Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1337

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1337', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339, (London, 1900) pp. 213-217. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol4/pp213-217 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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December 1337

Dec. 3.
Reading.
To the taxers and collectors in co. Hertford of the tenth and fifteenth granted for three years in the last council at Westminster. Order to have all that money for the term of St. Andrew last, at London, without delay, to be delivered to John de Thorp, the king's clerk, supplying the place of Master William la Zousch, dean of St. Peter's, York, the treasurer, because it behoves the king to spend great sums for the defence of the realm. By K.
The like to the following, to wit:—
The taxers and collectors in co. Kent.
The taxers and collectors in co. Surrey.
Membrane 11.
Dec. 3.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Henry de Walpol, deceased.
Dec. 1.
Alder-maston.
To the taxers and collectors in co. Cambridge of the tenth and fifteenth granted for three years in the council at Westminster. Order to pay 500l. of the first term of payment to Master Thomas Crosse, clerk of the great wardrobe, because the king has ordered him to purvey cloth, pellure and fur for the king's livery of the present Christmas, and it will behove him to expend a great sum for that purveyance.
By letter of the secret seal.
Nov. 16.
Thame.
To William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports. The king has received the plaint of Peter Seseres, merchant of Aragon, containing that whereas at his suit showing that certain malefactors of Sandwich and the neighbouring parts had taken a ship called 'Seynt Lowys,' upon the sea near Sandwich, laden with the goods and merchandise of Peter and other merchants of Aragon of no small value, had brought it to the port of that town, and had done their will with the goods and merchandise, the king ordered William to find out by inquisition those who were so guilty, and to imprison them, and cause their goods and chattels to be arrested and detained until they satisfied the merchants for their ship, goods and merchandise; and although the men of Sandwich, appearing before the earl, have acknowledged that they are willing to pay to Peter and the others 330l. for the goods and merchandise, of those 500l. which the merchants demanded by amicable treaty made between them, yet the men of Sandwich delay to pay that money, wherefore the merchants have besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore orders the earl to compel the men of Sandwich, and those guilty of the premises by all their goods and chattels, by imprisonment and in other ways, to pay 330l. to the merchants, without delay, and to pay them for the damages which the earl shall ascertain them to have sustained by reason of the delay, if the men of Sandwich have acknowledged that they are willing to pay 330l. as aforesaid. By C.
Dec. 1.
Reading.
To Ralph Hastyng, sheriff of York. Order to cause William Page, Ralph Page, John Page and Thomas Cumplyn to be released if they shall find mainpernors who will undertake to have them before the king or his justices to answer for their felonies and misdeeds, and to have the names of the mainpernors and this writ before the justices on the octaves of Hilary next, the king also wishes the sheriff to be attendant upon the others nominated in the letters patent to pursue and capture them, as upon the information of the community of the realm by their petitions before the king and his council in the late parliament at Westminster, showing that several malefactors, joining together in different places in the realm, entering the presence of the justices armed, lying in wait for men of religion, merchants, rich men and other lieges, take and imprison them and extort money from them by threats, committing all manner of crimes, and the men of that county have not dared to indict or arrest them while they are at large, the king appointed certain lieges to arrest and imprison such malefactors and their abettors, and the king appointed the sheriff so to arrest William, Ralph, John and Thomas and others named in the letters patent, suspected of such crimes, and to take them to the Tower of London, to be imprisoned by the constable or him who supplies his place; but the king has learned that William, Ralph, John and Thomas are of good report and not suspect, and he does not wish them to suffer by imprisonment. By C.
Nov. 10.
