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CALENDAK

OF THE

CLOSE ROLLS

PRESERVED IN THE

Qfr.fyjr. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE.

PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF

THE DEPUTY KEEPER OF THE RECORDS.

EDWARD III

VOL. IX.

A.D. 1349—1354.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

LONDON :

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1906.

CONTENTS

PAGE.

Peefa.ce v

corrigenda vu

Calendar -*■

General Index - 627

Wt. 17264.

( v )

PREFACE

The present volume forms part of a series of Calendars of the Close Rolls from the reign of Edward I. 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 His Majesty's Treasury, by Mr. A. B. Hinds, M.A., with some assistance from Mr. A. Maxwell Lyte, B.A., and Mr. Hinds has also compiled the Index.

H. C. MAXWELL LYTE.

Public Becord Office, April, 1906.

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CORRIGENDA

Page 17, line 40, for Lannonor read Lannovor.

18, ,, 42, for Thomas de Botereux read William de Botereux.

214, „ 42, for Willliam read William.

301, ,, 7, after John de Brewes read (sic).

831, ,, 1 from end, for Thomas de Lucy read Thomas de Lacy.

356, ,, 5, for Willliam read William.

396, ,, 18, for brother read son.

397, ,, 27, for o Bichard read to Richard. 437, ,, 21, for Roland Daveys read Roland Daneys. 618, ,, 47, for Cranstock read Craustock.

CALENDAE

OF

CLOSE ROLLS.

23 EDWARD III.— Part 1

1349. Jan. 26.

Langley.

Feb. 2. Westminster.

Feb. 3. Westminster.

Feb. 4.

Westminster.

Feb. 4.

Westminster.

Membrane 28.

To the justices of the Bench. Order to adjourn to the quinzaine of Easter next all pleas now pending before them of the present quinzaine of Hilary and the morrow and octaves of the Purification, if writs touching those pleas have been returned before them in the Bench, and to appoint that quinzaine for the parties sueing those affairs, ordering the sheriffs to retain until the said quinzaine all writs from now to that day, to be returned before those justices, in accordance with the ordinance made by the king and his council at Langele on account of the mortality due to the terrible plague chiefly in the city of London and the neighbouring parts, whereby the justices, the clerks, Serjeants and other ministers of the Bench and the people suing their affairs, would incur great danger. By K. and C.

To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu a tun of wine of the right prise for the present year, in accordance with the grant of Henry III to them of a tun of such wine to be received yearly in that port, for celebrating masses in their church.

To the chancellor of Ireland for the present or the future. Notification that the king has taken the homages of John de Segrave, who married Margaret, eldest daughter of Thomas earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, tenant in chief, and of Edward de Monte Acuto, who married Alice, second daughter, for the purparties touching them of all the lands which belonged to the earl at his death, and has rendered them to them, and that the king ordered hirn to make a partition of all the said lands in the presence of the said John, Margaret, Edward and Alice or of their attorneys, if they choose to attend, and to cause them to have seisin of the purparties touching them, sending that partition to the king without delay under the seal used in Ireland, so that it may be enrolled in the chancery rolls of England, with order to admit Thomas Benet, whom Edmund and Alice have put in their place, to be present at the said partition and to receive seisin of the purparty touching them.

To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Thomas de Pelham, who is insufficiently qualified.

To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Southampton. Order to deliver to the abbot and convent of St. Edward, Lettele, a tun of wine of the right prise for the present year, in accordance with the grant of Henry III to them of a tun of such wine to be received yearly at Southampton, for celebrating masses in their church.

A. 1674. Wt. 17264, 400.— 25/10/04. M. A

CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.

1349. Jan. 29.

Westminster.

Feb. 1.

Westminster.

Membrane 28 — eont.

To Edward, prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, or to his justice of Chester, or to him who supplies the justice's place. Order not to molest or aggrieve Henry earl of Lancaster or his attorney by reason of his entry into the castle, manor and hundred of Halton in co. Chester, as the king ordered William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, to deliver the premises to Henry, and the king repeated that order [as in this Calendar, 22 Edward III, page 571], and now Henry has entered the premises by William Boidel, his attorney, by virtue of the king's orders and of the livery made to him by the earl of Huntingdon.

