Close Rolls, Henry IV: February 1404 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 2, 1402-1405. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1929.

'Close Rolls, Henry IV: February 1404', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV: Volume 2, 1402-1405, (London, 1929) pp. 245-259. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen4/vol2/pp245-259 [accessed 11 April 2024]

February 1404



Feb. 14. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Wiltesir for election of a coroner instead of Walter Porter of Devises, who is dead.
Feb. 12. Westminster.	To Robert Claydoun the king's clerk, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order, after payment in the hanaper of the fee in such a case due and accustomed for the king's seal, without taking the fine to deliver to the citizens and commonalty of Norwich a charter in his keeping whereby, for a fine of 100 marks paid in his chamber, the king has granted divers liberties to them, their heirs and successors. By K.
Feb. 3. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Worcester for election of a coroner instead of William Belcham 'bocher,' who is too sick and aged to travail in performance of that office, as the king has learned.
Feb. 5. Westminster.	Like order to the sheriff of Hereforde in regard to John Helyoun.
	Membrane 10.
Jan. 16. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Hereforde for election of a coroner in the city of Hereforde instead of William Braynton, who is dead.
Feb. 13. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Notyngham for the time being. Order every year to pay to William Grysley 6d. a day, and to pay him the arrears since 5 October 1 Henry IV, on which date the king confirmed letters patent whereby for good service the late king granted for life to the said William, one of his archers of the crown, 6d. a day of the issues of that county.
	Et erat patens.
Feb. 9. Westminster.	To Thomas Rempston constable of the Tower of London and to his lieutenant. Order to receive Mordike le Fife from one who shall deliver him on behalf of the king, to be kept in custody in the Tower until further order.
	[Fœdera.]
Feb. 16. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of York for election of a coroner instead of Robert Mundesdere, who is too sick and aged to exercise the office of coroner.
	Membrane 9.
Feb. 17. Westminster.	To the escheator in Herefordshire. Order to take the fealty of John Warde, and to give him and Isabel his wife livery of a manor in Aylton and the advowson of Aylton chapel, with the issues of the said manor taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Christina Broye at her death held a manor there containing six virgates and a half of land, with the said advowson, by feoffment of John Couley and Richard Ruydynge chaplains made with licence of the late king to her and Robert Broye sometime her husband for their lives, with remainder to the said John and Isabel, who are of full age, and to the heirs of the said Isabel's body, and that the same is held by serjeanty of following the king in his army within that county at the costs of the tenants so long as he shall be there, and without the county at cost of the king, namely 12d. a day.
Feb. 14. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Stafford for the time being. Order every year to pay to Richard Peeke 6d. a day during his life, and to pay him the arrears since 15 July 1 Henry IV, on which date upon petition of Elizabeth who was wife of Nicholas Daudeley of Helegh knight and for his own good service, the king granted to the said Richard for life 6d. a day of the issues and profits of that county.
	Et erat patens.
Feb. 19. Westminster.	To the sheriffs of London. Order by mainprise of George Goldsmyth, John Haddoun 'draper,' William Balle 'taillour' and Thomas Horsy 'coteler,' all of London, to set free John Okethorp citizen and 'sherman' of London, if taken at suit of William Trethaek averring threats.
Feb. 4. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not to trouble William Wroth esquire for his homage, releasing any distress upon him made; as for a fine paid in the hanaper the king respited to a day past his homage due for all lands of his heritage which Baldwin de Radyngton knight deceased held in chief by the courtesy of England after the death of Maud his wife mother of the said William, whose heir the said William is; and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [3924.]
Feb. 6. Westminster.	To Nicholas Gowere escheator in Yorkshire. Order to give John son of Elizabeth who was wife of Robert de Wylughby knight seisin of all lands of his heritage which the said Robert at his death held in right of the said Elizabeth by the courtesy of England; as he has proved his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage and fealty. By p.s. [3928.]
	To the escheator in Lincolnshire. Like order; as the said John has proved his age before Nicholas Gowere.
	Like writs to the escheators in the following counties:
	Norhampton.
	Bedford and Bukingham.
	Hertford.
	Membrane 8.
