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July 1.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to account with Thomas Ughtred, keeper of the town of St. John of
Perth in Scotland, or with John de Gerwardeby his attorney, for Thomas's
wages and those of the men at arms retained in garrison there from 19
June in the 12th year of the reign until 4th August following, and of the
hobelers and archers retained from the last day of May till 4 August and
the wages of the same from 4 August until Easter last, and the wages of a
fletcher, carpenters, smiths and other workmen retained in the town for
divers works for its safe custody, and for other costs incurred by him on
those works from 19 June till Easter and for the freightage of ships for
taking victuals and other things for the munition of the town, and for the
wages of the mariners in a galley and a barge of war retained for the
defence of the town, and for his expenses thereupon; and to pay to
Thomas what they find to be due to him. |
June 29.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately
appointed Robert de Hagham, Edmund de Duresme, Henry Gernet, Roger
Belche and William Spileman to supervise all wool and money received in
co. Essex and to take what was lacking of the wool of the sum due from
the county in accordance with the ordinance made at Northampton, and
although they took wool from divers men of the county to supply what was
lacking, and satisfied the men from whom it was taken, according to the
price in that county, and answered for the wool to the king, yet the
treasurer and barons refused to allow that money to them, whereupon they
besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore orders the
treasurer and barons to cause such allowance to be made to them provided
they answer for the entire sum of wool of that county. |
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Membrane 29. |
July 1.
Berkhampstead. |
To the sheriff of Rutland and the other receivers of the king's wool in
that county. Order to cause 3 sacks 11 stones 4½ pounds of the wool to
be taken with all speed to the port of Boston to be delivered by indenture
to the collectors of customs there, whom the king has ordered to receive it
and keep it for his use. By C. |
July 3.
Berkhampstead. |
Mandate in pursuance to the collectors. By C. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To the same. Order to deliver the 3 sacks 11 stones 4 pounds of wool
received by them from the receivers in co. Rutland, to William de la Pole,
the king's merchant, or to his attorney, if he be not yet satisfied for 102 sacks
7 stones assigned to him in that port of 2,418 sacks 10 stones assigned to
him, in part satisfaction of 2,900 sacks of the king's wool which the king
granted that he should take to parts beyond the sea to sell there and make
certain payments therewith. By C. |
July 9.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the
said receivers and collectors of the said 3 sacks 11 stones 4 pounds of wool,
if Robert de Denton, William's attorney, acknowledges before them that he
has received that wool. By C. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lenn. Order to cause 140
sacks of wool which the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and
Peruzzi agreed to lend to the king, of his own wool assigned to them, and
which the king ordered to be sent to him to parts beyond the sea with
all other wool in that port, in the company of John de Thorp and Anthony
Bache, who were about to go there speedily, to be laded and delivered by
indenture together with all the other wool in that port to John de Burton,
attorney of Thomas de Baddeby, the king's clerk, whom the king appointed
to take the wool to him, to be taken under safe conduct to the port of
Great Yarmouth and thence to the king as aforesaid. By C. |
July 7.
Berkhampstead. |
Order to Thomas de Baddeby or to John de Burton, supplying his place
in the port of Lenn, to be attendant upon John de Thorp and Anthony in
the premises. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to account with Thomas Ughtred, keeper of the tower of St. John of
Perth in Scotland, or with John de Gerwardby, his attorney, for the wages
of Thomas and the men with him from 4 August last until Easter following,
according to the number contained in an indenture made between him and
Edward, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, and for like wages from the
last day of May in the 12th year of the reign until 4 August, allowing him
4s. a day for his wages, for each knight 2s., for the other men at arms 12d.,
for the mounted hobelers 6d., and those on foot 4d., for the mounted
archers 4d., and those on foot 3d. daily, and to pay Thomas what they shall
find to be due to him. By the keeper and C. |
July 8.