To the collectors of customs and subsidy in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne. Order to receive security from Adam Whitheved and Simon de Mallesley, burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne, that they will take 5 lasts of hides to London or other places in the realm, and not elsewhere without the realm, and will unlade them there, and will certify the collectors of that unlading under the seals of the mayor and bailiffs of the places where it takes place, within a certain time appointed by the collectors, and to permit those burgesses to lade the said hides in that port and take them as aforesaid without paying the custom and subsidy thereon, as they have besought the king to grant them licence to do this, as although they and* the other burgesses of that town used to take their wool, hides and wool- fells and other merchandise as aforesaid by finding such security, yet the collectors hinder them from so taking the said 5 lasts, without paying the custom and subsidy thereon. By C.

Membrane 27.

Feb. 6. To Kichard Blundel, escheator in co. Northampton. Order to take the

Langley. fealty of Walter son of Bobert de Colvill according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents, and to deliver to him and to Margaret daughter of Egidia de Bassyngburn, the castle of Benyngfeld, a messuage, 100 acres and the moiety of a virgate of land in Benyngfeld, and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Benyngfeld restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Humphrey de Bassyngburn at his death held nothing in his demesne as of fee or in service, in chief, or of any other in that county, but that he held the said castle, messuage, land and manor for life of the grant of Master William de Bray, parson of Abynton church and of John Walgor of Bitham, chaplain, by a fine levied in the king's court, with remainder at his death to Walter and Margaret and to Walter's heirs by Margaret, and that the castle, messuage and land are held in chief by the service of a fourth part of a knight's fee and the manor is held of the abbey of Peterborough by knight's service, and the king has given Walter respite for his homage for three years on account of his tender age, which hardly reaches eight years, it is said, and by a fine made to him, and he has rendered the said castle, messuage and land to Walter and Margaret.

By a fine of 5 marks paid in the hanaper.

Feb. 6. To the assessors and collectors in co. Oxford of the wool and fifteenths

Westminster, last granted. Order to cause the wool and fifteenths to be levied of the men of the town of Cherlebury and of the hamlets of Fynstok, Tappewell, Cotes, and Faulore according to the new assessment made upon them by the king's order, and to cause answer to be made therefor at the exchequer, so that the total of wool and fifteenths previously assessed upon those men be not diminished in the present new collection and assessment, as at the

1349.

23 EDWARD III.— Part 1.

Mi'inbrane 27 — coat.

complaint of the men of Fynstok and Tappewell asserting that the said four hamlets were hamlets of the said town and that they had fewer lands and goods than the men of that town and yet had been assessed at greater sums for the wool and fifteenths in favour of the men of that town and at their procuration, and the men of Cotes and Faulore had not been charged according to the quantity of their lands and goods, but the rich in lesser and the poor in greater sums, and they beseeching the king to provide a remedy, he appointed "William de Shareshull, Thomas de Langele and Richard de Williamescote to survey the said town and hamlets and to take an inquisition upon the matter, to newly assess the said men and to certify the assessors and collectors of the said wool and fifteenths of the assessments so newly made by them, and by the inquisition taken by Thomas and Kichard it is found that the said four places are hamlets of the town of Cherlebury, which is a market town, and there are 22 virgates of land and eighty tenants of land and several others of chattels, and in Cotes 13 virgates of land, in Faulore 12 virgates of land, in Fynstok and Tappewell 7 virgates of land, and that the hamlets of Fynstok and Tappewelle were assessed by improvident assessments and by the malice of the assessors and collectors, at 41. lis. 8d. for the fifteenth and at 2 sacks 2 stones 1 pound of wool for wool, the town of Charlebury at 64s. Gd. for the fifteenth, and at 1 sack 11 stones 13 pounds of wool for wool, and the hamlet of Cotes at 27s. Gd. for the fifteenth and at 16 stones 2£ pounds for wool, and the hamlet of Faulore at 47s. 8d. for the fifteenth and at 16 stones 4-J pounds for the wool, and the men of Fynstok and Tappewell are reduced to such misery and want by these assessments that some having abandoned their houses are compelled to seek their food by their own bodily labours, after abandoning their houses, and others beg from door to door, and by view of the jurors of the said inquisition and of the men of the said town and hamlets, Thomas and Richard newly assessed the town of Cherlebury at 115s. 9d. for the fifteenth and at 2 sacks 11 stones i pound of wool for wool ; Fynstok and Tappewell at 38s. Sd. for the fifteenth and at 20 stones 13J pounds of wool for wool ; Faulore at 52s. 2d. for the fifteenth and at 1 sack 2 stones 10 pounds of wool for wool ; Cotes at 25s. 2(7. for the fifteenth and at 14 stones 3| pounds for wool, to be paid both for what is in arrear of the wool and fifteenths lately granted, and for the triennial fifteenth, and although Thomas and Richard certified the assessors and collectors of the new assessment so that they should cause what is in arrear of the wool and fifteenths to be levied of them in accordance therewith and cause answer therefor to be made to the king, yet they have not hitherto cared to do this, as the king has heard from the plaint of the said men. By pet. of C. and by p.s.

