Close Rolls, Edward II: October 1322

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1895.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: October 1322', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 599-605. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp599-605 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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October 1322

Oct. 3.
Auckland.
To Thomas de Eyvill, keeper of the lands of certain rebels in co. York. Order to restore to John de Eland his lands in Eland and the issues thereof since his lands were taken into the king's hands, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king, as the said keeper has certified that Simon de Dryby took John's lands into the king's hands, pretending that he was an adherent of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and of other rebels, and that John was not an adherent of the said earl or of other rebels.
Oct. 5.
Forcett.
Roger le Leche of Warrewyk, imprisoned in Lincoln castle for the death of Walter de Barewe, has letters to the sheriff of Lincoln to bail him.
Oct. 7.
Yarm.
To the sheriff of Wilts and Robert de Hungerford, keepers of the lands of certain of the king's enemies in that county. Order to amove the king's hands from two carucates of land in Lye and Bisshopestre, in that county, which John de Bradeford, chaplain, acquired for life of the prior of Farlegh and of the abbess of Lacok for a fixed yearly rent (certo), and which were taken into the king's hands because he adhered to Thomas Mauduyt, a late rebel, and to permit him to hold the same until further orders.
By K. on the information of Master Robert de Baldok.
Oct. 10.
Yarm.
To Richard de Emeldon, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in the bishopric of Durham and in co. Northumberland. Order not to distrain Ida, late the wife of John Marmeduk, for her fealty for a third of the manor of Silkesworth and Horden, in the bishopric aforesaid, which she holds in dower of the inheritance that belonged to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, the reversion of which third pertains to the king by the forfeiture of the said earl, and to restore to her any of her lands and goods and the issues thereof that he may have taken into the king's hands by reason of the premises, as she has made her fealty. By p.s.
Oct. 8.
Yarm.
To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Trent. Order to amove the king's hands from certain lands of Richard Bowet of Souleby in Dolfanby, and to deliver them to Richard, together with the issues thereof, the king having pardoned him the suit of his peace for the death of Nicholas son of Nicholas de Musgrave of Souleby, whereof he is indicted, and having afterwards ordered the said escheator to enquire whether or not the said Richard was outlawed by reason of this felony, because the aforesaid lands had been taken into the king's hands by Gilbert de Stapelton, late escheator this side Trent, and it appears by the present escheator's inquisition that he was not outlawed or convicted for the said death in any way.
Oct. 10.
Yarm.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage and 30 acres of land in Lockesleye, and to restore the issues thereof to Margaret, late the wife of Richard son of John Simond, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard held at his death the said messuage and land in socage, by the service of rendering 40d. yearly, of the heir of Thomas de Ferrariis, a minor then in the wardship of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and that the aforesaid Margaret, mother of Richard, son and heir of the said Richard, held the messuage and land as nearest [friend] of the heir when they were taken into the king's hands by the escheator, who took them into the king's hands because he was given to understand that the said Richard son of John held them of the said heir by knight service, and that the heir was aged seven at Easter last.
Membrane 24.
Oct. 11.
Yarm.
To Ralph de Cammoys, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to deliver to the king's chaplains celebrating divine service in the chapel of the castle bread, wine, oil, and other small necessaries for the celebration of divine service, from Michaelmas last until Michaelmas next.
Oct. 11.
Yarm.
To the same. Order to repair the houses, tower, walls and bridges of the castle, with the stable and wall of the garden without the castle, and the houses and walls of the manor of Kenyngton, with the paling and wall about the park.
Oct. 11.
Yarm.
To the same. Order to pay to Edmund de Algate, porter of both gates of the castle, 4d. a day; to Alexander le Peyntour, one of the viewers of the king's works, 2d. a day; to Thomas le Rotour, the other viewer, 2d. a day; to Adam, the gardener of the garden without the castle, 2½d. a day; to four watchmen of the castle, 2d. a day each; to Robert de Wodeham, chief forester of Wyndesore forest, 12d. a day; to Ralph de la More, clerk of the king's works in the castle, 2d. a day; and to Thomas le Parker, keeper of Kenyngton park, 1½d. a day: being their wages and stipends from Michaelmas last until Michaelmas next.