Berkhampstead. |
To the same. Order to receive all bills of assignment under the 'coket'
seal delivered to them by Anthony Bache, the king's merchant, if he wishes
to lend money to the king, delivering to him payment or assignment of
100 marks of the sums contained in those bills for every 100l. which he
has so lent, in accordance with an agreement made between the council
and him, so that the sums are of the king's own debts or two parts
his own and a third part of the late king. By the keeper and C. |
June 26.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to R.
bishop of London in the 250l. in which the king is bound to him for
his wool, granted in accordance with the ordinance made at Northampton,
and delivered to the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London, the 50l. which he is bound to pay to the
king for the present Midsummer term touching him of the triennial tenth
lately granted by the clergy of the realm, of the second year. By C. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To Thomas de Castro Goderici, chamberlain of South Wales. Order to
pay to William Lirissh the arrears of 2d. daily, granted to him by the
king, and to pay the same henceforth, as the king previously ordered him
to do this, and he refused because the first order was not directed to him. |
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By C. |
June 24.
Berkhampstead. |
To the merchants of the society of the Bardi. Request to pay to Francis
Selvolyny of Sene, Lumbard Facio and Bartholo Bartholomey and
their fellows, merchants of Sene, 246l. which they lent to the king on 29
July in the 11th year of the reign, and no payment or other satisfaction
has been made to them as is found by the certificate of the treasurer and
chamberlains, and the king promised to pay them the said sum on Midsummer last. By C. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay 246l. to the merchants
of the society of the Bardi, if they are found to have paid that sum to the
merchants of Sene, by virtue of the preceding order. By C. |
July 3.
Berkhampstead. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. Order to permit
Adam Juweys of Southampton, merchant, to take 3 sacks of wool from that
port to Bordeaux, having received 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy,
as the king ordered them to permit Adam to take 8 sacks of wool to the
said parts [as at page 132 above], and now he has besought the king to
grant that he may take the 3 sacks as aforesaid. By C. |
July 15.
Kennington. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to deliver
all the money received by them up to the Nativity of the Virgin next, to the
treasurer and chamberlains for the king's affairs and the defence of the
realm. |
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June 12.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with
Roger de Chaundos, keeper of the land of Morganno, for the wages of the
men retained by him for the siege of Kerfily castle in that land, up to the
sum of 40l., and to cause allowance for what he paid to be made to him in
his account, as the late king, on 2 January in the 20th year of his reign,
ordered Matthew de Crauthorn, receiver of the issues of that land, then
in the king's hands, to deliver 100l. of those issues or of the king's treasure
in Neeth castle to Roger for the wages of the said men, and Roger has
besought the king to order 40l. to be allowed to him, as he paid that sum
to the said men, and 40l. are exacted of him for the king's use, as is said. |
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By C. |
July 5.
Berkhampstead. |
To Giles de Bello Campo, keeper of the forest of Claryndon, or to him
who supplies his place. Order to deliver to Stephen de Buterle, the king's
yeoman, 6 oaks which he shall choose in a place called 'Mulchet' in that
forest, without delay, to be taken to Southampton in aid of enclosing
that town against the attacks of alien enemies, according to the advice of
Ed[mund]de la Beche, the king's clerk, and of other lieges staying for the
defence of that town by the king's order. By C. |
June 30.
Berkhampstead. |
To Richard de Feriby, late keeper of the wardrobe. Whereas he is
enjoined by the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, as the king has
learned, to audit the account of Master John de Sancto Albano, the king's
clerk, for the time when he was the receiver of the king's money for payment to Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, captain of the army
lately sent to Scotland, and to other lieges there in garrison at Berwickupon-Tweed, St. John of Perth, and the castles of Edenburgh and Stryvelyn,
and Richard has delayed to do this because the receipt and livery of that
money had been mostly made after he left the office of keeper and when
Edmund de la Beche, the king's clerk, had it; the king therefore orders
him to summon John and his controller, to receive the control, audit the
account and further to do what the nature of the account requires. |
July 7.
