Close Rolls, Edward II: November 1311

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 1, 1307-1313. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1892.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: November 1311', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 1, 1307-1313, (London, 1892) pp. 386-388. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol1/pp386-388 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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November 1311

Membrane 20.
Nov. 13.
Westminster.
To John de London, merchant of Southampton. Order to restore to Henry de Lyme, collector of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in that port, the second part of the king's seal called 'coket,' lately delivered to him by the said Henry in accordance with the king's grant that he should have the said seal and a moiety of the issues of the customs in that port from the Assumption last until he and his fellows, merchant vintners, should be satisfied for 331l. 17s. 0d. due to them for wines taken for the king's use, as the lord ordainers have ordained that all issues of the customs shall be paid into the exchequer. By C.
To Robert de Wodehous, escheator beyond Trent. Order to supersede the king's order to take into his hands the castle and manor of Skipton in Cravene, co. York, which the king granted to Robert de Clyfford after March 16, in the third year of his reign, and to restore the same if he have already taken them into the king's hands, which former order was issued in accordance with the lord ordainers' ordinance that all gifts made by the king after the said March 16, the day when power was granted to them, shall be revoked. By K.
Nov. 12.
Westminster.
To Thomas Danvers. Order not to intermeddle with the custody of the castle of Oxford by virtue of the king's commission to him of the castle and county of Oxford, as the king had previously committed the castle to Richard Damary, whom he does not wish to amove from that custody.
By K.
Nov. 7.
Westminster.
To Roger de Wellesworth, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of Adam de Welle, tenant in chief, the following lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Welle, co. Lincoln, of the yearly value of 26l. 14s. 2d.; the manor of Brunthorp, with lands in Anderby and Hoggesthorp, in the same county, of the yearly value of 23l. 18s. 9½d.; a moiety of all the lands in Sutton, in the same county, which moiety is of the yearly value of 61s. 5¼d.
Nov. 14.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Henry Alrewas, deceased.
Nov. 7.
Westminster.
To Roger de Wellesworth, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of Adam de Welle, tenant in chief, the following of his advowsons, which the king has assigned to her as dower: the advowson of the church of Anderby, of the yearly value of 30 marks; and the advowson of the church of Drexthorp, of the yearly value of 10 marks.
To the same. Like order to deliver to the said Joan the following of her late husband's knights' fees: a knight's fee in Claxeby and Slotheby, which Walter de Grendale holds, of the yearly value of 20l.; a moiety of a knight's fee in Malteby, which Robert de Malberthorp holds, of the yearly value of 10l.
Nov. 15.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to deliver to Robert de Hanstede, the younger, the lands that Juliana, late the wife of Hugh de Chigehull, held for life of the inheritance of the heir of Jordan de Kyngeston, a minor in the king's custody, in Brigge, co. Southampton, of the heir of Baldwin de Insula, tenant in chief, whose lands the king has committed to the said Robert during the minority of the heir, by knight service, as found by inquisition, whereby it appears that she held nothing in chief by reason whereof the custody of her lands should pertain to the king. He is to deliver to the said Robert the issues of the same received by him.
Nov. 12.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Huntingdon. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Blaysworth, deceased.
Nov. 17.
Westminster.
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit the prior of Hathfeld of 110 marks yearly from July 30, in the first year of the king's reign, for the ferm of the manor of King's Hathfeld, co. Sussex, with the half hundred of Herlawe pertaining to the same manor, escheated to the late king by the treason of Robert de Brus, late earl of Karrik, committed to the said prior for six years by the late king on July 13, in the 34th year of his reign, excepting the dower of Eleanor, late the wife of Robert de Brus, father of the said Robert; which manor and half hundred came to the hands of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, constable of England, and Elizabeth his wife, the king's sister, on July 30 aforesaid.
Nov. 17.
Westminster.
To Geoffrey de Gosefeld, keeper of the manor of Tuderle. Order to deliver the manor to Ralph de Monte Hermerii, together with the issues of the same, to whom it was lately granted in exchange for the manor of Warblington, which Robert le Ewer holds for life of the king's gift, the said manor of Tuderle having been resumed into the king's hands by reason of the ordinances of the lords ordainers; it having been agreed by the king's council that the said Ralph shall have the above manor again, because it was not purely a gift, but was only given in recompence for the manor of Warblin[g]ton, which the king had previously granted to him, and which the king afterwards granted to the said Robert le Ewer for life.
