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Jan. 13. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the
sheriff of Bedford in his account 10 marks, if they ascertain that he paid this
sum to the warden and brethren of the Friars Minors of Bedeford, in execution of the king's order to pay to them this sum of his alms out of the
deodands to be adjudged to him in the eyre of Bedford. |
Jan. 18. Westminster. |
To Geoffrey de Edenham. Order to intend the holding of pleas before
the king with Geoffrey le Scrop and others, his justices appointed to hold
such pleas, as the king wills that Geoffrey shall intend the holding of such
pleas with them during pleasure. By C. |
Jan. 18. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to restore to Henry Barri of
Herdewyk, clerk, his goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's
hands by Thomas Wake of Bleseworth, late sheriff of that county, upon his
being charged before Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, then justices in eyre
in that county, with breaking the houses of John Mariot and Joan Waryn
and the robbery of divers of their goods at Wythemale, as he has purged his
innocence before H. bishop of Lincoln, the ordinary of the place, to whom
he was delivered according to the privilege of the clergy. |
Jan. 19. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas—upon its being
found by inquisition taken by Simon de Bereford, then escheator this side
Trent, that John de Boclond, knight, at his death held no lands of the king
in chief by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the
king, but that he held certain lands in 'gavelkynde' in the town of Maidenstane of the archbishopric of Canterbury, then void and in the king's hands,
by the service of 5s. 8d. yearly, and that Gregory, Richard, Laurence, and
John, his sons, and John son of John de Boclond, the younger, were his
next heirs—the king ordered the said escheator not to intermeddle further
with the lands of the said John; and the king afterwards—at the escheator's
prosecution, suggesting that he was charged in his account at the exchequer
with the issues of the said lands for the time when they were in the king's
hands by reason of the voidance of the archbishopric aforesaid—ordered the
treasurer and barons to supersede until the following parliament the demand
made upon the escheator for the issues aforesaid; and now William de
Neuport, Simon's late sub-escheator in co. Kent, has given the king to
understand that Simon charged him with the said issues in his account
rendered to Simon, which account William afterwards caused to be recited
at the exchequer for certain reasons, by reason whereof William still remains
charged with the issues at the exchequer, and he has besought the king to
provide for his indemnity; the king therefore orders the treasurer and
barons to cause the exaction for the issues from William to be superseded,
and to cause him to be discharged and acquitted thereof at the exchequer. |
Jan. 12. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
The abbot of Wardon has shewn the king, by petition before him and his
council in parliament, that Henry III. granted to the abbot of that place
20 marks yearly at the exchequer for the damages that the abbey sustained
in the siege of Bedeford castle, until such time as he should provide the abbot
with 10l. of land yearly, as appears by his letters patent in the abbot's
possession, and the said abbot received that rent at the exchequer of the said
king, and the rent was allowed at his exchequer and at the exchequer of
Edward I. until the rent was withdrawn without reasonable cause in the
time of Edward I., and the abbot has besought the king to order the rent
and the arrears thereof from the said time to be paid to him, or to cause the
arrears to be allowed to him in the tenths or other debts due from him; the
king therefore orders them to see the letters aforesaid, and to search the
rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to see the writs of liberate and
allocate concerning the rent, and if they do not find that any reasonable
cause for the withdrawal of the rent, and if they find that it was previously
paid and allowed to the abbot, to pay the arrears thereof out of the treasury
to the abbot, or to cause him to have due allowance therefor according to
their discretion, and to cause the rent to be paid yearly henceforth. |
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By pet. of C. |
Jan. 13. Westminster. |
To Robert Selyman, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
William de Clynton and Juliana his wife, heiress of William de Leyburn,
the issues of the manor of Knolton from the time of its being taken into the
king's hands by reason of the death of Thomas Perot, as the king—upon its
being found by inquisition that Thomas Perot at his death held no lands in
chief of the king as of the crown by reason whereof the custody of his lands
