Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1324

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1898.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: August 1324', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327, (London, 1898) pp. 205-219. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol4/pp205-219 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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August 1324

Aug. 1.
Guildford.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to pay to Peter de Heghes the arrears of 3s. yearly from the time when 3 acres of arable land and an acre of meadow, which John de Benstede, tenant in chief, held at his death of him by the service of 3s. yearly, as appears by inquisition, were taken into the king's hands with other lands of the said John, and to pay him that sum yearly for so long as the lands are in the king's hands.
Aug. 3.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to arrest and imprison until further orders all the footmen archers of that county, of the forest of Dene and Berkelehirnes who were chosen and sent to Plymmuth to set out for Gascony, and who have returned home without the king's licence. By K.
Aug. 2.
Guildford.
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer of the exchequer and to the barons and chamberlains. Order to make account with Michael atte Grene of Wycombe for 3d. daily for his food, 10s. yearly for his robe, 5s. yearly for his summer tunic, and 5s. yearly for his other necessaries for all the time that 60 acres of land and 8 acres of meadow in Wycombe have been in the king's hands, and to cause the arrears thereof to be paid to him, as it appears by the certificate of the treasurer and barons that Michael gave the aforesaid lands to the master of the order of the Temple in England and to the brethren of the same, for his maintenance for life in food and clothing in the New Temple, London, and that the lands were taken into the king's hands with the other lands of the Templars, and that they were in his hands for some time, and that it was considered and ordained at the exchequer that Michael should receive his maintenance as aforesaid for the aforesaid tenements according to the form of his charters, as other possessors of such maintenance from the Templars' lands have received in like case. By C.
Aug. 3.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Oxford and Berks. Order not to disquiet or aggrieve William de Heles, Thomas Estyne, John le Fauconer, and John de Formerye in their persons or goods because they are born of the power of the king of France, as they are staying in the company of Tidcius de Varisio, archdeacon of Berks, by the king's licence, and the archdeacon has mainperned to have them before the king at his will.
By K. on the information of William de Ayremynne.
Aug. 5.
Guildford.
To Henry de Cobham, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Kent. Order to resume into the king's hands and to deliver to William Edward of Romeneye 32 acres of land in a place called 'Tunstalle' in the marsh of Romeneye, which belonged to Bartholomew de Burewassh, a rebel, and which came to the king's hands by his forfeiture, as William has shewn the king that Henry has delivered the aforesaid land to H. bishop of Lincoln as if the land belonged to the bishopric in execution of the king's late order to deliver to the bishop all the lands of the bishopric in Tunstalle together with the issues from 27 March last, the king having committed the said 32 acres to William for life on 1 February, in the 16th year of his reign, to be held by the same services as they were held by before they came to the king's hands.
Aug. 5.
Guildford.
To Richard de Grey, keeper of certain lands that belonged to John de Grey, tenant in chief, in divers counties, or to him who supplies his place. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of the said John, and to restore the issues thereof from 23 July last, when the king took the homage of Henry de Grey, son and heir of the aforesaid John, for the lands that John held in chief at his death, and ordered John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, and Stafford, and in the adjoining marches of Wales, to cause Henry to have seisin of the aforesaid lands.
Aug. 5.
Guildford.
To Henry de Cobbeham, keeper of certain forfeited lands in co. Kent. Order to restore to Adam de Wynston, a late rebel, his lands, as he has made ransom with the king for his life and lands; provided that if the lands have been demised at ferm by the king's orders, Adam shall satisfy the fermors for their expenses upon the lands. By K.
Aug. 4.
Guildford.
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Hegham Ferers, co. Northampton, and with the castle and manor of Thorpe Watervile, with the hamlets of Achirche and Aldewynkele and other appurtenances, which he has taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, and to restore the issues thereof to Mary his wife, as the king, on 15 March, in the 15th year of his reign, granted to the said Aymer and Mary the manor of Hegham Ferers, which came to him as escheat by the forfeiture of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and the castle and manor of Thorpe Watervile, etc., which belonged to Robert de Holand, and which came to the king's hands in like manner because Robert, upon being charged and prosecuted by the king for divers excesses and adhering to certain rebels, submitted himself to the king's will, to have and to hold to the said Aymer and Mary and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the king. By K.
Membrane 37.
Aug. 9.
Henley.
To the treasurer, or to him who supplies his place, and to the barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Order to supersede the demand made upon John de Castelacre, the king's goldsmith, of London, for 100l. that he received by way of imprest, and to discharge him of the same at the exchequer, as it appears to the king that he bought 600 golden florins of Florence by the king's order and delivered them wholly to the king out the 100l. that he received as loan from the merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence. By K. on the information of W. de Ayremynn.
Aug. 8.
Henley.
To Robert de Hungerford, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Wilts. Order to cause Thomas, son and heir of John Tyes, to have seisin of a messuage, 24 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, and 13s. 4d. of yearly rent in Lideyard, in that county, as the king learns by an inquisition taken by the escheator and by Adam Walraund and Geoffrey de Weston that the said John held the aforesaid land, etc., at his death of Henry Tyes by the service of a twenty-fourth of a knight's fee and by rendering a pound of cumin yearly, and that the lands came to Henry's hands by reason of the minority of the said Thomas, and that they were taken into the king's hands by Henry's forfeiture with Henry's other lands, and that the said Thomas is the nearest heir of the said John and is of full age, the king having taken homage from Thomas. By K.
