Close Rolls, Edward III: May 1368

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 12, 1364-1369. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1910.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: May 1368', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 12, 1364-1369, (London, 1910) pp. 421-432. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol12/pp421-432 [accessed 30 March 2024]

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May 1368

May 20.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with a moiety of the town of Holteby, restoring fully to the prior of Durham any issues thereof taken; as the king ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the cause wherefore he took the lands of the said prior in Holteby into the king's hand, and he signified that he found by inquisition, before him taken of his office, that the late prior of Durham, tenant in chief of the said moiety to him and his successors, died about 50 years past, and that by his death the king had no profit thereof, and for that cause he took the same into the king's hand; and the king considers that cause insufficient, for that no temporalities of the prior and chapter of Durham ought to be so taken after the death of any prior, nor used to be taken heretofore, as the king is assured of a certainty. By C.
May 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to stay until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next their demand made by exchequer summons upon the prior of Dunstaple for the value of thirteen messuages, three tofts, 55 acres 3 roods of land and 5s. of rent in Dunstaple or for the issues thereof, that the king being meanwhile more fully informed upon the matter may order what is his will; as lately at the suit of the said prior, praying that the keeping of the premises be committed to him for a rent of their true value in case they ought to pertain to the king, as he being troubled by pretext of an inquisition, taken of his office by John de Olneye escheator in Bedfordshire, touching the acquisition of the premises without the king's licence, has made divers answers to all the articles in the said inquisition contained, and the business is pending without debate, the king on 10 July in the 40th year of his reign by letters patent committed the same to the said prior for the rent aforesaid if it should be adjudged that they ought to pertain to the king; and the business is yet pending for debate before the king. By C.
May 18.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Cumberland (sic). Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with the lordship of the town of Norton in le Dryt and divers tenements in the said town, delivering to the abbot of St. Albans any issues thereof taken; as the king lately ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the cause wherefore he took the manor of Norton by Burghbrigge into the king's hand, and the value thereof, and he certified that he found by inquisition, before him taken of his office, that three years past without the king's licence the prior of Tynmouth appropriated to himself and his successors the aforesaid lordship and tenements of the abbot and the convent of St. Albans, which are worth 10l. a year in all issues, and for that cause he took the same into the king's hand; and his certificate being viewed and examined, it seems to the council to be insufficient and of none effect, for that the priory of Tynmouth is a cell of the said abbot and his own house, who rules it by one of his monks of his house of St. Albans under name of prior thereof at his pleasure, and no appropriation may be made to such prior by the abbot, especially as all possessions and goods of the said priory are goods and possession of the abbot and at his disposal, as the king is assured of a certainty.
May 24.
Westminster.
To John de Tye escheator in Middlesex. Order, upon the petition of John Triple of London, to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with 7 acres of land in the town of Stebenhithe, delivering to him any issues thereof taken; as the said John has shewn that on the finding of an inquisition, before the escheator taken of his office, that the said John five years past appropriated to himself in severalty without the king's licence 7 acres of land of the common ground in the said town, which is held in chief as parcel of the barony of the bishop of London, to the hurt of all the country and of the township, the escheator took the same into the king's hand, praying the removal of the king's hand from the said land, which is held of the said bishop and not of the king; and after viewing the said inquisition the king considers that the land was insufficiently taken.
May 12.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs and the searcher of the king's forfeitures in the port of Gippewic. Order to cause as well a ship called Skenkewyn as fourteen dozen woollen cloths of diverse colour by them arrested, if the custom thereupon due be paid, to be dearrested and delivered to William Jonesson of Browershavene in Seland to do his pleasure therewith; as lately the king commanded the said collectors and searcher to certify in chancery the cause wherefore they arrested the said ship and cloths and are detaining the same, and they certified that the said William † while his fellows were at another time in the said ship, which was anchored in the said port, and he was abiding on shore for due payment of the custom upon the said cloths, perceiving that at the ebb of the sea they would take the ship as far as the channel of water there, and that † one Simon Bukenham deputy of the said collectors and searcher, knowing nought thereof, in their name arrested the ship, and so it is kept under arrest until further order; wherefore the said William has prayed for remedy. By C.
