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Corrigenda -vii
Calendar - - • --1
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PREFACE.
The present volume forms part of a series of Calendars of the Close Bolls from the reign of Edward II. to that of Edward IY. the object and character of which are explained in the Preface to the first volume for the reign of Edward II. (a.d. 1307—1313.) The text has been prepared, with the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by Mr. W. H. Stevenson, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. The Index has been compiled by Mr. C. H. Woodruff, B.C.L., Mr. Stevenson having assisted him by identifying most of the places.
H. C. MAXWELL LTTE.
Public Record Office, 15 July 1896.
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CORRIGENDA.
Page 10, line 7 from bottom, for " Altomsheved " read " Altonisheved."
„ 10, „ 4 from bottom, after "Sancta" add "(«*c)."
„ 46, „ 26, after "Bogo" add «(«)."
„ 117, „ 16, /or "Certeden" read "Cerceden."
„ 159, „ 6, for Meofton" read "custom."
„ 166, „ 8 from bottom, for "50 marks" read "50J."
„ 180, „ 28, for "Monntanser" read " Mountauser."
„ 186, „ 20, for " that might" read "that they might."
„ 215, „ 4 from bottom, for "Laneester" read "Lancaster."
„ 226, „ 6, for "Rouhale" read" Bonhale."
„ 305, „ 4 from bottom, dele comma after " James."
„ 890, „ 12 from bottom, after "A" add " ($ic)."
„ 421, „ 11 , for "Amaneny" read "Amaneny."
„ 461, „ 20, for "be" read «de."
„ 489, „ 13 from bottom, for " Onemastmathemld " read " Ovemastmattic- feld" (Middle-English uvemeste, "uppermost").
„ 496, „ 9, /or "noval" read "novel."
„ 567, lines 4, 8, 17, 24, for " Blanchlond " read " Whitland."
CALENDAR
OF
CLOSE ROLLS.
1 EDWARD IIL— Part I.
1 327 MSMBRANS 28.
Memorandum, that the king, on 24 January, to wit on Saturday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 1326[-7], caused his peace to be proclaimed and published in the city of London by the following words :
'Whereas Sir Edward, late king of England, has, of his good will and by the common counsel and assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and other nobles, and of all the commonalty of the realm, resigned the government of the realm, and has granted and wills that the government of the said realm shall come to Sir Edward, his eldest son and heir, and that he [Edward] shall govern, reign and be crowned king; for which reason all the magnates have done homage. We proclaim and publish the peace of our said lord Sir Edward the son, and command and prohibit firmly on his behalf to one and all, under pain and peril of disinheritance and of loss of life and limb, that no one infringe the peace of our said lord the king, for he is and will be ready to do right to one and all of the said realm in all matters and against all persons, as well to small men as to great. And if any one have anything to demand from another, let him demand it by way of action [of law], without using force or other violence.' [Foedera.]
Jan. 29. To the sheriff of York. Order to cause proclamation to be made, imme- Westminster. diately upon sight of the presents, of the king's peace, the king having undertaken the government of the realm upon his father's resignation. [Ibid.] By K.
The like to all the sheriffs of England and to the following :
The warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place.
The bishop of Durham.
The justice of Chester, or to him who supplies his place.
The justice of North Wales, or to him who supplies his place.
The justice of South Wales, or to him who supplies his place.
The justiciary of Ireland, or to him who supplies his place.
The mayor and bailiffs of Winchester.
Elizabeth de Burgo's bailiffs of Sudbury.
The mayor and bailiffs of York.
The mayor and* bailiffs of Canterbury. [Ibid.]
Jan. 28. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The prior of St. Oswald's, Westminster. Nostell has besought the king, by petition exhibited before him and his council in parliament, to cause allowance to be made to him in the debts due from him for 102/. 10*. 0d., due to him from the late king for divers goods and victuals taken from him by Roger de Horsle, then constable of Bamburgh castle, for the munition of that castle, as appears by a bill under
q* 86079. Wt. 24173. A
CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.
1327. Membrane 28— cont.
the seal of William, archbishop of York, late keeper of the late king's wardrobe, which is in the prior's possession, the prior being indebted to the exchequer for certain tenths granted to the late king : the king orders the treasurer and barons to examine William's account when he was keeper of the wardrobe, and if they find that Roger took the prior's goods and victuals to the aforesaid value for the late king's use, and that the prior has not been satisfied therefor or for any part thereof, to cause the said sum or what remains unpaid thereof to be allowed to the prior in the debts due to the exchequer for the tenths aforesaid. By pet. of C.
To the same. Order to cause allowance to be made to Henry son of Henry de Percy in the debts due from his father for 197/. 11*. l\d.y which he has prayed, by petition exhibited before the king and his council in par- liament, to have allowed to him, wherein he states that Edward I. was indebted to Henry de Percy, his father, of whom he is the heir, in the aforesaid sum for the wages of the said Henry the father and his men in the aforesaid king's service in Scotland, and for recom pence for his horses there lost, as appears by two bills of the wardrobe of the said king. By pet. of C.
Jan. 29. To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to pay lOd. a day to Richard
Westminster. Ofthebrok and Simon de Depyng', the king's huntsmen, whom the king is
sending to that county to take large birds (vulturibus) in the king's stews
and ponds in the sheriff's bailiwick, for themselves and dogs for so long as
they shall stay there or until further orders.
Feb. 8. To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to take into the king's hands the manor
Westminster, of Stapelford, which belonged to Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Win- chester, who was hanged for felony, and to keep the same safely, as the king is given to understand that the sheriff has not taken the manor into the king's hands, as he ought to have done in accordance with the order of the king before he received the government of the realm to take into his hands the lands, goods, and chattels of the said Hugh.
Jan. 30. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge the Westminster, executors of William de Hereford, the elder, of 76/. yearly, due from him to the exchequer for the custody of the manor of Halesworth, co. Suffolk, and the manor of Eetringham, co. Norfolk, and certain lands in Melton, in the same county, and of certain lands in Pudele, co. Huntingdon, and of certain lands in Weston, co. Hertford, and of certain lands in Ketringham, co. Norfolk, which belonged to John de Argenteyn, deceased, tenant in chief of the late king, in whose hands they were by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of the aforesaid John, and which were extended at 72/. 19*. 10j(rf. yearly, the late king having committed the custody thereof to the said William during the heir's minority, as the late king granted the aforesaid 76/. yearly to Simon de Bereford, in consideration of his good service, to be received from William's executors until the heir come of age, which grant the king accepts.
To the aforesaid executors. Order to pay the said 76/. yearly to Simon.
To the receiver of Kaermerdyn, for the time being or to come. Order to receive from the burgesses of Kaermerdyn at the said exchequer the ferra for their town specified in the late king's commission, by virtue whereof they hold the town of the king at fee -farm, and to cause acquit- tances to be made to them for all payments thereof hereafter made by them, as they have besought the king by petition before him and his council in parliament to grant that they may pay their ferm to the said exchequer and may receive acquittances therefor from the king's receiver there, because express mention is not made in the said commission whether the ferm ought to be paid to the exchequer of England or to the exchequer of Kaermerdyn. By pet. of C.
1 EDWARD III.— Part I.
1327. Membrane 28—cont.
Feb. 7. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to cause the prior of Brynke-
Westminster. burn to have seisin of 6 acres of land and of a moiety of a toft in Overtir- whit, which John son of Richard de Overtirwhit held, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the land and moiety have been in the late king's hands for a year and a day and are still in the king's hands, and that John, who was hanged for felony, held them of the said prior, and that Bartholomew Benet has had the year and day thereof and ought to answer to the king therefor. Feb. 10. To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton.
Westminster. Order not to intermeddle further with 20/. 13*. Ad. of yearly rent in Wel- lesby of the abbot of Meaux, and to restore to the abbot any issues thereof received by him, the escheator having certified the late king that he took the rent into the late king's hands because it was found by an inquisition taken before him that the abbot acquired the aforesaid rent in the town of Olee (sic) issuing in the town of Wellesby to him and his house from the abbot of Wellou by a charge that the abbot of Wellou made to him without the late king's licence, as it appears to the king by the letters of king Edward I. that he granted licence to the abbot of Meaux of that time to give and assign the said manor of Wellesby to the abbot of Grymesby, who is also called the abbot of Wellou, and the king understands that, by the agreement then made between the abbots, the manor of Wellesby was charged with the said rent.
Feb. 3. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
Westminster, to be made to Walter de Shependon, in the debts due from him to the exchequer, for 30/. 5«. Id., to wit 27/. 1 1*. 9d. which the late king owed to him for his fee and summer robe for the 7th year of the said king's reign, and for recompence for his horses lost at Striwelyn on 24 June, in the aforesaid jpar, and for 4 marks for his summer robe for the 1 1th year of the reign, as appears by two bills of the late king's wardrobe in Walter's possession, as Walter has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause such allowance to be made to him. By pet. of C.
Feb. 4. To the treasurer and barons of the • exchequer. Like order for the
Westminster, allowance to Walter de Waldeshef of 61/. 14*. 4</., which the late king
owed to him for money paid by him when he was the late king's butler for
the latter's expenses, as appears by two bills of the wardrobe in his
possession. By pet. of C.
MbmbraXb 27.
Feb. 2. Philip de Cesterfeld, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of John de
Westminster. Mamsfeld, has letters to the sheriff of Nottingham to bail him until the first assize.
Feb. 5. To John de Barewe. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor
Westminster, of Lurtport near Hereford, co. Hereford, which is in his custody by the late king's commission, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Richard de Baskervill, Roger de Baskervill, and John de la Felde by the late king's order that William Wyne held the manor on the day of his death of Aymer de Valencia, late earl of Pem- broke, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, and that he held no lands of the late king in that county on the day of his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, and that his son John is his next heir and was aged seven years on 12 June, in the 18th year of the late king's reign.
Feb. 10. To John de Blomvyll, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Westminster. Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to pay to Richard le Mareschal
a 2
CALENDAR OP CLOSE BOLLS.
1327.
Feb. 13. Westminster.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
Feb. 13. Westminster.
Feb. 18. Westminster.
Feb. 6. Westminster.
Feb. 7. Westminster.
Membrane 27 — cont . 25L out of the issues of his bailiwick for Michaelmas term last, in accord- ance with the late king's grant, of 23 September, in the 11th year of his reign, of 50/. yearly by the hands of the escheator this side Trent, in aid of Richard's maintenance, who is wholly ruined by the Scotch rebels.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance to be made to the aforesaid escheator for 25/. paid by him in execution of the preceding order.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Cannok, in that county, to be elected in place of Thomas de Rolleston, who is insufficiently qualified.
To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert de Lockesle, who is insufficiently qualified.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with H. (sic) bishop of Hereford, whom the late king lately sent to the Roman court for certain of his affairs, for his costs and expenses about the said affairs and for the expenses of himself and household, and to allow to him the costs and expenses about the said affairs and 4 marks daily for the expenses of himself and household whilst in the said service, as was ordained by the late king and his council at another time. By C.
To John de Roche and Robert de Norton. Order to come to the king in England upon sight hereof, although the late king committed to them the custody of the islands of Gernereye, Jereseye, Serk, and Aurneye by his letters patent. By K. on the information of the bishop of Winchester.
To John de Boseham, keeper of the manors of Eybury and La Nay to near Westminster. Order to cause the aforesaid manors to be delivered to the abbot of Westminster, and to remove thence she goods and chattels of the late king, causing them to be kept safely until further orders, as the abbot has shewn, by his petition before the king and his council, that whereas the late king accepted the abbot to the temporalities of the abbey and restored the same to him on 27 January, in the 1 0th year of his reign, he never- theless retained the aforesaid manors, which are parcels of the temporalities aforesaid and of the glebe of the church of St. Peter, Westminster, and he has prayed the king for remedy, and it fully appears in certain letters patent of the late king made to the abbot and convent for the indemnity of their right in the manors, which have been produced before the king's council, that the late king held the said manors to have certain easements therein by the will and permission of the abbot and convent only, and had and claimed no other estate therein. By pet. of C.
The like to John Griffoun, keeper of the messuage called * Burgoyn ' near Westminster.
To Adam le Boghier, keeper of the manors of Hathelseye and Carleton and of other lands of Nicholas de Stapelton in co. York, in the king's hands for certain causes. Order to restore to the said Nicholas the manors and lands aforesaid, together with the issues of the same and the arrears of ferms that did not come to the late king's hands, Nicholas having shewn by petition before the king and his council that whereas he made fine with the late king, because he was a member of the household (familiaris) of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, in 2,000 marks to save his life and to have restoration of his lands, which were then taken into the late king's hands, and for recognition of the trespass committed by him, as was charged upon him, he obliged himself and his heirs and all his lands to the said king for the payment of two tuns of wine yearly to the exchequer for ever, never- theless his lands and tenements and the charters and muniments touching
1 EDWARD III.— Part I.
1327.
Feb. 7. Westminster.
Feb. 7. Westminster.
Feb. 7. Westminster.
Feb. 16. Westminster.
Feb. 3. Westminster.
Membrane 27 — cont.
them have always been in the late king's hands from that time, and are still in the king's hands, and he has prayed the king to cause his lands, charters and muniments to be restored to him ; as the king wishes to accede to this request, because it was agreed and granted, by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and proceres and whole community of the realm, in the present parliament at Westminster that all the lands that were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the quarrel (querela) of the aforesaid earl shall be restored in full, together with the issues thereof and the arrears of ferms that have not come to the late king's profit. By pet. of C. [10041.]
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the afore- said Nicholas to be discharged and acquitted of the said fine of 2,000 marks and of the rent of two tuns of wine yearly, in accordance with his petition before the king and his council, as the king wishes to accede to his request, because it was agreed and granted in the aforesaid parliament that all fines, ransoms, and obligations made by reason of the said quarrel shall be annulled and cancelled. By pet. of C. [10041.]
To Henry de Threlkeld, keeper of the lands of the aforesaid Nicholas in co. Westmoreland. Order to restore the said lands (in the same words as the preceding order to Adam le Boghier). The like to the following keepers :
The keeper of certain lands of Nicholas in co. Surrey.
Thomas Deyvill, keeper of the manor of Oustwyk and other lands of
Nicholas in co. York. John de Kilvyngton, keeper of the manor of Wath and of other lands
of Nicholas in the same county. John de Lancastria, keeper of the manor of Eston and of other lands
of Nicholas in co. Lancaster. The keeper of Suth Dufleld belonging to Nicholas in co. York.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Like order to the pre- ceding to discharge and acquit Adam de Every ngham of Birkyn of 250 marks, the remainder of a fine of 400 marks made by him with the late king to save his life and to have his lands again, because he was of the household (Jamiliaris) of the aforesaid earl. By pet. of C. [8158.]
The like in favour of Robert de Baygate for his fine of 5 marks, whereof he paid 6V. 8 d.
To the keeper of the lands of the honour of Fontefract. Order to restore to Bobert de Baygate 200 sheep, taken into the late king's hands and delivered to the keeper because Bobert was of the household of the aforesaid earl, as he has shewn, by petition before the king and his council, that whereas he made fine with the late king in 200 marks for the above reason, to save his life and have his lands, and paid that sum to the late king, the keeper defers delivering the aforesaid sheep to him, wherefore he has prayed the king for a remedy. By pet of C.
To John de Insula, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to deliver to the chaplains celebrating divine service in the king's chapel of the castle bread, wine, and oil, and other small necessaries for the maintenance of divine service.
To the bailiff of Holdernesse. Whereas the king learns by inquisition taken by Robert de Hedon and Robert de Burton by the late king's order that the men of Hedon are free burgesses, and that they and their ancestors from time out of mind have held in free burgage, and that they have used the liberties and free customs belonging to a free borough, and Edward I. had no oven (furnum) in the town at the time when it came to his hands, and that each burgess had, and had power to have, at his will an oven to
CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.
1327. Membrane 27 — cant.
bake bread for sale and for his own use until Thomas de NormanviU, sometime bailiff of Holdernesse, to wit in 16 Edward Lf erected an oven there, and demised it at ferm to Henry le Taillour, then bailiff of that town, and that Henry distrained, by the coercion and colour of his bailiwick and not of right, the men of that town, both burgesses and others, to bake bread for sale at the said oven ; the king orders the bailiff of Holdernesse not to distrain the burgesses of Hedon to bake at the king's oven aforesaid against their will. By p.s.
Feb. 6. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to pay 100 marks
Westminster, to the prior of Ware, in payment of the sum lent by him to the late king, who received the money on 10 July, in the 13th year of his reign, by the hands of J. bishop of Winchester, then his treasurer, and by the hands of the chamberlains of the exchequer, which sum the late king ought to have paid to the prior at Martinmas following or to have allowed it to the prior in the tenth or other contributions due from the prior, as appears by the late king's letters patent in the prior's possession, and the money has not been paid or allowed to the prior, as he says, the prior having besought the king by petition in parliament to cause payment of the said sum to be made to him. By pet. of C. [7868.]
Membrane 26.
Feb. 11. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the Winchester, burgesses of Newcastle-on-Tyne to have respite until Easter next and for two years from then for the debts due from them to the exchequer for divers victuals sold to them in the late king's time, as the king wishes to shew them special grace, they having suffered much damage for some time by the frequent comings of the Scots into those parts. By pet. of C.
The like in favour of the following : The men of co. Northumberland. The men of Cumberland. The citizens of Carlisle. The men of co. Westmoreland. By pet. of C.
Feb. 10. To the same. Order to allow to Richard de Wygornia, king's clerk, Westminster, keeper of the king's mine of Birlond, co. Devon, in his account at the exchequer 102/. 14*. Od. and 17/. 6*. 0d.9 which he delivered by the king's order in silver plates and in counted money respectively to Queen Isabella, the king's mother, by the king's order, the king having granted the same to her. By p.s. [67.]
Feb. 5. To Anthony de Lucy, keeper of the lands that belonged to Andrew
Westminster, de Harcla in the manor of Penreth. Adam son of Robert de Penreth has shewn the king by his petition in parliament that he sought from the late king, by petition before him and his council, a messuage and a carucate of land in Penreth, whereof John de Harcla had disseised him and whereftf John had enfeoffed Andrew de Harcla, his brother, together with other lands that belonged to John, which messuage and land came to the late king's hands by the forfeiture of the said Andrew and are now in the king's hands, and the late king appoiuted Henry de Mai ton, Robert de Barton, and John de Skelton to make inquisition concerning the premises, and it is found by the inquisition taken before the said Robert and John that Adam was seised in his demesne as of fee of the messuage and land until the said John de Harcla, half a year before his death, disseised him thereof, and that John made a charter to Andrew of the said messuage and land and of all other lands that he had elsewhere, and that John died before Andrew had full seisin of the messuage and land or of the other lands, and that
1 EDWARD III.— Part I.
1327. Membrane 26 — cant.
Andrew nevertheless put himself in seisin in the said messuage and land immediately after John's death, and held them thus until he was convicted of enmity and rebellion against the late king, and that the messuage and land were taken into the late king's hands by reason of Andrew's rebellion, and that they are now in the king's hands, and that Adam did not remit or quit-claim his right in the messuage and land to John or to Adam, and did not change his estate therein in any manner, wherefore Adam has prayed the king to restore the messuage and land to him : the king orders the keeper to deliver the messuage and land to Adam, as he finds the premises are true, the inquisition having been inspected and examined by his council in parliament. By pet. of C. [3264.]