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Bedford. Order to release Guy Test and John his brother and their goods and chattels, the sheriff having arrested them by reason of the king's order to arrest men of the power of Charles, king of France and Navarre, with their goods and chattels, under the pretext that Guy and John were of the power of the king of France, as the king learns upon trustworthy testimony that they are merchants of the city of Lugo (Luco) and not of the lordship or power of the king of France. By K.
To Roger de Whatton, keeper of certain lands in co. Northampton. Order to restore to Thomas de Byngham, knight, a late rebel, the lands that he and Margaret his wife held as her dower of the inheritance of William le Fissher, her first husband, which were taken into the king's hands by reason of the rebellion of the said Thomas, as he has made fine with the king for his life and lands; provided that if any of the lands have been demised at ferm by the king's orders, Thomas shall satisfy the fermors thereof for their expenses upon the lands. By K.
To William de Tatham, the king's receiver in co. Lancaster, and keeper of certain of the king's goods in that county. Whereas lately at the prosecution of Alice, late the wife of William de Holdene of Samlesbury, suggesting that her husband, when he was keeper of the king's manor of Samlesbury, in that county, which belonged to Robert de Holand, and came to the king's hands by his forfeiture, was taken to Scotland by the Scots, and that the king's goods and chattels in the manor were occupied and dissipated entirely by them, and that certain of the king's bailiffs afterwards seized into the king's hands the goods of her husband, then in her custody, to the value of 100s., by reason of the goods and chattels thus taken by the Scots, the king appointed John de Lancastre and the said keeper to enquire concerning the premises, and it is found by their inquisition that the king's goods and chattels in the manor, to wit two carts, price 4s.; 18 oxen, price 13s. 4d. each; 55 'aketones,' price 11l.; 100 lances (lancee), price 20s.; 30 'polhaches,' price 10s.; 4 saddles (celle), price 4s.; 4 reins, price 12d.; 4 targes (targia), price 4d.; 2 vestments for a chapel, price 12s.; a chalice, price 10s.; a missal, price 6s. 8d.; a psalter, price 2s.; 7 brasen pots (olle), price 53s. 4d.; a bowl, price 18d.; a laver (lavacrum), price 12d.; a pan (patella), price 12d.; a coverlet for a bed, price 2s.; 3 cloths for covering beds, price 3s.; and two sheets, price 20d., were taken and carried away to Scotland by the Scots, by the sudden coming of the said Scots, and not by the negligence of the said William, and that the aforesaid goods were occupied and dissipated by the Scots, and not by any others, and that the goods of the said William, to the value of 100s., found in Alice's custody, were seized into the king's hands by John Travers, late keeper of the king's lands in that county, because he was given to understand that the goods were occupied and dissipated by the Scots by William's negligence, and that William's goods are in the king's hands for this reason and for no other; the king, therefore, orders the keeper to restore William's goods and chattels to Alice without delay. By C.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Dover. Whereas the king, on 26 July last, sent Henry, lord of Sully (Sulliaco), to France as his envoy, and the said Henry then proposed to send to Whitsand for two or three ships to take him, his household, horses, and equipments from Dover to the said parts; and the king took him, his household, horses, etc., into his protection whilst going to France, staying there, and returning for as many times as he should happen to pass to France, or return thence in connexion with the said matters, and also took into his protection the said Henry's men and envoys coming to him with letters from Henry and returning to France; and the king now understands that the said mayor and bailiffs have arrested a ship, with her mariners and the goods in her, for which Henry sent to carry him, his household, horses, and equipments, from Dover to the aforesaid parts: the king orders them to release the ship, mariners, and goods, if it appear to them that Henry sent for the ship for the above purpose, and that she came to Dover from the said parts for this purpose, and for no other cause.
Vacated, because they were not sealed.
Aug. 8.
Henley.
To the mayor and bailiffs of the port of Dover. Order to release a ship of Whitsand, bringing certain envoys with letters to the aforesaid Henry in that port, and the mariners thereof, and the goods in the same, which, the king is given to understand, they have arrested by virtue of his order to arrest ships of the power of the king of France coming to that port. By K.
Aug. 7.
Henley.
To J. bishop of Bath and Wells. Order to cause the rolls and memoranda of the passage of the king's fleet to Gascony in the last war in the late king's time to be searched concerning the aids that the late king made, in money or otherwise, to the men of the Cinque Ports for that passage, and to certify the king thereof. By writ of the secret seal.
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
To Edmund de Passele, John de Ifeld, and William de Cotes. Order to supersede until further orders the taking of the inquisition that the king lately ordered them to take concerning a trench (trenchiam) made between Apuldre and the port of Romenhale, whereby, the king learned, many inconveniences and damages were caused daily to the adjacent parts, as the king, who is given to understand that great dissension has arisen between the barons of the Cinque Ports and the community of the marsh of Romenhale concerning the same, and that both sides are preparing themselves to attack each other with arms if the taking of the aforesaid inquisition be proceeded with, considering his present necessity for the services of his subjects by land and sea, wishes to provide for their unity and peace as much as possible. By K. on the information of W. de Ayrem[ynne].
