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Membrane 14d. |
Dec. 8.
Langley. |
William, son of William de Ros, of Ingmanthorp, acknowledges that he
owes to Martin Senche 16½ marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of
his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham. |
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John atte Stoket acknowledges that he owes to Martin Senche 35 marks;
to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels wheresoever
found. |
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Cancelled on payment. |
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Enrolment of bond of John de Drokenesford, clerk, to Sir Richard
de Aston, knight, in 100 marks, to be paid yearly to the said Richard for the
term of his life in the church of the Friars of Mount Carmel in
Winchester, in consideration of the surrender of the manor of Aston, co.
Southampton, which the said Richard held for the term of his life of the
said John. For securing the payment of the above, the said John charges
all his lands therewith, and grants that Sir John Randulf, Sir Hugh de
Brayboef, Sir Richard de Borhunte, and Sir Richard de Stratton, knights,
and Richard de Winton', Philip de Drokenesford, and Michael de
Drokenesford shall be principal debtors, and be charged along with the said
John with the above payment. Sealed by the said John and the above
principal debtors. Dated at London, December 13, in the first year of
the king's reign. |
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Memorandum, that the said John de Drokenesford and the said
principal debtors acknowledged the preceding deed in chancery on
December 13. |
Dec. 12.
Westminster. |
To the abbess and convent of Berkyngg'. Letter desiring them to
admit Alice de Belhus as a sister of their house. |
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Vacated because the letter was restored and is otherwise below. |
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John Lether, of London, acknowledges that he owes to Martin Senche
10l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands in all places. |
Dec. 13.
Westminster. |
To the Bishop of Ros. Letter enjoining him to resist the Scotch rebels
during the king's absence in France. [Fœdera.] |
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The like to sixteen bishops, abbots, and priors. |
Dec. 14.
Westminster. |
To Edward Comyn. Letter enjoining him to assist John de Britannia,
whom the king has appointed keeper of Scotland, in resisting the rebels.
[Ibid.] |
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The like to twenty-six others. [Ibid.] |
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Agnes, late the wife of Adam de Twynham, tenant in chief of the
late king, appoints Nicholas de Popilton and Athelard de Weston her
attornies to demand and receive her dower in the chancery from her
husband's lands this side Trent. |
Dec. 12.
Westminster. |
To the abbess and convent of Berkyngg'. Letter nominating Alice de
Belhus as a nun and sister of their house, they being bound to admit a
domicella upon the king's nomination at his accession. |
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William de Carleton, of Benefeld, acknowledges that he owes to Gilbert
de Roubury, clerk, 8l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands in
Berkshire. |
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Cancelled on payment. |
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Membrane 13d. |
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Respice istum rotulum pendentem infra et extra de captione Templariorum et eorum terrarum et tenementorum, bonorum et catallorum in
manum regis, et aliorum [sic] captionem illam tangentium. |
Dec. 20.
Byfleet. |
To John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland, and to the treasurer of the
exchequer of Dublin. Order to put into immediate execution, on a day to
be fixed by them, an ordinance made by the king and his council, which is
to be put into execution in England on Wednesday after the feast of
Epiphany next, taking care to execute it before the tidings of what has
been done in England herein can reach Ireland. [Parl. Writs.] |
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The like to John de Britannia, earl of Richemund, keeper of Scotland,
and to Eustace de Cotesbache, chamberlain of Scotland. [Ibid.] |
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The like to Walter de Pederton, justice of West Wales. [Ibid.] |
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The like to Hugh de Alditheleigh, justice of North Wales. [Ibid.] |
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The like to Robert de Holand, justice of Chester. [Ibid.] |
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The form of the ordinance sent to the above-written, mutatis mutandis. |
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For certain reasons it is ordained by the king and his council that, on
Wednesday next after the feast of the Epiphany, all the brethren of the
military order of the Temple in every county of England shall be attached
by their bodies by the sheriffs and by certain men of the same counties, and
that all their lands and tenements, goods and chattels, ecclesiastical and
temporal, shall be taken into the king's hands, together with their
muniments, and that a priced inventory shall be made of their goods and
chattels by indenture in the presence of the keeper of each of their places
and of two lawful men, of which indenture one part shall remain with the
said keeper and the other with the sheriff; and that the goods and chattels
shall be placed in safe custody, and that their beasts and sheep shall be guarded
and fed of the said goods, and their lands cultivated out of the issues
thereof; and that the bodies of the Templars shall be guarded in a fitting
place elsewhere than in their own places, but not in a hard and vile prison,
until the king shall otherwise order; and that sustenance shall be found them
of their goods, which being done, the sheriff is to make known to the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer the numbers and names of the
brethren arrested, where they are kept, and send a transcript of the aforesaid
indenture, and certify what lands he has seized, so that the treasurer and
barons be fully certified hereof by the morrow of the Purification of
St. Mary. Which ordinance the king caused to be executed in this
manner: he first sent writs to the sheriffs to warn certain lawful men to a
certain number, to wit ten or twelve, in whom the king could confide, to be
at a certain place in the county together with the sheriff on Sunday in the
morrow of the said feast of Epiphany to execute some things touching the
king's peace, which the sheriff would find in the king's writ to be addressed
to him; which writs the king afterwards sent by sworn clerks, who were
to take oath from the sheriffs before the writs were opened not to reveal
the contents of the writs until they had been executed, the like oath being
received from the men warned as above to assist in the execution of the
said writ; which writ was to be thereupon executed. The king willed
that the said ordinance should be executed in like manner in Ireland on a
day to be fixed by the justiciary of Ireland and the treasurer of the exchequer
of Dublin. [Fœdera; Parl. Writs.] |
Dec. 20.
Byfleet. |
To lords of liberties, ministers, bailiffs and others in North Wales.
Writ de intendendo for Walter de Pederton, justice of Wales, in the
execution of the above. [Ibid.] |
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The like to North Wales, to be intendent to Hugh de Aldithelegh,
justice, etc. [Ibid.] |
Dec. 26.
Westminster. |
To the pope. Letter stating that the king fully understands the affairs
connected with the Templars, upon which the pope has written him, and
that he will make as speedy execution thereof as possible. [Ibid.] |
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Membrane 12d. |
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Memorandum, that, on Wednesday the feast of St. John the Apostle,
in the king's first year, in the chapel of the Conversi, London, Sir John
de Langton, bishop of Chichester, chancellor of England, took the fealty
of R. bishop of London, in the king's name. |
