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Nov. 1. Durham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause William
le Botyller of Wemme, kinsman and heir of Ralph le Botiller, to be
acquitted of the scutage exacted from him for the service of three knights'
fees in the king's army of Wales in the fifth year of his reign, as Ralph
was with the king by his order in that army for the service of the said fees,
which he then acknowledged to the king, as appears to the king by
inspection of the rolls of his marshalsea for that army. |
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To the same. Order to aquit the said William, kinsman and heir of
Maude de Wemme, of the scutage exacted from him for three knights'
fees for the king's army of Wales in the tenth year of his reign, as the
king, on 8 September, in the said year, granted to William le Botyller of
Wemme, now deceased, for his good service, what pertained to the king
for the service of three knights' fee, which the said Maud, his mother,
ought to have done in that army and which she acknowledged to the king
for that army. |
Nov. 3. Durham. |
To Walter de Gloucestr[ia], escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause
William, son and heir of John le Marchal, to have seisin of the lands
that his father at his death held of the king in chief, as he has proved
his age before the king and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. |
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The like to John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland. |
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Nov. 1. Durham. |
To the takers of the king's wines of the right prise at Southampton.
Order to cause the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu to have a tun of
wine of the king's right prise for the present year, together with the
arrears of the same, as the late king granted to them a tun of wine from
that prise yearly, to be received between (infra) Christmas and the
Purification, for the celebration of Mass in their church at Beaulieu, and
the present king afterwards, at the instance of R. late bishop of Bath and
Wells, the chancellor, granted to them that they should thenceforth
receive the said tun of wine yearly by the hands of his takers of his
wines at Southampton, without any special order being obtained from
him. |
Nov. 5. Durham. |
To Walter de Gloucestria, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas the king
learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator that William, late bishop
of Ely, held the manor of Oxindon, co. Gloucester, of Ralph de Monte
Hermery, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and Joan his wife, the king's
daughter, by the service of an esquire going with the earl in the king's
army of Wales, and that the bishop held at his death of the king the
manor of Lutgarshale by the service of 2s. 6d. yearly as of the king's
manor of Brehill: the king orders the escheator to retain in the king's
hands for certain reasons the said manor of Lutgarshale until otherwise
ordered, and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Oxindon,
which he has taken into the king's hands by reason of the bishop's death,
and to restore the issues thereof. By p.s. |
Nov. 3. Durham. |
To John de Lithegr[eynes], escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Wytheton, which he has taken
into the king's hands by reason of the death of Richard son of John,
tenant in chief, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator
that Theobald le Botiller delivered to Richard the said manor, which
Theobald lately held of Edmund, the king's late brother, to be held by
a certain extent until Richard should have levied from it 560 marks in
which Theobald was bound to him, or until Theobald or his heirs should
pay that sum, so that the manor should revert to Theobald when this said
sum should be levied or paid. By C.—Duplicated. |
Nov. 5. Durham. |
To the bailiffs of Scardeburgh. Whereas the king lately ordered them
to certify him of the manner and cause of the taking of a messuage in
Scardeburgh that belonged to Adam Gunnor of Scardeburgh, deceased, by
them into the king's hands, and they have certified that Adam, who
behaved himself (conversatus) well and faithfully among them from his
birth, went to the forest of Daneby for the purpose of taking venison, as
it was said, and was there taken and beheaded by the foresters and other
keepers of that forest, and that the bailiffs had taken the messuage into
the king's hands for that reason: the king, in no wise regarding the said
John (sic) as convicted of felony from this fact, orders the bailiffs not to
intermeddle further with the messuage if they have taken it into his
hands solely for this reason. |
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To the sheriff of Devon. Order to cause Reginald de Clifford to have
seisin of ten acres of land and an acre of meadow in Aulescombe, as the
king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the said lands, which
John le Taillur, who was hanged for felony, held, have been in the king's
hands for a year and a day, and that John held them of Reginald, and
that William de Alneto, tithingman of Aulescombe, has had the king's
year and day thereof, for which he ought to answer to the king. |
Nov. 8. Durham. |
To Walter de Gloucestr[ia], escheator beyond Trent. Whereas the king
granted by his letters patent to Richard son of John, deceased, tenant in
chief, that in case he should die when in the king's service in Gascony, the
king would look to (caperemus nos) Richard's heirs for all debts due from
