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May 25.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas lately at the
suit of Guy Brian, the king's yeoman, constable of the castle of St. Briavels
and keeper of the forest of Dene, beseeching the king to discharge him of
the custody of the castle and forest or to cause the ferm for the same to be
diminished in accordance with what the profits and emoluments pertaining
to the castle and forest, without making waste in the forest, can now be
worth, as the king committed that custody to him for rendering 160l
yearly at the exchequer and because divers commodities and profits anciently
pertaining to the castle and forest have been withdrawn by grants made by
the king and his progenitors to divers men, so that he cannot answer
for the entire ferm without suffering great damage or by the excessive
destruction and waste of the forest, the king appointed by letters patent
Gilbert Talbot and John Gogh, clerk, to extend the castle and forest, and to
take an inquisition by lawful men of co. Gloucester concerning the true
value of the same and of the profits and commodities pertaining thereto,
and concerning those which have been withdrawn and in what manner;
and by the inquisition it is found that all the profits pertaining to the castle
and forest are extended at 117l. 4s. 5¾d. and that in the time of Robert
Walran, a former fermor of the same by whom the castle and forest were
first assessed at 160l. and in the time of other fermors, certain great forges
with other smaller royal forges in the forest, which rendered 26l. 19s. 3d.
to the fermor of the forest, were destroyed by Robert at the king's order, to
avoid the destruction of the forest and that Henry sometime king of England
gave a fishery of the River Severn near Rodele, to Edmund his son, which
fishery used to be worth 18l. yearly to the fermor of the forest, and that
Edward, the late king gave to the abbot of Tynterne in frank almoin,
without rendering any rent, the moiety of a weir in the Weya, which formerly
paid 25s. to the fermor of the forest, and that the late king, Edward I, and
the present king by their charters gave certain lands of the forest to divers
men, which render 33l. yearly to the king, and that a perambulation was
made in the forest by the late king's writ, whereby the forest is diminished
by a fourth and the issues and profits of the forest are diminished owing to
the causes aforesaid; the king preferring that the ferm shall be diminished
rather than allow waste and destruction in the forest by the levying of the
ferm has granted that Guy shall hold the said castle and forest during good
conduct, rendering 120l. yearly at the exchequer for Michaelmas term last
and henceforth so long as he holds the custody, and that he shall be
discharged of the residue of the ferm; and now the king has learned from
Guy's complaint that although a rent of 9s. yearly which the abbot paid for
36 acres of land and the king's demesne lands in Neulond demised to him
at ferm, are contained in the said sum of 117l. 4s. 5¾d. at which the castle
and forest are newly extended, yet the treasurer and barons cause the said
9s. to be exacted of Guy for the king beyond the said 120l. yearly, and
unjustly distrain him for the same; the king therefore orders the treasurer
and barons to view the transcript of the extent of the castle and forest,
lately sent to the exchequer under the half-seal (sub pede sigilli) and if they
find that the said 9s. are contained in the said sum of 117l. 4s. 5¾d. then
they shall cause the demand made upon Guy for 9s. yearly beyond the 120l.
yearly to be superseded. |
May 4.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of Boston. Order to permit Walter Rabot, merchant of Malyns in Brabant,
to take 6 sarplars and a pocket of wool which he bought before the grant of
20,000 sacks of wool to the king, to parts beyond the sea, if he take oath that
they were so bought, and if they find that it is so, by inquisition or otherwise,
receiving from him 40s. a sack for the custom and subsidy, as he has
besought the king to grant that he may so take them for the custom and
subsidy due thereon at the time of the buying thereof, as the wool is not yet
taken out because of certain proclamations forbidding wool to be taken out
of the realm, and the king has considered the services rendered to him by
the duke of Brabant and his subjects, and has granted Walter the said permission. By K. and C. |
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To the late takers, purveyors and surveyors of wool in the ports of
Lyndeseye, co. Lincoln. Order to cause the said sarplars and pocket to be
dearrested and delivered to Walter, to be taken to Brabant, as they were
arrested by the takers, purveyors and surveyors and by Walter de Beteley,
the king's serjeant at arms, by virtue of certain commissions and orders of
the king to them. |
May 28.
