Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1338

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: November 1338', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339, (London, 1900) pp. 551-573. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol4/pp551-573 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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November 1338

Nov. 4.
Kennington.
To the takers and purveyors of wool in the city of London. Order to receive 7 sacks 14 cloves of wool lately bought by Adam de Wyleby, deceased, sometime escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the adjacent march of Wales and guardian of the bishopric of Worcester, lately void and in the king's hands, and in the custody of William de Carleton, and to cause them to be weighed and delivered to the receivers of wool in that city, whom the king has ordered to receive them, informing the king of the number of sacks received and the price thereof. By C.
Mandate in pursuance to the said receivers. By C.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Northampton. Order to receive 3 sacks of wool bought by the said Adam, in the custody of Master John de Hildesleye, the king's clerk, and to cause it to be weighed and delivered to the receivers of wool in that county, whom the king has ordered to receive it, informing the king of the number of sacks and the price of the wool. By C.
Mandate in pursuance to the receivers.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Order to cause 34l. 0s. 6d. due to the king by Gilbert de Umframvill, earl of Anegos, for divers causes, to be allowed to him in 53l. 4s., in which the king is bound to the earl for his wages and those of the men in his company with the earl of Warwick, late captain of the king's army in the war of Scotland, as may appear by a bill under the seal of Richard de Feriby, late keeper of the wardrobe, in the earl's possession, and to cause the earl to have payment or an assignment for the residue, if they find that the sum is still owing, upon viewing the bill.
By the keeper and C.
Membrane 28.
Nov. 3.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to John Payn, the king's serjeant at arms, 6l. 7s. without delay, in which the king is bound to him for his wages and robes, as may appear by a bill in his possession, under the seal of Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the wardrobe.
By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 1.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Amicia late the wife of Miles de Bello Campo, the manor of Yvedene, together with the issues thereof, saving her fealty due to the king, because the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Milo held the manor as of the right of his wife, of Giles de Badlesmere, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee.
Nov. 3.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to deliver all the money collected for wool and delivered to them, to Robert de Wodehous, archdeacon of Richemund, the treasurer and to the chamberlains, by indenture, without delay. By C.
Nov. 3.
Kennington.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich and the collectors of customs there. Whereas at the plea of Alan Eliot, John Lok and Amicia Copale of Ireland, showing that they had loaded a ship called 'la Maryote,' of Respounte, with 18 great sacks and 24 stones of wool of Ireland, placed in 26 sarplars, in the port of Waterford in Ireland, and had paid custom thereon by Robert Larcher and John de Bristoll, their serjeants and merchants, and have coket, and they wished to carry the wool to Seland or Brabant, and the ship in sailing to Seland was driven to the port of Sandwich by the admiral of the fleet towards the south, and the wool is arrested by the mayor, bailiffs and collectors by pretext of the king's prohibition to take wool out of the realm, the king ordered the mayor and others by writ of privy seal that if they could show that the wool was from Ireland and custom was paid there, they should cause it to be delivered to them by finding security not to communicate with any not in the king's friendship, and now the merchants have besought the king to cause the wool to be dearrested, as when it was dearrested by virtue of his order it was again taken by Ralph le Sauvage and Stephen le Blount by reason of their commission to take wool in co. Kent, the king therefore orders the mayor and others to permit the merchants to do their pleasure with the wool by the said security. The king has ordered Ralph and Stephen to dearrest the wool. By C.
Nov. 4.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas de Saundervill, having viewed a previous order to this effect, because it was found by inquisition taken by him that Thomas held no lands in chief in that bailiwick at his death, but that he held lands of other lords by divers services, and that Thomas de Saundervill, his son, is his next heir and of full age, restoring the issues thereof, and afterwards at the suit of Thomas the son, showing that he held the lands quietly for some time, and certain persons asserting that Thomas the elder held in chief, the truth being concealed at the time of his death, demanded a writ of diem clausit extremum, by pretext whereof the escheator took the lands into the king's hands, and Thomas beseeching the king to order his hand to be amoved, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that Thomas died in April, in the 6th year of the reign, and his lands are not held of the king, and they were delivered to Thomas as aforesaid.
Oct. 25.
Kennington.
To Henry de Frowyk and William Martyn. Order to cause 4l. 11s. 10¾d. to be levied of the men of the town of Westminster, and to answer for one moiety at the exchequer on the morrow of All Souls next, and for the other on the morrow of Hilary following, as the king appointed Henry, John de Cherleton and Edmund Flambard to assess that town afresh with a clerk whom they should choose for this, and for whom they should answer, for the tenth and fifteenth, and Henry and John taxed the goods of those men at the said sum, as is found by a certificate sent into chancery, as the parliament assembled at Westminster on Friday before Michaelmas, in the 11th year of the reign, granted the king a tenth and fifteenth of all their moveable goods for the past year, and for the two years next following, in aid of his expenses for the defence of the realm against the incursions of the Scots and other alien enemies, and the king appointed Henry and William to seek and receive from all cities, boroughs and towns in co. Middlesex as much money and no more as had been levied by reason of the grant of the tenth and fifteenth in the great council held at Notingham on Monday after St. Matthew, in the 10th year of the reign; and afterwards—at the suit of the men of Westminster, by their petition before the king and his council, beseeching him to do favour to them upon the portion of the fifteenth touching them or else to grant that their goods may be taxed afresh at the fifteenth, as the town is not a burgh or market town, and the men do not traffic or sell there, so that they are not able to live or maintain themselves except when the places of the exchequer and the Common Bench or others are staying there, and the men are much impoverished because the said places have not stayed there for a great while, and several who used to dwell in the town and bear the tallages and other charges thereon with the men living in the town, have departed therefrom by reason of want, so that the men in the town cannot live and maintain their estate unless they are favourably treated by the king—the king appointed John de Pulteneye, John Bray and Walter Sallyng to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that the town is not a burgh or market town, and the men do not traffic or sell there except when the king's places are there, and that the substance of the town was wont to consist in rents, and that on account of the absence of the said places, men have withdrawn from the town with their goods, and the men staying in the town are yearly impoverished by 70l. By C.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Simon Broun, who is insufficiently qualified.
To the sheriff of York. Like order with respect to Gregory de Thornton, who is sick and broken by age.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To John, duke of Britanny and earl of Richemund, or to his bailiffs of the wapentakes of Hang, Halikeld and Gillyng, co. York. Order to deliver to Thomas de Rokeby the arrears of 36l. due from the wapentakes from 10 May last, and to pay that sum henceforth, as on 10 May the king granted to Thomas those 36l. which the duke is bound to render for the wapentakes which he holds for life by the king's grant, to hold for the duke's life, and ordered the duke to pay this, and now Thomas has informed the king that the bailiffs have refused to pay him, because the king gave the duke respite until the quinzaine of Easter next for all the debts and reliefs which he owed at the exchequer, whereupon Thomas has besought the king to provide a remedy, and it is not the king's intention that the payment of the 36l. shall be delayed by reason of that respite. By C.
Nov. 9.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Edward Burnel, son and heir of William Burnel, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, because he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. By letter of the duke.
Nov. 4.
Kennington.