him to the exchequer or elsewhere, both for the debts of his ancestors and for
his own debts, so that the heirs should be charged with the debts and the
executors of Richard s will should have free administration of all his
goods and chattels for the execution of his will, so that neither the king
nor his heirs, escheators, sheriffs or other bailiffs or ministers should lay
their hands upon the goods and chattels for the debts aforesaid or for any
other reason; and it is shown to the king on behalf of the executors that
the heirs and parceners of Richard's inheritance, to whom the king
ordered their purparties to be delivered on 16 April, in his twenty-sixth
year, to hold for a certain time, have taken to themselves both the corn
sown in the lands before 26 September, in the twenty-fifth year of the
king's reign, upon which day the king caused the lands that belonged to
Richard to be taken into his hands by reason of his death, as well as the
corn sown therein after the lands were thus taken into the king's hands
during last autumn by the executors by the licence of Malcolm de Harleye, late escheator beyond Trent: the king orders the escheator to permit
the executors to have full administration of all the lands and chattels
that belonged to Richard on the day of his death, and to take into the
king's hands the corn thus sown in the said lands and detained by the
heirs, and to cause it to be safely kept until otherwise ordered. |
Nov. 5. Durham. |
To Edmund, earl of Cornwall. Order not to intermeddle further with
the manor of Wytheton, which was delivered to him by John de
Lithegr[eynes], escheator this side Trent, as he has signified to the king,
to be held in name of wardship although the heirs and parceners of
Richard son of John, tenant in chief, are of full age, as the king learns
by inquisition taken by the escheator that Theobald le Butiller delivered to
the said Richard the manor, which Theobald lately held of Edmund, the
king's late brother, to hold by a certain extent until Richard should have
levied thence 560 marks due to him from Theobald, or until Theobald
should have paid that sum. |
Nov. 17. Finchale. |
To John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland. Order to cause William le
Mareschall, son and heir of John le Mareschal, to have seisin of all the
lands in Ireland that his father held of the king in chief and of which he
was seised in his demesne as of fee at his death, together with the
marshalsea of Ireland if the justiciary satisfy himself that John and
William's other ancestors were seised thereof, as William has proved his
age and the king has taken his homage. By pet of C. (?) |
Nov. 16. Finchale. |
To John de Lyth[egreynes], escheator this side Trent. Order to permit
Ralph de Kirketon to have the forestry of Hovingham and to receive the
corn and robe specified below, if he ascertain that Ralph had them in the
lifetime of Roger de Moubray, tenant in chief, as Roger granted the
forestry by his charter to Ralph for life for his service, with its rights
and appurtenances and the trees thrown down by wind, and the branches
and bark of all trees there given, and a quarter of wheat every ten weeks
and a robe yearly of the suit of Roger's esquires, and 20s. at Christmas
yearly from the manor of Hovingham, as contained in the charter, which
the king has inspected, and the escheator has taken the forestry into the
king's hands by reason of Roger's death with Roger's lands, and detains
it unjustly in the king's hands in the name of wardship by reason of the
minority of Roger's heir, and does not permit Ralph to have the forestry
and to receive the corn and robe as aforesaid, as the king learns from
Ralph's complaint. By pet. of C. |
Nov. 5. Durham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately
impleaded before Hugh de Cressingham and his fellows, justices last in eyre
in co. Northumberland, William son of William le Corouner concerning 52
acres of land in Baumburgh, and William said that he could not answer
to the king's plea or render the said land because he said that one William
son of William held five acres of the said tenement, who is not named
in the writ, and he prayed judgment upon the writ, and William Ing,
who sued for the king, said that William son of William le Corouner was
full tenant of the said tenements on the day when the writ was sued out,
to wit 20 January, in the twenty-first year of the reign, and he prayed
that this might be inquired for the king, and William son of William le
Corouner did the like; concerning which it was found by the inquisition
taken that the said William son of William, who William son of William
le Corouner said held the said five acres of land, held nothing thereof
then or on the day when the writ was sued out, and that William son of
William le Corouner held only 45 acres of land thereof; for which reason
the king recovered his seisin of the 45 acres against him by consideration
of the court, as appears to the king by the record of the justices aforesaid;
the king wishing to show favour to William son of William le Corouner,
restored the said 45 acres of land to him, on condition that he answer the
king when he shall wish to speak against him in this matter, and the
king, on 17 August, in the twenty-third year of his reign, ordered the
sheriff of Northumberland to restore the 45 acres to William, as appears
by inspection of the rolls of chancery. The king orders the treasurer and
barons to cause William to have peace until otherwise ordered for
13l. 10s. 0d., to wit, 6 marks 10s. 0d. for the twenty-[fourth] year of the
reign, of the like sum for the twenty-fifth year, and of the like sum for
the twenty-sixth year, at which sum the land was extended. |