ought to pertain to the king, but that he held a tenement called 'Coldelowe'
of the heir of James de Audeley, a minor in the king's custody, by the
service of 8s. 6d. at two terms of the year, and the manor of Knolton of the
said Juliana, who is of full age, by knight service, and that he held
other lands of other lords by various services, and that Thomas Perot,
son of Simon Perot, Thomas's nephew (nepos), is his next heir and is aged
2 years—ordered the escheator to retain in the king's hands the tenement
called 'Coldelowe' until otherwise ordered, and not to intermeddle further
with the manor of Knolton, and William and Juliana have entered the manor
by virtue of the said order. If there be any reason why the escheator cannot
execute this order, he is to certify the king of it under his seal without delay. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The prior of the Hospital
of St. John of Jerusalem in England has shewn the king, by petition before
him and his council, that all the goods and chattels that belonged to the
master and brethren of the order of the Temple at the time of the annulling
of the order came to the late king's hands, and divers debts now run in
demand against the master and brethren by summons of the exchequer,
which are exacted from the prior because the lands of the master and
brethren are in his hands by virtue of a statute, and he has besought the
king to cause him to be discharged of the said debts: the king therefore
orders the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to cause the rolls and other
memoranda of the exchequer concerning such debts to be searched, and to
certify the king in chancery under the exchequer seal of what they shall
find, so that the chancellor, having called before him men learned in the
law, may cause to be ordained by the king's council what shall be just in
this matter. They are to supersede the levying of the said debts whilst the
matter is pending undetermined (indiscusso) in chancery. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 22. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of York. Order to pay to Margery, late the wife of
Duncan de Ferendraght, the arrears of 49 marks yearly for Michaelmas term
last, and to cause that sum to be paid to her yearly henceforth, which sum
the king assigned to her in recompense for the manor of Briggestok,
co. Northampton [as at page 63, above]. |
Jan. 22. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Richard Cros of London, fishmonger (pessoner), has shewn the king, by
petition before him and his council in parliament, that the late king was
indebted to him and his fellows in 15l. 17s. 9d. for fish bought from them for
the expenses of his household when he was prince of Wales, as appears by
a bill of his wardrobe in Richard's possession, of which sum they have not
received payment, and Richard has besought the king to order this sum to
be paid to him and his fellows; the king therefore orders the treasurer and
barons and the chamberlains to see the bill aforesaid, and if they ascertain
that the debt aforesaid is clear and is still owing, to cause it to be paid to
Richard and his fellows out of the treasury, or to cause them to have an
assignment for it. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 23. Westminster. |
To John de Houton, escheator beyond Trent. Order to repair the houses
in the king's manor of Clipston, as the king understands that there are many
defects in them. |
Jan. 22. Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Suffolk. The men of that county have shewn the king
that there was a gaol in the town of Ipswich, wherein all those indicted and
taken in that county used to be kept until they were delivered, from time
out of mind until the time when Richard de Roffham was sheriff of that
county, when the gaol fell down, and it has remained unrepaired until now,
and all those indicted or taken in that county have been taken thence to
Norwich castle, which is in co. Norfolk, and have been there detained and
many of them have been delivered at Norwich by men of co. Norfolk who
were ignorant of their crimes, by reason whereof the men of co. Suffolk have
not dared to take or indict thieves and other malefactors there because they
have been many times delivered by strangers ignorant of their larcenies and
other crimes, and they have besought the king to order the old gaol of
Ipswich to be repaired and to order such indicted and taken men to be there
received and imprisoned; the king therefore orders the sheriff to cause the
said gaol to be repaired by the view of Ralph de Bockyng', so that such
prisoners may be received and delivered there as was wont in the time of
Edward I. By pet. of C. |
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Membrane 2. |
Jan. 18. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. A. archbishop of Dublin
has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament,
