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EDWAED I.
VOL. III. A.D. 1288-1296.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
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1904,
CONTENTS
PAGE.
Preface ------. v
Corrigenda ------ vii
Calendar ------ i
General Index - - - - . . - 523
A. 4062. Wfc. 4769/592.
PREFACE.
'llih: present volume forms part of a series of Calendars of the Close KoUs from the reign of Edward I. to that of Edward IV., the object and character of which arc 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. W. 11. Stevenson, M.A., late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. The Index has been prepared by Mr. C. H. Woodruff, B.C.L., Mr. Stevenson having assisted him by identifying most of the places.
H. C. MAXWELL-LYTE.
Public Record Office, February, 1904.
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COERIGENDA.
Page 16, line 6 from bottom, /o>' Cambon read Cambou.
Pages 16 and 17, for Membrane ^d. read Membrane 5.
Page 24, line 10 from bottom, for G. bishop of Winchester read G. bishop of Worcester.
,, 38, ,, 24, for Wytham read Wycham.
,, 38, ,, 32, for Christiana de Ho read Philip de Ho.
,, 52, ,, 8 from bottom, for de read le.
,, 67, ,, ^j for archbishop of Ireland read archbishop of Dublin.
,, 81, ,, 13, for manor Ellen read manor of Ellen.
,, 87, ,, 20, for de Vere read de Bere.
,,105, „ 22, add ''{sicy after Fredeslegh.
,, 113, ,, 13 from bottom, for Burnecestre read Burncestre.
,,134, ,, 15, for Iching read Iching'.
,,139, ,, 17, for Gere read Gery.
,, 143, „ 17, for Sancta Andrea read Sancto Andrea.
,,145, ,, 21 from bottom, for hasinspired read has inspired.
,,146, ,, 5, for mortmain read Quia empores.
,, 169, ,, 11 from bottom, after at Suffolk add '' (szc)."
,, 203, ,, 11 from bottom, for past read first.
,, 206, ,, 4, Hertford may perhaps be read Hereford.
,, 231, ,, 15, read William (sic) de la Chaumbre.
,, 240, „ 1, for Afton read Aston.
,, 248, ,, 7 from bottom, for Kynele read Kyvele.
,, 276, „ 2 from bottom, for Ethewik read Echewik.
,, 279, ,, 11 from bottom, for sheriffs read bailiffs.
,. 300, ,, 24, for Braunceston read Braunteston.
„ 338, „ 8, for William read Walter.
,, 340, ,, 18, add [Prynne, Records, iii, p. 608.]
,, 341, „ 19 from bottom, for de read le.
,, 857, ,, 7, for baron read barons.
„ 375, ,, 22 from bottom, Creping read Creting.
,, 387, ,, 5 from bottom, for de read le.
,, 398, ,, 19 from bottom, for see read sea.
„ 899, „ 4, for 11. read Id,
,,412, ,, 19, after Nicholas add ** (sic).''
,,467, ,, 5 from bottom, for Hyeu read Hyen.
,, 489, ,, 3 from bottom, for Adam read Andrew.
,, 499, ,, 14, for Kent read Cambridge.
„ 610, ,, 8, for de read le.
„ 511, ,, 9 from bottom, for Wa.rdrobe read Hanaper,
CALENDAR
CLOSE EOLLS.
17 EDWARD I.
1288.
Nov. 28. Westminster.
Dec. 3.
Westminster.
Dec. 14.
Westminster.
Dec. 18.
Westminster.
1289. Jan. 9.
Westminster.
Jan. 18. Westminster.
Membrane 9.
Clause de anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis tienrici decimo septimo [ *'•"' quo anno idem rex rediit in Angliam a partibiis Vasconie],
To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to mainpern Gilbert son of "Walter le Carpenter of Calseby, imprisoned at Lincoln for the death of Hugh atte Grene of Calseby, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that he slew him in self-defence Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
Eoger de Lymbergh of Louth (Ludd)^ imprisoned at Lincoln for the death of William son of William Whithand of Louth, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Lincoln to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Thomas de Norman vill, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Alice, late the wife of Eobert de Everingham, tenant in chief, from Robert's knight's fees. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent.
To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Alice the advowson of the church of Everingham, which the king has assigned to her in dower.
Lambert de Burgo, imprisoned at Appelby for the death of Hugh le Fevre of Burton, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Westmoreland to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
William de Merthingle, chaplain, imprisoned at Newcastle- on -Tyne for the death of Adam Tucke, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Northumberland to bail him.
