Close Rolls, Edward I: August 1274

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: August 1274', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1279, (London, 1900) pp. 93-98. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol1/pp93-98 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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August 1274

Aug. 5.
Canterbury.
William le Chapman, imprisoned at Lammasse for the death of Richard Goldhen, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Essex to bail him.
Aug. 10.
Tunbridge.
To the bailiff of Wodestok. Order to cause the king's houses of Wodestok to be repaired and amended where necessary by the view and testimony of lawful men, as the king learns that they need speedy repair.
Aug. 12.
Tunbridge.
To Poncius de Mora and Gregory de Rockel[eye], takers of the king's wines. Order to cause the five tuns of wine of the king's right prise, which are at Southampton and which the king ordered to be acquitted by the treasurer and chamberlains, to be carried to Brehull, to be placed in the king's cellars against his approaching arrival there.
Membrane 6—Schedule 1.
Partition of the lands that belonged to Sir William de Abington.
There fall to a third of the park in the manor on the north side 6 perches, 12 feet with the fishpond on the same side and with the ditches at the ends of the said plot, and a plot enclosed with a wall without the gate, with a gate and upper room (solario) over the gate, and with the appurtenant chambers, and with a chamber at the east end of the same plot, and a cowhouse with a dovecote and a barn in the same plot with dyke-bote (dyhbote) of 5 feet at the east end and a 'dyhbote' of 3 feet at the west end, and 6 perches 3 feet in the middle of Newtwybr[ugge ?] in the same manor, abbutting in the same way, with as much dyke-bote (dyhbote), to wit with the ditch at each end, and with a dykebote of 5 feet at the east end and of 3 feet at the west end. And in Le Holme in that manor on the west side a plot with ditches and dyke-bote (dyhbot) at the ends, and with ditches in the same, and the plot contains at the north end 5 perches 5 feet, and at the south end 6 perches; with a small house for cows and a pigsty without the gate. And a third part in the middle of the lower furlong of a cultura called 'Westdole,' and in the upper furlong of the same cultura a third part towards the east, and two butts in the middle of six butts in the same cultura; and a third part in Stanebregedole towards the east; and in Stanebreg'-furlong, two butts towards the west; and in Melnedole a third part towards the west; and in Baldriesdole, a third part towards the east; and in Faragesdole, a third part in the middle; and at Westbrok, two selions of six on the south side, and at Westbrok an acre near the land of Adam son of William Joan; and upon Westlongelond, two butts [counted] for half an acre near the land of Andrew de Crendene, and in Wowelond a third part of a small cultura towards the east, and in Pertchemer-furlong an acre near le Wowelond and under Ramenho, two butts [counted] for 13 roods near the land of Adam son of William Joan; and at Westbrok an acre near the land of Alan de Ceddre; and under Ramenho, two acres near the land of the hospital of Seneg[eye], and in Lampettes, a selion in the middle of two furlongs (in medio per duas quarentenas); and in Lampettes, a butt near the land of the parson of Abington, and in Snytefurlong, an acre near the land of Richard de Byboys, and a rood on the north side of Berdon near the land of Michael de Vernun; and a third of three selions in Le Clay on the east side; and at Coumade, half an acre near the land of the parson of Abington, and in Eldefeld furlong of the Frenchman's land (del Fransemaneslond), a selion near the land of the parson of Abington, and a moiety of a rood near the land of Luke West, and it abuts upon the brook (le doyt); and a third of four selions in Le Fulelond towards the north, and in Fulelond a rood near the land of William West; and a third of an enclosed garden near the chapel of Abington on the east side, and a third of the croft near that enclosure on the north side; and in Estdole, a third towards the west, and 3 selions in Fanfurlong near the land of Matilda de Abington; and in Brandelon, 3 selions near the land of Robert de Lindon; and in 'le lower Syke,' a selion [counted] for 3 roods near Le Inland; and in Spotmerefurlong, an acre near the land of Richard de Byboys; and in Flemingescroft, a third towards the west; and a third of 8 selions in Westlongelond in the middle; and in Westlongelond, an acre and a rood near the land of Alan de Berle; and in the same furlong 3 roods, near the land of Matilda de Abinton; and in the same furlong an acre near the land of Robert de la Grene; and in Flemingesdole through three furlongs, a third part towards the east; and of three selions on the north part [of] Beru, a third part towards the west, near the land of Robert son of Philip, and in the same furlong towards the east, an acre near the land of Luke le Neue; and in Mardyhfurlong, half an acre near the land of William Everard, and a rood near the land of Matilda de Abington, and of five selions in the same furlong, half an acre on the east