May 12.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order, if the facts be as hereinafter stated, to discharge John Beneyt escheator in Gloucestershire at the exchequer of the issues of the manors of Cherlton, Tettebury, Chyriton and Hamptenet, and of rendering account thereof from 10 February in the 35th year of the reign, delivering the said manors to Philippa who was the wife of Roger de Mortuo Mari earl of March tenant in chief, according to the grant and demise to her made by Isabel the king's daughter and the king's confirmation thereof; as among other lands which were of the said earl, and by reason of the nonage of his heir are in the king's hand, granted by the king on the day mentioned to the said Isabel to hold until the lawful age of the said heir, the king granted her the manors aforesaid; and the said Isabel by her letters patent granted and demised the wardship of all those lands to the said Philippa, which grant and demise the king by his letters patent confirmed; and now on behalf of the said Philippa the king has learned that the said escheator in his account at the exchequer has charged himself with the issues of the said manors all the time that the said Philippa has had the wardship thereof, by virtue whereof she may not take the profits of the same, wherefore she has prayed for remedy.
Membrane 20.
May 5.
Westminster.
To Edmund Savage escheator in Notynghamshire. Order to remove the king's hand from a toft and one bovate of land in Kirkeby upon Asshefeld, delivering the same to Robert de Hedelham and Lucy his wife, with the issues thereof by him taken since 27 January in the 17th year of the reign; as Roger de Treton and Margaret his wife without the king's licence acquired the premises to them and the heirs of the said Roger from Robert son of Stephen, and the said Robert of John Gobet, and the said John of John de Stuteville who held the same in chief, and each entered the premises, and on the date above mentioned by a fine with him made by the said Roger and Margaret the king pardoned those trespasses, granting that the said Roger and Margaret should hold the premises of the king as aforesaid by the services thereof due and accustomed; and the said Robert de Hedelham and Lucy likewise without the king's licence acquired the premises of the said Roger, which by reason of that trespass were taken into the king's hand, and on 4 November in the 31st year of his reign for 13s. 4d. by them paid the king by letters patent pardoned the said Robert and Lucy their trespass, granting that they should have again and hold the premises as aforesaid without let of the king, his heirs, justices, escheators, sheriffs, bailiffs or ministers whatsoever; and after at the suit of the said Robert de Hedelham and Lucy, alleging that the premises were by John Moryn late escheator taken into the king's hand for the reason aforesaid, the king by writ ordered the escheator to certify in chancery under seal the cause wherefore they were so taken, and he certified accordingly that he knew not whether the said late escheator seized the same or no, but that one William Frothelay his predecessor by indenture delivered to him the premises under the name of a messuage and the aforesaid land, averring that the same were in the king's hand by reason of the trespass committed by the said John Stuteville in aliening the same without the king's licence to John Gobet, and that they are yet in the king's hand for that cause; wherefore the said Robert and Lucy have prayed the king for remedy.
July 5.
Westminster.
To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland for the time being. Order, as at another time ordered, to summon before them the king's justices and serjeants and others of his council in Ireland, the guardian of the lands of the heritage of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, and all others who ought to be so summoned, to hear the plaint of Robert de Clynton knight and John de Clynton his son and the reasons and allegations to be set forth as well for the king and the said heir as for the said Robert and John, to take information and advice as well by inquisitions by true knights and other men of the vicinage of Novan and Ardsallagh not of any kinship or affinity with the said Robert and John nor suspect, suborned nor otherwise procured, as by other means as they shall think best, and to proceed further to final debate of the business, doing justice to the parties according to the laws and customs of Ireland, so that they proceed not to rendering of judgment without advising the king, certifying in the chancery of England under the king's seal used in Ireland the whole process when made and their dealing in that behalf as well for the king and the said heir, who is in his wardship, as for the said Robert and John; as by his writ under the great seal of England [see above, p. 232] the king commanded them to summon etc. (as before) to hear the plaint of the said Robert and John, to take information and advice, to proceed to final debate of the business, and further to deliver by a mainprise to the said Robert and John the manors aforesaid with the crop of corn and other issues thereof arising since the death of William Nongle, reciting an inquisition of 10 June in the 40th year of the reign concerning the said manors, and information given on behalf of the said Robert and John; and now by complaint on behalf of the said Robert and John it is shewn the king that by virtue of the said command the keeping of the said manors was with the assent of the whole council in Ireland committed to the said Robert and John, that they were in peaceable possession thereof, and that the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer were ready to do justice touching the business and had begun a process, but by colour of another writ to them addressed obtained in the chancery of England at the suit of certain enemies of the said Robert and John, whereby command was given for particular causes, it is said, to stay the further execution of the king's first command, they have taken the said manors again into the king's hand and thrust out the said Robert and John from possession of the keeping thereof, deferring to proceed further in the process so begun, wherefore the said Robert and John have prayed for remedy. By C.
