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CALENDAR
OF TJIE
CLOSE ROLLS
PRKSEriVP:D IN THE
PUBLIC EECORD OFFICE.
PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF
THE DEPUTY KEEPER OF THE RECORDS.
EDWARD IIL
A.D. 1333—1337.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Oi' HER MAJESTY S PKINCIPAI, SECKICTARY Of STATE
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1898.
CONTENTS.
Preface --,.-.---.. -v
Corrigenda ..--.....vii
Calendar - ...-1
Index -.-...-...- 741
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PREFACE.
The present volume forms part of a series of Calendars of tlie Close Rolls from the reign of Edward II. to that of Edward IV., 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. A. B. Hinds, M.A., and he has also compiled the Index.
H. C. MAXWELL LYTE.
Pul)lic Record Office,
November 1898.
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6 and 12 from bottom, ybr " wardeset " read " wardefct." 2 from bottom, for " Guitardus, sheriff" lead " Guicardus, ricovtle." 2, for " Guitardus " read " Guicardus." 17 and 28, for "wardeset" read " wardefet." 6 from bottom, /o?- "North" read "South." 10 from bottom and last line, for " wardeset" read " wardefet."
8, for " Osgodly " read " Osgodby." 8 from bottom, for " Streth " read " StrecL."
9, for " Drentou " read " Dreuton." 30, for " Fishyde " read " Fifhyde."
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CALENDAR
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CLOSE ROLLS.
7 EDWARD III.— Part I.
Membrane 27.
1333.
To John de Louthre, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumber-
Burstwick. land, and Westmorland. Order not to distrain Philip de Meaux, knight, John de Nottele and John de Waldeby for their homage and fealties, because they have done homage and fealties to the king for the lands which they hold of him.
Vacated because on the roll of the 6th pear,
Jan. 29. To Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest this side Trent. Order to
York. deliver Richard de Cressy of Wandisleye, imprisoned at Nottingham for
trespass of venison in Shirwode forest, if he shall find twelve mainpernors,
who will undertake to have him before the justices next in eyre for pleas of
the Forest in co. Nottingham to stand to right concerning the said trespass,
Jan. 25. To John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
York. Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order not to intermeddle further with the manors of Westtillebury and Westnewelond which he had taken into the king's hand under colour of the king's writ on the death of Idonia, daughter of John de Tillebury, restoring the issues to William Vaghan and Joan his wife, as William and Joan hold those manors by a fine levied in the court of the late king, for Joan's life, as they have shown to the king by their plaint.
Jan. 27. To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be
York. elected in place of Sampson atte Lese, who is iusufficiently qualified.
To the same. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Philip de Pympe, who is physically unfit to perform the duties of that office.
Jan. 27. To John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
York. Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford. Order to cause William de Welle son of Philip de Welle to have full seisin of the lands which Joan de Kemesyk held in dower for her life of the inheritance of the said William de Welle and which that escheator had taken into the king's hand on Joan's death, restoring the issues to William ; as on 22 April last the king took the homage of William de Welle, son and heir of Philip de Welle and Isabella his wife, for the lands which his father held at his death of the king in chief, in his demesne as of fee, in that bailiwick, and for the lands which his father held of the king in chief, for life, of the inheritance of Isabella, and the king rendered these lands to W illiam and ordered William Trussel, late escheator beyond Trent, to give William de Welle full seisin of the said lands on accepting security from him for rendering his reasonable relief to the king at the exchequer ; and William Truspel
96717. Wt. 26953, A
CALENDAE OF CLOSE ROLLS.
1333 _ Membrane 27 — cont.
delivered the said lands which Philip so held for his life of Isabella's inheritance, mother of the said William de Welle, but detained the lands which Joan held for life in dower, as William has informed the king.
Jan. 30. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause due
York. allowance to be made to William de Esyngton, late chamberlain of Chester, for the costs and expenses which he shall be found to have incurred in transporting money from the issues of his office to London, Kenilworth, and Wodestok at different times by virtue of divers orders of the king and his father, for which expenses William has hitherto received no allowance.
