Close Rolls, Edward I: June 1291

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 3, 1288-1296. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1904.

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'Close Rolls, Edward I: June 1291', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 3, 1288-1296, (London, 1904) pp. 170-173. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw1/vol3/pp170-173 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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June 1291

June 1.
Norham.
To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle with the lands of Roger de Colevill, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Roger at his death held nothing of the king in chief by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
June 2.
Norham.
To Malcolm de Harlegh, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard de Willemescote at his death held nothing of the king, but that he held a moiety of the manor of Cudinton and a moiety of the church of that manor of the heir of Robert de Mortuo Mari, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee: the king orders the escheator not to intermeddle with the other lands that Richard held of other lords.
June 4.
Norham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause William de Valencia, the king's uncle, to be acquitted of 800 marks exacted from him for the debts of Eleanor, sometime countess of Leicester, for her dower in Ireland of the lands of the Marshals up to the time of her death, as it appears to the king that this sum was allowed to William in his account rendered before the bishop of Bath and Wells, Otto de Grandisono, and John de Kirkeby, then keeper of the rolls of chancery, who were appointed by the king to audit the account, in the debt then due to William from the king.
June 5.
Norham.
To Malcolm de Harlegh, escheator beyond Trent. Order, issued at the instance of John de Sancto Johanne, to cause dower to be assigned to Isabel, late the wife of Ralph de Stopham, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
To the same. Order to restore to the prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury, a messuage in the city of Canterbury, which the escheator took into the king's hands by reason of the statute of mortmain, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Brother Thomas, formerly prior, acquired the messuage from Agnes daughter of Adam de Gore, and was in full and peaceful seisin thereof at All Saints, in the sixth year of the king's reign, so that he acquired the messuage before the statute of mortmain.
Whereas the king, on April 18—[Incomplete].
Membrane 6—Schedules.
Assignment of dower to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colevill, from his knights' fees. There are assigned to her a fee that William, brother of Simon de London, holds in Creton, which is extended at 100s. yearly; half a fee that John de Launey holds in Creton, which is extended at 53s. 4d.; an eighth of a fee that Robert Walran holds in Est Bitham, which is extended at 26s. 8d. Total of the assignment: 9l.
May 8.
Norham.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to deliver to William Torel, maker of the latten effigy (imaginis . . . de latuno) of the late king, the necessaries for making the effigy, for which things he shall render account before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer.
To the same. Order to pay to William Sprot and John de Ware, who are finding the metal of latten for making the aforesaid effigy, the money needed for the metal, for which money they shall render account before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer.
To the same. Order to pay to Master Thomas the king's farrier (marescallo) and Garsias de Ispania, keeper of the king's stud that belonged to Queen Eleanor, his late consort, the things necessary for the maintenance of the stud, for which things Thomas and Garsias shall render account before the treasurer and barons.
To the same. Order to pay to John le Convers, keeper of the palace of Westminster, what shall be needed for the work of the palace and of the wall towards the Thames and for the repair of the houses that belonged to Oto de Grandisono near the palace, for which he shall render account before the treasurer and barons.
Membrane 5.
June 8.
Norham.
To the treasurers and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Thomas de Berkeley of 50 marks exacted from him for the arrears of his relief, as the king has pardoned him.
June 5.
Norham.
To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Philippa, late the wife of Roger de Lancastria, to have seisin of the lands that Roger and she held at Roger's death of the king of her inheritance, according to the king's order of 18 April last, and to restore to her all the issues received by him, as he has done nothing in execution of the king's order.
June 8.
Norham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Alexander de Balliolo to be acquitted of 10 marks exacted from him for the amercement in which he fell before Solomon de Roff[a] and his fellows, justices last in eyre in co. Essex, for his default before them, as the king pardoned him this amercement on 12 March, in the fourteenth year of his reign.