Oct.11.
Yarm.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the grant of 600 marks to the king by the communities of the counties of Bedford and Buckingham to be cancelled and annulled in the estreats of the rolls of the chancery, and to supersede the demand for the same, and for queen gold for the same, as the king has remitted the grant upon the grant in the parliament at York of an armed footman from every town that answers for a township in the justices' eyres. [Parl. Writs.]
To Thomas de Burgh, excheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Robert le Fauconer, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Robert held nothing in chief at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
Oct. 28.
York.
William Stor and Adam Scarlet, imprisoned at Launceveton for the death of Nicholas Furbard, have letters to the sheriff of Cornwall to bail them until the first assize.
Oct. 27.
York.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Grymston, co. Suffolk, the manor of Everton, co. Huntingdon, and the manor of Eddeworth with a dovecot, co. Bedford, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Richard de Rodeneye, late escheator beyond Trent, that Walter de Langeton, late bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, held at his death the manor of Grymston of the earl marshal as of the manor of Dovercourt by the service of the moiety of a knight's fee, the manor of Everton of the said earl by homage and scutage and the service of a knight's fee, and the manor of Eddeworth and the dovecot of the heirs of John Blue[t] as of the manor of Lakham by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and that he did not hold any lands in chief as of the crown by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, and that Ed[mund] son of Robert Peverel, kinsman of the said Walter, is his nearest heir and is aged fifteen years.
To the sheriff of Devon. Order to expend up to 20l. in repairing the houses within Exeter castle. By C.
John son of John del Bury, imprisoned at Lancaster for the death of Richard son of Roger del Welfal, has letters to the sheriff of Lancaster to bail him until the first assize.
Oct. 24.
York.
To Roger de Waltham, keeper of certain lands of the rebels in co. Stafford. Order to restore to Nicholas de Langeford, knight, his lands, which were taken into the king's hands because he was a rebel, as he has made ransom with the king for his life and lands, and has found mainpernors for his good behaviour and security for payment of his ransom, to wit William de Baggeleye and John de Ardern, knights of co. Chester, Richard de Hoyland, knight, of co. Lancaster, and Thomas de Barynton, of co. Stafford. By p.s. [6251.]
The like to the following keepers of rebels' land: Robert Tok in co. Derby, etc., John Travers in co. Lancaster, and Roger Beler in co. Stafford.
Oct. 30.
York.
To Walter de Istlep, treasurer of Ireland. Order to cause the castle of Crakfergus, in the custody of John de Athi, to be provided with necessary victuals without delay, and to make account with John of the arrears of 100 marks that he ought to receive yearly for the custody of the castle, and to pay him such arrears, and to pay him that sum yearly for so long as he have the custody. If he have not sufficient money ready to pay the arrears, he is to be certify of the king of the amount of the arrears. By K.
Oct. 28.
York.
To William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench. Order to supersede entirely the execution of the judgment in the Bench against Roger, bishop of Salisbury, to admit a parson to the prebend of Bere and Chermynstre in St. Mary's church, Salisbury, as George de Saluciis, the king's kinsman, prebendary of the said prebend, by whose death or privation the king believed the prebend to be void, has come to the king in person, in good health, asserting that he had not been amoved from the prebend by Court Christian and that he had not even been impleaded.
By K. on the information of Master Robert de Baldok.
To R. bishop of Salisbury. Order to supersede entirely the king's order to admit Master John de Stretford, archdeacon of Lincoln, to the aforesaid prebend, the collation whereto the king believed to belong to him upon the death of the aforesaid George by reason of the temporalities of the see being formerly in his hands. By K. on the information aforesaid.
To H. bishop of Lincoln. Like order concerning the king's collation upon Roger de Waltham of the archdeaconry of Buckingham, which he believed to pertain to him upon the death of the said George by reason of the temporalities of that see being formerly in his hands.
The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to W. archbishop of York, concerning the said George's prebend of Massam in York church, conferred by the king upon W. de Ayremynne. By K. on the information aforesaid.
Oct. 30.
York.