Jan. 31. To the mayor and sheriffs of the city of London. Because the king has
York. been informed that the mayor, aldermen and community of that city ordained for the honour and cleanliness of the place, under certain penalties, that the butchers should slaughter their beasts without the high streets and public passages, and not in other streets, and expose the entrails upon their stalls where their flesh is on sale, and not to expose for sale anything genera- ting an unpleasant odour {orrorem vel fetoreni) and that the shops for the sale of bowels and tripe (bouellar' et tripMar') shall be transferred from the high street of Estchep and other high streets to the side lanes, so that a clean and decent way may be prepared for magnates and other people going towards the Tower of London on their affairs, the king therefore orders the mayor and sheriffs to cause the said ordinances to be proclaimed in fit places within the city, and observed in all the articles, under the penalties contained in them. Et erat patens.
Jan. 29. To John de Blomvill, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
York. Huntingdon, Essex, and Hertford. Order not to intermeddle further with certain lands in Little ChishuU and Stepelbumstede, restoring the issues, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John de Swyneford, on the day he died, held no lauds in his lordship as of fee of the king in chief, in that bailiwick, but that he held the said lauds of Agnes, late the wife of John de Argentein, by a certain service, and that John son of the said .John is his next heir and aged four years.
Jan. 27. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
York. to be made to Simon de Ruggeley, chamberlain of Chester, for 49/. 13s. 4rf. on the arrears of his account, as on 12 December last the king ordered him to cause all the money from the issues of his office, levied or to be levied by him, and the arrears of his account lately rendered at the exchequer, together with all other debts which were then owing to the king in that bailiwick, and which he could levy, to come into the wardrobe of the king's son, Edward, to be delivered by indenture to Master John de Brunham, keeper of the wardrobe there, any other order to the contrary notwithstand- ing, and Simon paid 49/. 13s. 4(/. to that keeper out of the arrears of his said account, by virtue of that order.
Jan. 28. To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesor castle. Order to cause the
York. houses, walls, and bridges of that castle, the houses and walls of the king's garden without the castle, the houses and ponds of Wyndesor park, the paling and enclosure about the park, the houses and walls of the manor of Kenyngtou, and the paling and Avail about the park there, to be repaired and amended where necessary out of the issues of that bailiwick by the view and testimony of the viewers of works there.
Jan. 25. To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to pay to Rhys {Reso) son
York. of Rhys ap Mereduk, a Welshman, now imprisoned in Norwich castle, the
arrears of the wages, which he was accustomed to receive in the time of the
king's grandfather and father, from the time of that sheriff's appointment,
and to pay such wages henceforth from the issues of that bailiwick.
7 EDWARD III.— Part I.
1333. Membrane 27 — cont.
Jan. 29. To Henry le Gulden, escheator in co.s. Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall, and
Voik. Devon. Order not to intermeddle further with the fourth part of the manor of Hardyngton, and a carucate of land in Wytenyne, co. Somerset, and the hamlet of Milton Faucomberge, savinoj the homage due to the king in this part, restoring the issues, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that William de Faucomberge, at his death, held the said fourth part and carucate of the inheritance of Matilda, his wife, and he also held the said hamlet jointly with Matilda of the gift of Walter Wale, by a fine levied in the late king's court, and that tlie said fourth part and carucate are held in chief by the service of a fourth part of a knight's fee, and the hamlet is held of John de Fenles by knight's service, and that Robert de Faucomberge, son of the said William and Matilda, is his next heir and of full age.
Jan. 30. Roger, vicar of Rotyngton church, imprisoned at Nottingham for trespass
York. of vert in Shirwod forest, has letters to Ralph de Nevill, keeper of the Forest this side Trent, to bail him until the coming of the justices next in eyre for pleas of the Forest in that county.
Jan. 28. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the
York. demand which they have caused to be made on the men of Newcastle-upon- Tyne for the debts which they owe to tlie king for the victuals of the ^ king and his father bought by them at Newcastle, Carlisle, and Skymburnesse to be superseded, and to give them acquittance thereof, as the king had pardoned them the said debts on 27 October last, in consideration of the losses, damage, burning and destruction the men of Northumberland had sustained by reason of the late war between the kingdom and Scotland.
By p.s.
To the sheriff of Northumberland. A like order. By the same writ.
Jan. 28. To William de Hatton, keeper of the manor of Shaldeford, co. Surrey. York. Whereas in the partition of the lands of Richard son of John, tenant in chief under Edward I. made in chancery with the consent of the heirs and par- ceners, the manor of Shaldeford, co. Surrey, which Emma (now deceased), late the wife of the said Richard, held in dower of that inheritance, was assigned to Robert de Clifford, kinsman and co-heir, and to Idouia de Leyburn, niece and co-heir of Richard, to hold after Emma's death in their purparty, as appears by inspection of the chancery rolls of Edward I. ; and it being lately found by inquisition taken by William Trussel, then escheator beyond Trent, that Robert or Roger de Clifford, his son and heir, or Robert de Clifford, Roger's brother and heir, did not remit their right in the purparty of the said manor to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, late the king's enemy, who ac- quired the purparty of Idonia in fee from John de Cromwelle and the said Idouia his wife, by a fine levied in the court of the late king, the king appointed William de Cossale and William de Weston to divide the said manor into two equal parts, to be extended by the oath of lawful men of that county in the presence of Robert, and to inform the king concerning the extent and partition, and Robert has now besought the king that his purparty, which was taken into the king's hand on Emma's death, may be delivered to him, and the king has appointed William de Cossale and William de Weston to choose a part of tlie said manor for the king for his behoof, in the presence of Robert or his attorney if he choose to attend, and the king orders the said keeper to retain that purparty in the king's hand, and to deliver the other purparty to Robert or his attorney, to hold in his purparty. By K. and C.
To William de Cossale and William de Weston. Order to choose a part of the .«ai(l manor for the king as aforesaid. By K. and C.
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1333.
Feb. 3. York.
Feb. 11. Pontefract.
Feb. 11. Pontefract.
Feb. 3. York.
Membrane 27 — cont.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to allow to Matthew de Crau thorn, now keeper of Birlond mine, co. Devon, on his account, 2*. a day from the issues of the said mine, for his wages, from the time that he had held that office, as the king, wishing to ascertain what wages had been allowed to Robert de Thorp, the late keeper of that mine, ordered the treasurer and barons to inspect their rolls and memoranda and inform the king of what they should find thereupon, and they informed the king that Robert received 2s. a day at the time when he held that custody by the grant of the late king.
To the sherifP of Lancaster. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William son of Paulinus de Pi'eston, who has no lands in that county to qualify him.
To Robert Selyman, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Bei'ks, Bedford, and Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, with a curtilage, 33 acres of land and 6 acres of meadow in Patene3'e, as the king has learned, by an inquisition taken by the escheatoi", that John le Eyr of Pateneye, lately insane, held no lands at his death of the king in chief in that bailiwick, but that he held the said lands of the prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, by the service of 13*. 4c?., and suit at the court of the said prior, twice a year, and that John Miles of Haselholte is next heir and of full age. V
To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed witls all possible speed to render judgment in the plea between the king and the archbishop of York, because the archbishop is to show by what warrant he claims to have the prises of wine in the water of Hull, and those justices were doubtful if they should proceed to give judgment or discuss the said charter without the king's special order, because the archbishop exhibited before them, in defence of his right, a charter of Henry III. made to Walter Giffard, late archbishop of York, concerning prises granted to him. By K. and C.
[Feeder a. ]
Jan. 26. York.
-Jan. 27. York.
Jan. 27. York.
Feb. 1 . Yoik.
Feb. 3. York.
