1336-11-10, Stirling

To John de Shardelowe. Whereas the king lately appointed him and William de Trumpynton, Geoffrey Seman and Simon de Brunne, justices to hear and determine certain trespasses committed on William de Wyvelyngham by Henry de Harewedon, John de Shipeden, Ralph de Holebech, Nicholas de Haneworth, John de Reppes and Edmund de Leukenore, at Cambridge, and Henry, John, Ralph, Nicholas, John and Edmund, pleading before those justices alleged that Henry is chancellor and the said John, Ralph, and the others are scholars of the university of Cambridge, and by virtue of charters of the king's progenitors, which the king has confirmed, granting to the chancellor and scholars of the university that when any one of the university is noted by the university so that he is Wilughby in the privy seal. . 727 to prison, the said malefactor shall be taken at the chancellor's and imprisoned and kept safely in prison until it is sought from the that he should be released they had ordered William, then a of the university, to be taken and imprisoned by the mayor and of Cambridge, as he was noted for divers misdeeds, to be kept to the tenor of the said charters; and William had impleaded said Henry, and the others, for that imprisonment before John and his fellows, and they sought judgment if they ought to answer William the premises, but the justices not having consideration for the allegations, proceeded in the said affair as the king has learned from plaint of Henry, and the others, and because the premises touch the specially and his charter, he orders John to send the record and held upon the premises before him and his fellows, with all tke touching them, to the king, so that he may have them fifteen days Hilary, giving that day to the parties, so that, these being inspected, king may cause what is just to be done. By C. To the sheriff of Derby. Whereas it is provided in the great charter of that no free man shall be taken, imprisoned or disseised of his or outlawed except by the judgment of his peers or by the law of land, and lately at the prosecution of Thomas de Goushuli, knight, de Radeclyve, Nicholas son of Thomas de Goushull, William le of Barleburgh, Henry le Riche of the same, John son of William of the same, Salle Broun and John le Riche of Cressewell, showing king that John de Leycestr[ia], chamberlain of the exchequer, scheming ruin the said Thomas, etc., who are freemen and who ought to be treateu to the common law, procured their being impleaded and in divers aggrieved and disquieted in the exchequer, by the king's writ of the returnable before the barons of the exchequer, to answer John de why they broke the gates and doors of his houses at Cloune, that county, by night with force and arms, and took and carried off two two oxen, five cows, 140 sheep, and other of John's goods and to the value of 100/.; the king ordered the said barons, that if process had been made before them, then they should supersede that plea before them in the exchequer, and inform John de that he should demand the king's writ of trespass against at the common law; and afterwards, because the barons proceeded in plea against the king's order, not without error, and took an inquiin the exchequer upon the premises, by which Thomas and the other? convicted and adjudged to pay 20/. to John for his damages, as the has been informed by Thomas and the others; the king several times the barons, if judgment was rendered thereon, to send the record process with all things touching that suit, to him, in England, so that being inspected, the king should cause any error in the same to be ; and now it has been shown to the king by Thomas and the others the sheriff, by virtue of a writ of the exchequer directed to him to levy said damages of their goods and chattels, intends to so levy these while the affair of error is undiscussed, whereupon they have the king to provide a remedy ; and because Thomas and the others found before the king in chancery John de Shirewod, of co. Not- John le Wyght of co. Southampton, John de Hungerford of co. and William de Roderham of co. York, who have mainperned for and the others to satisfy John de Leycestr[ia] for his damages, if judgment is confirmed, or if they do not prosecute the said affair of the king orders the sheriff to supersede the levying of the said of the goods and chattels of Thomas and the others, by the said pending the discussion of the affair of error before the king. By C. Roger Faune of Froyle acknowledges that he owes to Stephen de Tkham, parson of Hlegh church, 60s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Southampton. Robert Albyn puts in his place David de Wollore and Robert de Roderham to prosecute the execution of a recognisance for 1002. made to him in chancery by Ivo Perceval, of St. Albans.