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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. |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The taxers and collectors in co. Kent. |
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The taxers and collectors in co. Surrey. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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By C. |
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The like to the same in favour of John Baronshel and his fellows,
merchants of the society of the Peruzzi. |