Close Rolls, Edward II: March 1326

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: March 1326', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 4, 1323-1327, (London, 1898) pp. 463-465. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol4/pp463-465 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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March 1326

Membrane 10—Schedule.
March 24.
Kenilworth.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the lands, goods and chattels of John de Crumbwell to be taken into the king's hands, and to cause them to be kept safely until further orders by keepers to be deputed by them, as the king sent him to France in company of the queen, and afterwards ordered the queen to return, and she has not yet done so, and the king afterwards ordered John to come to him without delay to inform him concerning certain matters, and John has refused to return, and stays in the queen's company advising and exciting her to stay in those parts contrary to the king's will and orders, and, what is worse, adhering to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygemor, the king's enemy and rebel, and to other rebels in those parts.
Like order to take into the king's hands the lands, goods and chattels of John de Chaucombe.
To the same. Like order to cause the lands, goods and chattels of Edmund de Wodestok, earl of Kent, to be taken into the king's hands, as the king lately sent him to the duchy [of Aquitaine] and appointed him to supply the king's place there, and afterwards ordered him many times to return to England to inform the king concerning certain matters, and he has not yet done so, but has gone to France, where he is staying in the company of queen Isabella, advising her to stay there, etc.
Membrane 9.
March 27.
Kenilworth.
To John de Bolyngbrok, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, and Lancaster. Order to cause Thomas de Astelegh, kinsman and heir of Nicholas de Astelegh, who held by knight service of the heir of Guy de Bello Campo, late earl of Warwick, tenant in chief of the late king, a minor in the king's wardship, to have seisin of the lands of the said Nicholas, his uncle, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his fealty.
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order to cause Thomas to have seisin of the lands of the said Nicholas.
March 27.
Kenilworth.
To John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to pay to Joan Torthorald 10 marks for Easter term last, in accordance with the king's grant of 11 June, in the 11th year of his reign, of 20 marks yearly from the issues of the escheatry this side Trent in aid of her maintenance.
March 29.
Kenilworth.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to the aforesaid John for the above sum, which he has paid in execution of the preceding order.
March 27.
Kenilworth.
To Richard le Wayte, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Westhakebourne, co. Berks, and to restore the issues thereof to Joan, late the wife of Richard de Wyndesore, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard and Joan were enfeoffed thereof jointly by John de Drokenesford, clerk, by the late king's licence, by fine levied in the late king's court, to have to them for their lives of the said king by the usual services, with remainder to Richard son of the said Richard and to his heirs, and that the manor is held of the king by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee for all service: saving to the king Joan's fealty in this behalf.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Like order concerning the manor of Stanewell and the advowson of the church of that manor, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the aforesaid Richard and Joan were enfeoffed thereof jointly by John de Drokenesford by the late king's licence by fine levied in his court, to have to them for their lives of the king by the services therefor due, with remainder to Richard son of the said Richard and to his heirs, and that the manor is held of the king in chief as of the castle of Wyndesore by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee and of rendering 16s. 8d. every forty days to the ward of the said castle.
March 30.
Kenilworth.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the castle of Peveneseie to be surveyed by some one in whom they have confidence, and to cause it to be furnished with necessary victuals, by the view and testimony of Robert de Sapi, keeper of the said castle, and to cause the victuals to be delivered to the keeper, enjoining him to cause them to be changed from time to time as shall seem fit. The king has ordered the treasurer and chamberlains to deliver out of the treasury the money necessary for providing such victuals. By K.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Mandate in pursuance. By K.