Berkhampstead. |
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to repair the defects in the king's
gaol of Somerton, up to the sum of 20 marks, by the view and testimony
of Thomas de Marlebergh. |
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To the bailiffs of Maydenstane. Order to release Robert Deth from
Maydenstane prison without delay, where he is detained because he
refused to set out in the king's service on a ship called 'la cog Thomas'
for the defence of the realm, when chosen by Richard Fille, master of that
ship, because, although the king ordered him to be taken by the sheriff of
Kent, and to be kept in prison until further orders, Richard and Thomas
de Snetesham, the king's clerk, have undertaken before the council that
Robert will behave well henceforth and obey the king's orders, and will
appear and answer for his contempt when called upon, and that he will
set out as aforesaid. By C. |
July 8.
Berkhampstead. |
To the sheriff of Worcester. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of William de Dicheford, who is so old and broken
by age that he cannot travail to exercise the duties of the office. |
July 11.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Master John de
Langetoft 20 marks for his expenses in going to the port of Boston to
deliver certain wool of the king there to William de Duro Forti, knight,
and to hasten the collection of other wool in co. Lincoln, and the
king ordained with his council that John should have twenty marks for
his expenses. By C. |
July 6.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to John
de Preston and Richard de Leyham, collectors of customs in the port of
Ipswich and receivers of the king's wool in co. Suffolk, the sums which
they shall be found to have expended for canvas for that wool, for drying,
folding and cleaning it, and for paying wages to the packers, for weighing
the wool, and for the carriage thereof to Andewerp. By C. |
July 4.
Berkhampstead. |
To the taxers and collectors in co. Northumberland of the triennial tenth
and fifteenth granted by the laity. Order to cause all arrears to be
collected with all possible speed, knowing that if they do not levy them
quickly, the king will cause their lands, goods and chattels to be taken
into his hands, the money to be levied of the issues thereof, and will cause
them to be imprisoned and chastised for an example, as the king has
learned that by reason of certain liberties in the county they have delayed
to levy the money therein, and the king has ordained that the money shall
be levied in that county for the wages and expenses of the lieges whom he
is about to send to the march of Scotland against the Scots who
endeavour to enter the realm. By the keeper and C. |
July 8.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to receive John
de Chestrefeld and Robert de Denton as the attorneys of William de la
Pole, the king's merchant, for affairs touching assignments of customs and
other matters. By p.s. |
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The like to the treasurer and chamberlains 'mutatis mutandis.' |
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By the same writ. |
July 3.
Berkhampstead. |
To R. bishop of Durham or to his vicar general in his absence. Order
to appoint certain of his lieges to levy and collect in his liberty of Durham
the wool and the triennial tenth and fifteenth granted to the king, in
accordance with the king's previous orders, which the bishop has not
hitherto obeyed, so as to have the wool and money ready at Michaelmas
next or within six days following. By the keeper and C. |
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Et erat patens. |
July 1.
Berkhampstead. |
To the prior and convent of Eye. Order to deliver the seal of that
house and the seal for cases and contracts of the house, in a chest or bag,
to Henry de Elmham and Nicholas Bonde, to whom the king committed
the custody of the priory and its possessions to hold during pleasure as it
has been ordained by the council that the seals shall be kept by them; as
the prior surrendered to the king the said custody which had been committed to him, beseeching the king to discharge him thereof and to cause
reasonable wages to be ministered to him and to the serjeant of the priory. |
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By C. |
July 17.
