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April 4.
Dover. |
To S. archbishop of Canterbury. Order to assist John de Eltham, earl
of Cornwall, whom the king has appointed keeper of the realm and to
supply his place during his absence in France, whither he is going on
pilgrimage in fulfilment of a vow made whilst in a certain peril and for
certain affairs touching him and his realm, with his counsel in directing and
expediting the affairs of the king and his realm during the king's absence,
and to ordain his stay in some suitable place in the meantime, so that he
may assist the said earl as often as need be and when summoned, the king
having enjoined the earl to dispose and ordain of the said affairs by the
counsel and advice of the archbishop and certain other prelates and
magnates of the realm. By K. & C. |
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The like 'mutatis mutandis,' to the following: |
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The archbishop of York. |
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S. bishop of London. |
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W. bishop of Norwich. |
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Henry, earl of Lancaster. |
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The mayor of London. |
April 4.
Dover. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with a moiety of the manor of Sutton, and to restore the issues
thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Alice,
late the wife of Edmund de Sutton, held at her death no lands of the king
in her demesne as of fee, but that she held a moiety of the manor of
Sutton for life by fine levied in the late king's court, of the grant of
Walter de la Berton, parson of the church of Wykham, to her and
the said Edmund for their lives, with remainder to Ralph de Monte
Hermerii, deceased, and to Isabella his wife, and that the aforesaid moiety
is held of the king by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee. |
April 1.
Eltham. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to have at the exchequer
on the morrow of the Ascension next all moneys of the king collected
by him or that he can collect, notwithstanding any orders previously sent
for payments thence to be made elsewhere, as the king greatly needs money
at present for the expedition of his affairs. He is ordered to cause
proclamation to be made that all bailiffs of the king's cities and towns,
boroughs and manors, and the fermors of his lands who owe any money
to the king shall have the money and ferms at the exchequer at the said
day, to be paid into the treasury, notwithstanding any previous orders
for payments therefrom. The king will cause satisfaction to be made
for the said payments. By K. |
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The like to all the sheriffs of England. |
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To the chamberlain of North Wales. Like order. By K. |
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The like to the following: |
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The chamberlain of South Wales. |
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The chamberlain of Chester. |
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The receiver of the stewardship of Cornwall. |
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The keeper of the manor of Brustwyk. |
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The keeper of the Isle of Wight. |
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The escheator this side Trent. |
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The escheator beyond Trent. |
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The justice of the Forest beyond Trent. |
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The receiver of the county of Ponthieu and of Montreuil. |
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The keeper of the islands of Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aurneye. |
April 8.
Bermondsey. |
To the bailiffs of Bedford, for the present and future. Order to pay to
Matilda, late the wife of Roger Lestrange (Extraneus), the arrears of 10l.
yearly from the time when that town was taken into the king's hands
by his justices last in eyre in that county, if the 10l. have been detained
from her by reason of the taking of the town into the king's hands, and to
pay to her that sum yearly out of the ferm of the town henceforth, in
accordance with the late king's order to the bailiffs of that town to pay her
the said sum yearly out of the ferm of the town from 31 July, in the fifth
year of his reign, when Roger died, for her life as contained in his letters
patent, Edward I. having granted to her by his letters patent the said sum
from the ferm of that town because Roger had no lands in fee whereof she
might be dowered in case she survived him, as she says that she received
this sum yearly from the said 31 July until the town was taken into the
king's hands as above. Et erat patens. |
April 10.
Eltham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to restore to John
son of Alan Talbot, clerk, his lands, goods and chattels, which were taken
into the king's hands upon his being charged before Henry de Hambury
and Robert Burdet, late justices to deliver Leicester gaol, with the death
of John le Mazon of Swanyngton, as he has purged his innocence
before H. bishop of Lincoln, the diocesan, to whom he was delivered in
accordance with the privilege of the clergy. |
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Membrane 19. |
March 28.
