1362-02-15, Westminster

To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer and to the chamber- Whereas, among other grants to Edward prince of Wales of Cornwall and earl of Chester, the king has given to him and heirs the kings of England to be his stannary in Cornwall with stampage thereof and all other issues and profits, and with the pleas, and perquisites of the court of the stannary and of the mines , Cornwall, except 1,000 marks yearly which the king formerly granted ; William de Monte Acuto late earl of Salisbury and to the heirs male his body to be taken of the issues and profits of the said stampage the castle and manor of Troubrigge, the manors of Aldebourne, and Wynterbourne co. Wilts, the manor of Caneford Dorset, and the manors of Henstrugge and Cherleton co. Somerset, held for their lives by John de Warenna then earl of Surrey and Joan wife with reversion to the said earl of Salisbury and the heirs male his body to the value of 800 marks a year, and 200 marks a year of ITT. 315 land and rent whereof the king promised to make provision for the said earl of Salisbury and the heirs male of his body, should come to his hands ; and whereas on 21 June in the 29th year of his reign, in consideration that the profits aforesaid were much diminished by reason of the plague, and of the extraordimary expenses which the said prince had to incur, the king of his favour and in aid of the prince's estate granted him 1,000 marks every year to be taken by him and his said heirs of the customs in the port of London at Michaelmas and Easter by even portions so long as the earl of Salisbury or his heirs male should take the said annuity of the stampage, provided always that, so soon as the payment of that annuity to the earl should cease and the prince be able wholly to take the profits of the stampage, pleas and perquisites aforesaid, payment to the prince of the 1,000 marks of the customs should cease and answer be made to the king for the same ; and after, on the finding of inquisitions that the said Joan,who survived the said earl of Surrey her husband, died on the feast of the Beheading of St. John Baptist last, on 8 November following the king took the homage and fealty of the earl of Salisbury and ordered him to have livery of the castle and manors aforesaid ; and because in the king's letters patent to the late earl of Salisbury for the said annuity it is contained that, when the said castle and manors should come to him or his heirs male, and they should obtain possession thereof, payment of 800 marks of that annuity should cease, and when provision of the other lands should be made them payment of 200 marks should algo cease, and the whole sum should revert to the king and his heirs, and in the said inquisitions it is found that 147/. of yearly rent are payable of the said castle and manors at four terms in the year, of which 36/. 15s, for a fourth part are due to the king for Michaelmas term last, and the earl took upon him in chancery to answer for that sum at the exchequer in the quinzaine of St. Hilary last and for any other issues and profits thereof arising from the said feast to Michaelmas, the king's will is that though he had not possession of the said castle and manors before 8 November last when he did homage to the king, the earl shall take all the rents, issues and profits thereof arising as well before as after Michaelmas, and that from Michaelmas last payment of 800 marks as well of the said 1,000 marks of the issues of the stampage to the earl as of the 1,000 marks of the issues of the said customs to the prince shall altogether cease, wherefore by divers writs the king has ordered John de Estbury escheator in Wilts and John de Bekynton escheator in Somerset and Dorset to cause all rents and profits of the said castle and manors arising since the Beheading of St. John Baptist last to be delivered to the earl or his attorney, certifying the king in chancery of any such issues and profits which have fallen in over and above the said rent, and the escheator in Wilts has signified that the issues in that county amount to 17s. 2d., and the escheator in Somerset and Dorset that the issues in those counties amount to 2ls. 2d. over and above the rent for Michaelmas term, which rents and issues they have delivered to Thomas Waryn the earl's attorney : order to receive from the said earl of Salisbury to the king's use the rent of 36/7. 15s. for the Michaelmas quarter, and to discharge as well the earl of the issues aforesaid from the Beheading of St. John Baptist to Michaelmas last as the said escheators of the said rents and issues, suffering the said earl to hold the said castle manors to the yearly value of 800 marks in part of the said 1,000 and ordering payment of 800 marks to the said prince of the in the port of London be together stayed; but the king's is that as well the earl shall yet have every year the 200 marks of the said stampage as the prince the 200 marks remaining the said customs until the earl be contented of the 200 marks a year land and rent as aforesaid. By K. and C. [Federa. ]