1357-10-08, Westminster

To the sh to the hosp lands and chattels of William di Holdernesse and Maud wife Kirkham, Robert de Burghb delivered to them to pay being found by inqui is of the foundation of forn formerly granted by their in Conyngstrete Martinmas in equ that hospital, pre seised of that rent by and all J tenants until 11 Novemk the rent has been wi part of the tenemen part of the tenement, a master and are unjustly withdra the chaplain by her deed g brethren and sisters ser a certain land in the y same fea and that that rent by the hands of that tenement, ar the time of the gre reign, from which time Holderr and Ma render ent t Robert son a hei granted to God and each of one pound of in that hospital, to w two at the Assump ce Nedeler in Hamangerga Y of the la of Geoffre n and Will and hencefo son of Gerald them shn de Amplef hands of Will 1 to render to God and the of 5 were seised of th until11N candles ar who now holds the t I fr and is unjustly withd em, that John, the prese 4d. rent by the f John de Hertilpol, y Kirk and of a house contiguous to that church, to be received at Whitsuntide and Martinmas, until 11 November in the 26th year of the present reign, from which time the rent is in arrear, and that the prior of Kirkham, who holds the said church and house, is bound to render that rent to the present master, and is unjustly withdrawing it, that a certain tenement lying in the street of Walmegate, in the city of York, between the land of David de . Pykeryng on the one side and about the fish shambles (scabellum piscarie) of the Fosse as far as the Fosse bridge on the other, is charged to the hospital in 18s. of yearly rent to be paid at the said feasts, and in a rent of six hens to be received at Christmas, of which rent Robert de Grymeston, late master of the hospital, was seised by the hands of Thomas le Marschall and Hugh de Skelton, tenants of that tenement, and that all the masters were seised thereof in right of the hospital by the hands of the tenants time out of mind until 11 November in the 16th year of the present reign, from which time the rent is in arrear, and Robert de Burghbrigg, John de Barton of Naburn, and Mariota de Bossale, of York, who hold that tenement, are bound to render the rent, and are unjustly withdrawing it from the present Fs master, and that Richard de Driffeld, chaplain, late master of the hospital, F with the assent of his chapter, granted by charter a certain tenement in Blaykestrete in York to Alice daughter of James de Hayworth, rendering yearly to the master 5s. 6d. at the said feasts, of which rent Robert de b: Grymeston, predecessor of the present master, was seized by the hands of Richard de Lydyngton, tenant of that tenement, and all the masters 4 were seised thereof after that feoffment by the hands of the tenants : as of the right of the hospital, until 11 November in the 27th year of the present reign, from which time the rent has been withdrawn, and William ? Ferour, of York, who now holds the tenement, is bound to render that rent to the master and he is unjustly withdrawing the same, to the prejudice of oe the king and the destruction of the hospital, the king ordered the sheriff to notify the said William de Dacre, Thomas de Fencotes, Walter de Holdernesse and Maud his wife, William son of Geoffrey, the prior of Kirkham, Robert de Burghbrigg, John de Barton, Mariota de Bossale and William Ferour to be before the king in chancery on the octaves of Hilary next to show cause why they ought not to answer to the master of the hospital each for his portion of the said rents and arrears, and further to do and receive what the king's court should determine, and the sheriff returned that he had caused Richard de Wateby, John de Seorby and John de Rypon, bailiffs of the liberty of the city of York, to whom the execution of the writ belonged, to have the return of that writ, who answered that they had notified William and the others aforesaid to be in chancery on the said day to do what the writ required; and William, Thomas, Walter, Maud, William, the prior, Robert, John de Barton and William did not come to chancery on the said day, when solemnly called, and Mariota appearing by John de Clapham, her attorney, says that she does not hold the tenement in Walmegate which is said to be ch: with the rent of 18s. and six hens to the hospital, whereby she should of right be charged with that rent with the said Robert and John de Barton.