Eltham. |
To Anthony de Lucy, justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his
place there. Order to see the king's letters patent committing to Nicholas
son of Rerich the office of ulnage of cloth from beyond sea in Ireland, and
if he find that the office was granted for life, to permit Nicholas to have and
exercise it for life according to the tenor of the said letters until otherwise
ordered, notwithstanding the commission thereof to John de Sutton during
pleasure, as the king understands that he had granted the office to Nicholas
for life prior to the said commission. |
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To John de Cloudelkan. Order to execute the office of the king's
market in Ireland until otherwise ordained, in accordance with the king's
grant thereof to him for life, notwithstanding the subsequent grant of the
office to Richard de Pertenhale, clerk, during pleasure. |
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To Richard de Pertenhale. Order not to intermeddle further with the
office aforesaid as the king had previously granted it to the said John. |
Feb. 25.
Croydon. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
John Juntino, merchant, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his
council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in 26s. 8d. for a loan
made by him in the port of Newcastle-on-Tyne, as appears by the king's
letters patent under his seal called 'coket' in John's possession, and he has
besought the king to order payment to be made to him: the king therefore
orders them to examine the letters aforesaid, and if they ascertain that the
said sum is still owing to John, to cause it to be paid to him at the
exchequer. |
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Like writs to the same for the following merchants: |
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Arnald Van for 7l. in the port of London. |
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Stephen Launval for 88s. 2½d. in the port of London. |
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William Lanfridi for 15l. 7s. 3d. |
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Walter de Eton for 18l. 3s. 7d. |
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Henry Outrigh for 9l. 11s. 10d. |
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Clement de Nigro for 86l. 6s. 0½d. in the said port and in the port of
Southampton. |
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To the same. Puchus de Portenare has shewn the king, by petition
before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him
in 18l. 11s. 11d. lent to the king by him in the port of London, as appears
by the king's letters patent under his seal called 'coket' in his possession,
and he has besought the king to cause payment or assignment to be made
to him for the said sum: the king therefore orders them to examine the
letters aforesaid, and if they find that the said sum is still owing to Puchus,
to pay it to him or to cause him to have a suitable assignment for it. |
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Like writs to the same for the following merchants: |
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Conradinus Clippyng, Hermann Clippyng, John Clippyng, John de
Wolde, John de Hamme, John de Menden, Herman de Menden, and
Wessaillus de Bergh for 255 marks 4s. 0½d. in the port of Kyngestonon-Hull. |
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Nicholas Usus Maris for 28s. 8½d. in the port of London. |
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Nicholas le Coyfestere for 8l. 14s. 11d. in the same port. |
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Cambinus de Ispania for 10l. 6½d. in the same port. |
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Suro Malom for 9l. 6¾d. in the port of Southampton. |
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Galiotus Usus Maris for 6l. 14s. 4d. in the said port. |
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Vastardus de Tright, John Beryng, Henry son of Gilbert de Teit, and
Arnald Testel for 25l. 18s. 1d. in the said port. |
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Bonannus de Luca for 44l. 13s. 4½d. in the said port. |
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To the same. Anthony Usus Maris has shewn the king, by petition
before him and his council in parliament, that the king is indebted to him in
84l. 1s. 10d. lent by him to the king in the port of London, as appears by
the king's letters patent under his seal called 'coket' in his possession, and
he has besought the king to order payment thereof to be made to him, or to
order allowance therefor to be made to him in the customs of wools to be
next sent by him from that port to ports beyond sea: the king therefore orders
them to examine the letters aforesaid, and if they find that this sum is still
due to Anthony, to cause it to be paid to him, or to cause him to have
allowance for it as above. |
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The like in favour of John de Friselegh for 8l. 4s. 8d. in the port of
London. |
April 1.
Eltham. |
To the bailiffs of the city of Lincoln. Order to pay to William de Ros
of Hamelak 75 marks from the ferm of their city for Easter term last, in
accordance with the late king's grant of 22 August, in the 16th year of his
reign, of 150 marks yearly from the ferm of that city and of the like sum
from the ferm of the city of York, until he should provide him with 300
marks of land yearly between the Thames and the Tees. |
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The like to the bailiffs of York for the like sum. |
April 2.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to the bailiffs of Lincoln for 75 marks, paid by them in execution
of the preceding order. |
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The like for the bailiffs of York. |
April 8.
Bermondsey. |
To John de Wyndesore, keeper of the exchange of the city of Canterbury. Order to cause the houses of the exchange to be repaired by the
view and testimony of two approved men of that city, out of the issues of
the exchange and out of the king's money paid to him as imprest of his
office, expending up to 22l. Witness: John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall,
keeper of the realm. By C. |
April 11.
