1336-12-04, Bothwell

Order to cause Henry de Lancastr[ia] to be discharged acquitted of rendering 500 marks yearly to the king for the custody of castle and land of Bergeveny, in Wales, as the king granted to him marks to be received yearly at the exchequer under a certain form, and on 1 May, in the 8th year of his reign, the king granted to the said castle and land which belonged to John de Hastynges, tenant chief of the late king, which were in the king's hands by reason of the of Laurence, John's son and heir, which custody Roger de Grey, lately held it by the king's commission under a certain form, rendered the king's lands, and restored the king's letters made to him thereupon, hold with all the appurtenances of the said custody, together with the thereof, from Michaelmas then last past, until the said heir should of age, without waste, destruction or damage, rendering thereof to the at the exchequer for Easter last past 250 marks, and on the Michaelmas 250 marks, and so on yearly, until the heir come of age, to the king the knights fees and advowsons pertaining to the and land; and on 19 June, in the 8th year of his reign, the king that Henry should hold that custody, together with the issues from the said Michaelmas, without rendering anything to the king his heirs in recompence of the said 500 marks, as is fully contained in king's letters patent thereupon.