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May 1.
Nottingham. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Whereas the late king ordained
that the staples of merchants and merchandise, and especially of wool, hides,
and wool-fells, and tin, should be held at certain places in England, Wales,
and Ireland, and not elsewhere, to wit at Newcastle-on-Tyne, York, Lincoln,
Norwich, London, Winchester, Exeter, and Bristol, for England, and at
Droghda and Cork for Ireland, Shrewsbury, Kermerdyn, and Kaerdif for
Wales, and for tin of Cornwall at Lostwythiel and Treureu, and for tin of
Devon at Asperton, and it is contained in the said articles that merchants
of England, Wales, and Ireland bringing wool, hides, and wool-fells and tin
to any of the staples aforesaid shall not take the same elsewhere out of the
king's power unless they have previously stayed in the staple with the said
goods for forty days, after which time they can take their merchandise
whither they will within or without the king's realm without holding or
making any staple elsewhere; the king, wishing this ordinance to be
observed, and because it is contained in certain letters of the late king sent
to some of the aforesaid staples that merchants coming to those staples with
their merchandise aforesaid should be bound to stay there for fifteen days
only, and in the letters sent to the mayor of London mention was made of a
stay of forty days, and the king wishes to remove this ambiguity, and that
the same stay shall be observed in all the staples, orders the mayor and
sheriffs to cause the aforesaid ordinance to be proclaimed in the city, and to
be observed in all its articles, informing all persons that the king's intention
is that all and singular merchants coming to the staple of that city, or to
any other staple within his realm and power, with the aforesaid merchandise
shall stay in such staple for forty days before they go thence with their
merchandise: all which things the king has ordered to be published in the
places of the other staples. |
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The like to the following: |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of York. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Lincoln. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Winchester. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Exeter. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Bristol. |
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The bailiffs of Norwich. |
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The mayor and bailiffs of Shrewsbury. |
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Membrane 3d. |
April 30.
Nottingham. |
John de Brokestowe, the elder, acknowledges that he owes to Master
Thomas de Garton, parson of the church of Overe, 10l.; to be levied, in
default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Nottingham. |
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Cancelled on payment. |
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Nicholas Silby of Belegrave acknowledges that he owes to Richard
de Peusey of Belegrave 20l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in co. Leicester. |
April 28.
Nottingham. |
John de Brehull, who has long served the king and his father, is sent to
the abbot and convent of Lilleshull to receive the same allowance in their
house as John Cok, deceased, had therein at the late king's request.
By p.s. [701.] |
May 3.
Nottingham. |
John Poutrel of Cotes acknowledges that he owes to William de Mekesburgh of Notingham 71s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands
and chattels in co. Leicester. |
May 6.
Nottingham. |
Gervase son of Gervase de Clyfton and Agnes, late the wife of John de
Lymar', acknowledge that they owe to John, parson of the church of
Clyfton, 5 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and
chattels in co. Nottingham. |
May 5.
Nottingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the prior
of Lenton to have respite until Michaelmas next for all debts due to the
exchequer. By K. |
May 6.
Nottingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to distrain
Thomas Golafre of Certeden for homage for the lands that he holds of the
king, as the king has granted him respite until Easter next. By K. |
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Robert le Porter of Baumburgh acknowledges that he owes to Thomas
de Baumburgh, parson of the church of Ovyngeham, 20l.; to be levied, in
default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Northumberland. |
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Cancelled on payment. |
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Enrolment of grant and release by Nicholas de Teukesbury to the king
of the town of Clyfton, Dertemuth, and Hardenasse and the port of Dertemuth. Witnesses: John, bishop of Ely, the chancellor; Sir John de
Crombewell; Master Henry de Clyf; Sir William de Herlaston; John de
Denum; Sir Thomas de Evesham. Dated at Notingham, 7 May 1327. |
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Memorandum, that Nicholas came into chancery at Notingham, on the
said day, and acknowledged the above deed. |
May 7.
Nottingham. |
To Bartholomew de Burgherssh, constable of Dover castle and warden
of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place. The count of
Hainault, Holland, and Zeeland has written to the king complaining that
certain mariners of the towns of Sandwich, Winchelse, and La Rye entered
a ship, laden with goods of Master Hugh Lieue of Caches and of certain
other men of Zeeland, whilst sailing on the sea to England by armed force,
and took and carried away and had their will of the said goods, to the value
of 250l., which they still detain, and the count has besought the king to
cause the goods to be restored or to cause satisfaction to be made for them:
the king, wishing to be certified concerning the premises and to punish the
evil-doers, orders Bartholomew to make inquisition by the oath of men of
his bailiwick of the names of the malefactors who took the goods, and concerning the goods and their value, their owners, and to whose hands they
afterwards came, and in whose hands they are now, and to send the king
the inquisition, so that he have it before him in chancery before Holy
Trinity next. |
May 11.
Nottingham. |
Roger Barcolf of Cotes acknowledges that he owes to John de Erleshagh
60s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co.
Leicester. |
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Bartholomew Ryco, merchant of Chieri (Kerio) and Anthony Malocell[i]
of Genoa put in their place Thomas de Evesham, clerk, to prosecute a
recognisance for 168l. made to him in chancery by the prior of Lenton. |
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Memorandum, that the said Thomas came into chancery at York, on
27 July, and acknowledged that the aforesaid merchants had been satisfied,
and willed and prayed that the recognisance may be cancelled. |
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Membrane 2d. |
April 5.