Thomas de Goushull, imprisoned at Nottingham for trespass of vert and venison in Shirwod forest, has a writ to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest beyond Trent, or to him who supplies his place in the said forest, to bail him until the next eyre.
Membrane 27.
Oct. 28.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to abstain from aggrieving Thomas de Baumburgh by reason of his acquiring a rent of 10l. 2s. of Roger Chauntecler of London, in Great Tywe, co. Oxford, but to permit him to hold the rent, as the escheator returned that he had taken the rent into the king's hands because he had found by inquisition of office that Roger acquired it of Robert de Veer, who held it in chief in fee, without licence, and afterwards the king learned from Roger that he held the rent of Ranulph de Veer and not of the king, and ordered the escheator to take an inquisition on the premises, by which it is found that Roger held the rent of Ranulph by the service of a 'musket' at St. Peter ad Vincula, the king ordered the escheator not to intermeddle further with the rent, restoring the issues thereof to Roger, and now the king has learned from Thomas that the escheator and sub-escheator in that county aggrieve him, who has acquired the rent of Roger in fee, because of that acquisition, as if the rent was held in chief.
Oct. 10.
Kennington.
To the taxers and collectors in co. Hertford of the triennial tenth and fifteenth granted by the laity. Order to cause all the goods and chattels of Matilda late the wife of William Flambard to be newly taxed, and to cause her portion to be levied according to the new taxation, superseding the demand made on her for as much ferm as William paid, informing the takers of the wool in that county thereof, as Matilda has besought the king to cause this to be done, as although she is ready to pay, yet because William, while he was taxer and collector in that county of the previous tenth and fifteenth, was taxed upon the rendering of his account by the treasurer and barons, the collectors compel her to pay for each year as much as William paid.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order, together with Giles de Inkeston and Roger Hogg, to receive all the wool in that county which is not yet received and put into sacks, and to find men to put the wool into sacks and have it carried with all speed to the port of London to be delivered by indenture to the collectors of customs there; as the king appointed William Muchet, late the sheriff of that county, Giles and Roger to do this, and William was amoved from his office before he had done it, wherefore a quantity of the wool remains unreceived and unsacked.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 3.
Kennington.
To the collectors in the diocese of Norwich of the triennial tenth granted by the clergy. Order to allow to Anthony, bishop of Norwich, in the portion touching him, 100 marks which the king received from him by the hands of Robert de Wodehous, archdeacon of Richemund, the treasurer, for his portion for the second year, paid at the king's request for his arduous affairs.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow the said 100 marks to the collectors in their account.
Nov. 2.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Kent, the receivers of the king's wool there, and of the money collected for that wool. Order upon sight of these presents to cause all the money received by them to come to London to be delivered to Robert de Wodehous, archdeacon of Richemund, the treasurer, and to the chamberlains to buy wool therewith in certain places by certain lieges deputed by the king and his council.
By the keeper and C.
The like to all the sheriffs and receivers of wool in England.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to amove the king's hand from the manor of Hothfeld, co. Kent, permitting the archbishop to have the custody thereof, restoring the issues, because the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Giles de Badlesmere at his death held the manor of the archbishop by the service of providing the archbishop with water for washing his hands on the day of his enthronement at Canterbury, and then of having a basin and laver, and of being the archbishop's chamberlain that night, and of having his bed that night, for his fee, and he held lands of other lords by divers services, and that Elizabeth wife of William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, Matilda wife of John de Veer, earl of Oxford, Margery wife of William de Roos, and Margaret wife of John Tybetot are Giles's sisters and next heirs and of full age.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Henry del Hill of Burton St. Leonard, who is so sick and broken by age that he cannot exercise the duties of the office.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Thomas le Mayster of Ryngstede, who is unable to travail to fulfil the duties of the office.
The like to the sheriff of Cumberland for a coroner in place of Ralph de Eyncourt, sick and broken by age.
The like to the sheriff of Northampton for Thomas le Maister, coroner.
Nov. 14.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause payment or an assignment to be made to Thomas de Rokeby, keeper of Stryvelyn castle for 593l. 17s. in which the king is bound to him for his wages and those of the men-at-arms, hobelers and archers, with him there, and for the expense of works there, as appears by two bills in his possession, under the seal of Edmund de la Beche and Richard de Feriby, late keepers of the wardrobe respectively, if on viewing the bills they shall find that the money is owing to Thomas. By letter of the keeper.
To the same. Like order for payment or assignment to Thomas for 300 marks for such wages during the time that he undertook the custody of Edenburgh and Stryvelyn castles, to wit, from 4 August last until Easter next, according to an indenture made between him and Edward duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, keeper of the realm, it being agreed by the council that Thomas shall have the 300 marks, as it was provided in the indenture that he should have payment for his wages in money and victuals from quarter to quarter. By letter of the keeper.
To the same. Order to cause payment or an assignment to be made to William de Rammesey, knight, staying in Edenburgh castle, with John de Stryvelyn, the constable, of 30l. 5s. 4d., in which the king is bound to him for his wages and those of his men-at-arms, between 30 August, in the 11th year of the reign and 13 February following, as appears by a bill in William's possession, under the seal of Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the wardrobe, if they shall find on viewing the bill that the money is due. By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 4.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to cause Nicholas de la Beche, constable of the Tower of London, to have payment for what he shall have paid by the king's order to William de Malton, fletcher in the Tower from Michaelmas in the 11th year of the reign, giving him 2d. daily for his wages.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the dean and chapter of St. Mary's, Salisbury. Order to cause some safe place to be assigned to the collectors of the triennial tenth and fifteenth in co. Wilts, for keeping their money.
By K., and the keeper and C.
Membrane 26.
Sept. 30.
Kennington.
To the taxers and collectors in co. Berks, of the triennial tenth and fifteenth granted by the laity. Order to supersede the levying of the temporalities of the prior of Bustlesham, as the king granted by charter on 22 April, in the 11 year of his reign, that the prior and canons should be free of all aids and charges whatsoever, and although he afterwards revoked all such letters of acquittance, yet he wishes the prior and convent to be discharged of the tenth and fifteenth. By p.s. [11313.]
The like to the collectors in cos. Buckingham, Wilts, and Somerset, severally. By the same writ.
Like order to the collector of the triennial tenth granted by the clergy, in the diocese of Winchester. By the same writ.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demands made on the aforesaid collectors for the tenths and fifteenth touching the prior.
