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Jan. 15. Westminster. |
To John de Reygate, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas lately, by reason
of the death of Helewysa de Levynton, tenant in chief, late the wife of
Eustace de Balliolo, the escheator took into the late king's hands all the lands
of her inheritance, and the said king, at the request of Thomas son of
Thomas de Molleton of Gillesland, one of her heirs, ordered the escheator
to inquire how much land she held in chief of him (de nobis) and how much
of other lords, by what services she held, and what the lands were worth
yearly, and who was her next heir, and what was the heir's age, and the
king understands by the inquisition made in execution of the said order that
Helewysa held of him in chief by barony, and that the said Thomas is next
heir of certain other lands, and that he is of full age, by reason whereof
Thomas obtained from the king his writ to have seisin; and the said Eustace
has intimated to the king that he begat living issue upon Helewysa, which
was seen by men and baptized, by reason whereof the lands of Helewysa's
inheritance pertain to him for his life by the courtesy of England, and he
pressed the king to provide him with a remedy hereupon: the king therefore
orders the escheator, if Eustace begot living issue upon Helewisa that was
seen by man and baptized, to cause him to have again seisin of the lands
aforesaid and of others that were of Helewisa's inheritance whereof she died
seised as of fee, together with everything received thence since they were
taken into the king's hands by reason of her death, especially as Euslace
ought not to incur loss or damage by reason of Thomas's thus sueing out
in the king's court by deceit (subreptionem) of the court. |
Jan. 17. Westminster. |
To Master Richard de Clifford, late keeper of the archbishopric of
Canterbury. Order to deliver to R. elect of Canterbury the ploughs,
plough-oxen, and harrowers (herciatores) that the keeper received as pertaining to the archbishopric to cultivate its lands from the executors of the
Boniface, the late archbishop, and to deliver to the elect what pertains to the
king of the forage of the corn of the archbishopric in the barns, in recompence for the maintenance that the plough-oxen and harrowers had of the
forage of the said Boniface at the time when they were in the king's service.
Given by the hand of W. de Merton, the chancellor. [Prynne, Records,
iii. 122.] |
Jan. 26. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause Alice, late the wife
of Henry de Rothing', Enga, late the wife of Henry de la Bere, Matilda,
late the wife of John le Marescall, Juliana, late the wife of Hugh de
Bradelegh, Gunnora, late the wife of Henry Tieys, Christiana, late the wife
of Peter le Flecher, Is[olda], late the wife of Alan le Fevre, and Katherine,
late the wife of William de Sancto Germano, to have the arrears of the
wages of their late husbands for the time when they were in the late king's
service, according to the tenor of the writs remaining in the exchequer.
Given by the hand of W. de Merton. |
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To the same. Like order to cause Hugh le Tayllur to have the arrears of
the wages of Ellen, late his wife, formerly the late king's laundress, for the
time when she was in the late king's service. |
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To the same. Like order to cause Alice, late the wife of Philip de
Lyministre, to have 2d. a day until Whitsuntide next of the 2d. daily that
the late king granted to her for her life, in accordance with the said king's
writ of liberate in their possession at the exchequer. |
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To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to Henry, fletcher
(attilliatori) of the king's crossbows in Gloucester castle, who receives
5d. a day for wages, his wages from St. Hilary last until Whitsuntide
next. |
Jan. 27. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Salop and Stafford. Order to permit William son of
Hugh to have his chattels, which were confiscated for his flight upon his
being indicted before the late king's justices last in eyre in those counties
for homicide, arson, and other trespasses, his goods being confiscated at
the suit of the peace of the said king and not at the appeal or the suit of any
other, and to restore to him his lands, which were taken into the king's
hands for this reason, as the king, at the instance of certain of his friends,
has caused William's chattels to be restored to him. Given by the hand of
W. de Merton. |
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To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to respite until the quinzaine of Easter
next the demand upon Roger de Trumpton for 252l. 0s. 9d. for the king's
use of the debts of the Jews by reason of the lands and heir of Robert de
Hardredeshull, which are in Roger's hands by commission of Warin de
Bassingburn, to whom the late king granted [them] during the minority of
Robert's heir, and to restore Roger's goods (averia) taken for this reason. |
Jan. 27. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to Hamo
Hautayn and Robert de Ludham, whom the king has appointed his justices
for the custody of his Jews, the keys of the chest of the Jewry, together
with the rolls, writs, and other things touching the Jewry. Given by the
hand of W. de Merton, the chancellor. |
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To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause Orabilla, late the wife of
William de Staundon, to have seisin of the land in Little Cressing' that
William held of the master and brethren of the military order of the Temple
in England in socage, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff,
whereby the custody of the land pertains to the nearest [friend] of William's
heir, Orabilla being the nearest [friend] of the heir. |
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To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to pay, out of the ferm of
the city, to Matilda, late the wife of John Picard, who takes 4d. a day, to
Alice Arnald, whot akes 1½d. a day, and to Edmund (Emundo) Pecok, who
takes 2½d. a day, for their lives of the appointed alms of the late king, the
arrears of the said sums up to Thursday the feast of St. Mary next, and
from then to cause them to have the said daily sums until Whitsuntide next
as they were wont to have them. |
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To the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Order not to deliver
to anyone until otherwise ordered a ship laden with Flemish wool there
arrested by them. |