To the treasurer and barons. Whereas the king learnt by inquisition taken in his tenth year by Gervase de Clyfton, then sheriff of Derby, that the land in Waleton-on- Trent that is of the dower of Joan de Monte Alto, which Joan demised to John de Parys at ferm for a term of six years, which had not then expired — which land, with all the goods and chattels of John, the king caused tp be taken into his hands because John had fled for a larceny charged against him — was worth yearly in all issues
* The words in brackets occur in the title at the foot of Membrane 1. A. 4062. Wt. 4769/592. 400. 20/5/01. M. A
CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.
1289.
Jan. 21.
Westminster
Jan. 20.
Westminster,
Jan. 25.
Westminster.
Jan. 24.
Westminster.
Jan. 24.
Westminster.
Jan. 28. Westminster.
Membrane 9 — conL
16 marks, and that the goods and chattels aforesaid were worth 11?. 18s. 6d, and that the term had then four years to run ; and the king thereupon ordered Gervase to restore the land to Joan and to cause the chattels to be delivered to her at a certain price, if she would make fine with him for the king's use for the term aforesaid in order that she might have again the land for the said term, and if she would find security to render to the king at the exchequer at Michaelmas the value of the chattels aforesaid, or that Gervase should otherwise resume the land into the king's hands ; and it was afterwards found by an inquisition taken by Thomas de Norijianvill and returned before the treasurer and barons in the exchequer that the land was demised to John for twenty marks yearly, and that it is worth only sixteen marks yearly, so that the land was demised to John for four marks yearly above its value, for which reason Gervase permitted Joan to enter and hold the land after John's flight because nothing could accrue to the king in this behalf ; and the treasurer and barons nevertheless have charged Gervase with 56 marks for the ferm for half a year in the tenth year of the reign and for the three following years in his account for the time when he was sheriff : the king orders them to discharge Gervase of the said 56 marks for the ferm ; provided, however, that he answer for the true value of the goods and chattels aforesaid. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the same. Whereas the king, on 12 March, in his ninth year, committed to Richard Fokeram, now deceased, all the lands that Margaret de Ferariis held of the king in chief at her death, to be kept during the king's pleasure, so that Richard should cause the lands to be tilled and sown and should answer to the king for the issues thereof ; and the king afterwards ordered Richard to deliver the lands to Edmund, the king's brother, with everything received thence, saving to eTohn son and heir of Robert, late earl Ferrers (de Ferariis), a minor in the king's wardship, his right in the lands, so that John should not be prejudiced when he came of age : the king orders the treasurer and barons to discharge William Fokeram, son and heir of Richard, of the issues received from the lands. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the taker of the king's wines of the right prise at La Pole. Order to cause the abbot and convent of King's Beaulieu to have a tun of wine for the present year, in accordance with the king's grant to them of a tun of wine yearly from that prise for the celebration of divine service in their church of Beaulieu. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
William Whate of Est Preston, imprisoned at Pevense for the death of an unknown man slain at Preston, has letters to the sheriff of Sussex to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Reginald de Gray, justice of Chester. Order to pay, out of the ferm of his bailiwick, to the abbot and convent of Vale Royal 25 marks for Michaelmas term last of the 50 marks yearly granted to them by the king from the exchequer of Chester until he shall cause 50 marks yearly of land to be assigned to them. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the same. Order to cause the said abbot and convent to have a tun of wine for the present year from the king's right prise at Chester, in accordance with the king's grant to them of a tun yearly by the hands of the justice of Chester for the celebration of divine service in their abbey.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the abbot of St. Edmunds to be acquitted of 200^. with which he made fine with the
17 EDWAED I.
1289.
Jan. 28. Westminster.
Jan, 25. Westminster.
Jan. 24. Westminster,
Jan. 29. Westminster.
Membrane 9 — conU
king for the service of six knights' fee that he acknowledged for the king's army of Wales in the tenth year of his reign, as the king, on 15 November, in the said year, acquitted the abbot by his letters patent of the aforesaid sum, which the abbot paid at London at the Assumption, in the said year, by the hands of Boruncinus Galteri, merchant of Lucca.
To the same. Like order to acquit the abbot of 200 marks by which he made fine with the king for the service of six knights' fees that he acknowledged for the king's army in the fifth year, and which the abbot paid by the king's order to Reyner de Luk' and Orlandinus de Podio, merchants of Lucca.