Kennington. |
To Robert de Tong, late keeper and receiver of the king's victuals
and money at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Order to
deliver the sum or value of 137l. 16s. 8d. to John de Thynden, the
king's clerk, upon certain works enjoined upon him in the castle of
Newcastle. By C. |
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July 9.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
exaction made upon John de Sapy, the king's yeoman, to account for the
issues of the manor of Caldecote, co. Hereford, from 21 March in the
4th year of the late king's reign, permitting him to hold the manor in
accordance with the late king's grants, as on the said 21 March the late
king granted to John that manor, which belonged to John son of Reginald,
tenant in chief, and came into his hands at his death, to hold for life, and
afterwards he granted that John should hold the manor for himself and
his heirs, with the dowers when they should fall in, which grant the present
king confirmed on 11 February in the 12th year of the reign, and subsequently the treasurer and barons returned to the king's writ of certiorari
that it was found in the account of Roger de Wellesworth, escheator
in the 5th year of the late king's reign, that he did not answer for the
issues of the manor from 11 October in that year, on which day the
escheator resumed the manor into the king's hands from the hands of
John de Sapy until 15 November following, before the manor was
delivered to Thomas le Blount, to whom the late king committed the
custody thereof to hold during pleasure because there were no issues for
that time; and it was also found in a process against Thomas to render
account for the issues, that he asserted that he never had the custody,
whereupon he placed himself in an inquisition by which it was found
that he never had the custody nor received the issues, but that John held
the manor from the said 15 November; and although John has always
held the manor since, yet the treasurer and barons distrain him to
account for the issues from 21 March aforesaid, as he has informed the
king, beseeching him to provide a remedy. By the keeper and C. |
June 28.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Guy de Ferariis or
to his attorney 67l. 4s., if they find that the king is bound to
him in that sum for the wages of thirty men at arms retained by him
in garrison at St. John of Perth from 9 March in the 11th year of the reign,
to 19 April following, as may appear, he says, by a bill in his possession,
under the seal of Richard de Feryby, sometime keeper of the wardrobe. |
July 7.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to supersede the
demand made upon Henry de la Puyle, son and heir of John de la Puyle,
knight, for 20l., for which John and Thomas de Codelowe, late parson of
Cherlewode church, made a recognisance to Hugh le Despenser the elder
on 4 September in the 7th year of the late king's reign, if they find that
satisfaction was made to Hugh for the same, as he says; as they distrain
Henry because he did not come before them to show cause why the 20l.
should not be levied of the lands and chattels of Thomas and John, by
reason of Hugh's forfeiture, and Henry could not come because he is in
the king's service in parts beyond the sea, wherefore the treasurer and
barons considered that the 20l. should be levied of Henry's lands and
chattels, so that the sheriff of Oxford causes him to be distrained, and
Henry has besought the king to provide a remedy. |
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By the keeper and C. |
July 10.
Berkhampstead. |
To John de Soles, receiver of the king's victuals in Dover castle. Order
to cause 10 tuns of wine there which are so weak that they cannot be kept
longer, to be sold without delay by the view and testimony of William de
Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, constable of the castle. By C. |
July 13.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to cause all wool of the king and that lent by others
to be placed in ships in that port by the view of Thomas de Baddeby, the
king's clerk, and delivered to him by indenture, to be taken to the king to
parts beyond the sea, as is fully enjoined upon him. By C. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 6l. 13s. 4d.
to be allowed to the men of Little Yarmouth and of the hamlet of Northvyll, and 18l. to the men of Gorleston Ryston and Gorleston, in their
quotas of the triennial tenth and fifteenth for the second and third years,
if they paid those sums to Walter de Mauny, sometime admiral of the
fleet towards the north, in aid of his expenses, in accordance with the
credit made by them to Henry earl of Derby, whom the king sent to them
upon his passage, with letters of credence, as may appear by Walter's letters
of acquittance which they have in their possession, as they say. By C. |
July 10.
Westminster. |
To the same. Like order of allowance for 12l. in the tenth of the second
year of payment, for the men of Donewich. By C. |
July 13.
Berkhampstead. |
To Nicholas atte Magdaleyne, receiver of the king's money, victuals and
armour at Southampton. Order to deliver to Thomas de Bello Campo,
earl of Warwick, to whom the king committed the chief custody of that
town against the attacks of hostile aliens, all the engines, springalds,
bows, crossbows, lances, targes and all other garniture in his custody, by
indenture, for the safe custody of the town, and to supervise all men at
arms both knights and esquires, and armed men and archers, whom the
earl retains for the munition of the town, and to inform the king of the
number thereof when the earl relinquishes the custody. By C. |
July 16.