Feb. 10. To the sheriff of Gloucester. Writ of aid for Peter de Bonyndon, whom

Langley. the king appointed to buy and purvey lampreys for the present season in the River Severn aud for the carriage of the same to the king from time to time, and to pay Peter and those from whom the lampreys were taken and to pay Peter his wages, such as others have received in that office, by indenture. By K.

Feb. 20. To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. Order to cause 261 tuns of wine

Langley. of Portugal to be dearrested without delay and delivered to the attorneys or deputies of Thomas de Dagworth, supplying the king's place in Britanny, and not to intermeddle further with that wine, as at the suit of Guilliottua de Gaignebien and Anthony Macenoie, merchants of Placencia, showing that certain of their fellows of Placencia laded two ships of Spain with the said wine in the port of Lucebon under the seals of Guilliottus and

CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.

1349.

Membrane 27 — emit.

Anthony, and wished to take them thence to Lescluses in Flanders under the king's safe-conduct and protection, and certain Serjeants of Thomas arrested those ships with the wine in the port of Caudon on the coast of Britanny where those ships were anchored awaiting a favourable wind, and did their will therewith for the benefit of Thomas and his Serjeants without the merchants being able to obtain restitution although they sued diligently before Thomas, the king ordered Thomas to certify him upon the cause of that arrest, so that the king might cause justice to be done, and to keep the ship and wine safely until the king had signified his will, and afterwards on learning that much of the wine had been sent to the port of Sandwich and other ports of the realm by Thomas to be exposed for sale, the king ordered the mayor and bailiffs to cause cellars and other places where wine is usually laid to be searched and to arrest all the tuns of wine which they find to have belonged to the said merchants and under their seal, and to keep them safely until further order, but Robert Warde and William de Newenham, clerk, general attorneys of Thomas, have appeared in chancery and have undertaken that he will satisfy the said merchants for the wine or the price thereof if the king and council adjudge that it ought to pertain to them and not to him. By C.

Jan. 30. Westminster.

Feb. 2. Westminster.

Jan. 29. Westminster.

Membrane 26.

To Thomas de Rokeby, escheator in co. York. Order to take the fealty of Margaret late the wife of Thomas de Pikeryng, according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents, and not to intermeddle further with the tenements which he took into the king's hand by reason of Thomas's death, restoring the issues thereof to her, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Thomas at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee in that county, but that he held jointly with Margaret a messuage and 2 bovates of land in Ampelford and 3 tofts 4 bovates of land in Holme in that county, to themselves and the heirs of their bodies of the grant of Bichard de Pikeryng, and that the tenements in Ampelford are held of the heir of William de Boos of Hamelak, a minor in the king's wardship by the service of a fifty-sixth part of a knight's fee and by homage, and the toft and land in Holme are held of John de la Ryvere by knight's service.

To John Pount. Order to reserve in the king's hands for the munition of Caleys 2,000_quarters of wheat and 1,000 quarters of peas and oats of the corn lately bought of the executors of the will of John, archbishop of Canterbury, and to deliver to Master John de Offord, elect of Canterbury, or to his attorneys, all the residue, to answer therefor according to a price agreed upon between him and William bishop of Winchester, the treasurer, by indenture containing the quantity and number of quarters of the corn so delivered, provided always that answer is made to the king for the 3,000 quarters reserved as aforesaid. By p.s. [20008.1

To the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. Order to pay- to Bichard Paneter or to his deputy what is in arrear to him of his wages of 100s. yearly by reason of his office of controller of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells and of the custom of 3d. a pound and other small customs and prests due in that port and to pay him such wages henceforth, as on 16 January in the 14th year of the reign, the king committed that office of controller to him, to hold during good conduct, receiving the customary wages therein, and the treasurer and barons of the exchequer

23 EDWARD III.— Part 1.

1349.