Feb. 21. Westminster.	To the escheator in Warwickshire. Order to take the fealty of Walter Holt, and to give him seisin of the manor of Spernore; as it is found by inquisition, taken before Alan Waldyzeve late escheator, that William Spernore at his death held for life that manor of Richard son and heir of Thomas earl of Warrewyk, late within age and in ward of the king, as of Warrewyk castle by the service of half a knight's fee, with reversion to the said Walter as son and heir of Eleanor daughter of Nicholas Dirvassall; and the said Walter has proved his age before John Braas escheator in Worcestershire.
Feb. 22. Westminster.	To John Bedeforde escheator in Bedfordshire. Order to take the fealty of Thomas son and heir of Thomas Frambalde, tenant by knight service of the heir of Hugh earl of Stafforde then within age and in ward of the late king, and to give him seisin of his father's lands; as he has proved his age before the escheator.
Feb. 12. Westminster.	To the justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order, upon petition of Elizabeth late the wife of William de Monte Acuto earl of Salisbury, to proceed to rendering of judgment in the cause hereinafter mentioned, the allegation of Henry Tilman and Katherine his wife and the king's writ of privy seal notwithstanding; as by letters patent of 29 April 2 Henry IV the king granted to Katherine Faukener, until he should take other order for her estate to that value, the manor of Woneforde co. Devon of the value of 10 marks a year it is said, which was of John de Monte Acuto late earl of Salisbury, and came to the king's hands by his forfeiture; and it was after found by inquisition, taken before John Hulle knight and Robert son of Robert Hulle by virtue of a commission from the king, that at the time of his marriage with the petitioner and long after the said William was solely seised of that manor, and after gave it to John de Monte Acuto his brother, father of the said earl John, and to his heirs, that John the father and the said William have long been dead, that John the late earl entered the same as son and heir of his said father, and continued his seisin thereof until the time of his insurrection against the king, and that it came to the king's hands by his forfeiture; and at suit of the said Elizabeth, shewing that she is thereof dowable for that her husband was thereof seised at the time of their marriage and after, and praying assignment and livery of her dower, the king ordered the sheriff to give notice to Henry Tilman, who took the said Katherine to wife, and to her to be in chancery in the quinzaine of Trinity last in order to shew cause wherefore the grant to her ought not to be revoked as to one third part of the manor, and that part assigned to the said Elizabeth, and the sheriff returned that he gave them notice by John Basset, John Tribell, William Hamstede and Richard Combre; and at that day they appeared by Richard Gabriell their attorney, and the said Elizabeth by John Mapilton the elder, and they alleged that they are tenants of the manor by grant of the king to the said Katherine while sole, and without the king ought not to answer, craving aid of the king, whereupon a day was given in chancery to the parties in the quinzaine of St. John Baptist then next, and the said Elizabeth was told to sue with the king for leave to proceed if she should think fit; and at that day she produced a writ of privy seal de procedendo addressed to Henry bishop of Lincoln the chancellor, with proviso that he should not proceed to rendering of judgment without advising the king, and the said Henry and Katharine said that long before his marriage with the petitioner earl William made a feoffment of the manor to John his brother and to his heirs in fee, that the said John died seised of such an estate, that after his death the manor descended to John the late earl as son and heir, that after his death it came to the king's hands by his forfeiture, that the king granted it to the said Katherine as aforesaid, and that they are now seised of that estate, without that that earl William was thereof seised after his said marriage, or of such an estate that the petitioner is thereof dowable, craving judgment whether the said grant ought to be revoked, or dower given her; and now the petitioner has shewn the king that pleading proceeded before the king to proof of the country, and that the record and process in chancery being sent for debate before the king, a day was there given to the parties, that Henry and Katherine appeared by their said attorney, and the petitioner by John Lopenforde, and that the justices are taking no heed to proceed to rendering of judgment without special command of the king, although upon process being continued until Wednesday after the Circumcision she appeared at Exeter before John Hulle one of the justices aforesaid, William Hankeforde being joined with him according to the statute, and the said Henry and Katherine came not, as appears by record of the said justice sent before the king.
Feb. 27. Westminster.	To William Burnham late keeper of Caux castle co. Salop. Order to suffer John Prendregest knight to have the keeping thereof from the last day of February next, not meddling in the same thenceforward; as among other castles, manors, lands etc. of Edmund late earl of Stafford remaining in the king's hand by reason of the nonage of Humphrey his son and heir, the king has granted that castle to the queen during his nonage, and she with assent of the king has by indenture granted the rule and keeping of the same to the said John for one year from the day aforesaid.