Aug. 4.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to release the prior of Okeburn, the proctor-general in England of the abbot of Bec Hellouin (de Becco Herlewini), who is an alien, and his monks, if he have arrested them by virtue of the king's order to arrest all men of the power of the king of France found within his bailiwick, and to deliver to the prior the abbot's possessions and goods taken into the king's hands by him, and to restore to the prior the issues thereof from the time of the seizure, as it was not the king's intention that alien men of religion governing priories, cells, or places of religion within the realm or their possessions should be arrested by pretext of the said order, the sheriff, exceeding the bounds of the order, having caused priors and other religious aliens governing priories and cells within his bailiwick and there conversant to be arrested, and having caused their goods to be taken into the king's hands under colour of the order aforesaid. William de Leycestre, clerk, of co. Oxford, James Fresel, John de Stretle, and Thomas de Tochwyk, of co. Buckingham, have mainperned in chancery for the said prior that he will conduct himself well and faithfully towards the king, and that he will not send out of the realm or eloign in any way the goods of the abbot's manors in his custody, and that he will not leave the realm without special licence from the king. By C.
The like to the sheriffs of the following counties:
Southampton.
Sussex and Surrey.
Essex.
Buckingham.
Northampton.
Warwick.
Oxford and Berks.
Dorset.
Wilts.
Middlesex.
The like to the sheriffs of London.
The like in favour of the following, by the like mainprise:
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
The prior of Hermodesworth, addressed to the sheriff of Middlesex, by the mainprise of Adam de Brome, clerk, of co. Oxford, Robert de Piri, Walter Saling, Richard de Merk, and William Bisshop, of co. Middlesex.
The same prior, addressed to the sheriff of Buckingham.
Aug. 15.
Isleworth.
John de Pounches, parson of the church of Farnham St. Martin's, addressed to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, by the mainprise of Master William de Maldon, of London, John de Tudenham, Thomas de Stoketon, and William de Hoo, of the aforesaid counties. By K.
Aug. 19.
Westminster.
John de Qwenghon, parson of the church of Ledenham, addressed to the sheriff of Oxford, by the mainprise of Luke de Colvill, of co. York, Henry de Brepon, of the city of London, William atte Bogh, of the same city, and William de Furnyvall, of the same city. By K.
John de Curtiniaco, parson of the church of Sherston, diocese of Salisbury, in co. Wilts, addressed to the sheriff of Wilts, by the mainprise of Roger le Palmere, Thomas de Chedington, and Solomon le Coffrer.
The prior of Prittewell, addressed to the sheriff of Essex, by the mainprise of William de Cusancia.
The prior of Bermundeseye, addressed to the sheriff of Surrey, by the mainprise of the said William.
Peter de Cusancia, parson of Northreppes church, addressed to the sheriff of Oxford, by the mainprise of Richard Coffrer and Walter Barber of London.
Aug 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Gregory de Rokesle, who has no lands in that county to qualify him.
Membrane 36.
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, and Stafford. Order to pay to Richard de la Leylond 6 marks of yearly rent from the time when the manor of Whitchirche was taken into the king's hands, and to pay him the same henceforth for so long as the manor shall remain in the escheator's hands, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Fulk Lestraunge, deceased, granted the above rent to Richard from his mill of Whitchirche, within his manor of Whitchirche, and that Richard was seised of the rent before Fulk's death for six years, and that he continued his seisin thereof peacefully until Fulk's death, and that the manor is not held of the king in chief but of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, by the service of taking the earl's venison in all his lands in England at the earl's cost.
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Devon. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John Walraund, who is incapacitated by illness and infirmity.
Aug. 4.
Guildford.
To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to take security from Ingelram de Bamvill, parson of Bledelawe church, an alien, that he will conduct himself well and faithfully to the king, and that he will not send the goods of his benefice out of the realm under any pretext or eloign them in any way, and that he will not leave the realm without special licence from the king, and to release him, if he have arrested him by virtue of the king's order to arrest men of the power of the king of France, and to restore to him his goods taken into the king's hands by the sheriff under pretext of the said order, together with the issues thereof, as it was not the king's intention that alien men of religion governing priories, cells, or places of religion within this realm or ecclesiastical persons having certain benefices within the realm should be arrested or their goods taken into the king's hands by virtue of the aforesaid order. By K. and C.
The like in favour of the following:
Aug. 6.
Guildford.
Brother Peter Marye, monk and proctor-general of the abbot of Fécamp, addressed to the sheriff of Gloucester.
Aug. 10.
Easthampstead. (Yeshampstede.)
The prior of Monk Kyrkeby, addressed to the sheriff of Warwick and Leicester.
Brother William le Veyle, proctor-general of the abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers, in England.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
The prior of Lenton, addressed to the sheriff of Nottingham.
The prior of Wyvelesford, addressed to the sheriff of Lincoln.
The prior of St. Neots, addressed to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Aug. 18.
Isleworth.
William de Dorso Usto, parson of the church of Temesford.
Aug. 20.
Westminster.
Master Peter Fillol, parson of the church of Marteleye.
John de Falons, parson of the church of Bykeneure.
