July 51, Inquisition

Writ to the sheriff of to go with a jury to the land late Henry de Bukingham which is the king's escheat by reason of the wardship the heir of John son of , and there to deliver the goods of said Henry according to his testament. Windsor. 12 August 45 Henry III. C. Ing. Misc. File 14. (25.) MISCELLANEOUS 117 Writ to the sheriff of Cambridge to extend the lands of John son de Stowe. Westminster. 9 April 52 Henry III. [1268.] at Stowe before Sir J. de Scalariis and 8. de Freville, then sheriff Johnson of William de Stowe can sow four score acres a year of corn, each acre being worth 12d. to let. He has meadow with other easements, worth 1 mark; easement of wood, 2s. ; tenants, 20s. 74d.; a dovecot 4s.; total, 6/. 3s. 10d. (sic). C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (1.) Extent : Hassingbroc in Staunford. Friday after All Saints. III. 1267.] There are there nine score and two acres of arable which six score and two are worth 20s. 4d. a year, and 60 are 4 acres of meadow fit for mowing worth 4s; 6 acres of pasture, of assize, 63s. O4d., of which 20s. 14d. is irrecoverable (in 42s. lld. There are 7 customary tenants who each mow of corn in autumn, which work is worth 10 d., and pay the for the mowing of his meadow. Also they pay at Christmas and 2 hens, worth 21d., and at Easter fifteen score eggs worth 73d. of the garden is worth 6d.; pleas and perquisites of the court, attended only by the seven customary tenants, 12d. : Manor of Stanford in Essex. Made before J. Lovel and Ralph coroners, in the presence of Geoffrey de Nywelad on the part de Valencia, and Sir William de Sancto Claro on the part of de Monte Canisio. Total 41. 15s. 7d. made before Sir John Lovel of the manor (sic) of Wicham and on the Sunday before St. Martin [6 November]. [1267.] manor of Wicham there are . . . 44 acres of arable land worth 11s. 36 acres worth 5s.; 18 acres of meadow and marsh worth 9s. ; of assize, 25s.54d.; 6 ploughshares worth 16d.; money paid by mowing the lord's meadow, 16d.; for mowing corn, 3 d., the lord a rent of 32 eggs worth 14d. Total, 57s. 11 d. Perquisites nil, because there are no free tenants to do suit. manor of Muleton the profits of the courtyard, viz., herbage, is ; there are 75 acres worth 31s. 3d., [74] worth 24s. 8d., and 18 worth acres of salt marsh] for mowing worth 15d. ; rents of assize, 6s. 7 d. ; . . .; a mill, 20s. The men of the town mow 28 acres in autumn, worth 4s. . . . a dovecot worth nothing, because it is not stocked ; of the court, 2s. Total, 11/. 193d. : Manors of Wycham and Muleton in Kent, &c. (as above). of this document is torn off.) of the yearly value of the manor of Gutherstun, made on the All Saints [6 November]? 52 Henry II. [1267.] It contains seven two acres worth 59s. 2d., seven score and five worth 36s. 3d., and worth 23s. 4d.; garden and curtilage 2s.; 2 dovecots, 12d. ; 6s. 8d.; heath, 2s.; yearly rent of pasture, 98 geese, worth 12s. Buh 3/. 10s.; a market (forum), 30s.; a fishery at Hazeye, 36s.; rents of free tenants, 34s. ; do of husbandmen, 4/. 5s.; 11 capons, 163d. ; 6s. 10d. ; 521 eggs at 3d. the hundred, 164d.; 394 cartloads of turf, 3 lambs, 18d.; chevage, 26d.; money paid for husbandmen s price of ploughs, 5s. 74d.; herbage of 12 acres of .. ., 38.; illegible]. INQUISITIONS Endorsed : Norfolk. Made before J. Lovel and John de Babbyngle, coroners, the presence of Richard de Lymmynghes on behalf of Sir William de Valencia, Sir William de Sancto Claro on behalf of Sir William de Monte Canisio. of Coteleston. Total, 291. 16s. 103d. Extent of the manor of Sir William de Munchenesi at Wineferthing made the Saturday before St. Leonard [5 November] 52 Henry IIT. [1267.] The said Sir William has there eight score and one acres of arable land, by the perch of 18 feet, of which 90 acres at 3d. each are in the called Dune, 28 at 5d. in the field called Heremodescroft, 29 at 5d. in the called Hawecroft, 7 at 5d. in the field called Thinc, and 7 at 5d. in field called Cherchecroft ; total 52s. 1d. There are 11 acres of meadow fit mowing, worth lls. ; a windmill, 10s.; one acre of garden, 12d.; rents of at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas, each 59s. 74d.; total 18s. 6d. 61 fowls as rent of assize, 5s. ld. ; fifteen score and eleven eggs, 73d. ; 6 days plough-work, 30d.; 9 hundred and fourscore (by the great works between the feasts of St. Michael and St. Peter's Chains, 2d. each, 48s. 4d. ; five works a year for hedging the garden by five workers, whom one pays 3d. and the rest d. each; total 13d. Four hundred and works in autumn at 1d. each, 41s. 9d. ; 93 days cartage with horses, 7s. 9d. ; days cartage on foot, 134d.; 254 other days work, 2s. 14d.; pleas and (quesita), 10s. Total, 211. 