Westminster. |
To the abbot of Abyndon, collector of wool in the diocese (sic) of Berks.
Order to deliver to Nicholas Usus Maris, constable of Bordeaux, or to
Anthony Bache, his attorney, by indenture, 9½ sacks, 5 stones, 5 pounds of
the king's wool in part satisfaction of the residue of 900 sacks which the
king granted that he should take out of the realm together with 100 sacks
of the king's gift, paying 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, as the
king ordered the abbot to deliver to him 40 sacks and the collectors of
customs in the port of London to deliver to him 60 sacks of the increment
of wool in cos. Oxford and Berks, in full satisfaction of the 100 sacks,
and ordered the said collectors to deliver to him 45 sacks 48 cloves of the
wool of cos. Oxford, Berks, Gloucester, Bedford and Huntingdon, and
ordered the receivers of wool in co. Northumberland to deliver to him
90 sacks of the king's wool. By C. |
July 16.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to
William de la Pole, the king's merchant or to his attorney, the 18½ sacks,
2 stones of wool which Constantine de Mortuo Mari and his fellows,
collectors of wool in co. Norfolk, owe to the king by their account after
having delivered them to the collectors in the port of Lenn, in part satisfaction of 1,394½ sacks 7½ stones assigned to William in the ports of Lenn,
Great Yarmouth and Ipswich for which he is not satisfied, of 2,418 sacks
10 stones which the king granted that he should take out of the realm, of
2,900 sacks of the king's wool to be so taken by him. By C. |
July 13.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. Order to deliver the 9 tons of
wheat flour which John Charneles, the king's clerk, demised in that town
of the victuals received by him from Stephen le Blount, then purveyor of
the king's victuals, to be taken to parts beyond the sea, and which were
lodged in the hostel of Andrew Yok of Sandwich, to John or Ralph de la
Pole, his attorney, without delay. By C. |
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July 3.
Berkhampstead. |
To the bailiffs of the port of Blakeneye. Order to cause a ship of the
town of Hardenwyk, whereof Tydemannus was master, its mast, yard,
anchors, cables and boat to be appraised in the presence of Tidemannus or
the mariners thereof or their attorneys if they choose to attend, by men of
Blakeney and to deliver it according to its appraisement or the price thereof
to John de Nesbyt of Hertilpol and John Lambe of Great Yarmouth or to
their attorneys, and to cause all the goods of men of the town of
Hardenwyk, Swoll, Staver[den], Camp, Lubyk, Strelsand and Rostok
to be arrested up to the residue of 40l., and detained until satisfaction is
done to John and John for 16l. remaining and for the damages sustained
by them, as the king ordered those bailiffs to arrest such goods up to 40l.,
the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth up to 100l., the mayor and bailiffs of Lynn
up to 200l.; the bailiffs of Boston up to 200l.; the mayor and bailiffs of
Kyngeston upon Hull up to 100l.; the bailiffs of Ravenesere up to 50l.;
the bailiffs of Scardeburgh up to 30l., and the mayor and bailiffs of
Newcastle upon Tyne up to 80l. [as at page 29 above]; and subsequently
the king, learning that the bailiffs of Blakeneye had arrested the aforesaid
ship, but promised Tydemannus that he should go with his ship and goods
where he would, John and John not being satisfied for the 40l., and had
not certified the king of their action, ordered the bailiffs to cause
all such goods arrested by them to be safely kept and to inform him of the
reason of the dearresting, of all their action in the matter, of the price of
the ship and the value of the said goods and merchandise; and they arrested
a ship of Hardenwyk, whereof Tydemannus was master, with a mast and
yard, three anchors, 2 old cables and a boat of the price of 24l. as they
returned. By p.s. |
July 14.