	Membrane 7.
Feb 21. (fn. 1) Westminster.	To John Hulle, William Rykhulle, William Hankeford, William Brynchesley, John Wadham, Robert Hulle and John Prestecote. Order, by advice of the council and of the justices and serjeants at law, to proceed to take an assize of novel disseisin concerning tenements in Bothemeston and Canyngton before them arraigned by John son of Peter Tryvet against John Pokeswelle and others notwithstanding the king's writ hereinafter mentioned; as upon information that the said defendant is within age and in his ward, and that if the assize should proceed prejudice and disherison might easily happen to the defendant, especially as the king is bound to give up all lands of heirs in his ward when they shall come of age as fully as they came to his hands, the king commanded them not to proceed to take that assize during that wardship without advising him; but it is found by inquisition, of his office taken before John Manyngford late escheator in Somerset after the death of John Pokeswelle father of the defendant, that the deceased held no lands in chief in demesne nor in service, and it thereby appears that the said tenements are not in the king's hand, neither were they seized by the father's death or by reason of the son's nonage. By p.s. [3936.]
Feb. 22. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order, for particular causes now moving the king, to dearrest a ship of the earl of Suffolk called 'la Cristofre' of Hull, a ship of Robert Kylyngholme called 'le James' of Hull, a ship of John Warners called 'le Nicolas,' a ship of William Burton called 'le Bartilmewe,' a crayer of John Holmes of Hull and Robert de Wodes, a ship of Peter Gylysoun of Camfer, a ship of William Peressoun of Camfre, and a ship of John Peressoun of Camfer arrested in that port by virtue of the king's command, suffering them to pass to the staple of Calais with wool, the arrest thereof notwithstanding. By C.
Feb. 24. Westminster.	To all sheriffs etc. to whom etc. Order to suffer the men of the king's manor of Brikstoke co. Norhampton, which is of the ancient demesne of the crown, as the king is assured by certificate of the late king's treasurer and chamberlains sent into chancery by his command, to be quit of payment of toll to the said sheriffs etc. or to any of them, as they ought to be, and as they and all other the men thereof have ever heretofore been used to be, releasing any distress upon them made; as according to the custom heretofore kept and approved in the realm men of the ancient demesne are and ought to be thereof quit throughout the realm.
	Et erat patens.
Feb. 24. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Notyngham for the time being. Order to pay to Thomas earl marshal, son and heir of Thomas earl of Notyngham, 20l. a year and the arrears since Michaelmas last; as by letters patent of 12 February 6 Richard II, willing to do honour to the person of Thomas Moubray of Axiholme according to the nobleness of his birth and to his merits, that by his power and prudence the sceptre might be supported, the late king gave to him and the heirs male of his body the name and honour of earl, advancing him to be earl of Notyngham, girding him with the sword and investing him therewith, and gave to him and his said heirs 20l. a year of the issues of the county of Notyngham; and the king has granted to Thomas the son livery of all castles, manors, lordships, towns, boroughs, lands, farms, rents, services, liberties, chaces, parks, warrens, knights' fees, advowsons, markets, fairs, courts etc. in England, Wales and Ireland and in Calais of Margaret duchess of Norffolk his father's grandmother and of his father, in the king's hand by their death and by reason of the earl's nonage, with all farms, issues and profits thereof due or arising from Michaelmas last.
Jan. 23. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Dertemuth. Order, for urgent causes specially moving the king and council, to dearrest all ships and vessels of the realm now laded with goods or merchandise which are in that port arrested by the serjeants at arms or otherwise by command of the king, suffering them to depart thence that arrest notwithstanding, but instructing the owners and masters thereof to pass thence all together and not singly in the safest way they can, as shall seem best for the safety of their ships and goods and of their persons and the seamen. By K. and C.
Feb. 27. Westminster.	To the customers, searcher and controller in the port of Suthampton, Plymmuth or Dertemuth. Order to suffer Martin de Sensu doctor of laws, the ambassador in England of the king of Portugal, who with licence of the king is shortly sailing to his own parts, to pass thither in one of those ports with five and twenty persons and fifteen horses, taking with him wallets, valises, coffers, fardels and other his property and harness whatsoever without opening such wallets etc., any ordinances, proclamations or commands to the contrary notwithstanding.
	[Fœdera; where erroneously attributed to 2 Henry IV, 1401.]