To Roger Lestrange {Extraneo), justice of the Forest this side Trent. Order to cause Queen Eleanor, the king's consort, to have in the forest of Selewode twenty oaks to make palings to enclose her park at Camel, of the king's gift. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the keeper and sheriffs of London. Order to deliver Richard Godard of Stanes, imprisoned in the gaol of Newgate because he maimed Roger Scot, in bail to twelve mainpernors to have him before the king, if he be detained at the king's suit and not at the suit of anyone else.
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to mainpern Elias de West Ret- ford, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of Thorald son of Gerard, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by the record and process of an inquisition taken by William de Meynill and his fellows, justices appointed to deliver Notingham gaol, that Elias slew Thorald in self- defence.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Alcrenton until otherwise ordered, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that G. bishop of Worcester granted by his charter to Walter de Maundevill, tenant in chief, the said manor, to have to him and the heirs of his body, so that the manor should revert to the bishop if Walter died without an heir of his body, and that Walter did so die, so that the manor ought to revert to the bishop in accordance with the form of the gift. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the issues of the fines, amercements, and chattels of fugitives and condemned persons and others of the tenants of Queen Eleanor, the king's consort, in CO. Dorset arising from the last eyre of the king's justices in that county to be levied by the estreats of the exchequer, and to cause them to be paid to John 6acon and Richard de Kancia, clerks, the attorneys of John de Berewyk, keeper of the gold of the said queen, for her use, as the king granted the issues to her. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
Membrane 8.
Feb. 15. To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to mainpern Adam le Yenge, Westminster, imprisoned at Winchester for the death of Agnes, late the wife of William le Mouner, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by the record of Simon de Wyntonia and his fellows, justices appointed to deliver that gaol, that Adam is not guilty of the death aforesaid. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
CALENDAE OP CLOSE EOLLS.
1289.
Feb. 15. Westminster.
Feb. 20. Westminster.
Feb. 20. Westminster.
April 7. Westminster.
Feb. 6.
Westminster.
Membrane 8 — cont.
To th,e sheriff of Kent and the coroners of the same county. Order to deliver to Thomas, bishop of Rochester, all the goods and chattels of Robert le Mestre, his tenant of Trotteclive, which were taken into the king's hands upon Robert's flight for the death of John le Sterre, wherewith he is charged, at the price at which the goods were valued, upon his finding security to render the price before the justices at the first assize when they come to these parts. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Geoffrey de Pycheford, keeper of the forest of Windesore. Order to permit Hugh le Despenser to make his profit (apruiare se) of his alder-holt of Beaumes, which is within the bounds of the forest aforesaid, and that he may let at rent and bring into cultivation a piece of land adjoining the wood of Brokewode lying near Coresbrok, and to permit him to hold it to himself and bis heirs thus let at rent or brought into cultivation, as the king has granted by his letters patent to Hugh that he may let at rent or bring into cultivation the said alder-holt and the said piece of land, which latter contains forty acres of land [measured] by the forest perch, provided that the piece of land be enclosed with a ditch and a low hedge, so that the king's deer may freely pass through it in entering and leaving it. Witness : Edmund earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of York. Order to mainpern Agnes la Tyler, imprisoned at York for the death of Henry de Braban, wherewith she is charged, as the king learns by the record and propess of an inquisition lately made before N. de Stapplton ?] and John de Reygate at Shireburn in Elmet by his writ that Agnes slew H6nry in self-defence.
To the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause John le Leche, imprisoned at Lyminystre, co. Hereford, for the death of William de Draycote, lately slain in the park of Stretton, co. Stafford, to be released from prison, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff of Stafford that John slew William in self-defence, and John has found the king Clement de. Lond[onia], William Gilbert, Thomas le Espycer, Richard le Pestur, Robert de Charteleye, Ralph de Cotene, Philip le IJarpur, Roger del Medwe, Richard le Mareschal, John le Blakelowe, Simon le Wolf of Stafford, and Henry Warmete of Stafford, all of co. Stafford, who have mainperned to have him at the first assize.
John Prat of Benteley, imprisoned at Teukebyri for the death of Geoffrey le Waryner of Holdernesse, has letters to the sheriff of York to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
Richard le Bercher, imprisoned at Maydenstan for the death of Alice, daughter of Roger le Mouner, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Kent to bail him.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the abbot and convent of St. Edmunds to be acquitted of 50Z., in part pay- ment of lOOL by which they made fine with the king for the fifteenth falling upon them and the men of Bury St. Edmunds, as the king, on 9 April, in the fifth yea? of his reign, acquitted them of this 501,, which they had paid into the wardrobe on Friday after St. Ambrose, in the said year, to Thomas, now bishop of St. Davids, then keeper of the wardrobe. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of York. Order to mainpern Henry le Clerk of Escrik, imprisoned in the king's gaol of the liberty of St. Mary's, York, for the death of Richard le Mouner, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns
17 EDWAED I.
1289.
Feb. 10. Westminster.
Feb. 7.
Westminster.
Feb. 12.
Westminster.
Feb. 12. Westminster.
Membrane 8 — cont.
by the record of Geoffrey Aguilon and his fellows, justices to deliver the said gaol, that he slew him in self-defence. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the keeper of the forest of Dene. Order to cause Queen Eleanor, the king's mother, to have in that forest five oaks fit for timber for the repair of the bridge of the king's castle of Gloucester. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Ealph de Freschenvill, son and heir of Auker de Freschenvill, tenant in chief of the late king, to be acquitted of 60Z. that they exact from him for scutage for the king's use for the king's armies of Wales in the fifth and tenth years of his reign, as it appears to the king by the inspection of the rolls of chancery that Ralph was a minor and in the custody of Ealph de Grey by the late king's grant at the said times. It is provided that answer shall be made to the king for the scutage of the knights' fees that > are held of Ralph for the times aforesaid. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to notify the king of twelve main- pernors for John le Leche, imprisoned at Lemynistre, co. Hereford, for the death of William de Draycote, lately slain in the park of Stretton, co. Stafford, so that the king may cause him to be delivered from prison by their mainprise, as he learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that John slew William in self-defence.
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Ralph Basset of Welledon to be acquitted of 80 marks by which he made fine with the king for the service of two knights' fees that he acknowledged to the king for the army of Wales of the fifth year, as the king, on 18 August, in that year, acquitted Ralph by letters patent of the said sum, which Ralph had paid on Monday the morrow of the Translation of St. Martin, in the same year, to Thomas, now bishop of St. Davids, then keeper of the wardrobe. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to the same in favour of Ralph for 100 marks by which he made fine with the king for the service of two knights' fees for the army of Wales in the tenth year, which Ralph paid on Friday after St. Luke, in the same year, to Master William de Luda, keeper of the wardrobe.
To the same. Order to cause William le Moygne to be acquitted of the relief that they exact from him by reason of the homage that he did to the late king for a tenement in Wunfrot, as the king sends them the record and process of an assize of novel disseisin that John de Novo Burgo arramed before Henry de Monte Forti and Henry de WoUavinton, then justices appointed for this purpose, against Henry de Novo Burgo and the said William concerning the said tenement, in which assize a judgment was rendered in the king's court before Martin de Littlebur[y], which judgment was afterwards revoked because John recovered his seisin of the tenement against Henry and William by consideration of the said court, and the homage that William had done to the late king and the fine made in his court in this behalf were annulled, as will appear to the treasurer and barons by the record aforesaid. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to James de Oxton the custody of the priory of Modbur[y], as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that the custody thereof during voidance pertains to James, and that his ancestors were wont to have the
CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS.
1289.
Feb. 16.
Westminster.
Feb. 27. Westminster.
March 1. Westminster.
Membrane 8 — cont.
custody thereof whenever the priory was void. Cornwall.
Witness: Edmund, earl of
To the sheriff of Dorset. Order to release William le Chaumberleyn and Payn le Mareschalesman, indicted before the justices last in eyre in co. Dorset of a trespass against the king's peace in the park of William de Gouiz at Donetisshe, who were put in exigent for this reason after the eyre, to six men each, who shall mainpern to have them before the king's council at Westminster in fifteen days from Easter, as they have now surrendered themselves to the king's peace and prison at Shireburn to stand to right. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to mainpern John le Tayllur of Bromleye, imprisoned at Stafford for the death of Henry Balle of Bromlegh, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by the record of William Bagot, William de Cavereswell, Robert de Knyghtele, and Adam de Glasele, justices appointed to deliver Stafford gaol, that he slew him in self- defence. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwajl.