Kennington. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Roger
Beler, son and heir of Roger Beler, tenant in chief of the late king, to
have seisin of all the lands of which his father was seised at his death in his
demesne as of fee; as Roger the son has proved his age before the escheator
and the king has taken his fealty and rendered the said lands to him,
giving him respite for his homage until Christmas next. By C. |
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The like to Thomas de Metham, escheator beyond Trent. |
July 10.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge
William Tracy, sometime sheriff of Gloucester, of 89 marks 8s. 10d., as he
has informed the king that whereas Thomas Larcher, sometime prior of
the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, on 16 October in the
19th year of the late king's reign, acknowledged before the barons of the
exchequer that he owed to Hugh le Despenser son of Hugh le Despenser,
earl of Winchester, 438 marks 8s. 9d., and afterwards, after the terms of
payment had elapsed, the sheriff of the county was ordered to levy 89 marks
8s. 10d. of that sum of the prior's lands and chattels, because he had not
paid, and have that sum at the exchequer on the morrow of Michaelmas
in the 20th year of that reign, to be paid to Hugh; and William, being
then sheriff, levied 18l. 2s. 6d., and returned at the exchequer on that day
that he took other goods and chattels of the prior, to the value of the
residue into the king's hands, because he did not then find buyers, and
although Hugh took the money and goods and chattels by force from
William, without giving him any acquittance, as William is prepared to
show, yet the treasurer and barons charge him with the said 89 marks
8s. 9d. at the suit of the present prior, from whom they exact that whole
debt for the king's use, by reason of Hugh's forfeiture. By C. |
July 18.
Kennington. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to pay to Master Walter le Fevre, whom the king appointed to buy
iron, steel and coal for works in the Tower of London and to take them to
the Tower, 10l. 19s. 6d. if they find that he expended that sum in buying 179
quarters of sea coal and a mill-stone (molam) necessary for the works, and
for their carriage to he Tower, to be delivered by indenture to John de
Flete, receiver of the king's victuals and things there. By C. |
July 8.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Simon
de Rugeleye, sometime sheriff of Salop, 4l. in his account, if they find
him to have paid that sum as wages to forty archers with horses chosen by
Hugh Tyrel the king's yeoman, to set out in the king's service, to wit for
4 days at 6d. a day each, as the king ordered the sheriff of Salop to pay
wages to them until their arrival at London. |
April 22.
Berkhampstead. |
To Thomas de Melcheburn and William de Snoryng, collectors of
customs in the port of Lenn. Order to pay to John atte Fen, Reginald
de Walton and John de Betelee, merchants, the arrears of 212l. 10s. 10d.,
which he ordered the collectors to pay to them on 29 July last [as in this
Calendar 12 Edward III, page 437], but the collectors have not cared to do
this hitherto by reason of a commission to William de la Pole of the issues
of the subsidy and custom in that port, and the king does not wish his
previous order to be prejudiced by reason of the subsequent order made in
favour of William. By C. |
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Vacated because it was surrendered and they have another writ to the other
collectors of customs in that port, as appears in the Close Roll of the 14th year
in the first part. |
July 25.
Kennington. |
To Thomas de Metham, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause John de
Trewyk, son and heir of Henry de Trewyk, 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 John has proved his age before the escheator, the king has
taken his fealty, has rendered the said lands to him and given him
respite for his homage until Christmas next, unless the king return to
England in the mean time. By C. |
July 24.
Windsor. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit William de Northwell, keeper of the wardrobe, or his attorneys, to lade 40 sacks of wool in that port and take them
thence to Andewerp without paying the custom or subsidy due thereon,
because he has paid 2 marks to the king for the custom on each sack. |
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By p.s. |
July 10.