Master Stephen de Claro Monte, proctor-general of the dean and chapter of Rouen in England, addressed to the sheriff of Devon, concerning the goods of the dean and chapter's manor of Otery.
The same Stephen, proctor-general of the archbishop of Rouen and of the said dean and chapter, addressed to the sheriff of York, concerning the goods of the manor of Killum, belonging to the archbishop, dean and chapter.
The same Stephen, addressed to the sheriff of Southampton, concerning the goods of the dean and chapter's manors of Kynglesclere (sic) and Bynteworth.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
The abbot of Counches, addressed to the sheriff of Hereford.
Aug. 15.
Isleworth.
The prior of Eye, addressed to the sheriff of Sussex.
The prior of Lancaster, addressed to the sheriff of Lancaster.
The prior of Clatford, proctor-general of the abbot of St. Victor, addressed to the sheriff of Lancaster.
The prior of Avebury, proctor-general of the abbot of St. George, Boscherville (Baskervill'), addressed to the sheriff of Lancaster.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of York. Order to release the possessions and goods of Elias Talairandi, archdeacon of Richmond, and to restore them to the archdeacon, who dwells in parts beyond sea, or to his vicar-general in the archdeaconry, together with the issues thereof, the sheriff having taken the same into the king's hands under pretext of his order to arrest men of the power of the king of France and to take into his hands their goods, as the archdeacon is not of the dominion or power of the king of France, as the king learns upon trustworthy testimony. By K.
The like in favour of the following:
Master Brunus de Jodico, prebendary of Brampton in St. Mary's church, Lincoln, addressed to the sheriff of Huntingdon. By K.
Sept. 25.
Porehester.
The prior of Wotton, proctor-general of the abbot of Counches, an alien, addressed to the sheriff of Hereford. By K.
Aug. 13.
Chippenham.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to release the men of that county arrested by him in execution of the king's order to arrest the men who were chosen in that county and sent to Plymmuth, and who returned home without the king's licence, upon each of them finding mainpernors to be with the king at Portesmuth on Monday after St. Bartholomew next well found with arms, to do then what shall be enjoined upon them for the defence of the realm, and to cause them to know that the king will regard as disobedient any who shall not come to him after such mainprise on the said Monday, or who shall turn back on the journey, and that he will punish them accordingly. The sheriff is ordered to certify the king at the said day of the names of those thus released upon mainprise. By K.
[Parl. Writs.]
Aug. 16.
Sheen.
To Robert de Kendale, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place. Order to permit the abbot of Aunay (de Olneto), of the Cistercian order, to pass the sea to France in the port of Dover with three monks, eight alien grooms, and eight horses, provided that he do not carry with him anything in name of apportum, contrary to the statute in this case provided, or any suspected letters, as he has come to this realm to visit divers houses of the order within this realm and he is now about to return to France. By K.
Aug. 14.
Sheen.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands in Stone that William Chippe held of Aymer de Valencia, late earl of Pembroke, and with his other lands in Hardeleye, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that he held no lands in chief as of the crown at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, the escheator having taken them into the king's hands by reason of Aymer's death.
Aug. 16.
Sheen.
To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Order not to molest John de Stokeffery by reason of his withdrawal from his appeal of Geoffrey de Bauseye of Lenne before the king for robbery and breach of the king's peace, for which withdrawal it was considered that he should be taken and imprisoned until he made ransom with the king, as the king has pardoned him the imprisonment and whatever pertains to him in this behalf. The king has ordered the sheriff of Norfolk to supersede the arrest of the said John. By K.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To Thomas Dayvil, keeper of certain forfeited lands in co. York. Order to restore to Hugh de Eland, a late rebel, his lands, as he has made ransom with the king for his life and lands; provided that, if the lands have been demised at ferm by the king's orders, Hugh shall satisfy the fermors for their expenses upon the lands. By K.
The like to Roger de Whatton, keeper of certain lands in co. Nottingham.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the treasurer, or to him who supplies his place, and to the barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to John de Crosseby, king's clerk, 7l. 4s. 2d., which the king owes him for his expenses about the provision and delivery of divers victuals in co. Essex for the Scotch war, in the 16th year of the king's reign, as appears by a bill of Roger de Waltham, late keeper of the wardrobe, out of 7l. 3s. 2d. due from him, to wit 7 marks for the custody of a third of the manor of Little Totham, and 50s. for the custody of two parts of certain lands that belonged to John Gernoun in Tolleshunte, which custodies he had of the king's commission, as he has prayed the king to cause allowance for the above sum to be made to him as above. By C.