The king gave power to Thomas de Weylaund to receive on his behalf the fealty of Roger son of Peter son of Osbert, who married Sarah, sister and heiress of John de Crek, for the lands that John, Sarah's brother, held in chief at his death, and Thomas is ordered to certify the king of the receipt of the fealty, so that the king may cause the lands to be rendered to Roger and Sarah. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall. Vacated, because he did not have it.
MEMBMANE 7.
March 5. To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver Westminster, to the prior of Christ Church, Twynham, to be held until the next parlia- ment after Easter, so that the king may then cause to be done what he shall cause to be ordained in this behalf by his council, a wood called <Ylsinbr' ' with the adjoining pasture within the abbot's manor of Pydele- ton, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff of Dorset that the prior's predecessors acquired the wood and pasture before the time of the statute of mortmain by the feoffment of William de Rypariis, some- time earl of Devon, and that the prior and his predecessors had full seisin thereof for sixty years and more until the escheator took them into the king's hands.
March 10. To the same. Order to deliver to G. de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Westminster. Hertford all the lands that he took into the king's hands by reason of the death of Maud, countess of Gloucester, of the lands that she held in dower of the earl's inheritance, together with the goods and chattels that he took into the king's hands of the goods and chattels found in the lands or of the issues of the same until a month from Easter next. The escheator is ordered to be before the king and his council at that day to show the cause of the taking and to answer to the king for what he has done in this matter. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
March 17. John Littelfat of Clonebury, imprisoned at Shrewsbury for the death of Westminster. Thomas Levediman, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Salop to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
March 22. John atte Walle of Alrewych, imprisoned at Stafford for the death of Westminster. Thomas Gerard, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of Stafford to bail him. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
17 EDWARD I.
1289. March 20.
Westminster
Membrane
-cont.
April 3.
Westminster.
April 3.
Westminster.
April 13. Westminster.
April 16.
Westminster.
April 18.
Westminster.
April 27.
Westminster.
Thomas Ithunsone of Hemyngburg and Eobert Rotnr of Hemyngburg, imprisoned at York for the death of Thomas Orre of Seleby, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of York to bail them. "Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Salop. Order to mainpern John Dugyn, imprisoned at Shrewsbury for the death of Robert de Cristesech, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the sheriff that John slew Robert by mischance.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Nicholas Musard, to be held until a month from Easter next, the lands whereof John- Musard, tenant in chief, was seised at his death, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Nicholas is the uncle and next heir of John ; on condition that Nicholas shall be at Westminster at the said day before Edmund, earl of Cornwall, and the king's council to do and receive in the premises what justice shall require.
To the same. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Richard son of Stephen, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Richard at his death held nothing of the king by reason whereof the wardship of his lands ought to pertain to the king. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
William Lawys of Thorneton, imprisoned at York for the death of Emma, daughter of John le Provost of Thorlieton, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of York to bail him. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Oxford. Order to cause the hall and houses of the king's manor of Oxford to be repaired. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the keeper of the forest of Asshele. Order to cause William de Bremshete, sheriff of Southampton, to have in that forest twelve oaks fit for timber for the works of the castle of Winchester.
To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause the houses of the castle of Winchester to be repaired.
To Guy Perre, keeper of the king's manor and park of Guldeford. Order to see, in the presence of Adam Gurdun, the defects of the manor and of the palings of the park, and what repairs are necessary, and how many oaks will be required for the repairs, and to cause the oaks so required to be felled in the park by the view of the foresters and verderers of the forest of Windesore, and to cause the defects to be repaired there- with. The king has ordered Adam to assist Guy in this matter when required. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John Prat, lately elected, whom the king has caused to be amoved from office because he is insufficiently qualified. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To William de Vescy, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause Robert de Tybotot, constable of Notingham castle, to have in the forest of Shirewode forty oaks fit for timber, of the value of 12^?. each,
CALENDAE OF CLOSE EOLLS.
1289.
May 4. Westminster.
May 5.
Westminster.
May 3.
Westminster.
May 7. Westminster.
May 8.
Westminster.
Mmnbrane 7 — cont.
for the works of the castle and of the king's weir there. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the keeper of the Hay of Beskewode. Order to eause the said Robert to have in that Hay fifteen oaks fit for timber, for the works aforesaid.
Richard le Nenman of Cophnll, Peter Dorival, and Hawis, his wife, and Mabel la Neuman, imprisoned at Bedeford for the death of Henry Alfrich, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of Bedford to bail them.
