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Dec. 1.
Windsor. |
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order to make
partition into four parts of the lands that Joan, late the wife of Matthew de
Rye, held at her death of the inheritance of Roger de Scoter, tenant in
chief, and to cause Roger Ingelberd, James Jordan, and Margaret de
Staynton to have seisin of their purparties of the same, retaining in the
king's hands the purparty of John son of John Cokerel, as it appears by
inquisition that Joan held at her death certain lands in Corringham, co.
Lincoln, of the inheritance of Roger de Scoter, and that the lands are held
of another than the king, and that the said Roger Ingelberd, James, and
Margaret, who are of full age, and John, a minor in the king's wardship,
are the nearest heirs of Elizabeth, daughter of the said Roger. |
Dec. 6.
Windsor. |
To Stephen le Blound, receiver of the king's victuals in the parts of
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Order to deliver to John de Felton, constable of the
castle in the town of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the 200 quarters of wheat and
30 pipes of wine of the king's victuals that the king lately ordered him to
carry to Alnewik castle, to be delivered to the aforesaid constable for the
munition of the castle aforesaid. By C. |
Dec. 8.
Windsor. |
To Nicholas de Acton. Order to cause 100 quarters of wheat and
20 pipes of wine to be carried to Newcastle-on-Tyne, there to be delivered
to Stephen le Blount, receiver of the king's victuals there, to be taken by
him to Bamburgh castle for the munition of the same, in addition to the
victuals that the king has ordered him to carry to Newcastle. By C. |
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Mandate in pursuance to the said Stephen to receive the above victuals
and deliver them to the constable of Bamburgh castle. By C. |
Dec. 6.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Order to buy and provide
60 quarters of oats, in addition to the victuals that the king lately ordered
him to provide, and to deliver the same to Giles de Tholosa, keeper of the
king's horses staying in the sheriff's bailiwick, and to pay Giles 20 marks
for the wages of the grooms keeping the said horses. |
Nov. 31.
Windsor. |
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the executors of
William de Melksop, late fermer of the king of the castle and manor of
Hertford, in their account at the exchequer on William's behalf, the
following sums, which the late king, on 1 March, in the 33rd year of his
reign, ordered, by his writ of allocate, the barons of his exchequer to allow
to the said William: 6l. 10s. 0d. expended by the said William, by order of
W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, then treasurer, in repairing the hall,
chamber, garderobe, kitchen, and paling of the aforesaid castle, from the
Purification, in the 28th year of the late king's reign, until Whitsuntide
following, by the view and testimony of Benedict le Taillur and Roger de
Evre, viewers of the late king's works in the castle; 6l. 18s. 0d. expended
by the said William, by order of the treasurer on behalf of the late king, in
repairing the bakehouse and other houses of the castle, the walls and bridge
of the same, in the 29th year of the late king's reign, by the view of
Benedict and Roger; 36l. 15s. 6d. expended by the said William, by
order of the treasurer, in repairing the houses, bridges, and outer gates
of the castle and the chamber over the gates, in the 30th year of the
late king's reign, by the view and testimony aforesaid; 34s. 0½d.
expended by him, by order of the late king, in repairing the houses
of the manor aforesaid, in the 31st year of the late king's reign, by
the testimony of John le Convers, the late king's serjeant, who was sent
thither for this purpose by the said king; provided that these sums have
not been previously allowed to William or his executors. The king issues
this order because the late king's writ of precept whereby the premises
were done, the letters of the said bishop, and the indenture made between
William and the said John le Convers, which the late king ordered the
barons of the exchequer to receive from William, have been burnt at
Sunnyndon by mischance. |
Nov. 4.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Bartholomew
de Badelesmere to have a moiety of the fine of 2000 marks made by the
community of the town of Bristol for having pardon for their trespasses
whilst in rebellion, which moiety the king granted to him for his costs and
expenses in making a suit for the king against the men of Bristol, and to
discharge the men aforesaid of that moiety when they shall be certified by
Bartholomew that he has received the said sum from the community. |
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By p.s. |
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Membrane 14. |
Dec. 7.
Windsor. |
To the chamberlain of North Wales. Order to continue the works at
the castle of Beaumaris as heretofore, by the testimony of the viewers of
the works there, and to hasten the same as much as possible. By K. |
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To the same. Order to survey the dead garnisture of the above castle,
and to cause the castle to be provisioned with such garnisture, and to
cause the castle to be guarded safely by the counsel and advice of Roger
de Mortuo Mari, justice of Wales, as shall be agreed between him and the
chamberlain. By K. |
Dec. 10.
