1316-11-05, Newburgh

Memorandum, that Hugh de Bray, one of the king's serjeants of the of the exchequer, brought into the chancery then at York the seal at another time for the bishopric of Durham, void and in the king's in a white bag sealed with the exchequer seal, and delivered it to Robert de Bardelby, Sir William de Ayremynne, and Sir Robert de keepers of the great seal, J. bishop of Winchester, the chancellor, then abroad, on Friday the eve of St. Leonard the abbot, in the year of the king's reign, in St. Mary's abbey, York, and the said William, and Robert incontinently opened the bag in the presence the said Hugh, and touched the seal with their hands, and afterwards it in the bag, and the seal was delivered under the seal of the said de Bardelby to the said William to be kept until the morrow. On the to wit the feast of St. Leonard, in the abbey, in the presence of the Hugh and of Sir Bernard de Kyrkeby, the king's almoner; the said bag the seal was opened, and the seal viewed and then replaced in the bag the seals of Robert, William, and Robert, and was delivered by them Bernard to be taken to the king, and he was enjoined by Robert, and Robert to cause them to have a writ of privy seal for the of the seal so made to the king. Afterwards, on Monday following, William, and Robert, received the writ of privy seal to this effect: Edward; etc. king of England, etc., to his clerks William de Ayremynne, de Bardelby, and Robert de Askeby, causing them to know that he received from his chaplain Bernard de Kirkeby, his almoner, his seal for the voidance of the bishopric of Durham, which they had sent him by Bernard. Dated at Neuburgh, 7 November, in the 10th year of the king's reign. In testimony whereof the said Robert, William, and Robert have put their seals to the presents. Dated in the abbey aforesaid on Tuesday after St. Leonard, in the year abovesaid. Afterwards, on 15 November following, at York, Master Thomas de Cherleton, keeper of the privy seal, brought the above-named seal for the bishopric of Durham into chancery under the seal of the said Robert, William, and Robert, and it was there delivered to Sir Adam de Brom, whom the king appointed his chancellor in the bishopric during the voidance, and Adam took oath to keep the seal as he ought to do.