Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1327

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 1, 1327-1330. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1896.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1327', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 1, 1327-1330, (London, 1896) pp. 18-36. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol1/pp18-36 [accessed 24 March 2024]

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February 1327

Membrane 22.
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause to be delivered to the prior of Neuport Paynel, which is a cell of the abbey of Marmoutier, Tours, all the lands, fees, and advowsons pertaining to the priory, which the late king caused to be taken into his hands by reason of the war between him and the king of France in the duchy of Aquitaine, with other lands of alien men of religion of the power of the king of France, which lands of the priory the said king committed to the prior during pleasure for a yearly ferm, retaining in his hands the knights' fees and advowsons, and to cause the goods and chattels on the lands to be delivered to the prior, which the said king also caused to be taken into his hands and which he delivered to the prior upon mainprise to answer therefor to him, and to cause the prior to be discharged of the ferm aforesaid and of the arrears thereof, and to discharge him and his mainpernors of the goods and chattels aforesaid, saving to the king until otherwise ordered the apportum due to the abbey aforesaid, the prior having besought the king for such restoration and discharge, which the king has granted by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other magnates in parliament. By pet. of C.
[Fœdera.]
The like in favour of the following:
The abbot of Fécamp in Normandy.
The abbess of Caen in Normandy.
The prior of Wangeford, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Horkesle, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Lynton, a cell of the abbey of St. Jacut in Britanny.
The prior of Modbury, a cell of the abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive in Normandy.
The prior of Loddres, a cell of the abbey of Montebourg in Normandy.
The prior of Frumpton, a cell of the abbey of St. Stephen, Caen, in Normandy.
The prior of Oteryngton, a cell of the abbey of St. Michel in Peril of the Sea in Normandy.
The prior of Theford, a cell of the abbey of Cluny in Normandy.
The prior of Avebury, a cell of the abbey of St. George in Normandy.
The prior of Clatford, a cell of St. Victor in Normandy.
The prior of Appledercombe, a cell of the abbey of St. Mary, Montebourg, in Normandy.
The prior of St. Helen's, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Pontefract, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Blyth, a cell of the abbey of St. Catherine-du-Mont, Rouen, in Normandy.
The prior of Hermodesworth, a cell of the same abbey.
The prior of Ecclesfeld, a cell of the same abbey.
The prior of Mereseye, a cell of St. Ouen's, Rouen.
The prior of La Seke, a cell of the abbey of St. Florent, Saumur (Samuro), in Anjou.
The prior of Holy Trinity, York, a cell of the abbey of Marmoutier, Tours.
The prior of Derhurst, a cell of the abbey of St. Denis.
The prior of Bernestaple, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Carsewelle, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of St. James near Exeter, a cell of the priory of St. Martin-des-Champs, Paris.
Brother Richard Folyn, proctor of the abbey of Beaubec in Normandy.
The prior of Pembrok in Wales, a cell of the abbey of Séez in Normandy.
Brother Richard, proctor of the prior of Morteyn in England.
The prior of Shireburn, a cell of the house of St. Benoît, Cerisys (de Cyrisi).
The prior of Eye, a cell of the abbey of Bernay in Normandy.
The prior of St. Valery, a cell of the abbey of St. Valery in Picardy.
The prior of Wolfricheston, a cell of the abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive, in Normandy.
The prior of Lenton, of the Cluniac order.
The abbot of Cluny.
The abbot of St. Martin, Séez, in Normandy.
The prior de Cretynges and of Everdon, a cell of the abbey of Bernay in Normandy.
The prioress of Leuneministre, a cell of the abbey of Almenèches (Almanarche), in Normandy.
The prior of Coges, a cell of the abbey of Fécamp, in Normandy.
The prior of Noyon [and] Neumarche (de Novo Mercato).
The prior of Okeburn.
The prior of St. Neots.
The prior of Stokes.
The prior of Styventon.
The prior of Goldclyve.
The prior of Cowyk.
The prior of Wylesford.
The abbot of Séez.
The prior of Cameryngham.
The abbot of Lire.
The prior of Caresbrok, a cell of the abbey of Lire.
The prior of Hynkele, a cell of the abbey of Lire.
The prior of Tytteleye, a cell of the abbey of Tiron (Tyrona).
The prior of Holy Cross in the Isle of Wight, a cell of the abbey of Tiron.
The prior of Hamele, a cell of the abbey of Tiron.
The prior of Warham, a cell of the abbey of Lire.
The prior of Appeltrecombe in the Isle of Wight, a cell of Montebourg.
The prior of Paunfeld and Welle, a cell of the abbey of Caen, in Normandy.
The prior of St. Mary's, Lancaster, a cell of the abbey of Séez in Normandy.
The prior of Anedewell, a cell of the abbey of Tiron.
The prior of Folkestan, a cell of the abbey of Lonlay (Lulleyo) in Normandy.
The abbess of Gynes in Artoys.
The prior of Menstre, a cell of the abbey of St. Serge (Cergi) in Anjou (Angavia).
The prior of Truerdrayth in Cornwall, a cell of the aforesaid abbey.
The prior of St. Michael in Cornwall, a cell of St. Michel in Peril of the Sea, Normandy. [Ibid.]
Feb. 17.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to resume into the king's hands the lands and tenements of William de Kaerdif, and to deliver them to him, together with the issues and arrears of ferms, etc., for which answer was not made to the late king, and also his goods and chattels, excepting the lands that belonged to the Templars, as it has been agreed in the present parliament that all those who were of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, to pursue Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and Hugh le Despenser, the elder, shall have their lands, goods and chattels, which were taken into the late king's hands as forfeited. It is not the intention of the king and his council that they shall be restored to lands that they have sold or quit-claimed. By pet. of C.
[Fœdera.]
The like to the sheriffs of other counties and others in favour of many (fn. 1) others. [Ibid.]
Feb. 22.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Wilts. Like order in favour of William filz Waryn.
[Ibid.] By K. & C.
The like to the sheriffs of other counties in favour of sixteen others.
[Ibid.] By K. & C.
Feb. 22.
Westminster.
To Ralph Basset, keeper of the lands in the king's hands in co. Rutland. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, all the issues of her lands, which were taken into the late king's hands for the above reason, for the time that he has had the custody thereof, and the arrears of ferms, etc., and her goods and chattels, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinance in parliament. By K. & C.
[Ibid.]
The like to keepers in divers counties in favour of the said Margaret and others. [Ibid.]

Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Howel ap Howel, who made fine in 500l. with the late king to save his life and to have his lands again because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, to be discharged of what still remains to be paid of the said fine, and to cause him and his mainpernors to be discharged, as the king has caused the recognisance and mainprise for the fine to be cancelled in chancery, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinance in parliament. [Ibid.]
The like in favour of the following:
John de Countevill, for 20l.
Simon de Rale, for 40l.
Andrew de Craucombe, for 40s.
John Mauduyt, for 1,000 marks.
Otto de Botringan, for 1,000 marks.
John de Aldwincle, for 40s. [Ibid.]
Feb. 14.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause Edmund de Nevill to be discharged and acquitted of 70 marks, the remainder of 100 marks in which he made fine with the late king, because he, at the order of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, of whose household he was a member, caused certain men of the county of Lancaster to be arrayed to resist Hugh le Despenser and certain others, the councillors of the late king, for which he was indicted before Hervey de Staunton and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the late king in the aforesaid county, as he has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to pardon him the remainder of the fine, and it was agreed in the present parliament that all fines and ransoms made by reason of the said earl's quarrel shall be annulled and cancelled.
[Ibid.] By pet. of C.
The like to the following:
John de Erleye, for 80l.
John son of Simon, for 40l.
Thomas de Herepathe, for 20l.
Thomas de Bradeston, for 100 marks.
John de Wylinton, for 3,000l.
Walter de Pavely, for 200 marks.
Thomas de Gurney, for 100l.
Thomas de Wylinton, for 40 marks.
John de Nevill of Horneby, for 500l. [Ibid.]
Membrane 20.
Feb. 7.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Oliver de Ingham, who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, to have respite until Michaelmas next for all debts due to the exchequer and for all accounts that he is bound to render there. By K. & C.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to William de Gascrik and Juliana his wife, late the wife of John Paynel, tenant in chief of the late king, of the said John's lands, in the presence of Margaret de Daventre, formerly the king's nurse, to whom the king has committed the custody of two parts of the manor of Drax Paynel during the minority of John's heir.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer of Dublin. Order to cause 20l. to be paid to Walter Wogan for the arrears of his fee for the time when he was justice to hear and determine the pleas following the late king's chief justice in Ireland, if that sum be due to him, as he asserts it is in his petition before the king and council for payment thereof.
By pet. of C.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To Robert de Werington. Order not to intermeddle further with the collection or custody of offerings coming to or in any wise pertaining to the church of the prior of Pontefract, by virtue of any mandate or commission previously made to him. By pet. of C. [3283.]
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the abbot of St. Victor, who dwells in parts beyond sea, rector of the church of Stratfeld Mortimer, or to his proctor, 100s. 4d. due to him from the late king, to wit 64s. 4d. for oats bought for his use in April, in the 9th year of his reign, and 36s. 0d. for oats bought from the said rector for the expenses of the said king's horses staying in the parts of Redyngg' in April, in the 11th year of his reign, as appears by two bills of the late king's wardrobe in the abbot's possession, in the 100s. that the abbot owes to the king for a writ of general attorney in England for a certain time, the abbot having prayed the king to cause such allowance to be made to him.
By pet. of C. [3828.]
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Adam de Swylington, who married Margery, late the wife of Roger de Pilkington, and the heirs of the said Roger to be acquitted and discharged of 300 marks, wherewith the lands of Roger in the hands of Adam and Margery are charged for a fine that Roger made with the late king for saving his life and having his lands because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, wherefore he was committed to prison at Tikhull, Adam having prayed the king to grant him pardon for the above sum. By pet. of C.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To the keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Sussex. Order to restore to William le Baud his lands in that county, to wit the manor of Coryngham and Dungeseles and the advowson of the church of the former manor, which are in the keeper's custody by the late king's commission, and to restore the issues of the same and the arrears of the ferms that did not come to the late king's hands, William having prayed the king for restitution of his lands, which were taken into the king's hands because William was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and it has been ordained in the present parliament that the lands that were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the said earl's quarrel shall be restored.
By pet. of C. [14665.]
The like to the following:
The keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Leicester, for the manor of Lubenham and the advowson of the church of that manor.
The keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Hertford, for the manors of Little Hadham and Melcleye, and two carucates of land in Staundon and Great Hadham, and the advowson of the chapel of Pelham Fourneux.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order, made with the assent of the prelates, earls, and other magnates in parliament, to cause to be restored to the dean and chapter of Rouen all their lands, fees and advowsons, together with their goods and chattels in the same, and the arrears of the ferm due therefor to the late king from Master Peter de Galiciano, to whom he committed the lands aforesaid, which he caused to be taken into his hands with the lands of other alien men of religion of the power of the king of France, the dean and chapter having prayed for restitution by their petition before the king and his council, and the king having granted to them the arrears of the ferm aforesaid. [Fœdera.]
To the same. Order to allow to John de Erleye, late sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, 20l. 19s. 6¾d. paid by him to Richard de Beauchamp, the late king's serjeant and huntsman, from 20 October last until 26 January, to wit for 88 days, by virtue of the late king's order of October 15 last, to pay to Richard 12d. a day for himself, and to Walter de Louchale and Little William 3½d. a day each, and to Gilbert Scot and Richard de Croydon, John de Ledebury, and Henry de Burton 1½d. a day each, and to Buffardus Page 1d. a day, and ¾d. a day for each of forty-one running dogs and eleven greyhounds, except five running dogs, [for whom] the late king willed that ½d. a day should be paid, from the said 20 October for so long as Richard, the said dogs, and six yeomen and page (paiettus) keeping the dogs, should remain in the sheriff's bailiwick.
To the same. Order to allow to the said John de Erleye 65s. 4d. paid by him to John Huchyn, the late king's huntsman, from 20 October last until 26 January, to wit for 98 days, by virtue of the late king's order of October 16 last to pay to the said huntsman 2d. a day for his wages and ½d. a day for each of the twelve greyhounds staying with him in the said sheriff's bailiwick.
Jan. 30.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause to be paid to Robert Person, citizen and skinner of London, out of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, what they shall find to be in arrear to him of the 400l. due to him from the late king for money paid to the exchequer for the late king's use by him by the hands of Walter de Norwyco, then keeper of the office of treasurer, and of the chamberlains, which sum the late king promised to pay to him from the issues of the custom of wool, hides, and woolfells in the said port or from his treasury, Robert having prayed, by petition before the king and his council, for payment of the 200l. that still remain unpaid to him, he having received 200l. from the exchequer.