Feb. 6.

Westminster.

Feb. 4. Westminster.

Feb. i. Langley.

Membrane 26 — cont.

have certified in chancery that 100s. yearly are allowed in the account of the collectors of customs in that port for the wages of divers controllers there.

To Eichard Blundel, escheator in co. Northampton. Order to take the fealty of Alice late the wife of Humphrey de Bassyngbourn, according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents and not to intermeddle further with the manor of Abynton, restoring the issues thereof to her, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Humphrey at his death held nothing in his demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or of any other in that bailiwick, but that he and Alice jointly held the said manor for their lives of the grant of Master William Braey, parson of Abyndon church, and of John Walgor of Bitham, chaplain, by a fine levied in the king's court and that the manor is held in chief by the service of a fourth part of a knight's fee.

To Guy Seintcler, escheator in co. Cambridge. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Wykes, co. Cambridge, restoring 'the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Humphrey de Bassyngbourn, at his death, held no lands in chief or of any others in his demesne as of fee in that county, but that he held the said. manor for life by a fine levied in the king's court with remainder to Walter son of Eobert de Colvill and to Margaret daughter of Egidia de Bassyngbourn and Walter's heirs by her, and that the manor is held of others than the king by knight's service.

To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order not to intermeddle further with the temporalities of the priory of Aumbresbury by reason of the present voidance thereof, restoring the issues to the nuns there, provided that they answer at the exchequer for any issues which they are bound to pay to the abbess of Fontevrault, by reason of the voidance, as they have shown the king that although they are of the order of the abbey of Fontevrault in Normandy and all the lands and possessions pertaining to the priory so that the order and institutes of the church of Fontevrault may be preserved there, were granted by the king's progenitors, as may appear by their charters, confirmed by the king, and all the prioresses have been elected and presented by the licence and order of the abbess and convent of Fontevrault without requesting the king's licence and assent, and the nuns have been accustomed in all times of a voidance to dispose of the temporalities of the priory, which is immediately subject to the said abbey, to have the administration and receive the issues and profits thereof, without the king intermeddling therewith or receiving any issues or profits thereof, yet the escheator has entered the priory, void by the death of Isabel de Lancastr[ia], the last prioress, and received the issues and profits, not permitting the nuns to intermeddle therewith, whereupon they have besought the king to provide a remedy, and on inspection of the chancery rolls it is not found that the nuns have asked licence to elect from the king, and the treasurer and barons of the exchequer have certified in chancery that it is not found by inspection of the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer that answer has been made to the king for any sums of the priory in times of a voidance.

The like to the following, to wit : —

Henry Sturmy, escheator in co. Southampton. John de Laundels, escheator in co. Berks.

To Michael de Ponyngges, fermor of the lands which belonged to Margery late the wife of Nicholas de la Beche. Order to deliver to John son and heir of Ralph Berd of Sheperugg 3 acres of pasture in Sheperugg,

CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.

1349.

Membrane 26 — emit.