Membrane 35.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Kent. Whereas at the frequent complaint of John de Bartoun and his fellows, merchants, that they landed in a ship with their goods and merchandise in the port of Fécamp in Normandy, within the lordship and power of the abbot of Fécamp, and that Roger Furmentyn, a man of the abbot's, on Sunday before Lent, 1321, entered the ship by force whilst lying at anchor in the said port, during the absence of John and his fellows, who had gone into the said port to buy victuals, and assaulted and slew Richard de Barton, brother of the said John, whom John had left in the ship for custody, and broke open the chests of the merchants [and] mariners of the ship, and took and carried away 800 golden florins de agnello, price 4s. each, and 20l. sterling, the goods of the said merchants, the king frequently requested the abbot to cause restitution or satisfaction to be made to the said merchants; but the abbot did not do so, although the merchants solicited justice from him, as appears by the letters patent of the constable, bailiffs and whole community of Scardeburgh under the common seal of the town; wherefore the king, being unwilling to refrain longer from exhibiting justice to the said merchants for the loss of their goods and their damages, which are taxed by the aforesaid community at 100l., orders the sheriff to arrest goods of the men and merchants of the lordship, power, and jurisdiction of the abbot to the value of 100l. sterling, in part satisfaction of the aforesaid 280l., and to keep the same safely until the merchants have been satisfied for that sum or until further orders. It is not the king's intention that the goods and merchandise of men or merchants of the king of France, which he lately ordered to be taken into his hands for certain reasons, shall be arrested or released on this account. The king has ordered the sheriff of York to arrest goods in like manner to the value of 100l., and the sheriff of Northumberland to arrest goods in like manner to the value of the remaining 80l. By K.
Aug. 21.
Porchester.
To John de Lancastre, keeper of certain forfeited lands and other things in the king's hands in co. Lancaster. Order to restore to William de Bradeschawe, who was lately imprisoned for certain trespasses in that county for which he was convicted by consideration of the king's court, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon his conviction, together with the issues thereof since they were taken into the king's hands, the king's order by writ of privy seal to take William's lands, goods and chattels into his hands notwithstanding, as William has made fine with the king for the trespasses aforesaid, wherefore the king has caused him to be released from prison.
By K. on the information of W. de Ayrem[ynne].
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Simon de la Sartryne, deceased.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Alan son of Geoffrey de Pyncebek, deceased.
Aug. 15.
Isleworth.
To the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. Order to release any men of the parts of Holland, Zeeland, Friesland, Voorne (Vorn'), Brabant, and (Pisan') whom they may have arrested under pretext of the king's order to arrest men of the power of the king of France, together with their ships and goods, and to restore to them their ships and goods, as the king understands that the bailiffs, exceeding the said order, have arrested fishermen, merchants, and mariners of the aforesaid parts, who are not of the lordship or power of the king of France, together with their ships and goods. By K. and C.
The like to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 'mutatis mutandis.'
Aug. 20.
Westminster.
To Henry de Cobeham, keeper of the forfeited lands in co. Kent. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of Walter Colepeper, a messuage, a garden, and three acres of land in Estfarleye, two messuages, 22 acres of land, and two acres of wood in the same town, and three acres of land in the same town, together with the issues thereof since they were taken into the king's hands, as it is found by an inquisition taken by the said Henry and by William de Northho that Walter and Joan jointly acquired the first-named messuage and land from Richard de Norffolk, clerk, in the 10th year of the king's reign, to them and their heirs in fee, and that they acquired the aforesaid two messuages and land from Thomas Bakere, in the 13th year of the king's reign, and the three acres aforesaid from Constance atte Sole, in the 10th year of the king's reign, to them and the heirs of Walter, and that Joan continued her seisin of the premises jointly with Walter until they were taken into the king's hands upon Walter's forfeiture, and that all the lands aforesaid are held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by certain services and not of the king, and that they are in the king's hands by reason of Walter's forfeiture and for no other reason; provided that, after Joan's death, the lands acquired from the aforesaid Thomas and Constance shall revert to the king. By pet. of C.
Aug. 23.
Westminster.
To Anthony de Lucy, keeper of the town of Carlisle and constable of the castle of the same. Order to cause Nicholas de Hewyk, knight, imprisoned in the castle for adhering to the rebels, upon his finding mainpernors to have him at Portesmuth on Monday after the Nativity of St. Mary next, to set out in the king's service as he shall be then enjoined.
Aug. 20.
Westminster.
To Adam de Helnak. Order not to intermeddle further with the custody of the priory of Llanthony, near Gloucester, and to restore the issues thereof to the sub-prior, the king having lately taken the priory into his hands and committed the custody thereof to Adam during pleasure, because it appeared, after he had ordered John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, and Stafford, not to intermeddle further with the priory by reason of the late voidance, that in the election in the priory of brother Robert de Gloucestre and Walter de Longeneye, canons of the house, as prior had been made in discord, and that they and their adherents endeavoured to destroy the house by wasting and dissipating the goods of the same. By K.
Aug. 20.
Westminster.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order to cause Richard de Gloucestre, son of Richard de Gloucestre, to have seisin of a messuage called 'Bloemundesbury,' in the parish of St. Giles of the Lepers, London, and of certain lands in the same parish, upon his finding security for payment of his relief, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard held at his death the aforesaid messuage and lands in chief by the service of rendering a sore-coloured sparrowhawk to the exchequer at the Gule of August, and that Richard, his son, is his next heir, and is of full age, the king having taken the son's fealty.
Vacated, because on the Fine Roll.
To Robert de Hoton, king's clerk. Order to deliver to John de Chelmersford all charters, writings, fines, and other muniments in the king's hands and in Robert's custody that shall appear to Robert to relate to John's lands, as the king has, in consideration of a fine, pardoned John the suit of his peace and what pertains to him for adhering to the rebels, and has restored to him his lands.
