Close Rolls, Edward II: May 1319 | British History Online

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

'Close Rolls, Edward II: May 1319', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 78-79. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/pp78-79 [accessed 23 April 2024]

May 1319



May 24. York.	Robert de Wolsthorp was engaged in the king's service on Saturday after the Invention of the Holy Cross last, so that he could not appear in the suit in the court of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, at Gnypton, between him and William son of John de Harstan concerning the taking and detaining of a horse of the said Robert's: wherefore the earl's bailiffs of Gnypton are ordered not to put Robert in default. By K. for the clerk of Henry de (sic) Scrop.
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May 28. York.	To L. bishop of Durham, or to him who supplies his place in the diocese of Durham, the bishop being absent in remote parts. Order to cause to be paid to the king's clerk Master John de Insula, to be kept in deposit for the king's use, the 100 marks that the prior of Durham ought to have paid to Walter de Gosewyk at Whitsuntide last, notwithstanding any contrary inhibition previously sent by the king, and notwithstanding the king's late order to cause the money to be arrested in the prior's hands until further orders, as the money ought to come to the king's hands by Walter's consent. By K.
	To Master John de Insula. Order to receive the aforesaid 100 marks to be kept in deposit for the king's use. By K.
	To the prior of Durham. Order to deliver the said money to Master John. By K.
May 30. York.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the eighteenth granted to the king by the archbishop and bishops of the province of Canterbury of their temporal goods, whereof the tenth has been usually given heretofore by the imposition of the pope, to be levied and paid into the exchequer, the earls, barons, freemen, and communities of the counties of the realm having granted to the king in the parliament at York an eighteenth of their moveable goods, to be levied at Martinmas and the octabes of the Purification next, in aid of the Scotch war, the archbishop and bishops aforesaid having granted an eighteenth as above for the like purpose, to be levied according to the taxation of the said tenth. By K. [Parl. Writs.]
June 6. York.	To the same. Order to receive the king's commissions to certain of his subjects to assess and levy the eighteenth granted by the earls, barons, and communities of the counties of the realm of their moveable goods and the twelfth granted by the citizens and burgesses, which the king sends to them under the great seal to be delivered to his said subjects, and to charge the said subjects therewith and to inform them concerning the same as they shall see fit for the king's benefit. By K. [Parl. Writs.]