Windsor. |
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order not to
intermeddle further with the manor of Sulferton and the advowson of the
church of the same, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Alice, late the wife of Humphrey de
Bello Campo, held the manor for the term of her life by fine levied before
the justices of the Bench between John de Bromfeld and the aforesaid
Humphrey and Alice for the term of the lives of Humphrey and Alice,
with reversion after their deaths to Peter Corbet and Beatrice his wife and
the heirs of their bodies, and that Simon de Monte Acuto entered the
manor immediately after Alice's death, and held it from the feast of
St. Ambrose last until Monday before Michaelmas following, upon which
day he died, the manor having been taken into the king's hands on account
of his death; by which inquisition it appears that the manor is held of
Hugh de Curteney by the service of finding a bedel to serve the hundred of
Harrugge in making summons, distraints, and attachments. |
Dec. 14.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Hertford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Payn de Portes, who does not dwell continuously in
that county. |
Dec. 12.
Windsor. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to the merchants of the society of the Bardi of
Florence 120l. out of the money from the loan in that port, which sum the
said merchants paid to Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, by the king's
order, which sum the earl shewed the king that he has lost in making hasty
provision of a certain sum of money for which he was bound for the king
in parts beyond sea, for payment whereof the king granted him an assignment of the issues of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port
of Kyngeston-on-Hulle. |
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To the collectors in the port of Boston of the loan to be made to the king
by alien and native merchants of wool, hides, and wool-fells exported to a
certain time. Order to pay, out of the first moneys received by them,
1,100 marks to Doffus de Bard[is], Roger Ardingelli, Francis Balduch', and
Dinus Forcineti, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of
Florence, for the like sum paid by them into the treasury by the hands of
J. bishop of Ely, the treasurer, by way of loan, which the king promised
to repay them before Michaelmas last. |
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By K. on the information of the treasurer. |
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To the same. Order to pay, out of the first moneys received, 450 marks
to the merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, in repayment of
200 marks paid by them to Doffus de Bard[is], who is about to return home,
to buy jewels therewith to give to his friends, 100l. to Roger Ardingelli for
his labours in the king's affairs in the Roman court and elsewhere,
100 marks to Dinus Forcetti for his own uses for his good service to the
king; which sums the king granted should be levied of the first moneys of
the last tenth of the clergy or of other issues of the realm. |
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By K. on the information of the treasurer. |
Dec. 12.
Windsor. |
To Master John Walewayn, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver
to Margaret, late the wife of Laurence de Tany, tenant in chief, the
following of his knights' fees, which the king has assigned to her as dower:
a quarter of a fee in Thorndon, co. Essex, which quarter the heirs of John
Briaunzon hold, of the yearly value of 10s.; a moiety of a fee in Boxsted,
in the same county, which moiety Richard de la Rivere holds, of the yearly
value of 20s.; a quarter of a fee in Cokayn, in the same county, which
quarter Benedict de Cokefeld holds, of the yearly value of 10s.; an eighth
of a fee in the same town, which fee John de Sutton holds, of the yearly
value of 5s. |
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To the same. Order to deliver to the said Margaret the advowson of
the church of Elmested, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 13l. 6s. 8d., which
the king has assigned to her as dower of her husband's advowsons. |
Dec. 15.
Windsor. |
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the purparty falling to Agnes, wife of Gilbert de Stapelton,
daughter and co-heiress of Alan, of the lands of Brian son of Alan,
which came to the king's lands upon Brian's death, the custody whereof
the late king granted to Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, during the
minority of Brian's daughter, the lands being held by knight service of the
heir of John, sometime duke of Britanny, tenant in chief of the late king,
which lands came to the late king's hands upon the death of the duke, and
the said Agnes proved her age before John de Evre, late escheator beyond
Trent, the late king having afterwards granted the earldom of Richmond to
John de Britannia, with all appurtenances, knights' fees, etc. |
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Vacated, because otherwise below. |
Dec. 12.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to release a ship laden with wool,
hides, and other wares of Flemish merchants, lately arrested by him on the
coast at Blakeneye on her voyage from Scotland to Flanders, because the
ship was laden with the said goods in Scotland, which the king ordered
him to cause to be safely guarded, ordering him to keep the mariners in the
same honorably; as R. count of Flanders, and the burgomasters, échevins,
and consules of Bruges in Flanders have signified to the king that the ship
and her cargo belong to John Honet, Walter Zegard, and other burgesses
and merchants of that town, and that the merchants and mariners being in
Scotland came to this realm confiding in the king's proclamation that
Flemings might safely come into the realm, and they have prayed the king
to cause the ship to be released, in order that the treaty begun between the
king and the count for reform of damages between their men may be proceeded with. In case any of the men thus arrested be Scots, he is to retain
them under arrest until further orders. By p.s. and C. |
Dec. 15.