Aug. 21.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to go with all speed to La Strode in that county, and to arrest a ship of Stephen de Crey, of London, whereof Roger Haukyn is master, carrying the weight of 100 tuns of wine, and to proceed to Gillyngham and to arrest a ship called 'Le Petre,' of Gillyngham, carrying the weight of 180 tuns of wine, whereof Stephen atte Hoo is master, which ship belongs to divers men of Gillyngham and to William de Bodele of London, and to proceed to La Clyve in the same county, and to arrest a ship called 'La Jonette' of London, carrying the weight of 120 tuns of wine, whereof Curteys de Bures is master, and which belongs to Curteys and other men, and to cause the said ships to be taken to Portesmuth, so that they be there on Monday after the Nativity of St. Mary, to set out in the king's service with all the ships of value in war of all the ports and shores of the realm, which the king has ordered to be assembled at Portesmuth on the said Monday, because the king of France has gathered a great army and a multitude of ships to aggrieve the king in war, as the king is given to understand that the three ships aforesaid are lying at anchor at the said places. By K.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of York. Order to release Richard Bowet from prison as he has shewn the king that whereas he was in the company of Andrew de Hartcla when Andrew rebelled against the king, and that although, upon hearing of the rebellion, he forthwith rendered himself to the king's peace to Walter de Stirkelond, according to the king's commission to the latter to receive to his peace the adherents of Andrew who wished to render themselves to his peace, nevertheless Simon Warde, late sheriff of York, arrested him by reason of his adhesion aforesaid as if he had not rendered himself to the king's peace, and caused him to be imprisoned in York castle, wherein he is still detained, wherefore he prayed the king to cause him to be released, and the king thereupon ordered Walter to certify him concerning the premises, and Walter has signified that Richard, being aware that Walter had such commission, came to him at Syricherd in Kendale on Sunday in Mid-Lent, in the 16th year of the king's reign, and acknowledged that he was of the household and sworn and consenting to the said Andrew some of the time when Andrew was a rebel, Richard not knowing of his malice, and rendered himself to the king's peace, and that Walter received him to the king's peace according to his commission, and received the oath of allegiance from him. By K.
Membrane 34.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause the footmen archers of that county who returned home without the king's licence, and whom the king ordered him to release from prison upon their finding mainprise to be with the king at Portesmuth on Monday after St Bartholomew next, to know that they are to be there on Monday after the Nativity of St. Mary instead of the aforesaid date, the king having prorogued the date. If any of the said men not yet arrested refuse to find such mainprise or to come to the king at the said day, the sheriff is ordered to take them and imprison them according to the king's previous order, and he is ordered to certify the king of the names of those thus released on mainprise and of the names of their mainpernors at the said date. By K.
[Parl. Writs.]
Aug. 23.
Tunbridge.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William del Howe, deceased.
Aug. 24.
Tunbridge.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to cause John de Wanetynge, son and heir of William de Wanetynge, tenant in chief, to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [6967.]
Aug. 23.
Tunbridge.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. Order to release from arrest Ferandus de Castro Dordial[es], master of the ship of 'St. Mary,' a merchant of Spain, and the ship and the goods and the chattels therein, and his men and mariners and others in the ship, the mayor and bailiffs having arrested them upon their coming to that port by virtue of the king's order to arrest men, ships, and other goods and chattels of men of the power of the king of France, and to permit them to leave the port and go whither they wish without hindrance, and not to aggrieve or wrong the said Ferandus, or any other merchant or mariners of Spain coming to that port henceforth in their bodies, goods or merchandise, and not to permit wrong or damage to be done to them by any others, but to treat them with as much courtesy and favour as possible. By p.s.
Aug. 25.
Bayham. (Begeham.)
To the treasurer and chamberlains of Dublin. Order to receive from John Darcy, justiciary of Ireland, 500 marks, which the king has delivered to him for carriage to the exchequer of Dublin, and to expend the same upon the king's affairs in Ireland as shall be ordained by the advice of the said John and of others of the king's council there. By p.s. [6968.]
Aug. 26.
Tunbridge.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Peter Canun of Grymesby, who is incapacitated by blindness.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order not to intermeddle in any wise with arresting Peter de Vernone, prebendary of Merdon prebend in Chichester church, a member of the household and chaplain of the queen, or with his goods in the sheriff's bailiwick by reason of the king's order to arrest all men of the dominion and power of the king of France and their goods. He is to restore to Peter or his attorney anything that he may have arrested by virtue of the order.
The like in favour of the following:
Buchardus de Vernone, prebendary of Yatemynstre Over Bire, addressed to the sheriff of Dorset.
The said Buchardus, parson of the church of Wardeboys, addressed to the sheriff of Huntingdon.
Peter de Tilay, parson of Stanford church, addressed to the sheriff of Essex.
Master Theobald de Trycis, prebendary of Ampleford prebend in St. Peter's York and parson of Cotingham church, addressed to the sheriff of York.
Master Richard de Monte, parson of Kirkosewald church, addressed to the sheriff of Cumberland.
Peter le Vavasour, parson of the church of Haliwell, addressed to the sheriff of Huntingdon.
Peter de Vernone, parson of the church of Stokesley, addressed to the sheriff of York.
Peter de Eltham, parson of Weston church, addressed to the sheriff of Nottingham.
John de Tricis, parson of the church of Saham, addressed to the sheriff of Norfolk.