Feb. 10. To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a coroner for that county Westminster, to be elected in place of William le Horder of Southampton, who is insuffi- ciently qualified.
Feb. 15. To the sheriff of York. Order to cause a verderer for the forest of Westminster. Pykeryng to be elected in place of William Thurnef, deceased.
Feb. 16. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to compel Westminster. Matthew Broun, the late king's escheator, to account at the exchequer for the issues of the temporalities of the priory of Freston, which is a cell of the abbey of Croyland, for the time of the last voidance of the abbey, and to cause him and the abbot and prior to be discharged and acquitted of the issues at the exchequer, as the abbot has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that although the king or his progenitors had not at any time past the custody of the priory or of its temporalities at the times of voidance of the abbey, and did not receive any issues or profits from the temporalities by reason of such voidances, and the escheators did not in any way intermeddle with the priory or its temporalities, the said Matthew took the temporalities aforesaid into his hands by reason of the last voidance of the abbey, by reason whereof the treasurer and barons intend charging the escheator with the issues of the temporalities and to levy them for the king's use, and the abbot has prayed the king for remedy, and it appears by inquisition taken by the escheator by the late king's order and by certificate of the treasurer and barons made by the late king's order that the priory was not taken into the hands of the late king or of any of his progenitors at the times of voidance of the abbey, and that answer was not made to him or his progenitors for the issues of the priory by reason of the voidance of the abbey, and that the escheators or other ministers of him or of his progeni- tors did not intermeddle with, or receive anything from, the temporalities or other goods pertaining to the priory.
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln* Northampton, and Rutland. Order not to intermeddle further with the temporalities of the priory aforesaid, and to restore the issues thereof to the said abbot and prior.
Feb. 19. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allow-
Westminster, ance to be made to the abbot of La Hyde near Winchester for 53/. I2s.6d.f the abbot having shewn by petition before the king and his council that Edward I. is bound to him by letters patent under the great seal in the above sum for 20 sacks and 2 nails of. wool bought from the abbot for the said king's use by Baldwin de Bolneye and his fellows, then appointed to buy wool for his use in cos. Southampton and Wilts, and the abbot has prayed that this sum may be allowed to him in the sums due from him to the said king and to the late king for green wax, amercements, and other such like things, which sums are exacted from him for the king's use.
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Feb. 14. To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause
Westminster. Barnaba, daughter and co-heiress of Adam de Swynneburn, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of the following of Adam's lands, which the king has assigned to her as her purparty and which he has rendered to her after taking her homage, taking security from her for the render of her relief to the exchequer : the manor of Bothecastell, co. Cumberland, of the yearly value of 17/. 2s. 6c?. ; the manor of Swynburn, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 8/. 9*. 2c?. ; certain lands in Thirlewall, co. Northum- berland, of the yearly value of 3/. 6*. 8c?. ; certain lands in Lusseburn, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 6/. 13*. 4c?.; certain lands in Huntelaunt, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 4/. ; certain lands in Bradeleyc, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 20*. ; certain lands in Neuton, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 26*. 8c?. ; certain lands in Moryley, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 51. 6s. 8c?. ; certain lauds in Shorteleye, in the same county, of the yearly value of 30*. ; a third of a messuage in Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the same county, of the yearly value of 9*. By p.s. [110.]
To the same. Like order to deliver to Gerard de Wydryngton, kinsman and co-heir of the said Adam, the following of the latter' a lands : the manor of Halghlon, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 40/. 0*. 6c?. ; the manor of Laverton, co. Cumberland, of the yearly value of 12/. 13*. 4c?.; certain lands in Colewell, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 51. 8s. Od. ; certain lands in Staun croft, of the yearly value of 20*. ; a third of a messuage in Newcastle-on-Tyne, of the yearly value of 9*.
By the same writ. To the same. Like order to deliver to William Heroun, kinsman and co-heir of the said Adam, the following of the latter's lands : the manor of Simonburn, co. Northumberland, of the yearly value of 16/. 12*. 4c?. ; the manor of Espley Wode, in the same county, of the yearly value of 12/. 8*. 8c?. ; certain lands in Nunnewyk, in the same county, of the yearly value of 20*. ; certain lauds in Shuthyngton, in the same couuty, of the yearly value of 13*. 4c?. ; a third of a messuage in Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the same eounty, of the yearly value of 9*. By the same writ.
Memorandum, that this partition was made by the assent of the parties aforesaid.
Feb. 14. To Robert de Insula. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands
Westminster, of the said Adam, as the king has taken the homage of the aforesaid
Barnaba, Gerard, and William, aud rendered the lands to them.
Membrane 25.
Feb. 9. To John de Thwayt, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co.
Westminster. York. Order to cause John, abbot of Seleby, and the convent of the same place to have speedy restitution of certain wastes, moors, and turbaries in Roucly ve, and of certain wastes and a rent in Estoft, as it is found by inqui- sition taken by William de Herle and John de Denum in the presence of Thomas de Eyvill, keeper of the castle and honour of Pontefract, by the late king's order, that John, formerly abbot of Seleby, predecessor of the present abbot, was seised of the certain wastes, moors, and turbaries in Rouclive, to wit about 600 acres of waste, moor, and turbary in Inclesmore in Rouclive, as parcel of the manor of Rouclive, which manor he and his predecessors held in frank almoin from the time of the foundation of the abbey, together with the said waste, moor, and turbary, of the gift of William the Conqueror, formerly king of England, and was also seised of certain wastes in Estoft, to wit about 500 acres of waste, and of a rent of 16*. in the same town, which waste and rent he and his predecessors had
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of the gift of Geoffrey de la Wyrch, to hold to them and their successors for ever, and that the said waste and rent are held of the king by the service of 38*. Sd.y and that the said abbot and the convent and their predecessors were seised of the tenements in Rouclive and Estoft as of the right of their church of Seleby, to wit of power to dig turves, pasture their beasts, take agistment for the beasts of strangers, and of other profits and issues, from time out of mind until the 30th year of the reign of Edward I., in which year Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, unjustly disseised the said abbot of the aforesaid wastes, moors, turbaries, and rent, and died seised thereof, after whose death they came to the hands of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, who also died seised thereof, by whose death they came to the hands of the late king, and tbey are thus still in the king's hands, and that neither the present abbot nor his predecessors remitted or quit-claimed their right therein to the said earls or to any one else, and that the wastes, moors, and turbaries are worth 50*. yearly in all issues. By pet. of C. [3666.]
The like, ' mutatis mutandis,9 to Thomas de Eyvill, keeper of the castle and honour of the castle of Pontefract.
Feb. 22. To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to William Badyn, Westminster, who was lately appointed to pursue Arnald Cailliowe by the sea coast to Devon and Cornwall, 35/. 6s. 6d. without delay, which the king owes to him for the wages of 157 mariners in three ships, each receiving 3d. a day, from 8 December last until the 20th of the same month, both days being counted, by an account made with him at Westminster on 18 February last by the king's order, as appears by a bill signed by Robert de Wodehous, keeper of the king's wardrobe, in William's possession.
Feb. 22. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Westminster. Richard de Cave 48/. due from him to the late king's exchequer out of the 70/. 14*. ±\d. due to him from the late king, for his wages and robes of the 11th year of the reign, and for his expenses outside the court in the said king's affairs, and for recompence for two of his horses that died in the said king's service in the same year, as appears by a bill signed by R. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, then keeper of the late king's wardrobe, in Richard's possession, as Richard has prayed, by petition before the king and his council, that the said 48/. may be allowed to him as above. By pet. of C.
Feb. 24. To John de Insula, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to admit
Westminster. William de Morton, chaplain, who the king wills shall be one of the
chaplains of his chapel in the castle in the place of Roger le Graunt, the
late chaplain there, within the castle, to stay therein according to the form
of an ordinance made upon another occasion.
Feb. 26. To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a verderer for the forest Westminster, of Clarindon to be elected in place of John Dunbredan, deceased.
To the same. Order to cause a verderer for the said forest to be elected in place of Roger de Scotescomb, who is incapacitated by illness.
Feb. 21. To John de Blumvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Westminster. Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to cause John de Gernoun, son
and heir of William de Gernoun, to have seisin of bis father's lands, upon
his finding security for payment of his relief, as the king has taken his
homage for the lands that his father held of the late king. By p.s. [175.]
Vacated, because on the Fine Roll.
The like to John de Bolingbrok, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester,
Nottingham, and Derby. By the same writ.
[ Vacated as above.] Memorandum, that John acknowledged on oath that he held the tene- ments aforesaid of the king by the service of four knights1 fees.
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Feb. 24. To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to cause a coroner for that
Westminster, county to be elected in place of Reginald de Hampden, knight, whom the king has amoved from office because he is incapacitated by weakness and infirmity.
Feb. 22. To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Westminster. Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, 30 acres of land, $s. 3d. of rent, and a rent of l^lbs. of pepper in Cosham near Wymering, and with a messuage, 30 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, and 2 acres of wood in Pukbrouk, and to restore the issues thereof to Joan, late the wife of Thomas de Saunford, saving to the king her fealty therefor, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Thomas and Joan jointly held on the day of Thomas's death the said tenements in Cosham of the gift and feoffment of John de Erleye, by the late king's licence, and that they are held of the king in chief by the service of finding an armed footman to keep the castle of Porcestre for five days in time of war at their charge, for all service, and that they held jointly on the said day the premises in Pukbrouk of the abbot of Tychefeld by the service of 2s. 6d. yearly for all service.
Feb. 16. To John de Insula, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to Westminster. Ed. de Algate, janitor of both gates [of the castle], 4d. a day ; to Alexander le Peyntour, one of the viewers of the king's works, 2d. a day ; to Thomas le Botour, the other viewer of the king's works, 2d. a day ; to John the gardener of the king's garden without the castle, 2\d. a day; to four watchmen of the castle, 2d. a day each ; to Robert de Wodeham, captain- forester of Wyndesore forest, 12 d. a day ; to Ralph de la More, clerk of the king's works in the castle, 2d. a day ; to Thomas le Parker, keeper of the park of Kenyngton, \±d. a day : being their wages and stipends, until Michaelmas next.
Feb. 26. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause John Westminster. Lesti-aunge, son and heir of Fulk Lestraunge, tenant in chief of the late king, to have seisin of his father's lands, as he has proved his age before John de Hampton, the late king's escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and in the adjoining marches of Wales, and the king has taken his homage. By p.s. [207.]
Memorandum, that John came into chancery, and acknowledged that he held the said lands of the king in chief by the service of one knight's fee and of the eleventh part of a fee, and by the service of 8/. yearly, to be rendered to the sheriff of Salop.
Feb. 10. To John de Bolingbrok, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Notting- Westminster. ham, and Derby this side the Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a quarter of a messuage and a moiety of a carucate of land in Solihull, co. Warwick, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisi- tion taken by Master John Walewayn, the late king's escheator, by the late king's order, that Alice de Caunton held on the day of her death of the late king a moiety of the manor of Piriton, co. Hertford, in socage by fealty and the service of one pair of gilt spurs, price 6d., and by the service of 2*. 6d. to be paid yearly to the sheriff of Hertford at the view of frankpledge of Altomsheved, for all service, and that she held on the same day the above- named tenements in Solihull of John de Oddynggeseles by fealty only.
Feb. 28. To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause a coroner for that county Westminster, to be elected in place of Roger de Sancta Andrea, deceased.
Feb. 24. To the sheriff of Glamorgan. Whereas the king learns by inquisition
Westminster, taken by the sheriff that the land of Coutyok called 'La Newelond' in the
parts of Glamorgan is and was a member annexed to the lordship of Coytif,
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which lordship is of the inheritance of Gilbert de Tou[r]bervill, and that Owen Crek and Morgan Waghan, his brother, and their ancestors held the said land of Cotyok of Gilbert's ancestors until the time when Robert de Aston, sometime constable of Lantrissan, compelled by distraints and imprisonment the tenants of Richard de Tourbervill, ancestor of Gilbert, of whom Gilbert is the heir, to attorn themselves to Gilbert de Clare, some- time earl of Gloucester and lord of those parts, for their services due from the said land, which services have been hitherto unjustly detained in the hands of the lords of Glamorgan ; the king orders the sheriff to amove the king's hand from the services aforesaid, which are in the sheriffs custody, and to permit the tenants of the aforesaid land of Coutyok to do their services to Gilbert henceforth. By pet. of 0.
To the sheriff of Glamorgan. Order not to intermeddle further with certain tenements in Lanhary, in the parts of Glamorgan, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that William de Tourbervill, ancestor of Gilbert de Tourbervill, of whom Gilbert is the heir, formerly held certain tenements in Lanhary in Glamorgan of the gift and feoffment of Gilbert de Tourbervill by the service of a moiety of a knight's fee, and that he held 80 acres of land and meadow that he acquired from divers of his tenants there, and that Robert le Veel, formerly sheriff of Glamorgan, ejected William from the said lands unjustly and without a judgment, and caused them to be seised into the hands of Gilbert de Clare, sometine earl of Gloucester, and to be detained without reasonable cause, which lands have hitherto been and are still in the hands of the lords there. By pet. of C.
Feb. 16. To Robert de Horneclif, constable of Baumburgh castle. Order to pay
Westminster, to Roger de Horsele 40 marks yearly from the issues of the castle, in
accordance with the late king's grant of 23 November, in the 12th year of
his reign. By p.s. [127.]
March 8. To Ivo de Aldeburgh, constable of Bernard's Castle. Order to cause Westminster. William de Hedersete, who was imprisoned in that castle by the late king's order for the arrears of his account of the time when he was collector of the custom in the city of London, to be brought to the city under safe custody at his own cost, to be delivered to the keeper of the prison of Flete, to be kept therein until otherwise ordered. The king has ordered the keeper of the said prison to receive him from Ivo.
Membrane 24.
Feb. 20. To Giles de Wachesham. Order to pay to Rhys son of Rhys ap
Westminster. Mereduk, a Welsh prisoner in Norwich castle, the arrears of the wages that he was wont to receive in the times of the king's father and grand- father for the time when Giles was sheriff of the aforesaid counties [of Norfolk and Suffolk].
Feb. 20. To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause a verderer for Shirwode
Westminster, forest to be elected in place of John By the water of Edenestowe, whom the king has caused to be amoved from office because he is incapacitated by age.
Feb. 10. To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause a coroner for that
Westminster, county to be elected in place of John le Barbour of Southampton, who is insufficiently qualified.
Feb. 1. To all to whom, etc. Notification that the king has appointed Robert
Westminster. Power his chamberlain of North Wales. By K. & C.
Vacated, because on the Fine Roll.
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Feb. 22. To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton,
Westminster. Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to cause Richard de Saunford, brother and heir of Thomas de Sauntbrd, to have seisin of his brother's lands, upon his finding security for payment of his relief, as the king has taken his homage for the lands that his brother held in chief of the late king ; saving to Joan, late the wife of Thomas, her dower.
By p.s. [179.] [ Vacated as above.'] Memorandum, that Richard acknowledged by his oath that he holds the said lands of the king by the service of one knight's fee and by the service of guarding the castle of Porceslre at his own charge for five days in time of war. Feb. 19. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Lecia,
Westminster, late the wife of Geoffrey de Conductu of London, Charles de Conductu of London, and Hugh de Waltham, executors of the will of the said Geoffrey, to have allowance, in the 20/. exacted from William de Berton and Geoffrey for an imprest of the late king's wardrobe, for 18/. due to Geoffrey from the late king for wines bought for the expenses of his household in the 4th year of his reign, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe made to Geoffrey in the executors' possession, the executors having besought the king to cause such allowance to be made. By pet. of C. [7836.]
Feb. 18. To John de Blounvill, escheator in co. Norfolk, etc. The king has
Westminster, assigned to Thomas le Blount and Juliana his wife, formerly the wife of John de Hastingges, kinsman and co-heir of Aymer de Valencia, late earl of Pembroke, the following of the earl's lands of the purparty of the said John, in the king's hands by reason of the minority of John's heir, as Juliana's dower of the purparty aforesaid : the manor of Sutton, co. Norfolk, of the yearly value of 32/. 1*. 9Jrf. ; the manor of Wynferth- ing', in the same county, of the yearly value of 20/. 8*. 9$</. ; the manor of Juvenelesbur[y], co. Hertford, of the yearly value of 8/. 19*. \\\d.\ the manor of Suthanyfeld, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 10/. 9*. lOrf. ; the manor of Thurton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 10/. 3*. 1 d\ ; certain lands in Fanges,-in the same county, of the yearly value of 73s. 4d. ; the manor of Beydon, co. Suffolk, of the yearly value of 51/. 18*. 3 £ d. ; certain lands in Asshedon, co. Buckingham, of the yearly value of 30*. ; a messuage in Suthwerk, co. Surrey, of the yearly value of 8*. 6d. ; the manor of Toucestre, co. Northampton, of the yearly value of 63/. 13*. 6Jc/.j provided that Thomas and Juliana pay yearly to the exchequer during the heir's minority by the hands of the escheator of Suffolk, and to the heir when he come of age, 3*. 2f e/., the excess of value of the dower. The king therefore orders the escheator to deliver to Thomas and Juliana the aforesaid manors of Sutton, Wynferthing, Jovenelesbur[y], Suthanyfeld, Thurton, Reydon, and the tenements in Fanges. By pet. of C. [13479.] Feb. 1 5. To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middle-
Westminster, sex, and in the city of London. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Thomas and Juliana the said messuage in Suthwerk. The like to the following : Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Bedford, Berks, and Buckingham, for the aforesaid lands in Asshedon. Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland, for the manor of Toucestre, co. Northampton, of the yearly value of 63/. 13*. 6£rf. By pet. of C. [13479.]
To John de Blomvili, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. The king has assigned to the aforesaid Thomas and Juliana in like manner the following of the knights' fees of the
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purpart j of the said John : a fee in Quidenham, co. Norfolk, which Matilda Pigaz holds, of the yearly value of 100*. ; a fee in Rive shale, in the same county, which John de Riveshale holds, of the yearly value of 100*. ; a fee in Bokenhamferi, in the same county, which Simon de Rateleston holds, of the yearly value of 100;. ; a fee in Brumstede, in the same county, which Robert Roe, William Gerner, and William le Parker hold, of the yearly value of 10/. ; a fee in Cotlikleye, in the same county, which Edmund do Pakcnham, Henry de Aula, and Peter Turtel hold, of the yearly value of 10/. ; a sixteenth of a fee in Bergh, in the same county, which Henry de Haylesdon holds, of the yearly value of 6*. Sd. ; 9£ fees in Gressenhale, Wesingham, Blsyng, Lexham, Wythersfeld, Grymston, Skernyng, Swaynton,Heynglond, Felethorp, Caverham, Oxwyk, Attilbur[y], Rand worth, Hoe, Briseleye, Bernham, Irmynglond, Ingaldesthorp, Lyne- ford, and Castelacre, which (que) is called * Cheruel,' in the same county, which Richard Foliot and his tenants hold, of the yearly value of 60/. ; 7 fees in Wilton, Hoke well, Hacford, Belhawe, Fileby, Letton, Shipedham, Mundeford, Fouldon, Bodeneye, Stiberd, and Couteshale, in the same county, which Michael de Ponynges and his tenants hold, of the yearly value of 40/. ; a fee in Fyncham, Brich, Hakeford, Hergham, and Heigh- ten, in the same county, which John de Benefeld and his tenants hold, of the yearly value of 100*.; a fee in Stokeloruere (sic) and Aldrington, co. Northampton, which William de Coumartyn holds, of the yearly value of 100*. : the king therefore orders the escheator to deliver to Thomas and Juliana the aforesaid fees in his bailiwick. By pet of C. [13479.]
