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June 29.
Westminster. |
To the receiver of the king's lands in the Isle of Wight for the time
being. Order to pay to John de Chytterne the king's clerk for life
20l. a year for his fee, and the arrears since 24 March last, on which date
the king granted him for life the office of steward of the said lands, to be
exercised by himself and his deputies, taking such wages and fees as
other stewards used to take; as by certificate of the treasurer and
the barons of the exchequer the king is assured that 20l. a year for
his fee was allowed to William de Ryngeburne late steward, and
to Thomas de Illeston after steward. |
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June 28.
Westminster. |
To A. archbishop of York. Order by commissaries or other ministers
not to compel brother Thomas Sees an alien, prior of Bristalle, by
reason of the priory or other benefices thereto pertaining to find men
at arms, armed men, hobblers or archers to march towards Scotland
or elsewhere, revoking and releasing any sequestration made upon
the said priory or benefices, and any sentences fulminated against
the prior; as the priory is in the king's hand by reason of the war
with France, and the prior renders yearly for it so great a farm that
he may not bear any further charges, if the worship of God and works
of piety and alms incumbent thereupon are not to be withdrawn,
or the king to lose his farm. By C. |
July 10.
Nottingham castle. |
To the arrayers of men at arms, armed men and archers in
Lancashire. Order not to compel William Laiet to march with the
king to Scotland on this expedition; as he is seventy years of age it
is said. By letter of the signet. |
July 12.
Hull. |
To John Mitford escheator in Northumberland. Order to take
the fealty of Joan late the wife of Donald de Hesilrigge knight,
and to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with two thirds
the manor of Eslyngton and two thirds of moieties of the towns of
Whityngham, Throuton and Barton, delivering to her any issues
thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the
escheator, that with licence of the late king the said Donald held
the premises as jointly enfeoffed with her, to them and the said
Donald's heirs, that the said two thirds and the third of the said
manor are held in chief by knight service and by the service of
rendering 100s. a year, the two thirds of those moieties likewise in
chief by knight service and the service of one sore sparrowhawk. |
July 11.
Hull. |
To the mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, lately ordered to arrest
within that port and deliver to Thomas de Rokeby with all possible
speed a ship and seamen sufficient for the same to sail on the king's
service at sea in company with the said Thomas at the king's wages
to be by him paid. Order by advice of the council to dearrest and
deliver to William Were of Newcastle a ship of his called 'la Gracedieu,'
Thomas de Wermouthe master, which the mayor has arrested as
the king has learned, the masters and seamen thereof, suffering him
therewith to pass whither he will, and so behaving that the said
William have no matter for a second suit to the king. By C. |
June 28.
Westminster. |
To Nicholas Brembre mayor of the city of London. Order, if
William Matys of Ghent shall find security that he shall answer to
Richard Odyham, Matthew Passelewe and John Sutton citizens of
London for certain goods and wares with him arrested, or for the value
thereof, in case the same shall be adjudged to them, to dearrest such
goods and deliver them to him, certifying in chancery the security,
and sending again this writ; as lately the king commanded the
mayor to dearrest the said William, whom he arrested as the king's
enemy of Bruges, or to signify the cause wherefore he would not or
might not so do, and he certified that he dearrested the prisoner,
suffering him to go his way, but might not dearrest the said goods, for
that the said citizens, before any writ was delivered to him, pretending
that they were goods of one Wlfr' Gaffulkin of Bruges, an enemy,
and of the said William, and that during the last truce with France
certain enemies of Bruges and of Lescluse at a place called le Vergat
took certain goods of theirs and other merchants in a ship at sea on
the voyage from Zeland to London to the value of 211l., craved that
the same should be arrested, and that the share of the said Wlfr' should
be delivered to them in name of reprisal in part of the goods so taken,
so that the same were arrested at their suit; and now the said William
has petitioned for dearrest thereof, shewing that the goods are his,
as he is ready to prove, and has made oath in chancery that they are
his, producing credible witnesses to that effect. |
Sept. 29.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of York. Order, upon complaint of Henry
Wyman merchant of the Hanse in Almain, to discharge him and his
mainpernors of security or bond taken by reason of reprisal, cancelling the same, suffering him to traffic with his merchandise
whatsoever, any former command of the king to the contrary notwithstanding, and so behaving that no second complaint shall reach
the king; as the complainant has shewn that he is of the fellowship
of the Hanse, but that the mayor and bailiffs have arrested him and
his goods at suit of certain lieges in name of reprisal for merchandise
of theirs arrested in Sprucia, and have compelled him to find security
that he should not traffic, pass the sea or send any goods of his out of
the realm; and Henry Waynflete, John de Shawe, Thomas de Wawene
and Thomas Swynflete of Kyngeston upon Hull merchants have
mainperned in chancery under a pain of 1,000 marks that he shall
not pass [out of] the realm, and shall be ready upon warning of the
king or council to answer the said lieges and stand to right in all
things. By C. |
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June 23.
