter receive from
the rolls by himself or his friends. |
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The like to the sheriffs of Hertford and Buckingham to deliver all Hugh's
goods put on mainprise for the reason aforesaid. |
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To the sheriff of Warwick, escheator in the same county. Henry de
Sheldon has shown to the king that whereas William de Ardern, lately
deceased, held certain lands of him in Sheldon by knight service, from
which relief and other services are due to him, the sheriff has taken the
lands into the king's hands after William's death for certain causes, and that
the sheriff still holds them, so that Henry has been unable to have his relief
and services therefrom: the king orders the sheriff to cause Henry to have
his relief and services from the issues of the land, if it be as stated. |
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Oct. 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of Fynkeleye and Dygelegh to be elected in the place of Roger le Poer, who
is insufficiently qualified and whom the king has amoved from office. |
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To the same. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Dileye to be
elected in the place of Adam del Espyneye, deceased. |
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Thomas de Hauberdyn, son of Roger de Hauberdyn, imprisoned at Bruges
for the death of David le Somenur, wherewith he is charged, has letters to
the sheriff of Salop to bail him. |
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To Robert de Ufford, justice of Chester. Order to permit merchants of
Ireland to take corn for sale to Chester without impediment, taking from
them first security that they will not cause the corn to be taken to Wales or
elsewhere than to the king's parts, as the king has need to obtain more
corn than usual this year for the munition of Chester castle, and others of
the county have need of more corn than usual for their maintenance. |
Oct. 29.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Bedford and the coroners of that county. Order to
supersede entirely the promulgation of the outlawry upon David de Offinton
by reason of certain trespasses charged upon him in that county, as David,
who has gone to Ireland by the king's licence, has found the king mainprise
that he will stand to right before him at his pleasure concerning the said
trespasses if anyone wish to speak against him. |
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To Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward. Order to cause 5,000 quarels
to be made in his bailiwick, and to cause them to be carried to the castle of
Mongomery, there to be delivered to the constable of the castle for the
munition of the castle. |
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To Bogo de Knovill, keeper of the castles of Oswestry (Albi Monasterii)
and Montgomery. Order to cause the castles and the king's houses within
the same to be repaired where necessary, and to cause garnisture to be placed
in the castles as the king has enjoined upon him by word of mouth. |
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To the barons of the exchequer. Whereas those lately supplying the place
of the king in England ordered Roger Lestrange (Extraneo), then bailiff of
the Peak (Peck), by letters patent sealed with the seal that they then used
in the king's name, to deliver to Michael de Burton the lands in Blakebrok
and Fanfeld (sic) that William de Horsenden held at ferm of the king, and
the bailiwick of the forestry of Hope, which Robert le Hore previously
held at the king's will, and also all the land that Henry de Calvovre used to
hold in Tadinton, which were then in the king's hands, to be held by the
said Michael in recompence for certain, lands that belonged to him in Cristelton
that he had rendered into the king's hands before the delivery aforesaid:
the king orders the barons to discharge Roger of the issues of the lands
aforesaid from the time of the giving (date) of the letters patents. |
Oct. 30.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king
pardoned John Giffard and others of his household and society all trespasses
and excesses that they had committed during the time of the disturbance in
the realm, and also remitted to them all action against them by reason of
the trespasses and excesses aforesaid until March 10, in the second year of
his reign, as is contained in his letters patent, and the treasurer and barons
exact 40 marks from Richard de Empnebergh for trespasses committed by
him at that time, which sum came to them in the estreats of the rolls of
Nicholas son of Martin, who was appointed to hear and determine the
trespasses committed during the said disturbance, and the king learns by the
letters patent of the said John that Richard was of his household and society
at the said time: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to cause
Richard to be acquitted of the said sum, if it be exacted from him solely
for this reason, and to cause this to be so done and enrolled. |
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To Thomas de Langeley, keeper of the forest of Wychewod. Order to
cause Beatrice, queen of Almain, to have twenty leafless oak-trunks (robora)
in that forest for her fuel, of the king's gift. |
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To Walter de Kancia, keeper of the queen gold. Whereas Andrew le
Gramayr' was lately indebted to Cok, son of Hagin, a Jew of London, in
ten marks, and for payment of that sum to the Jew at the term agreed upon
he bound himself to the Jew by his charter containing 200l. in name of
penalty, and Andrew paid the money at the term and received the Jew's
star of acquittance therefore, wherefore he prays that his charter aforesaid
may be withdrawn from the chest of the Jews and that it may be delivered
to him before the justices assigned for the custody of the Jews; and the
king, at the time of the making of the said star, granted certain of the goods
of the said Jew to Queen Eleanor, his mother, amongst which goods was the
said charter, and the justices could not for that reason deliver the charter to
Andrew, although the proceedings were with the will of the Jew; and the
king lately ordered the justices to send to him under their seals the record
had before them concerning these things, and he learns by the record that
the Jew has acquitted Andrew by the star aforesaid and by acknowledgement
made before the justices of all debts due to him: the king orders Walter
to deliver the charter, which is in his custody, to Andrew or his certain
attorney. |
Oct. 30.
Westminster. |
To Adam de Chetewind, king's clerk. Order to deliver to Roger
Lestrange (Extraneus) the vessels, tools, iron fittings of military engines
(ferramenta ingeniorum), cords, cross-bows, quarells, armour, and all other
his goods and chattels in the castle of Certeleye at the time when Roger
delivered the castle to Adam by the king's order. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede
the demand upon John de Nevill for 52s. 4d. yearly for increment of the
ferm of the manor of Arnhale assessed by reason of the late disturbance in
the realm, and to cause him to be discharged of the increment and of the
arrears of the same, as the king wills that John shall hold the manor of
him at the same ferm as he and his ancestors held it before the said
disturbance. |