co. Wilts, called 'Forlese,' 10 acres of meadow in that town called ' Westmede,' and the adjoining fishery in the water of Lodene together with the issues thereof, as lately at John's suit by his petition before the king and his council in the parliament held at Westminster on the morrow of Hilary in the 21st year of the reign, beseeching the king to order the premises to be restored to him — as Ralph demised the said pasture in the 8th year of the late king's reign by Hugh le Despenser, 'le piere,' for a term of seven years, and he demised the said meadow and fishery, in the 6th year of that reign, to John Thedrich of Herteleye Pylitot and Edfmund] Martyn, for a term of ten years, by divers deeds, and the said John and Edmund afterwards alienated the meadow and fishery to Hugh, by pretext whereof Hugh held the same by force and duress, without having any other title thereto, until he forfeited to the king, and the premises were seised into the king's hand by reason of that forfeiture and were afterwards granted by him to Nicholas and Margery to hold under a certain form, and they were again taken into the king's hand by reason of the rape of Margery by John de Dalton and of certain felonies then committed — the king appointed William de Shareshull, Thomas de Aspale, Henry Sturmy, John Wace and Peter de Sutton to take an inquisition upon the matter in the presence of the keeper of the said tenements, and by the inquisition taken thereupon by William, Henry and Peter in the presence of the keeper it is found that Kalph was seised of those lands in his demense as of fee, that he demised them as aforesaid, that John and Edmund alienated the meadow and fishery to Hugh for a term of ten years, who occupied the premises until ho forfeited to the king, without having any other title thereto, that the premises were taken into the king's hand, granted to Nicholas and Margery and again taken into the king's hands as aforesaid, and that John is Ralph's next heir and aged thirty years, and the premises are held of Joan countess of Surrey by the service of 3s. 4<i and they are worth 13s. id. yearly, and the treasurer and chamberlains have certified that on inspecting all the muniments of Hugh which came to the treasury it is not found that any release of the premises was made to the king or to him by Ealph, John or any heir of Ralph, and the keeper has acknowledged before the council that he knows no cause why the premises should not be restored to John. By C.

MEMBRANE 25.

Feb. 1. Notification of permission to Robert de Sadyngton, chief baron of the

Westminster exchequer, that he may see to his own affairs, reside in his own house as

often and as long as he sees fit, for the rest of his body or for the said

affairs, and return to the exchequer and stay there at will as he has been

accustomed to do. By K. and C.

Vacated because word for word on the Patent Rolls of this year.

Jan. 28 To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port

Langley. of Boston. Order to cause Henry de Alyngton and Nicholas Abram, merchants, to have allowance of 811. 14s. 10f</. in the subsidy of the first of their own wool and fells taken by them from that port to the staple, as the king ordained that the staple should not be held at Brugges in Flanders, but that it should be held at Middelburgh in Seland until further order, and that all merchants and others who wished should take wool and fells thither from Michaelmas last to Michaelmas following so that they paid a loan of 2 marks on each sack and on every 300 fells so taken, beyond the custom and subsidy due, in aid of the defence of the realm, to those whom

23 EDWARD III.— Part 1.

j gig Membrane 25 — emit.

the king should appoint to receive the same in the ports of the realm, and that no merchant or other should so take out wool or fells before Michaelmas next without previously paying 2 marks as aforesaid, and that all who paid should have allowance in the subsidy of wool and fells taken out of the realm by them to wit 2 marks on each sack and on every 300 fells without making any loan thereon, and the collectors of customs in all the ports of England should have power to make indentures for what was so received on loan, by which the merchants should have allowance in the subsidy of the first wool and fells taken away after that loan as is fully contained in the said ordinance, and Henry and Nicholas, on 24 December last lent the king 81?. 14s. 10f>/. for 61 sacks 8 stones of wool taken by them to the staple, and paid that sum to the collectors in accordance with the ordinance aforesaid, as is fully contained in an indenture under the coket seal, shown by them in chancery. Proviso that no allowance shall be made to Henry and Nicholas for any but their own wool, and that they pay the loan on other wool and fells taken out by them to the staple before the said feast.

The like to the same collectors for the following persons, to wit : — Eobert de Dalderly and Peter de Thornton of Lincoln, merchants, for 84/. 16s. 5\d. for 63 sacks 16 stones of wool taken from that port on 24 December. Roger de Northfolk of Lincoln, merchant, for 20/. 12s. 4{-rf. for 15 sacks

12 stones of wool taken from that port on 24 December. John Latoner and Robert de Ketilby of Boston, merchants, for 30/. 10s. 3j</. for 22 sacks 23 stones of wool taken from that port on 2 December. John Horn of Boston, merchant, for 31/. Os. llfrf. for 23 sacks

8 stones of wool, taken on 19 January. Robert Pynson, merchant, for 26/. 16s. 5rf. for 20 sacks 3 stones, taken

on 24 December. Peter Butte of Boston, merchant, for 112. 7s. 8i<f. for 8 sacks 14 stones

of wool, taken on 24 December. Walter de Kelby of Lincoln for 75/. 7s. 8-Jrf. for 56 sacks 14 stones

of wool, taken on 24 December. Thomas Gandis of Lincoln for 168/. 16s. 5f</. for 126 sacks 16 stones

of wool, taken on 24 December. John de Bek, merchant of Almain, for 52/. 10s. 3id. for 39 sacks 10 stones, taken on 24 December.