Westminster. |
To John Brode escheator in Kent. Order, if assured by oath
of true men of his bailiwick, in presence of Lawrence de Dene of
Sydyngbourne, John Denwey of Milstede and Nicholas Norden of
Redmersham, that Agnes late the wife of Thomas de Hadlo obtained
possession of a toft, grange and dovecot by virtue of the king's command and of process thereupon had, that Peter Lambard had no
estate therein save by grant by her made, that the same are parcel
of the lands etc. concerning which process was made in chancery,
and that she was thrust out of the premises by reason of an exchequer
writ and for no other cause, to make restitution thereof to her, and
of the issues and profits of the same since that time, any process
of the exchequer notwithstanding; as upon the finding of an
inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Thomas, who died
three years ago, had no estate save in her right in a messuage, toft,
grange, dovecot and of 6 acres of land in Sydyngbourne and
Bakchilde, held of others than the king and seized into the late king's
hand by reason of a felony by him committed, that the said Agnes
made no grant or release of her estate therein to any man, that the
late king granted the premises so long as they should remain in his
hand to Richard Ponte, rendering at the exchequer 11s. a year whereat
the same were extended, that the said Richard granted the premises
to the said Agnes in her husband's life time, rendering the said extent
at the exchequer, that in her husband's absence and against his will
she after granted all her estate in the toft, grange and dovecot to
Peter Lambard now deceased, rendering 3s. 8d. a year towards the
said extent, and that Joan who was wife to the said Peter is occupying
the same, on 29 November last the king ordered the escheator to
remove his hand and meddle no further with all the premises; and
now by complaint made on behalf of the said Agnes it is shewn the
king that, although she obtained possession of all the premises as
aforesaid, and although the said Peter had no estate in the toft,
grange and dovecot save by her grant, by exchequer writ she is unlawfully thrust out thereof by Thomas Brokhulle late sheriff of Kent,
without any process of law as she avers, the same among other lands
of the said Peter being taken into the king's hand for a sum of money
wherein he as farmer of the manor of Midelton was bound to the
king of the balance of his account rendered at the exchequer, and
being committed to the said Lawrence, John and Nicholas; and
it is the king's will that acts duly done in chancery shall remain in
force until annulled by due process of law. |
June 30.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order by assent
and advice of the council to view the account of William Cursoun
escheator in Norffolk and Suffolk and, if they shall find that the facts
are as stated, to receive of him 298l. 9s. 10½d. wherewith he has charged
himself in his proffer at the exchequer over and above 113l. 3s. 3¾d.
paid for stewards' fees, wages of parkers, keepers of warrens, surveyor
of parks and warrens and allowance of rent to reeves, haywards and
collectors of rent of the temporalities of the bishopric of Norwich,
and 16l. 6½d. of the issues of the manors of Terlynge and Lambourne
co. Essex, wherewith Henry Helyoun escheator in Essex and
Hertfordshire is charged, to receive of him further 30l., and then
to proceed to delivery of his account from the time he took the temporalities into the king's hand until the same were delivered to the
farmers thereof, discharging him of the surcharge and of other
charges affecting the same in time of vacancies; as his petition shews
that in a parliament lately holden at Westminster it was determined
that Henry bishop of Norwich should be put to fine and ransom,
and that if he would not make fine and ransom with the king, all
his temporalities should be taken in name of distress, and remain
in the king's hand until he would so do, and accordingly on 6 February
7 Richard II the king ordered the escheator to take them into his
hand, answering for the issues from the time of that judgment until
further order, that he thereupon took and administered the same
one whole year and sixteen days over, until on 22 February 8 Richard II
the king ordered him to deliver them to Richard de Waldegrave
knight, Edmund de Thorp knight, William Wynter and Robert
Wayte, to whom for a yearly rent the king demised the keeping of
all those temporalities so long as they should remain in his hand,
the knights' fees and advowsons of churches excepted, that in his
proffer he charged himself as aforesaid for the issues of eighteen manors
in Norffolk and Suffolk, over and above the said wages and fees and
the issues of the said manors in Essex, so that of 500 marks a year
18l. 16s. 3d. is lacking, that the auditor is minded to surcharge him
with a great sum, according to ancient accounts of the temporalities
in times of vacancies, and that the treasurer and the barons have
long deferred to proceed to delivery of his account, although he is
ready to content the king up to 500 marks for the year, and further
to pay 10l. 16s. for the sixteen days over; and the temporalities
are now granted to farm at 500 marks a year. |
June 26.
Westminster. |
To A. archbishop of York. Order of the king's compassion not
to compel brother Thomas Sees, prior of the alien priory of Brustalle,
or suffer him to be compelled by the archbishop's officers or commissaries, by reason of his priory or benefices thereto belonging, to
find any men at arms, armed men, hobblers or archers to march
with the clergy to Scotland, releasing any sequestration made upon
the fruits of the said priory or benefices; as he renders at the exchequer
so great a sum for the farm of the priory that without ruin of the
priory or loss of the said farm he may not bear other charges over
and above divine services and other works of piety which he must
needs maintain, and his moderate livelihood. By C. |
June 27.