Ramsey. |
To Thomas, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England. Summons to be
at Newcastle-on-Tyne with his horses, arms, and all the service due from
him on Monday before the Ascension next, as the king has ordained to be
there at that date with his army and all the service due to him to protect
his realm against Robert de Brus and his adherents of Scotland in case
they presume to enter his realm, because he understands that Robert has
ordered all the power of Scotland to be assembled in the marches on
Sunday before the Ascension, the day agreed upon for the king's envoys
and his envoys to meet at a certain place in the marches to treat of final
peace, and the king understands that Robert proposes to invade the realm
if he cannot have peace according to his will, although the truce concluded
between him and the late king has not yet expired. By K. & C.
[Fœdera.] |
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The like to five earls and to eighty others. [Ibid.] |
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To W. archbishop of Canterbury. Like summons. By K. & C.
[Ibid.] |
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The like to the archbishop of York, nineteen bishops, and to twenty-four
abbots and priors. [Ibid.] |
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To the sheriff of York. Order to cause proclamation to be made that
archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, and all others of the clergy, and earls,
barons, knights, women, widows, and all others of his bailiwick who owe
service to the king shall have their services at Newcastle on the aforesaid
day, certifying the king at that day of his proceedings herein.
[Ibid.] By K. & C. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England. [Ibid.] |
April 5.
Ramsey. |
To the mayor, barons, and bailiffs of the port of Dover. Order to have
all the service of ships due from them at Skymburnesse on the aforesaid
day, to set out against the said enemies as Waresius de Valoignes, whom
the king has appointed admiral of the fleet of his ships from the mouth of
the Thames, as well of the Cinque Ports as of other ports and places by
the coast to the western parts, shall then enjoin them on the king's behalf.
[Ibid.] |
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The like to the mayors, barons, and bailiffs of the following ports: |
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La Rye. |
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Sandwich. |
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Faversham. |
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Hastyng'. |
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Wynchelse. |
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Romenhale. |
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Hethe. |
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Pevenesse. [Ibid.] |
April 29.
Nottingham. |
To the mayor, aldermen, and whole community of the city of London.
Request that they will send to the king at the said day and place as many
men of the city as they shall deem fit, considering the necessity, and that
they will cause them to be armed with suitable arms, and that they will
cause each of them to be provided with a horse of the value of 30s. or 40s.
for their riding thither, so that they be there at the said day, if it can
possibly be done, or otherwise as soon as possible, to set out thence against
the Scots at the king's wages. The king will make them recompence and
satisfaction for their expenses in this behalf, and he wills that their granting
of this request shall not prejudice their liberties. By K. & C.
[Ibid.] |
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The like to the mayors and bailiffs and the bailiffs of forty-two towns.
[Ibid.] |
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1 EDWARD III.—Part II. |
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Membrane 27. |
May 5.
Nottingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king learns
by inquisition taken by John de Tychebourn and Ralph de Bereford that
Philip Aubyn, Roger de Inkepenne, Ralph de Mallynges, Adam de Cheryton,
Thomas de Holeputte, Ralph Franceys, Nicholas Lindraper, Robert le
Ismonger, Nicholas de Exonia, John Gabriel, and William son of Edward le
Draper, citizens of Winchester, were compelled, in the late king's time, by
Hugh le Despenser, the younger, Master Robert de Baldok, and Robert de
Holden to come to the king's castle of Porcestre against their will, and to
stay therein until they bought 43 tuns of the late king's wines then in the
castle for its munition for 129l., at which they were then appraised, and they
made a recognisance for that sum to be paid to the late king at certain terms
now past before Geoffrey le Scrop, then chief justice, and that the wine
aforesaid was corrupt and putrid, and that 23 tuns thereof were worth only
11l. 10s. 0d. and 20 tuns were worth 20l.; the king has pardoned the said
citizens 97l. 10s. 0d. of the aforesaid sum, and he therefore orders the
treasurer and barons to cause them to be discharged and acquitted of the
whole of the aforesaid sum upon payment of the remaining 31l. 10s. 0d.,
certifying the king when the latter sum has been paid, so that he may cause
the recognisance to be cancelled. By K. & C. |
May 5.
Nottingham. |
To the same. Whereas the king learns by inquisition taken by John de
Tycheburn and Ralph de Bereford that Henry de Bury, Robert de Knowell,
William de Berewyk, Henry de Melkesham, John Baudry, Robert Baudri,
Roger Hipewell, Thomas le Long, John de Longeford, Robert de Lavynton,
Philip Prat, and William Dubbere, citizens of Salisbury, were compelled, in
the late king's time, by Hugh le Despenser, the younger, Master Robert de
Baldok and Robert de Holden to come to the aforesaid castle, and to stay
therein until they had bought 25 tuns of the aforesaid wine for 75l., at which
they were then appraised, and they made a recognisance for payment of
that sum to the late king at terms now past before the aforesaid Geoffrey
Lescrop, and that the wine was corrupt and putrid, and that eight tuns
thereof were worth only 8l., and eight tuns were worth 8 marks, and the
other nine tuns were worth 4l. 10s. 0d.; the king has pardoned the said
citizens 57l. 3s. 4d. of the above sum, and he therefore orders the treasurer
and barons to cause them to be acquitted of the whole of the aforesaid sum
upon payment of the remaining 17l. 16s. 8d., certifying the king when the
latter sum has been paid, so that he may cause the recognisance to be
cancelled. By K. & C. |
May 5.