Thame.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay 63l. 4s. to Adam Bryan, master of a ship called 'la Trinite,' of Southampton, or to his attorney, or to give him an assignment where he may quickly be satisfied, as at Adam's suit, showing that his ship had been arrested in the port of Bristol by Roger Turtle and Hugh de Langebrugg, by reason of the king's order under the exchequer seal, to arrest two ships of double equipment of 200 tuns burthen each, and four suitable barges, in that port or other ports of those parts, to set out in the king's service, and he had afterwards stayed in the king's service from 14 November, in the 9th year of the reign, until 15 February following, and for 88 days following that, with his ship and a constable and 48 mariners in the same, in going to Dunbretaign, and he had received nothing from Roger and Hugh for freighting the ship and for the wages of himself and his, except for 40 days, and 62l. 4s. are owing to him for the remaining days, and beseeching the king to order that sum to be paid to him, the king ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to audit his account in this matter, and to do what pertained to the final issue thereof, and and that done to inform the king of the issues thereof; and by the certificate thus returned it is found that 63l. 4s. are due to Adam for his wages and those of Walter Cote, constable, and 48 sailors and others for the said time and for the freightage of the ship. By K.
Dec. 6.
Alder-maston.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to pay 500 marks to John Baronshel, John Junctyn and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, or to give them an assignment, if they shall find them to have paid that sum to Master William la Zousche, the treasurer, then keeper of the privy seal, by virtue of the king's order, as the king granted 1,000 marks to William for his good service in retaining men-at-arms and others with him in Scotland, and ordered the merchants to pay 500 marks to him.
Nov. 26.
Reading.
To Robert de Tong, receiver of the king's victuals at Berwick-uponTweed and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or to him who supplies his place in Newcastle. William de Emeldon, clerk, and John de Karliolo have besought the king, that whereas divers houses in Newcastle, which Richard de Emeldon, William's uncle, assigned to certain chaplains for celebrating divine service for Richard's soul, were occupied by the king's victuals, sent for the maintenance of his lieges in Scotland, for some time back, without any payment being made for the last two years, that the king will be pleased to order the payment of the arrears of those 10l. yearly, which the locum tenens agreed to pay when they took the houses from William and John, to whom they were demised by the chaplains for a certain term, and to pay those 10l. henceforth so long as they retain the houses for the king's use; the king therefore orders Robert to do this, if the locum tenens took these houses as aforesaid.
By C.
Dec. 6.
Reading.
To Ralph de Middelnye, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and Devon. Order to deliver to Hugh de Meleplash the arrears of 49s. 2d. from the manor of Stoke St. Edwald, co. Dorset, from the time when the manor was taken into the king's hands, and to pay it henceforth, as long as the manor is in the king's hands and in Ralph's custody, as it being lately found by inquisition post mortem, that Hugh de Poyntz, tenant in chief, held that manor in his demesne as of fee of Elizabeth de Burgo by the service of a 20th part of a knight's fee, and that the manor is charged with 49s. 2d. to Hugh de Meleplash, who has besought the king to cause that sum to be delivered to him, of that manor, which was taken into the king's hands at the death of Hugh de Poyntz and is in his hands by reason of the minority of his heir, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that Hugh de Poyntz granted to Hugh 49s. 2d. of yearly pension from that manor on Sunday after St. Valentine, 10 Edward II, for life, to wit, at All Saints' 22s. 6d. for his robe, with fur, and 26s. 8d. at Michaelmas and Easter.
Membrane 10.
Nov. 20.
Thame.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. Order to cause a ship called 'la Seint Edward,' of Sandwich, which is lying in that port, to be made ready for war and delivered to Richard, earl of Arundel, and William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, and to cause the ship to be freighted for Scotland, so that the setting out of it may not be retarded by their default, as the king lately ordered them to cause that ship to be made ready with all possible speed, supplied with men and mariners and other necessaries and delivered to the earls, whom the king appointed leaders of the army which he destines for Scotland, to be taken to Berwick-uponTweed for the maintenance of themselves and their men, and the king wishes to hasten the setting out of the ship.
Nov. 26.
Langley.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Barton, of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, who is collector of the old and new custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, and is so occupied with other affairs of the king that he cannot discharge the duties of his office.