To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Thomas and Juliana the said fee in Stokeloruere (sic) and Aldryngton. By pet. of 0. [13479.]
Feb. 26. To Simon de Grymesby. Whereas Thomas, late abbot of Thornton-on-
Westminster. Humbre, impleaded Gervase Avenel and Joan his wife, in the 9th year of the late king's reign, by writ of right dated 18 February, in the same year, before William de Bereford and his fellows, then justices of the Bench, concerning a messuage, a mill, and three carucates of land, except two bovates, in Carleton near Basin gham, the abbot claiming the tenements as the right of his church of St. Mary of Thornton, and the abbot recovered the same against Gervase and J6an by consideration of the court on the morrow of the Purification, in the 10th year of the late king's reign, without collusion between the abbot and them, as appears by the record and process of the suit seen and examined before the king and his council in parliament, and abbot Thomas was put in seisin of the tenements by virtue of the above consideration by the late king's writ of judgment, and long continued his seisin thereof, and Master John Walewayn, the late king's escheator this side Trent, asserting that Genase and Joan adhered to the Scots before the suing out of the said writ, disseised abbot Thomas of the tenements by order of Hugh le Despenser, who entered them after the disseisin and occupied them all his life by his power, and they are now in the king's hands by his forfeiture ; wherefore the present abbot has prayed the king by his petition before the king and his council to provide a remedy; the king, wishing to be certified concerning the premises, appointed Henry de Fen ton, John Daubeneye, and John de Crosholm, the younger, to make inquisition by the oath of men of the county of Lincoln in the presence of William Trussebut, who mainperned before the council to make suit for the king and his right in this behalf ; and it is found by the inquisition that Gervase and Joan were at the late king's faith and peace on the days of the suing out of the writ and of the rendering of judgment aforesaid, and that abbot Thomas was seised of the tenements by virtue of that judgment for nine weeks and more, and that
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Master John Walewayn by his bailiffs disseised the abbot of the tenements by the order of Hugh, and that neither abbot Thomas whilst he lived nor the present abbot afterwards changed their estate in the premises in any way up to this time, and that the tenements are in the king's hands by Hugh's death and for no other reason : the king therefore orders the afore- said Simon to deliver the tenements to the abbot without delay, to be held r according to the form of the said recovery. It is not the king's intention that the lands that belonged to the Templars, if there be any in Simon's custody, shall be delivered to the abbot by virtue of this order.
By pet. of C. [869.]
The like to the keeper of the manor of Carleton near Basingham.
Memorandum, that the record and process and petition of parliament herein mentioned are on the JiUs of chancery amongst the king's writs of the 35th year of this king's reign.
March 5: To Thomas de Huntercoumbe, late constable of Wyndesore castle. Westminster. Order to pay to John de Broghton, to whom the late king committed for life the custody of the gate of Wyndesore park and of his manor in the same park, receiving as much therefor as Laurence de Bagshote, deceased, received for the same, the arrears of his wages for the time when Thomas was constable.
March 5. To Ralph de Camoys, late constable of Wyndesore castle. Like order in Westminster, favour of the said John.
March 6. To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port Westminster, of Southampton. Order to pay to Thomas de Bynedon, JIugh Sampson, Roger de la Hurne, and Richard Cokkil, burgesses of the aforesaid town, 160 marks out of the issues of the custom, which sum the king has granted to them because they have mainperned to find him four ships, each of (toe burthen of 160 tuns, well and sufficiently defended with fencible men under double manning {eshippisona)f in order to conduct the king's treasure that he is sending to the duchy [of AquitaineJ for the expedition of his affairs there. By p.s.
March 7. To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be Westminster, elected in place of Guy de Holyntegh, who is incapacitated by age and infirmity.
Membrane 23.
March 3. To the treasurer and chamberlains. Whereas the late king, on 20th May, Westminster, in the 8th year of his reign, granted to Henry son of Hugh, in recompence for his damages and expenses incurred in Scotland in the said king's service, 400 marks, to be received from Eleanor, late the wife of Henry de Percy, tenant in chief, out of the 400/. that she was bound to render to the said king yearly for the custody of her said husband's lands in co. York, which were in the said king's hands by reason of the minority of the heir, to wit the said Henry son of Hugh to receive 50 marks at Michaelmas following and 50 marks at. the following Easter, and so from year to year until he should be satisfied for the whole sum ; the king orders the treasurer and chamberlains to search the rolls and memoranda of the late king's exchequer concerning Eleanor's account for the said custody, and to cause the said Henry son of Hugh to be satisfied for what they shall find to be in arrear of the said 400 marks, either in money and by an assignment in a suitable place. By C.
March 2. To the same. Ranulph de Benton has Bhewn the king, by his petition Westminster, before him and his council, that whereas he was lately assigned by the late king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer to receive 40/. from Nicholas
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de Grandon, then sheriff of Westmoreland, for the residue of his account rendered at the exchequer for provisions of victuals for the late king's use by writ of the exchequer and by a tally levied at the exchequer in the name of the said Nicholas for the said money, and the said Nicholas paid the 40/. aforesaid to Robert de Clifford by virtue of a writ under the late king's privy seal before the said writ of the exchequer and tally came to him, and although Ranulph has not received the money and the tally remains intact in his possession, he is nevertheless charged in his account rendered in the late king's wardrobe with the aforesaid 40/. by the pell of the memoranda of the exchequer, by virtue of the aforesaid assign- ment ; wherefore he has prayed the king to cause 40/. to be paid to him at the exchequer or an assignment therefor to be made to him, in recompence for the aforesaid 40/. ; the king therefore orders the treasurer and chamber- lains to pay him 40/. or to cause an assignment therefor to be made to him, receiving from him the tally aforesaid. By pet. of 0. [8536.]
March 6. To John de Insula, constable of Wvndesore castle. Order to pay to Westminster. Gilbert Pipot, fletcher (attilliatori) in that castle, the arrears of his usual wages for the time that John has been constable, and to pay him the same henceforth.
To Walter de Friskeneye. Order to intend the holding of pleas before the king together with Geoffrey le Scrop and others appointed for this purpose. By K. A 0.
March 7. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to inter- Westminster, meddle further with the lands of Walter de Pavely, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by William de Weston, the late king's escheator in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Kent (sic), Middlesex, and in the city of London, that he held no lands in chief of the late king by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
Feb. 15. To /John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Westminster. Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order to deliver to Thomas le Blount and Juliana his wife the following of the ad vow sons of the purparty of John de Hastyng', kinsman and co-heir of Aymer de Valencia, late earl of Pembroke, which the king has assigned to them as Juliana's dower of John's purparty, her late husband : the advowson of the church of Sper- ham, co. Norfolk, of the yearly value of 40/. ; the advowson of the church of Sutton, in the same county, of the yearly value of 10/. ; the advowson of the church of Esthanigfeld, co. Essex, of the yearly value of 20 marks ; the advowson of the church of Thoriton, in the same couuty, of the yearly value of 100*. By pet. of C. [13479.]
March 10. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with Westminster. John de Gisorz, late keeper of the Tower of London, for his costs and expenses about the custody, and to certify the chamberlains of what they shall find to be due to him, so that the treasurer and chamberlains may cause to be done what the king shall order in this matter, as John has besought the king to cause him to be satisfied for a hundred and a half and 3 lbs. of wax and for three tuns of wine, expended by him by reason of the said custody in addition to the other costs and expenses. By pet. of C.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to the said John what they shall ascertain by the aforesaid certificate to be due to him.
By the said pet.
March 10. To John de Flete. Order to deliver to John de Kynarcleseye, Michael
Westminster, de Meldon, and Klias de Stapelton, executors of the will of Thomas, late
earl of Lancaster, all the goods and chattels of the earl in the Tower of
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London or elsewhere in his custody, for the execution of the earl's will, according to the ordinance made in the present parliament. By p.s. [391.] The like to the following :
Thomas Wake, keeper of the Tower of London. John de Wymundewold and John de Oxindon. Eleanor, late the wife of Hugh le Despenser. Anthony de Lucy.
March 9. To Robert Buynard. Order to intend the holding of pleas before the king
Westminster, together with Geoffrey le Scrop and others appointed for this purpose.
By p.s.
March 10. To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the Westminster, king. Order to admit the said Robert as their fellow for this purpose.
By p.s.
March 12. To William Trnssel, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Westminster. Eleanor, late the wife of Thomas Mauduy t, tenant in chief of the late king, a third of the manor of Wermenstre, co. Wilts, of the yearly value of 48/. 8*. 2d., and a third of the manor of Westbury, in the same county, of the yearly value of 9/. 4*. ld.f which the king has assigned to her as her dower.
March 14. To the same. Order not to distrain the abbot of St. Catherine-du-Mont, Westminster. Rouen, dwelling in parts beyond sea, for fealty for the lands that be holds
of the king in England, as he has done fealty to the king. — Thomas Hotoft
received the fealty by writ.
March 10. To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be Westminster, elected in place of Thomas de Grauntpount, deceased.
To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William de Wetewang, who is insufficiently qualified.
March 12. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance Westminster, to be made to Robert de Coventre, in the debts due from him to the exchequer, for 51/. 13*. 4 d, due to him from the late king for corn taken for his use, as appears by the account of William de Melton, late keeper of the said king's wardrobe, if they find by inspection of the said account that this sum is due to Robert, who has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the said sum to be allowed to him as above, he being indebted to the exchequer in 30/. 19*. ll^d. of the remainder of his account for the time when he was keeper of the lands in co. Northumberland and in the bishopric of Durham that the late king caused to be taken into his hands as forfeited. By pet. of C.
March 6. To the sheriff of Northampton. Order to cause Richard de Lungespy to Westminster, have seisin of a messuage and a virgate and 6 acres of land in Lodynton, as the king learns by inquisition that the late king caused to be taken by John Daundelyn, then sheriff of that county, that Robert de Lungespy, who was outlawed for felony, held the premises of the said Richard, and that they have been in the late king's hands for a year and a day, and that they are still in the king's hands, and that John de Sancto Mauro, late sheriff of that county, had the year, day, and waste thereof, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
March 12. To the sheriff of Hertford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to Westminster, be elected in place of Laurence de Bottele, who is disqualified by infirmity and age.
March 10. To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be Westminster, elected in place of Nicholas de Staf hurst, deceased.
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March 10.
Westminster.
March 12. Westminster.
86079.
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The burgesses of Oxford have shewn the king, by petition in parliament, that whereas the late king— at the prosecution of the said burgesses by petition in parliament [6569] at West- minster, in the 17th year of his reign, suggesting that whereas they, by the charters of the king's progenitors, hold at fee-farm the town of Oxford with all liberties that the city of London has, and that emends of the breach of the assize of bread and ale in the town and suburbs have always been annexed and assigned in aid of the said ferm from time out of mind, until Edward I., about the 20th year of his reign, caused the assize to be seized into his hands, at the procurement of the chancellor and scholars of the university and of the sheriff of the county of Oxford, without the burgesses being called in judgment, since which time Edward I. and Edward II. received the profit of the assize, and that although the assize was granted to others at a rent of 100*. yearly to the exchequer from the time of its being taken into the said king's hands, nevertheless the burgesses were charged with the whole ferm of the town at the exchequer from the time of the taking of the assize into the said king's hands as if the assize had been in their hands, — ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer concerning the premises, and to certify him of the time, manner, and cause of the assize being taken into the hands of Edward I., and they certified that Henry III. granted and ordered by his charter that the bakers and brewers of Oxford should, on their second trespass against the assize of bread and ale, lose the bread and ale made contrary to the assize, and that the bread and ale should be forfeited to the king, and that Edward 1., upon being given to understand that, after many trespasses had been made by the bakers and brewers of the town and left unpunished, the mayor and bailiffs had not made sufficient answer for the issues of the aforesaid bread and ale thus forfeited to Henry III. and to him, whereby the trespassers assumed greater boldness in offending, pro- vided by his council that the constable of Oxford castle should receive all issues from the forfeiture of the aforesaid bread and ale, and should be charged therewith, and should answer therefor at the exchequer, and there- upon ordered the keeper of the castle to receive and answer for all such issues, and that they found nothing else in the exchequer concerning the assize aforesaid ; wherefore the burgesses have besought the king to cause the said 100*. wherewith they are charged yearly to be allowed to them, and that they may be discharged thereof; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to have advisement by the inspection of the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer concerning the time, manner, and cause of the assize being taken into the hands of Edward I., and whether the burgesses had the assize in aid of the ferm of the town or not, and if so, by whose grant, and how, and from what time, and how much the assize used to be worth to them yearly, and how much is now answered to the king therefor, and if they find that the burgesses had the emends of the assize in aid of their ferm, and that answer is made to the king for the said 100*. yearly for the assize, they are then to cause due allowance thereof to be made to the burgesses according to their discretion. By pet. of C. [12938.]
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Richard de Potesgrave of the issues of the lands of John de Beggeby from 6 March, in the 17th year of the late king's reign, when the said king ordered Richard, then keeper of the lands aforesaid, to deliver them to John, because John was acquitted before Henry de Cobeham and Ed. de Passele, then justices to deliver Rochester gaol of the said John, of adhesion to Bartholomew de Badelesmere and of other felonies and trespasses in co. Kent whereof he was indicted, and to discharge Richard of John's gocds, which the king also ordered him to restore.
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March 13. To the sheriff of Wilts. Older to cause underwood in the park of Westminster. Claryndon to be taken by the view of John de Chidiok, the king's keeper there, sufficient for repairing the enclosure of the park, and to expend up to 20/. by the view of the said John about the enclosure, as the king is given to understand that the enclosure is so fallen down and broken that the king's beasts in the park can pass through it in many places. By O.
Mbmbmaxm 22.
Feb, 4. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause to be
Westminster, delivered to the prior of Neuport Paynel, which is a cell of the abbey of Marmoutier, Tours, all the lands, fees, and advowsons pertaining to the priory, which the late king caused to be taken into his hands by reason of the war between him and the king of France in the duchy of Aquitaine, with other lands of alien men of religion of the power of the king of France, which lands of the priory the said king committed to the prior during pleasure for a yearly ferm, retaining in his hands the knights' fees and advow- sons, and to cause the goods and chattels on the lands to be delivered to the
grior, which the said king also caused to be taken into his hands and which e delivered to the prior upon mainprise to answer therefor to him, and to cause the prior to be discharged of the ferm aforesaid and of the arrears thereof, and to discharge him and his mainpernors of the goods and chattels aforesaid, saving to the king until otherwise ordered the apportum due to the abbey aforesaid, the prior having besought the king for such restoration and discharge, which the king has granted by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other magnates in parliament. By pet. of C.
[Foedera.] The like in favour of the following : The abbot of Fecamp in Normandy. The abbess of Caen in Normandy. The prior of Wangeford, of the Cluniac order. The prior of Horkesle, of the Cluniac order. The prior of Lynton, a cell of the abbey of St. Jacut in Britanny. The prior of Modbury, a cell of the abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive in
Normandy. The prior of Loddres, a ceil of the abbey of Montebourg in Normandy. The prior of Frumpton, a cell of the abbey of St Stephen, Caen, in
Normandy. The prior of Oteryngton, a cell of the abbey of St. Michel in Peril of
the Sea in Normandy. The prior of Theford, a cell of the abbey of Cluny in Normandy. The prior of Avebury, a cell of the abbey of St. George in Normandy. The prior of Clatford, a cell of St. Victor in Normandy. The prior of Appledercombe, a cell of the abbey of St. Mary, Monte*
bourg, in Normandy. The prior of St. Helen's, of the Cluniac order. The prior of Pontefract, of the Cluniac order. The prior of Blyth, a cell of the abbey of St Catherine-du-Mont,
Rouen, in Normandy. The prior of Hermodesworth, a cell of the same abbey. The prior of Ecclesfeld, a cell of the same abbey. The prior of Mereseye, a cell of St. Ouen's, Rouen. The prior of La Seke, a cell of the abbey of St. Florent, Saumur
(Samuro), in Anjou. The prior of Holy Trinity, York, a cell of the abbey of Marmoutier,
Tours. The prior of Derhurst, a cell of the abbey of St. Denis.
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The prior of Bernestaple, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of Carsewelle, of the Cluniac order.
The prior of St> James near Exeter, a cell of the priory of St. Mar-
tin-des* Champs, Paris. Brother Richard Folyn, proctor of the abbey of Beau bee in Normandy. The prior of Fembrok in Wales, a cell of the abbey of Sees in
Normandy. Brother Richard, proctor of the prior of Morteyn in England. The prior of Shireburn, a cell of the house of St, BenoSt, Ceriays
(de Cyrisi). The prior of Eye, a cell of the abbey of Bernay in Normandy. The prior of St. Yalery, a cell of the abbey of St, VaJery in Ficardy. The prior of Wolfrkheston, a cell of the abbey of St Pierre- but- Dive,
in Normandy, The prior of Lenton, of the Cluniac order. Tbe abbot of Ckmy*
The abbot of St. Martin, Seez, in Normandy. The prior de Cretyngea and of Everdon, a cell of the abbey of Bernay
in Normandy. The prioress of Leunemintatre, a cell of the abbey of Almenechos
(Almanarche), in Normandy, The prior of Coges, a cell of the abbey of Fecamp, in Normandy* Tbe prior of Noyon [and] Neumarche {de Novo Mercato). The prior of Okeburn, The prior of St Neots. The prior of Stokes. The prior of Styventon. The prior of Goldclyve. The prior of Cowyk. The prior of Wylesford. The abbot of Seez. The prior of Cameryngham, The abbot of Lire.
The prior of Caresbrok, a cell of the abbey of Lire. The prior of Hynkele, a cell of the abbey of Lire. The prior of Tytteleye, a cell of the abbey of Tiron (Tyrona). The prior of Holy Cross in the Isle of Wight, a cell of the abbey of
Tiron, The prior of Hamele, a cell of the abbey of Tiron. The prior of Warham, a ceil of the abbey of Lire, The prior of Appeltrecombe in the Isle of Wight, a cell of Montehourg. The prior of Pannfeld and Welle, a cell of the abbey of Caen, in
Normandy, The prior of St Mary's, Lancaster, a eel) of the abbey of Seez in
Normandy. The prior of Anedewell, a cell of the abbey of Tiron. The prior of Folkestan, a cell of the abbey of Lonlay {Lulleyo) in
Normandy. The abbess of Gynes in Artoya. The prior of Menstre, a cell of the abbey of St Serge (Cergi) in
Anjou (Angavia). The prior of Truerdrayth in Cornwall, a cell of the aforesaid abbey. The prior of St, Michael in Cornwall, a cell of St. Michel in Peril of
the Sea, Normandy. [Ibid.]
Feb, 17. To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to resume into the king's hands the Westminster, lands and tenements of William de Kaerdift and to deliver them to him,
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together with the issues and arrears of ferms, etc., for which answer was
rnot made to the late king, and also his goods and chattels, excepting the
■ lands that belonged to the Templars, as it has been agreed in the present
' parliament that all those who were of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of
Lancaster, to pursue Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and Hugh le
Despenser, the elder, shall have their lands, goods and chattels, which were
taken into the late king's hands as forfeited. It is not the intention of the
king and his council that they shall be restored to lands that they have sold
or quit-claimed. By pet. of C.
[Fcedera.]
The like to the sheriffs of other counties and others in favour of many* others. [Ibid.]
Feb. 22. To the sheriff of Wilts. Like order in favour of William filz Waryn. Westminster. [Ibid.] By K. & C.
The like to the sheriffs of other counties in favour of sixteen others. [TWrf.] By K. A C.
Feb. 22. To Ralph Basset, keeper of the lands in the king's hands in co. Rutland. Westminster. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, all the issues of her lands, which were taken into the late king's hands for the above reason, for the time that he has had the custody thereof, and the arrears of ferms, etc., and her goods and chattels, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinance in parliament. By K. & C.
[Ibid.-]
The like to keepers in divers counties in favour of the said Margaret and others. [Ibid.]
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Howel
Westminster, ap Howel, who made fine in 500/. with the late king to save his life and to have his lands again because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, to be discharged of what still remains to be paid of the said fine, and to cause him and his mainpernors to be discharged, as the king has caused the recognisance and mainprise for the fine to be cancelled in chancery, in accordance with the aforesaid ordinance in parliament. [Ibid.] The like in favour of the following : John de Countevill, for 20/. Simon de Rale, for 40/. Andrew de Craucombe, for 40*. John Mauduyt, for 1,000 marks. Otto de Botringan, for 1,000 marks. John de Aldwincle, for 40*. [Ibid.]
Feb. 14. To the same. Order to cause Edmund de Neviil to be discharged and Westminster, acquitted of 70 marks, the remainder of 100 marks in which he made fine with the late king, because he, at the order of Thomas, late earl of Lan- caster, of whose household he was a member, caused certain men of the county of Lancaster to be arrayed to resist Hugh le Despenser and certain others, the councillors of the late king, for which he was indicted before Hervey de Staunton and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the late king in the aforesaid county, as he has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to pardon him the remainder of the fine, and it was agreed in the present parliament that all fines and ransoms made by reason of the said earl's quarrel shall be annulled and cancelled. [Ibid.] By pet. of C.
The like to the following :
John de Erleye, for 80/.
John son of Simon, for 40/.
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Thomas de Herepathe, for 20/. Thomas de Bradeston, for 100 marks. John de Wylinton, for 3,000/. Walter de Pavely, for 200 marks. Thomas de Gurney, for 100/. Thomas de Wylinton, for 40 marks. John de Nevill of Horneby, for 500/. [Ibid.]
Feb. 7.
Westminster.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
Feb. 8. Westminster.
Feb. 3.
Westminster.
Feb. 12. Westminster.
Feb. 10. Westminster.
Feb. 10. Westminster.
Membrane 20.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Oliver de Ingham, who is staying in Gascony in the king's service, to have respite until Michaelmas next for all debts due to the exchequer and for all accounts that he is bound to render there. By K. & C.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to William de Gascrik and Juliana his wife, late the wife of John Paynel, tenant in chief of the late king, of the said John's lands, in the presence of Margaret de Daventre, formerly the king's nurse, to whom the king has committed the custody of two parts of the manor of Drax Paynel during the minority of John's heir.
To the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer of Dublin. Order to cause 20/. to be paid to Walter Wogan for the arrears of his fee for the time when he was justice to hear and determine the pleas following the late king's chief justice in Ireland, if that sum be due to him, as he asserts it is in his petition before the king and council for payment thereof.
By pet. of C.
To Robert de Werington. Order not to intermeddle further with the collection or custody of offerings coming to or in any wise pertaining to the church of the prior of Pontefract, by virtue of any mandate or com- mission previously made to him. By pet of C. [3283.]
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the abbot of St. Victor, who dwells in parts beyond sea, rector of the church of Stratfeld Mortimer, or to his proctor, 100*. 4d. due to him from the late king, to wit 64*. 4d. for oats bought for his use in April, in the 9th year of his reign, and 36*. Od. for oats bought from the said rector for the expenses of the said king's horses staying in the parts of Redyngg' in April, in the 11th year of his reign, as appears by two bills of the late king's wardrobe in the abbot's possession, in the 100*. that the abbot owes to the king for a writ of general attorney in England for a certain time, the abbot having prayed the king to cause such allowance to be made to him.
By pet. of C. [3828.]
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Adam de Swylington, who married Margery, late the wife of Roger de Pilkington, and the heirs of the said Roger to be acquitted and discharged of 200 marks, wherewith the lands of Roger in the hands of Adam and Margery are charged for a fine that Roger made with the late king for saving his life and having his lands because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, wherefore he was committed to prison alTTikhull, Adam having prayed the king to grant him pardon for the abov^sum. By pet. of C.
To the keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Sussex. Order to restore to William le Baud his lands in that county, to wit the manor of Coryngham and Dungeseles and the ndvowson of the church of the former manor, which are in the keeper's custody by the late king's commission, and to restore the issues of the same and the arrears of the ferms that did not come to the late king's hands, William having prayed the king for
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restitution of his lands, which were taken into the king's hands because William was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and it has been ordained in the present parliament that the lands that were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the said earP* quarrel shall be restored.
By pet. of 0. [14665.]
The like to the following :
The keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co, Leicester, for
the manor of Lubenham and the advowson of the church of that manor.
The keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. Hertford, for the
manors of Little Hadham and Melcleye, and two carucates of land
in Staundon and Great Hadham, and the advowson of the chapel of
Pelham Fourneux.
Feb. 12. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order, made with the
Westminster, assent of the prelates, earls, and other magnates in parliament, to cause to
be restored to the dean and chapter of Bouen all their lands, fees and
advowsons, together with their goods and chattels in the same, and the
arrears of the ferm due therefor to the late king from Master Peter de
Galiciano, to whom he committed the lands aforesaid, which he caused to
be taken into his hands with the lands of other alien men of religion of the
power of the king of France, the dean and chapter having prayed for
restitution by their petition before the king and his council, and the king
haying granted to them the arrears of the ferm aforesaid. [FoederaJ]
To the same. Order to allow to John de Erleye, late sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, 20/. 19*. $\d. paid by him to Richard de Beauchamp, the late king's serjeant and huntsman, from 20 October last until 26 January, to wit for 88 days, by virtue of the late king's order of October 15 last, to pay to Richard 12rf. a day for himself, and to Walter de Louchale and Little William S^d. a day each, and to Gilbert Scot and Richard de Croydon, John de Ledebury, and Henry de Burton l$d, a day each, and to Bufiardus Page Id. a day, and $ci. a day for each of forty-one running dogs and eleven greyhounds, except five running dogs, [for whom] the late king willed that \d. a day should be paid, from the said 20 October for so long as Richard, the said dogs, and six yeomen and page (paiettus) keeping the dogs, should remain in the sheriffs bailiwick.
To the same. Order to allow to the said John de Erleye 66*. 4J. paid by him to John Huchyn, the late king's huntsman, from 20 October last until 26 January, to wit for 98 days, by virtue of the late king's order of October 16 last to pay to the said huntsman 2d. a day for his wages and
id. a day for each of the twelve greyhounds staying with him in the said iieriff's bailiwick.
Jan. 30. To the same. Order to cause to be paid to Robert Person, citizen and Westminster, skinner of London, out of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, what they shall find to be in arrear to him of the 400J. due to him from the late king for money paid to the exchequer for the late king's use by him by the hands of Walter de Norwyco, then keeper of the office of treasurer, and of the chamberlains, which sum the late king pro- mised to pay to him from the issues of the custom of wool, hides, and wool- fells in the said port or from his treasury, Robert having prayed, by petition before the king and his council, for payment of the 200/. that still remain, unpaid to him, he having received 200/. from the exchequer.
BypeLofC. [8564.]
Feb. 6. To the same. Order to cause allowance to be made to Richard de
Westminster. Perrers, in the debts due from him for the time when he was the late king's
sheriff of Essex and Hertford, for 41/. 6s. 2d. due to him from the late king
for money paid by him to John de Wygornia and his fellows, soldiers
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(soldariis), for their wages and for recompence for their horses lost in the •aid king's service in divers garrisons (mumcionibus) in Scotland in the 5th, 6th, and 7th years of his reign, as appears by a bill of the late king's wardrobe in Richard's possession, as Richard has prayed, by petition before the king and his council, for allowance for the aforesaid sum.
By pet. of C. [7922.]
Feb. 10. To John de Hampton, esoheator in cos. Gloucester, Worcester, Stafford, Westminster. Salop, etc Order not to intermeddle further with a quarter of the manor of Mere, and with a quarter of a quarter of the said manor, in the said (sic) county, and with 4 acres of land and 12 acres of turbary in the same town, and to deliver the issues thereof to James de Daudele, as the king learns by inquisition taken by William le BotUl[er] and Roger Hillary, by the late king's order, that William de Mere, on Monday the morrow of the Close of Easter, in the eleventh year of the late king's reign, enfeoffed Hugh Daudele of the premises, to him and bis heirs, and that Hugh continued his seisin thereof by virtue of the feoffment aforesaid from that day until the tenements were taken into the late king's hands with other lands of Hugh, and that they are in the king's hands solely for this reason, and that they are held of Thomas de Haglhton (sic) by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee, and that James de Daudele, Hugh's son, is Hugh's next heir and is of full age. By pet. of 0.
- Feb. 3. To the keeper of the manor of Stretton, co. Oxford. Order not to inter-
Westminster, meddle further with the said manor, and to restore the issues thereof from the time of the death of the aforesaid Hugh to the said James, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John Loveday and William de Shareshull, by the late king's order, that Ela de Audele, on Monday after St. Frideswide, 1 Edward L, granted to Hugh de Audele, her son, now deceased, the said manor, to him and the heirs of his body, and that Hugh continued his seisin thereof by virtue of the grant from that day until it was taken into the late king's hands with his other lands, and that it is in the king's hands solely for this reason, and that it is held of Ebulo Lestraunge and Alesia his wife, as of Alesia's right, by the service of a third of a knight's fee for all service, and that James de Audele, son of the said Hugh, is his next heir and is of full age. By pet. of C.
Feb. 8. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The executors of the
Westminster, will of Thomas de Barcleie have shown the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas they lately had the administration of the goods and chattels of the deceased by delivery from the ordinary of that (sic) place, to wit the corn in the barns, the beasts, and divers other things in his manors, for the execution of his will, John de Hampton, late sheriff of Gloucester, John Sturmy, and others took the said goods and chattels into the late king's hands by his order, and detained them from the executors until James de Broghton, who afterwards had the custody of the castle and lordship of Bercleye by the late king's commission, occupied and sold the said goods and chattels, and levied the money thence arising for the late king's use, and detained the money in his possession, so that the executors could not have free administration thereof as they ought to have ; wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy : the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to examine the account of the said James for the time when he had the custody of the castle and lordship, and if they find that he accounted for the seeds and chattels aforesaid and paid the money thence arising to the late kins, to cause the executors to have allowance for the money thus paid in the debts due from Thomas to the late king, and if James has not accounted for the goods and chattels, to cause him to come before them at the exchequer, and to cause justice to be done to the executors. By pet. of C*
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Feb. 6. To Thomas de Hyndringham and John Claver, late keepers of the tem-
Westminster, poralities of the bishopric of Norwich, then in the late king's hands. Order to cause to be paid to William, bishop of Norwich, all the issues of the temporalities that have not been paid to the king or his father from 4 December, in the 19th year of the late king's reign, when he offered to the late king the pope's bull preferring him to the bishopric and his fealty, until 9 November following, until which time the late king detained the issues by the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and Robert de Baldok, the bishop's rivals, as the bishop has prayed the king for remedy. [Fcedera.] By pet. of C.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the issues and profits of the temporalities from the said 4 December that had not been paid to the king or his father on the 6 February aforesaid to be paid to the bishop, discharging the said Thomas and John of the same. Dated at Westminster, 20 February, in the third year of the reign.
Membrane 19.
Feb. 9. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause a recog-
Westminster. nisance for 2,460/. 5*. lOd. made to the late king by J. bishop of Winchester to be cancelled, and to discharge the bishop of what still remains to be paid of the above sum, the bishop, after he had been promoted to the bishopric by the pope, having been hindered for a long time from receiving his tem- poralities by reason of certain impeachments that Master Robert de Baldok and other rivals made against him after he had offered his fealty to the late king for the temporalities, during which time the late king received the issues and profits of the temporalities in full, and the bishop made a recognisance to him for 10,000/. payable at pleasure in order to obtain the temporalities, for which 10,000/. the late king willed that he would be satisfied for 2,000/. and that the residue thereof should be put in respite depending upon the bishop's conduct, and afterwards, when the bishop's fealty had been taken and his temporalities had been restored, the bishop made another recog- nisance to the late king in the above sum of 2,460/. 5s. lOd. for the corn then growing in the lands of the bishopric and for divers other things, of which sum a certain part has been paid by the bishop and a certain part remains to be paid, and the bishops of London and Hereford, who were afterwards sent to the late king for certain causes, informed the king amongst other things upon their return that the late king answered, for the discharge of his conscience, that it was not his intention that anything of the said recognisance for 10,000/. should be taken, and he willed, for the issues and profits of the temporalities levied and received by him against conscience, that what remained unpaid of the aforesaid recognisance for 2,460/. 5s. lOd. shall be remitted to the bishop. The king has ordered J. bishop of Ely, his chancellor, to cause the said recognisance for 10,000/. in the late king's rolls of chancery to be annulled and cancelled. By p.s. [66.]
[Fcedera.\
Feb. 4. To Robert de Bikkemor, the late king's escheator in cos. Cornwall,
Westminster. Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. Order not to intermeddle further with certain lands in Hounespcll, co. Somerset, taken into the king's hands by reason of the death of Herbert de Marisco, tenant in chief, and to restore the issues thereof to Isabella de Rodes, as the kings learns by inquisition taken by the said Robert by the late king's order that Herbert demised and granted the said lands to Isabella for her life, and that the lands are held of Richard Kogan, knight, by the service of rendering \d. yearly at Michael- mas, and that the lands are worth yearly in all issues 10/. By C.
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Feb. 16. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the Westminster, master and brethren of St. Leonard's hospital, York, to be discharged of 90/. 18*. 2d. of the 190/. 18*. 2d. exacted from them by summons of the exchequer for tenths, tallages, and other subsidies of the time of Edward I., and to permit them to pay the remaining 100/. at the rate of 10 marks yearly, as the king has pardoned them the aforesaid sum and granted them such respite because the hospital, which is of his patronage, is much depressed by divers oppressions and grievances. By p.s. [123.]
Feb. 5. To the same. Order to discharge Adam de Swylington of 237} marks,
Westminster, the remainder of a fine of 1,000 marks made with the late king to save his life and to have his lands, of which sum the late king pardoned him 500 marks, as Adam has prayed the king to pardon him the said 237} marks, he having been imprisoned at TikhiU because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and having made fine or ransom with the late king as above. By pet. of C.
March 3. To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to WiUiam de Culpho Westminster. 17/. 1*. 5j<Z. due to him for divers things bought by him for the expenses of the household of John de Eltham, the king's brother, as appears by a bill of the treasurer in his possession, as WiUiam has besought the king to cause the above sum to be paid to him so that he may pay the men from whom the said things were bought, he having rendered his account of the expenses of the said household before the treasurer and barons by the king's order.
Feb. 16. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver the town Westminster, of Scardeburgh to the burgesses thereof, to hold it as they were wont to hold it before it was taken into the late king's hands, as they have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council in parliament, that the king's progenitors by their charters, which the late king confirmed, demised and granted the town to them at fee-ferm, rendering yearly therefor 66/., by pretext whereof they and their ancestors held the town peacefully and quietly until the late king lately caused it to be taken into his hands without cause, and they have prayed the king for remedy, and it appears by the charters and confirmation aforesaid exhibited in chancery that the town was demised to the burgesses at fee-ferm as is aforesaid, and it is found by a certificate made by the chancellor before the king and his council that the late king caused the town to be taken into his hands by a writ enrolled in the rolls of chancery by these words 'for certain causes/ without any other cause being specified in the writ; which cause is adjudged as naught by the king and his council in parliament.
Feb. 12. To the steward of Gower. David Baret has besought the king, by peti- Westminster. tion before him and his council, to cause to be restored to him the Jands that belonged to Stephen Baret, knight, his brother, of whom he is the heir, which are in the king's hands by reason of the riding in war (equitacionis) of the barons in the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster ; the king, acceding to this petition by the counsel and assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and all the community of the realm, orders the steward to inform himself concerning the taking of the said lands into the king's hands, and to deliver all the lands that he shall find belonged to Stephen in the land of Gower that are in the king's hands to David, if David be his next heir and be of full age, together with the issues and arrears of ferine for which the late king or the present king have not been satisfied. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to John
Westminster, de Cotun, in the 140/. of the ferm of the city of London due from him
and Gilbert de Mordon to the exchequer for the time when they were the
late king's sheriffs, 98/. 9*. 5c/., the remainder of 108/. 19*. bd. for fur-
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lining (peluram), delivered by John at the late king's order to Ralph de Stokes, then clerk of the said king's great wardrobe, as appears bj four bills of the wardrobe in John's possession, John having afterwards received 10/. thereof from the late king's exchequer, as John has prajed the king, by his petition before the king and bos council, to cause the said sum to be allowed as above. By pet. of C. [13723.]
Feb. 18. To the same. Order to allow to Laurence de Rustiton, king's clerk, in Westminster, the 38/. 7«. 5W. due from him for the arrears of the ferm of the towns of Petresfeld, Mapelderham, Upclatford, and Hardebrugge, co. Southampton, committed to him by the late king, the sum of 22/. 11*. 8±d. due to him in the late king's wardrobe, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe under the seals of J. bishop of Bath and Wells and John de Okham in his possession, as he has prayed the king, by his petition before him and his council, to cause such allowance to be made to him. By pet. of C.