Eltham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
with the manors and lands pertaining to the priory of Holy Trinity,
Canterbury, and to restore the issues thereof to the sub-prior and convent,
as the king learns from the complaint of the sub-prior and convent that the
escheator has taken the manors and lands of the priory into the king's
hands by reason of the voidance of the priory, otherwise than was wont to
be done in times past, and it appears by inspection of the rolls of chancery
of Edward I. that the custody of the priory was not wont to pertain to him
or his ancestors in times of voidance, wherefore the said king ordered
Master Henry de Bray, then escheator this side Trent, to pay to the prior
and convent all the issues that he had taken from the custody of the priory
in the last voidance, and ordered him not to intermeddle further with the
priory by reason of the voidance. Witness; John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, keeper of the realm. |
April 12.
Eltham. |
To Peter Bernard de Pynsole and Laurence du Gaillars, keepers of the
islands of Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aureneye. Order to inform themselves by all ways and means concerning the lands given by the king's
progenitors for the maintenance of chantries, alms, and other works of piety
for their souls, and concerning the withdrawals of such chantries, alms, and
works of piety, and to cause what they shall find by such information has
been withdrawn contrary to the disposition of the king's progenitors to be
brought back to its due state by the taking of the said lands into the king's
hands and by other lawful means, certifying the king of their proceedings,
as the king is given to understand that men of religion and other ecclesiastical persons in the islands have unduly withdrawn the chantries, alms, and
other works of piety that they are bound to find for the souls of his progenitors and for the maintenance of which divers lands were conferred upon
them by the liberality of the king's progenitors. Witness: John de Eltham,
earl of Cornwall, keeper of the realm. Et erat patens. |
April 10.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to
W. archbishop of York the possession of two dies (cuneorum) with appurtetenances to mint (cambiend') in the city of York, provided that oaths be
taken from the ministers of the dies as was usually done in other exchanges,
as Edward I. on 28 July, in the 28th year of his reign—because it was
testified before him by the treasurer and John de Langeton, then his chancellor, that it was agreed and concluded at Westminster in Trinity term
then last past that Thomas, then archbishop of York, should have the
possession of two dies with appurtenances to mint in the aforesaid city in
the same way as his predecessors had of the said king's grant, saving the
action and right of the king and of others (alterius) when they wished to
speak concerning this—ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer
to cause the said archbishop to have possession of the two dies, provided that oaths should be taken from the ministers of the dies as above.
Witness: John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, keeper of the realm. |
April 13.
Eltham. |
To the keeper of the castle of Hertford and to the fermor of the members of Esendon and Beyford, pertaining to the castle. Order to pay to
John de Paris—to whom the king, on 23 January last, committed the
office of gatekeeper of that castle during pleasure, receiving therefor the
usual wages of the office—the arrears of his aforesaid wages from the said
23 January, and to pay to him the said wages henceforth for as long as he
shall remain in that office. Witness: John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall,
keeper of the realm. |
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April 12.
Eltham. |
To Peter Bernard de Pynsole and Laurence de Gaillars, keepers of the
islands of Guernereye, Jereseie, Serk, and Aureneye. Order to inform
themselves by all ways and means concerning manors, lands, fees, rights
and liberties, and wardships of the heirs of the king's tenants in those
islands that ought to pertain to the king, and which have been unjustly
occupied by men of those islands, the men of religion and others, and to
bring back to their proper state all things that they shall find have been
usurped or subtracted to the king's damage and prejudice, as they shall see
fit according to right, as the king is given to understand that certain men
of those islands, men of religion and others, have heretofore occupied and
do still occupy divers manors, lands, fees, rights and liberties, and wardships of the heirs of the king's tenants in those islands that ought to pertain to the king, and that many men of the islands who are bound to do
homages, fealties, and other services and duties (deveria) do not do such
homages and fealties and withdraw such services and duties. Witness: John
de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, keeper of the realm. By C. and by p.s. |
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Et erat patens. |
April 10.
Eltham. |
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest
of Rokyngham to be elected in place of Thomas de Buketon, whom the
king has amoved from office for insufficient qualification. Witness: John
de Eltham, etc. |
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Like order concerning John Griffyn. |
April 2.