Feb. 11. Westminster.	To the justices appointed to hold pleas before the king. Order, upon petition of Alice who was wife of Richard Engleys, to proceed to rendering of judgment in the cause hereinafter mentioned, the prohibition in the king's former writ and the allegation of John Redryce notwithstanding; as King Edward III by letters patent gave to the said Richard his yeoman, now deceased, and to the said Alice for their lives the office of gauging wines in the town of Bristol with the fees and profits thereto pertaining, even as Thomas de Colle in his life time had by grant of that king, and Queen Philippa granted to him, by name of Richard Englis, and to the said Alice, after the death of Robert de Gyene the serjeanty of the tidal river (aque maritime) within the liberty of that town which was of the said Robert, and the said king by other letters patent, willing to shew them greater favour, confirmed that grant after the said Robert's death, granting that they should either of them hold that serjeanty for life if they should survive the queen, and by letters patent of 23 March 1 Richard II the late king confirmed those grants, as did the king by letters patent of 6 November 1 Henry IV, further granting that during her life the said Alice might exercise the office of gauger and the said serjeanty by herself and by deputies for whom she would answer, taking the wages, fees, liberties, profits etc. thereto belonging as freely as she or any other used to do; and by other letters patent of 12 December last (sic) the king committed to John Redryce during pleasure the keeping of the offices of gauger in the port of Bristol and 'waterbaillie' therein, with all fees and profits thereto pertaining, rendering yearly 20l. at the exchequer; and when the said Alice after shewed the king that the offices of gauger of wines in the town of Bristol and of gauger in that port are one and the same, and the offices of the serjeanty of the tidal river and of 'waterbaille' likewise, as she is ready to prove, that she and the said Richard during his life, and she after his death did hold and exercise the same by virtue of the grants etc. aforesaid, but that by colour of the commission to the said John she was unlawfully thrust out, praying revocation of his commission and restitution, the king ordered the sheriff of Bristol to give the said John notice to be in chancery at a day now past in order to shew cause wherefore that ought not to be done; and at suit of the said Alice, shewing that the cause was sent for debate before the king, that John Redryce alleged the commission aforesaid, with power to the king to take the said offices again if the rent should be forty days in arrear, producing in court the letters patent dated Westminster 12 December 4 Henry IV, and that so he is thereof tenant by commission of the king, craving aid of the king, and shewing that by reason thereof the justices deferred to proceed, the king commanded them to proceed that allegation notwithstanding, so that they should not proceed to rendering of judgment without advising him; and now her petition shews that pleading has proceeded to rendering of judgment, but that because of that express prohibition the justices have deferred to render the same.
	To Thomas Rempston constable of the Tower of London and to his lieutenant. Order to receive David Lloit ap Gr[onou] With, Jevan Lloit ap Jevan ap David ap Meurik, Jevan ap Nicoll, Jevan ap Gilbard, Ll[ewelyn] ap Griffith Gethyn, Jevan ap Thomas and John Sparwe from such as shall deliver them on behalf of the king, and to keep them in custody in the Tower until further order.
	To the sheriffs of London. Order to receive David ap Rys, David ap Ybougham, David ap Ll[ewelyn], Res ap Jevan Vuchan, Gr[onou] ap Henry, Gillim ap Jevan ap Ygof, Philip ap David ap Atha, Jevan ap Madoc, Ll[ewelyn] ap Madoc, Jevan ap Redderch, Jevan ap Res Moel, Ho[wel] Gam, Jankyn ap Gwillim, Ho[wel] ap David ap Jevan Goch, Ll[ewelyn] ap Res, Eynon ap Gro[nou] ap Eynon, Ho[wel] ap Jevan Gwynn, Gr[onou] ap Gwillim, Jankyn ap Ll[ewelyn] ap Jevan Lloyt, Jam ap Gweydde, Ll[ewelyn] ap David Lloyt, Ho[wel] ap David Ddun, Gr[onou] ap Philip ap Gwillim, Ho[wel] ap David ap Ll[ewelyn], Gr[onou] ap Res, Jankyn Dounyng, Ll[ewelyn] ap Gr[onou], Ho[wel] ap Garmoun, Ll[ewelyn] ap Y Coch, David ap Res ap David ap Jorwerth, Gr[onou] Daylour, Res ap Gwillim Vuchan, Jevan ap Gr[onou] ap Trahaern, Jevan Daylour, Jevan ap Gr[onou] ap Jevan Vuchan, David Swuter, David ap Morus, Gwillim ap David Lloyt, David ap Gwillim, David ap Maddoc, Jevan ap David ap Aroun, Philip ap Jevan Ddun, Jevan ap Ll[ewelyn] ap Jevan Vuchan, Gr[onou] ap Jevan Lloyt, Ll[ewelyn] ap Meredyth ap Gwillim, Jevan ap Jevan Goch, Gr[onou] ap Jevan ap Res, Jevan ap Eynon, Gwillim ap David ap Ll[ewelyn], David ap Jevan ap Rosser, Gr[onou] Vardd', Gr[onou] ap Jevan ap Gr[onou], Jevan, Maddoc ap David, Philip ap Jevan ap David Solheis, Herri ap Jevan Ddun, Ho[wel] ap Jevan and Philip ap Gwillim from one who shall deliver them on behalf of the king, and to keep them in custody in 'Newegate' prison until further order.