Nov. 4.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Order to cause Nicholas de la Beche, constable of the Tower of London, to have payment for what he shall have paid by the king's order to Master William de Hurle, the king's carpenter, William de Rameseye, the king's plasterer, Master Walter le Fevre, and Nicholas Corand, the king's fletcher there, to whom the king directed him to pay 13 marks, 100s., 5 marks, and 100s. respectively, by indentures, upon their wages.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit William Dayncourt, or his attorney, to load 40 sacks of wool in that port, and take them to Andewerp, having received 40s. on each sack for customs and subsidy, as he has besought the king to grant him licence for this, for the maintenance of himself and the men-at-arms of his company, with whom he set out to parts beyond the sea, and afterwards returned, dismissing the men in the said parts, whither he is now about to return, and cannot promptly levy any money for their maintenance, except with his wool. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Order to cause payment, or an assignment of 50l., to be made to William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, and constable of Dover castle, upon works in the castle. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the same. Like order to cause payment or an assignment to be made to the earl for the wages of 20 men at arms, 40 armed men and 40 archers for the garrison of the castle, whom it was ordained by the advice of the council that he should retain at the king's wages, the men at arms taking 12d., the armed men 6d., and the archers 3d. daily.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the same. Order to view the account of John de Bosenham and give him satisfaction for what is due to him, as the king lately ordered them by writ of privy seal to pay him what was due for his wages for himself and 40 men at arms, 40 archers and 50 mariners retained for manning a ship called 'la Grace Dieu,' of Lynn, from Whitsuntide in the 11th year of the reign, until the Annunciation last, to go against the king's enemies, and to arrest goods and chattels forfeited to the king, and although they so accounted with him and found that divers sums of money were owing to him, yet they have refused to pay him those sums, because he does not answer for 41 sarplars of wool arrested by Walter de la Haye, the king's serjeant at arms, with him by the king's order, in Gascony, and delivered by indenture to Oliver de Ingham, seneschal of the duchy [of Aquitaine], and for a ship called 'la Redecogg,' and 260 tuns of wine found in it, arrested by him and the others in two ships of the earl of Salisbury, although the ship was dismissed with the wine in the port of Southampton, and was afterwards received for the king's use by Gawayn le Corder and Robert Ledred. By C.
Nov. 11.
Kennington.
To Master John de Hildesleye and John le Smale, the king's clerks. Order to receive 6 sacks of wool which belonged to Adam de Wylughby, deceased, late escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining, and guardian of the bishopric of Worcester, then void and in the king's hands, from John son of William de Teukesbury, by indenture, and cause it to be taken to London to be delivered by indenture to the collectors of customs there, whom the king has ordered to receive it. By C.
Nov. 14.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to assign 100l. of the issues of the triennial tenth and fifteenth in co. Cumberland, to Anthony de Lucy, constable of Carlisle castle, which has been ordained with the assent of the council upon his wages and those of the men at arms and others in garrison there, causing a tally of the sum to be levied at the king's receipt under the name of the collectors. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the same. Order to pay to Nicholas de Hatfeld and Matthew de Horburgh, merchants of Almain, 27l. 14s. 6d., in which the king is bound to them for wax bought from them, as appears by a bill in their possession under the seal of Thomas Crosse, sometime keeper of the wardrobe. By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Master John de Hildesleye to have allowance for the price of 6 sacks, 32 cloves of wool, which belonged to Adam de Wyleby, late escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining, charging Simon Turgys and William de Preston therewith, as lately at John's suit, beseeching the king to grant him the administration of all Adam's goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands because he was bound in divers accounts for the time when he was guardian of the bishopric of Worcester during the voidance, and escheator, by sufficient security to render those accounts and satisfy the king for what was due, delivering any residue to the executors of Adam's will, because John found mainpernors for this in chancery, John Inge, knight, of co. Southampton, and John de Byweston of co. Northampton, the king granted him that administration; and the collectors of the old custom in the port of London received the said wool of co. Gloucester of the price of 9½ marks the sack, from John de Grantham and Richard de Hakeneye, takers of wool in the city of London, who took them from the executors of Adam's will, and delivered the wool to Simon and William by the king's order, before his passage to parts beyond the sea, to be taken to the king, and John has besought the king to cause such allowance to be made to him. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the same. Order to audit the account of John le Smale, the king's clerk for the time when he was guardian of the temporalities of the bishop of Worcester, in the king's hands, and to cause 4l. 16s. 8d. of the surplus of an account for the time when he was appointed to arrest and provide ships for the passage of John earl of Cornwall, to Gascony, to be allowed to him in any arrears which he may be found to owe to the king, as he has besought the king to order this to be done.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause the defects in the castle of Old Sarum to be repaired where necessary, to the sum of 60l., by the view and testimony of Robert Selyman and Gilbert de Berewyk, whom the king has ordered to supervise this.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
Mandate in pursuance to Robert and Gilbert. By C.
Nov. 22.
Kennington.
To Michael Mynot, the king's butler. Order to cause 100 tuns of wine to be loaded without delay in ships in the port of London, and deliver them by indenture to Thomas de Badby, the king's clerk, whom he has ordered to receive them, to be taken to the king to parts beyond the seas. By the keeper and C.
Membrane 25.
Nov. 7.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to take the manor of Rotherfeld in that county into the king's hands and deliver it to Hugh le Despenser, in accordance with the king's grant to him, which manor belonged to Hugh le Despenser the younger, and came into the king's hands at his death, and the king ordered Bartholomew de Burgherssh, to whom he previously committed the custody of the manor, to hold as long as it should remain in his hands, to deliver the manor to Hugh or show cause why he should not do so, and to inform the king of his action in this matter in chancery on Wednesday after All Saints last, and although John de Vielstone, Bartholomew's bailiff of the manor, received the manor by the hands of William de Munden, Hugh's attorney, as William de Kyngeswode, Roger de Bardon and John atte Hoylonde and others of those parts have testified, yet Bartholomew, or he who supplies his place, has not oared to deliver the manor to Hugh or his attorney, or certified the king in this respect, wherefore it has seemed good to the justices and others of the council, that the manor should be delivered to Hugh. By C.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with two parts of the manor of Louseby, co. Gloucester, restoring the issues thereof to Joan, late the wife of Edmund Burdet, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Edmund at his death held no lands in chief, but that he and Joan held the said two parts jointly of the duke of Cornwall by divers services.
To the same. Order to cause Alan la Zouche, son and heir of William la Zouche Mortimer, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as the king has taken his homage. By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 16.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to pay to John Wawayn, the king's clerk, 20l. upon his wages for supervising the king's wool in the towns and ports of Boston, Kyngestonupon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne and their passage. By C.
Nov. 14.
Kennington.
To the collectors in the diocese of Canterbury of the last triennial tenth granted by the clergy. Order to pay to Ghaleassus de Uzzano and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Alberti of Florence, of the first term of the second year or of the second term, 500l., as the merchants paid 2,000 marks to the king on loan by the hands of the treasurer and chamberlains for his affairs, and the king granted them 1,000 marks of the money of the tenth in that diocese, and the residue in the diocese of Winchester, and ordered the collectors to pay the said sum; and now the king has learned that the money of the first term does not amount to 1,000 marks. If they have paid the merchants anything of the said 1,000 marks, the king wishes this to be allowed in the payment of the 500l. By C.
The like to the collectors in the diocese of Winchester. By C.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made on Bernard de Oucinaco, prebendary of Stratton in the church of Salisbury, or on Hildebrand de London[ia], sometime sheriff of Dorset, his proctor, for any fruits or issues of his prebend or goods and chattels found there, as he has shown the king that although he is a native of the duchy [of Aquitaine] and of the household of the seneschal of Gascony, and of his council there, yet the treasurer and barons have charged Hildebrand with the said fruits, etc. because Henry de Haydok took the prebend and its possessions into the king's hands, pretending that Bernard was of the power of the king of France, and delivered it to Hildebrand, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy; and the king has learned from trustworthy testimony that he is a native of the said duchy. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 7.