To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' to cause allowance in accordance writh the ordinance to be made to Thomas de Lotton, citizen and merchant of Lincoln, of 33/. 16s. ll±d. lent by him on 25 sacks 10 stones of wool taken by him from the port of Boston to the staple on 4 January last.

The like writs of allowance to the collectors of customs in the following ports, to wit : —

The collectors in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull for Thomas de Kele and Richard de Kele of Lincoln, merchants, 34/. 10s. 3Jrfffor 25 sacks 23 stones of wool laded in the port of Boston on 24 December. The collectors in the port of Boston for Gilbert de Aliland, merchant, 157/. 10s. 7jr/. for 118 sacks 3 stones of wool and 9 wool-fells laded in the port of Lenne on 16 December. The collectors in the same port to allow to William de Spayne, merchant, 163/. 6s. 8W. for 122 sacks 13 stones of wool laded in the port of Lenne on 16 December.

CALENDAR OP CLOSE ROLLS.

1349.

Membrane 25 — emit.

The collectors in the same port to allow to John Piel 107s. 8jd. for

4 sacks 1 stone of wool laded in the port of Lenne on 16 December. The collectors in the same port to allow to John Permay 12s. 3§<2. for

12 stones of wool laded in the port of Lenne on 16 December. The collectors in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull to allow to Walter

de Kelby of Lincoln, 462. 18s. 5(2. for 35 sacks of wool laded in the

port of Lenn on 16 December. The collectors in the same port to allow to John Pyel, merchant,

332. 3s. l\d. for 24 sacks 23 stones of wool laded in the port of

Lenn on 16 December. The collectors in the port of London to allow to William de Thrope,

merchant, 62. 13s. id. for 5 sacks of wool laded in the port of Lenn

on 10 December. The collectors in the port of London to allow to John Hervy

127/. 6s. 8d. for 95 sacks 13 stones of wool laded in the port of

Lenn on 25 November. The collectors in the port of Boston to allow to Eykynus Beuer,

merchant, 262. 15s. 4f <?. for 20 sacks 2 stones of wool laded in the

port of Lenn on 16 December. The collectors in the port of Boston to allow to Conrad Clippyng,

merchant, 432. 3s. 7\d. for 32 sacks 10 stones of wool laded in the

port of Lenn on 16 December.

Membrane 24.

Jan. 30. The collectors in the port of Lenn to allow to Robert de Spitelgate,

Westminster. merchant, 802. for 60 sacks of wool laded in that port on

20 November.

Feb. 5. The collectors in the port of London to allow to Thomas de Brandon,

Westminster. merchant of London, 1342. 19s. 6<7. for 101 sacks 6 stones of wool

laded in the port of Lenn on 16 December.

The collectors in the port of London to allow to Thomas de Wilsford

252. 5s. 8rf. for 18 sacks 25 stones of wool laded in the port of Lenn

on 20 November. The collectors in the port of London to allow to Richard Andreu,

merchant of Baldok, 452. 10s. 9ic2. for 34 sacks 4 stones laded in

the port of Lenn on 10 December. The collectors in the port of London to allow to John Piel 42. 12^rf.

for 3 sacks 1 stone of wool laded in the port of Lenn on

16 December. The collectors in the port of London to allow to John de Causton,

merchant, 532. 9s. dd. for 40 sacks 3 stones of wool laded in the

port of Lenn on 10 December. The collectors in the port of London to allow to Richard de Saltby * 622. 14s. 4J(2. for 47 sacks 1 stone of wool, laded in the port of Lenn

on 12 December.

Jan. 28. The collectors in the port of Lenn to allow to Robert de Wotton,

Westminster. burgess of Lenn, merchant, 42. 4s. l±d. for 3 sacks 4 stones of wool

laded in the port of Lenn on 20 December.

The collectors in the port of Lenn to allow to William de Elyngham, merchant of Lenn, 162. 16s. 5d. for 12 sacks 16 stones of wool laded in that port on 16 December.

'23 EDWARD III.— Part 1.

1349.