side, and in the same furlong an acre near the land of the hospital of Seneg[eye], and half an acre in Le Hole in the upper furlong near the land of Robert Culle, and in le Northerhale, two butts near the land of Robert the reeve; and in Wendimorfurlong, two selions near the land of the parson, and of 5 selions one acre on the south near the land of Richard de Biboys; and in the same furlong, an acre near the land of Alan de Berle, and at Chalcpettes 3 roods near the land of Richard de Byboys, and a rood at Sutbrok near the land of Luke de Neue; and in the same furlong, half an acre near the land of Richard de Byboys, and of 3 selions in Fransemaneslond a third part in the middle, and on the north part of Beru, two butts [counted] for 3 roods near the land of Walter the reeve; and in the same furlong at Wigodes, 3 roods near the land of Matilda de Abington, likewise Le Wellehalvaker and half an acre near the land of Matilda de Abingt[on]; and under Beru, a butt near the land of Andrew de Crenden; and in the several pasture called 'Estmede,' besides 24 feet that shall remain for dyke-bote (dykbot) and for the common way, in the west field, a third part towards the south; and in the several pasture called 'Westmede,' a third part in the middle, with appurtenant chace (chacia) and easement; and in a pasture called 'Sutdole' in Wendimor, a third part in the middle; and in Nortdole in the same, a third part on the north side, and a third part of a windmill. And from the free rent of assize of the free tenants, from William son of Waldeve (Waldewy) of Thadelawe, 5s. 6d. yearly; from Walter del Eldefeld, 8d.; from Alan de Berle, 1d.; from Amicia Sterre, 2s.; from Robert Hethulf, 5s.; from John Dus, 2d.; from Robert son of Philip, 2s.; from John Tucke, ½d.; from Matilda, daughter of Hugh, ½d.; and from Margery Ransy a third of a pound of pepper; with the homage, wards, reliefs, escheats, suits of court, and all services arising from the said tenants, except the service of Robert son of Philip, a third part whereof remains to this part; and from the 'molmen', from Ivo Est, 16d.; from Adam son of Hugh, 6d.; with the appurtenant services and customs; and from Matilda daughter of Hugh, ½d.; and from the villeinage, from William West, who holds half a virgate of land, with all his issue (sequela), together with the services and customs and commodities from him and his tenement, and a moiety of William Everard out of his issue, with a moiety of the services, customs and commodities arising from him and his tenement, which William holds half a virgate of land. With a third part of all the liberties pertaining to that manor, both of bull and boar and of other things.
Steplemordun.—In the enclosure that belonged to William Farage, a third part towards the west, with appurtenant ditches, 'dyhbot' and easements in the lower croft; a third part near the meadow towards the south side, and in the upper croft, a third part in the middle; and in the meadow, a third part towards the south, with the way and chace (chacia) between the two said crofts; and in the cultura above the said croft, a third part in the middle; and in Hesdele, a third part towards the north; and in Pollardescroft, a third part towards the south; and above Pichardes, a selion of the two towards the north, and half an acre near the Sepewaspedole; and upon Merodune, half an acre near the land of Henry le Whyte; and in Westgletten, an acre near the land —, abutting upon Madedych; and in Faragesdele, a third part towards the west, and at Langedyche, two selions on the north side, and at Croneweye, half an acre near the land of John le Bretun; and above Holewelle, three butts near the land of Gilbert Prat; and of five selions upon Litlington, a third part in the middle; and the headland (le hevedlond) of an acre at Sytlowedene; and without Allwellstrate upon Catewell an acre near the land of Robert de Strata; and a selion [counted] for three roods near the land of Hugh de Seneg[eye]; and upon Litlingtonfeld an acre near the land of Henry le Blund on the north side; and a selion [counted] for three roods near the land of the prior of Wilemundele under Suthol; and on the west part Sparcdenwey 2 acres near the land of the prior of Wilemundele; and at Hykenhilte an acre near the land of Andrew de Northbrok; and an acre near the land of the parson of Mordun, abutting upon Wodewey; and an acre near the land of William Burre against Havedewey; and an acre near the land of Henry le Blund, abutting upon Havedewey; and three roods near the land of William Burre, above Le Mere, abutting upon Aswellestrate; and above Le Mere, half an acre near the land of John le Bretun, abutting upon the field of Reddre, with a third part of the pasture in Hillewelle.
From the rents of assize of free tenants: from Nicholas Hery, 3s.; from Hugh Arneburn, 2s.; from Henry le Blund, 8d.; from William Cayterel, 10d.; from Robert the smith, 10d.; from John de Bruey, ½d.; from Philip son of Marsill[ia], ¼d.; with the homages, services, wards, reliefs and escheats coming from his said tenants, except a moiety of the services of William Kayterel, and [except] two parts of the services of Hugh Arnebur[n], Henry le Blund and of all profits that may arise from them and their tenement.