Nottingham. |
To the same. Whereas the king learns by inquisition taken by John de
Tycheburn and Ralph de Bereford that Henry le Canevacer of Winchester
was compelled, in the late king's time, by the aforesaid Hugh, Robert, and
Robert, to come to the aforesaid castle, and to stay therein until he bought
25 tuns of the late king's old wines therein for 75l., at which they were then
appraised, and for payment of that sum be found security, by force and fear
and wholly against his will, by the abbot of Hyde, and that the wine was
corrupt and putrid, and that nine tuns thereof were worth only 9l., and
eight tons only 8 marks, and the other eight tuns 6 marks; the king has
pardoned Henry 56l. 13s. 4d. of the aforesaid sum, and therefore orders the
treasurer and barons to cause him and the abbot to be discharged and
acquitted of the whole sum upon payment of the remaining 18l. 6s. 8d.
By K. & C. |
April 30.
Nottingham. |
To Thomas de Usflete, keeper of the great wardrobe. Order to account
with Taldus Valoris and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi,
for the things bought and received by him from them for the late king's
wardrobe, as well for cloth, spices and other things as for sums of money
paid to them, and to certify the king without delay of what he shall find to
be due to them or to the king, as the merchants have given the king to
understand that Thomas has done nothing in execution of the late king's
order to the like effect, which order the late king made when he released the
merchants from the observation of certain agreements made between them
and Thomas for the finding and delivering in the city of London of divers
sorts of spices for the expenses of the said king's household, they having
prayed the late king to excuse them from fulfilling the agreements, because
they durst not bring their spices or other merchandise to the city by reason
of the disturbances therein. |
April 30.
Nottingham. |
To the burgomasters, échevins, and community of the town of Bruges.
The king learns from the mayor and certain citizens of London that the
burgomasters, échevins, and community have complained to them by their
letters that, after the truce was concluded between the king, for his
subjects, and them and others of Flanders, their adherents, certain malefactors of Sandwich and Winchelse were alleged to have taken a ship of the
town of Neuport, laden with divers wares to the value of 200l., on the sea
near Boulogne, and that, after they had slain the mariners thereof, they
took it whither they would. The king is much disturbed at hearing of this,
and he is very desirous that such an offence shall be severely punished, and
he therefore signifies to the burgomasters, échevins, and community that if
they or the persons who have suffered damage will send proctors or envoys
to him to obtain justice, he will be prepared, according to the requirements
of the truce, to exhibit justice to them in all things with all speed, and to
punish the offenders upon conviction so severely that others doing the like
shall be struck with fear. It is not fitting that the truce shall be broken
by reason of this offence, if it have been so committed, since safety cannot
easily be provided against the attacks of such pirates, and it will not be the
king's fault if attempts against the truce be not duly emended. |
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Vacated, because otherwise on the dorse. |
April 22.
Stamford. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to supersede entirely the demand upon
Richard le Waleys for 2,000 marks for a fine that he made with the late
king to save his life and to have his lands again, because he was of the
quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and for 200 marks for the [queen]
gold due to Queen Isabella by reason of this fine, and for 100s. that Richard
bound himself to pay to the late king and his heirs yearly by reason of the
said quarrel, as it was agreed in the late parliament that fines, obligations,
and ransoms made by those who were of the said quarrel shall be cancelled
and annulled, and the king has caused the said fine of 2,000 marks to be
annulled. |
April 30.
Nottingham. |
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to receive John Sotomay and
William de Barnesby, or one of them, in place of Edmund de Assheby, late
sheriff of Warwick and Leicester, to render his account at the exchequer on
the morrow of the Ascension next for the time when he was sheriff of the
said counties, as Edmund has attorned them in his place for this purpose,
because he cannot attend personally at the said day as he is about to set out
for Scotland with Henry de Bello Monte in the king's service by his order.
By K. & C. |
May 10.
Nottingham. |
To William la Zouche of Assheby, keeper of the land of Glaumorgan,
Order to ascertain by inquisition and otherwise what lands of the king's
and of others Griffin, John, Meurik, Roger, William, and Llewelin, sons
and heirs of Llewelin de Bren, have entered, under colour of the
king's grant that they should have all the lands that belonged to their
father and the lands that were of their acquisition in the fees of
Seigheneth and Meskyn, made in response to their petition, shewing that
Hugh le Despenser, the younger, had fraudulently caused them to be disinherited and disseised thereof, and under colour of the king's order to the late
keeper of the land of Glaumorgan to maintain them in possession of the said
lands until the last parliament, the king having afterwards ordered the said
William to permit them to retain and have the said lands; and to resume
into the king's hands the lands that he shall find that they have entered
against the king and his said tenants, and to do further what he shall think
fit for the king and the tenants, according to right and the custom of those
parts, as the king is given to understand that Griffin, John, Meuric, Roger,
William, and Llewelin have entered divers lands of his and of his tenants
in those parts under colour of the aforesaid grant and orders, and that they
still occupy them. |
May 6.
Nottingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Maurice de Suthpederton,
clerk, who was born of the power of the king of France, has shewn the
king that the late king, by reason of the war between him and the king of
France in the duchy [of Aquitaine], caused a messuage, 50 acres of land,
6 acres of meadow, and 6s. 1d. of yearly rent in Suthpederton, which Elias
Daubeneye demised to Maurice for life, to be taken into his hands with the
lands of alien men of religion, and Maurice afterwards received the tenements
of the late king, by commission of his exchequer, for 60s. yearly to be
rendered to the exchequer for so long as the tenements should remain in his
hands, and Maurice has prayed the king to discharge him of the said rent:
the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to
discharge Maurice of the aforesaid rent, if they ascertain that the tenements
were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the war aforesaid, and
that Maurice received them from the late king in form aforesaid; provided
that any arrears of the said rent be levied for the king's use. |
May 14.
Nottingham. |
To the same. Order to respite the account that Maurice Draweswerd,
the king's yeoman, is bound to render at the exchequer until the king's
return from the north, whither Maurice is going with the king by his order.
By K. |
May 15.
Nottingham. |
To the abbot of Gerndon. Order to bring into chancery immediately
upon sight hereof the money, gold, vessels (veselamenta), and other goods
that belonged to Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Winchester, the king's
rebel, which are in the abbot's custody. By K. |
May 13.
Nottingham. |
To Joan Botetourte. Order to deliver to Thomas Blaunkfrount the
twelve oxen, three colts (pullanos masculos), and two fillies (duas pultres)
in her custody that belonged to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, which
pertain to the king by his forfeiture, as the king has granted them to
Thomas for his good service. By K. |
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The like to Robert le Ryder of Duddeleye to deliver 100 sheep to the
said Thomas. |
May 20.
Pontefract. |
To Richard Dammory, justice of Chester. Order not to compel Queen
Isabella's men and tenants in the manors and lands that she holds for life in
co. Chester, and that Hamo de Mascy holds at ferm for a term of years by
her demise, to come outside the liberties of the manors and lands to set out
with others of that county in the king's service towards Scotland, but to
cause them to be chosen by Hamo or those whom he shall depute in his
place, and to be brought to the king at the king's charge. By K. |
May 25.
York. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage in Coventre, and to restore the issues thereof to
Agnes, late the wife of Hugh de Meryngton, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that Hugh and Agnes held the messuage at his
death of the gift of Adam Russel to Hugh and Agnes and Hugh's heirs,
and that it is not held of the king. |
May 27.
York. |
To the same. Order to assign dower to Matilda, late the wife of William
Horssy, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's
licence, in the presence of John Horssy, son and heir of William, if he
choose to attend. |
May 27.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to permit the
abbot and convent of Vaudey, which is greatly impoverished, to pay the
44l. due from them to the exchequer, for the arrears of divers tenths granted
to Edward I. and Edward II. by the popes and by the clergy of the province
of Canterbury, at the rate of 100s. yearly, which terms the king has granted
to them out of compassion for their estate. By p.s. [829.] |
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Membrane 26. |
May 4.
Nottingham. |
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife
of John Giffard, 200 acres of wood pertaining to the manor of Walles, as
the king learns by inquisition taken by John de Annesle and Robert de
Aston that Margaret and John her son acquired the said manor to them
and to John's heirs from Adam Caylli, of whom John le Caylli held it for
life, by reason of which acquisition John le Caylli attorned himself of his
fealty to Margaret and John her son, and that Margaret and John her son,
in the 11th year of the late king's reign, recovered the aforesaid 200 acres
of wood as appurtenant to the manor against the said John le Caylli,
tenant for life of the manor, before the justices of the Bench by writ of
waste, and after the recovery Margaret granted to John her son that he
should hold the wood sole for life, and that she made no other estate thereof
to him, nor remitted her right nor changed her estate therein in any way,
and that the wood was taken into the late king's hands after the death of
John Giffard as forfeited, by reason of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of
Lancaster, in the fifteenth year of his reign, and that it is still in the king's
hands for this reason, and that the whole manor is held of the bishop of
Worcester by the service of half a knight's fee, and that the wood is worth
yearly in all issues half a mark. |
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To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Margaret
the manor of Side, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the aforesaid
John and Robert that the said Margaret and John her son acquired the
manor from Adam Caylly, to them and to John's heirs, and that Margaret
afterwards granted to John that he should hold the manor sole for life, and
that she made no other estate therein to him, nor remitted her right therein
in any other way, and that the manor was seised into the late king's hands
in the 15th year of his reign, after John's death, as forfeited to him by
reason of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and that the said
king, in the same year, gave the manor to Hugh le Despenser, late earl of
Winchester, to hold for life, with remainder to Hugh le Despenser, the
younger, and to his heirs, and that Margaret never remitted the manor to
the earl nor changed her estate therein in any way, and that the manor was
taken into the late king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture, and that it is still in
the king's hands for this reason, and that it is held of John de Acton by the
service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and is worth yearly in all issues
4l. 1s. 3d. |
March 13.
Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage, 55 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, and 6 acres
of pasture in Westminster, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert
de Asshele and Robert de Swalclif that William Pente of London, at the
feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, in the 7th year of the late king's reign,
demised the tenements aforesaid, which he had of the inheritance of Thomas
Pente, his father, to John de la Beche, for the term of sixteen years,
rendering therefor 5 marks yearly, with power for William to enter the
tenements and hold them quit of the said John whenever the rent should
be wholly or partly in arrear, and that John paid him 20 marks for the first
four years at the time of the demise, and that John held the tenements from
that time until Palm Sunday, in the 15th year of the late king's reign,
without paying anything therefor to William, upon which day the late king
caused the tenements to be taken into his hands because John was of the
quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and detained them in his hands
from then, and they are thus in the king's hands, and that William did not
remit the tenements to the late king or to the aforesaid John, and did not
change his estate therein in any way, and that the tenements are not held
of the king, and it has been agreed by the king, the prelates, earls, barons,
and community of the realm that those who were of the said quarrel shall
have again their lands that were taken into the late king's hands by reason
of the quarrel. |
March 6.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the late
king's commission to John de Erleye of the lands of John de Wroxhale to
be annulled, and to cause him to be discharged of the ferm of 53l. 6s. 8d.,
and of the arrears thereof for which answer has not yet been made to the
king or his father, as the king lately commanded him to deliver the issues and
the arrears of the ferms of the aforesaid lands to the said John de Wroxhale,
who was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, in accordance
with the ordinance in the late parliament at Westminster, as John de Erleye
has shewn the king that the late king, on 22 October, in the 19th year of
his reign, committed the said lands to him for six years from Michaelmas
preceding at the aforesaid ferm, and he has prayed the king to annul the
said commission and to discharge him of the ferm and its arrears. |
Feb. 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de
Nevyll to be discharged of 450l., the remainder of a fine of 500l. made by
him with the late king, because he was a member of the household of
Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, to save his life and to have his lands again,
as he has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to remit
and pardon this sum, and it has been agreed in the present parliament that
all fines and ransoms made by reason of the said earl's quarrel shall be
annulled and cancelled. |
May 7.
Nottingham. |
To William Coterel. Order to deliver to Matilda, late the wife of
William le Wyn, and executrix of his will, all the issues of William's lands,
which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the quarrel of
Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, for the time when William Coterel had the
custody thereof, and the rents and the arrears of ferms of the said lands
for which answer was not made to the late king, and also the goods and
chattels of the said William le Wyn in his custody, as it was agreed in the
parliament at Westminster that those who were of the quarrel of the said
earl shall have their lands again, and the ferms, rents, arrears, etc. |
May 12.
Nottingham. |
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Alice, late the wife of John de Luk', and
to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John
de Bolyngbrok, the late king's escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, and Derby, that Alice held no lands in chief of the late king on
the day of her death by reason whereof the custody of her lands ought to
pertain to the king, and that William de Luk' of Breidesale, her kinsman,
is her next heir and of full age. |
May 10.
Nottingham. |
To the steward of the castle and honour of Knaresburgh, and keeper of
the chace there, and to him who supplies his place. Whereas, at the suggestion of the prelates, earls and barons, and community of the realm in the
parliament at Westminster that the perambulations made by order of
Edward I. in his forests and granted and confirmed by him and the late
king were not obseryed, and that perambulations in certain of the forests
had not been made according to the grants of the said kings, the king
granted that the perambulations aforesaid thus granted and confirmed should
be held and observed for ever under the metes and bounds contained in the
late king's letters patent; the king wills that the perambulations that were
not then made in some of the forests shall be made as quickly as possible
by his subjects to be appointed for this purpose; and he now understands
that although in the free chace aforesaid—which he has assigned, together
with the castle and honour, to Queen Isabella for life—no perambulation
was made in the times of Edward I. or Edward II., and although he has
appointed no men to make such perambulation, nevertheless certain persons
have made a perambulation in the chace aforesaid by their own authority,
and have placed bounds and hedges (divisas) in the king's soil there
without his assent, and chase and take beasts, fell oaks, and presume to do
other things in places thus put by them outside the chace to the prejudice
of the king and his mother: the king therefore orders the steward, or him
who supplies his place, to go to the chace in person, and to survey the
perambulation thus made and the bounds and hedges thus placed, and if he
find that any places have been placed outside the chace by the perambulation,
he is to take them into the chace again, and to cause them to be kept in the
chace as they were wont to be in the times of the king's grandfather and
father, until otherwise ordered. By K. & C. |
May 12.
Nottingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to distrain the
prior of Lenton for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as the
king has taken his fealty. |
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To the sheriff of Warwick. Order to restore to Walter de Alsepath,
clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the late king's
hands upon his being charged, before the said king at Warwick, with a
robbery committed upon Elias le Kellere of London at Colefeld, in the
confines of that county and of co. Stafford, and with the robbery of a cartload of divers goods of the value of 100l., and with a robbery from Reginald
Perle of a cartload of cloth of Flanders, price 100l., and of 100l. in money
by tale at Gaveleyheth near Pencrich, as he has purged his innocence before
Thomas, bishop of Worcester, the diocesan, to whom he was delivered by
Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, the late king's justices to hold pleas
before him, in accordance with the custom. |
May 8.
Nottingham. |
To John le Pettour. Order to restore to John de Drayton his goods and
chattels, which John le Pettour occupied and still detains because John de
Drayton was of the household of Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Winchester. |
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The like to John Marcel, John Jerreyn, and William Wayte. |
May 12.