By pet. of C. [8554.]
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to cause allowance to be made to Richard de Perrers, in the debts due from him for the time when he was the late king's sheriff of Essex and Hertford, for 41l. 6s. 2d. due to him from the late king for money paid by him to John de Wygornia and his fellows, soldiers (soldariis), for their wages and for recompence for their horses lost in the said king's service in divers garrisons (municionibus) in Scotland in the 5th, 6th, and 7th years of his reign, as appears by a bill of the late king's wardrobe in Richard's possession, as Richard has prayed, by petition before the king and his council, for allowance for the aforesaid sum.
By pet. of C. [7922.]
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To John de Hampton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Worcester, Stafford, Salop, etc. Order not to intermeddle further with a quarter of the manor of Mere, and with a quarter of a quarter of the said manor, in the said (sic) county, and with 4 acres of land and 12 acres of turbary in the same town, and to deliver the issues thereof to James de Daudele, as the king learns by inquisition taken by William le Botill[er] and Roger Hillary, by the late king's order, that William de Mere, on Monday the morrow of the Close of Easter, in the eleventh year of the late king's reign, enfeoffed Hugh Daudele of the premises, to him and his heirs, and that Hugh continued his seisin thereof by virtue of the feoffment aforesaid from that day until the tenements were taken into the late king's hands with other lands of Hugh, and that they are in the king's hands solely for this reason, and that they are held of Thomas de Haglhton (sic) by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, and that James de Daudele, Hugh's son, is Hugh's next heir and is of full age. By pet. of C.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To the keeper of the manor of Stretton, co. Oxford. Order not to intermeddle further with the said manor, and to restore the issues thereof from the time of the death of the aforesaid Hugh to the said James, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John Loveday and William de Shareshull, by the late king's order, that Ela de Audele, on Monday after St. Frideswide, 1 Edward I., granted to Hugh de Audele, her son, now deceased, the said manor, to him and the heirs of his body, and that Hugh continued his seisin thereof by virtue of the grant from that day until it was taken into the late king's hands with his other lands, and that it is in the king's hands solely for this reason, and that it is held of Ebulo Lestraunge and Alesia his wife, as of Alesia's right, by the service of a third of a knight's fee for all service, and that James de Audele, son of the said Hugh, is his next heir and is of full age. By pet. of C.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The executors of the will of Thomas de Barcleie have shown the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas they lately had the administration of the goods and chattels of the deceased by delivery from the ordinary of that (sic) place, to wit the corn in the barns, the beasts, and divers other things in his manors, for the execution of his will, John de Hampton, late sheriff of Gloucester, John Sturmy, and others took the said goods and chattels into the late king's hands by his order, and detained them from the executors until James de Broghton, who afterwards had the custody of the castle and lordship of Bercleye by the late king's commission, occupied and sold the said goods and chattels, and levied the money thence arising for the late king's use, and detained the money in his possession, so that the executors could not have free administration thereof as they ought to have; wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to examine the account of the said James for the time when he had the custody of the castle and lordship, and if they find that he accounted for the goods and chattels aforesaid and paid the money thence arising to the late king, to cause the executors to have allowance for the money thus paid in the debts due from Thomas to the late king, and if James has not accounted for the goods and chattels, to cause him to come before them at the exchequer, and to cause justice to be done to the executors. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Hyndringham and John Claver, late keepers of the temporalities of the bishopric of Norwich, then in the late king's hands. Order to cause to be paid to William, bishop of Norwich, all the issues of the temporalities that have not been paid to the king or his father from 4 December, in the 19th year of the late king's reign, when he offered to the late king the pope's bull preferring him to the bishopric and his fealty, until 9 November following, until which time the late king detained the issues by the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and Robert de Baldok, the bishop's rivals, as the bishop has prayed the king for remedy.
[Fœdera.] By pet. of C.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the issues and profits of the temporalities from the said 4 December that had not been paid to the king or his father on the 6 February aforesaid to be paid to the bishop, discharging the said Thomas and John of the same. Dated at Westminster, 20 February, in the third year of the reign.
Membrane 19.
Feb. 9.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause a recognisance for 2,460l. 5s. 10d. made to the late king by J. bishop of Winchester to be cancelled, and to discharge the bishop of what still remains to be paid of the above sum, the bishop, after he had been promoted to the bishopric by the pope, having been hindered for a long time from receiving his temporalities by reason of certain impeachments that Master Robert de Baldok and other rivals made against him after he had offered his fealty to the late king for the temporalities, during which time the late king received the issues and profits of the temporalities in full, and the bishop made a recognisance to him for 10,000l. payable at pleasure in order to obtain the temporalities, for which 10,000l. the late king willed that he would be satisfied for 2,000l. and that the residue thereof should be put in respite depending upon the bishop's conduct, and afterwards, when the bishop's fealty had been taken and his temporalities had been restored, the bishop made another recognisance to the late king in the above sum of 2,460l. 5s. 10d. for the corn then growing in the lands of the bishopric and for divers other things, of which sum a certain part has been paid by the bishop and a certain part remains to be paid, and the bishops of London and Hereford, who were afterwards sent to the late king for certain causes, informed the king amongst other things upon their return that the late king answered, for the discharge of his conscience, that it was not his intention that anything of the said recognisance for 10,000l. should be taken, and he willed, for the issues and profits of the temporalities levied and received by him against conscience, that what remained unpaid of the aforesaid recognisance for 2,460l. 5s. 10d. shall be remitted to the bishop. The king has ordered J. bishop of Ely, his chancellor, to cause the said recognisance for 10,000l. in the late king's rolls of chancery to be annulled and cancelled. By p.s. [66.]
[Fœdera.]
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To Robert de Bikkemor, the late king's escheator in cos. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. Order not to intermeddle further with certain lands in Hounespell, co. Somerset, taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Herbert de Marisco, tenant in chief, and to restore the issues thereof to Isabella de Rodes, as the kings learns by inquisition taken by the said Robert by the late king's order that Herbert demised and granted the said lands to Isabella for her life, and that the lands are held of Richard Kogan, knight, by the service of rendering ½d. yearly at Michaelmas, and that the lands are worth yearly in all issues 10l. By C.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the master and brethren of St. Leonard's hospital, York, to be discharged of 90l. 18s. 2d. of the 190l. 18s. 2d. exacted from them by summons of the exchequer for tenths, tallages, and other subsidies of the time of Edward I., and to permit them to pay the remaining 100l. at the rate of 10 marks yearly, as the king has pardoned them the aforesaid sum and granted them such respite because the hospital, which is of his patronage, is much depressed by divers oppressions and grievances. By p.s. [123.]