Dec. 3.
Reading.
To John Moryn, escheator beyond Trent. Order to assign dower to Katherine, late the wife of John de Nevill, tenant in chief, from all the lands which belonged to her husband at his death, in the presence of Robert de Maule, the king's yeoman, to whom the king committed the custody of the said lands until John's heir should come of age, if he choose to attend, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Dec. 8.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Sause to be elected in place of Laurence de Quynton, deceased.
Dec. 6.
Reading.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to the treasurer and chamberlains to pay 146l. 14s. 8d. to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, or to the treasurer and barons to give him due satisfaction or an assignment therefor, where he may quickly be satisfied, receiving the earl's bill from him, as the king is bound to him in that sum for the wages of thirty of his men at arms staying by the king's order in garrison at Perth, from 24 November, in the 10th year of the reign, until 20 April following, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe, in the earl's possession, under the seal of Richard de Feriby, late keeper of the wardrobe. By K.
Dec. 4.
Reading.
To Roger de Acton, the king's clerk. Order not to intermeddle further with the priory of Clyfford, its lands, possessions or benefices, restoring the issues to the prior, who has shown the king that although he and all the canons are English, and that the prior ought to be elected by English canons, and the house was founded by Englishmen, and not by aliens, and is not subject to any house beyond the sea, and the priory had no lands which were taken into the hands of the king's progenitors in times past, as the land of aliens, yet Roger has taken the priory and possessions under colour of the king's commission to him, as if the prior was an alien of the power of the king of France, wherefore the prior has besought the king to cause his hand to be amoved from the priory and its possessions.
Nov. 28.
Quarrendon.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to permit John Baroncelli, John Stephani and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi, to take 300 sacks of wool to Lombardy, quit of the loan of 20s. on each sack, by a certain security, having received the custom and subsidy of 20s. on each sack thereupon, provided that if the merchants wish to take other wool out of the realm, they shall pay the loan, as well as the subsidy and custom, because although the king ordered the collectors to receive the loan, subsidy and custom from those merchants for the 300 sacks of wool, which he granted them permission to take to Lombardy by a certain security, the merchants have satisfied the king for the said loan.
Dec. 5.
Reading.
To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland. Order upon sight of these presents, to receive the victuals purveyed by Thomas Crosse, the king's clerk, from him or from William Bette, his attorney, and to cause 40 tuns of wine, 30 tuns of flour, and 20 quarters of salt to be bought and purveyed in convenient places, and to cause all the said victuals to be taken to the port of Skymburnesse for the maintenance of the king's army, to be delivered by indenture to the receiver of the king's victuals there, whom the king has ordered to receive them, because the king has learned that the treasurer has not taken heed to receive the victuals purveyed by Thomas or to send them to the said place, as the king ordered Thomas to purvey such victuals, and ordered the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer to receive them from him and take them to the said port to be delivered as aforesaid. By K. and C.
To John de Glanton, receiver of the king's victuals at Carlisle. Order to receive the said victuals, when they come to the said port, by indenture, from those who bring them, and to cause them to be safely kept for the maintenance of the king's army.
Dec. 6.
Reading.
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Walter de Assenhawe, deceased.
Dec. 3.
Reading.
To the purveyors and takers of wool in the city of London. Order not to take any of the wool of Dinus Forcetti, Peter Bini and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, by virtue of their commission, and to restore what they have taken, permitting the merchants to take their wool from that city, to the port of Southamton by land, to be taken thence to Lombardy, according to the king's licence, though it is the king's intention that if the merchants buy any wool in the realm after his ordinance, then that wool shall be taken for his use, like other wool in the realm, as it was lately agreed before the king and his council that the wool of the merchants of Lombardy and other parts beyond, should not be taken into the king's hands by reason of the ordinance so to take a certain number of sacks of wool.
By C.
The like to the same in favour of John Baronshel and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi.