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March 1.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Surrey and Sussex. Order to give Roger
de Fienles, whose fealty the king has taken, seisin of his purparty
of the lands hereinafter mentioned; as for a fine paid in the
hanaper the king respited to a day past the homages of Otho de
Wortlyngton, who took to wife Mary one of the daughters of
Elizabeth Aldone one of the sisters of William de Say father
of Elizabeth who was wife of William de Heroun knight, due
by reason of issue between them begotten, of Maud the other
daughter of Elizabeth Aldone, and of William de Clynton, son
of William son of Idonea de Clynton a second sister of William
de Say, both being of full age, for their purparties of the lands
of the said Elizabeth wife of William and of such as her husband,
who overlived her, held in fee tail as jointly enfeoffed with her
of the heritage of the said Mary, Maud and William de Clynton
and of the said Roger, who is son of William son of Joan Fienles
the third sister of William de Say and was then within age and
in ward of the king, and ordered John Maysham late escheator
in Kent to take the fealties of William de Clynton, Otho and
Maud, to take of the said William de Clynton, Maud, Otho,
and Mary security for payment of their reliefs at the exchequer,
in their presence and in presence of the next friends of the said
Roger, or of their attorneys, to make a partition of the said
lands into three equal parts and to give William de Clynton,
Otho, Mary and Maud seisin of their respective purparties,
keeping in his hand until further order the purparty of the
said Roger, with a proviso that each of the heirs and parceners
should have a share of the lands held in chief and be a tenant
of the king; and the said Roger has proved his age before the
escheator, and for 40s. paid in the hanaper the king has respited
until the quinzaine of Easter next his homage for those and
other lands of his heritage. |
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To the escheator in Kent. Like order; as the said Roger has
proved his age before Nicholas Carreu escheator in Surrey and
Sussex, and for a fine paid in the hanaper the king has respited
his homage until a day yet to come. |
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Like writs to the escheators in the following counties: |
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Essex and Hertford. |
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Norhampton. |
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Norffolk and Suffolk. |
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Bukingham. |
Feb. 17.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Yorkshire. Order to remove the king's
hand and meddle no further with two thirds of the manor of
Spenethorne, fifteen messuages, twenty bovates of land, 14 acres
of wood in Feghirby, four messuages in Skipton upon Swale,
a ferry over the river Swale there, and five bovates of land,
delivering up any issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, of his office taken before Richard de Redmane knight late
escheator, the tenor whereof the king has caused to come into chancery, that John Fitz Randolf knight, who on 1 May 6 Henry IV
raised an insurrection against the king's majesty, and on 20 July
following at Durham was convicted and adjudged to die, died
seised of the said two thirds, valued at 10 marks a year payable
at Whitsuntide and Martinmas by even portions, which were
by Ralph de Neville earl of Westmerland given to him and the
heirs male of his body to hold by knight service of the earl and
his heirs, saving to them the reversion thereof, as is contained
in charters shewn to the jurors of that inquisition, and of the
residue of the premises which were by the said earl given to him
and the heirs of his body to hold likewise by knight service with
reversion to the earl and his heirs, and that by the form of the
gift all ought to descend to Ralph son of John as next heir, who
is a minor; and that inquisition being read in chancery before
the justices, serjeants at law and others of the council learned
in the law, and the matter understood, after proclamation
made for any who would give the king or council or the
said serjeants information wherefore the king's hand ought not
to be removed, when no man appeared, it seemed that the seizure
of the premises was insufficient, wherefore by their advice it
was determined that his hand should be removed. |
March 2.
Westminster. |
To all admirals etc. to whom etc. Order to dearrest a barge
called 'le Gru' and two balingers, which by command of the
king are under arrest in the port of la Pole, and to deliver them
to Janico Dartasso the king's esquire for his passage to Ireland,
that arrest notwithstanding. |
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Et erat patens. |
March 13.
Westminster. |
To Philip de Albertis a Lumbard dwelling in the city of London.
Licence to make a letter of exchange to his fellows dwelling
in foreign parts for 100 marks there payable to Richard
Abberbury knight, provided no gold or silver in the lump or in
money be sent over by colour of this licence. |
March 24.
Westminster. |
Like writ to the said Philip in favour of Henry Hamerton
clerk for 100 marks. |
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Also a writ in favour of Geoffrey Davenport clerk for 100 marks. |