Westminster. |
To Robert de Wylughby, Philip Darcy, Philip le Despenser, Ralph
de Crombewelle, John de Multon, William Haulay, William de Belesby,
Henry Redforde, John Pouger, Robert de Comberworth, Robert
Haldanby and the sheriff of Lincoln, lately appointed with John de
Welle arrayers of men at arms etc. in the parts of Lyndesey. Strict
order upon their allegiance and under pain of forfeiture to proceed to
the array without awaiting the presence of John de Welle, whom
the king has discharged; as he is about to march towards Scotland
in the king's company. |
June 28.
Westminster. |
To John Coueley escheator in Gloucestershire. Order in presence
of the next friends of Thomas son and heir of John de Pembrugge,
a minor in the king's wardship, to assign dower of the said John's
lands to Randolph de Staunton and Sibyl his wife, late wife of the
deceased; as for a fine paid by the said Randolph the king has
pardoned them the trespasses they committed by marrying without
his licence, the said Sibyl being the king's widow. |
June 23.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and bailiffs of Suthampton. Order, upon petition
of Thomas Hauker and Richard Wydden' merchants of London,
if they shall find security that they shall answer to the party to whom
it shall be adjudged for the price of merchandise by them there bought
of John de la Gade 'Spaynard,' to dearrest and deliver to them a
ship of theirs in the port of Suthampton and the said goods therein
laded; as they have shewn that the same is arrested by the mayor
and bailiffs at suit of the said John for non-payment, and that by
the king's command the price is arrested in the hands of the purchasers
at suit of the master of the order of St. James of Portugal. |
June 22.
Westminster. |
To the constable of the Tower of London or to his lieutenant.
Order to receive Miles de Wyndesore knight from the marshal of
England or his lieutenant, and to keep him in safe custody in the
Tower until further order for his deliverance. By K. |
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July 16.
York. |
To the sheriff of York. Order, under pain of forfeiture, as he
loves the king and his honour and desires to preserve the health of
the army marching with the king towards Scotland for defence of
the realm, on sight of these presents to cause proclamation to be
made in the city of York etc. that all victuallers of Yorkshire shall
under pain of forfeiture continually follow the king and army with
all victuals needful for maintenance of man and horse, to sell them
to the army at a reasonable price for ready payment, and that if
they shall be hindered by any man of whatsoever estate or condition
from carrying victuals to the army, or if any in the army will not make
ready payment as he ought, such persons shall ipso facto incur
forfeiture of life and limbs, also that the inhabitants of towns whatsoever through which the army shall pass shall continually bake
and brew, and shall buy and procure what victuals they may for
sale to the army as aforesaid, forbidding any man in the city, boroughs,
market towns etc. throughout the county under like pain to hold
a market outside places where the army shall pass until it shall
return to its own again, that the army may have greater abundance;
as the king's will is that it suffer no lack. By K. and C. |
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The like to the sheriffs of Northumberland, Cumberland and
Westmorland. |
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A like writ, mutatis mutandis, addressed to J. bishop of Durham,
omitting the pain of forfeiture. |
Sept. 17.
Westminster. |
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order, for particular causes
laid before the king and council, to dearrest a ship called the 'Seint
Marie,' Dominicus Salvaticus of Genoa (Janua) master, now newly
arrested in the port of London to sail on the king's service. By C. |
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The like to the mayor and bailiffs of Sandewich, in favour of a
ship called the 'Seint George,' Anthony de Carlevan of Genoa
master. By C. |
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Sept. 30.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Essex for the time being. Order to pay to Thomas
Lee esquire of the king's chamber 20l. a year for life, and the arrears
since 22 March last, on which date for good service the king granted
him 20l. a year for life of the issues of the said sheriff's bailiwick. |
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June 28.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Suthampton. Order on sight etc. to cease every
excuse and cause proclamation to be made that all men of whatsoever
estate or condition who have lands etc. within the town of
Suthampton and dwell not therein shall under pain of forfeiture
of such lands, their goods and chattels etc., draw thither with all
speed and there abide with their household in what power they may
while peril threatens, compelling them so to do, if need be, as in like
case used to be done; as the king has particular information that
his enemies of France are now at sea with a multitude of ships and
galleys to invade and destroy the realm. By C. |
June 29.
Westminster. |
To Thomas atte More of Balsham escheator in Cambridgeshire.
Order to give John atte Asshe, son and heir of Ivo atte Asshe of
Hyngeston, seisin of his father's lands; as the said John has proved
his age before the escheator, and the king has taken his homage and
fealty. By p.s. [3693.] |
June 30.
Westminster. |
To the arrayers of men at arms etc. in Sussex. Order to busy
themselves with the array, not awaiting the presence of Richard
earl of Arundell, Edward Dalyngrugge, Edmund Fitz Herberd and
William Waleys whom the king appointed with them; as the said
earl and the others are marching to Scotland in the king's company,
wherefore he has discharged them. |