Nottingham. |
To Robert Power, chamberlain of Kaernarvan. Order to pay to the
constables of the castles of North Wales and to the other king's ministers
of those parts their usual wages and fees. By K. |
May 10.
Nottingham. |
To the same. Order to cause the usual fee of the justice of North Wales
to be paid to Richard Dammory, to whom the late king, on 12 December
last, committed that office, for the time when he was justice. |
May 12.
Nottingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent, or to his sub-escheator in
co. Nottingham. Order not to intermeddle further with a third of the manor
of Radeclyve-on-Soar, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns
by an inquisition taken by the sub-escheator by his order that Helewysia,
late the wife of Thomas de Barkeby, held the aforesaid third on the day of
her death in dower, by assignment made to her in the late king's chancery
after the death of John Pygot, her former husband, and that Joan, late the
wife of Peter Pygot, to whom the third ought to revert after Helewysia's
death by virtue of a fine levied before William de Bereford and his fellows,
the late king's justices of the Bench, has not changed her estate in the said
third, and that it and the other two parts of the manor are held of the king
in chief by the service of keeping a goshawk at the king's charges for
a year. |
April 22.
Stamford. |
To John de Carleton, king's clerk. Order to restore to Robert de
Holden, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the
king's hands by John by reason of Robert's adhesion to Hugh le Despenser,
the younger, and to other rebels against the king and Queen Isabella before
the king's accession, as the king has pardoned him at the request of Henry,
earl of Lancaster. |
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The like to Roger de Swynnerton. |
May 10.
Nottingham. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
to be elected in place of Richard Thurgar of Spaldyng', who is insufficiently
qualified. |
April 18.
Stamford. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of
Galtres to be elected in place of Thomas de la Ryver, whom the king has
amoved from office for insufficient qualification. |
May 15.
Nottingham. |
To Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygemore, justice of Wales. Whereas the
king has granted him power by his letters patent to amove constables,
bailiffs, and other ministers of the king in that land whom he shall find insufficient, excepting the two chamberlains there, and to depute other fitting
persons in their places; the king signifies to him that it was not, and is not,
his intention that the power thus granted to Roger shall be prejudiced by
pretext of any commission made by the king to any one of such offices from
the time of the commission of such power to Roger, but the king wills that
any commissions thus made by him shall be regarded as null. By p.s. [792.] |
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Membrane 25. |
May 12.
Nottingham. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to supersede the taking of the
bodies of Ralph de (sic) Basset and of the men of his company until their
return from Scotland, whither they are going on the king's service in the
company of Henry de Lancastria, earl of Lancaster and Leicester, as the
earl has signified to the king by his letters that Ralph and the said men are
indicted before the keepers of the peace in that county for entering the
manor of Buckeby by force and arms, and for committing divers felonies
there, by reason whereof the sheriff intends taking and imprisoning Ralph
and the said men, wherefore the earl has besought the king to supersede the
taking of Ralph and the said men until their return. By K. |
May 13.
Nottingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to distrain
Richard de Sancto Andrea for his homage and fealty for the lands that he
holds of the king, as he has done homage and fealty to the king.
By p.s. [779.] |
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The like in favour of the following: |
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Richard son of Jordan de Whitacre, for homage, etc. [By p.s. 776.] |
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Henry Cotel, for homage. [By p.s. 775.] |
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The abbot of Battle, for fealty. |
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The prior of Lenton. |
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Agnes Halybred of Turveye. |
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Mauger le Vavasour, for homage. |
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Peter Rogerii, abbot of Fecamp, dwelling in parts beyond sea. |
June 6.
York. |
John de Wodhull. By p.s. [901.] |
June 9.
York. |
The abbess of Shaftesbury, for fealty. |
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Mauger le Vavasour, for homage and fealty. |
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Thomas Curzon, for fealty. |
June 4.
York. |
Gilbert Abbot, who married Agnes de Seyn Pere, for fealty, etc.
Robert de Insula, for homage and fealty. |
May 14.
Nottingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a messuage and 40 acres of land in Great Wilburgham, and to
restore the issues thereof to Joan, late the wife of William Loveday, as the
king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William and Joan
held the messuage and land jointly on the day of William's death of the
gift of Walter, vicar of the church of that town, by fine levied between
them in the late king's court, and that the messuage and land are not held
of the king, and are worth yearly in all issues 20s. |
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To the same. Order to assign dower to the aforesaid Joan, late the
wife of the said William, tenant in chief of the king, upon her taking oath
not to marry without the king's licence. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the
executors of the will of Richard de la Marche, late fermor of Portebury
and Bedemynstre, co. Gloucester, to be discharged of the issues of the
lands of Thomas de Berkeleye for the time that Richard had the custody
thereof, and of the arrears of the ferms of the said lands, which the king
ordered them to deliver to Thomas, in accordance with the agreement in
parliament that those who were of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of
Lancaster, should have their lands again, and the issues and arrears of
ferms, etc., thereof, and Thomas has acknowledged in person in chancery
that the executors have delivered to him the issues, arrears, and his goods
and chattels by virtue of the king's order. |
May 13.