Membrane 19.
May 15.
Westminster.
To the keeper of Queen Philippa's chace of Kyngeswode co. Gloucester for the time being, or to his representative there. Order, upon the petition of Nicholas Berkele knight and Cicely his wife presented before the king and council in this parliament, to cease from laying hindrances upon them, suffering them without demand of chiminage and other let whatsoever to have their profit of the woods, 'gorstes' and sea coals within the lordship of a moiety of the manor of Bukton within the chace aforesaid, as they ought to have and the ancestors of the said Cicely heretofore used to have; as their petition shewed that the said Nicholas and Cicely hold a moiety of the said manor in right of the said Cicely, that they have woods, 'gorstes' and sea coals upon their own soil to be sold at their own will, and that the said keeper is now newly hindering them so that they may not have the profit thereof within their said lordship if they pay not chiminage for the same, though they have and ought to have such profit, and though they and the ancestors of the said Cicely had the same time out of mind without paying chiminage or other custom until the said chace came to the said queen's hands, wherefore they prayed for remedy; and it is found by certificate of the auditors of the queen's accounts made in chancery at the king's command, that upon search of the rolls of account of the queen's ministers in the lordship of Bristol and the said chace there is found no answer made by keepers or other ministers of the chace concerning the profit of chiminage therein.
Et erat patens.
Membrane 18.
May 3.
Westminster.
To the chancellor of Ireland or his representative. Order, upon the petition of Hugh le Despenser and Alice his wife, to deliver to them the whole castle of Kilkenny, five mills, 5 acres of meadow, a dovecot, 16 acres of land and pasture, and the whole fishery of the water opposite the said castle in Kilkenny, the manor of Dunfert, the fishery of the water, and a mill there with a dovecot and appurtenances, the manor and advowson of Kendermoy, the borough of Rosbergoun with appurtenances, the manor of Illyd with appurtenances, the serjeanty of Overk, 31l. of rent in Killalo Moyordrom with appurtenances in the Iraght of Callan which Clement Ogloern knight used to pay for the said lands in the time of Gilbert de Clare late lord there, the advowson of Kallan by turns when void according to a partition thereof made, a messuage and three carucates of land on the Hill of Kallan and in the Iraght by Kallan, 4l. of rent of freeholders in Castelgonnan, Kilkryn, Glassar, Athmekart, Fathely, Aguerill, Nywes, Kilblethin, Tomaston and elsewhere in the county of Kilkenny, and the third part of the royalty of the liberty of Kilkenny, taken into the king's hand by the death of Anne le Despenser, together with the issues thereof taken, saving the relief due to the king; as their petition shews that it is found by inquisition, taken by Richard Stury escheator in Ireland and returned in the chancery of Ireland, that the said Anne at her death being one of the lords and parceners of the said liberty, held the premises for her life in chief by the king's service of the gift of John son of Peter de Hothum of Bondeby knight made with the king's licence, with reversion to the said Hugh and Alice and to the heirs of their bodies, praying that the king would respite the homage and fealty of the said Hugh, who is over sea by the king's licence, and order the premises to be rendered to him. By K.
May 12.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Cumberland. Order to cause Thomas son and heir of Robert de Raghton tenant in chief to have seisin of his father's lands; as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [27580.]
May 16.
Westminster.
To Roger de Wolfreton escheator in Essex. Order to assign and deliver to William Stighull and Constance his wife, late the wife of Thomas atte Broke tenant in chief, her dower of the lands of the said Thomas which are in the king's hand by his death and by reason of the nonage of his heir, in presence of Alan de Buxhull, to whom the king has committed the wardship of two thirds of the said lands until the lawful age of the said heir, or his attorney if upon warning he will attend, sending the assignment to be enrolled in chancery.