	Membrane 6.
Feb. 29. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not to trouble William Bardolf knight, son of William Bardolf knight, for his homage, releasing any distress upon him made; as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken before William Appelyerde then escheator in Norffolk, that Agnes who was wife of William the father at her death held in dower a third part of the manor of Castre in Flegge by Yernemuth in chief by knight service, with reversion to William the son, by a feoffment made to William the son and to his heirs by the said William the brother (fn. 2) (sic), for a fine paid in the hanaper the king respited the homage of William the son until a day past, commanding livery thereof to be given him; and the king has now taken his homage. By p.s. [3952.]
Feb. 27. Westminster.	To the same. Order not to trouble Anne late the wife of Edmund earl of Stafford for her homage; as it is found by divers inquisitions, taken before William Castelacre late escheator in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, that at his death the earl held in chief in her right the view of frankpledge in Sauston, and died before doing homage and fealty for the lands of that heritage due by reason of issue between him and the said Anne begotten, the same having for divers fines been respited, for another fine paid in the hanaper the king respited the homage of the said Anne until a day yet to come, causing his hand to be removed; and the king has taken her homage. By p.s. [3948.]
March 3. Westminster.	To the sheriff of Kent. Order, upon petition of John Warner of London, John Fox of 'Estgrenewich' and John Canoun citizen of London, owners of a ship called 'la Trinite' of London laded with herring and other merchandise to be taken over to Scone, to make inquisition whether the seamen thereof escaped alive to land or no, and if so to deliver up to the owners the mast and merchandise cast ashore; as they have shewn the king that on the voyage the ship was split by a storm and sunk off the coast of England, and that certain dwellers near the coast have carried the said mast and merchandise to their own houses and other places within their power, under pretence that the same are wreck of the sea, although the seamen escaped alive. Proviso that they who travailed about the salvage thereof shall be reasonably contented.
March 6. Westminster.	To John de Leventhorp the king's esquire. Order to pay to Henry earl of Northumberland all moneys, rents, farms, issues, profits etc. of his castles, lordships, manors, lands etc. within the realm by the said John received, although by letters patent of 10 September last the king appointed him to collect and account for the same at the exchequer or elsewhere as the king should direct; as the king has revoked and annulled that commission, and the enrolment thereof in chancery. By p.s. [3962.]
Feb. 20. Westminster.	To the abbot and convent of Hales Oweyn for the time being. Order to pay to William Hethcote for life 10l. a year which the king has granted him of the fee farm of the manor of Rowley co. Stafford.
	Et erat patens.
Feb. 11. Westminster.	To the escheator in Somerset. Order to give Nicholas son of John Molyns seisin of a messuage, two water mills, a dovecot, 30 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 3 acres of pasture and 10s. of yearly rent in 'Southpederton,' but to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with 30 acres of land in Brugge, delivering to the said Nicholas any issues of those taken; as it is found by inquisition, taken before John Mucheldevere late escheator, that at his death John Molyns held that messuage etc. in 'Southpederton' as of the manor of 'Southpederton' by knight service of the heir of Giles Daubeney knight, a minor in ward of the late king, and the land in Brugge of others than that king, and that Nicholas his son is his next heir, and was then within age; and he proved his age before John Savage late escheator.