Feb. 4. York.
Membrane 26.
To the sheriff of Lancaster. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert de Souky, who is insufficiently qualified.
To the sheriff of Huntingdon. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Walter le Bret, who has no lands there to qualify him.
To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to cause a coi-oner for that county to be elected in place of Peter Deyvel, who is insufficiently qualified.
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of William Brond, deceased.
To the sheiiff of Lincoln Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Robert de Greufeld, who is insufficiently quahfied.
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Woneton, who is insufficiently quahfied.
To Arnald Micol, the king's butler. Order to cause 100 tuns of wine, which the king had commanded him to have purveyed and transported to Ireland, for the expenses of the household there, to be deUvered by inden- ' ' ' Burgh, treasurer of Ireland, who has
ture, without delay, to Thomas de
7 EDWARD in.— Part I.
1333. Membrane 26 — cont.
been ordered to receive them and to devote them to the king's use, by the advice and oidaining of John Darcy, justiciary of Ireland.
By K. and C.
To Thomas de Burgh, treasurer of Ireland. Order to cause 3,000 quarters of wheat and 5,000 quarters of oats to be bought without delay from the issues of Ireland ; and to do with them according to the counsel and advice of John Darcy, justiciary of Ireland, and as he shall make known to him.
By K. and C.
Feb. 5. To the collectors of custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of
York. London. Order to pay to Oto, lord of Kuyk, from the issues of that custom, for the term of Michaelmas last, 125/. of that 250/. yearly granted to him by the king for his attendance on the king both in war and peace, for life, from the said issues, until the king shall cause him to be provided with 250/. of land and rent in a suitable place in the kingdom.
Feb. 6. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause allowance
York. to be made to the said collectors in their account, for the above payment,
which they have made to James Nicholas, and Bartholomew de Bardi,
merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, attorneys of the said
Oto, if it is so.
Feb. 1. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
York. Order to pay to Antony Bache, merchant, 1,000 marks without delay, or to give him a competent assignment in a place where he may be quickly satisfied therefor, as the king had granted to him as a gift 1,000 marks, in considera- tion of the immense services rendered by him to the king in lending great quantities of money for certain arduous affairs, at divers times, not without the detriment of his own estate, and the king wished him to relieve his estate and to retain him in the royal service. By p.s. [6171.]
Feb. 5. To the same. Order to cause payment to be made without delay to
York. Antony Bache, merchant, for the expenses made by him in reference to the purification of Queen Philippa, and for certain provisions for the marriage of the king's sister Eleanor, for other provisions of the king's household, and for other debts which the king owes him, or to cause a com[)etent assignment to be made to him in places where he may quickly be satisfied for the said debts, as Antony has besought the king to cause payment to be made to him. By p.s.
Feb. 3. To John de Louthre, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumber-
York, land, and Westmorland. Order not to intermeddle further with 4 tofts, 120 acres of land, and 16 acres of meadow in Nether Whitewell, restoring the issues to GeoflErey, parson of Langeton church, as the king ordered the escheator to inform him for what reason those lands hjid been taken into his hand by John de Houton, late escheator this side Trent, and John de Louthre returned that none of the said lands were taken into the king's hand by John de Houton, but that John de Houton took into the king's hand 4 tofts and 120 acres of land in that town, which Margaret, late the vvife of Thomas de St;iveley, held for life as of the inheritance of the heir of John de Harcia, a minor in the king's wardship ; and afterwards at the prosecution of Geoffrey informing the king that Thomas de Staveley had lately granted the said tofts, 120 acres of land and 16 acres of meadow, by his deed, to Geofl'iey for life, and that the said lands do not belong to the said inheritance, the king ordered that es(;heator to take an inquisition on thfe' matter, by wliich it was found that Thomas, 25 years ago, gave and granted the said lands to Geoffrey for life, rendering thereupon 60*. yearly to Thomas and his heirs, and that Margaret held no other lauds for life or otherwise of the said inheritance in that town, and
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X333. Membrane 26 — cont.
by an inquisition taken after her death it was found that the said tenements are not held of the king.