Eltham. |
To John Sturmy. Order to cause leafless oaks to be taken to the value
of 10 marks in the park and in the foreign wood of the manor of Thunderleye, which John holds of the king for the term of his life, and to be sold
by the view of Robert de Jeddeword, and to cause the money thence
arising to be expended by Robert's view about the repair of the defects in
the manor, as the king is given to understand that there are many defects
in the manor that greatly need repair. By C. |
April 12.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge
Robert de Holewell, late sub-escheator in co. Kent of Simon de Bereford,
late escheator this side Trent, of the issues of the lands of John de Boclond, knight, deceased, as the king—upon its being found by inquisition
taken by Simon that John 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 Maidestane 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—
ordered Simon not to intermeddle further with John's lands, and Robert de
Holewell has given the king to understand that Simon charged him with
the issues of the said lands whilst they were in the king's hands by reason
of the voidance of the archbishopric, by reason whereof he remains charged
therewith at the exchequer, and he has besought the king to provide for
his indemnity. Witness: John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall, keeper of the
realm. |
April 12.
Eltham. |
To Peter Bernard de Pynsoles and Laurence du Galars, keepers of the
islands of Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aureneye. Order to cause the
king's granges and mills in the islands aforesaid to be repaired by the view
and testimony of approved men of those parts out of the said keepers' ferm,
expending up to 20 marks. Witness: John de Eltham, keeper of the realm. |
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By the treasurer. |
April 13.
Eltham. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of John Walram, who is insufficiently qualified.
Witness: John de Eltham. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To Robert de Hambury, chamberlain of North Wales. Order to pay to
John de la Hide of Boyie—to whom the king, on 12 January last, committed the bailiwick of the forestry of the forest of Snawedon in North
Wales during good behaviour, receiving therefor as much as others who
have had the office were wont to receive—as much for his wages from the
said 12 January and hereafter for so long as he shall hold the office as
others who have had the office were wont to receive. By p.s. |
April 20.
Wingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king,
on 19 November, in the 18th year of his reign, by letters patent under his
exchequer seal, committed to Robert Alard of Wynchelse the towns of
Wynchelse and La Rye and the manor and marsh of Ihamme from
Michaelmas preceding during his pleasure, so that they should answer to
him for the issues, and Robert has shewn the king that his houses at
Wynchelse and the rolls, memoranda, and other things touching his account of the issues of the towns, manor, and marsh aforesaid for the time
when he thus held the custody thereof were burnt with other his goods
in the same houses, so that he is unable to render his account as he ought
to do, and he has besought the king to charge him at the exchequer with
as much for the towns, manor and marsh aforesaid for the time when they
were in his custody as Simon le Croiser, late keeper of the towns, manor
and marsh, or other keepers thereof were heretofore wont to render for the
same: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to examine the
accounts of Simon and other keepers of the towns, manor and marsh aforesaid rendered at the exchequer, and to charge Robert with the issue thereof
for the time that he had the custody according to what they shall find
answer was made to the king or his father by the aforesaid accounts, allowing to him what ought to be allowed in reason. By C. |
April 16.
Eltham. |
To the same. Order to cause to be allowed to William son and heir of
William le Latymer in the debts due from him to the king what they shall
find to be due to him from the king, according to the king's previous order
[as at page 204 above], certifying the king under the exchequer seal of what
they shall find to be due to the king after such allowance, as William has
given the king to understand that they defer allowing him the aforesaid
sums, although he has accounted at the exchequer for all the premises [as at
page 204]. Witness: John de Eltham. |
April 14.
Eltham. |
To Philip Lambright, keeper of the forest of La Haye near Hereford, or
to him who supplies his place there. Order to deliver to the citizens of Hereford twelve oaks fit for timber in the forest of La Haye, and to permit them
to fell the same and to carry them out of the forest, as the king has granted
to them the said oaks for the repair of the six gates and five bridges of
the city, which are weak and ruinous. Witness: John de Eltham. |
April 15.
Eltham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Philip de
Columbariis—to whom the king, on 17 March, in the first year of his reign,
committed his mine within his manor (mansum) of Coumbe Martyn,
co. Devon, for four years from the following Easter, rendering therefor
20 marks yearly to the exchequer—to be discharged of the aforesaid
20 marks from 30 October, in the second year of the king's reign, when he
rendered the mine into the king's hands and restored the letters patent,
wherefore the king ordered the sheriff of that county to take the mine into
his hands. Witness: John de Eltham. |
March 10.