To William de Vescy, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to cause Michael de Hertecla, sheriff of Cumberland, to have in the forest of Engelwode ten oaks fit for timber for the works of the castle of Carlisle. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John Elys, lately elected, who is insufficiently qualified, as the king learns upon trustworthy authority.
Walter le Venur, imprisoned at York for the death of Thomas son of Agnes Bacun, wherewith he is charged, has letters to the sheriff of York to bail him.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Isabel, late the wife of John de Yescy, tenant in chief, a moiety of John's goods and chattels, to have until the king shall cause other order to be taken by his council. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent.
To the said Thomas. Order to cause dower to be assigned from the lands that belonged to John de Vescy, tenant in chief, to Isabel, late the wife of John, in the presence of William de Vescy, brother and heir of John, if he wish to be present ; besides the lands whereof John and Isabel were jointly enfeoffed. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent.
To John die Montibus, John de Bauquell, William de Eggesclive, and Geoffrey le Taillur. Order to deliver to Joan, late the wife of John de Vescy, the jewels and other things in John's wardrobe at London that appear to them clearly to be Joan's own, and to deliver to her in addition up to the value of 300Z. from certain goods and chattels of the said John's in silver and other things there, for which Isabel shall answer to the king at his order, excepting the armour and ornaments of the chapel, which the king wills shall remain wholly in their custody until he shall otherwise order. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall. "
To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Order to receive Katherine, late the wife of Robert de Ripers, who is of unsound mind, together with her lands and possessions, from William le Vavasur, who has her and her lands in his custody by the king's commission, and to commit her and her lands and possessions to Ralph de Normanvill, to be kept and maintained out of the issues of the lands until the king shall otherwise order ; saving to William his corn and other goods in the said lands and also his reasonable costs about her maintenance since he received the custody of her.
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in the place of William de Stayneby, deceased. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
17 EDWARD I.
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John son of Ela de Bilham, imprisoned at Notingham for the death of William son of Robert de Barvile of Bilham, co. York, has letters to the sheriff of York to bail him.
To William de Vescy, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order to bail Ralph de XJfton, imprisoned at Notingham for a trespass of venison in the forest of Shirewode, if he be not an habitual malefactor in the king's forests. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
May 14. John Kyffe of Histon, imprisoned at Shyreburn for the death of an
Westminster, unknown man slain at Portlond, co. Dorset, whereof he is appealed, has letters to the sheriff of Dorset to bail him.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margery, late the wife of Richard de Plessetis, tenant in chief, 20/. yearly of land, which the king has assigned to her from Richard's lands to have in tenenda until he cause dower to be assigned to her. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
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March 1. To the collectors of the king's new custom at Sandwich. Whereas the Bury king appointed by letters patent Gregory de Rokes[ley] and Baroncinus St. Edmunds. Q ^Iteri to cause to be proclaimed and observed the remedies provided before the king and his council against clippers and forgers of his money and against those who use forged or clipped money in the city of London and adjoining parts, and against those bringing forged or otherwise bad money, and against their abettors, in such wise as Gregory and Baroncinus should deem fit by the counsel of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and the justices of the Bench and according to the form provided by the king in this matter, and by other means, saving to the king the amercements and other things that ought to pertain to the king according to the articles sent to them ; which remedies the king wills shall be observed throughout his whole realm ; and Gregory and Baroncinus have appointed the collectors to execute the premises under them in that town : the king orders them to execute the premises there in form aforesaid and according to the articles that the king sends to them under his seal, until otherwise ordered. The king has ordered the bailiffs and men of the said town to aid them in the premises. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to the collectors of the new custom at Shorham, Southampton, Weymue, Yarmouth, Ipswich, Lynn, Boston, Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Bristol.
To the bailiffs and men of the aforesaid towns and to Peter de la Mare, constable of Bristol castle. Order to aid the aforesaid collectors in form aforesaid.
To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to cause the articles that the king sends them under his seal to be publicly read and proclaimed in the city, and to aid Gregory and Baruncinus in all the premises.
To the sheriff of Kent. Order to aid the said Gregory and Baroncinus or the collectors of the new custom in that county.
To Stephen de Pencestre, keeper of the port of Dover. Order to aid Porcacinus de Luk', merchant, in that port in form aforesaid.
