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1335. Jan. 4.
Roxburgh. |
Thomas le Sauvage acknowledges that he owes to John de Percebrigg,
clerk, 40s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in
co. Kent. |
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Enrolment of indenture testifying that brother Leonard de Tybert, prior
of the house of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and the
brethren of that house, have granted to Ralph de Bury, for a certain sum
of money paid to them, 20 marks sterling of yearly pension or rent, for
life, from their house of Clerkenwell, near London, to be received from
their manor of Hampton, co. Middlesex, and from their manor of Reynham,
co. Essex. Dated at Clerkenwell, near London, on 10 June 1334. |
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Memorandum, that on 4 January following, brother Philip de Tame, then
prior of that place, came into chancery at York and acknowledged the
preceding deed to be the act of the said Leonard, his immediate predecessor,
and asserted that he wished the deed to be enrolled in the aforesaid form. |
Jan. 5.
Roxburgh. |
Nicholas de Cantilupo acknowledges that he owes to William, archbishop
of York, 100l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels
in co. Nottingham.—The chancellor received the acknowledgment. |
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Membrane 2d. |
Jan. 4.
Roxburgh. |
To Gilbert de Leddred, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton and
Rutland. By the grave plaint of Philip de Thame, prior of the Hospital of
St. John of Jerusalem in England, it has been shown to the king that
whereas all the lands of that Hospital, as well those which formerly belonged
to the master and brethren of the order of the Knights' Templars in
England, now in the hands of the prior and brethren of that Hospital, as
other lands which were originally assigned in frank almoin to the Hospital
and Temple for the defence of holy church, of the Holy Land and of Christians
against the pagans and Saracens, and also for maintaining divine services,
the relief of the poor and other works of piety, and the said lands were in
no way accustomed to be taken into the hands of the king or his progenitors,
or seized, or the issues thereof received for the behoof of the king or his
progenitors, by reason of a change of the prior of that Hospital or of the
master of the Temple, or of their resignation or death, and the said priors
or masters did no fealties to the king or his progenitors, except only
Leonard de Tibertis, the last prior of that Hospital, who lately did a certain
fealty to the king under protest that that fealty should not be turned to
the prejudice of the Hospital in future times, but the escheator and his
sub-escheators in the said counties nevertheless caused the lands of the
prior of that Hospital and those which had belonged to the Templars
to be taken into the king's hand by reason of Leonard's death, whereupon
the prior has besought the king to provide a remedy; and because the prior
has found mainpernors before the king in chancery, to wit: Michael de
Wath, Henry de Edenestowe, Master Pancius de Controne, William de
Langeford and John de Assheby, who undertook for the said prior to
answer to the king before the quinzaine of Easter next or on that quinzaine
for the issues of those lands, if they ought to belong to the king by the
death of Leonard and for doing his fealty to the king if he is held to do it
to him, the king therefore orders the escheator to cause the king's hands
to be amoved from the said lands without delay, and not to intermeddle
further with them, restoring the issues thereof to the prior, and to release
him without delay in the meantime from any distraint made upon him for
doing any fealty to the king for the said lands by the said mainprise. |
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By C. |
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The like to the following escheators to wit: |
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William de Clapham, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. |
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Ralph de Middelneye, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and
Cornwall. |
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Robert Selyman, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks,
Bedford and Buckingham. |
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John de Peyto, the younger, escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester,
Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining. |
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Robert de Holewall, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford. |
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William Erneys, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham,
Derby and Lancaster. |
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William de Northo, escheator in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex and
Middlesex. |
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Reginald de Conductu, mayor of London and escheator in that city. |
Jan. 7.
Roxburgh. |
To William de Clynton, constable of Dover castle and warden of the
Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place there. Order immediately
upon sight of these presents to appoint a scout (exploratorem) in whom he
has confidence, to observe (explorandum) the arrival of the envoys whom
Philip, king of France, is sending to the king, at Whitsand, and to
inform the chancellor with all possible speed of their arrival when he himself
has been informed thereof. By C. |
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[Fœdera.] |
Jan. 6.
Roxburgh. |
To Robert de Scorburgh. Notification that he may not go to the
exchequer, although the king lately appointed him a baron of the exchequer during pleasure, receiving the accustomed fee in that office,
because the king has now appointed another of his lieges to that office, to
hold during pleasure. |
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To John de Burdon, chamberlain of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Whereas the
king lately caused a third part of the fisheries of Orret, Streme and Bulshote,
a sixth part and the moiety of a net of the fishery of Brade, a third part of
the fishery of Paxton and a moiety of the fishery of Totyngford, and a third
part of the fisheries of Lawe and Cabet in the water of Twede, which lately
came into the king's hands after the surrender of the said town, which are
also parcels, as is said, of the fisheries of Edermouth, Totyngford, Folstreme,
Northyarewik, Hundwaire, Abstel del Lawe, Tyte and Brade, which the
king lately granted to Thomas de Baumburgh, clerk, and Robert de Tughale
for rendering 100 marks to the king yearly at certain terms, not yet past,
to be delivered to divers men at their prosecution as their right; and the
king appointed John and other lieges to inquire if the said fisheries so
delivered are parcels of the said fisheries granted to Thomas and Robert,
and how much each of the said parcels is worth by itself yearly, and to
return that inquisition before the king; the king therefore orders John to
supersede the exaction which he made on Thomas and Robert for rendering
to the king so much of the said 100 marks as it could be ascertained that
the said parcels so delivered by the king were worth yearly until St. Peter
ad Vincula next, so that the said inquisition being taken in the meantime
and returned as aforesaid, the king may cause more to be done for the
discharge of Thomas and Robert in this respect, according as he shall see
to be just, provided that in the meantime Thomas and Robert shall satisfy
the king for the remainder of the said 100 marks yearly. |
Jan. 13.
Roxburgh. |
William de Everle of Uggelbardby acknowledges that he owes to Thomas
Bret of Brompton 40 marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in co. York. |
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William de Lenyngton, chaplain, acknowledges that he owes to the prior
and convent of Helagh park 200l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of
his lands and chattels in co. York. |
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Nicholas de Stratton puts in his place John de Boeham, to prosecute the
execution of a recognisance for 400l., made to him in chancery by John de
Podio Berzaco, archdeacon of Winchester. |