Kennington.
To the same. Order to allow to John Inge, keeper of the late king's mine in co. Devon, such wages for himself and his controllers as have been previously allowed to other keepers.
To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to find for Richard Raven, lardener of Edward duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, his expenses for the carriage of the fat of the king's beasts in his forest of Claryndon, to the Tower of London, as although the king lately ordered the sheriff to receive the said fat from Edmund de la Beche, Robert Beaupel and Thomas de Borhunt, and to find vessels and salt for keeping it, and to have it taken to the Tower and delivered to John de Flete, the king's clerk, yet Richard received it before that order came, and was charged to deliver it to John by indenture.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the demand made on the sheriff of York for the sum which he was wont to render at the exchequer for the bailiwick of the wapentake of Yukcrosse, co. York, which on 28 April last the king granted to Thomas de Rokeby for his good service in Scotland, to hold for life, without rendering anything to the king, and ordered the sheriff to deliver the bailiwick to Thomas.
To the keepers of the town of Southampton. Order to cause two ships to be arrested in the port of that town, and delivered to Walter de Weston, the king's clerk, for his passage with certain men-at-arms, and certain things to the islands of Gerneseye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aureneye, for their safe keeping, and to cause the masters and mariners of the ships to go there. The king has ordered the sheriff of Southampton to satisfy the masters and mariners for their wages and the freightage of the ship. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 17.
Kennington.
Mandate in pursuance to the sheriff of Southampton.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 16.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to William de Ros of Hamelak, brother and heir of John de Ros, or to the executors of John's will, 200 marks of John's goods and chattels, which the king has granted for John's funeral expenses for his good service, and because he died in the king's company, in parts beyond the sea.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the taxers and collectors in co. Norfolk, of the triennial tenth and fifteenth, granted by the laity. Order to supersede the exaction made upon Mary, countess of Norfolk, of the goods and chattels which belonged to Thomas, earl of Norfolk, and marshal of England, sold by the king for 300l. to the countess, Thomas Latymer, knight, and John Germie, knight, provided that the countess shall pay on her own goods. By C.
The like to the collectors in cos. Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex, Hertford, and Gloucester.
Nov. 28.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Cumberland. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Ralph de Eyncourt, who is so weak that he cannot exercise the duties of the office.
By the chancellor, by the testimony of Anthony de Lucy.
Membrane 24.
Nov. 4.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 160l. to be allowed to Walter Neel, and Nicholas Cran, sheriffs of London and Middlesex, for a year from Michaelmas, in the 11th year of the reign, in their account as they have besought the king to provide for their indemnity, by their petition before him and his council, as they ought to have received greater profits from the customs of the port of London, in aid of the payment of their ferm, and for the maintenance of the ministers of the city, and others, and for preserving the peace there, and they have received no such profits by reason of the king's proclamation, forbidding the exportation of merchandise, and by reason of the motion upon sea, whereby merchandise does not come from parts beyond; and by the examination and information of Henry Darcy, mayor of London, and of six aldermen before the council, it is found that they have lost 160l. of the profits which they ought to have received, without their fault. By the keeper, and by pet. of C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains. Order to cause Peter Byne and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, to have due payment, or an assignment of 12,000l., having viewed the king's letters obligatory for 62,000l., which they assert that they have, as they have besought the king to order this to be done, as on 2 September, in the 11th year of the reign, the king caused 50,000l. to be paid to them, having seen the said letters, and they promised to surrender the letters to be cancelled as soon as the money was paid, and afterwards they paid 12,000l. for the king's affairs, and letters obligatory were made for 62,000l., the other letters being surrendered, and now the merchants have fully accounted at the exchequer for the 50,000l., and have no other warrant for the remaining 12,000l., except the letters for 62,000l., and it is found in the chancery rolls that the former letters were cancelled, and the sum augmented to 62,000l., and other letters made under date, 18 October. By C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to deliver to the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi by indenture, 225 sacks and 5 stones of the king's wool in co. Warwick, remaining of 324 sacks and 5 stones in that county of the 5,000 sacks which the king granted them permission to take out of the realm, for certain sums of money lent to him, because the king has ordered 199 of those sacks to be taken to the port of Boston to be brought to him. The king has ordered the collectors in the port of Boston to cause 199 sacks of the wool of co. Lincoln to be delivered to the merchants for the said 199 sacks. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
Mandate in pursuance to the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 21.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king ordered them, by writ of privy seal, to account with John de Wesenham for the accustomed wages of war of himself and eighty men at arms, forty archers, and fifty mariners, whom he retained in his company in the king's service for the munition of a ship called 'la Grace Dieu,' of Lenn, from Whitsuntide in the 11th year of the reign until the Annunciation last, to set out to sea to attack the king's enemies and arrest goods and chattels forfeited to the king, and to pay John what they found to be due, and although they accounted with John by reason of the order and found that divers sums of money were owing to him, yet they refused to pay him because he did not answer to the king for 41 sarplars of wool arrested by Walter de la Haye, the king's serjeant at arms, who was in that ship, in Gascony, by the king's order, and delivered by him by indenture to Oliver de Ingham, seneschal of the duchy [of Aquitaine], and also for a ship called 'la Redecogg,' and 260 tuns of wine found therein, arrested by John and the others, and by the men in two ships of the earl of Salisbury, although the ship was taken with the wine to the port of Southampton and afterwards received for the king's use by Gawain le Corder and Robert de Leddrede; wherefore the king ordered the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to view the said account, and to cause John to have satisfaction for the sums found to be due to him, according to the form of the former order, and now John has informed the king that they have delayed to do this because it is not clear by the order who ought to be charged with the wool, ship and wine, wherefore the king orders them to cause John to have satisfaction as aforesaid, and because the king has granted, with the advice of the council, that he shall take 240 sacks, 200 from the port of Boston and 40 from the port of Ipswich, to Antwerp in Brabant, and that 480l. due for custom and subsidy thereon shall be allowed to him in part satisfaction of the sums due to him, the king orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to command the collectors of customs in the port of Boston to permit him to take the wool as aforesaid without paying the custom and subsidy due thereon. By C.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To John de Warenna, earl of Surrey. Order to deliver to John Giboun of Sandwich, the goods and merchandise of the men of Came in Normandy, the king's enemies, taken by him in a ship of Lescluse in Flanders, in his ship which he caused to be prepared for war in the port of Sandwich, and provided with men, victuals and other necessaries at his own cost, which ship he took to the port of Seford, where it is arrested by the earl, and to cause the goods to be appraised by the men of Seford, informing the king of the price thereof, as John has besought the king to order the said goods to be delivered to him in recompense for his costs, and the king has granted his request.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to pay to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, or his attorney, 50l. for Michaelmas term last, in accordance with the king's grant to him of 100l. yearly from the issues of that county. By K. and the whole council in parliament.
Membrane 23.
Nov. 29.