Nov. 13.
Westminster.
To Roger de Wellesworth, escheator this side Trent. Order to assign to John de Harleton and his wife Wymarca, late the wife of Andrew Meel, her dower of the said Adam's lands, it having been found by inquisition that the said Adam held in demesne as of fee six shops in Westminster by the service of rendering 2d. yearly to the exchequer, and that Agnes Sparwe, wife of Geoffrey Godale, Margaret Sparwe, and Katherine Sparwe, sisters of the said Andrew, are his nearest heirs and of full age; whereupon the king took their fealty, and ordered the said escheator to divide the premises into three parts and to deliver the same to them, reserving dower to the said Wymarca.
Nov. 15.
Westminster.
To Richard de la Chaumbre, bailiff of Wodestok. Order to repair the houses of the manor, the walls of the park, and the mill and ponds of the same manor.
Nov. 16.
Westminster.
To Hugh le Despenser, justice of the Forest this side Trent. Order to permit Richard Dammory to hold the bailiwick of the forestry of Whitelwode until further orders, notwithstanding the king's late orders to take the same into his hands, it having been granted to the said Richard for life.
To Roger de Wellesworth, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Robert de Hansted, the younger, custody of the lands that Juliana, late the wife of Hugh de Chigehull, held in Brigge, co. Southampton, for life of the heir of Baldwin de Insula by knight service, which lands are of the inheritance of the heir of Jordan de Kyngeston, a minor in the king's custody, as found by inquisition, as the king lately granted to the said Robert the custody of the lands of the said Baldwin, tenant in chief, during the minority of his heir and of the lands that Joan his wife held in dower.
Nov. 20.
Westminster.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands that Giles de Brewosa held at his death, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition that he held no lands in chief by reason whereof the custody of his lands should pertain to the king.
Membrane 19.
Dec. 3.
Westminster.
To Robert de Wodehous, escheator beyond Trent. Order to restore his lands to Walter de Curry, taken into the king's hands because it was alleged that he adhered to the Scotch rebels, as the king now learns that he has hitherto adhered to his side.
By K. on the information of R. son of Payn.
Nov. 12.
Westminster.
To William de Cumbmartyn and William Servat, late collectors of the custom of wool in the port of London. Order to pay to the late king's clerk Richard de Luda, appointed controller of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in London on December 13, in the 35th year of his reign, the arrears of what he ought to have received for that office for their time of office from that date.
The like to William Cosyn and William Servat, late collectors of the same.
Dec. 1.
Westminster.
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Wladusa, late the wife of William de la Pole, of 73s. 5d. yearly, a moiety of 7l. 6s. 10d. for the ferm of the arrentation of 446½ acres and one perch of waste in a place called 'Calnheth' in the forest of Cannock (de Canoko), to wit 4d. an acre, and of the arrears of the same from the time of the arrentation, and of 22l. 6s. 6d., a moiety of 44l. 13s. 0d. for entry of the same waste, as it was found by an inquisition taken by Hugh le Despenser, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, that she was hindered by John de Swynerton, steward of the said forest, from working or making any profit of her moiety of the said waste demised to her and to him by William de Harden, who was appointed, together with Walter de Gloucester, by the late king to arrent wastes in divers forests, because there was a frequent assembly (accesus) of deer (ferarum) in the said place, and if it were reduced to cultivation and enclosed with hedge and ditch no repair of deer would remain there, to the detriment of the forest.
Nov. 25.
Westminster.
To the keeper of the Templars' manor of Upleden. Order to pay to John Person, of Garewy, from the time of the said keeper's appointment, 2d. daily for his food, 10s. yearly for his robe, and 5s. for his stipend whilst he is able to serve, and 2d. daily and 5s. yearly when he is infirm, which, it appears by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, he ought to receive for life in that manor for his good service to the Templars.
The like for the following for various sums, etc., from the Templars' manors:
Richard de la Felde, chaplain, from the manor of Upledon.