To Robert de Aston, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Gloucester. Order to deliver to John le Fremon of Tiderinton his lands and goods in Tyderinton and Ichynton, upon his finding mainpernors to answer to the king if the king will speak against him, as Robert has certified that John's lands and goods were taken into the king's hands because he was the bailiff of Hugh Daudele, the younger, a late rebel, of the hundred of Thornebury, and thus adhered to the said Hugh, as Robert was certified by the sheriff of Gloucester.
Oct. 31.
York.
To Robert de Hungerford, keeper of certain of the rebels' lands in co. Wilts. Order to deliver to Christina Pruet a messuage and three virgates of land in West Cyngton, in the said county, to hold at the king's pleasure in recompence for her rent therefrom and for the maintenance of Nicholas Prouet her son, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the said Robert and William de Harden that Christina, at Midsummer, in the 10th year of the king's reign, granted to Roger de Bodeston the said messnage and land, to him and his heirs for ever, rendering to her yearly for life 40s., and finding the said Nicholas his maintenance in food, clothing, and horses (equitatura) during Roger's life, and that Christina and Nicholas were seised of the rent and maintenance from the time of the grant until the tenements were taken into the king's hands with Roger's other lands upon his forfeiture, and that the lands are held of John de Bello Campo, and are worth 40s. yearly.
Oct. 30.
York.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Nicholas de Odiham, who is insufficiently qualified.
Oct. 31.
York.
To Robert de Bures, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge. Order to deliver to Robert de Watevill, knight, his lands and goods, as the king, at the request of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, has pardoned him the suit of his peace, etc., for adhering to Roger de Clifford and other rebels, and has restored to him his lands quit of all. By p.s. [6264.]
Oct. 25.
York.
To John le Porter, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Essex. Order to deliver to Adam Russel his lands and goods, and the issues thereof, upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king at his pleasure, as the aforesaid keeper has certified the king that Adam's lands and goods were taken into the king's hands because he married the daughter of John Joce, knight, which John was said to have adhered to Bartholomew de Badelesmere, a late rebel. By pet. of C.
Membrane 23.
Oct. 31.
York.
To Alan de Cubbeldyk, keeper of certain of the rebels' lands in co. Lincoln. Order to deliver to Norman Darcy all his lands in Kalkewelle, in that county, which were taken into the king's hands because he adhered to Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and other rebels, as the king has granted that he shall have his lands again wholly quit. By p.s.
[Parl. Writs.]
Oct. 28.
York.
To Edmund de Wodestok, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place, and to the mayor and bailiffs of Dover. Whereas lately at the prosecution of the abbot of Langedon and the prior of Dover, executors of the will of William Archer, suggesting that the constable, mayor and bailiffs took into the king's hands all the goods of William Archer after his death, retarding the execution of his will and contrary to the custom of those parts, the king ordered the constable, mayor and bailiffs to deliver the said goods to the executors if it was so, and they returned that the aforesaid William and Simon Giles of Dover quarrelled on Monday the eve of St. Laurence last, so that they slew one another, both dying without awaiting judgment, for which reason the constable, mayor and bailiffs took their lands and goods into the king's hand; the king now orders them not to intermeddle further with the said lands and goods, and to permit the executors to have free administration of the goods for the execution of the said will.
Oct. 30.
York.
To the sheriff of York. Order to deliver Thomas de Bruosa, who is imprisoned at York for adhering to the rebels, to Ralph de Cobham, as Ralph has mainperned to have Thomas in the same state as he now is within three weeks from the king's summons to him.
By K. on the information of Master Robert de Baldok.
Oct. 25.
York.
To John le Porter, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands, in co. Essex. Order to deliver to Richard de Norton his lands and goods, and the issues thereof, upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king at his pleasure, as the said keeper has certified the king that Richard's lands were taken into the king's hands because he was with Henry Gernet at his robes and of his household.
To the same. Like order in favour of Benedict de Ditton, the keeper having certified that he was arrested by William de Neuport at Ileford at the time when the king was there, and that his lands and goods were taken into the king's hands because he was with John Joce, knight, and at his robes and of his household, which John was said to have adhered to Bartholomew de Badelesmere, then a rebel.
Nov. 2.
York.
To Robert de Aston, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Gloucester. Order to deliver to Elizabeth de Burgo, late the wife of Roger Daumory, a late rebel, all her lands, which were taken into the king's hand upon his forfeiture. By K.