Aug. 21.
Westminster.
To the justices of the Bench. Order not to molest William de Ridewale by reason of a writ of deceit sued out against him by the prior of Coventry, as the king, on 10 November last, received him into his protection for two years when he was going to the duchy [of Aquitaine] in the company of Ralph Basset of Drayton, seneschal of Gascony, and the king now learns from him that the justices have ordered him to be attached by virtue of the said writ, the prior pretending that he has resided in England continuously before and after the date of the king's protection aforesaid, William having come to the king from the duchy with letters from the said seneschal. By K.
The like to the sheriff of Warwick, 'mutatis mutandis.'
Aug. 22.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to supersede the placing of Richard le Latoner in exigent to be outlawed during the existence of the king's protection or until otherwise ordered, the king having, on 26 January last, granted protection until Michaelmas next to the said Richard, then staying in Gascony in the company of Ralph Basset of Drayton, as the king understands that Richard has been put in exigent to be outlawed by reason of certain trespasses for which he is impleaded before the justices of the Bench by the prior of Coventre and others by virtue of a certain writ directed to the sheriff, the king learning from the said Ralph that Richard is still staying in the king's service in Gascony. By K.
The like in favour of Walter Chubbok. By K.
Aug. 26.
Bayham.
To Thomas de Culverdenn, keeper of the lands of Thomas Colepeper in co. Kent. Order to pay to Alice, late the wife of Thomas le Botyller, the arrears of two quarters of wheat and of two quarters of oats yearly from the time of her husband's death, and to pay her the same yearly for so long as he has the custody of the said lands, and to permit her to have pasture for three beasts at La Bayehalle, in accordance with the king's order of 4 July, in the 15th year of his reign, to Richard de Potesgrave, then keeper of the aforesaid lands, to pay the above to Thomas and Alice. By p.s. [6970.]
Aug. 31.
Bishopstone.
To him who supplies the place of the treasurer and to the chamberlains. Order to send to the king under safe custody 1,300l. for the expenses of the household, in the company of Master Robert de Baldok, archdeacon of Middlesex, the chancellor, who is coming to the king, as shall be agreed upon between Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and the chancellor, and them. By p.s.
Sept. 6.
Overfolde.
To Edmund de Asshebi, keeper of certain forfeited lands in co. Lincoln. Order to deliver to Alexander de Pilkington the manor of Otteby, and the issues thereof from the time of the death of Roger de Pilkyngton, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Lambert de Trikynham and Henry de Fenton that Ranulph de Otteby twenty-eight years ago granted the manor to the said Roger and to Alesia his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, and that Roger never had any other estate in the manor, and that the manor is worth 4l. yearly and is held of another than the king, and that Roger and Alesia are dead, and that the aforesaid Alexander is their son and next heir, and that the manor was taken into the king's hands because Roger was said to have been with Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, a rebel, and that it is in the king's hands for that reason solely.
Sept. 10.
Porchester.
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Margery, late the wife of Gerard de Aylesford, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Membrane 33.
Aug. 5.
Guildford.
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and in the adjoining marches of Wales. Order to deliver to William son of William Maunsel the manor of Lupeyate, co. Gloucester, which was taken into the king's hands by reason of his father's death, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William Maunsel held the manor for life of the grant of Alexander de Duntesburn by fine levied in the king's court, with remainder to William his son and to the heirs of his body, and that the manor is held of the lands that belonged to the earl of Hereford, which are in the king's hands, by knight service, the king having taken William's fealty for the same.
Memorandum, that this fealty was taken in place of homage by writ of privy seal amongst the writs of privy seal of the 17th year.
Aug. 22.
Westminster.
To Richard Pounz, keeper of the park of Enefeld. Order to permit the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell (ad Fontem Clericorum), London, to take five bucks between Midsummer and Michaelmas and five does between Michaelmas and Lent yearly, by himself or by his men, with archers or dogs at his pleasure in the outer park of Enefeld, as he was wont to do before the forfeiture of that park to the king, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Humphrey de Waleden and Henry de Edenestowe in the presence of the said keeper and of Edmund de Cheigny, keeper of forfeited lands in co. Middlesex, that William de Mandewilla, sometime earl of Essex and lord of the said park, granted to the brethren of the aforesaid hospital five bucks and five does yearly as above, and that the prior of the Hospital and his predecessors have received and had the bucks and does in the outer park of Enefeld from time out of mind until the time when the park came to the king's hands by the forfeiture of Humphrey de Bohoun, late earl of Hereford and Essex, and lord of that park, taking them as above at the prior's cost, and not in the inner park, which is called 'Le Frith,' and that the prior has been hindered from taking them from the time of the forfeiture aforesaid by the keepers of the park, because the keepers had no order from the king to permit the prior to take the said bucks and does, and that the park is a member of the manor of Enefeld, which was always held with the park of the king before the forfeiture.
Aug. 27.