Kennington.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit John de Causton of London, to load 22 sarplars of lamb's wool in that port and take it to the staple at Andewerp without paying custom and subsidy thereon, in accordance with the king's grant to him for his diligence in loading the king's wool in that port and taking it to him to parts beyond the sea, the custom being allowed to him in those 34l. 3s. 7d. in which the king is bound to him for his wool sent to parts beyond the sea, and received there by Reginald de Conductu and John de la Pole, supplying the place of William de la Pole; so that the wool shall be weighed that it may be known how many sacks are contained in the 22 sarplars, that the custom and subsidy may be allowed as aforesaid. By C.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Like order to permit Ralph Gerin of Loughteburgh, to take 23 sacks of his own wool to Andewerp, allowing him 46l. for custom and subsidy due thereon, in part satisfaction of 92l. 17s. 1d. for his wool sent to the king and received by Reginald and John, in accordance with the king's promise to merchants of the realm to cause such allowance to be made to them on each sack taken out of the realm from St. Peter ad Vincula last until Michaelmas following. By C.
Dec. 18.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich. Like order in favour of Peter Fauellore to take 42¾ sacks and 2 stones of wool of 85½ sacks and 4 stones of his wool to Andewerp, the custom and subsidy due thereon being allowed in 171l. 6s. 8d. due to him by the king for his wool sent to parts beyond the sea. By C.
Like order to the collectors in the port of London for the remaining 42¾ sacks and 2 stones of wool.
Membrane 22.
Oct. 5.
Kennington.
To Reginald de Conductu and John de la Pole. Whereas the king is bound to Robert de Wodeford, John Aunger and John Godhyne in divers sums of money for their wool taken for the king's use, as appears by four indentures made with them, and because they have informed the king that parts of the indentures in their custody were lost at sea, and beseeching the king to order them to be renewed, the king ordered Reginald and John to cause this to be done, examining the parts in their possession, causing it to be expressly mentioned that the former indentures, if found, were of no value; and now Robert, John and John have informed the king that the second indentures have been taken from them by enemies upon the sea, and beseeching the king to order them to be renewed, the king orders Reginald and John to view the parts in their possession, and to cause other indentures to be made, with express mention that the first and second indentures, if found, are of no value.
By C. because Reginald has shown a letter of privy seal directing him to make such indentures.
Nov. 14.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to cause payment of 20l. and an assignment for 25 marks to be made to Alexander de Cragy, as he has besought the king to order this to be done, as the king is bound to him in 55 marks for his wages and those of his men at arms in the company of John de Stryvelyn, constable of Edenburgh castle, for the garrison there, between 13 August, in the 11th year of the reign, and 18 March following, as appears by a bill in his possession under the seal of Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the wardrobe. By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To Master John Wawayn and John de Westmancote, appointed to supervise the king's wool in the port of Boston and elsewhere in co. Lincoln, and its carriage and shipment. Order to cause two ships to be delivered to William Dunort, or his attorney, to take his wool to parts beyond the sea with the king's wool, and, if necessary, to cause ships to be arrested and delivered to him. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 11.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to receive 6 sacks of wool of Adam de Wyleby, late escheator in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the march of Wales adjoining, and guardian of the bishopric of Worcester, from John de Hildesleye and John le Smale, the king's clerks, whom the king ordered to deliver it to them and take it to London, and deliver it to the receivers of wool there, by indenture, the king having ordered them to receive it, informing the king of the number of sacks so received. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the surveyors, collectors and purveyors of wool in co. Middlesex. Order to cause wool to be exacted of the men of the town of Westminster according to the new taxation made there by the king's order [as at page 552 above]. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause 36 sarplars of the king's wool purveyed in co. Wilts, brought to Southampton and afterwards to Winchester, to be carried to London with all speed, and delivered to the collectors of customs there, to be kept for the king's use, indentures being made thereupon. By C.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause payment to be made to Haukinus Braken of 16l., in which the king is bound to him for hemp bought from him by Thomas Crosse, clerk of the great wardrobe, as may appear by a bill in his possession under Thomas's seal, if they shall find, upon viewing the bill, that the sum is due. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To Michael Mynyot, the king's butler. Order to pay to the wine merchants of Bayonne, 305l. for 107 tuns of wine taken by him from them for the king's use, if he did so. By C.
The like to the same for the wine merchants of Bordeaux and St. Emilion (Emylione) of 545l. for 214 tuns of wine. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to account with Richard earl of Arundel for the wages of the 10 men at arms and 40 archers, whom it was ordained by the advice of the council that he should retain for the safe keeping of Porchester castle, each man at arms receiving 12d., and each archer 3d. daily from 10 October last until now, and to pay him what is due, the said castle being in his custody by the king's commission.
Nov. 12.
Kennington.
To the keeper of the forest of la Bere or to him who supplies his place there. Order to cause as much timber as is necessary for divers works ordained by the council in Porchester castle, to be delivered to Richard earl of Arundel, keeper of the castle, or to him who supplies his place. The king has ordered the sheriff of Southampton to cause the carriage to be found for that timber. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Order not to permit Robert de Angerton to take the king's wool in co. Northumberland or other wool from that port out of the realm, but to receive the wool when it comes to that port, and cause it to be safely kept for the king's use, as although Robert asserts that he is endeavouring to send such wool to parts beyond the sea, the king does not wish him to do so for certain reasons propounded before the council.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 8.
Kennington.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of Boston. Order to permit Godekynus de Revle and Hildebrand Suderman, (fn. 1) merchants of Almain or their attorney, to load 200 sacks of their wool in that port and take it to Andewerp, according to the king's grant for 400l., paid by them through William de Northwell, keeper of the wardrobe. By p.s. [11,360.]
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to permit the merchants to buy and collect the wool, take it to the said port and carry it thence as aforesaid.
The like, 'mutatis mutandis,' to the bailiffs of Boston.
To the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Lincoln. The like order, 'mutatis mutandis.'
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To Alan atte Mount and John Martyn. Order to cause canvas for packing the wool collected by them in co. Middlesex and brought to the port of London, to be delivered to the collectors of customs there, to be bought and purveyed with the money for such wool, and men to be brought for packing it. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 23.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to cause the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi to have payment and assignments for the sums due to them, having viewed the king's orders to them at the exchequer, and his letters obligatory for sums paid by them before 12 July last, as the merchants have besought the king to provide a remedy, as the king ordered payments or assignments to be made to them at various times by the treasurer, barons and chamberlains, by letters obligatory and otherwise, and they have refused to do this by reason of an ordinance made by the king and certain of the council on 12 July, and the king ordered such assignments and payments to be made before the ordinance. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Gloucester, Nicholas de Langeneye, Robert Maydegod and the receivers of wool in co. Gloucester. Order to receive all the wool which Philip Bonvallet, proctor of the abbess of Caen in Normandy, shall wish to deliver to them for the king's use, which is suitable for this, by indenture, and the sheriff shall cause it to be taken to London at the proctor's cost, with all possible speed, to be delivered by indenture to the collectors of customs there, informing the king of the number of sacks so received, as the proctor has besought the king to receive the wool in part recompence of 100l., which he owes for Michaelmas term last for the lands and benefices of the abbess in England, committed to him to hold under a certain form, and he cannot pay that sum promptly except with a portion of wool in that county.
By C.
Feb. 16.