Feb. 5.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to discharge Adam de Swylington of 237½ marks, the remainder of a fine of 1,000 marks made with the late king to save his life and to have his lands, of which sum the late king pardoned him 500 marks, as Adam has prayed the king to pardon him the said 237½ marks, he having been imprisoned at Tikhill because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and having made fine or ransom with the late king as above. By pet. of C.
March 3.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to William de Culpho 17l. 1s. 5¾d. due to him for divers things bought by him for the expenses of the household of John de Eltham, the king's brother, as appears by a bill of the treasurer in his possession, as William has besought the king to cause the above sum to be paid to him so that he may pay the men from whom the said things were bought, he having rendered his account of the expenses of the said household before the treasurer and barons by the king's order.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver the town of Scardeburgh to the burgesses thereof, to hold it as they were wont to hold it before it was taken into the late king's hands, as they have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king's progenitors by their charters, which the late king confirmed, demised and granted the town to them at fee-ferm, rendering yearly therefor 66l., by pretext whereof they and their ancestors held the town peacefully and quietly until the late king lately caused it to be taken into his hands without cause, and they have prayed the king for remedy, and it appears by the charters and confirmation aforesaid exhibited in chancery that the town was demised to the burgesses at fee-ferm as is aforesaid, and it is found by a certificate made by the chancellor before the king and his council that the late king caused the town to be taken into his hands by a writ enrolled in the rolls of chancery by these words 'for certain causes,' without any other cause being specified in the writ; which cause is adjudged as naught by the king and his council in parliament.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the steward of Gower. David Baret has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause to be restored to him the lands that belonged to Stephen Baret, knight, his brother, of whom he is the heir, which are in the king's hands by reason of the riding in war (equitacionis) of the barons in the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster; the king, acceding to this petition by the counsel and assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and all the community of the realm, orders the steward to inform himself concerning the taking of the said lands into the king's hands, and to deliver all the lands that he shall find belonged to Stephen in the land of Gower that are in the king's hands to David, if David be his next heir and be of full age, together with the issues and arrears of ferms for which the late king or the present king have not been satisfied. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to John de Cotun, in the 140l. of the ferm of the city of London due from him and Gilbert de Mordon to the exchequer for the time when they were the late king's sheriffs, 98l. 9s. 5d., the remainder of 108l. 19s. 5d. for fur lining (peluram), delivered by John at the late king's order to Ralph de Stokes, then clerk of the said king's great wardrobe, as appears by four bills of the wardrobe in John's possession, John having afterwards received 10l. thereof from the late king's exchequer, as John has prayed the king, by his petition before the king and his council, to cause the said sum to be allowed as above. By pet. of C. [13723.]
Feb. 18.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to allow to Laurence de Rustiton, king's clerk, in the 38l. 7s. 5½d. due from him for the arrears of the ferm of the towns of Petresfeld, Mapelderham, Upclatford, and Hardebrugge, co. Southampton, committed to him by the late king, the sum of 22l. 11s. 8½d. due to him in the late king's wardrobe, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe under the seals of J. bishop of Bath and Wells and John de Okham in his possession, as he has prayed the king, by his petition before him and his council, to cause such allowance to be made to him. By pet. of C.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to William de Ayremynne, bishop of Norwich, the issues received by him from the manor of Drax Paynel, co. York, from the time when it was taken into the late king's hands, the late king having ordered the said escheator to restore to the bishop his lands, goods, and chattels and debts in co. York, together with the issues thereof since he caused them to be taken into his hands for certain reasons, whereupon the escheator returned that he had taken the aforesaid manor into the late king's hands by reason of the trespass that the bishop made in acquiring it from John Paynel, who held it in chief of the late king, without the late king's licence, as the bishop has now rendered the manor to the heirs of the said John, minors in the king's wardship, wherefore the king has pardoned him the trespass committed by him in this behalf and has granted him the issues received from the manor from the time of its acquisition. By p.s. [98.]
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, 10 acres of land, and an acre of meadow in Castelcarleton, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the late king's order that John de Meriet demised the premises to John de Ardern for life only and in no other way, and that John de Ardern died more than six years ago, and that the tenements were taken into the said king's hands by reason of this demise solely, and that they are still in the king's hands for this reason, and that they are held of the king in chief as parcels of the manor of Castelcarleton, which manor is held of him in chief by the service of one knight's fee, and that they are worth yearly in all issues 2s. and not more, because the messuage is fallen down and the land is not cultivated.
Feb. 15.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to deliver to John de Bohun, son and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, sometime earl of Hereford and Essex, the issues of his father's lands from 31 October, in the 20th year of the late king's reign, when the late king took his fealty and rendered to him his lands, although he was not then of full age, because he learned by trustworthy testimony that John would be of full age on St. Clement's Day next following, and he respited John's homage for certain causes, as the king has taken John's homage since his accession.
The like to John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk, etc., and to John de Hampton, escheator in co. Gloucester, etc.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To Thomas de Harpedene, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Edith, late the wife of John de Gomeldon, tenant in chief of the late king, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the abbot of Bec Hellouin. Grant of power to receive upon this occasion the fealty of William, abbot of St. Mary's Grestein (de Gresteno), dwelling in parts beyond sea, due to the king for the lands that he holds of the king in England.
Vacated.
Membrane 18.