Westminster |
To the seneschal of Gascony for the present or the future or to him who
supplies his place there. Whereas Reymund Vital, serjeant of Peter
Garcie, the king's merchant, made a pact at Sandwich with John de Tholosa,
master of the 'St. Marie' of San Sebastian, that John should bring
three packs of woollen cloth and other merchandise to the value of 400l. in
that ship to the port of Bordeaux and there deliver it to Peter, to which
John bound himself; and afterwards the cloth and merchandise were lost
by John's craft and fault, as contrary to the agreement he placed them in
another ship of medium size, instead of in the said great ship, and the
cloth and merchandise were plundered by Domenic de Vidard and his
accomplices in the river Jermid, and although the provost, alcaldes and
jurats of San Sebastian were thrice solicited by the seneschal's letters to
compel John to satisfy Peter for the goods so plundered and the damages
and expenses in connection therewith, yet they have failed to do justice,
asserting that the king of Spain had strictly prohibited them from
presuming to arrest John or his goods, granting him a safe
guard and refusing to permit justice to be done to Peter; and the
seneschal, having viewed the said process and requests and having
taken deliberation upon the matter, because he found that the
provost, alcaldes and jurats did not do justice to Peter after so many
requests and that the king unjustly protected John after the delict had been
intimated to him and that the said goods were worth 400l., decreed that the
goods of the men of San Sebastian and of others of the realm of Spain
coming to the king's dominions should be arrested and detained in the king's
hand until Peter should be fully satisfied for the said 400l. or until otherwise ordained, as is fully contained in the king's letters patent under his
seal used for contracts at Bordeaux, shown before the king and his council;
the king assisted by the council approves the action of the senschal and
wishes all the goods of the men of San Sebastian coming into the realm to
be arrested in accordance with the said decree until 200l. in part satisfaction
of the 400l. have been paid to Peter, and he has deferred this against the
other subjects of the king of Spain who are not of San Sebastian out of
reverence for that king, although he is not bound by law, and he wishes
the seneschal to cause the arrest decreed by him for the remaining 200l. and
damages to be made; the king therefore orders him to proceed to the arrest of
the goods in accordance with his decree, up to the sum of the remaining 200l.
and the damages, until Peter is satisfied for the 200l. and damages or until
further order, and to certify the king concerning the goods arrested and
their value, and of all his action in the matter. By K. and C. |
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To William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, constable of Dover castle and
warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place. Order to
cause all the goods and merchandise of the men of San Sebastian found in
the liberty of the Cinque Ports to be arrested up to the sum of 200l. in part
satisfaction of the said 400l. and to keep them until satisfaction is done to
Peter for the said 200l., until further order, and to certify the king of the
value and nature of the goods so arrested and the owners thereof and of all
his action in the premises, as the king wishes such goods to be arrested in
accordance with the decree of Oliver de Ingham, seneschal of Gascony. |
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By K. and C. |
June 10.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order, upon sight of these presents, to deliver
to Henry earl of Derby or to his attorney, 10 sacks of wool which brother John
Paumer, proctor in England of the abbot of Fécamp, delivered to Thomas
de Bradestan in part payment of 500 marks which the king assigned to
Thomas to be received yearly of the ferm which the proctor renders yearly
for the custody of the lands pertaining to the abbot in England, which are
in the king's hand for certain causes, and which the sheriff and John
Flemyng lately arrested for the king at the manor of Wormynghirst, as
although the king ordered the sheriff to retain that wool until further order,
it has been testified to him by those in whom he has confidence that the
wool belongs to the earl. By K. |
June 8.
The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with
Thomas Powys, warden of the scholars of the king's hall, Cambridge, for his
costs and expenses in repairing his houses there, and further to do what
the nature of the account requires, as on 22 February in the 12th year of
the reign, the king ordered the prior and convent of St. Neots to pay to
Thomas 20l. of the ferm which they were bound to pay for Easter term
following for the custody of their lands, which were taken into the king's
hand for certain causes, in aid of repairing the said houses. |
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June 8.
Langley. |
To the sheriff of Sussex. Repetition of an order to detain the 10 sacks
of wool arrested by him and John Flemyng at the manor of Wormynghirst
which brother John Paumer delivered to Thomas de Bradestan in part
payment of 500 marks assigned to him by the king, until another order
making mention of the present order, upon pain of the triple value of the
said wool. By K. |
June 2.
The Tower. |
To the takers and receivers in co. Kent of the wool granted in the last
parliament at Westminster. Order to deliver 330 sacks of wool to the
duke of Guelders or to his attorney, by indenture, as in part satisfaction of
certain debts in which the king, the duke and certain other lieges are
bound to Simon de Hale, and of debts in which the king is bound to the
duke, the king has granted to him 1,030 sacks of wool, to wit: of co. Lincoln
300 sacks, of co. Kent 330 sacks, of co. Buckingham 200 sacks and of co.
Northampton 200 sacks, to be received of the first wool levied for the king
in those counties. By p.s. [14125.] |
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The like to the takers etc. in co. Lincoln for 300 sacks, in co. Buckingham for 200 sacks and in co. Northampton for 200 sacks of wool. |
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By the same writ. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to charge Robert
Darraynes, sometime sheriff of Northumberland, to answer for any rents,
ferms or profits anciently pertaining to the king in that county which he
has not levied and could not levy because the lands in the county are so
destroyed and wasted by the frequent attacks of the Scots, as he has shown
the king, if they find by inquisition or otherwise that he has not been able
to levy such profits etc. for the cause aforesaid, yet that the treasurer and
barons intend to charge him with all the said rents, ferms and profits. |
May 20.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to pay to Robert de Thynden,
chaplain, whom the king appointed to celebrate divine service for himself
and his heirs, the souls of his progenitors and of all the faithful
departed, in the king's chapel in the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, what
is in arrear to him of 100s. which the king granted that he should receive
yearly during pleasure of the issues of that county by the hands of the
sheriff, and to pay him 100s. yearly henceforth so long as he is sheriff and
Robert celebrates in the chapel, notwithstanding any order to take those
issues to the king's receipt. |