Feb. 5.

Westminster.

Membrane 24 — cont.

The collectors in the port of London to allow to John Curteys, merchant, 571. 6s. 8d. for 43 sacks of wool laded in the port of Lenn on 10 December.

March 10.

Westminster.

Membrane 23.

Feb. 26. To John Cok, Master John de Langetoft and John Pount, late guardians

Castle Rising. 0f the temporalities of the archbishopric of Canterbury, when void and in the king's hand. Order to pay to Roger de Spyney, huntsman, what is in arrear to him of a bushel of wheat and J bushel of barley yearly and of 13s. 4</. yearly for his robe and shoes, for the time that the said temporalities were in the king's hands, as John, the late archbishop of Canterbury, by the king's licence, granted to Eobert the custody of his park, warren and forinsec woods of Slyndon in co. Sussex, to hold for life, receiving a bushel of wheat for himself every week and h bushel of barley for his groom, and 13s. 4.d. yearly for life for his robe and shoes.

To the justiciary of Ireland for the present or the future, or to him who supplies his place. Order to deliver the manor of Armolghan to Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygemor or to his attorney, together with the issues thereof, as Joan de Mortuo Mari countess of la March granted that manor to him among other castles, towns and manors in Ireland by the king's licence, which manor is held in chief, it is said, and which Englentina fite Johan then held for life of the inheritance of the said countess, to hold for life after Eglentina's death, for rendering a certain yearly ferm to the countess, and now the king has learned that Eglentina is dead, for which cause the manor is taken into his hand,

March 11. To John Mayn and William de Cornewaill, the king's Serjeants at arms. Westminster. Order to deliver all wine of ' portages ' arrested by them among the other wine of men and merchants of Depe in Normandy in a ship called 'la Seintemariebot' of la Rye, and which the master and mariners of the ship can show to be theirs, to Thomas de Hull, without delay, for the use of the said master and mariners. By C.

March 22. To Nicholas Gower, escheator in the liberty of Holderness. Order to

Westminster, assign dower to Joan late the wife of Edmund Cauce of Drynghowe, tenant

in chief, as of the honour of Albemarl, of all the lands which belonged to

her husband at his death, sending that assignment to chancery without

delay so that it may be enrolled there.

MEMBRANE 22.

Feb. 20. To William de Wabadon, proctor in England of the abbot of Fecamp.

Thetford. Order to pay to Thomas de Bradeston what is in arrear to him of 84 marks yearly from 20 November last and to pay him that sum henceforth yearly and be answerable to him therefor, as the king lately granted to Thomas 500 marks which the then proctor of the said abbot was bound to render to the king for the ferm of the abbot's lands in his hand, in recompence for 500 marks previously granted to be received at the exchequer to maintain his estate as a banneret, and afterwards, in recompence for 236i. 7s. 3r/. which Thomas received by the hands of the proctor of the ferm of certain lands of the abbot in co Sussex, which the king committed to his kinswoman, Eleanor de Bello Monte, whom Richard earl of Arundel has now married, under a certain form, the king granted to Thomas the ferm of the priory of

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1349.

Feb. 27. Westminster.

Feb. 18. Langley.

March 4.

Langley.

March 4. Langley.

Membrane 22 — eont.

Derhurst, extended at 110Z. yearly, and the ferm of the priory of Newent, extended at VdOl yearly, so that he should answer for the 72s. 9</. exceeding the said sum of 236?. 7s. 3<1. at the exchequer ; and afterwards Thomas besought the king to grant the manors of Chiltenham and Sloghtre in co. Gloucester to him, as 84 marks which he ought to receive from those manors of the said abbot are in arrear to him, and the king granted to him the custody of those manors, to hold without making any waste or destruction, so long as the said lands should remain in the king's hands by reason of the war with France, retaining to the value of 84 marks yearly, in part payment of the 500 marks, and on the said 20 November the king committed those manors and the other lands of the abbot in England to the said proctor, for rendering 500 marks yearly.

To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to cause the goods and chattels which belonged to Humphrey Kail, late one of the collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted in that county, to be dearrested without delay and delivered to John Tottenesse, Humphrey's Serjeant, or to the others to whom they pertain, as on 48 February last John paid at the receipt of the exchequer 13/. 13s. Ad. of the money of that tenth and fifteenth levied by Humphrey, as John de Bukyngham, one of the king's chamberlains, has acknowledged before the king in chancery. By K.