Feb. 26. Westminster.	To John Straunge escheator in Suffolk. Order to remove the king's hand from the manor called 'Stowehalle' and the issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, of his office taken before William Appelyerde late escheator, which the king has caused to come before him in chancery, that King Henry III gave that manor to the abbot and convent of St. Osith in Essex and to their successors, to find three canons to celebrate divine services in a chapel which there then was within the manor for the souls of that king, the queen, their children, forefathers and successors and them to whom he was bound, but the day or year the jurors knew not, and every week in the year on Wednesday and Friday to distribute 6 bushels of pease among the poor of the town, and once a year in the first week of Lent 12 bushels among the poor of Neutone co. Suffolk, to pray for the souls aforesaid and for the souls of all men quick and dead, that for more than sixty years the said chantry and alms of pease were honourably performed, with three canons celebrating day by day as aforesaid, that then with impious counsel of the convent the then abbot subtly withdrew to the abbey in Essex first one canon, then a second, then the third, and afterwards the alms of pease, that from that time until the taking of the inquisition they shamefully occupied the chapel with the swine, fowls (altilibus) and cattle of the manor, suffering it to fall in, contrary to the foundation ordinance, to the prejudice of the kings to follow and the souls for which the said poor were to pray, that the value of the manor is 50l. a year above reprises, and that the abbot and convent have taken the issues and profits thereof for eight and forty years past and more, and are not to answer to the king for the same, by colour whereof the said escheator took that manor into the king's hand, and it is in his hand; and that inquisition being read in chancery, and the matter understood, it seemed to the justices, serjeants at law and others of the council learned in the law that the seizure thereof was of no force, wherefore by their advice it was determined that the king's hands be removed.
Jan. 27. Westminster.	To the escheator in Norhamptonshire. Order to give Thomas de la Pole livery of the manor of Grafton and the issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Richard de la Pole at his death held the same in fee tail, by virtue of a fine levied in the late king's court in 7 Richard II between William de la Pole son of Michael de la Pole knight (militis) plaintiff and the said Michael deforciant, whereby the deforciant granted that manor to the plaintiff, then tenant thereof for life, and to the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Richard son of the said Michael and to the heirs male of his body, remainder to Thomas son of the said Michael, yet living and of full age, and to the heirs male of his body, that William and Richard are dead without issue male, wherefore the same ought to remain to the said Thomas as aforesaid, and that the manor is held in chief by knight service; and the king has taken the homage and fealty of the said Thomas for that manor and the manor of Marsshe co. Bukingham. By p.s. [3914.]
	To the escheator in Bukinghamshire. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning the manor of Marsshe.
March 26. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order, upon complaint of John Veelle master of a ship called 'le George' of Danske in Prucia and Ludekyn Clauxsoun of Amsterdam in Holland merchant, to deliver up to John Veelle his ship with all the gear and freight thereof, his victuals harness and other property whatsoever, and to the said Ludekyn and his fellows all other their goods, merchandise, victuals and harness in whose hands soever the same may be found, on behalf of the king warning every man whom they shall find rebellious herein under a pain of 40l. to put off all else and to be in person before the council on the morrow of St. Mark next in order to answer touching the premises and other things which shall be by the council laid against them, when justice shall be done them and the complainants, and certifying the names of such rebels that day, and all their own dealing in the matter; as their complaint shews that on their voyage to Durdreyght in Hollande John Hury of Kyngeston upon Hull and others his accomplices and servants near the coast of Selande before le Feer by force of arms took the said ship laded with certain lasts and barrels of 'bere,' barrels of flour and divers other victuals, harness, goods and merchandise of the complainants and of others their fellows, merchants and partners therein, of no small value, and brought it to Kyngeston upon Hull with the men and seamen, all the gear and the said goods, there detaining it and disposing of the same as they pleased; and of his regard for the master of Prucia and Duke Albert count of Hollande the king is favourably inclined to the complainants' suit. By K.
	Membrane 5.
Feb. 3. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Lincoln for election of a coroner in the parts of Hollande instead of John Gulle, who is insufficiently qualified.
	Like order in regard to William de Bleesby of Bleesby in the 'Southtredynge' co. Lincoln.
Jan. 29. Westminster.	Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to Thomas Forde in Cornwall, who is infirm and aged.
Jan. 24. Westminster.	Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to William atte Water in Bedfordshire, who is sick and aged.
Feb. 7. Westminster.	Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to John Burcy in Somerset, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 5. Westminster.	Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to Robert Somerville in Gloucestershire, who is dead.
