1348-08-21, Woodstock

Order to receive John de and Nicholas de Sutton in place of Thomas de Rokeby, sheriff of and escheator there, to render his accounts and to make his on the morrow of Michaelmas for the office of the shrievalty and of escheatry respectively, as he is occupied upon certain affairs of the before William de Thorp and his fellows, justices appointed to hold before the king, so that he cannot render his said accounts or make on that morrow. : By C. Roger Hillary and his fellows, justices of assize in co. Gloucester. the manor of Musarder is in the king's hands by reason of the of John son and heir of Edmund, earl of Kent, tenant in chief, and the king has learned that John Musard arrames an assize of novel against Margaret, countess of Kent, the said John and others in the original writ, for tenements in Musarder, placing in view the said manor : the king seeing that he may suffer prejudice in that assize, especially as he is bound to restore to minors in his wardship all the lands of their inheritance when they come of age, orders the justices not to proceed to take that assize without consulting him. By C.