1340-02-12, Kennington

the justices of the Bench. Thomas de Berkeleye has shown the that whereas he impleads John Fraunceys the younger, before the justices of a messuage in the suburb of Bristol, asserting that John le Taverner held it of Thomas de Berkeleye, his grandfather, whose heir he is, and it ought to escheat to him, because John committed felony for which he abjured the realm, and John, answering this, called to warranty against Thomas, John son of John de Weston, knight, who appeared before the justices and asserted that the messuage belonged to John Fraunceys, and that the late king by his letters patent granted in his parliament at York, a month from Easter in the 12th year of the reign, to John son of John, named John de Weston the younger, all the tenements which belonged to Robert Martyn le Clerk and to John le Taverner in the town of Bristol and its suburb, which escheated to the king by reason of the felonies of Robert and John, for which they abjured the realm, and John showing the earl's letters of grant before the justices and alleging that the messuage could not he brought into judgment without the king, the justices delayed to proceed further in the plea, whereupon Thomas has besought the king to provide a remedy, by his petition before the king and council in the last parliament; the king therefore orders the justices to inspect the process held before them upon the premises and if they find that it has proceeded thus, then to proceed further in the plea as is customary, notwithstanding the allegation, provided that they do not proceed to render judgment without consulting the king. By C.