Nottingham. |
To the sheriff of Westmoreland. Order to take anew the oaths of office
of the coroners in that county who are sufficiently qualified, and to cause
others to be elected in place of those who are insufficiently qualified, and to
take oath of office from those to be thus elected, causing such persons to be
elected who best know and can attend to the offices, as the king wills that
the coroners elected in the times of his grandfather and father who are
sufficiently qualified shall remain in office, and those who are insufficiently
qualified shall be amoved, and that other fit and sufficient coroners shall be
elected in their places. By K. & C. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England. |
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To Adam de Tirewhite, burgess of Beverley. Thomas Alanayn, merchant of Amiens, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his
council, that whereas he came to Beverley with eight barrels of woad
during the truce between the late king and the king of France, in order to
trade there with the same, Roger de Somervill, the late king's sheriff of co.
York, arrested the said woad by reason of the war between the late king
and the king of France, and afterwards sold it, and delivered the money
thence arising to the said Adam and to Thomas de Clay and William le
Lumbard, burgesses of Beverley, for custody, which sums are still detained
in their hands under arrest, wherefore he has prayed the king to provide a
remedy: the king therefore orders Adam to pay to Thomas or to his
attorney what is in his hands of the aforesaid money. By pet. of C. |
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The like to Thomas de Clay. |
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The like to William le Lumbard. |
May 18.
Clipstone. |
To Richard de Whatton and William Bosoun. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands that Laura, late the wife of John de Stotevyll, holds
in dower in co. Nottingham, which were taken into the late king's hands
because she was born of the power of the king of France, and which are in
the king's hands by reason of the dissension between the king of France and
the late king, and to permit her and her men to dispose thereof at her
pleasure. The king makes this order at the request of Queen Isabella.
By p.s. |
May 25.
York. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Roger son
of John Husey, kinsman and heir of John de Berewyk, to have seisin of the
lands of the said John de Berewyk, as he has proved his age before the
escheator and the king has taken his homage for the lands that John de
Berewyk held in chief of the late king. By p.s. |
May 23.
York. |
To Richard de Mosele, late receiver of the issues of the castle and honour
of Pontefract. Order to deliver to Robert de Raygate all the issues
received by Richard from his lands, which were taken into the late king's
hands by reason of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and the
arrears of the ferms of the said lands for which answer has not been made
to the late king, and his goods and chattels in Richard's custody, in accordance with the agreement in parliament that those who were of the said
quarrel shall have their lands again, and the issues thereof and the arrears
of ferms, etc. |
May 27.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the
aforesaid Richard of the issues, arrears, and goods and chattels delivered by
him to Robert by virtue of the preceding order. |
May 26.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge
Edmund de Nevill, knight, of a fine of 100 marks made by him with the
late king, as it appears by the tenor of the record and process before the late
king between him and Edmund concerning a trespass committed upon the
said king by the latter, which tenor the king has caused to come before him,
that Edmund made the fine by reason of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of
Lancaster, and for other things wherewith he was charged before Hervey de
Staunton and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the said king, and it
has been agreed in parliament that all fines made with the late king by
reason of the quarrel aforesaid shall be annulled. |
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Vacated because otherwise below. |
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To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the manors of Gothurst and Weston, co. Buckingham, and the
manor of Cestre, co. Northampton, and to restore the issues thereof to
Grace, late the wife of John de Nodariis, as the king learns by inquisition
taken by the escheator that John and Grace held the manors jointly on the
day of John's death, to them and to John's heirs, of the grant of Robert fiz
Nel by fine levied in the late king's court, and that the manors are not held
of the king. |
May 26.
York. |
To the same. Order to cause dower of the said John's lands to be
assigned to Grace, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's
licence. |
May 28.
York. |
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
William de Wistowe and Agnes his wife, late the wife of Nicholas de Grey,
the manor of Barton-in-Rydale, and any issues received therefrom, as the
king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Nicholas and Agnes
held the manor jointly on the day of Nicholas's death, to them and the heirs
of their bodies, of the gift of John de Kirketon, who enfeoffed them thereof by
fine levied in the late king's court, and that the manor is held of the king in
chief by the service of one knight's fee and of rendering 10s. yearly to the
king towards the fines of the wapentake of Ridale, and that the manor ought
to remain to Ed. son and heir of Nicholas and Agnes after the death of
Agnes, and the king has taken the fealty of the said William de Wistowe,
who has now married Agnes. |
May 31.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the
bailiffs and men of Ipswich, in the 100l. due to them from the king, 40l. for
the arrears of the ferm of their town for the 19th year of the late king's
reign, and to cause them to have an assignment under the exchequer seal
for the remaining 60l. upon the new custom in that town, as the king is
bound to them in the aforesaid 100l. by letters patent under the seal of
Queen Isabella and under his own seal before his accession, which sum they
lent to the king, and which the king promised to pay at Easter last, and they
have restored the said letters into chancery, and they owe 40l. for the
arrears of their ferm. By p.s. |
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Membrane 24. |
June 2.
York. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to receive anew the oaths of office of the
verderers in the forests in that county who are sufficiently qualified, and to
cause other verderers to be elected in place of those who are insufficiently
qualified, and to receive the oaths of such new verderers, causing such
persons to be elected as best know and can attend to the office, as the king
wills that the verderers who were elected in the times of his grandfather
and father who are sufficiently qualified shall remain in office, and those
who are insufficiently qualified shall be removed from office. |
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The like to the sheriff of Nottingham and the sheriff of Cumberland under
the same date. |
July 7.