Berkhampstead. |
To the sheriff of Norfolk. Whereas the king caused certain ships of
ports in that bailiwick and other places to be prepared for war for the
defence of the realm, and provided with victuals, at the cost of the towns
and ports whence they came, to be sent to a certain place, to set out in
the company of Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of
the Thames towards the North, and because the setting out of the ships
might be retarded by the provision of victuals if aid were not otherwise
given to the men of the said towns, the king ordered the sheriff to
cause victuals to be purveyed by the advice of the admiral or of those
deputed by him, by indenture made with those from whom the victuals
were taken, paying the men for the victuals with the first issues of his
bailiwick, if the sheriff had no money ready, and to deliver the victuals to
the admiral or his deputy, to be distributed among the men of the ships
in aid of their maintenance; and the admiral took a ship of war with
forty mariners and victuals for three months of John Irpe of Ipswich,
beyond the ships ordained to set out with the fleet, as may appear by the
admiral's letters patent in John's possession, he says, wherefore John has
besought the king to satisfy him for the victuals; the king therefore orders
the sheriff to pay John the price of those victuals, having made an
indenture with John thereupon, after viewing the admiral's letter. |
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By C. |
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Membrane 25. |
July 3.
Berkhampstead. |
To Thomas de Metham, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to
Margaret late the wife of Ranulph de Dacre, the manors of Irthyngton
Burgh and Kirkosewold, and the following wood and advowsons, and not
to intermeddle further with the manors of Barton and Hoff, restoring the
issues of the manors and wood to her, having taken her fealty, as the king
has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that she and Ranulph, at
his death, jointly held for themselves and the heirs of their bodies the
manors of Irthyngton and Burgh upon Sands and 1,000 acres of wood in
the manor of Laysyngby and the advowsons of the priory of Lanercost and
of the church of Ayketon, co. Cumberland, by a fine levied in the late king's
court; and that Ranulph held jointly with Margaret the manor of
Kirkeswald and the advowson of the church there as parcel of the manor
of Burgh; and the manor of Barton except a messuage and 1,000 acres of
moor and pasture there, and the manor of Hoff, co. Westmorland, and that
the manors of Irthyngton, Burgh and Kirkosewald, the wood and advowsons
are held in chief, Irthyngton by homage and fealty and the service of a
knight's fee; Burgh by homage and fealty and by cornage of rendering
9l. 12s. 3d. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle by the hands of the sheriff
of the county at the term of the Assumption, and the wood by itself as
parcel of the manor of Burgh; the advowson of the priory by itself
as parcel of the manor of Irthyngton and the advowson of Ayketon church
by itself as parcel of the manor of Burgh; the manor of Kirkeosewald by
itself with the advowson of the church as parcel of the manor of Burgh,
by the same service; and the manors of Barton and Hoff are held of
others than the king. |
July 9.
Berkhampstead. |
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver a third
part of the manor of Wymondham, an eighth part of the manor of
Bokenham, 9 messuages, 156 acres ¼ rood of land, 5½ acres of meadow, 3
acres of pasture, 7s. 0½d. rent and a rent of two sparrowhawks, and a
moiety of a pasture called 'Rowedyk' in New Bokenham, Old Bokenham,
Atilburgh, and Elyngham, co. Norfolk, to Alice late the wife of William
de Bernak, whose fealty the king has taken, together with the issues
thereof; as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator,
that William and Alice held the said tenements jointly, at William's death,
of the gift and enfeoffment of Gilbert de Bernak, parson of Tateshale
church and of John de Gyselyngham, parson of Wolverton church, by the
licence of the late king, and that the tenements, which formerly belonged
to the earl of Arundel are held in chief by serjeanty, to wit by the service
of acting as the king's butler on the day of his coronation. |
July 11.
Kennington. |
To the sheriff of Middlesex. Order to cause a coroner for that county
to be elected in place of John de Oisterle, who is insufficiently qualified. |
July 4.
