Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1317

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1893.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1317', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 2, 1313-1318, (London, 1893) pp. 491-495. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol2/pp491-495 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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August 1317

Membrane 23.
Aug. 3.
Nottingham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause to be cancelled the king's letters patent in the estreats of the chancery in the exchequer granting to Hugh le Despenser the elder the custody of the lands of Guy de Bello Campo, late earl of Warwick, in the king's hands on account of the minority of his heir, which the king lately committed to the earl's executors to hold during the heir's minority, and to discharge Hugh of 1,000 marks yearly, which he was to render for the custody, as appears by the aforesaid letters patent which Hugh has delivered into chancery to be cancelled, and the king has caused them to be cancelled at his request.
To the same. Order to allow to Hugh le Despenser the elder, out of the debts due to him from the king, the sum of 416l. 4s. 8½d. yearly until the king's debts to him have been satisfied, which yearly sum Hugh ought to render to the exchequer for the custody of the manor of Brayles and Thomworth, co. Warwick, the manor of Acton Beauchaumpe, the castle of Worcester, lands in Worcester, the profit in the county of Worcester, the castle and manor of Elmeley, the manors of Shireveslech and Saltwarp, in the same county, tenements in Lydeney, co. Gloucester, the manors of Bergdon and Loufenam, co. Rutland, the manors of Spellesbury, co. Oxford, which belonged to Guy de Bello Campo, late earl of Warwick, and which are extended to the yearly value of 336l. 4s. 8½d., and were previously committed by the king to the executors of the said earl, the king having granted the custody thereof to Hugh on condition that he rendered the above extent and 80l. yearly of increment, to have from Easter last during the minority of the heir. By K.
Aug. 3.
Nottingham.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Bartholomew de Badelesmere to have compensation out of wardships now in the king's hands, or that shall first come to his hands, for 41l. 15s. 11¼d. yearly, which sum Thomas de Veer and Agnes his wife, late the wife of Payn Tibotot, tenant in chief, recovered before the justices of the Bench as the third of the manor of Benteleye, except the advowson of the church of Arkeseye, co. York, which she demanded as dower of the said Payn's freehold in that town against William Sampson, in which suit William vouched to warranty before the justices aforesaid the heir of the said Payn, a minor in the wardship of Bartholomew by grant from the king, when William profferred a deed of warranty by Payn, whereupon it was considered that William should hold in peace, and that Thomas and Agnes should have the value of the said dower, which was extended at the above sum yearly of the heir's land in the wardship of Bartholomew; by reason whereof 21l. 8s. 6¼d. of land yearly in co. Leicester, 11l. 19s. 0d. of land yearly in co. Lincoln, and 8l. 8s. 5d. of land in co. Essex, were delivered to Thomas and Agnes, as appears by the record and process, which the king caused to come before the treasurer and barons; the king having, on 21 November, in the 8th year of his reign, sold to Bartholomew, for 1,000 marks paid into the exchequer, the custody of the following lands of the aforesaid Payn, which were in the king's hands on account of the minority of John his son and heir: the manor of Thorp, co. Leicester, of the yearly value of 16l. 17s. 5¼d.; the manor of Barkeston, in the same county, of the yearly value of 73s. 8d.; the manor of Eston, co. Lincoln, of the yearly value of 11l. 19s. 7d.; the manor of Preston, in the same county, of the yearly value of 52s.; the manor of Strethall, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 11l. 3s. 2½d.; to have during the minority of the heir, with the marriage of the heir, provided that if John died before he came of age, Bartholomew should have the custody of the above lands until the time when John would have come of age had he lived, together with the marriage of John's heir, with further provision for compensation by the king in case the lands abovesaid came to an heir over age before such time as John would have become of full age, etc.
Aug. 4.
Nottingham.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent, or to his subescheator in the county of Lincoln. Order to deliver to Hugh le Despenser the younger all the issues of the manor of Karleton near Basyngham, co. Lincoln, from the time when it came to the king's hands by the forfeiture of Gervase Avenel and Joan his wife when they adhered to the Scotch rebels, and their goods and chattels found in the manor, the king having granted the manor to Hugh, provided that Hugh answer at the king's will for the issues and goods aforesaid. By p.s. [4343.]
Aug. 3.
Nottingham.
To the dean and chapter of St. Peter's York, keepers of the spiritualities of the archbishopric of York. Order to pay to Bartholomew de Badelesmere or Master William de Maldon, his attorney in this behalf, 200l. for the expenses of the castles that belonged to Robert de Clifford, tenant in chief, in co. Westmoreland, in Bartholomew's hands by the king's commission, in order to secure them against the attacks of the Scotch rebels, the money to be paid out of the tenth for six years imposed upon the clergy by pope Clement V. in the council of Vienne for the general passage to the Holy Land, which tenth pope John XXII. has lent to the king for the expedition of his affairs. By K. on the information of the treasurer.
Aug. 4.