Otford. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Order to cause Queen Philippa to have 473l., to wit 300l. from (super) the
issues of the bailiwick of the chamberlainship of South Wales, and 173l.
from the goods and chattels of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March,
the king's enemy, in the hands of Robert de Harle, which sums the king
has granted to her in aid of the expenses of her household. By K. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
be elected in place of Reginald Huse, who is insufficiently qualified. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause assignment
of dower to be made to Joan, late the wife of John de Pabeham, tenant in
chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence. |
April 21.
Wingham. |
To H. bishop of Lincoln. Order to cause the sequestration of the goods
of Master William de Weston, late parson of the church of Abberbury, to be
released, and to permit William's executors to have the administration and
to dispose thereof as shall seem fit for William's soul, the king having
ordered the bishop to cause all William's ecclesiastical goods and chattels to
be sequestrated, and to be kept without diminution until further orders, because he was given to understand that William was indebted to him at his
death in divers debts that had not been satisfied, as William, bishop of
Norwich, the treasurer, has now testified before the king in chancery that it
is not found at the exchequer that William owes the king any debts there. |
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By C. |
April 24.
Wingham. |
To Arnald Micol, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in
the port of London. Order to deliver to the monks of St. Peter's, Westminster, a tun of wine of the right prise of London for the present year, in
accordance with the grant of Henry III. to them of a tun of wine yearly for
the celebration of divine service. |
April 20.
Wingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to
Petronilla, late the wife of Richard de Monemuth, tenant in chief in
co. Hereford, the following of his lands, which the king has assigned to her
in dower: two parts of 60 acres of land and 20 acres of meadow in Sutton,
in that county, of the yearly value of 18s. 8d.; and 5s., 2d. of yearly rent in
the same town. The escheator is ordered to take her fealty in this behalf. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Adam de Lymbergh, king's clerk, has shewn the king, by petition before
him and his council, that the king is indebted to him in 27l. for the time
when he was clerk of the privy seal for the wages and expenses of himself
and the clerks of the same seal when outside the court upon the king's
affairs upon divers occasions, as appears by an account made with by
Richard de Bury, late keeper of the king's wardrobe, and by a bill under
Richard's seal in Adam's possession, and in 4l. 10s. 0d. for his wages, as
appears by the account of Robert de Wodehous, late keeper of the wardrobe,
rendered to the exchequer, for which sums he has not yet received any payment, and he has besought the king to order due allowance for these sums
to be made to him in his account at the exchequer of the time when he was
the late king's constable of Bordeaux or in the debts due from him to the
said exchequer. By pet. of C. |
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April 8.
Bermondsey. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to pay to Peter Burdet—to whom
Edward I. granted the custody of the castle of Launceveton and of the
prison of that castle for life, receiving therefor 20 marks yearly by the hands
of the sheriff of that county—the aforesaid 20 marks yearly for so long as
the sheriff shall hold office, Peter having been hitherto paid that sum yearly
by the sheriffs of that county. Witness: John de Eltham, earl of Cornwall,
keeper of the realm. |
April 17.