Windsor. |
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the purparty of her father's lands falling to Agnes, daughter
of Brian son of Alan, tenant by knight service of John, sometime duke of
Britanny, wife of Gilbert de Stapelton, which were taken into the late king's
hands upon Brian's death, and were afterwards delivered to John de
Britannia, to whom the late king granted the earldom of Richmond with
appurtenances, knights' fees, etc., the late king having granted the custody
of Brian's lands and the marriage of his youngest daughter to Henry de
Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, and Agnes proved her age before John de Evre,
late escheator beyond Trent. |
Dec. 12.
Windsor. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Robert
de Horton 100l. 15s. 2d., for 86 crannocks and 9 heaped-up bushels of oats,
which amount to 194 quarters and six bushels, 81 crannocks and 5½ bushels
of salt, which amount to 100 quarters, as appears by the testimony of those
who have notice of the measures in Ireland, and 1,016 'hakes,' price 102s.,
290 conger-eels (congri), price 64s., which were delivered by him to Robert
de Cotesgrave, receiver of the stores of the castle of Dublin, by order of
Roger de Mortuo Mari, supplying the king's place in Ireland, for the
munition of Dublin castle, out of 260 quarters of oats, price 43l. 6s. 8d.,
each quarter 3s. 4d., 1,911 stockfish (pisce duro), price 12l. 19s. 4d., and
100 quarters of salt, price 60l., each quarter 12s., bought by him, when
sheriff of Devon, in execution of the king's order to provide 300 quarters of
oats, two thousands of stock fish, and 100 quarters of salt by the view and
testimony of the king's clerk William de Stonford, whom the king sent to
the sheriff to supervise the provision of the above, and to send the same to
Sky[n]burnesse, there to be delivered to the receiver of the king's stores, for
the expedition of the Scotch war; which victuals aforesaid Robert loaded
in a ship called 'Le Redecog,' of Teyngmuth, which he had freighted
for this purpose, to carry the same to Skymburnasse, the ship being
driven to Ireland by contrary winds, where she arrived at the port of
Molaghyde on 4 March, in the 10th year of the king's reign. They are also
ordered to allow him for the freightage of the ship, the carriage of the
victuals, and other expenses in connection with the providing of the above. |
Dec. 20.
Windsor. |
To the sheriffs of London. Order to buy, out of their ferm of the city,
40 pieces (peceas) of wax, and to deliver them to Ralph de Stokes, clerk
of the great wardrobe, for the expenses of the king's household. |
Dec. 21.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that
county to be elected in place of Alan Pulhore, whom the king has amoved
for insufficient qualification. |
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Dec. 27.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the purparty of her father's lands falling to Katherine, daughter
of Brian son of Alan, tenant by knight service of the heir of John, late duke
of Britanny, wife of John de Greye, which lands were taken into the late
king's hands upon Brian's death and were afterwards delivered to John de
Britannia, to whom the late king granted the earldom of Richmond with
appurtenances, knights' fees, etc., the late king having granted the custody
of Brian's lands and the marriage of his youngest daughter to Henry de
Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, and Katherine has proved her age before the
said escheator. |
Dec. 20.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of William de Stoke, whom the king has caused to be
amoved for insufficiency. |
Dec. 26.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Sapy, escheator beyond Trent. Order to expend 200
marks out of the issues of his bailiwick and the arrears of ferms and other
issues of the bishopric of Durham, lately void and in his custody, in repairing the defects where most needed in the castle of Pevenes[ey], which is in
his custody, it appearing from the certificate of certain of the king's subjects
lately appointed to survey the defects of the castle that very many and
great defects threaten to arise in the houses and other places within the
castle. |
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To Margaret, queen of England. Order to cause 100 oaks fit for timber
to be delivered to the aforesaid Robert or to his attorney in this behalf from
the forest of Asshedoune, which is in her hands as dower, in order to repair
therewith the abovesaid castle. |
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To L. elect confirmed of Durham. Order to cause to be levied without
delay all debts due to the king within the franchise of the bishopric, as well
for ferms as for fines, amercements, and other causes, of the time when the
bishopric was in the king's hands by reason of the late voidance, the sums
and particulars whereof Robert de Sapy, to whom the king committed the
custody of the spiritualities of the bishopric, will deliver to him, and to
cause the same to be paid to Robert for the king's use. |
Dec. 20.
Windsor. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to supersede the arresting of Peter de
Salso Marisco, lately indicted before the king at Lincoln for the death of
William Brady, upon his finding sufficient mainpernors to have him before
the king or before any whom he may appoint to hear and determine the
above felony to stand to right concerning the same, as Peter was detained
as hostage (in hostagiamento) in Mitford castle for Henry de Bello Monte
when John de Insula, Henry Spygurnel, and Lambert de Thrikingham,
whom the king appointed justices to hear and determine the trespasses and
felonies whereof inquisitions and indictments were taken before the king at
Lincoln, were at Lincoln, so that he could not appear before them. By K. |