Feb. 12. To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Westminster. William de Ayremvniie, bishop of Norwich, the issues received by him from the manor or Drax Paynel, co. York, from the time when it was taken into the late king's hands, the late king having ordered the said escheator to restore to the bishop his lands, goods, and chattels and debts in co. York, together with the issues thereof since he caused them to be taken into his hands for certain reasons, whereupon the escheator returned that he had taken the aforesaid manor into the late king's hands by reason of the trespass that the bishop made in acquiring it from John Paynel, who held it in chief of the late king, without the late king's licence, as the bishop has now rendered the manor to the heirs of the said John, minors in the king's wardship, wherefore the king has pardoned him the trespass committed by him in this behalf and has granted him the issues received from the manor from the time of its acquisition. By p.s. [98.]
Feb. 10. To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Rutland, and North- ampton. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, 10 acres of land, and an acre of meadow in Castelcarleton, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the late king's order that John de Meriet demised the premises to John de Ardern for life only and in no other way, and that John de Ardern died more than six years ago, and that the tenements were taken into the said king's hands by reason of this demise solely, and that they are still in the king's hands for this reason, and that they are held of the king in chief as parcels of the manor of Castelcarleton, which manor is held of him in chief by the service of one knight's fee, and that they are worth yearly in all issues 2*. and not more, because the messuage is fallen down and the land is not cultivated.
Feb. 15. To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Westminster. Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to deliver to John de Bohun, son and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, sometime earl of Hereford and Essex* the issues of his father's lands from 31 October, in the 20th year of the late king's reign, when the late king took his fealty and rendered to him his lands, although he was not then of full age, because he learned by trust- worthy testimony that John would be of full age on St. Clement's Day next following, and he respited John's homage for certain causes, as the king has taken John's homage since his accession.
The like to John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk and Suffolk, etc., and to John de Hampton, escheator in co. Gloucester, etc.
Feb. 10. To Thomas de Harpedene, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Westminster. Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Edith, late the wife of John de Gomeldon, tenant in chief of the late king, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
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Feb. 16. To the abbot of Bee Hellouin. Grant of power to receive upon this occasion the fealty of William, abbot of St. Mary's Grestein {de Cfre$teno)9 dwelling in parts beyond flea, due to the king for the lands that he holds of the king in England.
Vacated.
Membrane 18.
Feb. 1. To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Whereas Hugh Dandeley, the
Westminster. younger, bound himself in writing and by oath to the late king that he would assist him in all things all his lifetime, and that he would not eloign himself from the said king for anything that might happen, and granted that, if he contravened any of the things contained in the said writing, the late king might take all his lands into his hands and execute the other things contained in the writing ; and although the late king frequently ordered Hugh to come to him on certain days and places to obey his orders and pleasure concerning the premises, Hugh did not come, breaking the obliga- tion and oath aforesaid ; wherefore the late king ordered the sheriff of Gloucester to go in person to Hugh's manor of Thornbur[v], and to summon Hugh to be before the king at Gloucester on Friday before St. Ambrose, to wit 3 April, in the 14th year of the king's reign, to show cause why the manor should not be taken into the king's hands with all his other lands, according to the form of the deed aforesaid, and why the other things contained in the deed should not be put into execution, and to do and receive further what should be considered by the king and his council; at which day the sheriff returned to the late king that he had been to the said manor, and had caused Hugh to be summoned as aforesaid by William de Westbrok of Thornbur[y] and William de Wetawere of the same ; at which day Hugh, being many times called, did not come ; where- fore, the process in the matter being continued until Wednesday following, it was considered by the late king's council that all Hugh's lands, goods, and chattels should be taken into his hands, according to the form of the said deed, and the late king caused them to be taken and kept in his hands by firtue of the process and consideration aforesaid, and ordered that answer should be made to him for the issues thereof until he should cause other ordinance to be made, as appears by the rolls of the late king's chancery ; and the consideration and process aforesaid, after they had been recited, examined, and discussed in the present parliament at Westminster at Hugh's prosecution, are annulled. The king orders the sheriff to restore to Hugh all his lands, goods, and chattels in the sheriff's custody.
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The like to the sheriffs of the following counties :
Kent. Essex.
Wilts. Hertford.
Gloucester. Lincoln.
Rutland. Southampton*
Surrey and Sussex. Devon.
Buckingham. Stafford.
Oxford. Northampton.
Berks.
Feb. 8. To Robert de Bynchestre. Order to deliver to Thomas de Colevill the
. Westminster, goods and chattels of John de Britannia, earl of Richmond, together with
the issues received by Robert from the earl's manors and lands during the
time when he had the custody thereof by the late king's commission, after
the late king had caused the .earl's lands, goods, and chattels to be taken
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into his hands, as the said king restored the lands, goods, and chattels to the earl, and committed the custody of the earl's castles, manors, lands, goods, and chattels beyond Trent to the aforesaid Thomas for the earl's use to be kept by the bailiffs and ministers who had the keeping thereof before they were taken into the late king's bands, or by others as should seem good for the earl's benefit, and the late king ordered the said Robert to deliver to Thomas the earl's goods and chattels in his custody and the issues aforesaid, and he has as yet done nothing in this matter, as the king is given to understand on the earl's behalf. The like to William de Felton.
Feb. 8. To John de Denum. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Thomas the earl's
Westminster, goods and chattels in his custody and the issues received by him from the earl's manors and lands during the time when he had the custody thereof by the late king's commission. The like to the following :
John de Glen ton. John de Kele.
Thomas Broun. Nicholas Belle.
John Monceux. Thomas de Novo Mercato.
Feb. 4. To Matthew Broun, late escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rut-
Westminster, land. Order not to intermeddle further with the constableship of Lincoln castle and with the bailiwick before the gate of the same castle, and to re- store the issues thereof to Ebulo Lestraunge and Alesia his wife, as Matthew has returned, in answer to the king's order to certify him of the cause of the taking of the constableship and bailiwick into the late king's hands, that he did not take them into the late king's hands, but that John Wale way d, the said king's late escheator this side Trent, took them into the said king's hands because it was said that Alesia, who held the constableship and baili- wick to her and her heirs in fee in chief of the late king, demised them, when she was single, to John Talbot during his good behaviour to her, rendering therefor to her 20 marks yearly, and it appears to the king by the late king's rolls of chancery that the late king, on 20 September, in the 16th year of his reign, rendered the constableship and bailiwick to Alesia as her right and inheritance.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Agnes, late the wife of Richard de Grymeston, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that she held no lands in chief of the late lung on the day of her death by reason whereof the custody of her lands ought to pertain to the king.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the bailiffs and men of Norwich, out of the ferm of their town or out of their other debts, 300 marks, unless allowance have been made to them therefor wholly or partly, as the late king owed them 200 marks, which they lent to him by the hands of John de Sandale, his treasurer, in aid of his Scotch war, in the 4th year of his reign, and 100 marks lent to his wardrobe by the hands of John de Okham, king's clerk, for the expedition of certain of his affairs, in the 7th year of his reign, as is contained in divers letters patent of the late king in the possession of the said bailiffs and men, who have prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause allowance to be made to them as above. By pet. of C.
Feb. 12. To the king's keeper of Morgannou. Order to inform himself concern -
Westminster, ing the taking into the king's hands of lands in that land, and to restore
those that he shall ascertain to be in the king's hands by reason of the
riding of the barons in the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and
to restore the issues and arrears of ferm for which the king or his father
Jan. 28.
Westminster.
Feb. 3. Westminster.
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Jan. 30.
Westminster.
Feb. 14. Westminster.
Feb. 2. Westminster.
Feb. 10.
Westminster.
Feb. 11. Westminster.
Feb. 7. Westminster.
Membrane 18 — cont. have not been satisfied, as the Welsh community of Morgannou have besought the king, by their petition before him and his council, to restore the lands that are in his hands for the above reason, and he has acceded to their petition by the counsel and assent of the prelates, earls, and barons and whole community of his realm.
The like to the king's keeper of Glamorgan for the English community of Glamorgan.
To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Isabella de Bello Monte of Vescy (de Veciaco) the lands, knights' fees, and advowsons that belonged to David de Strabolgy, late earl of A thole, tenant in chief of the late king, as the king has granted the custody thereof to Isabella during the minority of David, son and heir of the said earl.
The like to John de Blounvill and William de Weston.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment to be made to Robert Person, citizen and furrier (peletarius) of London, of 231/. 0*. 7d., or to cause an assignment therefor to be made to him upon the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, as he has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause payment or assignment to be made to him for the above sum, for fur-lining (pelura) delivered by bim at the late king's order to Ralph de Stokes, then clerk of his great wardrobe, for his use, as appears by six bills of the wardrobe in Robert's possession. By pet. of C.
To the abbot of King's Beaulieu. Order to permit Gilbert de Walton, abbot of Grey Abbey (de Jugo Dei) in Ireland, a daughter-house (JitiaP domus) of the abbey of Holmcoltram, who is in custody in the abbey of King's Beaulieu by the late king's order, to go to the house of Holmcoltram with brother Thomas de Talkan, a monk of the latter house, as Robert de Barton and Robert Parnyng, of co. Cumberland, have mainperned before the king in chancery to have the body of Gilbert before him when ordered. By pet. of C.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Edmund de Kendale,in the debts due from him for the time when he had the manor of Lyndon at ferm of the late king's commission, 15Z. 19*. Ad. due to him from the late king for his fee, robe, and wages, as appears by a bill under the seal of R. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, late keeper of the late king's wardrobe, in Edmund's possession, as he has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause such allowance to be made to him.
To John de Blonvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Hunt- ingdon, Hertford, and Essex. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Gilbert de Ryston, and to restore the issues thereof, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator by the late king's order that Gilbert held no lands of the late king in chief at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
To William Vyvyan and Germanus Hobelyt, collectors of the custom of woo), hides, and wool-fells in the port of Shorham. Order to carry back to Chichester the king's seal called ' cokct ' ordained for the delivery of native and alien merchants exercising their merchandise in co. Sussex, and to exercise at Chichester what pertains to the collection of the custom until otherwise ordered, as the citizens of Chichester have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas the said seal was always ordained in times past to stay at the said city for the greater profit of the king, the easement of the merchants, and the amelioration of the city, and in no other place in that county, and that it was there until two years ago, when it was transferred to Shorham by the late king's order at the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, then lord of that town, and they have prayed that the king will provide them with a remedy. By pet. of C.
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to James de Cokynton 10/., which he paid by virtue of the late king's order of 3 September last, when he was sheriff of Devon, to Otto de Bodringan for the custody of the Isle of Lunday, the oustody whereof the king had com- mitted to him.
Feb. 10. To the sheriff of Leicester. Henry de Bello Monte and Alice his wife Westminster, have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council in parliament, that whereas John Comyn, sometime earl of Boghan, uncle (avunculus) of Alice and of Margaret her sister, of whom they are the heiresses, died seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Whitewyk, and the late king caused the manor to be taken into his hands by reason of their minority, and William de Boghan, asserting that he had been enfeoffed of the manor by the said John, entered the manor thus in the late king's hands, and made, whilst he thus held it, a recognisance for 4,000/. before the mayor of London and the clerk of recognisances there to Hugh le DeBpenser, the elder, and afterwards, because it was found by inquisition taken before the escheator this side Trent, that William had no estate in the manor except by his intrusion, and William asserted before the late king that he had no right in the manor and rendered the manor into the late king's hands as the right and inheritance of Alice and Margaret, and the late king granted the custody thereof during their minority to the aforesaid Henry, and afterwards, when Alice and Margaret were of full age, he rendered Alice's purparty thereof to Henry and Alice, and granted to them Margaret's purparty until he had taken the homage therefor due to him, and he rendered the purparty as is the custom, as is more fully contained in divers letters of the said king, and afterwards the aforesaid Hugh obtained the manor by virtue of the recognisance aforesaid, and held it as his chattel until his death, and it is now in the king's hands by Hugh's forfeiture ; wherefore Henry and Alice have prayed the king to restore the manor to them discharged of the aforesaid recognisance as it came to the late king's hands : as it appears by the late king's letters, examined before the king and his council, that the aforesaid earl held the manor of the said king in chief at his death, and that it was taken into his hands after the earl's death by reason of the minority of Alice and Margaret, and that he rendered to Henry and Alice one purparty thereof and granted the other purparty to Henry as aforesaid, and as the king is bound to render to heirs when they come of age their lands as much discharged as when they came to his hands or the hands of his progenitors, the king orders the sheriff to deliver the aforesaid manor to Henry and Alice discharged of the said 4,000/. By pet. of C. [14819.]
[Fadera.]
Membrane 17.
Feb. 5. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment
Westminster, of 13/. 10*. 9d. to be made to John de Asseford, citizen of London, out of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London, or to cause him to have allowance for that sum out of the moneys to be paid by him for the custom for his wool to be sent from that port to foreign parts, as he has prayed the king, by his petition before him and his council, to cause such payment or allowance to be made to him for the above sum, which the late king acknowledged, by his letters patent sealed with his seal called ' coket*' that he had received as a loan from John by the hands of William Hedersete and William de Rude, late collectors of the said custom in the port of London, by which letters the said king granted that he would make payment thereof out of the issues of the aforesaid custom.
By pet. of C. [9985.]
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Feb. 13. Westminster.
Feb. 8. Westminster.
Feb. 8. Westminster.
Membrane 17 — cant.
To Henry de Seccheford. Order to deliver to William de Hedersete or to Richard de Mersheton, clerk, his substitute, bj indenture the smaller part of the king's seal for receiving recognisances of debts according to the statute of merchants in the city of London, and all rolls and memoranda concerning the office in his custody, as the late king committed the custody of the said part to William, for life, by letters patent, with provision that he might execute the office by himself or by another sufficient clerk for whom he would answer, and William substituted the aforesaid Richard in his place, who executed the office until it was committed to Henry by the late king during his pleasure, contrary to the letters patent aforesaid, wherefore William has prayed the king to provide a remedy.
To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Thomas de Boulton, knight, the manor of Hildriskelf and certain lands in Galmthorp, to hold as long as the lands of Ralph, late baron of Graystok, tenant in chief of the late king, are in the king's hands, as it was found by inquisition taken by the late king's order by Thomas de Burgh, his eschea- tor beyond Trent, concerning the lands of the said Ralph, that Ralph held the aforesaid manor in fee of John le Bygot and the said lands of Ralph de Nevill, and that the manor and lands are charged to Thomas in 20 marks, two robes, one with fur lining (pelurd) and the other with linen lining (linura), and a saddle suitable for a knignt yearly, to be received during his life, ana it appears by another inquisition taken by the said escheator that Thomas was seised thereof by virtue of a deed made to him by the said Ralph, and that he continued his seisin thereof until Ralph's death, and the late king thereupon ordered the aforesaid Simon, then his escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, by divers writs to pay to Thomas the arrears of the aforesaid 20 marks, robes, and saddle from the time when the lands came to the said king's hands by Ralph's death, and to pay Thomas the same so long as the lands were in his custody, out of the issues of the aforesaid manor and lands, and Simon has signified to the king that he could not execute the said order, because the manor and lands thus charged with the 20 marks, robes, and saddle are extended at 12/. 7*. lid. only, and the issues thereof are insufficient to pay the said 20 marks, robes, and saddle yearly, and Thomas has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the manor and lands to be delivered to him in allowance of the above charge. By pet. of 0.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order not to compel John de Drokenesford, bishop of Bath and Wells, to recite his account rendered of the time when he was keeper of the wardrobe of Edward I., but to regard his account as rendered, and to appoint auditors to audit the remainder of the account that has not yet been rendered, and to cause such justice to be done to the bishop upon the rendering of his account as other keepers of the wardrobe have upon the render of their accounts, as the bishop has shewn, by his peti- tion before the king and his council, that whereas he rendered his account of the time when he was keeper of the aforesaid wardrobe until the end of the 34th year of the reign of Edward I., before John de Insula, John de Foxle, Master Richard de Abyndon, Master John de Everdon, Adam de Lymbergh and Robert de Notingham, auditors appointed by the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and although the said auditors audited and examined the account with great deliberation and care, he was nevertheless distrained and compelled to recite all the aforesaid account by the procure- ment of certain of his rivals, contrary to the law and custom of account, and especially of account* of the wardrobe, which are testified by the controller.
By pet. of C.
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Feb. 12. To the same. Order to deliver to the archbishop of Rouen all his lands, Westminster, fees and advowsons, and the goods and chattels found in the same, and the arrears of the ferm duo to the late king for the same from Master Peter de Galiciano, as the archbishop has besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the premises to be delivered to him, shewing that they were taken into the late king's hands with the lands, etc. of alien pre- lates and men of religion of the power of the king of France in this realm, and that the late king committed the archbishop's lands to the aforesaid Peter to hold at will for a certain yearly ferm, the said king retaining in his hands the knights' fees and advowsons, and that the said king also delivered to Peter the goods and chattels aforesaid by mainprise to answer therefor at his will, and the king has restored the lands, etc., aforesaid to the archbishop by the assent of the prelates, earls, barons, and other magnates in the present parliament, and has granted to him the arrears of the above ferm. The treasurer and barons are ordered to acquit Peter and his mainpernors of the lands, goods, and chattels, and arrears of the ferm aforesaid. [Fadera.]
Feb. 16. To the same. Order to deliver to the burgesses of Scardeburgh the Westminster, manor of Whallesgrave, to hold as they were wont to hold it, as they have shewn the king, by their petition before the king and his council, that the king's progenitors demised and granted by their charters, which the late king confirmed, the manor to the said burgesses at fee-ferm, rendering yearly therefor 257. at the exchequer, and that they and their ancestors held the manor by virtue thereof from the time of the making of the demise peacefully and quietly until the late king caused it to be seised into his hands without cause, wherefore they have prayed the king to provide a remedy, and it appears to the king by the charters and confirmations afore- said, which were shewn in chancery, that the manor was demised to the burgesses at fee-ferm as is aforesaid, and by the testification made by the chancellor before him and his council that the late king caused the manor to be seised into his hands by a writ enrolled in the rolls of chancery by these words ' for certain causes,' which cause is adjudged naught by the king and his council in parliament.
To Thomas de Warthecop, keeper of the forfeited lands in co. , etc.
(sic). Order to deliver to Ermeiarda, late the wife of John de Harcla, the manor of Whithalle and certain tenements in Ucmanby, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Thomas de Burgo, the late king's escheator, that Robert de Mulcastre enfeoffed the said John and Ermeiarda jointly of the said manor and lands for their lives, with remainder to Henry their son and his heirs male, with reversion, in case he died without an heir male of his body, to the right heirs of the said John, and that John and Ermeiarda continued their seisin of the manor and lands from the time when they were enfeoffed thereof by the said Robert until the day of John's death without impedi- ment, and that immediately after John's death Andrew de Harcla, the late king's enemy and rebel, entered the manor and lands by pretext of a feoffment thereof made to him by John, and that he held them until he was captured at Carlisle, and that they were taken into the late king's hands by Andrew's forfeiture, and are still in the king's hands, and Ermeiarda has now besought the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the manor and lands to be restored to her as her right by virtue of her joint acquisition aforesaid.