These are three parts of the lands of William de Abingeton, in co. Cambridge, equally divided.
Membrane 6—Schedule 2.
— — Letter from J. de Kauncy, the treasurer, and the other barons of the exchequer to the king. Upon inspection of the rolls of the exchequer at the king's order, they have found that Philip Basseth is quit at the exchequer by his executors of all debts, as well his own as those that he owed to the king by reason of the lands of Robert de Gynes.
Membrane 6—Schedule 3.
Aug. 1. To Geoffrey Foliot, keeper of Glastonbury abbey. Order to cause the elect of Glastonbury to have 20l. from the issues of the abbey for his maintenance, of the king's special grace.
Membrane 5.
1274 Aug. 12. To the barons of the exchequer and the justices appointed for the custody of the Jews. Order to cause William de Hadestok to have respite for all the debts that he owes to Master Elias, a Jew of London, which are exacted from him by summons of the exchequer for the use of Elias, as the king has granted respite to him. By K. and M. de Grohun.
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to release the distraint made upon William de Hadestok for the debts aforesaid, as the king has granted him respite until Michaelmas. By K. and Maurice de Crohun.
To Roger de Cliff[ord], justice of the Forest this side Trent. Order to deliver Robert Attewylegh and John his son, imprisoned at Oxford for trespass of the Forest, in bail to twelve lawful men of that bailiwick, who shall mainpern to have them before the justices for pleas of the Forest when they shall come to those parts to answer to the king for the said trespass.
Walter Coppyn and Warin Coppyn, imprisoned at Launceveton for the death of William son of Thomas de Langedon, whereof they are appealed, have letters of the king to the sheriff of Cornwall to bail them.
Aug. 15.
Croydon.
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Fekeham to be elected in place of Robert de Estewode, whom the king lately amoved from that office for various causes.
To Roger de Cliff[ord], justice of the Forest this side Trent Order to deliver to Queen Eleanor, the king's mother, one oak in the king's forest of Ceite (sic) for making a certain post therewith for the windmill at Luttegarsale.
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause verderers for the king's forest of Fekeham to be elected in place of William de Kingeton and William de Herveton, deceased.
Thomas de la Gare, Adam de Langham, Alan le Gaunter, Richard de la Gare, Thomas Tytot, and Geoffrey de la Hyde, imprisoned at St. Edmunds for the death of Adam Wlwyne of Cokefeld, whereof they are appealed, have letters to the sheriff of Suffolk to bail them.
Aug. 16.
Croydon.
To Master R. de Cliff[ord], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John Engayne and Joan his wife to have seisin of the lands in Byfeld that belonged to Joyce de Mountfychet, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the lands that Joyce at her death held in Byfeld in her demesne as of fee fall to Joan by inheritance, and that they are worth 49s. 7½d. yearly, and that they are held in chief of the heir of Robert de Sutton, and that they were taken into the king's hands solely by reason of Robert's death, and that nothing can pertain to the king thence in name of wardship.
Aug. 16.
Croydon.
To the same. Order to restore to Thomas de Weilaund, brother and heir of William de Weilaund, the manor of Branteston, together with the issues, if the escheator ascertain by inquisition that William at his death held nothing of the king in chief there or elsewhere in his bailiwick, as the escheator lately took that manor, whereof William was seised in his demesne as of fee, into the king's hands by his order after William's death, and now the king learns by the testimony of trustworthy men that William did not hold the manor of him in chief by reason whereof anything thereof ought to pertain to him.
Aug. 20.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Middlesex. Order to certify the king of the names of the mainpernors of John le Clerk of Waleton, imprisoned at Wyndesor for the death of John de Edelmeton, wherewith he is charged, if he shall find twelve lawful men of that county to have him before the justices at the first assize when they come to those parts to stand to right if any one wish to speak against him concerning this death, so that the king may cause John to be delivered from prison by that mainprise.
Amabilla de Pemilbur[y], imprisoned at Lancaster for the death of Elias son of Roger, whereof she is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Lancaster to bail her.
Aug. 27.
Windsor.
To John de Lovetot and Geoffrey de Neubald, keepers of the bishopric of Durham. Order to permit the executors of the will of Robert, late bishop of Durham, to have full administration of all the bishop's goods for the execution of his will, and to permit them to dispose (reponere) of the bishop's corn and other goods in the manors of the bishopric as shall seem fit to them, as brother Hugh, formerly prior of Durham, and Master Roger de Seyton have mainperned for the said executors to render to the king any debts that the bishop at his death owed to him. [Prynne, Records, iii. 134.]