Topcliffe. |
The like to the sheriff of Wilts for the forest of Claryndon. |
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The like to the sheriff of Wilts for the forests of Pewesham, Mefkesham
(sic), and Savernak, which Queen Isabella holds for life. |
June 2.
York. |
To William Tracy, late sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause all the
lands that belonged to Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Winchester, and
Hugh le Despenser, the younger, in that county, which came to the late
king's hands by their forfeiture, to be delivered to the sheriff of that
county. |
June 2.
York. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause dower to
be assigned to Katherine, late the wife of William de Putton, tenant in
chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence. |
May 28.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge
Edmund de Nevyll, knight, of the remainder of two fines of 115 marks
made by him with the late king, as it appears by the tenor of the record and
process of a suit that was before the late king between him and Edmund,
which tenor the king has caused to come before him, that Edmund made
two fines with the said king containing 115 marks by reason of the quarrel
of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and for other things charged upon him
before Henry (sic) de Staunton and his fellows, late justices to hold pleas
before the late king, of which sum Edmund says he has paid 20l., and it
was agreed in parliament that all fines made with the late king by reason
of the said quarrel shall be annulled. |
May 26.
York. |
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to cause a verderer for Cannok forest
to be chosen in place of William de Freford, who is incapacitated by illness
and infirmity. |
June 2.
York. |
To the chamberlain of Kaermerdyn. Order to cause Dynevor castle to be
provided with victuals suitably, charging Edmund Hakelut, the constable,
with the victuals aforesaid by indenture, as the king understands that there
are no victuals therein for its munition. By K. |
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To the same. Order to pay to the aforesaid Edmund, to whom the late
king committed the custody of the said castle for life, the arrears of his
wages for such custody, and to pay him his wages hereafter. |
May 15.
Nottingham. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Shirburn
to the office of coroner in that city, when required by Richard de la Pole,
the king's butler, to whom the office pertains, as Richard cannot execute the
said office in person, and has substituted John in his place, because he is
attending to divers affairs of the king's in various parts of the realm. |
June 3.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Juliana de Leybourne,
the heiress of Ralph de Sandwyco, has shewn the king that whereas Ralph
at his death was bound to the king's progenitors in many accounts and debts,
which are now exacted from her at the exchequer, and Ralph's executors,
when accounting at the late king's exchequer for the time when Ralph was
constable of the Tower of London, had a surplus of 255l. 12s. 3d., which
were not afterwards allowed to her or any one else, she prays that the king
will order this surplus to be allowed to her in the aforesaid debts: the king
therefore orders the treasurer and barons to inform themselves concerning
the surplus aforesaid, and concerning the debts due from Ralph at his death
for the arrears of accounts rendered and that are still to be rendered, and for
other debts whatsoever, and to cause Juliana, as his heiress, to have allowance for the surplus aforesaid in the said debts; provided that if Juliana be
bound to the king in any debt for Ralph beyond the said allowance, it shall
be levied for the king's use. By K. |
May 29.
York. |
To William Trussel, escheator beyond Trent. Although, because it was
found by the tenor of a fine levied in the late king's court, before William
de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, in the 5th year of his
reign, between William Tuchet, demandant, and Bartholomew de Badelesmere, deforciant, concerning the manor of Welle, co. Hertford, a transcript
whereof the king caused to come into chancery, that William acknowledged
the manor to be the right of Bartholomew as of his gift, and that Bartholomew granted the manor to William and the heirs of his body, to be held of
Bartholomew, and the king understood that the manor ought to remain
in his hands in name of wardship by virtue of the said fine by reason of the
minority of Giles, son and heir of Bartholomew, because William died without an heir of his body, and ordered the said escheator to take with him
Robert son of John de Lufewyk and to take the manor into the king's
hands, and to cause it to be kept safely until otherwise ordered; as, however, it is found by part of a fine levied in the late king's court before his
justices of the Bench, in the third year of his reign, between the aforesaid
William and Ellen de Danarston, demandants, and William de Goldyngton
and Margaret his wife, impedients, concerning the aforesaid manor, which
part has been shewn before the king in chancery, that William de Goldyngton and Margaret acknowledged the manor to be the right of the said
William Tuchet as what he and Ellen had of their gift, to have to
William Tuchet and Ellen and William's heirs, and it is found by an inquisition taken by the escheator by the king's order that William Tuchet and
Ellen held the manor jointly on the day of William's death by virtue of the
fine aforesaid, the king orders the escheator to supersede entirely the taking
of the manor into his hands, and, if he have already done so, to restore it and
the issues thereof to the said Ellen, to hold according to the aforesaid fine. |
May 31.
York. |
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator this side Trent. Order to pay to
Ralph de Hastinges the arrears of 8 marks yearly from the time of Simon's
appointment out of the issues of two parts of the manor of Thorpbasset, and
to pay him that sum yearly for so long as Simon shall have the custody of
the two parts of the manor, in accordance with the late king's order [as at
page 231 of the previous volume of this Calendar]. |
May 24.
York. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Gilbert de
Suthworth to be discharged of an amercement of 15l. for not coming to the
late king's exchequer to render his account of the time when he was sheriff
of Lancaster, as the king has pardoned him this amercement, because it is
testified before him that on the said day Gilbert was so ill that he could not
labour. By p.s. [830]. |