Eltham. |
To the archdeacon of Richmond. Order to supersede until further orders
the execution of the king's order to institute Henry de Haydok, king's
clerk, to the church of Ribbelcestre, the king having presented Henry to
the archdeacon for admission to that church because it was suggested to him
that the church was void and pertained to his donation, as Robert de Brustwyk, king's clerk, has appeared in person in chancery, and asserted that he
obtained the church by the presentation of the late king, and that he holds
it at present, and he has besought the king to cause the presentation to Henry
made in his prejudice to be revoked. Witness: John de Eltham, earl of
Cornwall, keeper of the realm. By C. |
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To Margaret, late the wife of Edmund, earl of Kent, keeper of the castle
and manor of Donyngton and of the park there. At the proscution of
Richard Nowell, Geoffrey Daywatre of Andercherch, William le Gros of
Donyngton, and Ralph de Wartoft, suggesting that they bought from the
earl all his wood growing in a plot called 'Berneshull' within the park
aforesaid by certain bounds contained in an indenture made between them and
the earl, for a certain sum of money paid beforehand, and the said wood
was afterwards taken into the king's hands with other lands of the earl, and
is still in the king's hands, and beseeching the king to grant that they may
fell the wood aforesaid and carry it away and make their profit thereof according to the agreement between them and the earl, the king ordered Simon de
Bereford, late escheator this side Trent, to make inquisition concerning the
premises, and it is found by the inquisition that the said Richard, Geoffrey,
William, and Ralph, on 28 April, in the 3rd year of the king's reign, bought
from the earl all the aforesaid wood by certain bounds, to wit from the second
gate of the park towards [the town] of Donyngton as it extends between
the ditch and the water running to Le Waterfal between Berneshull and La
Launde and Le Milneclif, for 100 marks to be paid to the earl at certain
terms, with provision that they should have free ingress and egress to fell
the said wood and carry it away, to wit for three years following the said
day, and that they paid the said sum in full to the earl in his lifetime, and
have in their possession letters of acquittance of William de Hoo, clerk, then
the earl's receiver, and that two parts of the wood were felled and carried
away by them, and that the remaining third is detained from them, and is
in the king's hands for the aforesaid reason and for no other; whereupon
the king ordered William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, to permit them
to fell the remaining third and to carry it away: the king orders Margaret
to permit them to fell and carry away the remaining third, according to
the agreement aforesaid. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To the sheriff of York. 'Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
elected in place of John de Hothum of Scorburgh, the elder, who is incapacitated by illness and infirmity. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To Arnald Micol, the king's butler. Order to cause Mary, nun of
Aumbresbury, the late king's sister, to have the arrears of 10 tuns of wine
yearly for the time when Richard de la Pole was butler and for Arnald's
time, and to cause her to have 10 tuns yearly for so long as he shall be
butler, as the late king, on 10 April, in the 10th year of his reign, granted
to her for life, in part payment of the 100 marks yearly that he had granted
to her in aid of her maintenance, 10 tuns of wine yearly by the hands of his
butler or of him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton, each
tun of the value of 40s., and the king, in response to Mary's petition, ordered
Richard de la Pole to certify him concerning the arrears of the said 10 tuns
for the time of his office, and Richard has signified that he delivered to her,
by virtue of a writ to deliver to her the arrears of the wine of the time when
Benedict de Fulsham was butler and of his own time, 2 tuns, 11 sextaries
and 1½ pitchers (pich') of wine from 30 January, in the first year of his
reign, until 21 April following for Benedict's time, and 36 tuns, 37 sextaries,
and 3½ pitchers from the said 21 April until 23 February last past for his
own time, and that one tun, 48 sextaries, and a moiety of a pitcher are in
arrear of his time. |
April 25.
Wingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas upon its being
found by an inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard son of Richard
de Goldhorde held at his death in his demesne as of fee a messuage and
184½ acres of land and 4 acres of wood in Anne de Port, and 13s. 4d. of
yearly rent in Walhop, and that the messuage, land, wood and rent were
held of the heir of John de Sancto Johanne of Basynges, a minor in the
king's wardship, by the service of a sixteenth part of a knight's fee, and
by doing suit at the hundred of Andevere from three weeks to three weeks
for all service, and that John de Goldhord, son of the said Richard son of
Richard, was Richard's heir and was of full age, the king took John's
fealty for the messuage, land, wood, and rent aforesaid, and ordered the
escheator to cause John to have seisin of all the lands whereof Richard son
of Richard was seised in his demesne as of fee at his death; and afterwards
brother Richard de Beausevall, general attorney of the abbot of Bec
Hellouin in England, appeared in chancery in person, and asserted that the
abbot holds the tenements aforesaid by a fine levied in the court of
Henry III. in the tenth year of his reign between Henry, then abbot of
Bec, demandant, and Richard son of Henry de Stratfeld, tenant, and that
by virtue of this fine he had peacefully held them hitherto after the death of
the aforesaid Richard son of Henry and Edith, wife of the said Henry, to
whom abbot Henry granted the tenements for their lives, and that Richard
son of Richard remitted the tenements to the abbot by deed and quit-claimed
them to him; whereupon the king ordered the escheator to supersede the
execution of the aforesaid writ, and to resume the tenements into the king's
hands in case he had already delivered seisin thereof, and to summon John
to be in chancery in three weeks from Easter last to inform the king concerning his right, and the king gave the same day to the abbot; at which
day the escheator returned that he had delivered seisin before receipt of the
writ, and that after he saw the writ, he had resumed the tenements into the
king's hands, and that he had summoned John to be in chancery on the said
day: as John did not appear on that day and the aforesaid brother Richard,
general attorney of the abbot, came and proferred part of the said fine and
the deed aforesaid as evidence of the abbot's right, and sought to have the
tenements rendered to him, the king orders the escheator to deliver them to
the abbot or his aforesaid attorney, together with the issues received therefrom. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Adam de Lymbergh, the late king's constable of Bordeaux, has shewn the
king that the king is indebted to him in 2,624l. 0s. 9d. for divers victuals
provided by him for the late king's use in the duchy [of Aquitaine], as
appears by a bill under the seal of Roger de Waltham, keeper of the said
king's wardrobe, and in 51l. 13s. 4d. sterling for his wages and expenses
for the time when he was in the late king's service, and in 368l. 16s. 6d.