that the king is indebted to him in 628l. 17s. 8¼d. for his wages for the
time when he was sent by the late king as envoy to Gascony, for the expedition of certain of the said king's affairs, as appears by his account in the
exchequer, and he is indebted to the king in 1,271l. 6s. 0½d. for the arrears
of his account of the time when he was the late king's treasurer of the
exchequer of Dublin, which are exacted from him for the king's use by
summons of the exchequer, and he has besought the king to cause the
former sum to be allowed to him in the latter: the king therefore orders the
treasurer and barons to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer
touching such account, and if they ascertain that the former sum is still due
to the archbishop, to cause it to be allowed to him as above. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
John de Orreton has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council
in parliament, that the late king was indebted to him in 15l. for his wages
for the time when he was in the said king's service in the marches of
Scotland, as appears by a bill of his wardrobe in John's possession, of which
sum he has not received payment, and he is indebted to the king in 15l. for
victuals bought by him from the said king, and he has besought the king to
cause the sum due from him to be allowed to him in the sum due to him:
the king therefore orders them to see the bill aforesaid, and if they ascertain
that the debts contained in it are clear and are still owing, to cause allowance
to be made as above. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 21. Westminster. |
To the same. The prior of Ivychurch (Monasterio Ederoso) has shewn
the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the late
king granted to the prior and convent of that place 100s. yearly from the
issues of the manor of Claryndon for ever, for the maintenance of the light
in the church of their monastery, and from that time until now the prior has,
through the default of those who were bailiffs of the manor, and who would
not pay the rent for their times, prosecuted at great expense in the late
king's chancery and in that of the present king and in divers parliaments for
payment of the rent, and he has not been able to obtain payment thereof for
ten years and over, although the bailiffs have been frequently ordered by
writs of the king and of his father to cause it to be paid to the prior yearly,
and the prior has besought the king to cause the arrears of the rent to be paid
to him: the king, considering that the grant was made to the honour of God
and of holy church to endure for ever, orders the treasurer and chamberlains
to cause payment to be made to the prior of as much as they shall ascertain
to be in arrear to him of the said 100s. yearly, or the treasurer and barons
are to cause him to have an assignment therefor. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 16. Westminster. |
To the same. Roger de Bomstede of Norwich, merchant, has shewn the
king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is
indebted to him in 8l. 16s. 8d. lent to him by Roger in the first year of his
reign in the port of Great Yarmouth, as appears by his letters patent under
the seal called 'coket' in Roger's possession, and he has besought the king
to cause this sum to be paid to him or to be allowed to him in the next
customs of wool, hides, and wool-fells to be taken out of the realm from that
port by him: the king therefore orders them to see the letters aforesaid, and
if they ascertain that this sum is still due to Roger, to cause it to be paid or
allowed to him as above. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the same. The executors of the will of Richard de Kirkebride have
shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that
the late king was indebted to Roger in 138l. 19s. 4d. for his wages for the
time when he was in the said king's service in the marches of Scotland, as
appears by divers bills of the late king's wardrobe in their possession, of
which sum payment has not yet been made, and the executors are indebted
to the king in 57l. 4s. 0d. for victuals bought by Richard and others for
whom he mainperned, and they have besought the king to cause the latter
sum to be allowed to them in the former, and to order the remainder of the
former sum to be paid to them: the king therefore orders the treasurer and
barons and chamberlains to see the bills aforesaid, and if they find the debts
therein contained are clear and are still owing, to cause the said 57l. 4s. 0d.
to be allowed in the greater sum, and to cause the remainder of the latter
to be paid to the executors out of the treasury, or to cause them to have an
assignment therefor. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 16. Westminster. |
To the same. Roger Bisshop has shewn the king, by petition before him
and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in 49l. 13s. 0d.