.Fan. 30. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
York. Order to view the bills and inspect the will of Robert Persone of London, furrier, and to cause payment to be made to Roger de Nettelsted and Laurence Botoner, executors of Robert's will, of 102/. 14s. \cl. which the king owed to Robert for furs bought from him for the coronation by Thomas de L^seflete, then keeper of the great wardrobe, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe under Thomas's seal, which sum has not been paid, and the said executors have besought the king by their petition before him and his council in parliament to cause that sum to be paid to them for making the execution of the said Avill. By pet. of C.
Jan. 27. To John de Louthre, escheator in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumber-
York, land, and Westmorland. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Skyrwyth, restoring the issues, as the escheator had informed the king at his order that he had taken the manor into the king's hand because Walter son of Robert, tenant in chief of the late king, who held the said manor by the service of cornage, rendering 32*. a year thereon, alienated it to Robert, his son, in fee, and that Robert alienated the said manor in fee to John de Lancastre, and John alienated the manor in fee to Thomas de Halughton, parson of Kyrkeland church, and Thomas alienated the manor in fee to John de Aula, chaplain ; and afterwards John de Aula alienated the manor to John de Lancastre, without obtaining the licence of the king or his father ; and afterwards the king learned from John de Lancastre that the said manor is held of Thomas de Burgh, and not of the king, and the king ordered that escheator to take an inquisition on the matter, by which it is found that the manor is held of Thomas de Burgh, knight, by the service of 32«. to cornage for every service, and not of the king, and that it is worth 50*. yearly in all issues.
Feb. 4. To William de Clynton, justice of Chester, or to him who supplies his
York. place. Order to cause to be paid to the prioress and nuns of St. Mary's, Chester, the arrears of a rent of 4 marks yearly, from the manor of Walriscot and the moiety of a certain salt -pit in Le Northwych, from the time the said manor and moiety have been in the king's hand, and to pay them the said rent henceforth as long as the manor and moiety shall remain in the king's hand, as the prioress and nuns have besought the king before him and his council by their petition, to cause the manor and moiety to be delivered to them, as they had demised the said manor and moiety by their deed to Roger Stark and to his wife and their children, until the end of 14 years, not yet passed, for the said rent, and the said manor and moiety were taken by the justice into the king's hands, because of certain felonies and trespasses committed by Robert against the king's peace in the county of Chester, and the said rent has been detained from the prioress and nuns.
By pet. of C.
Feb. 3. To the sherifp of Middlesex. Writ of aid for the prior and brethren of
York. the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England to distrain for the rents and services which the brethren of the Knights Templars had been accustomed to receive, before the cession of their order, from tenements which certain men of that county hold, as these men refuse to pay the said rents and services to the prior and brethren of the Hospital of St. John, against the tenor of a statute passed three weeks after Purification in the 17th year of the late king's reign, providing that all the lands which had been in the hands of the Templars as of their right at the time of their cession, should be assigned and delivered to the said prior and brethren, by
7 EDWAED III.— Part I.
1333.
Feb. 6. York.
Feb. 4. Pontefract.
Membrane 26 — cont.
whom the king has been informed that these men have wilfully withdrawn the said rents and services.
Et erant patencia.
The like to the following The sheriff of London.
The sheriff of Surrey.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Order to pay to James Nicholas, and Bartholomew Barde, and their fellows, merchants of the society of the Bardi of Florence, 9,5i53/. from the trea.sury, without delay, or to cause them to have a competent assignment in places where they may be quickly satisfied for that sum, as the king is indebted to them for the great sums of money which they have paid and lent for him at his request, as fully appears by divers letters patent under the great seal and the seal of the exchequer and also by bills of the wardrobe, and the king wishes the merchants to be speedily satisfied for the said 9,533^. of the said debts. By p.s. [6216.]
