1336-06-23, Berwick-on- Tweed

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas Edward . on June in the 22nd year of his reign, pardoned John de Somersham the of his peace for the death of Nicholas, John's brother, with which he charged, and any outlawry which had been promulgated against him, granted his peace to John therefor, as appears by inspection of the rolls; and at the suit of Robert Togod of Sutton, William Godewyn, Power, John Warynson and Alexander de Semersham, showing John de Somersham, long after that pardon, had granted to Ralph of Sutton and to John his son, father of the said Robert Togod heir he is, 15 acres of land and a rood of pasture in Sutton, and to Godewyn, & acres of land, 4 acres of pasture, and an acre of marsh the same town; to Nicholas Power and Geoftrey Power, 15 acres of land 34 acres of meadow in that town: to John Warynson father cf the Jobn Warynson, whose heir he is, 6 acres of land and 14 acres of in the same town, and to Alexander de Somersham 20 acres of in the same town, to hold for themselves and their heirs, and John William Godewyn, Geoffrey, John Warynson the son, and Alexander, tenants of these tenements, hecause John de Somersham is erroneously before John de Cantebrigg, and his fellows, late justices in eyre in Bedford, for the said death, after the said pardon, and also because it presented before the justices that John de Somersham had on the day that felony a messuage, 60 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow, and 9d. rent the said town, with 29s. yearly, whereof the year and waste were taxed 66s. 4d. by the jurors of the said presentation, were distrained for the said 4d. and for 522. 11d. of the issues of their tenements for the meantime, have besought the king to provide a remedy upon the annulling of the outlawry, the king ordered the treasurer and chamberlains to inspect rolls and memoranda of John in the said eyre, which are in the treasury, send the record and process of the outlawry to the king with all the touching it so that these being inspected, he might cause justice to done to the tenants, and now the tenants have besought the king that they are distrained for the said sums, he will be pleased to order that to be superseded pending the discussion of the said affair ; the king orders the treasurer and barons to supersede the said demand Easter next, so that suit may be taken concerning the annulling of the The king has also ordered the sheriff of Bedford to supersede said distraint. By C.