The like to the following keepers:
Robert de Aston, in cos. Somerset and Dorset.
Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent.
John de Toucestre, in co. Buckingham.
John le Botiller, in co. Dorset.
Robert de Bures, for the castle and honour of Clare.
John de Kilvyngton, keeper between the Teise and Use in co. York.
Alan de Cubbeldyk, in co. Lincoln.
Richard de Potesgrave, in co. Kent.
Robert de Gaddesby, in co. Leicester.
Robert de Hungerford, in the cities of London, Middlesex, Berks, Wilts, and Southampton.
Robert de Stok, in cos. Warwick and Oxford, Bedford and Bucks.
Thomas de Eyvill, in co. York.
Roger atte Bed, in co. Surrey.
John de Bermyngeham, justiciary of Ireland.
Master Walter de Istelep, treasurer of Ireland.
John de Tunstal, escheator of Ireland.
Robert de Insula.
Oct. 3.
York.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Gretham, which Joan, late the wife of Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, held for her life of the inheritance of Alesia, late the wife of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, daughter and heiress of the said Henry, which ought to remain after Joan's decease to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, by the assignment of Alesia made by the king's licence, the escheator having taken the manor into the king's hands, it is said, by reason of Joan's death.
Nov. 3.
York.
To Roger de Swynnerton, keeper of the Tower of London, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver from the Tower Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, a late rebel, as William de Roos of Hamelak, Henry de Percy, William le Latymer, Peter de Malo Lacu, the elder, John de Crumbwell, and Robert de Welle, knight, have mainperned to have her before the king in three weeks from the time of summons in the same state as she is in now. By K.
Nov. 4.
York.
To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order to continue until a month from Easter next all matters touching the bishop of London, the dean and chapter, officials and other ministers of St. Paul's church, London, moved in the last eyre of the justices at the Tower, which the king afterwards caused to come before him and which he ordered to be continued to the octaves of St. Hilary last and from then to divers terms. By K.
Afterwards, on 18 April following, the said matters were continued until All Saints.
Nov. 2.
York.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John le Waydour of Northampton, who cannot attend to the duties of the office, as he has been elected mayor of Northampton.
Nov. 4.
York.
To Roger Carles, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in cos. Worcester and Hereford. Order to restore to Aymer Pauncefot, knight, his lands, which were taken into the king's hands because he was a rebel, as he has made fine with the king in 200 marks to save his life and lands. By K.
The like to Richard Wroth for Aymer's lands in his custody.
Nov. 2.
York.
To Robert de Aston, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Somerset. Order to restore to Matthew de Clyveden, knight, his lands, which were taken into the king's hands because he was a rebel, as he has made fine with the king in 400 marks to save his life and lands, on condition that his lands shall be resumed into the king's hands if he fail in the payment of any of the instalments of that sum when due.
The like to Thomas de Marlebergh in favour of the said Matthew.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order not to molest the aforesaid Matthew by reason of his rebellion, and not to permit him to be aggrieved by any others, as he has made ransom with the king. By C.
Oct. 26.
York.
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to release Benedict de Ditton from prison upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king at his pleasure to answer for being with John Joce, knight, who was said to have adhered to Bartholomew de Badelesmere, the king having ordered John le Porter to restore to Benedict his lands and goods upon his finding mainpernors as above.
Nov. 4.
York.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the manors of Alwarthorp and Wythele, co. York, which belonged to John de Moubray, a late rebel, and which came to the king's hands as excheats by his forfeiture, to be extended, and if they find by such extent that they reach the value of 50 marks yearly, they are to cause Thomas Broun to have them, to hold during the king's pleasure, provided that he answer to the exchequer for any excess over that value, the king having granted to him, in consideration of his good service, 50 marks of rent yearly during pleasure, for the maintenance of himself and his wife and their children and the children of his brother. By K.
To Thomas de Burgh, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Agnes, late the wife of Thomas de Ireby, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Oct. 31.
York.
To Master John Walewayn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause assignment to be made to Roger le Poer and Lettice his wife for her dower of the lands of John le Fauconer, her late husband, tenant in chief, she having married Roger by the king's licence.