12s. 04d. The said Sir William also has as his perquisite in Heywde without the said 32 acres of arable land worth 10s. 8d. a year ; half an acre of meadow 6d.; rents of assize at Christmas 7s. 5d., at Easter 8s. 8d., at Mid- 7s. 7d., and at Michaelmas 11s. 63d., total 35s. 34d. Also 10 hens 10d. and 20 eggs worth 3d. Total, 47s. 4d. (Footnote similar to last endorsement.) Endorsed : Norfolk. Total of the manor of Wyneferthyng with Heywde, 19s. 43d. Extent of the manor of Sutton. The jurors of the hundred of Happingg. after All Saints. [1267.] Within the courtyard of the said manor are 10 acres, which are not enough maintain the houses, and therefore are not extended. In the said manor 62 acres of arable land worth 41. 2s. 8d.a year, 33 acres worth 27s. 6d., 25 acres worth 12s. 6d.; 12 acres of meadow fit for mowing worth 12s., 12 worth 6s.; 66 acres of meadow fit for grazing (commistibilis) worth 6d.; 8 acres reeds (juctarum) fit for mowing, 4s.; herbage in the wood Hicling, 12d.; briars (rwnces) in the same, 12d.; a fishery, 5s. ; a dovecot, 5s. ; windmills, 30s.; rent of freeholders, 49s. 8d., and 8 cheeses worth 16d., 51s. Rent of villeins, 7/. 12s.; four hundred (by the great hundred) score and seven days work in autumn, at 4d. each, the lord finding twice a day, 23s. 7 d.; seven hundred of the same between the feasts of Michael and St. Peter's Chains at 3d. each without food, 35s.; eight and two days threshing, 6s. 9d. ; five score and fourteen hens, 9s. 6d. ; eggs at 23d. the hundred, 83d.; chevage, 4s.; a holm (hulmus) 6s. 8d. 27/7. 174d. Endorsed : (as before). Extent of Sir William de Montekenesy s manor of Berch. [1267.] It contains fifteen score acres of arable land, of which seven score are worth a year, and eight score are worth 53s. 4d., total, 6l. 3s.4d. There are 8 acres meadow worth 6s. 8d. ; herbage of the wood, 3s. 4d. ; other herbage and marsh, rents of assize, 71. 3s. 2d. ; 61 hens, 2s. 64d.; 4 capons, 4d. ; 2 geese, 2d.; MISCELLANEOUS 119 score and seven eggs and a half worth 5d.; 2260 half-days work six score] without food between Michaelmas and Whitsuntide 5/. 12s. 6d. ; 1362 whole days work without food between Whitsun- Michaelmas at Id. each, 61. 15s. 2d.; 10 score and 16 boon-days in with food, 9s.; 76 half-boon-days in autumn without food at 2s. 6d. (8d. is deducted from this total because 16 men can absent if they wish); adovecot, 4s.; a mill, 13s. 4d.; pleas and perquisites court, 13s. 4d. Total, 28/. 11s. 94d. : (as before). C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (2.) Writ to the sheriff of Wilts. Westminster. 13 May 52 Henry III. : Nothing fixed belongs to the office of beadle of the hundreds Ruebergh, and Stodfold, except what the men of the same choose of their grace to give, which amounts to 20s. yearly. C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (3.) Writ to the sheriff of Gloucester to enquire in conjunction with de Hereford, remembrancer of the exchequer, as to the value of the called Southmede and Waleham, which the king has given to the convent of Lantonay by Gloucester in exchange for a meadow below castle. The return is to be made to the king himself within a of Easter at the latest. Westminster. 29 March 52 Henry III. Tuesday in Easter week. Southmed contains and Waleham 16 acres, worth 2s. an acre. Total, 61. 4s. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (4.) Writ to the justices itinerant in co. Wilts to enquire whether the of Shaftesbury is bound and accustomed to repair a bridge and gate Salisbury castle. Clarendon. 11 December 52 Henry III. 1267. :- William Longespeye, earl of Salisbury, first distrained Mary, to repair the said bridge when he held the castle during King wars; and when Nicholas de Lustreshull was sheriff he levied a of 100s. while the office of abbess was vacant; but the said abbess hold any Jands on condition of repairing the said bridge or gate. Ing. Mise. File 15. (5.) Writ to Warin de Bassingeburn, keeper of the forest between the of Oxford and Staunford, to enquire as to a claim of common of pasture lawn of Banefeld in the forest of Rockingham by the men of Coting- Carlton, Corby, Great Acle and Wilberston. Nottingham. 52 Henry III. [1268.] C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (6.) Writ to John le Bretun to enquire what are the liberties of the convent of Tynterne in the forest of Dene ; what men of Bristol and seized and plundered a ship of the said abbot on the Wye; and the water of Cover, which formed the boundary between the Dene and the demesne land of R. le Bygod, earl of Norfolk and of England, in Tudeham. The sheriff of Gloucestershire has been to find a jury. Guildford. 