Nottingham.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to pay to the king's merchants Doffus de Bard[is], Roger Ardingelli, Dinus Forcinetti, and Francis Balduch', of the society of the Bardi of Florence, 1,600l. from the increment of 10s. on each sack of wool, 10s. on each last of hides, and 10s. on every 300 wool-fells exported by alien merchants, and of the increment of half a mark on each sack of wool, half a mark on each last of hides, and half a mark on every 300 wool-fells exported by native merchants, as the king owes the said merchants great sums of money. By K.
[Parl. Writs.]
The like to the collectors in the port of Southampton for 533l. 6s. 8d. [Ibid.] By K.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Southampton. Order to permit the merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence and their men and servants to export their wool, hides, and wool-fells upon payment of the due custom without exacting the increment of the same, making an indenture of the amount of the increment and certifying the king thereof. By K.
[Ibid.]
The like to the collectors in the ports of London, Boston, and Kingestonon-Hull. [Ibid.]
To Robert de Kertlyngton, attorney of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, for the receipt of the custom aforesaid in the port of Kingeston on-Hull. Order to deliver to Peter Bonayoint, attorney of the merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, the second part of the seal called 'coket' in that port, the said merchants having satisfied the earl for the money due to him from the king, for payment whereof the king assigned to him the issues of the custom, as the king has granted that the merchants shall receive the money so paid by them from the custom in that port, and that they shall have the second part of the aforesaid seal until they have been satisfied for the money aforesaid. By K.
[Parl. Writs.]
July 27.
Nottingham.
To the sheriff of York. Order to supersede the exaction at his next county court of John Brettevill, Geoffrey Lewyn, Sampson Paytevyn, Hugh Hauquyn, Peter Hauquyn, Henry Hauquyn, Thomas de Snape, Roger Noreys le Porter, Walter de Doun, Robert de Shilvyngton, Elias de Kelsouth, Hugh de Hecham, John Puy, John de Sale, William de Blith, John Wodeman, Walter Dalnemuth, William Peytevyn, Thomas Lescot, Patrick le Taillur, Thomas Thorald, and John le Taynturer to be outlawed at the suit of Arnald de Luk' and William Arnaud of Porte, merchants, for a trespass committed upon the said merchants, to hear and determine which trespass the king has appointed certain of his subjects, for which they were put in exigent to be outlawed, and for which they would have been outlawed at the sheriff's county [court] in Easter week last had not the king ordered him to supersede until his next county [court] the exaction, because Edmund, earl of Arundel, warden of the Marches of Scotland, had signified to him that they were staying in his company in the king's service for the defence of the Marches; as Hugh Daudele the elder, constable of the castle of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has now signified to the king that they are staying in his company for the defence of that town and the neighbouring parts. By K.
Aug. 6.
Nottingham.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands that Walter de Bylyngeye held at his death of J. bishop of Lincoln, or of other lords, restoring the issues of the same, the late king having, on 16 June, in the thirty-fourth year of his reign, ordered Walter de Gloucestre, then escheator beyond Trent, not to intermeddle further with the said lands, as it was found by inquisition taken by him that Walter de Bylyngeye held of the said king in chief a third of the manor of Runham, co. Norfolk, by the service of a third of two measures (modiorum) of wine and 200 pears of Permayns to be rendered at the exchequer at Michaelmas, and that he held no other lands of the king by reason whereof the custody of the lands that he held of other lords should pertain to the king, the lands that Walter de Bylyngeye held of other lords than the king having been taken into the present king's hands by reason of a writ to take his lands into the king's hands surreptitiously issued at the suit of certain persons, his heir being then a minor, to the damage of John, bishop of Lincoln, and others of whom Walter held at his death, the bishop and the other lords having entered the lands in name of wardship by virtue of the aforesaid order of the late king. The escheator is to retain in the king's hands the third of the manor of Runham.
Aug. 8.
Shelford.
To the same. Order not to distrain Thomas son of William Curzon of Croxhale for homage for the manor of Sibertoft, co. Northampton, which he holds in chief of the king, as the king has taken his homage.
By p.s. [4352.]
Membrane 22.
Aug. 7.
Nottingham.
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to pay to the king's clerk Robert de Emeldon, whom the king is sending to that county upon certain affairs, 60s. for his expenses in prosecuting such affairs. By K.
Like order to the sheriff of Southampton to pay 60s. to Robert de Haliwell, clerk.
Aug. 11.
Somerton.
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause William son of Thomas son of William de Tyndale, kinsman and heir of Thomas son of Simon de Dyneleston, to have seisin of the lands that Lucy, late the wife of the said Thomas de Dyneleston, held for her lifetime of the king in chief of the inheritance of the aforesaid William son of Thomas, as the king has taken his homage therefor and rendered the lands to him, saving the king's relief, if any be due By p.s.
Aug. 16.