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to pay by indenture to Master John de Langetoft, keeper of the scholars whom the king maintains in the university of Cambridge by his alms, the arrears of pension of the houses which they inhabit in that university, for the two years last past.
By the Chancellor.
Feb. 3. York.
March 23. Pontefract.
Membrane 25.
To the abbot of St. Mary's, York, receiver of the tenth and fifteenth, granted to the king, in cos. York, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Lancaster, Cumberland, "Westmorland, and Northumberland. Order to pay 800 marks from the money of the said tenth and fifteenth to Edward de Bohuu, William de Monte Acuto, Ealph de Nevill, and Robert de Ufford, to wit, 200 marks to each, by the king's gift. By K.
To the same. A like order, mutatis mutandis, to pay Henry de Bello Monte 500 marks from the same money by the king's gift. By K.
The following have like letters for the following sums, to wit :
Alexander de Moubray and John de Felton, knights, jointly, for 200/. David de Strabolgi, earl of Athol, for 200Z. Richard Talbot, knight, for 200/.
By K. at the instance of the Chancellor. Gilbert de Umfravill, earl of Anegos, for 200 marks. Henry de Ferariis, knight, for 200 marks. Henry de Percy, knight, for 200 marks. Robert de Clifford, knight, for 100/. John de Moubray, knight, for 200 marks.
Vacated, because surrendered. Hugh Daudele, knight, for 200 marks. John Darcy, knight, for 100 marks. John de Nevill of Hornby, for 100 marks.
Vacated, because surrendered. Warin de Skargill, knight, for 50 marks. Hugh de Sancto Johanne, yeoman, for 20/.
Vacated, because surrendered. Richard, earl of Arundel, for 200 marks.
John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, for 200 marks. John de Crumbewell, for 40 marks.
ByK. ByK.
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1333.
Feb. 3. York.
Feb. 4. York.
Feb. 10.
Pontefract.
March 10. Pontefract.
April 20.
Newcastle-on- Tyne.
Feb. 3. York.
Feb. 3. York.
Feb. 2. York.
Feb. L York.
Membrane 25 — cont. To the same. Order to pay 80/. to Heury de Bello Monte, out of the money of the said tenth and fifteenth, for the expedition of certain affairs enjoined upon him by the king. -">' ^■
To the same. Order to pay 40/. from the said money to John de Felton and Alexander de Moubray, which sum the king has granted to them as a gift. By p.s. [6195.]
To the same. Order to pay 1,200 marks to the said John and Alexander, in addition to the 240/. which the king has ordered to be paid to them by the king's gift. ^y ^
To the same. Order to pay to William de Monte Acuto by the king's gift 100/. from the said tenth and fifteenth in addition to the 200 marks which the king had ordered the abbot to deliver to him. By K.
To the same. Order to pay to Richard Talbot, by the king's gift, 20/. from the said money, beyond the 200/. which the king lately ordered the abbot to deliver to him. By K.
To the same. Order to pay to Richard Talbot, of the king's gift, 10/. from the said money, beyond the 220/. which the king had ordered the abbot to deliver to him. By K.
To L. bishop of Durham. Order to cause his justices to proceed in a plea for two parts and the third part of a third part of the manor of Hert, except an acre of land there, and to do justice, notwithstanding the follow- ing allegation, but not to proceed to render judgment thereon without con- sulting the king, as the king has learned that the bishop impleaded Robert de ClitFord before his justices at Sadberg, by his writ of right, for the said part, and Robert, pleading in that court, alleged that Edward I. had granted to Robert de Clifford his father, whose heir he is, the said manor of Hert, by charter, wherefore he asserted that he ought not to answer thereupon without the king, upon which pretext the justices have hitherto delayed to proceed with the plea, wherefore the bishop bad besought the king, by his petition before him and his council in parliament, to provide a remedy.
By pet. of C.
