Close Rolls, Henry VI: April 1452 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 5, 1447-1454. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1947.

'Close Rolls, Henry VI: April 1452', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 5, 1447-1454, (London, 1947) pp. 310-311. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol5/pp310-311 [accessed 12 April 2024]

April 1452



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April 1. Westminster.	To the collectors and receivers for the time being of the great custom in the port of London. Order to view the copy of an act of the parliament holden at Westminster 12 November 18 Henry VI for payment of fees, rewards and sums of money for yearly liveries of justices of either Bench, justices of assize, serjeants at law and the king's attorney, the copies of certain writs and certificates thereupon made which were sent into chancery by command of the king and are on the chancery file, making mention of the accustomed fees of the said justices etc. and certain other sums granted to the justices of either Bench for their rewards over and above the accustomed fee, and a copy of the examination of Robert Mouter late keeper or clerk of the hanaper of chancery by John archbishop of Canterbury and late chancellor made 30 September 21 Henry VI and enrolled in chancery, whether the issues of the hanaper were then sufficient for payment of the arrears specified in the said act over and above other payments and charges thereupon laid, all by virtue of the king's writ sent to the late collectors and receivers of customs and subsidies in the said port, and to pay to Robert Danvers one of the justices of assize in divers counties what by the said examination they are assured is in arrear, and henceforward every year so long as he shall stand in office to pay him such fees, rewards and yearly sums; as by letters patent of 25 August 22 Henry VI the king did appoint him one of those justices, and by letters patent of 14 August 28 Henry VI appointed him during pleasure one of the justices of the Bench, and by other letters patent of that date, that he might better maintain his estate and bear his expenses in that office, granted him 110 marks a year by the hands of the clerk or keeper of the hanaper, or of the customers for the time being in the ports of London, Bristol and Kyngeston upon Hull according to the said act, granting him also by their hands 106s. 11¼d. and one sixth of a half penny a year for a gown and furring for the same against Christmas, and 106s. 6d. a year at Whitsuntide for a gown and lining for the same according to the said act.
	Et erat patens.