May 16.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire. Order not to meddle further with the manors of Ilkelay and Wylton in Pykerynglyth taken into the king's hand by the death of Walter de Heslarton knight, 10 marks of rent in the said manor of Wylton excepted, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Walter at his death held no lands in that county in chief in fee simple, but held in his demesne as of fee the manors aforesaid, the said rent excepted, of others than the king.
May 6.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Northumberland. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with a toft and 30 acres of waste land in Preston which were held in fee by Alexander de Preston, delivering up any issues thereof taken since 8 July in the 33rd year of the reign; as the king lately by writ ordered the escheator to certify in chancery the cause wherefore the lands in Preston which were of Ralph de Preston were taken into the king's hand by William de Nessefeld late escheator, and he returned that no lands in Preston of the said Ralph are in the king's hand and in his keeping as by the writ supposed, but that at the time of his succession to that office William de Raygate late escheator delivered to him by indenture the toft and land aforesaid, which the said Alexander at his death held in chief by knight service as of the fees of John de Middelton late an adherent of the Scots the king's enemies then in the king's hand, and therefore the premises are in the king's hand and in the escheator's keeping; and by inspection of the rolls of chancery the king is assured that on the day aforesaid by letters patent he gave to John de Stryvelyn and his heirs the homages and services of freeholders belonging to the manors, lands and rents of the said John de Middelton in Belsowe, Neweland, Burnton, Preston, Warneham, the town of Newcastle upon Tyne and elsewhere in Northumberland as fully as John de Middelton held the same and as they came to the king's hands.
Membrane 17.
May 22.
Westminster.
To Robert de Thorp and his fellows, justices of the Bench. Order to adjourn to the octaves of Michaelmas next, in the state they now are or ought to be if the writs affecting the same were returned before them in the said Bench, all pleas to be before them pleaded for the octaves and quinzaine of Trinity and the morrow, octaves and quinzaine of Midsummer, fixing the date aforesaid for the parties prosecuting such business, and commanding singular the sheriffs of England to keep in their hands until then all writs henceforward to be by them returned and then return them; as a sudden deadly plague is anew increasing in the city of London, and greater peril is thereof shortly to be feared, for avoidance whereof by the assent and at the prayer of the nobles and others in parliament the king has ordered all pleas henceforward pending to be continued as aforesaid. The king's will is that the justices shall make such process upon writs so to be returned as if the days therein set had been kept without adjournment or delay. By K. and C. in parl.
The like to John Knyvet and his fellows, justices appointed to hold pleas before the king.
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Like order to adjourn to the octaves of Michaelmas all pleas, accounts and other business whatsoever before them pending. By K. and C. in parl.
To Richard de Wydeville escheator in Norhamptonshire. Whereas lately upon the finding of an inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Thomas Dengayne knight at his death held in his demesne as of fee fourteen virgates of land and meadow and 14s. 4d. of rent in Pightesle with view of frankpledge there in chief as of the crown by serjeanty and by the service of finding at his own cost running hounds to destroy wolves, foxes, cats, wild cats and other vermin in Norhamptonshire, Roteland, Oxfordshire, Essex and Bukinghamshire, as well within parks as without, and that Joyce wife of John de Goldyngton, Elizabeth wife of Lawrence de Pabenham knight and Mary . . . . . [Entry incomplete.]
Vacated, because upon the Fine Roll.
May 1.
Westminster.
To William atte More escheator in Leycestershire. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with a messuage, a mill and one carucate of land in Croxton, 60s. of yearly rent in Hamelton, and certain other lands in Walton by Hamelcote, extended with the other lands aforesaid at 20 marks a year, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, taken by the escheator that John Somervyle of Croxton at his death held the premises, and that William de Somervyle son of the said John, aged 26 years, is his heir and an idiot born in idiocy; and by examination of the said William had before the king and council in chancery it is clear that he is compos mentis and of common discretion, wherefore it seems to the council that the wardship of those lands ought not to pertain to the king by reason of the idiocy alleged against him.
May 6.
Westminster.