for divers victuals bought from him by Stephen le Blound for the late king's
use, in the seventh year of the said king's reign, by order of Ingelard de
Warle, then keeper of the wardrobe, as appears by a bill made to Roger
under the seals of Ingelard and of John de Okham, and he has besought the
king to order payment of the said sum to be made to him; the king therefore
orders them to see the said bill, and if they find that the debt is clear and is
still owing, to cause it to be paid out of the treasury, or to cause an assignment to be made for it. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 18. Westminster. |
To John de Bray, late receiver of the issues of the castle, town, manor,
and honour of Dynbegh, and of the cantreds of Ros, Reywynok, and
Kaermer, and of the commote of Dynmael, which belonged to Roger de
Mortuo Mari, the king's enemy and rebel. Order to pay to William de
Monte Acuto, to whom the king has granted the castle, town, manor, honour,
cantreds, and commote, all ferms and rents thereof for Michaelmas term
last, and all issues and profits of the same received since that term and
pertaining to the king by reason of Roger's forfeiture, as the king has granted
the rents, ferms, and issues to William. By p.s. |
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The like to the following: |
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Thomas de Hampton, late steward of the castle, etc. aforesaid. |
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William de Ercalowe, keeper of the castle, etc. aforesaid. |
Jan. 24. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Benedict de Fulsham has
shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that
the king is indebted to him in divers sums of money for the surpluses of
accounts rendered by him at the exchequer for the time when he was the
butler of the late king and of the king, and for divers other causes, as
appears by his accounts and by bills of the wardrobe in his possession, and
he is indebted to the king in divers debts, and he has besought the king to
cause all the debts due from him to the king to be allowed to him in the
debts due to him from the king; the king therefore orders the treasurer and
barons to see the accounts and bills aforesaid, and to allow to Benedict such
debts due from him up to the amount of the debts that they shall ascertain
to be due clearly to him from the king at the exchequer. By pet. of C. |
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To the same. The said Benedict has shewn the king, by petition before
him and his council in parliament, that he, by the king's order by writ
of the privy seal, caused two pipes of Rhenish wine (de Rynoys) to be
sent to Kenilworth castle for the late king's expenses there, and there
delivered them to the keepers of the said king, and that the treasurer and
barons defer making him allowance for the said pipes because he has not in his
possession any warrant for the receipt thereof, wherefore he has besought
the king to provide a remedy: the king, as he learns from the testimony of
Richard de Rivers that Benedict caused the said pipes to be sent to the
the aforesaid castle and there delivered them to the keepers of the said king,
orders the treasurer and barons to see the order aforesaid, and if they
ascertain that Benedict had such order, to cause payment to be made to him
for the pipes, or to cause him to have due allowance therefor in the debts
due from him to the king. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the same. The said Benedict has shewn the king, by petition before
him and his council in parliament, that he, when he was the late king's
butler, caused, by the said king's order by word of mouth without any other
warrant, seven tuns of wine to be placed in the manor of Shene, and two tuns
of wine in the manor of Eltham, and that he delivered to the said king on
divers occasions for his private expenses 11 tuns of wine, and to John de
Eltham, the king's brother, for his expenses at the time of the persecution
of Hugh le Despenser two tuns of wine, and that the treasurer and barons
defer making him allowance for the said tuns because he had no special
warrant for the delivery of the said wine with the exception of the late
king's orders by word of mouth, and he has besought the king to cause the
said tuns to be allowed to him, especially as he is prepared to prove that he
delivered them by order of the late king made by word of mouth and that he
has not yet had allowance therefor; as it is testified before the king that the
late king would frequently of his liberality give certain tuns of wine at his
pleasure, and would order them to be delivered to those to whom they were
given without a warrant of his letters, and as Benedict and William de
Boylston, his clerk, and Thomas Cros and John de Foxton have taken oath
in chancery that all the tuns of wine aforesaid were delivered by Benedict
in form aforesaid by order of the late king made to him by word of mouth
without other warrant, and that Benedict has not yet had any allowance
therefor, the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause him to have payment for the said tuns at the exchequer, or to have allowance for them in
the debts due from him. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 22. Westminster. |
To the same. William de Snartford, merchant, has shewn the king, by
petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted
to him in 9l. 4s. 8d. lent by him to the king in the first year of his reign in
the port of Boston, as appears by the king's letters patent under the seal