Somerton.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Talentyre, co. Cumberland, as it appears by inquisition taken by the said escheator that Richard le Brun, deceased, granted it to John de Derwentwatre the elder for life, with remainder to John de Derwentwatre the younger and Isabella his wife, to have and to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, and John the younger and Isabella entered the manor after the death of John the elder by virtue of the grant aforesaid, and that they peacefully continued their seisin of the same until Robert de Leyburn, keeper of the honour of Cokermuth, ejected them from the manor because it is held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid, by which inquisition it was found that the manor is held of the king as of the honour aforesaid by homage and fealty and by the service of 13s. 4d. yearly for cornage; the king having pardoned John the younger and Isabella the trespass committed by them in this behalf, the king's licence not having been obtained [to enter the manor], in consideration of a fine made with the king for them by Adam de Skelton.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Castelrigg' and the island of Wythholm, co. Cumberland, as it appears by inquisition taken by the said escheator that John de Derwentwatre the elder granted it to John de Derwentwatre the younger, and that John the younger entered the same and was seised thereof for a long time, and that he afterwards granted it to John the elder for life with reversion to himself and his heirs, and that John the younger entered the same by virtue of this grant after the death of John the elder, and that he peacefully continued his seisin thereof until Robert de Leyburne, keeper of the honour of Cokermuth, ejected him therefrom because the manor and island are held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid, by which inquisition it appears that the manor and island are held of the king by homage and fealty and by the service of 11s. yearly for cornage and by doing service to the king's court of Cokermuth from three weeks to three weeks; the king having pardoned him the trespass committed by him in this behalf [in entering the premises] without the king's licence, in consideration of a fine made with the king for him by Adam de Skelton. By fine of 100s.
To Robert de Leyburn. Order not to intermeddle further with the aforesaid manors of Talentyre and Castelrigg' and the island of Whytholm, if he have taken them into the king's hands because they are held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid, or by virtue of any commission to him of the lands of the aforesaid John the elder, which were taken into the king's hands upon his death and by reason of the minority of John his brother (sic) and heir, or by reason of the abovesaid trespasses, the king having pardoned the aforesaid John the younger and Isabella his wife, as above. By the fine above-named.
Aug. 19.
Lincoln.
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Robert de Craystok, son of Robert son of Ralph, tenant in charge, the manors of Grymthorp, Crosthwayt, Thorp Basset, co. York, and the manor of Neesham, within the liberty of the bishopric of Durham, and 50l. yearly of rent sec from the manor of Brerton, within the said liberty, as it appears by inquisition taken by the escheator that the said Robert son of Ralph held at his death the manor of Grymthorp of the heir of Henry de Percy, a minor in the king's wardship, in socage by the service of 4l. 8s. 7½d. yearly for all service, the manor of Crosthwayt of Henry son of Hugh in socage by the service of 2s. for all service, the manor of Thorp Basset of the abbot of St. Albans in socage by the service of 1d. for all service, and the manor of Neesham of William Tayleboys in socage by the service of 16s. yearly for all service, and that the said Ralph is his son and heir, and is aged 18 years and more; the king having granted the said manors and rent to Ralph, they being in his hands on account of the death of Robert and of Ralph's minority. By p.s. [4358.]
To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Bartholomew Payn, who is incapacitated by nonresidence in the county.
Aug. 20.
Lincoln.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Thomas de Neuvill, and to restore the issues of the same, as it appears by inquisition that he held nothing in chief of the king or of the heir of Robert le Chaumberleyn, a minor in the king's wardship, by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
Aug. 28.
Lincoln.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Margery Waleys, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition taken by the escheator that she held nothing in chief of the king at her death by reason whereof the custody of her lands ought to pertain to the king.
Aug. 28.
Lincoln.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Toftes, co. Norfolk, the manor of Spettebury, co. Dorset, the manor of Aston, co. Berks, and the manor of Warmynton, co. Warwick, and to restore the issues thereof, which manors he has taken into the king's hands on the death of Matthew, the late abbot of the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul, Préaux (de Pratellis), which manors were granted to the monks of Préaux by Robert, sometime earl of Meulan and Leicester, by his charter, which was confirmed by the late king, to have and to hold in frankalmoign, as contained in the said confirmation, the king understanding that the escheator has taken the manors into his hands, although neither the king nor his progenitors received any issues from the manors at any time of voidance of the abbey.
To John de Crumbwelle, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver Bego son of Geoffrey de Helperby, imprisoned in York castle for trespass of vert and venison in the forest of Galtres, co. York, in bail to twelve mainpernors, who shall undertake to have him before the justices in eyre for Forest pleas when they next come to that county.
Aug. 24.
Lincoln.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order to assign to Constance, late the wife of William Martel, tenant in chief, dower of her husband's lands in his bailiwick in the presence of John, brother and heir of William, if he choose to attend, as she has taken oath before the king not to marry without the king's licence.
Aug. 28.
Lincoln.
To Robert Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order to pay to the chaplains of the chantry in the chapel of Neusum the arrears of 6l. yearly, which they ought to receive from the manor of Wyntryngham, which belonged to William de Vescy, tenant in chief, for the time that the manor has been in his custody.
The like was sent at another time to Robert de Cliderhou, late escheator beyond Trent.