Jan. 16. Westminster.	Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to Richard Jewel one of the verderers in the forest of Claryndoun in Wiltesir, who is too much engaged upon business of the king to exercise that office.
Feb. 13. Westminster.	To the escheator in Gloucestershire. Order to give Guy Whitynton and Cicely his wife, sister and heir of Richard Brounynge, livery of the manor of Rodbergh, eight messuages, one carucate of land upon the hill, two water mills, 5 acres of meadow, 5 acres of wood and 30s. of rent in Throp, saving the relief of the said Cicely if it ought to pertain to the king; as in a cause in chancery without writ of the king between the king and the said Guy and Cicely, which was after sent for debate before the king, it was determined that livery shall be given them of the said manor, lands etc., as appears by the record and process, the tenor whereof the king has caused to come before him in chancery.
— Westminster.	To the sheriffs of London. Order to deliver to John earl of Somerset captain of Calais, or to John Welles of Calais as his attorney, to be brought to Calais and stand to right according to the laws and customs of those parts touching certain misdeeds by them committed in the marches of Calais, John Yonge of Ireland and John Sonnynge, who are taken in London and imprisoned in the sheriffs' custody at suit of the said John Welles.
Feb. 1. Westminster.	To Thomas Beaufort knight admiral to the northward, or to his lieutenant. Order to summon the parties before them, to view and examine the record and process of a cause in the admiralty court before Richard de Grey of Codenore late admiral to the northward, which are yet before them there it is said, between Thomas earl of Arundell and John Tuttebury and William Terry of Kyngeston upon Hull merchants, and to proceed therein according to maritime law, and do justice to the parties the king's late writ of supersedeas notwithstanding; as the king took the matter of that cause into his own hand, to be debated and determined by advice of the council, commanding the late admiral to stay further proceedings, and to send before the king and council the record and process of that cause and all things concerning the same, which were then before him, but for particular causes the king's will is that it be determined in the admiralty court.
— Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Suthampton, and to the keepers of the passage and the searcher in that port. Order to deliver three bales of almonds and five bales of 'rys' to the attorneys or deputies of the fellowship of the Albertini, any arrest thereof made notwithstanding; as it is found by inquisition, taken before the mayor by virtue of a commission of the king to him addressed, that Nicholas Shawe of Suthampton and John Gerdeler of Huthe had those bales of the goods and merchandise of the said fellowship laded in a barge of Biscaie, Martin de Vagnisse of Artiaga master, that they were taken at sea contrary to the present truce, and that they are unsold and in the mayor's keeping.
Jan. 16. Westminster.	To the mayor of Dertemuth, the keepers of the passage in that port, John Hauley the elder, John Hauley the younger, and to all masters of ships, barges and balingers of the fleet last at sea. Order at their peril, upon petition of Garcius Piers master of a barge called 'la Seint Johan' of la Redo in the realm of Castille and Leon, to deliver up to him 1,200 bars of iron, 20 quintals of 'rosyn,' five ropes, two anchors, a boat, the seamen's chests and all the gear of his barge, and the freight to him due, and if they or any of them claim any right or interest therein or in any parcel thereof, order to be before the king and council at Westminster before the octaves of the Purification next, when justice shall be done them, to declare such right and interest; as his petition shews that the said barge laded with iron etc. was in October last taken at sea by men of Dertemuth, Bristol and Plymmouth and brought to Bristol, that by virtue of letters of the king he had restitution by men of Bristol of his barge and of 327 bars of iron, and that the residue above mentioned of his goods, gear, etc. was brought to Dertemuth; and the king's will is to cherish his previous friendship with the king of Castille and Leon. By K.
Jan. 12. Westminster.	To Thomas Erpyngham constable of Dovorre castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to his lieutenant. Order to cause a balinger called 'la Marie' of Burdeux, which was of Galiardus Provost of Bordeaux who forfeited to the king, and is now in the port of Sandewich it is said, and his goods and merchandise therein found, to be appraised by good men of Sandewich and delivered to Peter Cheriton, certifying in chancery the price thereof and all their dealing in the mater. Proviso that the said Peter shall answer at the exchequer for the said balinger and goods or the price thereof. By bill of the treasurer.