Feb. 1.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Whereas Hugh Daudeley, the younger, bound himself in writing and by oath to the late king that he would assist him in all things all his lifetime, and that he would not eloign himself from the said king for anything that might happen, and granted that, if he contravened any of the things contained in the said writing, the late king might take all his lands into his hands and execute the other things contained in the writing; and although the late king frequently ordered Hugh to come to him on certain days and places to obey his orders and pleasure concerning the premises, Hugh did not come, breaking the obligation and oath aforesaid; wherefore the late king ordered the sheriff of Gloucester to go in person to Hugh's manor of Thornbur[y], and to summon Hugh to be before the king at Gloucester on Friday before St. Ambrose, to wit 3 April, in the 14th year of the king's reign, to show cause why the manor should not be taken into the king's hands with all his other lands, according to the form of the deed aforesaid, and why the other things contained in the deed should not be put into execution, and to do and receive further what should be considered by the king and his council; at which day the sheriff returned to the late king that he had been to the said manor, and had caused Hugh to be summoned as aforesaid by William de Westbrok of Thornbur[y] and William de Wetawere of the same; at which day Hugh, being many times called, did not come; wherefore, the process in the matter being continued until Wednesday following, it was considered by the late king's council that all Hugh's lands, goods, and chattels should be taken into his hands, according to the form of the said deed, and the late king caused them to be taken and kept in his hands by virtue of the process and consideration aforesaid, and ordered that answer should be made to him for the issues thereof until he should cause other ordinance to be made, as appears by the rolls of the late king's chancery; and the consideration and process aforesaid, after they had been recited, examined, and discussed in the present parliament at Westminster at Hugh's prosecution, are annulled. The king orders the sheriff to restore to Hugh all his lands, goods, and chattels in the sheriff's custody.
By K. & C.
The like to the sheriffs of the following counties:
Kent.
Wilts.
Gloucester.
Rutland.
Surrey and Sussex.
Buckingham.
Oxford.
Berks.
Essex.
Hertford.
Lincoln.
Southampton.
Devon.
Stafford.
Northampton.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To Robert de Bynchestre. Order to deliver to Thomas de Colevill the goods and chattels of John de Britannia, earl of Richmond, together with the issues received by Robert from the earl's manors and lands during the time when he had the custody thereof by the late king's commission, after the late king had caused the earl's lands, goods, and chattels to be taken into his hands, as the said king restored the lands, goods, and chattels to the earl, and committed the custody of the earl's castles, manors, lands, goods, and chattels beyond Trent to the aforesaid Thomas for the earl's use to be kept by the bailiffs and ministers who had the keeping thereof before they were taken into the late king's hands, or by others as should seem good for the earl's benefit, and the late king ordered the said Robert to deliver to Thomas the earl's goods and chattels in his custody and the issues aforesaid, and he has as yet done nothing in this matter, as the king is given to understand on the earl's behalf.
The like to William de Felton.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To John de Denum. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Thomas the earl's goods and chattels in his custody and the issues received by him from the earl's manors and lands during the time when he had the custody thereof by the late king's commission.
The like to the following:
John de Glenton.
Thomas Broun.
John Monceux.
John de Kele.
Nicholas Belle.
Thomas de Novo Mercato.
Feb. 4.
Westminster.
To Matthew Broun, late escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle further with the constableship of Lincoln castle and with the bailiwick before the gate of the same castle, and to restore the issues thereof to Ebulo Lestraunge and Alesia his wife, as Matthew has returned, in answer to the king's order to certify him of the cause of the taking of the constableship and bailiwick into the late king's hands, that he did not take them into the late king's hands, but that John Walewayn, the said king's late escheator this side Trent, took them into the said king's hands because it was said that Alesia, who held the constableship and bailiwick to her and her heirs in fee in chief of the late king, demised them, when she was single, to John Talbot during his good behaviour to her, rendering therefor to her 20 marks yearly, and it appears to the king by the late king's rolls of chancery that the late king, on 20 September, in the 16th year of his reign, rendered the constableship and bailiwick to Alesia as her right and inheritance.
Jan. 28.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Agnes, late the wife of Richard de Grymeston, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that she 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.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the bailiffs and men of Norwich, out of the ferm of their town or out of their other debts, 300 marks, unless allowance have been made to them therefor wholly or partly, as the late king owed them 200 marks, which they lent to him by the hands of John de Sandale, his treasurer, in aid of his Scotch war, in the 4th year of his reign, and 100 marks lent to his wardrobe by the hands of John de Okham, king's clerk, for the expedition of certain of his affairs, in the 7th year of his reign, as is contained in divers letters patent of the late king in the possession of the said bailiffs and men, who have prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause allowance to be made to them as above. By pet. of C.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the king's keeper of Morgannou. Order to inform himself concerning the taking into the king's hands of lands in that land, and to restore those that he shall ascertain to be in the king's hands by reason of the riding of the barons in the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and to restore the issues and arrears of ferm for which the king or his father have not been satisfied, as the Welsh community of Morgannou have besought the king, by their petition before him and his council, to restore the lands that are in his hands for the above reason, and he has acceded to their petition by the counsel and assent of the prelates, earls, and barons and whole community of his realm.
The like to the king's keeper of Glamorgan for the English community of Glamorgan.
Jan. 30.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Isabella de Bello Monte of Vescy (de Veciaco) the lands, knights' fees, and advowsons that belonged to David de Strabolgy, late earl of Athole, tenant in chief of the late king, as the king has granted the custody thereof to Isabella during the minority of David, son and heir of the said earl.
The like to John de Blounvill and William de Weston.
Feb. 14.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment to be made to Robert Person, citizen and furrier (peletarius) of London, of 231l. 0s. 7d., or to cause an assignment therefor to be made to him upon the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, as he has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause payment or assignment to be made to him for the above sum, for fur-lining (pelura) delivered by him at the late king's order to Ralph de Stokes, then clerk of his great wardrobe, for his use, as appears by six bills of the wardrobe in Robert's possession. By pet. of C.
Feb. 2.
Westminster.
To the abbot of King's Beaulieu. Order to permit Gilbert de Walton, abbot of Grey Abbey (de Jugo Dei) in Ireland, a daughter-house (filial' domus) of the abbey of Holmcoltram, who is in custody in the abbey of King's Beaulieu by the late king's order, to go to the house of Holmcoltram with brother Thomas de Talkan, a monk of the latter house, as Robert de Barton and Robert Parnyng, of co. Cumberland, have mainperned before the king in chancery to have the body of Gilbert before him when ordered. By pet. of C.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Edmund de Kendale, in the debts due from him for the time when he had the manor of Lyndon at ferm of the late king's commission, 15l. 19s. 4d. due to him from the late king for his fee, robe, and wages, as appears by a bill under the seal of R. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, late keeper of the late king's wardrobe, in Edmund's possession, as he has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause such allowance to be made to him.
Feb. 11.
Westminster.
To John de Blonvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Hertford, and Essex. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Gilbert de Ryston, and to restore the issues thereof, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator by the late king's order that Gilbert held no lands of the late king in chief at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
Feb. 7.
Westminster.