Feb. 15. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause payment
Westminster, to be made to Nicholas de Bolevylle of the arrears of 20/. yearly from the
exchequer from the time when he came of age, and to cause that sum to be
paid to him yearly hereafter, if he or his ancestors have not been provided
with lands in placo thereof, as he has shewn the king, by his petition before
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him and his council, that Henry III. granted to Nicholas de Bolevylle, his grandfather, of whom he is the heir, that he should receive 20/. yearly at the exchequer in place of the 20/. yearly that the said king previously granted that he should receive at the exchequer until he should provide him with 20/. of the land of wardships and escheats, until such time as the said king should provide him or his heirs with 20/. of the land of wardships and escheats, by virtue of which grant the said Nicholas the grandfather was • seised of the aforesaid 20/. yearly until his death, since which time neither Nicholas his son, father of the petitioner, a minor in the wardship of Ed- ward L, nor the petitioner, who was afterwards in the late king's wardship as a minor after his father's death, have received anything of the said 20/. yearly, wherefore Nicholas has prayed the king to provide a remedy. By p.s.
Feb. 13. To the king's keeper of the manor of Bye. Order to paj to the prior of Westminster. Holy Trinity, York, the arrears of a yearly rent of half a mark from the time when the manor came to the late king's hands, and to pay him the same rent yearly until further orders, as a fine was levied in the court of Henry III., in the 36th year of his reign, before Roger de Thurkelby and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between Geoffrey, formerly prior of Holy Trinity, York, demandant, and William de Bye, tenant, concerning 30 acres of land in Bye, and between the said Geoffrey, demandant, and William, deforciant, concerning the reasonable estovers that the prior exacted to have in William's wood in Bye, by which fine William acknowledged the aforesaid land to be the right of the prior and his church of Holy Trinity, York, and the prior, for this acknowledgment, granted the land to William, to be held by him and his heirs of the prior and his succes- sors and his church aforesaid, rendering therefor half a mark yearly for all service, suit of court, custom, and exaction, as appears by the fine, and it is found by an inquisition taken by the late king's order that all the priors oi the said church were seised of the rent of half a mark by the hands of William de Bye and his heirs from the time of the levying of the fine until the manor came to the late king's hands by the rebellion of Robert de Bye, who was in the company of the earl of Lancaster, and that the 30 acres by reason whereof the prior exacts the rent are parcel of the said manor, and are in the king's hands with the remainder of the manor for the reason aforesaid, and that the 30 acres are held of the prior by the aforesaid service of half a mark by virtue of the said fine, and that they are worth 30*. yearly in all issues, and that the rent has not been paid from the time when the manor came to the late king's hands. By C.
Feb. 6. To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Alice,
Westminster, late the wife of Henry le Chaumberleyn of Thornton, to have seisin of certain lands in Thornton in Pykeringlith, and to deliver the issues thereof to her, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Henry and Alice held the lands jointly on the day of Henry's death of the gift and feoffment of John de Eston to them and their heirs, and that the lands are held of the king as of the honour of Albemarle by the service of a fortieth part of a knight's fee, and the king has taken Alice's fealty.
Mar. 10. Westminster.
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. H. bishop of Lincoln has shewn the king, by his petition before him and his council, that the late king, at the procurement of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, Master Robert de Baldok, and others of their confederacy, caused the temporalities of the bishopric to be taken into his hands without reasonable cause, and
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detained them in his hands for three years, and presented to divers bene- fices pertaining to the bishop's collation bj reason of the temporalities being in his hands, and caused the bishop to be impleaded by divers writs in divers places because he did not admit the persons thus presented, by pretext whereof the bishop was amerced in many ways and put to grievous issues, which amercements and issues are now exacted for the king's use by summons of the exchequer, and the bishop has besought the kiug to cause him to be discharged of such amercements and issues at the exchequer ; the king, although the issues are by right forfeited by contumacy, wishing to shew the bishop special favour in consideration of his good service, orders the treasurer and barons to search the rolls of the exchequer concerning such issues and amercements, and to have advice, if need be, by the rolls and writs of the justices before whom the issues were adjudged to be for- feited, and to cause him to be acquitted of the said issues and amercements. [Fcedera.]
Mar. 5. To Roger de Waltham, late keeper of the late king's wardrobe. Gilbert "
Westminster, de Wyggeton, king's clerk, has shewn the king that although, when he was clerk of the said wardrobe, he made divers deliveries, expenses, payments, and allowances by the late king's order, and shewed the parcels of the same upon his account before the said Roger, nevertheless Roger has hitherto deferred allowing him the said parcels because Gilbert had no warrant there- for in his possession ; as it is testified before the king that Gilbert made by the late king's order the deliveries, expenses, payments, and allowances con- tained in a roll that the king sends to Roger sub pede sigilli, the king orders Roger to view the said roll and to allow to Gilbert the parcels afore- said. By K. A C.
Feb. 25. To the keeper of the manor of Sandhalle, in the king's hands. Order to Westminster, pay to L. bishop of Durham the arrears of a rent of 25*. yearly from the time when the keeper received the custody of the manor, and to pay him that rent henceforth out of the issues of the manor, if he ascertain that the manor is held of the bishop by the rent aforesaid, and that the bishop and his predecessors received the rent by the hands of the lords of the manor, as the bishop has shewn to the king that the manor is held of him by the said rent as of his church of Durham, and that the keeper detains the rent from him from the time when he received the custody of the manor of the late king's commission, although the bishop and his predecessors received the rent at all times past by the hands of Roger Damori, late lord of the manor, after whose death the manor came to the late king's hands, and by the hands of other lords of the manor.
Feb. 25. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause brother Westminster. Peter Marie and Stephen Power, late keepers of the lands of the abbot of Fecamp, to be discharged of the fixed sum (certo) due from them to the ex- chequer for the said lands from 18 February last, when the king took the fealty of brother Peter Rogerii, abbot of Fecamp, for the lands that he holds of the king in England, which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the death of brother Robert Deputot, late abbot of the said place.
Feb. 3. To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit John de Shir-
Westminster, bourn to execute the office of coroner in that city as the substitute of Benedict de Folsham, the king's butler, to whom the office of coroner in the city pertains, when required by Benedict, taking the oath of office from the said John, as Benedict cannot attend to the execution of the office in person by reason of certain affairs of the king that he has in hand in divers parts of the realm, and he has substituted John in his place. Feb. 9. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Simon
Westminster, de Grymmesby, the late king's escheator in cos. York, Northumberland,
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Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 8 marks for Whitsun and Martinmas terms last, paid by him oat of the issues of two parts of the manor of Thorp Basset to ftalph de Hastinges, by virtue of the late king's writ of 4 November, in the 18th year of his realm [as at page 231 of the previous
if
volume of this Calendar,
Feb. 29. To the sheriff of Kent Anthony Usus Maris and Anthony Citron, Westminster, merchants of Genoa, have shewn to the king that whereas they lately
caused certain silk cloth and other goods and wares to the value of 500/. to H
be placed in a ship of John Goliard at Sluys {Lesclus) in Flanders, in
order to carry them to London to make their profit thereof, certain
mariners and other malefactors in the galley of Badinus de Forde met the
ship on her voyage in the water of Thames near G-raveshende, and captured
her by armed force, and took her with the goods in her to Wynchelse, and
there divided the goods amongst themselves and had their will thereof,
wherefore the said merchants have prayed the king to provide a remedy :
the king therefore orders the sheriff to cause the goods and wares of the
said merchants, in whose hands soever they may be found, to be arrested,
and to cause them to be kept safely without diminution until further orders,
certifying the king of his proceedings without delay.
The like to the sheriff of Southampton concerning goods and wares to the value of 500/. token to Portesmuth.
Feb. 24. To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to pay to Mary, a nun of Aumbresbury, Westminster, the late king's sister, the arrears of 20/. 13*. 4d. yearly for the time of the sheriff's office, and to pay her that sum yearly hereafter, in accordance with the late king's grant of 10 April, in the 10th year of his reign, of the aforesaid sum from the sheriff of the said county for her life, in part payment of the 100 marks [yearly] that he had granted to her in aid of her maintenance, which grant the king accepts. By K & C.
Feb. 25. To Benedict de Fulsham, the king's butler. Order to cause the afore- Westminster, said Mary to have the arrears of the 10 tuns of wine yearly of the king's right prise in the town of Southampton for the time that he has been butler of the late and present kings, and to cause her to have the said 10 tuns yearly hereafter, in accordance with the late king's grant of 10 April, in the 10th year of his reign, of the 10 tuns yearly, each as of the value of 40*., to her for life in part payment of the aforesaid 100 marks. By K. & C.
[Fadera.]
Feb. 13. To Master Henry de Clyf, keeper of the rolls of chancery. Order to Westminster, search the said rolls and to cancel and annul all recognisances, fines, and ransoms therein made to the late king by Gilbert Talebot because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, as Gilbert has shewn the king, by his petition before him and his council, that he was taken and imprisoned for the above reason, and his lands, goods and chattels were taken into the late king's hands, and he acknowledged that he owed to the late king 200/. to save his life and 2,000/. and a tun of wine or 40*. to be paid at certain terms to have his lands again, which sums are now exacted from him by summons of the exchequer, and he has prayed the king to cause the said recognisances to be cancelled, and it is agreed in the present parliament that all fines, ransoms, and recognisances made by reason of the said quarrel shall be cancelled. The king has ordered the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to cause the aforesaid recognisances in the exchequer by the estreats of the aforesaid rolls to be cancelled and annulled. By pet. of C. [3711.]
Feb. 24. To William de Weston, escheator in cos. Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Middle- Westmmtter. sex, and in the city of London. Order to deliver to Robert de Echyngham
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the manor of Bedyngham, which belonged to William his brother, and the issues thereof since 25 July, in the 20th year of the late king's reign, when the said king, having taken Robert's homage for the lands that his said brother held in chief, ordered the said escheator to cause Robert to have seisin of ail his brother's lands, and to retain in the said king's hands the aforesaid manor until further orders, as Robert has prayed the king to cause the manor, which was detained in the late king's hands by reason of the claim that Nicholas de la Beche laid to it, to be restored to him, and Nicholas has acknowledged before the king in chancery that he has no right or claim in the said manor.
April 0. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain Peterborough. Gilbert, abbot of Bee Hellouin, for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done fealty to the king therefor.
April 9. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause dower to Peterborough, be assigned to Isolda, late the wife of John de Clavile, tenant in chief, upon her taking oath not to marry without the king's licence.
Membrane 15.
March 4. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands of Thomas de Chitecroft, and to restore the issues
thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by William de Weston, late escheator in cos. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and the city of London, that Thomas held no lands in chief of the king on the day of his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held on the said day divers lands of other lords by various services.
Feb. 26. To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter- Westminster, meddle further with the lands of Ed[mund] de Dudden, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that he held no lands in chief of the late king at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held divers lands of other lords by various services.
March 30. To the sheriff of Wilts. Order not to intermeddle further with a moiety Westminster, of the manor of Stapelford, in that county, and to restore any issues received thence since 17 March to Avelina, late the wife of John Giffard of Brymmesfeld, tenant in chief of the late king, to whom the king assigned the said moiety in dower, having, on the said day, ordered William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, to deliver the moiety to Avelina.
March 12. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle Westminster, further with the lands of Warin de Insula, which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of his death, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition made by his order that Warin held no lands in chief of the late king on the day of bis death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
March 6. To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Henry Westminster. Tyeys, which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of his death, as the king learns by inquisitions taken by his order that Henry held no lands in chief of the late king as of the crown on the day of his death, but that he held the manor of Chilton as of the honour of Walyngford and the manors of Alwerton and Tywoneil, co. Cornwall, as of the honour of St. Valerv, which honours are in Queen Isabella's hands, together with the knights* fees pertaining to the same, by the assignment of the late king, and that he held divers other lands of other lords by divers services, and that Alice,
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late the wife of Warm de Insula, sister of the said Henry, is his next heir and is of full age.
March 27. To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Roger Westminster. Crolt, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John de Hampton, late escheator in cos. Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and in the adjoining inarches of Wales, that Roger held no lands in chief of the late king at his death, but that he held divers lands of other lords by various services.
March 19. To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter- Leeds, meddle further with the lands of John de Boynton, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisiton taken by the escheator that John held no lands in chief of the king at his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to him, but that he held divers lands of other lords by various services, and that Walter de Boynton, his brother, is his next heir and is of full age.
March 10. To the same. Order to deliver to Roger de Boynton, brother of the afore- Leeds. said John, a messuage, 1£ bovates of land, 14 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of pasture in Hundmanby, and certain lands in Boynton and Rudestan, which were taken into the king's hands by reason of John's death, and to restore the issues of the tenements in Boynton and Rudestan, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that John held the premises on the day of his death in fee tail of the gift of Robert (Roberti Robertt) de Burton, vicar of the church of Boynton, and that they ought by the form ot the grant to remain to the aforesaid Roger and to the heirs of his body, and that the tenements in Hundmanby are held of the king in chief by the service of a fortieth part of a knight's fee, and that the tenements in Boynton and Ruddestan are not held of him, and the king has taken Roger's homage for the tenements in Hundmanby and has rendered them to him.
Feb. 12. To Robert de Bikkemore, escheator in cos. Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Westminster, and Dorset. Order to deliver to Matilda, wife of Nicholas de Odecoumbe, late the wife of Peter (Nicholai) son of Reginald, tenant in chief of the late king, the following of the advowsons that belonged to the said Peter (Petri) son of Reginald, which the king has assigned to Nicholas and Matilda as her dower: the advowson of the church of Brodemayne, co. Dorset, of the yearly value of 100*., to wit the presentation every third turn.
Feb. 13. To the same. Order to deliver to the said Matilda the following of the Westminster, knights' fees of the aforesaid Peter son of Reginald, which the king has assigned to the said Nicholas and her as her dower : a quarter of a fee in Leyghe, co. Dorset, which Walter Mohaut holds, of the yearly value of 40*. ; a moiety of a fee in More Kerchell, in the same county, which John Sifrewast holds, of the yearly value of 100*. ; a fee in Hynetton, Brode- mayne, Mapelerton, and Wolverton, in the same county, which Reginald son of Reginald holds, of the yearly value of 10/. ; a quarter of a fee in Milton, in the same county, which Nicholas Portebref holds, of the yearly value of 20*. ; a moiety of a fee in Stepelton, in the same county, which Thomas Belet and William Ponson hold, of the yearly value of 100*. ; a quarter of a fee in Lasarton, in the same county, which John de Henlegh holds, of the yearly value of 40*.
March 22. To John Daundelyn, late constable of Northampton castle. Order to
Westminster, deliver to Matilda, wife of Robert de Holand, lately staying in that castle,
her robes and other garments, chests, vessels, and other things that are in
his custody. By K.
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March 30. To the sheriff of Hertford. Whereas it appears by the transcript of a Westminster, fine levied before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, in the 7th jear of the late king's reign, between John de Campania and Rayner, vicar of the church of Aldebury, demandants, and John son of Philip de Patemere, deceased, and Sarah his wife, deforciants, concerning the manor of Patemere, which transcript the king caused to come before him in chancery under the exchequer seal, that the demandants granted to John and Sarah two parts of the aforesaid manor, and rendered the same to them in court, to have to them and the heirs of their bodies ; and the king lately — at the prosecution of Sarah, suggesting, by her petition before the king and his council, that Hugh le Despenser, the younger, by reason of certain rancours that he had conceived against the said John son of Philip, procured that two parts of the manor should be taken into the late kingps hands, and committed them to Simon de Moumbretton to hold during the late king's pleasure, and praying that the king would cause the said two parts to be restored to her — ordered the sheriff to summon Simon to be in chancery on the morrow of St. Valentine s day last to show cause, as well for the king as for himself, why the said two parts ought not to be delivered to Sarah ; at which day Simon did not come, although he was summoned by the sheriff, as the latter has returned : the king, wishing to do what is right to Sarah, orders the sheriff to cause the said two parts to be taken into the king's hands, and to cause them to be delivered to Sarah, to hold according to the tenor of the said fine.
March 29. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Westminster. 7/. 5*. 5|<J. to be paid out of the issues of the custom in the port of London to John Prior of London, as he has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause payment of the above sum to be made to him, in accordance with the late king's letters patent under the seal called ' coket,' which are in his possession, the late king being bound to him in the said sum for money received as a loan from him by the hands of William de Hedersete and William de Rude, late collectors of the custom in the port of London. By pet. of C.
To the same. Order to cause John de Bohun, son and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, late earl of Hereford and Essex, to have 40/. 10*. lOd. yearly by the hands of the sheriff of Essex for the third penny of that county and 20/. by the hands of the sheriff of Hereford for the third penny of that county, from 31 October last, when the late king rendered to John the castles, manors, and lands of his father, and to acquit the sheriffs of the said counties of these sums in their accounts at the exchequer, in accordance with the late king's grant of 18 May, in the second year of his reign, to the said Humphrey and Elizabeth his wife, and to the heirs of Humphrey's body.
April 6. To William Trussell, escheator this side Trent. Order not to distrain
Ramsey. brother Hugh, abbot of St. Albans, for his fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done fealty to the king. The like to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer.
April 4. The like to the said escheator in favour of brother Roger, prior of Holy Bamaey. Trinity, London.
April 6. To the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford. Order to deliver to John, bishop
Bamsey. of Ely, or to his attorney the 65/. 1*. Otf. found upon John le Orfevre of Oxford and William le Taillour of Oxford, who with others lately robbed the bishop of certain sums of money, the said John and William having been taken and imprisoned at Oxford at the suit of Walter atte Hull, the bishop's servant, and they have confessed certain felonies, as the king has given the above sum to the bishop. By K .
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March 4. To William de Calthorp. Order to deliver to Thomas le Blount and Westminster. Juliana his wife all the goods and chattels in the manor of Wynferthyng, which manor the king assigned to them as her dower and which came to the king by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, to whom the late king committed the custody thereof during the minority of the heir of John de Hastyng*, formerly Juliana's husband, and to deliver to them all issues of the manor pertaining to the king by reason of the premises for which answer has not yet been made to the late or present king, as the king has granted to Thomas and Juliana, in recompence for the damages sustained by them through the detention of the dower falling to her of the said John's purparty of the lands of Aymer de Valencia, late earl of Pembroke, tenant in chief of the late king, all the goods and chattels in the manors assigned to them in dower, and all issues of the manors for which answer has not yet been made to the king or to his father. The like to the following : Oliver Wyth, concerning the manor of Sutton. The prior of Wangeford, concerning the manor of Beydon. Bichard de Perers, concerning the mauors of Thoriton, Suthhanyngfeld,
Gevenelesbury, and Faynge-atte-Noke. Matthew Broun, late escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and But- land, concerning the manor of Toucestre.
April 10. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to receive a clerk Peterborough, to be deputed by William de Sancto Mauro, sheriff of Northampton, to make the sheriff's proffer at the exchequer upon this occasion, as the king has granted the sheriff licence to make his proffer by one of his clerks upon this occasion, in response to the sheriffs petition, setting out that he has been the king's sheriff of the said county for fifteen days only, and that he has been so hindered by the king's stay in that county and by certain other affairs of the king that he cannot come to the exchequer on the morrow of the Close of Easter next in person to make his proffer there according to custom.