and half a poges' of petits Tournois for the wages of himself and certain
clerks and divers armed men, horsemen and footmen, whom he held
in the late king's services in the duchy by the order of Edmund, late
earl of Kent, supplying the place of the said king there, and for certain
expenses about certain works done by him by the earl's orders at La Reole
(Reulam) at the time of its siege, and also for recompence for a horse lost
in the said king's service, as appears by divers bills under the seal of John
Travers, late constable of Bordeaux, and in 450 pounds of petits Tournois for
recompence for certain of his horses lost in the said king's service in those
parts, as appears by bills under the seal of Nicholas de Hugate, receiver of
the said king's moneys and victuals in the said parts, and in 18l. sterling
and 50 pounds of petits Tournois for recompence for two horses of his lost in
the said king's service in those parts, as appears by a letter patent of Ralph
Basset, the said king's seneschal in Gascony, under the seal of the court of
Gascony, in Adam's possession, for which sums he has not received any
payment, and he has besought the king to order allowance to be made for
these sums in his account at the exchequer for the time when he was constable or in other debts due from him to the king: the king therefore orders
them to examine the bills and letter aforesaid, and to cause allowance to be
made therefore to Adam as above for what they shall find to be due to him. |
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By pet of C. |
April 25.
Wingham. |
To Almaric de Credonio. Order to take the fealty of Margaret de Mello,
late the wife of Maurice de Credonio, for the lands that she holds of the
king, and to certify the king thereof, as the king has given to him power
to receive her fealty and has respited her homage until Michaelmas next
and for a year from then, because he wishes to shew her grace as she lives
in parts beyond sea and is so grievously ill that she cannot come to him
to do her homage for the lands that she holds of him in England and
Ireland. By K. |
April 22.
Wingham. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king learns
by inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry de Kellygreu at his death
held of him 2½ knights' fees of Mortain in Rescradek as of the honour of
Launceton castle, in the king's hands, and an acre of land of Cornwall in
Pengelly as of the manor of Helliston, likewise in the king's hands, by the
service of 12d. yearly for all service, and divers other lands and fees of
other lords by various services, and that John son of Henry is his next
heir and is aged sixteen years, the king orders the escheator to retain in his
hands the said fees and land that are held of him until otherwise ordered,
and not to intermeddle further with the lands thus held of other lords,
restoring the issues of the latter. |
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Vacated, because on the Fine roll. |
April 28.
Stratford-atte-Bow. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
to be made to Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, in the tenth granted to the
king at Leicester or in other debts of Walter, the late archbishop, or in the
money due to the king from Simon for the corn and hay growing in the
manors of the archbishopric, for 300l., which the king ordered William de
Leycestria and John de Bradeston, keepers of the said Walter's goods, to
pay to Reginald de Cobham for the expedition of certain of the king's
affairs in parts beyond sea [as in this Calendar, 2 Edw. III. p. 338]. |
April 28.
Stratford-atte-Bow. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to pay to the parkers and warenners
of the king's parks, woods, and warrens in that county their usual wages
and fees, by the view and testimony of John de Carmynou, keeper of the
parks, woods and warrens aforesaid. |
May 2.
Havering-atte-Bower. |
To the same. Order to cause the palings about the king's parks in that
county to be repaired where necessary, by the view and testimony of the
said John de Carmynou. By C. |
April 30.