To William Vyvyan and Germanus Hobelyt, collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Shorham. Order to carry back to Chichester the king's seal called 'coket' ordained for the delivery of native and alien merchants exercising their merchandise in co. Sussex, and to exercise at Chichester what pertains to the collection of the custom until otherwise ordered, as the citizens of Chichester have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas the said seal was always ordained in times past to stay at the said city for the greater profit of the king, the easement of the merchants, and the amelioration of the city, and in no other place in that county, and that it was there until two years ago, when it was transferred to Shorham by the late king's order at the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, then lord of that town, and they have prayed that the king will provide them with a remedy. By pet. of C.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to James de Cokynton 10l., which he paid by virtue of the late king's order of 3 September last, when he was sheriff of Devon, to Otto de Bodringan for the custody of the Isle of Lunday, the custody whereof the king had committed to him.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Leicester. Henry de Bello Monte and Alice his wife have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council in parliament, that whereas John Comyn, sometime earl of Boghan, uncle (avunculus) of Alice and of Margaret her sister, of whom they are the heiresses, died seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Whitewyk, and the late king caused the manor to be taken into his hands by reason of their minority, and William de Boghan, asserting that he had been enfeoffed of the manor by the said John, entered the manor thus in the late king's hands, and made, whilst he thus held it, a recognisance for 4,000l. before the mayor of London and the clerk of recognisances there to Hugh le Despenser, the elder, and afterwards, because it was found by inquisition taken before the escheator this side Trent, that William had no estate in the manor except by his intrusion, and William asserted before the late king that he had no right in the manor and rendered the manor into the late king's hands as the right and inheritance of Alice and Margaret, and the late king granted the custody thereof during their minority to the aforesaid Henry, and afterwards, when Alice and Margaret were of full age, he rendered Alice's purparty thereof to Henry and Alice, and granted to them Margaret's purparty until he had taken the homage therefor due to him, and he rendered the purparty as is the custom, as is more fully contained in divers letters of the said king, and afterwards the aforesaid Hugh obtained the manor by virtue of the recognisance aforesaid, and held it as his chattel until his death, and it is now in the king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture; wherefore Henry and Alice have prayed the king to restore the manor to them discharged of the aforesaid recognisance as it came to the late king's hands: as it appears by the late king's letters, examined before the king and his council, that the aforesaid earl held the manor of the said king in chief at his death, and that it was taken into his hands after the earl's death by reason of the minority of Alice and Margaret, and that he rendered to Henry and Alice one purparty thereof and granted the other purparty to Henry as aforesaid, and as the king is bound to render to heirs when they come of age their lands as much discharged as when they came to his hands or the hands of his progenitors, the king orders the sheriff to deliver the aforesaid manor to Henry and Alice discharged of the said 4,000l. By pet. of C. [14819.]
[Fœdera.]
Membrane 17.
Feb. 5.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment of 13l. 10s. 9d. to be made to John de Asseford, citizen of London, out of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, or to cause him to have allowance for that sum out of the moneys to be paid by him for the custom for his wool to be sent from that port to foreign parts, as he has prayed the king, by his petition before him and his council, to cause such payment or allowance to be made to him for the above sum, which the late king acknowledged, by his letters patent sealed with his seal called 'coket,' that he had received as a loan from John by the hands of William Hedersete and William de Rude, late collectors of the said custom in the port of London, by which letters the said king granted that he would make payment thereof out of the issues of the aforesaid custom.
By pet. of C. [9985.]
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To Henry de Seccheford. Order to deliver to William de Hedersete or to Richard de Mersheton, clerk, his substitute, by indenture the smaller part of the king's seal for receiving recognisances of debts according to the statute of merchants in the city of London, and all rolls and memoranda concerning the office in his custody, as the late king committed the custody of the said part to William, for life, by letters patent, with provision that he might execute the office by himself or by another sufficient clerk for whom he would answer, and William substituted the aforesaid Richard in his place, who executed the office until it was committed to Henry by the late king during his pleasure, contrary to the letters patent aforesaid, wherefore William has prayed the king to provide a remedy.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Thomas de Boulton, knight, the manor of Hildriskelf and certain lands in Galmthorp, to hold as long as the lands of Ralph, late baron of Graystok, tenant in chief of the late king, are in the king's hands, as it was found by inquisition taken by the late king's order by Thomas de Burgh, his escheator beyond Trent, concerning the lands of the said Ralph, that Ralph held the aforesaid manor in fee of John le Bygot and the said lands of Ralph de Nevill, and that the manor and lands are charged to Thomas in 20 marks, two robes, one with fur lining (pelura) and the other with linen lining (linura), and a saddle suitable for a knight yearly, to be received during his life, and it appears by another inquisition taken by the said escheator that Thomas was seised thereof by virtue of a deed made to him by the said Ralph, and that he continued his seisin thereof until Ralph's death, and the late king thereupon ordered the aforesaid Simon, then his escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, by divers writs to pay to Thomas the arrears of the aforesaid 20 marks, robes, and saddle from the time when the lands came to the said king's hands by Ralph's death, and to pay Thomas the same so long as the lands were in his custody, out of the issues of the aforesaid manor and lands, and Simon has signified to the king that he could not execute the said order, because the manor and lands thus charged with the 20 marks, robes, and saddle are extended at 12l. 7s. 11d. only, and the issues thereof are insufficient to pay the said 20 marks, robes, and saddle yearly, and Thomas has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the manor and lands to be delivered to him in allowance of the above charge. By pet. of C.
Feb. 8.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to compel John de Drokenesford, bishop of Bath and Wells, to recite his account rendered of the time when he was keeper of the wardrobe of Edward I., but to regard his account as rendered, and to appoint auditors to audit the remainder of the account that has not yet been rendered, and to cause such justice to be done to the bishop upon the rendering of his account as other keepers of the wardrobe have upon the render of their accounts, as the bishop has shewn, by his petition before the king and his council, that whereas he rendered his account of the time when he was keeper of the aforesaid wardrobe until the end of the 34th year of the reign of Edward I., before John de Insula, John de Foxle, Master Richard de Abyndon, Master John de Everdon, Adam de Lymbergh and Robert de Notingham, auditors appointed by the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and although the said auditors audited and examined the account with great deliberation and care, he was nevertheless distrained and compelled to recite all the aforesaid account by the procurement of certain of his rivals, contrary to the law and custom of account, and especially of accounts of the wardrobe, which are testified by the controller.