To J. archbishop of Dublin, justiciary of Ireland, and to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of Dublin. Whereas the king has provided and ordained certain remedies as above, -which he sends to them under the
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seal that he uses in England, he orders them to cause the articles to be transcribed and to cause them to be sent under the seal of the said exchequer to the collectors of- the new customs in all his ports in Ireland, and to enjoin the collectors by the king's writs to cause the articles to be read and proclaimed publicly in the ports, and to cause the remedies to be observed, ordering the bailiffs and men of the ports to be intendent to the collectors in the premises until otherwise ordered.
May 17.
Westminster.
May 15.
Westminster.
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May 7. To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to
Westminster intermeddle in any way with the lands that William de Staynesby held in the king's manor of Mammesfeld, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that William at his death held certain lands in chief in socage according to the custom of the manor, and that he held no other lands the custody whereof can pertain to the king. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the keeper of the forest of Porcestre. Order to cause Henry Huse, constable of Porcestre castle, to have in that forest by the view of the foresters and verderers as much timber as may be necessary for the repair of the houses of the castle and of the king's mill there. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Henry Huse, constable of Porfeestre castle. Order to cause the houses of the castle aforesaid to be repaired, and to cause the king's mill thereto be built anew (de novo construi). Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
William Cobbe of Hyndon and Joan, daughter of William le Bercher of Trafford, imprisoned at Northampton for the death of Eobert son of Robert Meyheu of Trafford, wherewith they are charged, have letters to the sheriff of Northampton to bail them. Witness : Edmund, earl of Corn- wall.
To the sheriff of Lancaster. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of John de Tunstall, lately elected, who is insufficiently qualified.
May 16. To the sheriff of Lincoln. Order to cause to be restored to Robert son
Westminster, of Gilbert de Saltfleteby, clerk, his goods and chattels, which were taken into the king's hands upon his being indicted of the suspicion of homicide before the justices appointed to deliver Westminster gaol, as he has purged his innocence before W. abbot of Westminster, to whom he was delivered by the justices in accordance with the privilege of the clergy. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
May 21. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Richard
Westminster, de Suthchirche to be acquitted 1,000Z. in which he made fine with the king for his trespass in taking an oath before Thomas de Weylaund and his fellows, justices of the Bench, in an inquisition there taken between the abbot of Westminster and John Hardel concerning 605. yearly of rent in Releye, of which he was convicted, as the king has pardoned him this sum in consideration of his grant and release to the king of the manor of Hatfeld Peverel. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Walter de Gousel, lately elected, whom the king has
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May 21.
Westminster.
May 25.
Westminster.
May 24.
Westminster.
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amoved from office because he does not dwell in those parts and also is insufficiently qualified, as the king learns upon trustworthy testimony. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to John de la Plaunche and Maud de Haveresham, his wife, all the lands whereof Nicholas, her father, tenant in chief, was seised at his death, to be held until the king's arrival in England, so that there may then be done what the king shall cause to be ordained by his council, as the king learns by the proof of Maud's age made before Ralph de Hengham and John deLovetot, the king's justices appointed for this purpose, that Matilda is of full age.
To Peter de la Mare, constable of Bristol castle. Order to pay to John Warlagh, burgess of Hereford, for the use of himself and his com- burgesses, 45L 10s. Od, in satisfaction of the king's debt to John and other his comburgesses for wheat, wine and honey taken from them for the munition of the king's castle of Drosselan. Witness : the king (sic).
To Ralph de Berners, constable of the Tower of London. Whereas the late king granted by his charter to Edmund, the present king's brother, Aaron son of Vyves, a Jew of London, with all his goods and chattels and all things that might pertain to the late king in any way by reason of the said Jew, and the king afterwards confirmed this grant to Edmund by his letters patent ; and Edmund has mainperned to have Aaron before the king at his will to stand to right whensoever the king or others wish to speak against him concerning anything ; wherefore the king has granted to Edmund that all matters touching Aaron requiring judicial examination shall be heard and determined before the king and Edmund : the king therefore orders Ralph not to intermeddle in any way with the goods and chattels of Aaron or with anything concerning him, contrary to the grant and confirmation aforesaid, except by Edmund's will. Witness : Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
The like to John le Breton, keeper of the city of London.
To William de Eggesclive. Whereas the king, on 5 April last, ordered Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent, to deliver to William all the goods and chattels that belonged to John de Vescy, tenant in chief, in COS. Kent, Sussex, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucester, Devon, and Wilts, by ttie view and testimony of Peter de Witpeyns and William de Cestre, chaplain, so that William might answer to