To Walter de Kelby escheator in Lincolnshire. Order not to meddle further with the castle and manor of Bitham and the manors of Corby, Careby, Birton, Repynghale, Cheyle, Billesford, Auburne and Southwythum taken into the king's hand by the death of Robert de Colville, delivering to Cicely late his wife any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Robert at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his demesne as of fee, but held the said castle and manors jointly with the said Cicely, and that the same are held of others than the king.
May 12.
Westminster.
To the sheriffs of London. Order, upon the petition of Joan de Farnham, if by inquisition or otherwise they may be assured that a woollen cloth of blanket, arrested as forfeit by Robert atte Forde, was not exposed for sale, to cause the same to be dearrested and delivered to her; as her petition shews that on Easter eve last she took the said cloth to the house of John de Holbech fuller to be folded and pressed until after the octaves of Easter to the end it might then be dyed, but the said Robert, deputy as well of Peter Sterre collector of the subsidy due to the king upon cloths for sale as of William Hervy the king's alnager in London and Middlesex, pretending that the cloth was not (sic) brought there to be sold, unlawfully arrested the same.
May 9.
Westminster.
To John de Tye escheator in Sussex. Order not to meddle further with the manor of Rustyngton taken into the king's hand by the death of John de Bohun of Midhurst knight, delivering up any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said John de Bohun at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his demesne as of fee nor in service, but by fine levied in the king's court held in fee tail the said manor, which is not held of the king, of the gift of Ralph de Langele chaplain to the said John and Isabel his wife (likewise deceased) and to the heirs of their bodies, and that Joan de Lysle and Eva her sister, daughters of the said John and Isabel, are their next heirs and of full age.
Membrane 16.
May 6.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Cumberland, Order to cause John son of John son of Hugh le Harpour to have seisin of a piece of land called Rawebankes which is a purpresture of Inglewode and is taken into the king's hand by the death of John son of Hugh le Harpour, saving to the king the issues thereof since his death if they ought to pertain to the king; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that John son of Hugh at his death held the said land in his demesne as of fee in chief by fealty and by the service of rendering 12s. 3d. a year at the exchequer of Karliol for all service, and held no other lands in that county in chief nor of any other, that the said John his son is his next heir and of the age of 22 years and upwards, and that Elizabeth who was wife of the said John son of Hugh occupied the said land, taking the issues and profits from his death, who died 10 October in the 23rd year of the reign, until 28 October in the 32nd year, when the king committed the wardship thereof to Richard de Beaulieu to hold until the lawful age of the said heir, and he has occupied the same from that day; and the king has taken the fealty of the said John son of John.
May 26.
Westminster.
To Walter de Kelby escheator in Lincolnshire. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with a messuage and 20 acres of land in Walde Neuton which were of Richard son of William de Walde Neuton, delivering to Alice and Agnes sisters of the said Richard any issues thereof taken; as the king lately would be certified touching the cause wherefore the escheator took the premises into the king's hand, and he certified that it was found by inquisition, before him taken of his office, that William de Swyne formerly held a messuage and 20 acres of land there of the grant and demise of John de Dalton chaplain for a term of 20 years, rendering yearly to the said John and his heirs 10 marks, with power to them to enter again and peaceably hold the premises if the rent should be in arrear at any term, that the said William in his life time granted his estate therein to William Hillyerd, and that for default of payment of the said rent Nicholas Mareshall of Walde Neuton, cousin and heir of the said John, in the life time of William de Swyne entered and held the premises, and after enfeoffed the said Richard, Alice and Agnes, and that the promises are not held of the king, certifying that he took the same into the king's hand for that the said William Hillyerd feloniously slew the said William de Swyne, and likewise for that the jurors of the said inquisition knew not whether the entry of the said Nicholas was lawful or unlawful; and the king considers his certificate insufficient.
June 8.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Lincoln to cause a coroner to be elected instead of John de Amcotes, who is too sick to exercise that office.
May 15.
Westminster.
To John de Tye escheator in Sussex. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Cicely who was wife of John de Bohun of Midhurst knight of her said husband's lands taken into the king's hand by his death and for other particular causes, sending the assignment to be enrolled in chancery.
Membrane 15.
May 12.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause a verderer in the forest of Waltham to be elected instead of Ralph Asselyn, who is dead.
Order to the sheriff of Essex to cause a verderer in the forest of Waltham to be elected instead of Thomas Belhous, who has no lands within the bounds of the said forest, nor dwells within the same.