Jan. 21. Westminster.	To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order not to trouble William Harwedoun for his homage; as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken before Robert Haldenby then escheator in Norhamptonshire, that Isabel who was wife of William Seynt Johan at her death held for life the manor of Morton Pynkeneye in chief by service of the fourth part of one knight's fee by gift of Henry Grene knight, made with licence of the king to her and Giles de Sancto Johanne likewise deceased and to the heirs of the body of the said Giles, and that Margery wife of William Harwedoun is daughter and heir of the said Giles and cousin and next heir of the said Isabel, and of full age, for a fine paid in the hanaper the king respited until a day past the homage of William Harwedoun due by reason of issue between him and the said Margery begotten, commanding livery to be given them of that manor among other things; and the king has taken his homage.
Feb. 13. Westminster.	To Thomas Erpyngham knight constable of Dovorre castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, and to his lieutenant. Order, upon petition of Thomas Southam 'grocer' and Thomas Rafton 'mercer,' both of London, to give up to them and their fellows their merchandise cast ashore upon the Isle of Tanet within the liberty of the said ports; as their petition shews that a ship called the 'Marie Knyght,' John Gossarde master, was lately laded in the port of London by them and their fellows with divers merchandise to be taken to Bordeaux, that on the voyage it was off the said isle split by a storm and lost, that the men therein escaped alive to land, and that divers of their merchandise was there cast ashore within the said liberty.
Feb. 28. Westminster.	Order to the sheriff of Norhampton for election of a verderer of Rokyngham forest instead of Thomas Boyvyle knight, who is dead.
Feb. 26. Westminster.	To the customers, searcher and controller in the port of Suthampton, Plymmuth or Dertemuth. Order to suffer Martin de Sensu ambassador etc. to pass etc. (as above, p. 251), so that they take with them nought to the prejudice of the king or realm.
March 3. Westminster.	To the keeper of the marshalsea prison before the king. Order by advice of the council, upon petition of John Lynne chaplain now in the keeper's custody in the said prison, to set him free, suffering him to go his way; as for particular causes the king lately commanded him to be arrested and committed to the prison of the Tower of London, and caused him after to come before the justices appointed to hold pleas before the king to answer touching certain alleged treasons for which he was indicted; and now his petition shews that he is thereof acquitted.
March 20. Westminster.	To the customers in the port of London. Order under a pain of 1,000l. upon sight etc. to leave all else and, ceasing every excuse, to be before the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer three weeks after Easter next to render their account of all moneys by them received of the subsidy upon wool, hides and woolfells and the subsidy of tunnage and poundage lately granted to the king for defence of the realm while they have stood in office, and of such as they shall receive up to Easter; as the king's will is, and with assent of the council he has made order in parliament that the treasurers of his wars shall from the Annunciation next take, keep and spend those subsidies for furtherance and sound governance of his wars. By K.
	Like writs to the customers in the following ports:
	Suthampton.
	Kyngeston upon Hull.
	Exeter.
	Gippewich.
	Scardeburgh.
	Great Jernemuth.
	Newcastle upon Tyne.
	Melcombe.
	St. Botolphs town.
	Bristol.
	Lenne.
	Cicestre.
	Plymmouth.
	Dertemuth.
	Membrane 4.
Feb. 26. Westminster.	To the sheriffs of London. Order, upon petition of Peter Janessoun, a subject of Duke Albert count of Hanoun, Holande and Selande and seaman and owner of a ship called 'le Cristofre' of Amsterdam, to dearrest and deliver to him the said ship and all the goods and property therein, the arrest thereof notwithstanding; as his petition shews that for a year and more he has been the hired servant of the king's liege merchants of London, and was with his ship laded with divers merchandise of theirs retained for Prucia, Scone and elsewhere, and that by virtue of a writ of 26 January last, to the sheriffs addressed upon the averment of Thomas Lounde of Norwich merchant, without any fault of his the ship was by the sheriffs unlawfully arrested, and is yet kept unlawfully under arrest. By p.s. [3944.]
Feb. 22. Westminster.	To John Savage escheator in Dorset. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with a third part of the manor of Alryngton, and with nineteen messuages, 80 acres of land and 40 acres of meadow in Knytteston, Herston, Nyweton, Swanewyche, Wolgeston and Morton, delivering to Alice late the wife of Walter Romeseye knight any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that at his death the said Walter held the same in her right as her dower by endowment of Ralph atte Hyde sometime her husband, with reversion to William Bonevylle knight and to his heirs.