Close Rolls, Richard II: November 1391

Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 4, 1389-1392. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1922.

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'Close Rolls, Richard II: November 1391', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 4, 1389-1392, (London, 1922) pp. 532. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/ric2/vol4/p532 [accessed 20 April 2024]

November 1391

Membrane 17d.
1391. Nov. 22.
Westminster.		 To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Writ of supersedeas omnino in respect of any process against John Candever then one of the collectors of 12d. in the pound and 3s. upon every tun of wine in the port of Bristol, and order to release any distress upon him made, proceeding nevertheless against others who did meddle in the matter; as by letters patent of 6 February 10 Richard II the king appointed the mayor of Bristol and the said collectors to make inquisition by men of the counties of Bristol and Gloucester and of the march of Wales adjacent by whom ships and vessels laded in foreign parts with divers merchandise to be brought to England were unladed, and in what places along the river and coast in the said counties and march, and the merchandise exposed for sale without payment of custom, subsidy or duty; but the said John has made oath in chancery that that commission was not delivered to him, neither had he knowledge of it, nor meddled in aught therein contained.
Memorandum of a mainprise under a pain of 40l., made in chancery 28 November this year by Ralph de Staveley of Yorkshire, John de Donkastre of Staffordshire, William de Waterton of Lincolnshire and Henry de Hoghton of Lancashire for Roger Leche, and of an undertaking by him under the same pain, that he shall do or procure no hurt or harm to William Walwayn, William Cook, William Walweyn the younger and John Walweyn.
Henry Tebbe of Threnguston to Robert prior of Holande. Bond in 40l. payable at Christmas next. Dated the eve of St. Andrew 15 Richard II.
Memorandum of acknowledgment, 30 November.
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