Stratford. |
To the sheriff of Warwick and Leicester. Order to pay 18d. a day to
Roger de Belgrave for his wages so long as he shall be employed in executing the king's order appointing him and others to survey all the castles,
towns, manors, lands, goods and chattels that belonged to Roger de Mortuo
Mari, late earl of March, and to other enemies and rebels in those counties,
and to enquire what goods and chattels they had in those counties that
ought to pertain to the king and that had been eloigned, and to extend the
castles and lands, and another order appointing him and others to make
view of the accounts of all bailiffs and keepers of the manors and lands that
belonged to the said Roger and the others aforesaid who are bound to render
account, and to do certain other things. By C. |
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Membrane 16. |
April 24.
Canterbury. |
To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the
king. Whereas, at the prosecution of Robert de Clipeston, king's clerk, by
petition before the king and his council—shewing that the late king, on
24 February, in the 11th year of his reign, granted by his letters patent to
him the custody of St. Leonard's hospital, York, for life, and he was long
in peaceful possession thereof, and the said king, at the procuration of
Hugh le Despenser, the younger, afterwards granted the custody to Master
John Walwayn, who held it for some time, after whose death the said king
granted the custody to Master Robert Baldok, and that although Robert de
Clipeston has heretofore sued his right against John and Robert in parliaments and elsewhere, he could not be heard or obtain justice in this matter
by reason of the lordship and royal power of the said Hugh, and afterwards
the said king granted the custody to John Giffard, who holds it now—the
king ordered the justices to examine the collation thereof to the said
Robert de Clipeston, and to call before them those who ought to be called,
and to cause justice to be done to him in this behalf; and the king now
learns from Robert de Clipeston that although he, in pleading before them,
shewed his right sufficiently, they nevertheless deferred proceeding in the
plea by pretext of certain letters of the said king exhibited before them by
John Giffard, containing that the said king had revoked the collation of the
custody upon Robert de Clipeston for certain causes concerning the right
of his crown, and that he conferred the custody upon John Giffard for life
by his letters patent under the testimony of the present king, who then had
the custody of the realm during the late king's absence, which collation the
late king confirmed by his letters patent after his coming into England, and
the present king afterwards, being unaware that Robert de Clipeston had
been been amoved from the custody for the general causes aforesaid,
ratified the said collation upon John Giffard by his letters patent, such
deferring of proceedings being greatly to the prejudice of Robert de
Clipeston, since he was not called to answer or to judgment concerning the
premises, and his right of possession was not declared or otherwise annulled
by law or judgment in any way, wherefore he has besought the king to cause
justice to be exhibited concerning the restitution of the said custody: as it
was the intention of the king and of his council in the said parliament to
exhibit justice to all, the king, being unwilling to delay Robert any longer
of his right by such unspecified general causes, which do not prove
or testify any defects in him or in his right and possession, without his
being brought to answer and without his right and the said general causes
being declared and examined as is right, orders the justices to examine the
collations thus made to the said Robert and John Giffard, and to hear their
answers and any special causes that John may wish to say and assign
concerning the revocation aforesaid, in order to maintain his estate and in
order to repel Robert by reason of any defect found in his person, and to
proceed to final discussion in the premises, notwithstanding the said revocation and the said letters of the king and of his father. By p.s. [4544.] |
April 20.
Wingham. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Simon
de Swanlond, late mayor of London and escheator in the city, in his account
at the exchequer of the issues of the New Temple, the daily wages of a
groom keeping the houses, gate, and gardens of the Temple. |
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The like in favour of John de Grantham, late mayor and escheator of the
city. |
April 27.
Stratford. |
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause the defects in the king's
castles of Trometon and Rostormel to be repaired by the view and testimony
of John de Carmynou, keeper of the said castles, expending up to
20 marks. |
April 28.
Stratford. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands specified below, and to restore the issues thereof, as
the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert Selyman, late escheator this
side Trent, that John Cockou of Seford held at his death certain lands in
Seford and in the salt marsh of Seford of the earl of Warenne by divers
services, and certain lands in the same town of the prior of Lewes by divers
services, and that Alice de Stenyng, Matilda de Pende, Agnes de Pende,
Margaret de Pende, and Agnes de Pende, kinswomen of John, are his next
heirs of the said lands and are of full age. |