To Thomas de Foxle, constable of Wyndesore castle. Order to admit Walter de Sandbache, chaplain, to stay within the said castle, according to the form of an ordinance made elsewhere thereupon, as the king sends to him Walter de Sandbache, to be one of the chaplains of the chapel of that castle in the place of William de Coventre, late chaplain there, to celebrate di^^ne service every day in the said chapel.
To Arnold Micol, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of London. Order to deliver to the monks of St. Peter's, Westmin- ster, a tun of wine of the right prise of London, for the present year, in accordance with the grant of Henry III. to them of a tun of wine yearly for the celebration of divine service in that church.
To John Bret, late sheriff of Notyngbam. Order to deliver to Thomas Easily of Radeclif-upon-Trent, his lands, goods and chattels, which had been taken into the king's hand upon his being indicted before William de Herle and his fellows, justices in eyre, of harbouring Nicholas de Spaldyng, approver, hanged for the robbery of Robert Race, at Saxindale and other thieves at Radeclif after the said robbery, as the said Thomas has purged his innocence before W. archbishop of York, the diocesan to whom he was delivered by the justices, according to the privilege of the clergy. A pre- vious order had been sent to the sheriff of Nottingham, who explained that
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he could not restore the said lands, goods and chattels to Thomas, because they had not been delivered to him, and are not in his custody.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause due allowance to be made to Master Richard de Bury, clerk, in his account for the time when he was keeper of the wardrobe, for his expenses, and those of his clerks for every day in which they were engaged upon the king's affairs without the court, while he was keeper of the same, as allowances were wont to be made to other keepers of tlie said wardrobe in the time of the late king.
To the same. Whereas lately at the prosecution of Richard, earl of Arundel, beseeching the king to grant to him the goods and chattels which belonged to Edmund, late earl of Arundel, his father, at his death, in the manors and lands of Edmund in the march of Wales, and elsewhere in the same parts, as the said goods and chattels and the debts which were owing to Edmund in those parts were granted to Roger de Mortuo Mari, late the king's enemy, and a certain part of those goods and chattels was found in those manors and lands in the time when the king rendered the said manors and lands to Richard, together with other manors and lands which are of his inheritance, together with the debts which were owed to Roger by the men and tenants of the lordship of the said earl on the day on which Roger forfeited to the king, the king, wishing to do special favour to Richard because of his good service, granted him to the value of 300/. as a gift, for the goods and chattels of this kind, and the debts owed to Roger, and ordered the treasurer and barons to make an assignment to him to the said value on the said manors, etc. and Henry de Bisshebiry, late sheriff of Salop, delivered goods and chattels of the said Roger, to the value of 45/. in the manors of the said Richard, of Lydleye and Conedo in the march aforesaid, to Richard because of the said order; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to discharge and release Henry of the said sum of 45/. paid to Richard.
To the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth in co, Derby. Whereas the king lately appointed them to levy and collect the said aid, and to deliver the money thus received to the exchequer, one moiety on the morrow of Purification next, and the other moiety on the morrow of Trinity next, as appears in the letters patent thereupon ; and the king ordered the first moiety to be delivered on the date aforesaid to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, whom the king appointed receiver of the said money, yet for certain reasons the king wishes the second moiety to be delivered with the other moiety to the said abbot, to be kept for the king's use ; the king therefore orders the said taxers and collectors to pay the other moiety to the abbot at York on the date aforesaid. By K. and C.
The like to the taxers and collectors in the following counties, etc. : East Riding, co. York ; West Riding, co. York ; North Riding, co. York ; York city ; Lyndeseye, co. Lincoln ; Holand, co. Lincoln; Kestevene, co. Lin- coln ; Nottingham and Lancaster.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to cause tallies to be levied at the king's receipt and delivered to said taxers and collectors in York city, the East, West, and North Ridings of Yorkshire, Lyndeseye, Kestevene, and Holand in Lincolnshire, and the counties of Nottingham, Derby, Lan- caster and Westmorland, for the money which they have paid to the abbot of St. Mary's, York, by virtue of the orders preceding.