30 December 52 Henry HI. [1267.] : Gloucester. Tuesday after the Epiphany. [1268.] INQUISITIONS said abbot and convent have always had a mine in the said forest to their own smithy (fabrica) without payment, and the earl of Hereford them a second smithy by charter. The water of Cover [was by] Philip Wuther (?). ship was seized by Robert Arken of Bristol and others, and taken to whereby the abbot was damaged to the extent of 40. C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (7.) Writ to the constable of the Tower and the sheriffs of London to whether a messuage between the church of St. Olave and the birthof St. Thomas, formerly held by Leo son of Preciosa, a Jew, is in the of the king so that he can give it to the new monastery of St. Thomas Westminster. 9 April 52 Henry IIT. [1268.] before Sir Th. de Yppegrave, constable of the Tower, and Walter and William de Dunolma, sheriffs of London. Easter Tuesday. The formerly belonged to Elias le Blund, who at the beginning of the disfled with other Jews to the Tower, and there died; and as it is the of Jewry that the king can dispose of the chattels of a dead Jew unless Jew s relatives have made a fine for them, the king can dispose of messuage unless a fine has been made by the heirs of the said Elias. are two parcels within the bounds of the said messuages, of one of which is seised, and this would be (sit) at the king's disposal ; the other by the king to the said house of St. Thomas, who were afterwards from it; it should yield then 20s. yearly, but is 7/. in arrear. [1268.] C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (8.) Writ to Nicholas de Turri and his fellows, justices itinerant in to enquire as to liberties of the manor of Wycheford. Westminster. 52 Henry IIT. [1268.] : Wilton. Henry I gave the said manor to Patrick de Cadurciis soe and sac and toll and theam and infangthef and all its customs as king held it in demesne ; and the said Patrick gave it to Henry de with all the liberties aforesaid; and after the death of the said it was held by Robert, his son and heir; and he gave it to Nigel de his younger brother, who held it without any minister of the king ingress thereto ; and after the death of the said Nigel it was held by his son and heir, and after his death by Henry his son and heir doing suit either to the county or the hundred, and without ingress minister of the king's till the death of William Lungespee, earl of and till Robert de Hales, sheriff, who had the county to farm, reasonable cause entered on the said manor, and made two tithings whereas there had before been only one, both of the fee of Albini the fee of Fanecurt in the same manor, doing no suit but to their court (Albiniacum) in the said manor ; and the said sheriff distrained the of these two tithings to do suit at the hundred court of Brencheberge, they had never done before, and took fines (cepit emendas) of bread and hue and cry, &c. whereas all these fines had from time belonged to the house of Albini. And since that intrusion the of Wilts takes 6s. yearly from the tithing of Fanecurt, and nothing that of Albini, except fines and suit as aforesaid. The manor is now MISCELLANEOUS 121 inheritance by Walter de Albiniaco, son and heir of the said Henry, suit to the county, and having gallows and an ordeal-pit (palam). C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (9.) Writ to the justices itinerant at York. R. bishop of Durham states and his predecessors have had all sheriffs pleas in the county of York committed to William le Latymer, who prevented the said bishop the said liberty. The justices are to enquire. Westminster. 52 Henry III. [1268.] : York 19 June. The bishop and his predecessors have been hold all sheriffs pleas except pleas of the crown, by a charter of King confirmed by the present king, in the liberty of Houeden, both during of the said William and before, till Midsummer 50 Henry III, said William by Richard de Vescy his under-sheriff withdrew the of writs from the said liberty of Houeden, because there was a dispute the said Richard de Vescy and Thomas de Metham, bailiff of the ; but till that time the said bishops had had return of writs since of the said charters. [1268.] C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (10.) Writ to the sheriff of Northumberland. Whereas the king has to Edmund his son all the lands whereof Simon de Monte Forti, earl of was seised on the day of the battle of Evesham, where he was slain, de Charun has been directed to enquire whether the said Simon seised of the manor of Snaresdelf. The sheriff is to find a jury. 3 December 52 Henry III. [1267.] before Sir G. de Charun and Nicholas de Swineburn, keeper of of the crown. Stenigton. Monday, the morrow of the Circum- [1268.] Simon de Monte Forti was seised of the said manor at the his death. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (11.) Writ to John de Octon to enquire whether William Selisaule, at York for killing Adam de Auwerne, did so through mischance or York. 18 September 52 Henry I. [1268.1 : A certain stranger being new-married was taking his wife and were with her to one end of the town of Byrun, when William Selisaule a ball (pelota), which it is the custom to give; and they having no him a pair of gloves for a pledge ; afterwards other men of Byrun a ball, and they said they would not give one, because they had given a pledge for one, and the men of Byrun would not believe them, asked for the said ball ; and so there arose a dispute, and the wedding being slightly drunk (aliquantulum inebriati), assaulted the men ot with axes and bows and arrows, and wounded very many; and the hearing the noise, and thinking that it was for the ball for which a pledge, ran with a stick to appease the dispute ; and when he had one William son of Ralph de Rotil (?) drew an arrow at him and in the breast, so that he thought he had got his death; as the said son of Ralph, not yet content, was meaning to shoot at him again, that he could only escape the arrow by hitting him back, so as to his drawing ; so he ran up to the said William son of Ralph to hit him arm, but by mischance, hit the said Adam, who unwittingly came them, so that he died. Thus the said William Selisaule killed the said mischance, and not of malice prepense. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (12.) INQUISITIONS Writ to the sheriff of Hants to enquire who hold the lands which of Peter son of Matthew, to send the inquisition to the justices of the at Westminster at the octave of Michaelmas, and to bring the tenants the said justices to answer to Nicholas son of Martin, guardian of the Peter's heir and of certain parcels of his lands, concerning the arrears owe to William de Valence of a yearly pension of 50 marks granted to out of the debts of Aaron son of Abraham, a Jew of London. Witness, Fulcham. Westminster. 20 July 53 Henry III. [1269.] : Ancellus Basset holds in demesne two carucates in and Middeltun, worth 38/.; Nicholas son of Martin holds one in Ostewell and Middeltun worth 19/. 14s.; and William le of Husseburn holds [land] in Middeltun worth 41. C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (13.) Writ to the sheriffs of Leicester. The king has given the lands of Gobyun in Knapetoft, on account of his trespass during the late to Hugh Turbervill and has with the consent of both parties the sheriff to value the said lands and to return the valuation to in person on the morrow of the Epiphany, having fixed that day to the claims of the said Hugh and Hugh. This order is now repeated the sheriff directed to prevent any waste meanwhile. Winchester. 53 Henry III. [1268.] before Sir William Bagot. Knapetoft. Thursday before Easter. of the houses of the court of Knapetoft is yearly worth 6s. 8d. ; is worth 18d.; adovecot, 16d.; a preserve (vivarium) with herbage, 12 virgates in demesne, 10s. each; 24 virgates in villenage, 10s. Also Philip de Redesdale holds 2 virgates, doing suit at the court of for the lord of the manor, which suit is worth 6s. 8d. Also there is (spinetum) worth 10s. with herbage. Also William Beumys of holds a parcel of land in Moseley, paying 4s. in lieu of all services. Roger Brabizun of Moseley holds one carucate there, doing the service knight to the chief lord in time of war at his own expense for forty Also there are 8 cottars holding 8 cottages at 8d. each. : Total, 191. 19s. C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (14.) Writ to William Aguylun. It is stated that whereas the men of have always had free turbary in Suthmore for their hearths, for they are bound to find 30 quarters of salt yearly to supply the king's there, now they are excluded from the said turbary by Peter atte Bere de Ospringe. The sheriff is to enquire. Winchester. 26 August III. [1269.] by all the commonalty of Porcestre, except those who hold (salinas) of the king. The king and his predecessors and the said men salterns have always been seised of the said turbary except in the time de Monte Forti; when, as Peter de la Bere held the castle for the Simon during the war, he deforced the king and his men of the said and still does so, and Henry de Osspreng his bailiff does likewise. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (15.) Writ to Hugh son of Otto, constable of the Tower, the bailiffs and Walter Hervy, escheator there. Westminster. 5 March III. [1269.] MISCELLANEOUS 123 : Tuesday after St. Tiburtius and St. Valerian. de Derby has committed no crime since the king pardoned the of London all their trespasses for a fine of 20,000/. and he contributed of tallage to the said fine, so that his lands are not an escheat. de Derby had two small houses which are now empty, ruinous and which were worth when whole 10s. a year. The king's escheator them and they ought to be an escheat because Nicholas bore arms the king and was on the side of his enemies in war and peace wherefore always withdrawn himself from London. de Derby purged himself of all trespasses before the judges last in the His lands are not escheated. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (16.) Writ to Gilbert de Preston and his fellows, justices itinerant in Westminster. 30 October 53 Henry III, by king and [1268.] by the oaths of twelve men of Cumberland and sixteen of York- York. Monday after St. James. The county of Northumberland be quit of sheriff's turns till William Heyron was sheriff. Before his sheriff and coroners used to make inquisition of matters touching the by certain sufficient persons and not by the county; and if the said did not come they were amerced. But William Heyron distrained freeholders and townships (vill ) of the said county to come to two turns ; and because they did not come he amerced them heavily of his own This was extortion, because he had no warrant to do so from the king council. So long as the county is let to farm the king is no loser by the said turns; but if he keeps the county in his own hands, and said turns by extortion as aforesaid, they might be valued at 100s. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (17.) Writ to John le Moyne, escheator this side Trent, and the sheriff of The abbot of Abotesbyry claims under charters of King Henry to lands and tenements, with all his liberties, soe and sac, toll and infangthef as they were held under King William the greatand King Henry the grandfather of the said King Henry, by the of one knight. Also they claim by another charter of Henry U all belonging to the said abbey which are cast ashore. The abbot declares and his predecessors have used those liberties, and asks that they may The escheator and sheriff are directed to enquire as to these the tenure of the abbey and as to lands since acquired. Winchester. 53 Henry III. [1269.] before John le Moyne, escheator, and Andrew Wake, sheriff. Wednesday after St. Simon and St. Jude 54 Henry III. The his predecessors have had and used all the liberties, &c., mentioned said writ, within the hundred of Uggescumbe but not in lands outside as Helton, Tollepidele, and Wudeton. Wudeton is in the hundred of ; and the abbot, by grant of Robert de Mandeville, late lord of hundred, is quit of suit therein, except that his villeins come to the thrice a year to present pleas of the crown without hindrance, and can appear by any freeman as his attorney to strengthen the court. is quit of all services by the service of one knight ; and he has had belonging to the abbey which are cast ashore, such as wreck. and his predecessors have always enjoyed the above liberties, and INQUISITIONS 1 can confirm them without damage to himself. The abbot and his have never held in barony, but by the service of one knight ; hold the abbey of the king in chief. They are not bound to do a service in the army, nor was the king ever in seisin of a baron s service. and his predecessors have acquired to themselves and the abbey : carucate in Graveston of the gift of Eustace son of Robert, Robert le of Hugh de Bosco, and Jordan de Sarmevile, of the fee of Alfred ; : one carucate of the gift of William son of Robert, of the de Novoburgo, and half a virgate of the same fee of the gift of le Warner ; a virgate of the same fee of the gift of Roger de Deneham ; a virgate of the gift of Philip de Poryete, half being of the de Wrokeshale, and half of the fee of Waket de Rosey ; the service of John le Frie, with 4d. yearly, of the gift and fee de Novoburgo ; 3 virgates of the gift of Thomas Marreward, Robert de and Thomas de Childecumbe, of the fee of Geoffrey Marreward ; 1 half a virgate of the gift of Richard de Pordon, of the fee i de Oskereswull ; ; one virgate of the gift of Randolph le Eskermissur of of William Harang ; half a virgate and 5s. 8d. rent of the gift of Robert de of the fee of Alfred de Lincoln ; one virgate of the gift of Geoffrey de Morba, and half a ferling of Robert de Bridiport, of the fee of the earl of Devon ; one virgate of the gift of Osbert le Deneys, of the fee of de Novoburgo; Stupilton one virgate of the gift of Ralph Belet, of the fee Martel ; one messuage with liberties, of the gift of Thurstan de Waram, of the earl of Gloucester ; 5s. rent, of the gift of Robert de Thingeham, of the fee of John de a messuage of the gift of John de Cruket, of the fee of Poynz ; half a virgate of the gift of Robert de Langeton, of the fee of Lincoln ; borough of Bridiport, 5 messuages, rent of 127. 