By pet. of C.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to deliver to the archbishop of Rouen all his lands, fees and advowsons, and the goods and chattels found in the same, and the arrears of the ferm due to the late king for the same from Master Peter de Galiciano, as the archbishop has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the premises to be delivered to him, shewing that they were taken into the late king's hands with the lands, etc. of alien prelates and men of religion of the power of the king of France in this realm, and that the late king committed the archbishop's lands to the aforesaid Peter to hold at will for a certain yearly ferm, the said king retaining in his hands the knights' fees and advowsons, and that the said king also delivered to Peter the goods and chattels aforesaid by mainprise to answer therefor at his will, and the king has restored the lands, etc., aforesaid to the archbishop by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other magnates in the present parliament, and has granted to him the arrears of the above ferm. The treasurer and barons are ordered to acquit Peter and his mainpernors of the lands, goods, and chattels, and arrears of the ferm aforesaid. [Fœdera.]
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
To the same. Order to deliver to the burgesses of Scardeburgh the manor of Whallesgrave, to hold as they were wont to hold it, as they have shewn the king, by their petition before the king and his council, that the king's progenitors demised and granted by their charters, which the late king confirmed, the manor to the said burgesses at fee-ferm, rendering yearly therefor 25l. at the exchequer, and that they and their ancestors held the manor by virtue thereof from the time of the making of the demise peacefully and quietly until the late king caused it to be seised into his hands without cause, wherefore they have prayed the king to provide a remedy, and it appears to the king by the charters and confirmations aforesaid, which were shewn in chancery, that the manor was demised to the burgesses at fee-ferm as is aforesaid, and by the testification made by the chancellor before him and his council that the late king caused the manor to be seised into his hands by a writ enrolled in the rolls of chancery by these words 'for certain causes,' which cause is adjudged naught by the king and his council in parliament.
To Thomas de Warthecop, keeper of the forfeited lands in co. —, etc. (sic). Order to deliver to Ermeiarda, late the wife of John de Harcla, the manor of Whithalle and certain tenements in Ucmanby, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Thomas de Burgo, the late king's escheator, that Robert de Mulcastre enfeoffed the said John and Ermeiarda jointly of the said manor and lands for their lives, with remainder to Henry their son and his heirs male, with reversion, in case he died without an heir male of his body, to the right heirs of the said John, and that John and Ermeiarda continued their seisin of the manor and lands from the time when they were enfeoffed thereof by the said Robert until the day of John's death without impediment, and that immediately after John's death Andrew de Harcla, the late king's enemy and rebel, entered the manor and lands by pretext of a feoffment thereof made to him by John, and that he held them until he was captured at Carlisle, and that they were taken into the late king's hands by Andrew's forfeiture, and are still in the king's hands, and Ermeiarda has now besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the manor and lands to be restored to her as her right by virtue of her joint acquisition aforesaid.
Feb. 15.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment to be made to Nicholas de Bolevylle of the arrears of 20l. yearly from the exchequer from the time when he came of age, and to cause that sum to be paid to him yearly hereafter, if he or his ancestors have not been provided with lands in place thereof, as he has shewn the king, by his petition before him and his council, that Henry III. granted to Nicholas de Bolevylle, his grandfather, of whom he is the heir, that he should receive 20l. yearly at the exchequer in place of the 20l. yearly that the said king previously granted that he should receive at the exchequer until he should provide him with 20l. of the land of wardships and escheats, until such time as the said king should provide him or his heirs with 20l. of the land of wardships and escheats, by virtue of which grant the said Nicholas the grandfather was seised of the aforesaid 20l. yearly until his death, since which time neither Nicholas his son, father of the petitioner, a minor in the wardship of Edward I., nor the petitioner, who was afterwards in the late king's wardship as a minor after his father's death, have received anything of the said 20l. yearly, wherefore Nicholas has prayed the king to provide a remedy. By p.s.
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To the king's keeper of the manor of Rye. Order to pay to the prior of Holy Trinity, York, the arrears of a yearly rent of half a mark from the time when the manor came to the late king's hands, and to pay him the same rent yearly until further orders, as a fine was levied in the court of Henry III., in the 36th year of his reign, before Roger de Thurkelby and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between Geoffrey, formerly prior of Holy Trinity, York, demandant, and William de Rye, tenant, concerning 30 acres of land in Rye, and between the said Geoffrey, demandant, and William, deforciant, concerning the reasonable estovers that the prior exacted to have in William's wood in Rye, by which fine William acknowledged the aforesaid land to be the right of the prior and his church of Holy Trinity, York, and the prior, for this acknowledgment, granted the land to William, to be held by him and his heirs of the prior and his successors and his church aforesaid, rendering therefor half a mark yearly for all service, suit of court, custom, and exaction, as appears by the fine, and it is found by an inquisition taken by the late king's order that all the priors of the said church were seised of the rent of half a mark by the hands of William de Rye and his heirs from the time of the levying of the fine until the manor came to the late king's hands by the rebellion of Robert de Rye, who was in the company of the earl of Lancaster, and that the 30 acres by reason whereof the prior exacts the rent are parcel of the said manor, and are in the king's hands with the remainder of the manor for the reason aforesaid, and that the 30 acres are held of the prior by the aforesaid service of half a mark by virtue of the said fine, and that they are worth 30s. yearly in all issues, and that the rent has not been paid from the time when the manor came to the late king's hands. By C.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Alice, late the wife of Henry le Chaumberleyn of Thornton, to have seisin of certain lands in Thornton in Pykeringlith, and to deliver the issues thereof to her, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry and Alice held the lands jointly on the day of Henry's death of the gift and feoffment of John de Eston to them and their heirs, and that the lands are held of the king as of the honour of Albemarle by the service of a fortieth part of a knight's fee, and the king has taken Alice's fealty.
Membrane 16.
Mar. 10.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. H. bishop of Lincoln has shewn the king, by his petition before him and his council, that the late king, at the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, Master Robert de Baldok, and others of their confederacy, caused the temporalities of the bishopric to be taken into his hands without reasonable cause, and detained them in his hands for three years, and presented to divers benefices pertaining to the bishop's collation by reason of the temporalities being in his hands, and caused the bishop to be impleaded by divers writs in divers places because he did not admit the persons thus presented, by pretext whereof the bishop was amerced in many ways and put to grievous issues, which amercements and issues are now exacted for the king's use by summons of the exchequer, and the bishop has besought the king to cause him to be discharged of such amercements and issues at the exchequer; the king, although the issues are by right forfeited by contumacy, wishing to shew the bishop special favour in consideration of his good service, orders the treasurer and barons to search the rolls of the exchequer concerning such issues and amercements, and to have advice, if need be, by the rolls and writs of the justices before whom the issues were adjudged to be forfeited, and to cause him to be acquitted of the said issues and amercements.