To the same. A like order for Simon de Grymesby and John de Tre- hampton, appointed to collect the said tenth and fifteenth in Lyndseye, co. Lincoln.
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Feb, 13. To the sheriff of Nottiugham. Order to cause a market to be proclaimed
Poutcfract. and held at the manor of Stokheth every Monday, because the king wishes
Queen Philippa to have that market for life. By K.
Feb. 15. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
Poiitcfract. Ordei- to deliver to Queen Philippa 2,000/. from the Treasury, which the king has granted her for paying her debts therewith, or to cause her to have a competent assignment in a place where that money may be promptly levied. By K. and C.
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•Tiin. 30. To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to supersede, until further orders, the
York. execution of a previous order directing him to deliver the manor of Gomshulve to John de Ifeld, which manor Roger le Sauvage had held of the said John, and it had been in the king's hand for a year and a day because Roger le Sauvage was outlawed for felony [a* in this Calendar, 6 £dio. III. p. 515], because the king has learned that the said manor, together with other lands of Roger, was taken into the king's hand for other reasons.
To John de Pulteneye. Order to retain the said manor in his custody according to the king's commission to him, notwithstanding the king's previous order not to intermeddle further with it.
A like order to Thomas de Brewosa, who holds that manor by the demise of John de Pulteneye.
Feb. 1. To Matthew Broun, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rut-
York, land. Order to take into the king's hand all the lands of which he shall find that Cicely, daughter of William Bolle of Swynesheved, died seised in her demesne as of fee, of the king in chief as of the crown, in that baili- wick, after having taken an inquisition on the matter, and to keep them safe until further orders, as it was lately found by inquisition taken by Gilbert de Ledred, late escheator in the said counties, that she held no lands at her death in chief in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief as of the crown, but that she held certain lands of other lords by divers services, and that John Bolle of Swynesheved, her uncle, was her next heir, and of full age, and the king ordered that escheator not to intermeddle further with the said lands, but now the king understands that Cicely held certain lands in Conyngesby, in her demesne as of fee, of the king as of the crown, by which the custody of her lands ought to belong to the king.
Feb. 2. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, and to the chamberlains.
York. Order to pay to Laurence de Shepeye, merchant, 62/. 9s. 4^<i. from the treasury, or to cause him to have a competent allowance where he may con- veniently be satisfied, as Laurence has besought the king to cause him to be satisfied for that sum, which the king owes to him for a loan of his wool taken without the kingdom, beyond the customs due to the king thereupon, in the port of London in the first year of the reign, as appears by divers letters patent under the seal called ' coket.' By C.
Feb. 4. To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order to cause a coroner for that county to
York. be elected in place of William de Crounethorp, deceased.
Fob. 10. To Matthew Broun. Order to do that which appertains to the office of
rontefract. escheator in COS. Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland, although the king
lately granted the said ofiice to Gilbert de Ledred, to hold during pleasure;
because the king wishes Matthew to hold the said office according to the
form of the commission granted to him, and has ordered the said Gilbert
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not to intermeddle farther with that office at present, and to deliver the rolls touching that office, which are iu his custody, to Matthew.
By the Chancellor.
To Gilbert de Ledred. Order not to intermeddle further with the said office of escheator, and to deliver to Matthew Broun, without delay, the rolls and other things touching that office which he had received from him, and to return the king's commission to him to chancery to be cancelled, as the king had previously granted the said office to Matthew to hold at will.
By the Chancellor.
Feb. 5. To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed in a plea between
York. Richard de la Bere and Thomas de Weston, knight, for a messuage, 2 carucates of land, 16 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, and 12/. .rent in Reynham near Degenham, and to cause full and speedy justice to be done to the parties, but not to proceed to render judgment without con- sulting the king ; as Richard has shown the king by his petition before him and his council in parliament, that Thomas alleged before those justices, that the said tenements were the manor of Reynham, which the king had lately granted to him by