Kennington.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Shirburn, whom Michael Mynyot, the king's butler, has put in his place to fulfil the office of coroner in that city, because he is attendant upon the king's affairs in divers parts of the realm.
Nov. 11.
Kennington.
To John son of William de Teukesbury. Order to deliver 5 sacks of wool which belonged to Adam de Wyleby, deceased, late escheator, in cos. Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop, Stafford and the adjacent march of Wales, and guardian of the bishopric of Worcester during a voidance, bought with the king's money and in John's custody, to Master John de Hildesleye and John le Smale, the king's clerks, by indenture, whom the king has ordered to receive it and carry it to London to be delivered to the collectors of customs there for his use. By C.
Membrane 21.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with an oratory in Buntyngford, as the escheator returned that he had taken it into the king's hands because he had learned that a certain parson of Aspiden church caused it to be built five years ago near the highway in the said town, in the parish of Aspiden, to the injury of pedestrians crossing in winter time, and afterwards at the suit of John de Clynton, parson of the church, showing that the oratory was not to the injury of persons passing or others, and beseeching the king to order his hand to be amoved, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that the oratory is not built to the injury of any men of the town, but rather for their benefit and easement.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To the surveyors, collectors and purveyors of wool in co. Hertford. Order to supersede the exaction and levying of the wool of Edward duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, by reason of his lands, goods and chattels in Great Berkhampsted, provided that wool be levied for the king's use, of the other men and tenants in that town. By C.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to cause payment or a competent assignment to be made to Master Pancius de Controne of 2,350l., which the king received from him on loan for his affairs by the hands of Master Paul de Monte Florum, the king's clerk.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To William Muchet, late sheriff of Cambridge. Order to deliver to Warin de Bassyngbourn, now sheriff of that county, without delay, all the wool received by him, and all the canvas for packing it, and money for the expenses of carrying it to the port of London, and if the canvas bought by him is not sufficient for the wool then to cause what is lacking to be bought and purveyed, and delivered to the sheriff. By C.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To Michael Mynyot, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Bristol. Order to deliver to Joan de Carrue or her attorney, 6 tuns of the king's wine of the right prise in that port for the present year, in accordance with the king's grant to her in the 11th year of the reign, of 6 tuns of such wine yearly, during pleasure.
By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 23.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to cause those 9 sacks of wool which Master John Wawayn lately caused to be loaded in the port of Boston to be taken to parts beyond the sea, and brought to London for fear of pirates, and unloaded there, and which were arrested by the collectors, to be dearrested without delay, and delivered to him or his attorney, permitting him to take them to the said parts without paying custom thereon. By C.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Sandwich. Like order with respect to horse-shoes, wool and parchment brought to that port by John for fear of pirates. By C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Eleanor late the wife of James le Botiller, earl of Ormound, tenant in chief, in her ferm for the town of Ailesbury, 30l. for Michaelmas term last, as James, the earl's son, is a minor in the king's wardship, and is at present in Eleanor's company at her cost, and the king has granted her that 30l. by the advice of the council, to satisfy her for such costs.
By the keeper and C.
Nov. 14.
Kennington.
To the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth. Order to deliver to Reginald de Cobbeham, whom the king lately sent to parts of the realm, and who is about to return speedily to parts beyond the sea, by the king's order, a suitable ship with double equipment for his passage. By C.
The like to the bailiffs of the following towns for William de Bohun, earl of Northampton:—
The bailiffs of Ipswich for one ship.
The bailiffs of Goseford for two ships.
The bailiffs of Herewicz for two ships.
Nov. 27.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to cause a portion of wool, not amounting to a sack, and 312 wool-fells, loaded by Robert de Montgomery in that port, to be dearrested without delay and delivered to him, as the collectors arrested it pretending that he wished to take it to parts beyond the sea, contrary to the king's prohibition, and he has besought the king to order it to be delivered to him, and the matter having been brought before the council, the king wishes to act graciously to Robert in this respect. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Amicia, late the wife of Milo de Bello Campo, the manor of Yveden, co. Buckingham, saving her fealty due to the king, and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Hecham, in the same county, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Milo at his death held the former manor as of the right of Amicia of the heirs of Giles de Badelesmere, tenant in chief, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee and the king rendered the lands which belonged to Giles to his said heirs, and that Milo held the latter manor of the duke of Cornwall as of the honour of Walyngford, by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee and that he held no other lands in chief.
Nov. 28.
Kennington.
To Michael Mynyot, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his his place in the port of Southampton. Order to deliver to the prior of St. Denis, near Southampton, a tun of red wine of the first wines of the king's prise in the next season of 'reek' for the celebration of masses there for the souls of all the faithful departed, in accordance with the king's grant to them.
Nov. 28.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas on 31 October last the king appointed Richard de Castro, his clerk, to survey the king's wool collected at Great Yarmouth, Lynn, Norwich and Ipswich and other places in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk, and to take the wool to certain parts of the realm, and to survey the livery, receipt and weight thereof and divers other things, and granted him 6s. 8d. daily for his wages in that service, the king orders the treasurer and barons to account with Richard in this matter, allowing him the said wages from the said 31 October when he set out, to the 24 November following, when he returned to chancery, and to allow this in the money which he owes at the exchequer. By C.
Oct. 4.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Order to deliver to William de la Pole, the king's serjeant, or to his attorney, 349 sacks 8 stones of the king's wool, by indenture, to be taken to the king to parts beyond the sea, as the king ordered William to cause 2,900 sacks of such wool to come from England to the said parts with all possible speed, to be sold and to make certain payments there for the king, and it has been ordained by the council that 349 sacks 8 stones shall go from Newcastle, 1,394½ sacks 7½ stones from the ports of Great Yarmouth, Lynn and Ipswich; 102 sacks from the port of Boston and 572 sacks ½ stone from Kyngeston-upon-Hull. By p.s.
Like order to the collectors in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, 'mutatis mutandis,' and the king does not wish the assignment made to William Dunort of wool in that port to be delayed.
By the same writ.
Like order to the collectors in the port of Boston, 'mutatis mutandis,' provided that 1,000 sacks which the king ordered to be loaded in that port and sent to him, and the assignment made to William Dunort are in no wise delayed. By the same writ.
Nov. 24.
Kennington.
To William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon and constable of Dover castle. Order to cause that castle to be provisioned with victuals with all possible speed, and to certify the chancellor and treasurer concerning the deliberation taken thereupon, the nature of the victuals and their price. By the keeper and C.
[Fœdera.]
Dec. 5.
Byflect.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Philip de Weston, the king's clerk, supplying the place of Philip de Weston, the king's almoner, 16l. 13s. 0½d., in which the king is bound to him for the arrears of his wages and robes, as appears by a bill in his possession, under the seal of Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the wardrobe, having viewed the bill, if they shall find that the money is owing.
By letter of the keeper.