March 0. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, or to him who supplies
Westminster, his place. Order to pay to Joau de Torthorald 20 marks yearly from the
issues of the escheatry, as the king has granted her that sum yearly in aid
of her maintenance until he shall cause other ordinance to be made for her
estate.
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Feb. 12. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to the Westminster, bailiffs and men of Great Yarmouth, in the debts due from them to the king, what they shall find by an account to be made with the said bailiffs and men that the latter expended by the late king's order, he having, on 26 October, in the 3rd year of his reign, sent John de Enefeld, his serjeant- at-arms, to that town to choose two good ships, each of which was to have forty men well provided with arms, in order to provision his town of St. John of Perth with victuals by the said ships, when he ordered the bailiffs and men by his writ to be aiding and intendent to the said serjeant in this matter, and that they should cause the said ships to be prepared with suitable tackle and to be provided with the said fencible meu, so that the ships should be ready within eight days of the receipt of his writ and should leave that town for Berwick-on-Tweed, in order to carry the victuals from Berwick to St. John's town, and ordered them to pay the wages of the men in the ships from their leaving Yarmouth until their return thither out of the form of that town, as the bailiffs and men have shewn the king that
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although the j sent the ships to Berwick on 17 November following; and the ships remained in the, late king's service until 6 April following, they have not yet obtained allowance for the costs, wages, and expenses paid by them in this behalf, and they have prayed the king to provide a remedy.
By pet. of C.
Feb. 25. To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Whereas the late king, upon Westminster, being given to understand that the society of the merchants of the Scali of • Florence was dissolved, and that the merchants of the society conversing in his realm, who were bound to him and some of his subjects, merchants and others, in divers sums, intended leaving the realm furtively and secretly with their goods and to defraud the kins and his aforesaid subjects of their debts, ordered the mayor and sheriffs of London to cause all merchants of the society in their bailiwick to be arrested, and to cause them to be detained safely and fittingly, and to cause all their goods, chattels, and wares and the debts due to them to be arrested and kept safely without diminution, until otherwise ordered ; afterwards, because Master John de Pinibus, archdeacon of Basaz, Master Thomas de Loco, Anthony Usus Maris, and Gaduch[ius] Boch', merchants dwelling in London, had mainperned before him and his council to have the bodies of Cerbius Tentini and Landus Omodei, proctors and servants of the merchants of the said society, before him or his justices at his pleasure, the said king ordered the mayor and sheriffs to supersede entirely the arrest of Cerbius and Landus, and ordained that all the goods and wares of the merchants of the Scali, appraised, or to be appraised, at their true value, and their debts should be delivered to Taldus Valoris and his fellows, merchants of the society of -the Bardi, and to Boniface de Peruchiis and his fellows, merchants of the society of the Peruzzi of Florence, by indentures to be made between them and the sheriffs within whose bailiwicks the goods, wares, and debts should be found concerning the same and their true value ; nevertheless the goods and wares of the said merchants of the Scali found and arrested in the city of London are still in the hands of Hamo de Chigwelle, then mayor of the city, and not in the hands of Taldus and Boniface as the said Cerbius and Landus say, and Cerbius and Landus have prayed the king, by their petition before him and his coun- cil, to cause the said goods and wares in the city aforesaid to be delivered to them, by mainprise to answer to the king and their other creditors in the realm for the debts due from them, in so far as the said goods and wares and the debts due to the said merchants of the Scali are sufficient; as the aforesaid archdeacon, Anthony Usus Maris, Master Thomas de Loco, Anthony Ceteron and Anthony Marosel, merchants of Genoa, Gerard Boche, merchant of Luca, and Silvester de Riche, merchant of Florence, have mainperned before the king in chancery, by the assent and will of Cerbius and Landus, to answer to and satisfy the king and other creditors of the said society of the Scali at the king's order for the debts due to the king and their other creditors, so far as the goods and wares and the debts to be delivered to them shall suffice, the king orders the mayor and sheriffs to cause the goods, wares, and debts of the said merchants of the Scali to be released, and to cause them to be appraised before them in the presence of Cerbius and Landus and of the said mainpernors, or of their attorneys, by the oath of men of the city, and to cause them to be delivered to the mainpernors or their attorneys by indenture to be made between the mayor and sheriffs and the mainpernors or their attorneys, in order that the king and the other creditors may be satisfied therefrom in form aforesaid, sending to the king under their seals a transcript of the indenture making mention of all their proceedings in this matter. By pet. of C.
March 6. To John de Bek. Order to deliver to William de Ayremynne, now bishop Westminster, of Norwich, the body of John, son and heir of John de Loudham, tenant in
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• chief of the late king as of the honour of Peverel, to be married according to the late king's grant of his marriage to the bishop, or to be before the king in fifteen days from Easter, to answer to him and the bishop concern- ing the heir, as the late king, on 11 November, in the 12th year of his reign, granted the marriage of the said heir to William, as of the value of 100 marks, in part satisfaction of 575 marks, for which William had, by the said king's will, satisfied Walter de Gosewyk, merchant and burgess of Berwick-on- Tweed, for money due to Walter from the said king for certain causes, and the said king, forgetting the above grant, granted the marriage of the heir to the said John de Bek on 2 September last, for a fine of 40 marks, and the bishop has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause the heir's body, which is in the custody of John de Bek, to be delivered to him, in accordance with the aforesaid grant. The king wills that John de Bek shall be discharged of the aforesaid 40 marks. By pet. of C.
Feb. 6. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
Westminster, to be made to Eichard de la Pole, keeper of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of Kyngeston-on-Hull, for 100/. paid by him out of the issues of the custom to Henry de Percy, receipt whereof the latter has acknowledged before the king in chancery, in execution of the king's order, when he was keeper of the late king's realm, by writ under the seal that he then used to pay the above sum to Henry, to whom he had granted that sum for the expedition of certain of the king's affairs in the northern parts.
Feb. 6. To Simon de Grymesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter-
Westminster, meddle further with the lands of Bobert son of Eichard de Shupton, and to restore the issues thereof to Bobert without diminution, as the late king, understanding that Bobert, who held of him in chief, had died, ordered Thomas de Burgh, then escheator beyond Trent, to take Robert's lands into his lands, and Robert has now appeared before the king in chancery in good health, and has prayed that his lands and the issues thereof from the time when they were token into the late king's hands may be restored to him.
March 14. To the sheriffs of London. Whereas at the complaint of Geoffrey le Westminster. Lacer of London, merchant, to the late king, that whereas he went, in the 9th year of the said king's reign, with his goods and wares to the value of 1,050/. to Bologna, in the parts of Lombardy, to trade there with the same, and was robbed of his goods aforesaid within the district, liberty, or juris- diction of Bologna Grassa in Gastel Franco and in the bridge of St Ambrose by Henry de Bocadeferiis and James his brother, and by Guido Thomasii and other malefactors of the said district, the late king frequently requested the podesta, anciani, and community of the said city of Bologna by his special letters to cause restitution of the said goods to be made to Geoffrey, together with satisfaction for the damages incurred by him ; but although Geoffrey, by himself and his attorneys, pressed them frequently for justice according to the said letters, they caused restitution of 200 pounds of Bologna only to be made to him, and have done nothing concerning the restitution of the remainder, but have failed altogether to do him justice, as appears by the letters patent of the mayor and aldermen of the city of London under their common seal sent to the king, and by other evidences exhibited in chancery: the king, being unwilling to refrain any longer from providing the said Geoffrey with justice, orders the sheriffs to cause all goods and wares of the men and merchants of the lordship, power, jurisdic- tion, and district of the city of Bologna Grassa aforesaid, except victuals, to be arrested to the value of the remaining 1,300 pounds of Bologna, and to cause them to be kept safely without diminution until further orders, certify- ing the king of their proceedings. By pet. of C.
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March 27. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to account with Westminster. Nicholas Crane of London for the money received by him, and to allow to him in the debts due from him 64/. lo*. 2<J., due to him from the late king, to wit 14/. 2s. 2d. for meat bought from him for the expenses of the house- hold in the 6th year of the said king's reign, and 60/. for oxen bought from him [for the expenses] of the household in the 12th year of the reign, as appears by two bills of the late king's wardrobe in the possession of Nicholas, as Nicholas has prayed that the said sum, for which he has not been satisfied, may be allowed to him in the 66/. 16V. Ad. due from him to the king, to wit 26/. 16*. 4rf. of the time when he was receiver of the late king's moneys, in the 20th year of his reign, to provide victuals therewith for the munition of the Tower of London, and 40/. for malt bought by him from the receivers of the king's victuals in the Tower after the king's accession. •
March 1. To the keeper of the lands of the honour of Pontefract. Order to cause Weetminater. to be delivered to Robert de Baygate 240 sheep of his with their issue and other his goods and chattels, which were taken into the late king's hands by reason of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, as it is agreed in the present parliament that all those who were of the said quarrel, in the late king's time, to pursue Hugh le Despenser, the elder, and Hugh le Despenser, the younger, shall have their goods and chattels again, because the quarrel has been adjudged good and just in the said parliament, and the judgments against those who were of the said quarrel have been wholly annulled.
April 16. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to appoint some of Peterborough, the king's subjects in every county, by letters patent under the exchequer seal, to make diligent scrutiny of counterfeit and clipped (tomato) money, and to take such money into the king's hands and bring it to the exchequer, and to do all other things that the treasurer and barons shall think fit for the indemnity of the king and his people in this behalf, as the king is given to understand that divers men, alien and natives, are bringing into the realm a certain money counterfeit to the sterling, and weighing less and having the same circumscription, and commonly use the said counterfeit and other clipped money in the realm. [Fadera.]
April 18. Stamford.
April 19. Stamford.
April 21. Stamford.
April 20. 8tamford.
To Simon de Grymeaby, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter- meddle further with the lands of Goscelin de Eyvill, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Goscelin held no lands in chief of the late king on the day of his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held on the said day divers lands of the bishop of Durham by knight service.
To William de Trassel. Order not to distrain the prior of Coventre for his homage and fealty for the lands that he holds of the king, as he has done homage to the king. By p.s. [625.]
The like in favour of the following : Laurence de Pavely. By p.s. [627.]
Robert son of Walter.
Ed. de Bereford.
Balph Basset of Weldon, for homage.
By p.s. [635.]
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent, or to him who supplies his place. Order to permit Joan de Driby, lady of Tateshale, to have respite during the king's pleasure for the homage due to him for the lands that she holds in chief, receiving her fealty, as the king, compassionating her state, has granted her such respite. By p.s. [629.]
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April 21. To the sheriff of Buckingham. Order to cause a coroner for that county Stamford, to he elected in place of John de la Lude, who is insufficiently qualified.
April 24. To John de Insula, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to pay to John Stamford, de Broghton, king's clerk, to whom the late king committed the custody of the gate of Wyndesore park and of his manor in the same park for life, receiving as much therefor as Laurence de Bagshote, deceased, received when he had the custody, the arrears of his wages aforesaid from the time of the constable's appointment, and to pay him the same wages henceforth.
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Feb. 22. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas Martin de Westminster. Grymeston, executor of the will of William de Hamelton, and Robert de Neuby, executor of the will of John de Merkyngfeld, Martin's co-executor of the will of the said William, have prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause allowance to be made to them, in the 86/. 14*. lO^d. due from Edward I. to the said William for his fee of bread and wine that he ought to have received by reason of the office of chancery and for money lent by William in the said king's great wardrobe in divers years, as appears by a bill under the seal of J. bishop of Bath and Wells, then keeper of the wardrobe of the said king, in the executors' possession, for 68/. 14*. 2f tf. that are exacted from them for the debts due from William to the said king : the king orders the treasurer and barons to make such allowance to the executors. By pet. of C. [8241.]
March 8. To the sheriff of Wilts. Peter de Sancto Fuciano, merchant of Amiens, has Westminster, shewn the king, by his petition before the king and his council, that whereas he, during the truce between the late king and the king of France, came to Bradeford in that county with woad and other goods and wares for the purpose of trade, and sold the same to James le Bole of Bradeford, dyer (teynturer), for 18/., the sheriff of the county arrested the said sum in James's hands during the truce aforesaid, and it is still detained in his hands under arrest, and he has prayed the king to provide a remedy : the king therefore orders the sheriff to cause the said sum to be released from arrest and to be paid to Peter or his attorney, if he ascertain that Peter came to the said town and sold the goods to James during the truce. By pet. of 0.
Feb. 25. To the treasurer and chamberlains. Whereas Edward I. granted to Westminster. Christiana de Mariscis, lately deceased, the manors of Langele and Wyrardesbury, co. Buckingham, for 100 librates of land, and the manor of Oveston, co. Northampton, for 50 librates of land, to have for her life ; and he afterwards granted that her executors should hold the said manors for three years after her death, and should receive the issues thereof for that time for the execution of her will; and after Christiana's death, her executors, at Michaelmas, in the 6th year of the late king's reign, to wit for half [a year] after her death, rendered the manors of Langele and Wyrardesbury into the late king's hands, and he, wishing to make them compensation for what was wanting of the value of the said manors for the two and a half years due to them, granted that they should hold the said manor of Oveston for 7£ years from Michaelmas aforesaid ; and afterwards, by reason of an agreement between the executors and Robert de Appelby, clerk, that they should demise to him the said manor until the end of the aforesaid term, at a yearly rent of 50/., and that he should have the goods and chattels of the deceased in the manor at a reasonable appraisement, the said Bobert, ou the eve of Midsummer, in the 8th year of the late king's reign, ejected the executors from the said manor and occupied the goods
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and chattels of the deceased in the said manor to the value of 96/. St. 0&, contrary to the executors' will, besides 24/. 3*. Od. received by him from the issues of the manor from the time of the ejectment aforesaid until the manor came to the late king's hands, as appears by an inquisition made by the said king's order; and the said manor came to the aforesaid king's hands, with the goods and chattels aforesaid, by reason of trespasses that Robert committed against him, after Martinmas, in the 9th year of his reign ; and the said king, at the petition of the executors to shew them grace concerning what was wanting of the said term of 7£ years, consider* ing that, when the manor came to his hands by reason of the aforesaid tres- passes, 4} years of the said term had still to come, which, according to the agreement aforesaid, extended to the value of 225/., granted to them, on 17 November, in the 10th year of his reign, 300/. to be paid to them at the exchequer by instalments of 50/. at Easter and Michaelmas yearly, as con- tained in his letters patent ; and now it is shewn to the king, on behalf of Thomas Wace, one of the executors of Christiana's will, and on behalf of Philip de Cosseby, executor of the will of Philip, formerly rector of the church of St. James, Garlekheth, London, Thomas's co-executor of Christiana's will, that although the said terms have elapsed long ago, and the late king ordered his treasurer and chamberlains to pay to Thomas and Philip the arrears of the said 300/., nevertheless 100/. thereof still remain unpaid, and they have besought the king, by their petition before him and his council, to cause the said sum to be paid to them : the king therefore orders the treasurer and chamberlains to pay to Thomas and Philip the said 100/., if they are in arrear, or to cause a suitable assignment therefor to be made to them. By pet. of C.
Feb. 25. To Roger de Mortuo Man of Wigmore, justice of Wales. Order to
Westminster, cause the castle of Dynevor and the king's town and cottages of Aynevor (tic) and the demesne lands of the said castle to be delivered to Edmund Hakelut, if he was amoved from the custody thereof by the late king because he was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, to pursue Hugh le Despenser, the elder, and Hugh le Despenser, the younger, as the late king, on 4 December, in the 4th year of his reign, committed the custody of the said castle to Edmund for life, and, on 9 April following, granted to him the said town, cottages, and lands for life.
Feb. 10. To the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains of the exchequer. Order to Westminster, cause payment to be made to Nicholas de Bolevill of the arrears of 20/. yearly from the exchequer from 25 August, in the 15th year of the late king's reign, when the late king took his homage after he came of age, and to pay him that sum yearly henceforth, as he has shewn the king, by the petition before him and his council, that Henry IIL granted to Nicholas de Bolevyll, his grandfather, of whom he is the heir, that he should receive 20/. yearly at the exchequer, in place of the 20/. that the said king pre- viously granted that he should receive at the exchequer until he should provide him with 20/. of the land of wardships and escheats, until such time as the said king should provide him or his heirs with 20/. yearly of the lands of wardships and escheats, by virtue of which grant the said Nicholas, the grandfather, was seised of the said 20/. yearly until his death, since which time neither Nicholas his son, father of the petitioner, a minor in the wardship of Edward I., nor the petitioner, who was afterwards a minor in the late king's wardship after his father's death, have received anything of the said 20/. yearly ; wherefore Nicholas has prayed the king to provide a remedy. By pet. of C.
Feb. 16. To the keepers of the temporalities of the bishopric of Hereford. Order Westminster, to deliver to A. bishop of Hereford, his lands, goods, and chattels and the
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issues thereof from the time when they were taken into the late king's hands, the lands, goods, and chattels having been taken into the late king's hands because it was presented, by an inquisition taken by his order at Hereford, before his justices to hold pleas before hira, that the bishop was of the agreement and adhesion of Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygmore, who was then reputed a rebel, and that he sent certain men-at-arms in aid of Boger against the said king, and the bishop, being addressed before the justices and before the said king, alleged that he ought not and could not reply in this behalf without offence to God and holy church and without the pope's licence, and that the jastices ought not to proceed to take the inquisition, and, although the bishop did not place himself upon any inquisition, the justices proceeded to take inquisition at Westminster, where- by it was found that he was of the above agreement and adhesion, and that he sent men-at-arms as above, and it was therefore considered by the justices that the bishop should remain as convicted thereof in the hands of W. archbishop of Canterbury, and that his lands, goods, and chattels should be seized into the late king's hands, as is contained in the record and process therein, which the king has caused to come before him and his council ; and as the bishop, asserting by his petition before the king and his council error in the record and process, has prayed the king to provide a remedy, and it is found, upon the record and process being recited and examined before the king and his council and also in parliament, that errors have intervened in the record and process, and that the record and process are wholly erroneous, whereupon it was considered by the king and his council, by the assent of the whole parliament, that the record and process shall be annulled, and that the bishop shall have again his lands, goods, and chattels, and the issues thereof from the time when they were taken into the late king's hands. [Fcedero.] By K. A 0.
The like to the following :
Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham.
John de Hampton, late keeper of the temporalities of the bishopric of Hereford.
Adam de Halnake, late keeper of certain manors of the bishopric of Hereford. [Ibid.']
