Close Rolls, Edward III: October 1375 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: October 1375', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 14, 1374-1377, (London, 1913) pp. 185-186. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol14/pp185-186 [accessed 20 April 2024]

October 1375



	Membrane 6.
Oct. 28. Westminster.	To Roger Keterych escheator in Essex (sic). Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with a messuage, 47 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow in Thorlegh (Thorleye) and Sabrichesworth delivering to the abbot of Walden any issues thereof taken; as lately by letters patent the king gave licence to John de Chertesey and Robert Ive parson of Keyngham to give and assign to the abbot and convent of Walden and to their successors a messuage and 80 acres of land there in part of 40 marks of land and rents which by former letters patent the king gave them licence to acquire; and after on 16 February in the 48th year of the reign the abbot petitioned the king for aid, as 3 acres of meadow are parcel of the said land, and the same with the said messuage and the residue of the land were taken into the king's hand by John Bataille late escheator, pretending that the same were acquired without the king's licence, for that in the letters patent they are by negligence specified as land and not as meadow, and by fine with him made by the said abbot the king of his favour by other letters patent pardoned the trespasses therein committed, granting that the abbot and convent should have again and hold to them and their successors as well the said messuage and 77 acres of land as the said 3 acres of meadow in part of the 40 marks in the first grant contained; and later the abbot petitioned the king for restitution, shewing that although the king pardoned the trespasses aforesaid the abbot is ousted from the premises by colour of certain letters patent whereby the king granted to William Cranford for life the keeping of the aforesaid messuage, 47 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow which were in the king's hand for that Thomas de Benyngton monk of Walden abbey without the king's licence acquired them of John de Cherteseye, and that by virtue of that grant the said William collected and took the issues and profits thereof, being parcel of the messuage, 77 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow aforesaid, contrary to the letters patent made to the said abbot, wherefore the king ordered the sheriff of Hertford to give the said William notice to be in chancery in the quinzaine of Trinity last to shew cause wherefore the king ought not to take the premises again into his hands and restore them to the abbot with the issues thereof taken by the said William in the mean time, and further to do and receive what the court should determine, at which day for particular causes a day was given to the parties in the quinzaine of Michaelmas last; at which day the abbot being there in person the said Nicholas (sic) by his attorney, and Michael Skillyng who sues for the king, by due process first had it was determined that the premises should be restored to the abbot, with the issues as aforesaid, to hold according to the king's letters patent to him formerly made.