Membrane 20.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich. Order to deliver to William Dunort or to John Cole of Malyns, John Waybom of Malyns, and Levinus de Loveyn, his attorneys, 500 sacks of the king's wool, by indenture, to be taken to parts beyond the sea, as the king has granted that he, for the great sums which he has lent to the king for his affairs, shall load 2,500 sacks of the king's wool in the ports of London, Kyngeston-upon-Hull, Boston and Bishop's Lynn, at the king's expense, and take it to Andewerp for his own advantage, as is contained in an indenture made between him and the king, and it is ordained by the council that he should have 500 sacks in each of the ports of Kyngeston, Lynn and Boston, whereupon the king ordered the collectors in the said ports to deliver the wool to the attorneys, and because it has been testified before the council that William cannot have 500 sacks in the port of Lynn according to the assignment aforesaid, the king wishes him to have 500 sacks of the wool in the custody of the said collectors. By C.
Vacated because it was surrendered, and he has an assignment therefor in the port of Lynn, where the assignment was first made, and the writ was afterwards enrolled.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay 70l. to William de Lando, merchant of Bordeaux, without delay, if they shall find that Ralph de Hastyng, sheriff of York, John de Percebrigg and Master John de Barton received wine for that sum from him for the munition of the castles and other places in Scotland, and that he is not yet satisfied, as he has besought the king to order this to be done, as the sheriff, John and John were appointed in co. York to purvey victuals for such munition, and the king ordered the sheriff that if the issues of the county were not sufficient for the munition, to give those from whom victuals were taken a day at the exchequer on the quinzaine of Michaelmas last, to receive what was due to them, and they took 21 tuns of wine for 70l. from the said merchant, and assigned the said day to him, but he has not yet obtained payment. By C.
Nov. 6.
Kennington.
To the men of the city of Norwich. Order to go against the enemy if he comes to that town, and to defend the town from hostile attacks, as the king ordained all the ships of the town of Great Yarmouth, and the neighbouring parts, prepared to war, to go to sea, and on Thursday after Martinmas next they will be at sea to stay there for some time to do harm to the enemy, and the king wishes to provide for the security of the city during their absence. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 6.
Kennington.
To the bailiffs and men of Great Yarmouth. Notification that whereas William Trussel and Thomas de Blaston, whom the king sent to Great Yarmouth to deal with the bailiffs and men concerning the sending to sea of the shipping of the town against hostile invasions, and it was agreed that if they caused the shipping to set out to be at sea a month at their expense, beginning from Thursday after Martinmas next, then the king would pardon them 200l. which they are bound to pay to him of the triennial tenth and fifteenth for the terms now past, as appears by an indenture made with William and Thomas, the king pardons them the said 200l. so that they set out as agreed, and orders them to cause the shipping to set out, to stay at sea according to the agreement. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 30.
Byfleet.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John de Bruys son and heir of Bernard de Bruys, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage. By letter of the keeper.
Dec. 1.
Byfleet.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge Master William la Zousche, dean of St. Peter's, York, to whom the king committed the custody of the said lands for a certain yearly ferm, of the said ferm from the said 30 November.
Nov. 26.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Huntingdon. Order to receive the wool taken in that county for the king's use from William Muchet, late the sheriff, John de Wentlond and Robert de Steuecle, receivers of the king's wool there, and to have it weighed and taken to London without delay, as the king ordered William, John and Robert to deliver all such wool to the sheriff.
Sept. 21.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lynn. Order to permit William de Melchebourne to lade 100 sacks of wool and 5 last of hides in that port and to take them to Andewerp, paying the custom and subsidy due thereon to William de Northwell, keeper of the wardrobe, according to a previous order, as William has informed the king that they have not wished to do this without a warrant under the great seal.
By p.s. [11299.]
Vacated because it was surrendered and is otherwise on the roll of fines.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To William Muchet, late sheriff of Cambridge, Giles de Ingeston and Roger Hog, receivers of the king's wool in that county. Order to deliver all the wool taken in that county for the king's use, to the sheriff there, whom the king has ordered to receive it, to cause it to be weighed and brought to London without delay. By p.s.
The like to the same William, late sheriff of Huntingdon, John de Wentlond and Robert de Steuecle, receivers in the said county.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to receive 291 sarplars of the king's wool in the port of Boston and to cause it to be weighed and delivered to Robert de Watford, the king's clerk, by indentures, as the wool which was to be sent from Boston to the king to parts beyond the sea, has been brought to London for fear of the king's alien enemies. By C.
Nov. 15.
Kennington.
To the same. Order to receive 80 sacks of wool bought of Robert Houel, from him by indenture, and to have them kept for the king's use. By C.
Nov. 18.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the city of London. Order to receive from the abbot of Westminster, all his wool granted to the king, informing the king of the number of sacks. By C.
Like writ to the abbot, 'mutatis mutandis,' to deliver the said wool to the collectors.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to permit the wool of the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi laded in that port by the king's licence and 'coketted' by the collectors, to be laded in ships by the same weight by which they were weighed before the first lading, and taken to parts beyond the sea, according to the agreement made with the king, as their ships returned to that port after the first lading for fear of the king's enemies, and their wool was unloaded and has become damp, whereby its weight is greater than before. By C.
To the same. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' in favour of Henry de Fereres, John de Molyns and Anthony Bache. By C.
Like order to the same in favour of the bishop of Lincoln. By C.
Nov. 10.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit Ludekynus de Ariest and Henry Suderman, the king's merchants, or their attorneys to take 130 sacks from that port to Andewerp without paying the subsidy or custom thereon, according to the king's grant.
By p.s.
The like to the collectors in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull for 100 sacks. By the same writ.
To the collectors and purveyors of wool in co. York. Order to permit the said merchants to buy 230 sacks of wool in that county and carry it to the port of Boston. By the same writ.
The like to the collectors in co. Lincoln and the sheriff of Lincoln and the sheriff of York for 130 sacks in co. Lincoln and 100 sacks in co. York. By the same writ.
Membrane 19.
Nov. 22.
Kennington.
To the sheriffs of London. Order to deliver to John Bercard and Alexander Gydetti, merchants of Florence, 160 florins and John's seal now in the sheriff's custody, without delay, as the sheriffs and coroners of the city returned that on Thursday before St. Edmund last, John de Shirburn, coroner there and Hugh le Marberer, one of the sheriffs there, being informed that John le Brewere lay dead, wrongfully, on the bank of the river Flete in the parish of St. Bride in the suburb of the city, they went there and took inquisition thereon, by which it was found that on the preceding Tuesday the said merchants went through the city from sunrise to the third hour, seeking to arrest John and 4 other thieves whose names are unknown for a robbery committed upon them on that day in the highway between the towns of Romford and Brendwode, co. Essex, of florins and all their other goods, and that John seeing that the merchants were seeking him and his fellows with the ministers of the city in the parish of St. Nicholas at the shambles (macellas) of London, took to flight to the quay of St. Paul's and the river Thames, and intending to escape by the river upon the quays to the Flete bridge, plunged into the water and was drowned under the quays by the rising tide, and upon him were found 160 florins at 4s. a florin, plundered from the merchants and John Bercard's seal on which his sign and name were cut, and these remain in Hugh's custody, and the merchants have besought the king to order the florins and seal to be delivered to them. By C.
Dec. 3.
Byfleet.
To Michael Mynyot, the king's butler. Order to cause 60 tuns of new wine to be bought and purveyed in the port of London and delivered to Thomas de Badby, the king's clerk, by indenture, to be taken to the king to parts beyond the sea for the expenses of the household. The king has ordered Thomas to receive the wine. By C.