called 'coket' in his possession, and he has besought the king to cause this
sum to be allowed to him in the next custom to be paid to the king upon
William's wool to be taken out of the realm to parts beyond sea: the king
therefore orders the treasurer and barons to see the letters aforesaid, and if
they find that the said sum is owing to William, to cause it to be allowed to
him as above. By pet. of C. |
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Richard de la Voir of Gascony, merchant, for 4 marks 10s. 9d. |
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John de Rateburgh of Almain, merchant, for 14 marks 2s. |
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John Brune of Malyns, merchant, for 14 marks 10s. 9d. |
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Simon Colne of Malyns, merchant, for 9 marks 9s. 9d. |
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John Rogger of Loveyn, merchant, for 7 marks 9s. 3d. |
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Henry Hellewaen of Almain, merchant, for 19 marks 9s. 3d. |
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John Roland of Loveyn, merchant, for 7 marks 12d. |
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Roger Petyt of Lincoln, merchant, for 13 marks 8s. 6d. |
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William Broune of Horncastre, merchant, for 11 marks 11s. 10d. |
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Denys Fox of Ipre, merchant, for 11 marks 2s. |
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Lambert Daman of Malyns, merchant, for 13 marks 12s. 10d. |
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William de Snartford, merchant, for 9l. 4s. 8d. |
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John de Barcar' of Malyns, merchant, for 10 marks 2s. |
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John de Betbarr of Malyns, merchant, for 6l. 15s. 5d. |
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John Kastiker of Ipre, merchant, for 14 marks 2s. |
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Peter Blanker of Dendemont, merchant, for 5 marks 10s. 3d. |
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John de Manneby of Beverley, merchant, for 20 marks 2s. 7d. |
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Herbert Shepmarket of Almain, merchant, for 15 marks 10s. 4d. |
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Simon de Algerkirk for 8 marks 6d. |
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Henry de Sonch of Almain for 19 marks 3s. 1d. |
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Gilkin Luchegeyn for 114s. 11d. |
Jan. 22. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to William de
Grandissono, executor of the will of Blanche, late queen of Navarre, 1000
marks in equal portions at Easter and Michaelmas terms next, out of the
moneys due to the king from William la Zousche de Mortuo Mari by recognisance made in chancery, as the king is indebted to the said executor in the
above sum for divers jewels lately in his custody delivered to the king, and the
king has promised by his letters patent to pay the money at the aforesaid
terms. By p.s. |
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Jan. 17. Westminster. |
To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the
king. Thomas de Blaston has shewn the king, by petition before him and
his council in parliament, that he lately recovered against Hugh de
Notingham 80 marks for his damages for a re-disseisin of tenements in
Blaston made upon him by Hugh, whereof he [Hugh] was convicted before
the sheriff of Leicester and the coroners in that county, and afterwards,
because Hugh did not come before the king to satisfy him for his ransom in
this behalf, he was put in exigent in that county, and was afterwards outlawed for this reason, as appears by the records and processes of the suit and
outlawry aforesaid, which the king has caused to come before him, and
although Hugh has not satisfied Thomas for his damages, Thomas has been
hindered from prosecuting to take Hugh and imprison him until Thomas be
satisfied for the damages aforesaid, by reason of a pardon made to Hugh of
the outlawry and imprisonment and of everything pertaining to the king by
reason of the re-disseisin aforesaid, wherefore Thomas has besought the
king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the justices to see the
records and processes aforesaid, and if they find by inspection thereof that
the said 80 marks were adjudged to Thomas for his damages, and if they
ascertain that Hugh has not satisfied Thomas for the same, they are to
cause Hugh to be taken and imprisoned until he have satisfied Thomas for
the said damages, notwithstanding the pardon aforesaid. By pet. of C. |
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. John de Warenna, earl
of Surrey, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that
he demised the manor and town of Theford to Ralph de Cobham, deceased,
for Ralph's life, and that he entered the manor and town after Ralph's death,
and that William Trussel, then escheator this side Trent, disquieted him
concerning his entry of the same because he had entered them without
delivery from the king, and the escheator exacted from him the issues
thereof, and the king afterwards ordered the escheator to desist from disquieting the earl for this reason and to permit him to hold the manor and
town without impediment until otherwise ordered, and to deliver the issues
thereof to the earl, because the earl had found security in chancery by Alan
