1371-11-20, Westminster

- To Richard de Tounlay escheator in Lancashire. Order of the king's favour to restore to Roger Birewath of Preston clerk, unless he was a fugitive, his lands, goods and chattels taken into the king's hand by William de Chorle late escheator by reason of the felonies for which he was indicted ; as he was lately indicted before Godfrey Foljambe and his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer in Lancashire, upon charges of the manslaughter of William Clere of Preston, the robbery of 33s, 4d. and of a merchant s seal in the said William's keeping, the manslaughter of Geoffrey de Langton, the theft of one cow and other chattels of Robert de Riddyng price 10s., of breaking the church of Preston and feloniously carrying away 100s. in coined money in an ambry in the chancel thereof, of breaking the chamber of Henry de Preston chaplain at Preston and feloniously carrying away 10 marks and a mazer of the said Henry price 6s. 8d., and of being a notorious thief ; and after at the request of John archbishop of York his diocesan he was by the said justices delivered to the said archbishop according to the benefit of clergy, and there lawfully purged -his innocence, as the archbishop has signified to the king.