May 12.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Lincoln to cause a coroner to be elected instead of William de Paunton, who is insufficiently qualified.
May 20.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of York to cause a coroner to be elected instead of Gerard de Brunby of York, who is insufficiently qualified.
May 12.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Stafford to cause a coroner to be elected instead of William le Hunte, who is sick and aged.
Like order to the same sheriff, as William de Thekenes is sick and aged.
May 20.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Huntingdon to cause a coroner to be elected instead of Hugh de Loundres, who is dead.
May 9.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of York to cause a coroner to be elected instead of John de Frekelton who is sick and aged.
April 28.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to cause a coroner to be elected instead of John de Ireby, who is sick and aged.
April 20.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause a verderer in the forest of Selwode to be elected instead of William Welde, who is dead.
May 20.
Westminster.
To Gilbert de Umfraunville earl of Angos and his fellows [appointed] to make inquisition concerning weirs, mills, ponds, piles, stakes and kiddles set up in the river Tyne. Order to cause all who have set up weirs, mills, ponds, piles, stakes and kiddles in the said river since the time of King Edward I, whereby the passage of ships and boats is hindered, to appear before them in person, and on the king's behalf to order them under a pain of 200l. to abate and remove the same before Michaelmas next, compelling them to find security for payment of that pain in the quinzaine of St. Hilary next if the same be not so abated and removed, certifying such security in chancery before Michaelmas, and sending again this writ; as the king is informed that, though in their commission it is contained that they should cause all weirs, mills, ponds, piles, stakes and kiddles set up in the said river in or after the said king's time whereby the passage of ships and boats is hindered to be abated and removed by those who set them there according to the ordinance and the agreement made on that behalf, they have hitherto deferred so to do to the hurt and grievance of the people, and the king's will is that matters which are ordered and agreed for the common weal be observed in all things. By pet. of parl.
May 20.
Westminster.
To Alan de Bukeshull constable of the Tower of London, or to his lieutenant. Order to keep in safe custody in the prison of the said Tower until further order John de la Lee knight, whom the king has caused to be delivered to him by the council. By K.
May 20.
Westminster.
To William de Elmele clerk of the king's works at Clipston. Order, of the 40l. which he lately took at the receipt of the exchequer for repair of the enclosure of the king's park of Clipston, to cause as well the defects of said enclosure as those of the enclosure of his park of Beskewode and of his lodges in the said parks to be repaired where need be by view and testimony of Robert de Morton keeper of Shirwode forest, so far as that money may go.
May 15.
Westminster.
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to allow Thomas Cheyny constable of Wyndesore castle in his account at the exchequer all costs which they shall be assured by view and testimony of Peter Somere and Simon Brocas surveyors of those works that he has laid out upon the repair of the new bridge of Guldeford park, and upon the making and mending of the gates and paling thereof.
May 6.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Suthampton. Order at his peril of the issues of his bailiwick to cause needful repairs to be done to the houses and enclosures of the king's manor of Wolmer and the enclosures of his wood of Altisholt within Wolmer forest; as they are so broken and ruinous that the need of repair is great, as the king has learned. By C.
May 12.
Westminster.
To William de Monte Acuto earl of Salisbury, or to his steward in the Isle of Wight. Order, if a ship called la Seinte Marie Rose of la Croyne in Spain was recently lost, if the goods and chattels therein cast ashore were by the said earl and his steward arrested as wreck, if Gomis Peritz of la Croyne the shipmaster, Robert (fn. 1) Pollayn a native, Jacomart de Turnay, John de Senterent, Lawrence de Souze, Alfonso Andre and John Petro escaped alive to land within the said island and the liberty of the town of Suthampton as it is said, and if the said Gomis and the other merchants shall prove by charters or marks or by their oaths that the merchandise is theirs, to cause the same to be delivered to them, rendering for their pains to those who salved and kept the same due reward to be made by discretion of the said earl and his steward and by appointment of four or six true men of the said liberty according to the statute; as the said Gomis and the others named and certain other merchants of Spain have shewn before the king and council in this parliament that they escaped alive as aforesaid from the said ship, wherefore their goods and merchandise therein so cast ashore might not according to the statute be called wreck [pertaining] to the king or to other lords, but that the said earl and his steward have arrested the same as wreck and are unlawfully withholding them contrary to the statute. By pet. of parl. (Ancient Petitions 3314.)