Memorandum, that the king landed at Dover on Thursday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 1274. And he was solemnly crowned on Sunday after the Assumption next in the church of St. Peter, Westminster, in the aforesaid year and in the second year of his reign.
Aug. 26.
Windsor.
To the justices appointed for the custody of the Jews. Order to so provide, according to the value of the tenement of Stephen Maulovel of co. Nottingham, for the assignment of such terms for the payment of certain debts that he owes to divers Jews of the realm that he may have reasonable maintenance from his tenement, and that he may satisfy the Jews for the remainder, as divers and intolerable distraints have been made on him for the said debts, and the king does not wish that Stephen shall be brought to such need for these debts that he cannot have maintenance from his lands. By K.
The like for Thomas son of Thomas de Welleby.
To John de Luvetot and Geoffrey de Neubald, keepers of the bishopric of Durham. Order to pay to A. king of Scotland, from the first money from the issues of the bishopric, 175l. for his expenses for five weeks, to wit 100s. a day, in coming to the king at Westminster at his order and returning thence.
To the justices appointed for the custody of the Jews. Order to so provide, according to the value of the tenements of William de Tanstern, Thomas de Tanstern, and Walter Rudesteyn of Hayton of co. York, for the assignment of such terms for the payment of divers debts that they owe to divers Jews of the realm that they may have reasonable maintenance from their lands, and that they may satisfy the Jews for the remainder, as divers and intolerable distraints have been made on them for the said debts, and the king does not wish that they shall be brought to such need for these debts that they cannot have maintenance from their lands.
Aug. 27.
Windsor.
Adam Hemming, imprisoned at Norwich for the death of Thomas Anger, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Suffolk to bail him.
Aug. 26.
Windsor.
To the keeper of the prison of Flete. It has been shewn to the king on behalf of John de Whytewell, John Lance, Stephen le Keu, and Walter David that whereas Thomas de Bek appealed them before the justices at Westminster of the death of Philip de Hakefeud, (fn. 1) and they placed themselves upon a jury (patriam) before the justices in this behalf, wherefore they were adjudged to prison by the consideration of the king's court, and are still detained there, William de Bek, coming to the king to parts beyond sea on behalf of Thomas, surreptitiously sued out the king's writ under the great seal that the appeal should be respited until the king's arrival in England, and now the king being in England, Thomas seeks a pretext whereby the appeal may not be prosecuted against the said John, John, Stephen and Walter, so that they may be detained maliciously in prison to their confusion, and so that they may not be released according to the law and custom of the realm; as William Belet, William de Saham, Robert le Blund, William de Boyton, Walter son of Walter de Torp, and William de Wytewell of co. Norfolk, Nicholas Herlewyn of co. Buckingham, Thomas de Paumeswrth of co. Cambridge, Hugh de la Batayle, Ralph de Porleye, and William de Porleye of co. Berks have mainperned to have the said John, John, Stephen and Walter before the justices at Westminster in fifteen days from Michaelmas, wherefore the king has ordered the justices to cause lawful men of co. Norfolk to come before them on that day, by whom the truth of the matter may be best known and inquired, the king orders the keeper to cause the said John, John, Stephen and Walter to be released from prison in the meantime by the mainprise aforesaid.
By Robert Burnel and Anthony Bek.
To Master Roger de Seyton and his fellows, justices of the Bench. Order to cause men of co. Norfolk to come before them, as above.
By Robert Burn[ell] and Anthony Bek.
Membrane 4.
Aug. 28.
Windsor.
To the sheriff of Berks. Order to cause John le Clerk of Waleton, imprisoned at Wyndesor for the death of John de Edelmeton, slain at Kunyton, co. Middlesex, to be released on the mainprise following, as John Raghen' of co. Middlesex, John le Clerk of Cherdinton of the same county, John le Clerk of the same county, John de Wodeton of the same county, John le Sire of the same county, Richard Ingolf of the same county, Thomas Attechurche of Lalham of the same county, Gilbert the carpenter of Litleton of the same county, Robert North of Cherdinton, of the same county, William son of Peter de Littleton of the same county, Thomas le Keu of the same county, and Adam de la Brok of Acton of the same county have mainperned before the sheriff of Middlesex to have John before the justices at the first assize when they come to those parts to stand to right if any one wish to speak against him concerning the death aforesaid, as the sheriff of Middlesex has signified to the king.

Footnotes

  • 1. Called Hakeford in the order to the justices of the Bench, which follows next.