To Simon Basset, escheator in co. Gloucester. Order to take the fealty of Hawisia late the wife of John de Berkele of Duresle, according to the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents, and not to intermeddle further with the tenements which he took into the king's hands by reason of John's death, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned, by inquisition taken by the escheator, that John, at his death, held nothing in chief in fee simple, but that he held the manors of Dursele, Dodyngton, and Newynton and a messuage and a carucate of land in Stanle St. Leonard, jointly with Hawisia, for themselves and the heirs of their bodies, as appears by a fine levied in the king's court, and that John held 2 acres of land and an acre of wood there and that the said manors are held in chief by knight's service, and the land and wood are held of Thomas de Berkele, by certain services.

To the mayor and bailiffs of Wynchelse. Order to supersede the arrest of a ship called ' la Laurence ' of Wynchelse and the taking of Benedict Sely, the master thereof, although the king ordered them to arrest that ship, laden with 10 tuns of wheat flour, containing 67 quarters 7 bushels, by John Siward, citizen of London, in the port of London, to be taken thence to Sandwich for the king's use, because Benedict took the ship and flour to Wynchelse instead of to Sandwich, as was enjoined upon him, and did his will therewith, and to cause Benedict to be taken and kept in the Tower of London until the king had ordained for his release, as Richard Large of Wynchelse has caused that flour to be taken to Westminster and there delivered to Thomas de Clopton, keeper of the wardrobe, for the king's use, as Thomas has acknowledged in chancery. By C.

To John de Wesenham, the king's butler, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Bristol. Order to deliver to Joan de Carrue 6 tuns of wine for the present year receiving from her what the king is bound to pay to the merchants from whom the wine is taken, in accordance with the king's grant to her of 6 tuns of wine to be received yearly for life in the form aforesaid, of the king's right prise in the said port.

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1349. Feb. 23.

Langley.

March 23.

Langley.

Membrane 22 — emit.

To W. bishop of Norwich. Order to admit a fit person to the third part of the church of St. Mary, Itryngham, at the presentation of Edward de Warenn, knight, and further to do what pertains to his office in the matter, although the king lately forbad him to admit a parson thereto until it had been discussed to whom the advowson pertains, and afterwards, at the suit of Edward and of Maud, late the wife of John de Dallyng, showing that it had been agreed by indenture between them that Edward should present his clerk for this turn and Maud should present her clerk at the next voidance, and they had sued before the bishop to admit Edward's clerk in accordance with that agreement, the bishop has refused to admit Edward's clerk, asserting that his hands were bound by the prohibition aforesaid, and they beseeching the king to provide a remedy that the collation of the third part may not fall to the bishop by lapse of time, which will soon happen, it is said, the king ordered Robert de Moiiee to ascertain whether the said agreements were made between Edward and Maud, and to certify the king thereupon in chancery, and Eobert has returned that agreements were made between Edward and Maud in the form aforesaid, and that they should present alternately, by deeds made between them. By C.

To Eichard de Thoresby, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to deliver to the bishops of Arkeden and Artferten all the letters patent and writs made for the restitution of the temporalities of their bishoprics to them, lately void and in the king's hand, quit of the fee of the seal pertaining to the king thereon.

Membrane 21.

Feb. 24. To Richard de Thoresby, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to

Langley. deliver to John Ryngolf of Boston a charter of pardon for certain felonies, trespasses and excesses, quit of the fee due thereon.

By K. on the information of Thomas de Brembre.

To Thomas de Bradeston and William de Chiltenham. Order to deliver to Elizabeth late the wife of Hugh le Despenser, tenant in chief, the castle of Hanleye, with the adjacent houses, which belonged to Hugh, in their custody of the king's commission, for her dwelling place, until the king has assigned dower to her or until further order.

By K. on the information of Guy de Bryane.

Feb. 14. To Robert Russel, escheator in co. Wilts. Order to deliver the manors

Westminster. 0f Hilmerton and Lakham, and certain lands in Benacre in that county, which Eleanor late the wife of John Bluet, knight, tenant in chief, held at her death, together with the issues and profits thereof from the time of her death and all appurtenances,