Berkhampstead. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to
Isabella late the wife of Thomas de Litleton 6 acres of land and 2½ acres
of pasture in Wardon co. Bedford, together with the issues thereof from
6 August in the 8th year of the reign, in aid of the maintenance of her
children, as the king ordered the sheriff of Bedford to deliver the premises
to her together with the issues thereof [as in this Calendar 11 Edward III,
page 21] and the sheriff returned that the premises were committed to him,
by the king's writ of the exchequer, to be kept safely, answering to the
king for the issues thereof, so that he could not deliver them to Isabella
without a writ of the exchequer discharging him of the issues; the king
therefore ordered the treasurer and barons to deliver the premises to Isabella
together with the issues thereof, or to show cause in chancery why they
should not do so; and they certified that the sheriff of Bedford has in his
custody by the king's commission 10 acres of land and 4 acres of pasture
in Wardon, which came into the late king's hands by reason of the alienation
thereof made by John de Boweles to divers men without licence, and
because there is nothing at the exchequer concerning the lands mentioned
in the king's writ, and it is not known there whether the 6 acres of land
and 2½ acres of meadow are parcel of the 10 acres of land and 4 acres of
meadow, they did not proceed to execute the order, and it is testified
before the king in chancery that the 6 acres and 2½ acres are parcel of the
10 acres and 4 acres. |
July 12.
Berkhampstead. |
To the same. Order to allow 8 marks 16d. to the sheriff of Salop
and Stafford if they find him to have paid that sum to Adam de Hopton,
the king's clerk, appointed to control the sum of wool received by the
sheriff and by Nicholas de Picheford, William le Skynnere, Roger Wride
and Thomas le Goldesmyth, collectors of wool in those counties, and the expenses incurred in weighing, packing and sending the wool to parts beyond
the sea, as the king ordered the sheriff to pay Adam 2s. a day for 54 days
for which wages were in arrear to him. By C. |
June 22.
Kennington. |
To the sheriff of Devon. Order to expend up to 10l. in repairing the
houses, towers, gates and buildings of Exeter castle, by the testimony of
the mayor of Exeter. By C. |
July 20.
Kennington. |
To the sheriff of Suffolk and the bailiffs of Orford. Order to sell, by
the view and testimony of Ralph de Bockyng and Nicholas Bonde, 14½
tuns of wine which were laded in a ship with other wine and victuals to be
taken to the king to parts beyond the sea, and the king previously ordered
them to sell it [as at page 149 above] and he has now learned that they have
delayed to do so because the wine is weak and of very small value and they
feared they would be charged beyond the value of the same in their
account. By C. |
July 26.
Kennington. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to account with Herbert de Gresseby, for the time when he was employed upon the king's affairs, and to pay him such wages as were paid to
Nicholas de Staunford, as on 30 April in the 12th year of the reign the
king appointed the sheriff of Lincoln, Nicholas and Herbert to buy and
purvey 500 quarters of wheat, 800 quarters of malt, 500 quarters of oats,
32 tuns of wine and 112 quarters of coarse salt in co. Lincoln, for the
maintenance of the king's lieges in garrison in divers castles and towns of
Scotland and the siege of Dunbar castle and elsewhere in those parts, and
to do other things contained in the letters patent. By C. |
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To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to pay to Hugh le Hunt, attorney
of Queen Philippa, 40 marks in aid of repairing the great wall of the castle
of Bristol, which the queen holds for life, by the king's grant. |
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By the keeper and C. |
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To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to William de Weston,
the king's serjeant at arms, who stayed for the safe custody of Southampton in the company of Ed[mund] de la Beche, late keeper of that town,
from 4 April last until 14 July, by the king's order, his wages of
12d. daily. By the keeper and C. |
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To the sheriff of Kent. Order to deliver the axes, scythes, sickles,
stamps and other iron instruments bought by him for the king's use, to
Thomas de Baddeby, the king's clerk, by indenture, to be taken to the king
to parts beyond the sea, as is enjoined upon Thomas. By C. |
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To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, Dublin. Order to
inspect the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer for the time when
John de Cherleton was justiciary, and to pay him without delay the arrears
what he ought to receive for his fee by reason of that office and for the
wages of the men whom he retained in the king's service in Ireland for
that time. By C. |