To Malcolm de Harle, escheator beyond Trent. Order to restore to Philippa, late the wife of Roger de Lancastria, all the issues received from the lands that Roger and she held in chief of the king of her inheritance, of which land the king ordered the escheator on 18 April last to cause her to have seisin.
Alan Attepende, imprisoned in the prison of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, for the death of William de Luckebergh, wherewith he is charged, has letters to bail him.
June 14.
Norham.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause all money received from the issues of the lands that belonged to Queen Eleanor, the king's late consort, and received and to be received hereafter by them in the exchequer, and all issues of the manor of Denham, which was in her hands, to be delivered to John Bacun and Richard de Kancia, attorneys of the executors of the queen's will, in order to execute her will.
To Adam Gurdon, keeper of the forest of Wolmare. Order to cause William de Valencia, the king's uncle, to have four bucks in the outer places of that forest, of the king's gift.
To Robert le Heyr, bailiff of Wodedestok (sic). Order to cause William to have in the park of Wodestok twelve bucks, of the king's gift.
June 16.
Norham.
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William son of Henry, deceased.
To Roger Lestrange (Extraneo), justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause the prior of Huntingdon to have in the forest of Wauberg six oaks fit for timber with all their strippings, of the king's gift.
June 20.
Norham.
To the sheriff of York. Order to restore to Joan, wife of John de Torny, a yearly rent of 11 marks in Elprethorp, and the issues received therefrom, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that Thomas de Torny enfeoffed the said John, his son, and Joan with the aforesaid rent, and that John and Joan were long in seisin thereof before the rent was taken into the king's hands by reason of certain trespasses committed by John against the king's peace, whereof he was convicted before Brian son of Alan and his fellows, justices appointed to deliver York gaol.
To Elias de Hauvill, steward of the forest between the bridges of Oxford and Staunford. Order to cause Master John de Lascy to have in the bailiwick of Bolax, which is within the bounds of the forest of Rokingham, six bucks, of the king's gift.
To Roger Lestrange (Extraneo), justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause Matthew de Columbar[iis] to have in Salcey (de Salceto) forest eight oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift.
To Philip de Monte Gomeri, keeper of the forest of Cannock (de Canoco). Order to cause Vincent de Hylton to have in the Hay of Alrewas, which is within the bounds of that forest, six oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift.
June 26.
Berwick-on-Tweed.
To Roger Lestrange (Extraneo), justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause the prior of Bradestok to have in the king's wood of Peusham, which is within the forest of Chipham, ten oaks fit for timber with their strippings, of the king's gift.
June 23.
Norham.
To Malcolm de Herle, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to the master of the military order of the Temple in England a toft and two bovates of land in Derington, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Ralph le Simple, who held them of the master, was a bastard and died without an heir, for which reason the master took the lands into his hands as his escheat, and the escheator took them into the king's hands by reason of the statute of mortmain, and it appears by the inquisition that they are purely escheats of the master, so that no else has claim in them now.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to restore to Reginald son of Robert le Tanur of Staunford, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon his being appealed of the death of John Gervays of Staunford before John de Met[ingham] and his fellows at Westminster, as he has purged his innocence before the archdeacon of Westminster, supplying the place of abbot of Westminster, to whom he was delivered in accordance with the privilege of the clergy.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Whitmu[n]desle to be elected in place of Peter de Bovyate, deceased.
June 28.
Berwick-on-Tweed.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to deliver in bail Richard Thebolt of Hoghton, imprisoned at Norham (sic) for the death of Walter de Horton, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that he slew him in self-defence.
To the keeper of the forest of Cippeham. Order to cause Nicholas de Lungespeye, treasurer of Salisbury church, to have in that bailiwick six bucks, of the king's gift.
To the keeper of the forest of La Bokeholt. Order to cause Alan Plogenet to have in the keeper's bailiwick three bucks, of the king's gift.
To the keeper of the park of Northpederton. Order to cause William de Mortuo Mari to have in that park four bucks, of the king's gift.