1336-11-28, Bothwell

Order to pay to the abbess of Caen the arrears of portion of a rent of 19s. 7d. yearly, from tenements in Muncheneco. Gloucester, touching two parts of the lands which belonged Thomas de Reddeborgwe, which are in Simon's custody by the king's until the heir of Thomas shall come of age, for the time when has had that custody, and to pay that portion henceforth as long as shall have that custody, because the king has learned by inquisition by John de Peyto the younger, late eschestor in cos. Hereford, Worcester, Salop, Stafford, and the march of Wales adjoining, Thomas at his death held in his demesne as of fee a messuage, three 158 acres of land, 57 acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture in co. Gloucester, of the king in chief by the service of the fourth of a sixth part of a knight's fee, and a messuage, 40 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow in Munchenehampton, of the abbess of Caen as of manor of Munchenehampton, in socage by the service of rendering the rent to the abbess yearly at certain terms. John Moryn, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle with a messuage and a carucate of land in Nethercolewyk, the king's hand therefrom, restoring the issues thereof to John of Juhn de Nowers, as the escheator returned that he had taken the messuage and land into the king's hands because he had found by of office, that John de Nowers, at his death held them chief as of the honour of Peverell, then in the king's hands, by service, and that John, his son and heir entered these tenements his death, without process of the king's court and without performing services due to the king; and subsequently, at the suit of John son John, showing that his father held no lands at his death in chief, that he held the said messuage and land of Grace de Nowers, lady of by the service of the fourth part of a knight's fee, the ordered the escheator to take an inquisition on the matter, by which found that John de Nowers at his death held the said messuage and of Grace by the said service, and not of the king, as of the crown or and that the said messuage and land are worth 40s. yearly in all To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains, Adam Murymouth the king's clerk has besought the king, that the late king sent him to France as his envoy, and caused 5 marks be delivered to him upon his expenses, the king will cause account to made with him and to cause what is found to be due to be allowed to ; the king therefore orders the treasurer, barons and chamberlains to . 633 account with Adam for the days in which he spent in the said service and for his costs and expenses in his passages, allowing to him for every day spent in the said service, such wages us have been usually allowed in such journeys, and to cause payment or a competent assignment to be made to him for what is found to be due to him. By C.