Talbot to answer to the king at the exchequer for the issues aforesaid if they
ought to pertain to the king, which issues are now exacted from the earl by
summons of the exchequer, as the king learns from the earl's complaint,
wherefore the earl has besought the king to provide him with a remedy: as
it is found by inquisition taken by John de Blomvill, the late king's
escheator in divers counties, and by inquisition taken by Robert Selyman,
escheator this side Trent, that the earl demised the manor and town to
Ralph as aforesaid, and that the earl at no time remitted or quit-claimed
to Ralph his right in the reversion of the manor and town, the king orders
the treasurer and barons to cause the demand upon the earl for the issues
aforesaid to be superseded, and to cause him and the aforesaid Alan to be
discharged and acquitted thereof. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the justices of the Bench. Ellen, late the wife of Thomas de Claxton,
has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament,
that she impleaded before the said justices Mary, late the wife of Aymer de
Valencia, earl of Pembroke, concerning a toft, 100 acres of land, 5 acres of
meadow and 5s. of rent in Thorp Stapelton, and Mary alleged in pleading
that the land is parcel of the manor of Temple Neusum, and that she held it
for life by the late king's grant by his letters patent, which she proferred
before the justices, and that the manor after Mary's death ought to revert
to the king, wherefor she alleged that she ought not to answer to Ellen
without consulting the king, by pretext whereof the justices have deferred
proceeding in the plea, wherefore Ellen has besought the king to provide a
remedy: the king therefore orders the justices, if it have been thus proceeded before them, to proceed to the final discussion of the plea, notwithstanding the allegation aforesaid, and to do justice to the parties, provided
that they do not proceed to render judgment without consulting the king. |
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By pet. of C. |
Jan. 20. Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. A. archbishop of Dublin,
has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament,
that the king lately pardoned him his ransom and what pertained to the king
for the trespass whereof he was convicted in the late king's exchequer in an
account there rendered by him for the time when he was treasurer of the
said king's exchequer of Dublin, and restored to him his temporalities, lands,
goods and chattels that were taken into the said king's hands for this reason,
and ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to cause the archbishop to be acquitted of the said trespass and to cause his temporalities,
lands, goods and chattels to be restored to him with the issues received
thence, as contained in the king's writ in their possession at the exchequer,
and that, although John Cogan, late treasurer of the exchequer of Dublin,
accounted in the exchequer after the pardon aforesaid for the archbishop's
goods and chattels thus taken into the late king's hands to the value of
290l. 19s. 9½d., and answered for that sum in his account, the treasurer and
barons defer restoring this sum to the archbishop, wherefore he has
besought the king to cause this sum to be allowed to him in the 1271l. 6s. 0½d.
due from him to the king for the arrears of his account for the time when
he was the late king's treasurer of the exchequer of Dublin, which sum is
exacted from him by summons of the exchequer: the king therefore orders
the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to see the writ aforesaid and to
search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer concerning John's account,
and if they find that the king thus pardoned the aforesaid trespass to the
archbishop and ordered his temporalities, etc., to be restored to him, and
that John answered to the king and satisfied him for the said 290l. 19s. 9½d.,
to cause that sum to be allowed to the archbishop as above. By pet. of C. |
Jan. 23. Westminster. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain
Claricia de Okestede for her homage and fealty for the lands that she holds
of the king, as she has done homage and fealty to the king. By p.s. |
Jan. 15. Westminster. |
To the abbot and convent of Rievaux. The king learns from the information of Thomas de Baumburgh that Master William de Quicham, keeper of
the hospital of Boulton, which is of their patronage, wishes to demit the
custody of the hospital to Thomas by reason of the affection and respect for
Thomas that he has long had, provided that the abbot and convent assent, and
the abbot and convent defer fulfilling the wishes of William and the promotion
of Thomas by reason of the king's prayers to them to present to the custody
of the said hospital Master Thomas de Garton, king's clerk: the king, considering the manners and merits of Thomas de Baumburgh and his long
service to him and his father, and the just and honest affection and intention
of William, requests the abbot and convent, if they be satisfied of William's
affection and intention towards Thomas, to direct their wishes in the person
of Thomas de Baumburgh as to his presentation to the hospital aforesaid at
the king's intercession, notwithstanding the king's prayers on behalf of
Thomas de Garton or of any other person, for which the king will be
more especially bound to them and their house in their affairs.
By pet. of C. |
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The like to the prior and convent of Kyrkham. |