[Fœdera.]
Mar. 5.
Westminster.
To Roger de Waltham, late keeper of the late king's wardrobe. Gilbert de Wyggeton, king's clerk, has shewn the king that although, when he was clerk of the said wardrobe, he made divers deliveries, expenses, payments, and allowances by the late king's order, and shewed the parcels of the same upon his account before the said Roger, nevertheless Roger has hitherto deferred allowing him the said parcels because Gilbert had no warrant therefor in his possession; as it is testified before the king that Gilbert made by the late king's order the deliveries, expenses, payments, and allowances contained in a roll that the king sends to Roger sub pede sigilli, the king orders Roger to view the said roll and to allow to Gilbert the parcels aforesaid. By K. & C.
Feb. 25.
Westminster.
To the keeper of the manor of Sandhalle, in the king's hands. Order to pay to L. bishop of Durham the arrears of a rent of 25s. yearly from the time when the keeper received the custody of the manor, and to pay him that rent henceforth out of the issues of the manor, if he ascertain that the manor is held of the bishop by the rent aforesaid, and that the bishop and his predecessors received the rent by the hands of the lords of the manor, as the bishop has shewn to the king that the manor is held of him by the said rent as of his church of Durham, and that the keeper detains the rent from him from the time when he received the custody of the manor of the late king's commission, although the bishop and his predecessors received the rent at all times past by the hands of Roger Damori, late lord of the manor, after whose death the manor came to the late king's hands, and by the hands of other lords of the manor.
Feb. 25.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause brother Peter Marie and Stephen Power, late keepers of the lands of the abbot of Fécamp, to be discharged of the fixed sum (certo) due from them to the exchequer for the said lands from 18 February last, when the king took the fealty of brother Peter Rogerii, abbot of Fécamp, for the lands that he holds of the king in England, which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the death of brother Robert Deputot, late abbot of the said place.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Shirbourn to execute the office of coroner in that city as the substitute of Benedict de Folsham, the king's butler, to whom the office of coroner in the city pertains, when required by Benedict, taking the oath of office from the said John, as Benedict cannot attend to the execution of the office in person by reason of certain affairs of the king that he has in hand in divers parts of the realm, and he has substituted John in his place.
Feb. 9.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Simon de Grymmesby, the late king's escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 8 marks for Whitsun and Martinmas terms last, paid by him out of the issues of two parts of the manor of Thorp Basset to Ralph de Hastinges, by virtue of the late king's writ of 4 November, in the 18th year of his realm [as at page 231 of the previous volume of this Calendar.]
Feb. 29.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Kent. Anthony Usus Maris and Anthony Citron, merchants of Genoa, have shewn to the king that whereas they lately caused certain silk cloth and other goods and wares to the value of 500l. to be placed in a ship of John Goliard at Sluys (Lesclus) in Flanders, in order to carry them to London to make their profit thereof, certain mariners and other malefactors in the galley of Badinus de Forde met the ship on her voyage in the water of Thames near Graveshende, and captured her by armed force, and took her with the goods in her to Wynchelse, and there divided the goods amongst themselves and had their will thereof, wherefore the said merchants have prayed the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the sheriff to cause the goods and wares of the said merchants, in whose hands soever they may be found, to be arrested, and to cause them to be kept safely without diminution until further orders, certifying the king of his proceedings without delay.
The like to the sheriff of Southampton concerning goods and wares to the value of 500l. taken to Portesmuth.
Feb. 24.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to pay to Mary, a nun of Aumbresbury, the late king's sister, the arrears of 20l. 13s. 4d. yearly for the time of the sheriff's office, and to pay her that sum yearly hereafter, in accordance with the late king's grant of 10 April, in the 10th year of his reign, of the aforesaid sum from the sheriff of the said county for her life, in part payment of the 100 marks [yearly] that he had granted to her in aid of her maintenance, which grant the king accepts. By K. & C.
Feb. 25.
Westminster.
To Benedict de Fulsham, the king's butler. Order to cause the aforesaid Mary to have the arrears of the 10 tuns of wine yearly of the king's right prise in the town of Southampton for the time that he has been butler of the late and present kings, and to cause her to have the said 10 tuns yearly hereafter, in accordance with the late king's grant of 10 April, in the 10th year of his reign, of the 10 tuns yearly, each as of the value of 40s., to her for life in part payment of the aforesaid 100 marks. By K. & C.
[Fœdera.]
Feb. 13.
Westminster.
To Master Henry de Clyf, keeper of the rolls of chancery. Order to search the said rolls and to cancel and annul all recognisances, fines, and ransoms therein made to the late king by Gilbert Talebot because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, as Gilbert has shewn the king, by his petition before him and his council, that he was taken and imprisoned for the above reason, and his lands, goods and chattels were taken into the late king's hands, and he acknowledged that he owed to the late king 200l. to save his life and 2,000l. and a tun of wine or 40s. to be paid at certain terms to have his lands again, which sums are now exacted from him by summons of the exchequer, and he has prayed the king to cause the said recognisances to be cancelled, and it is agreed in the present parliament that all fines, ransoms, and recognisances made by reason of the said quarrel shall be cancelled. The king has ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to cause the aforesaid recognisances in the exchequer by the estreats of the aforesaid rolls to be cancelled and annulled. By pet. of C. [3711.]
Feb. 24.
Westminster.
To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middlesex, and in the city of London. Order to deliver to Robert de Echyngham the manor of Bedyngham, which belonged to William his brother, and the issues thereof since 25 July, in the 20th year of the late king's reign, when the said king, having taken Robert's homage for the lands that his said brother held in chief, ordered the said escheator to cause Robert to have seisin of all his brother's lands, and to retain in the said king's hands the aforesaid manor until further orders, as Robert has prayed the king to cause the manor, which was detained in the late king's hands by reason of the claim that Nicholas de la Beche laid to it, to be restored to him, and Nicholas has acknowledged before the king in chancery that he has no right or claim in the said manor.

Footnotes

  • 1. Membrane 21 commences here.