March 8. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Alexander de Bergh has Westminster, shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that whereas Robert Wawayn — by consideration had between him and Hugh le Despenser, the younger, in order that Hugh might have Alexander's manor of Haterbergh by lordship and power — obtained a commission under Alexander's name of the custody of the castle and town of Scardeburgh for 1201. yearly, Alexander being wholly ignorant thereof, and that Robert detained the commission in his possession long afterwards, and levied a great sum of money from the issues of the castle and town aforesaid after the date of the commission, and afterwards delivered the commission to Alexander, the treasurer and barons intend to charge Alexander in his account with the issues received by Bobert after the date of the commission aforesaid, and he has prayed the king to have consideration of the damages and grievances sustained by him from the Scots and of the poverty of the said Robert, and to cause the debts that Alexander and Bobert owe for the ferm aforesaid, and for victuals delivered to them in the late king's time to be attermined ; as it is testified before the king and his council that Robert obtained the aforesaid commission in Alexander's absence, and levied a great sum of money from the castle and town before he delivered the commission to Alexander, and that Alexander suffered many damages at the hands of the Scots and by Robert's falsity, the king has granted to Alexander and Robert
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that they shall pay 10/. yearly to the exchequer for the debts due for the ferm aforesaid, or for what they shall owe at the end of their account of the ferm of the castle and town, and for the victuals aforesaid, until the said debts are paid in full : the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to cause Alexander and Robert to have the said terms, and to cause them to be enrolled. By pet. of C.
March 3. To the sheriff of Oxford and Berks. Order to deliver to Isabella de Westminster, dare the manors of Shipton and Boreford, co. Oxford, except the borough, and 8/. of land in Spene Hamelond near Neubury, co. Berks, and the issues thereof received by the sheriff, as the king learns by inquisition taken by John de Trillowe and Adam de Dene that Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, granted by his charters, which the late king con- firmed by his letters patent on 6 December, in the first year of his reign, the premises to the said Isabella, his sister, for her life, and that Isabella was seised thereof by virtue of this grant whilst she was single, and after- wards, when she was married to Maurice de Berkeleye, she continued her seisin thereof together with Maurice until the manors and rent were taken into the late king's hands with other lands of Maurice's, and they are thus in the king's hands, because Maurice was of the quarrel of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, and that Isabella in no wise released or quit-claimed the manors and rent to any one, and did not change her estate therein, and that they are held of the king in chief by knight service, and that the manor of Shipton is worth 30/. yearly and the manor of Boreford, except the borough, is worth 10/. yearly in all issues, and it appears by the said charters and letters of confirmation, exhibited before the king in chancery, that the earl granted the manors and rent to Isabella in form aforesaid. By pet. of C.
The like to Bogo de Barentyn, late sheriff of Oxford and Berks, to deliver the issues received by him of the time when he was sheriff.
To Philip Ryot. Order to pay the said rent of 8/., which he holds at ferm by the late king's commission, to Isabella.
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with a quarter of a messuage and a moiety of a carucate of land in Solihull, co. Warwick, and to restore the issues thereof, as it is found by an inquisition taken by John Walewayn, the late king's escheator this side Trent, that Alice de Caunton held a moiety of the manor of Pyryton, co. Hertford, of the late king in chief on the day of her death in socage by fealty and the service of a pair of gilt spurs, price 6 J., and of paying 2s. 6d. yearly to the sheriff of Hertford at the view of frankpledge of Altonyshevid for all service, and that she held on the said day the aforesaid quarter of a messuage and a moiety of a carucate of John de Oddynggeseles by fealty only, and that David de Caunton, her son, is her next heir and is of full age.
Feb. 19. To the dean and chapter of St. Patrick's, Dublin, collectors of the tenth of Westminster, the clergy of Ireland imposed by the pope for the use of the late king. Order not to exact any tenth from small ecclesiastical benefices not exceed- ing the value of 6 marks, unless the holders are beneficed elsewhere, and to cause anything they may have levied therefrom to be restored, as the late king ordered them not to exact or levy any tenth from such small benefices unless the incumbents were beneficed elsewhere, and the king now under- stands that they exact the tenth from such small benefices although the holders thereof are not beneficed elsewhere. [Fcedera.]
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March 24. To Robert Power, chamberlain of Carnarvan. Order to cause the quay Westminster, of Eaernarvan to be repaired where necessary out of the issues of his
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bailiwiok, as the king is given to understand that it is broken down, and that great peril may arise to his castle there unless it be speedily repaired, and that he is bound to repair and maintain it.
To the same. Order to pay to William de Shaldeford, constable of Crukyth castle, the arrears of his wages for the time that he has been con- stable, and to pay him his wages henceforth.
The like to the said Robert to pay the aforesaid William the arrears of his wages as constable of Karnarvan castle.
To the sheriff of York. Order to cause to be paid to Aubinus de Neusom, to whom the late king, on 20 January last, granted the custody of the water of Fosse near York, during pleasure, such wages as other keepers hare been wont to receive for that custody, in accordance with the late king's grant.
March 22. To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to cause proclamation to be made prohibiting any earl, baron, or man-at-arms from tourneying, making boards or jousts, seeking adventures, or doing other feats of arms without the king's special licence, and to arrest and keep in safe custody any persons doing the contrary, together with their horses and equipments, certifying the king of the names of those thus arrested. By p.s. [616.]
March 24. Westminster.
March 22. Westminster.
March 13. Westminster.
March We*
To the justices of the Bench. Isabella, late the wife of Henry Nasard of London, and Stephen de Abyndon have shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that whereas the said Henry was indebted to Edmund, late earl of Arundel, in 1,000 marks, and made a recognisance for that sum to the earl before William de Bereford and his fellows, then justices of the Bench, and for greater security, the said Stephen made a recognisance to the earl for 1,000 marks, so that both recognisances for 2,000 marks were made for 1,000 marks, as appears by a deed of the earl, containing that both recognisances should be cancelled upon payment of 1,000 marks, and although Henry paid 1,000 marks to the earl and received the earl's letters of acquittance, the earl refused to withdraw the said recognisances for 2,000 marks and to cause letters of acquittance to be made to Stephen for the 1,000 marks acknowledged by him, but prosecuted by his lordship against Stephen to levy that sum over again until Stephen made another recognisance to the earl for 600 marks before Geoffrey Lescrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the late king ; wherefore Isabella and Stephen have prayed the king to provide a remedy, the goods and chattels and debts of the earl having come to him by forfeiture : as it appears by the earl's deed, exhibited before the king and his council in parliament, that the two recognisances were made to the earl for security for 1,000 marks, which the earl received from Henry in full, as appears by his deed of acquittance made to Henry, also exhibited before the king and his council, and A. bishop of Hereford has testified before the king and his council that the earl acknowledged before him, when he was about to die, that the recognisance for 600 marks was made to him by Stephen to have acquittance of the aforesaid 1,000 marks, and that he had been fully satisfied for all debts due to him from Henry and Stephen by any recog- nisances, and requested the bishop to testify this to the king and his council in exoneration of his soul, the king orders the justices of the Bench to cause the said recognisances for 2,000 marks to be withdrawn and cancelled.
By pet. of C. [8458.]
Like writ, as in the schedule appended hereto, is directed to Geoffrey Lescrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king, to withdraw and cancel the said recognisance for 600 marks.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Thomas de Houk has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that he, by the late
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king's orders, kept Margaret, daughter of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, in his house with a nurse and a great household for more than three years at his cost, and he owes to the exchequer 22 marks 6*. 8c?. for a yearly rent of 5 marks Id., wherewith his manor of Houk was charged, to he paid to the lord of the honour of Pontefract, from the time when Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, acquired that rent, and he has prayed the king to cause the aforesaid sum to be allowed to him in j>art recompense for the costs aforesaid ; as W. bishop of Norwich has testified before the king and his council that Margaret stayed with Thomas with a nurse and a great household for the aforesaid time at the cost of Thomas by the late king's order, the king orders the treasurer and barons to cause the aforesaid sum to be allowed to Thomas in the arrears of the said rent, and to cause Thomas Deyvill, keeper of the honour aforesaid, to be discharged of the same in his account. By pet. of C.
March 8. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the Westminster, clergy of the bishopric of Carlisle to be discharged of all debts due to the exchequer for tenths and for other causes to the king's progenitors, except debts for victuals bought from the late king, as they have prayed the king, by their petition before him and his council, to pardon them the debts due from them for tenths granted to his progenitors, because they are unable to pay them owing to their impoverishment by the frequent comings of the Scots into the bishopric, the king having granted to the community of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland pardon of ad debts due to him from the times of his progenitors, except debts for victuals bought from the late king, and the said clergy are of the aforesaid community. [Fcedera.] By pet. of C. [2687.]
To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Roger de Burghefeld, and to restore the issues thereof, as it appears by inquisition taken by Thomas de Harpeden, late escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buck- ingham, that Roger held no lands in chief on the day of his death of the late king, but that he held divers lands of other lords by various services.
To Thomas de Harpeden, escheator in cos. Wilts, Southampton, Oxford, Berks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands that John de Gomeldon held of other lords than the king, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the late king's order that John held on the day of his death certain lands in Porton of the said king in chief as by the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, by homage and fealty and the service of a 'quarter of a knight's fee, and that he held no other lands of the king in chief as of the crown on the day of his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held on the day of his death certain lands in the same town in socage of Jordan Daunger, to wit by the service of 33*. yearly for all service, and that John de Gomeldon, his son, is his next heir and is aged twelve years.
Feb. 22. To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter- Westminster, meddle further with the lands of John de Evre, and to restore the issues thereof, as it is found by inquisition taken by the escheator by the late king's order that John held no lands of the late king in chief on the day of his death by reason whereof the custody of his lands ought to pertain to the king, but that he held on the said day divers lands of other lords by various services.
Feb. 24. To the constable of Bernard's Castle. Order not to intermeddle in any Westminster, way with anything touching regal jurisdiction in the bishopric of Durham,
March 9. Westminster.
Feb. 22. Westminster.
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The like to the bailiff of Herte and Hertenesse.
To the mayor and bailiffs of Southampton. Firmin Aversdras and Hugh Lenglache, merchants of Amiens, have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas the late king ordained that the staple of wool, hides, and wool-fells should be held in certain places in his realm, and caused proclamation to be made that all alien merchants might come into his realm with their goods and merchandise in safety, and took such merchants into his protection, the said Firmin and Hugh came, by pretext of the said proclamation, to the aforesaid town with 80 quarters of woad (wayde) to trade with the same, and the mayor and bailiffs arrested the said woad by virtue of the late king's order to arrest the goods and wares of men of the power of the king of France, and still detain it under arrest, wherefore Firmin and Hugh have prayed the king to provide a remedy : the king therefore orders the mayor and bailiffs to cause the woad to be delivered to Firmin and Hugh if they find that they came into the realm and that the woad was arrested after the proclamation aforesaid. By pet. of C. [159.]
The like to the sheriff of Southampton.
To the bailiffs of Shorham. Peter de Sancto Fuciano, merchant of Amiens, has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council, that whereas he came with his woad and other goods, to the value of 28/., to the said town during the truce between the late king and the king of France, in order to trade there with the same, Thomas Moraunt, late bailiff of that town, arrested the woad and goods during the truce, and they are still detained under arrest, wherefore he has prayed the king for remedy : the king therefore orders the bailiffs to cause the woad and goods to be delivered to Peter, or to his attorney in this behalf, to make his profit therewith, if they find that he came to the town during the said truce, and that his goods were arrested by the said Thomas during the truce. By pet. of C.
To the mayor and bailiffs, of Southampton. Thomas le Gras, Hugh Lenglache, John de Sancto Fuciano, and Simon le Mascis, merchants of Amiens, have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council, that whereas the late king ordained that the staple of wool, hides, and wool- fells should be held in certain places within the realm, and caused pro- clamation to be made that all alien merchants might come into his realm safely and securely, and they came to the said town by virtue of the said pro- clamation with divers goods and wares in order to trade there with the same, the said mayor and bailiffs, by virtue of an order of the late king's to arrest all the goods of the men of the dominion of the king of France, arrested divers of their goods and jewels, to the value of 400/., and their horses, price 100*., and still detain the same under arrest, wherefore they have besought the king to provide a remedy : the king therefore orders the mayor and bailiffs to cause the aforesaid goods, jewels, and horses to be delivered to the said merchants, if they find that they came into the realm by virtue of the said proclamation, and that the goods, jewels, and horses were arrested after the proclamation. By pet. of C. [169.]
The like to the sheriff of Southampton.
To Roger de Wodeham, constable of Haddeleye castle and keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co. E«sex. Order to deliver to Roger de Estwik and Alice his wife 12 acres of land in Haddeleye and the custody of the park of that town, as the king learns by inquisition taken by Thomas Gobion, John de Crosseby, and John de Lyston that Roger and Alice had
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the said land, together with the custody of the park, of Alice's inheritance* and that they and her ancestors from time out of mind were seised thereof of the gift of Geoffrey de Pertico and Matilda his wife, sometime lords of the castle and town of Haddeleye, who enfeoffed one Stephen son of Odyn, an ancestor of Alice, thereof, from whom the tenements descended in succession to Alice, who held the land and custody peacefully together with the said Roger until the feast of St. Margaret, in the 19th year of the late king's reign, when the said king ousted them from the land and custody because they would not receive Hugh le Despenser, the younger, at the time of his exile, and thus the land and custody remained in the late king's hands and are now in the king's hands, and that Roger and Alice did not change their estate therein at any time, and that the land and custody are held of the king as of the honour of Reylegh by the service of keeping the park afore* said, and are worth yearly in all issues 8#. 6cL
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March 13. To Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the Westminster, king. Stephen de Abyndon has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that whereas Henry Nasard in his lifetime owed to Edmund, then earl of Arundel, 1,000 marks, and made a recognisance therefor to the said earl before William de Bereford and his fellows, the late king's justices of the Bench, and in order to make greater security Stephen made another recognisance in the Bench aforesaid to the earl for the like amount, so that the two recognisances for 2,000 marks were made for 1,000 marks, as appears by a deed of the earl, containing that both recognisances should be cancelled upon payment of 1,000 marks, and although Henry paid 1,000 marks to the earl and had his letters of acquittance, the earl neverthe- less refused to withdraw the said recognisances for 2,000 marks and to cause letters of acquittance to be made to Stephen for the 1,000 marks acknow- ledged by him, as is aforesaid, but prosecuted by his lordship against Stephen to levy that sum again, until Stephen, Robert de Welles, knight, and Richard de Betoyne, merchant, made another recognisance to the earl for 600 marks before the said Geoffrey and his fellows, the late king's justices to hold pleas before him ; wherefore Stephen has prayed the king to provide a remedy, as the goods, chattels, and debts of the earl have come to him by the earl's forfeiture : as it appears by the earl's deed, exhibited before the king and his council in parliament, that the two recognisances were made to the earl for security for 1,000 marks, which the earl received from Henry in full, as appears by his deed of acquittance made to Henry only, likewise exhibited before the king and his council, and A. bishop of Hereford haa testified before the king and his council that the earl, when he was about to die, acknowledged before him that the recognisance for 600 marks was made to him in order to have acquittance of the aforesaid 1,000 marks, and that he had been fully satisfied for all debts due to him from Henry and Stephen by any recognisances, and requested the bishop to testify this to the king and his council in exoneration of his soul, the king orders the said justices to cause the aforesaid recognisance for 600 marks to be withdrawn and cancelled. By pet. of C. [8458.]
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March 12. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Richard
Westminster, de Potesgrave, king's clerk, late keeper of the lands of Thomas de Aldon in
co. Kent, to be discharged and acquitted of the issues of the said lands from
26 July, in the 17th year of the late king's reign, when the late king
pardoned Thomas for being against him in the castle of Ledes and for being
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an adherent of Bartholomew de Badelesmere and other contrarian ts, and granted him all his lands, goods and chattels, and ordered the said Richard to deliver to him his lands, goods and chattels in co. Kent. They are also ordered to cause Richard to be discharged of the goods and chattels delivered to Thomas by him.
To the same. Order to allow the prioress and nuns of Basdale, in the moor of Blakhou, to pay the 19/. due from them for the late king's victuals bought by them at Newcastle-on-Tyne, at the rate of 41. 15#. Od. yearly, and to cause the said terms to be enrolled.
March 10. To Benedict de Fulsham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his Westminster, place in the port of Hull. Whereas lately, at the prosecution of W. arch- bishop of York — suggesting to the king that Athelstan, sometime king of England, the king's progenitor, granted by his charter to the archbishop of York and his successors all liberties in the water of Hull that heart might think or eye might see, and that afterwards Henry III. granted to Walter Giffard, then archbishop, that he and bis successors should have and hold their port and prises there, as well of wines as of other merchandise there arriving, as Walter de Grey and other predecessors of the said Walter had, and that from the time of the said grant the predecessors of the archbishop had their prises of wines in the said water until the time of the grant of Henry III. in the same manner as the late king and his progenitors made and had such prises elsewhere in the realm, and from that time until Matthew Colombers, the butler of Edward I. hindered the archbishop thereof, and that the said archbishop and his predecessors were impeded frequently from that time from making and having their prises in the said water by the butlers of the late king, and that the late king appointed Henry le Scrop, William de Herle, John de Denum, and Adam de Hoperton to enquire by the oaths of men of co. York concerning the premises, and it is found by the inquisition taken accordingly before Henry and Adam, in the presence of Geoffrey son of Hugh, then bailiff of Hull, returned into the late king's chancery, which inquisition the king has caused to come before him, that Walter de Grey, sometime archbinhop of York, and his predecessors from time out of mind had and held, as of the right of their church of York, their port and prises of wines arriving in the water of Hull, to wit receiving from each ship bringing over 20 tuns of wine for sale in the said water, two tuns of wine, one before and one behind the mast, paying 20#. for each tun thus prised (priso), until the .51 Henry III., when that king granted to Walter Giffard, then archbishop, that he and his successors for ever should have and hold their said port and prises in the water of Hull, as Walter de Grey and other predecessors of Walter Giffard had their port and prises freely and quietly, and that the aforesaid Walter Giffard and his successors had and held the port and prises from the time of the aforesaid grant peace- fully as Walter de Grey and his predecessors had until 11 Edward I., when one Matthew Columbers, then the said king's butler, by reason of his hatred of William Wykkewane, then archbishop, took the prises of wines in the said water into the aforesaid king's hands, and of his own wrong impeded the archbishop from receiving such prises, by pretext of which hindrance the said William and his successors have been hitherto impeded from receiving the prises in the water aforesaid by the butlers of Edward I. and Edward II., and are thus impeded by the aforesaid Benedict, and that the aforesaid kings have had and held the said prises from the time of the im- pediment thus applied by Matthew; wherefore the archbishop has prayed the king, by petition before him and his council, to cause restitution of the prises to be made to him — the king, having consideration to the charter and inquisition aforesaid, and because Benedict has said nothing to the contrary in parliament before the king and his council, except that he
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found the king seised, and Stephen de Abyndon and Walter Waldeshef, butlers of the late king, who were ordered by divers writs to certify the late king and his council concerning the premises, have certified nothing that is to the contrary of the premises, except that they found the king's progenitors seised, and the treasurer and barons of the exchequer have certified the king and his council that they have not found that the king's progenitors were seised of such prises in the water of Hull before the making of the charter of Henry III., orders Benedict to amove the king's hand from such prises in the port