Mandate in pursuance to Thomas.
Dec. 4.
Byfleet.
To Thomas de Bradestan, keeper of Gloucester castle. Order to cause wheat, wine and other victuals to the sum of 40l. to be bought and purveyed, and placed in the castle for its munition, so that answer for those victuals shall be made to the king. By the keeper and C.
Dec. 1.
Byfleet.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king granted Thomas de Drayton, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the north, permission to load 10 sacks of lamb's wool in the port of Great Yarmouth, and take them to the staple at Andewerp in Brabant, and wishes 20l. of the 40 marks which are in arrear to him of the 100 marks which the king granted to him for his good service, to be allowed in the custom and subsidy due on that wool, and the remaining 10 marks to be paid to him; the king orders the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains to make such allowance by the king's writ under the exchequer seal, to the collectors of customs in the said port, to permit Thomas to take the wool as aforesaid and to cause 20l. to be allowed to the collectors in their account, and the treasurer and barons shall pay 10 marks to Thomas as aforesaid.
By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To the keepers of the maritime land in co. Southampton. Order not to compel the abbot of Redyng to find 4 men-at-arms beyond the six men-at-arms for the custody of that land, unless grave dangers are threatening, causing any horses and armour taken from the six men to be de-arrested without delay, as the king has learned from the abbot that although he finds six men for this custody, the keepers distrain him to find four more and arrest the horses and armour of the six men, wherefore the abbot has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C.
Nov. 30.
Kennington.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lynn. Order to receive from alien merchants in the realm 6l. for each last of hides and 60s. for every 300 wool-fells, and from native merchants and other subjects 4l. for every last and 40s. for every 300 fells taken out of the realm, for customs and subsidies due to the king, taking their oath that the hides and fells are their own, and security that they will take them to lands in the king's friendship, and to permit them to take such hides and fells out of the realm, as they have besought the king to order this to be done. By C.
Nov. 20.
Kennington.
To the takers and purveyors of wool in co. Gloucester. Order to supersede the taking of the wool of Thomas, bishop of Hereford, though the king wishes him to pay the tenth for one year beyond the triennial tenth now current, according to the grant of the clergy of the province of Canterbury on the morrow of St. Jerome last, as the king granted him as a favour, when he was about to set out to be chancellor of Ireland, that his wool should not be taken against his will or that of his serjeants, and that he should dispose of it and sell it without hindrance, and now the bishop has shown the king that although he was not summoned to the last parliament at Westminster, because he was in Ireland, and was not present there or represented by his proctor, wherefore he could not grant his wool there, yet the purveyors compel him to lend his wool to the king, whereupon he has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C.
The like to the takers and purveyors of wool in cos. Hereford and Salop, severally.
Dec. 1.
Byfleet.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to deliver all the wool brought to that oity, to Robert de Watford, the king's clerk, by indenture, to be taken to the king to parts beyond the sea. By the keeper and C.
Dec. 2.
Byfleet.
Order to Robert to receive the wool and to deliver it in the said parts to those deputed to receive it. By the keeper and C.
Nov. 30.
Byfleet.
To William de Framelesworth, keeper of the king's stud and of certain of his great horses. Order to deliver to Menaldus Brocas, supplying the place of John Brocas, keeper of the said great horses, four of the king's horses in his custody, to wit: Bauseyn de Cornewaill, Grysel de Preston, palfreys, Morel de Rysebergh and Bauceyn Dyghtenhill, destriers, by indenture, to be taken to the king to parts beyond the sea.
By letter of the keeper.
Nov. 26.
Kennington.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich and the collectors of customs there. Order to permit Gerard Bonenseigne, Diny Forcetti, Peter Byne and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi, to take 17 sarplars of wool from that port to Andewerp, accepting security from them that they will not take it elsewhere, if the 17 sarplars are found to be part of 23 sarplars of gross wool, laded in a ship in the port of Waterford in Ireland, and that custom has been paid thereon in Ireland, as the king ordered the mayor and bailiffs to cause the wool to be de-arrested [as at page 419 above], and the merchants have besought the king to allow them to take the wool from Sandwich to Andewerp.
By C.
Dec. 1.
Byfleet.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to receive 10 sacks of wool from the abbot of St. Albans or his attorney and to inform the king concerning them, as the abbot is bound to the king in 80l. 7s. 2½d. for the second year of the triennial tenth granted by the clergy in the diocese of Lincoln, and has besought the king to receive 10 sacks of his wool of co. Hertford, according to the price of wool there, ordained by the king and council, in part satisfaction, and the king has granted his request considering that he is much charged by the arrival of the king and magnates and others of the realm at his abbey. By C.
Dec. 13.
Byfleet.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to William de Munden, the king's clerk, 40s. 8d., which he paid to divers envoys sent on the king's affairs, for the writing of their letters and parchment bought for the same from 1 October last, until 12 December following.
By C.
Membrane 18.
Nov. 25.
Kennington.
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to permit John de Barneby and Robert le Westerne, executors of the will of Eleanor le Despenser, late executrix of the will of William la Zouche of Mortimer, her husband, to have a cart and divers goods and chattels therein which belonged to William, as at their suit, showing that the cart and goods had been arrested by the king's ministers and the men of Henle at Henle, and beseeching the king to provide a remedy, the king ordered the sheriff to take an inquisition upon the matter, and by the inquisition taken by the bailiffs of the liberty of Henle of John de Molyns, who have the return of all the king's writs and the execution of the same in that liberty it is found that on Thursday before Christmas in the second year of the reign William wished to send the cart and his goods by John Priour his carter, from Caversham to London, and there was a strife in passing through Henle between John and others unknown, by whom he was pursued, and fleeing from the town in fear of death, he left the cart with the goods in the hostel of Thomas de Shirburn at Henle without any guard, and they are in Thomas's hands.
By C.
The like order to Thomas, and also to the bailiffs of Henle by divers writs.
Nov. 30.
Kennington.
To James de Audele. Prohibition under pain of forfeiture to make any assemblies of men-at-arms, armed men, archers or others by reason of the dissensions between John de Warenna earl of Surrey and Ralph de Wylynton of the one part and John Lestraunge of the other, and to do nothing against the peace, as the king has learned that by reason of these dissensions the earl and Ralph and James and John gather such armed men and go to the manor of Beyton, co. Wilts, to meet in warlike fashion. The king has ordered the sheriff to go to the manor and make proclamation that no one shall make such assemblies under pain of forfeiture, and that all who disobey this shall be detained in prison until further orders. By the keeper and C.
The like to the following:—
John de Warenna, earl of Surrey; Ralph de Wylynton and John Lestraunge.
Nov. 6.
Kennington.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to permit Herman de Feritwyk to take 4 sacks of his wool from that port without paying custom or subsidy thereon, because he has found security before the council to pay 60s. on each sack at Andewerp in Brabant, whither he wishes to take it, to be delivered to William de Northwell, keeper of the wardrobe.

Footnotes

  • 1. Godekyn de Revle and John de Clyngenbergh in the privy seal.