Tunbridge.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to release Henry Russel from prison at Stafford, if he be imprisoned solely by reason of a trespass committed by him against the prior of Coventre, upon his finding mainpernors to have him before the king in a month from Michaelmas next to prosecute his action for error, and to satisfy the king for what pertains to him in case the judgment in this matter be affirmed, as Henry has suggested to the king that error has intervened in the record and process and in the rendering of judgment in the action before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between the aforesaid prior and Henry concerning the said trespass, whereupon the king ordered the aforesaid William to send the record and process to him under his seal and the writ sent to William concerning the same, so that the king should have them in a month from Michaelmas, Henry having been taken and imprisoned by the sheriff because he has not satisfied the king for what pertains to him in this behalf and is put in exigent in the county [court] of Warwick at the king's suit, as he has given the king to understand.
Aug. 28.
Tunbridge.
To the same. Order to certify the king of the names of Henry's mainpernors after he have received them and of his proceedings in this behalf, remitting this writ into chancery. The king wills that the execution of his previous (dicti Prioris brevis regis) writ of mainprise returnable before the king at the aforesaid day shall not be retarded by pretext of this writ, but execution shall be done in all things according to the force and effect of the same.
Aug. 27.
Tunbridge.
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to release Walter Chubbok, Adam Makehayt, William de Gloucestre and Robert de Rydewale from prison (sic), and to supersede the exaction of them to be outlawed in that county [court] from the time when they render themselves to prison, upon their finding mainpernors to have them before the king as above, and upon their rendering themselves to prison, as they have suggested to the king that error has intervened in the record and process and in the rendering of judgment in the action before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between Robert de Quenton and them concerning a trespass committed by them, whereupon the king ordered the aforesaid William to send the record and process to him under his seal, and the writ sent to William concerning the same, so that the king should have them in a month from Michaelmas, the said Walter, Adam, William and Robert having prayed for remedy because they are exacted from county [court] to county [court] until they shall be outlawed because they have not satisfied the king for what pertains to him in this behalf.
By K. on the information of W. de Ayremynne.
The like to the sheriff in favour of the following:
Walter Chubbok, John Grampe, William de Gloucestre, Adam Mahehayt, Robert de Ridewale, Nicholas Breton, Henry Russel, Robert Russel, chaplain, John de Mountsorel, John le Redclerk, Henry Bagod, John his brother, John de Allesleye, John de Stonleye, and Walter Boner, put in exigent at the suit of Richard Falke.
Henry Bagod, Walter Chubbok, Richard Uttyng, Simon Uttyng, Robert Russel, Henry Russel, John de Mountsorel, Nicholas Breton, John le Redclerk, Roger le Bray, John Bagod, John de Allesleye, Roger le Taillour, John Frebern, John de Stonleye, Walter Boner, Robert de Ridewale, Adam Makehayt, William de Gloucestre, and Richard le Latoner, put in exigent at the suit of the prior of Coventre.
Vacated, because otherwise below.
Walter Chubbok, John Grampe, William de Gloucestre, Adam Mahehayt, Robert de Ridewale, Nicholas Breton, John le Redclerk, and Henry Russel, put in exigent at the suit of Walter Fraunceys.
Adam Makehayt, William de Gloucestre, and Robert de Ridewale, put in exigent at the suit of John Erneys.
John Grampe, William de Gloucestre, Walter Chubbok, Adam Makeheyt, Robert de Rydewale, John de Mountsorel, Nicholas Breton, Henry Russel, John le Redclerk, John de Allesleye, John de Stonleye, and John Frebern, put in exigent at the suit of John Benet.
John Grampe, Walter Chubbok, Richard le Latoner, Henry Russel, Richard Uttyng', Simon Utting', Robert de Ridewale, John de Mountsorel, Nicholas Breton, John le Redclerk, Henry Bagod, John Bagod, John de Allesleye, Roger le Taillour, John Frebern, and John de Stonleye, put in exigent at the suit of John de Dumbelton.
Walter Chubbok, John Grampe, William de Gloucestre, Adam Makehayt, Robert de Ridewale, and Nicholas Breton, put in exigent at the suit of Thomas Joylin.
Adam Makeheyt, William de Gloucestre, Robert de Rydewale, Walter Chubbok, John Bagod, John Grampe, Nicholas Breton, John le Redclerk, and Henry Russel, put in exigent at the suit of Henry de Coleshull.
To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to release Henry Bagod, Walter Chubbok, Richard Uttyng', Simon Uttyng', Robert Russel, Henry Russel, John de Mountsorel, Nicholas Bretoun, John le Redclerk, Roger le Bray, John Bagod, John de Allesleye, Roger le Taillour, John Frebern, John de Stonleye, Walter Boner, Robert de Ridewale, Adam Makeheyt, William de Gloucestre, and Richard le Latoner, if they are to be taken because they have not satisfied the king, upon their finding mainpernors to have them before the king at the aforesaid day to prosecute their action of error, and to satisfy the king for what pertains to him if the judgment be affirmed, they having alleged error in the record and process and in the rendering of judgment in the action before the aforesaid William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between the prior of Coventre and them concerning a trespass committed by them.
Aug. 30.
Pevensey.
To the treasurer, or to him who supplies his place, and to the barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede until the morrow of All Souls next the demand for 494l. 3s. 7d. for the king's use made upon the prior and brethren of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by reason of the Templars' lands in their hands, as the muniments touching the said lands, whereby the prior and brethren intend to discharge themselves of certain of the debts exacted from them by reason of the aforesaid lands, are still in the king's possession. By p.s.
The like to the sheriffs of London, 'mutatis mutandis.'