The like to the following:
Ingelram earl of Bedeford or his steward in the Isle of Wight.
William bishop of Cicestre and his bailiffs of Cicestre.
June 10.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire. Order not to meddle further with the lands which John son of John Wodecok held of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak tenant in chief, a minor in the king's wardship, and which were taken into the king's hand by the death of the said John son of John and are in his hand; as John son and heir of the said deceased, tenant by knight service of the said heir, has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken the homage and fealty of Thomas de Roos, brother and heir of William de Roos son and heir of the said William de Roos of Hamelak, and has commanded livery to be given him of his said father's lands.
July 6.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire, Order to deliver to Queen Philippa or to her attorney the manor of Thornton Styward together with the issues thereof taken since the death of Alice who was wife of Giles de Bassyngbourne, who died on Tuesday in the first week of Lent last, according to the king's letters patent of 15 December last granting to the said queen the wardship of all lands which were of Walter de Coleville knight tenant in chief and are in the king's hand by his death and by reason of the nonage of his heir, with the knights' fees, advowsons, reversions etc. thereto belonging, to hold until the lawful age of the said heir, together with the marriage of the heir, not rendering aught to the king for that wardship and marriage; as now it is found by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Alice at her death by fine thereof levied in the king's court held the said manor for life with remainder to the said Walter and Margaret daughter of the said Giles and to the heirs of their bodies, that the said Walter and Margaret are dead, that Robert their son is their next heir and of the age of three years and upwards, and that the said manor is held by knight service of another than the king.
To Richard de Wydeville escheator in Norhamptonshire. Like order with regard to the manor of Abyndon, held in chief by knight service, the fine thereof being levied with the king's licence.
Membrane 14.
May 22.
Westminster.
To Richard de Raveneser the king's clerk, administrator of the goods and chattels of Isabel the late queen mother. Order of the said goods and chattels in his keeping to pay 100 marks to the warden and friars of the order of Minorites in the city of London in part of the execution of the said queen's will. By K.
May 10.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire. Order, upon the petition of William Rauf of Driffeld and Richard de Housom of Elmeswell, to make full restitution of their goods and chattels in the king's hand; as they have shewn the king that they being indicted before Simon de Heselarton coroner in Yorkshire for abetting, procuring, consenting and aiding to slay John Dryng, and appearing at the view of his body, were by the said coroner attached and delivered to the custody of the sheriff of York to be imprisoned until delivered according to the law and custom of the realm, as appears by the tenor of the indictment then returned before the coroner which the king has caused to come before him in chancery, that thus it is clear they were not fugitives, but that the escheator has taken their goods and chattels into the king's hand as forfeit, refusing to restore the same, for that John Bygot, Robert Boynton, Thomas Maule and Thomas de Wythornewyk, being appointed to make inquisition concerning the said John's death, certified that the said William and Richard were fugitives by reason thereof, wherefore they have prayed for remedy. By C.
May 20.
Westminster.
Mandate to the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer to stay altogether their demand against the said escheator to answer concerning the goods and chattels aforesaid, thereof discharging as well the escheator as the said William and Richard. By C.
May 20.
Westminster.
To John de Scotherskelf escheator in Yorkshire. Order, upon the petition of Patrick de Langedale and Robert de Ravensthorp, if it be not found before any coroner of that county that they were fugitives by reason of the death of John Dryng of Driffeld, to restore them their goods and chattels taken into the king's hand on that pretence; as their petition shews that they are indicted before John Bygot and his fellows lately appointed to make inquisition concerning the death of John Dryng for hiring, ordering, commanding and procuring William 'of the Hill' of Driffeld and certain others to slay the said John Dryng, and not as principals, and though they were not fugitives, nor is it found before any coroner of the county that they were, the escheator has taken their goods and chattels as forfeit into the king's hand and is yet detaining the same, for that it is found by an inquisition, taken before the said John [Bygot] and his fellows of their office, who have no record, that the said Patrick and Robert were fugitives for that cause, praying for restitution. The king's will is that the escheator be thereof discharged. By K.

Footnotes

  • 1. In the petition 'Robin.'