9s., and 2 pounds of the gift of various persons, of the king's fee ; borough of Dorcestre, one messuage 2s. rent, 2 pounds of wax, pound of pepper, of the gift of various persons, of the king's fee ; 2s. rent of the gift of Philip de Sarmevile, of the fee of Alfred co. Somerset, 15s. rent of the gift of Walter de Burges, of the Quarel ; 10s. rent of the gift of Ralph Russel, of the fee of James de C. Ing. Mise. File 15. (18.) Writ to the sheriff of York. Whereas he being directed to raise and the exchequer with all speed all sums due, sent the king's bailiffs on lands of Roger le Peytevin, which are within the liberty of Alice de MISCELLANEOUS 125 Pontefract, to collect what was due from the said Roger, the bailiffs of the said Alice assaulted and wounded the king's bailiffs, and took them named Thomas le Porter to Pontefract castle, and there keep him with the king's money which he had in charge ; he is directed to and attach the guilty persons, and bring them before the king a month 8 June 53 Henry III. [1269. : All the persons named in the inquisition remain within Alice liberty of Osg , where the sheriff's bailiffs dare not and cannot by force of arms. in the full county. William, servant of Alice de Lascy at Saxton, servant of Ralph de Rye, Robert the skinner, Robert son of son of the reeve, Simon son of Bennet, Robert Eredin, all of William son of John, William son of Margaret of Toueton, John le Jovene, Robert Plochewrychte, Robert Gener, Walter de Toueton, the husband of Eggledine, John le Messer of Toueton, and all the of Saxton and Toueton, except William the reeve of Saxton and Bateman of Saxton, and others who were too old or too young to carry and wounded the king's bailiffs as aforesaid and imprisoned le Porter in Pontefract castle. The trespass was done on the the said Roger, which is geldable to the king, and not in the said liberty of Pontefract. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (19.) Writ to the justices in eyre in co. Suffolk to enquire in the hundred whether William Hughtred killed Mabel Canun by mishap or of prepense. Wutton. 31 May 53 Henry III. [1269.] before Henry de Monte Forti, justice, and others. Catteshill. before Midsummer. It happened that William Huctred came to the Avice de Buchanne in Hak....., intending no evil, and Alice Canun the said Mabel attacked him with quarrelsome words, and then took (scamellum) to strike him maliciously on the head ; and the said Mabel and, meaning to hinder her, came between them; and he having a his hand, not for any evil purpose, but because he was cutting a rod in quadam virga), she chanced to get a wound with it between her her body on her right arm and of this and of other sickness she weeks after; and whatever befel there was by mishap and not aforethought. C. Ing. Misc. File 15. (20.) Writ to the sheriff of Lincoln. Westminster. 20 October III. [1270.] : The messuage and 17 acres of land which belonged to Alan le of Sutkelesaye in Sutkelesaye are not an escheat of the king, because son of Alan le juven of Sutkelesay, Richard Lukendor, John Lukendor, Roger de Pellam, and Agnes le Fulcher and their predecessors in chief of the king in socage, and enfeofied master Brice de Kelesaye ; and the said Brice now holds them. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (1.) Writ to the keeper, escheator, and bailiffs of London. Westminster. 54 Henry III. [1270.] before Philip le Tayllur, bailiff of London, and Walter Hervi, Guildhall. The morrow of St. Margaret. The houses of Robert which are worth 10s. yearly, are the king's escheat because the said is a felon and therefore withdrew himself from the city; but the INQUISITIONS of Albinus his brother are not an escheat, because the said Albinus is and loyal (bonus et fidelis). C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (2.) Writ to the sheriff of Lincoln. Westminster. 26 May 54 Henry III. : A certain toft enclosed with an old wall in Hagwrtingham called is an escheat of the king, for what cause the jurors do not know ; king and all his predecessors from beyond the memory of man have in demesne. Laurence de Lekeby, parson of the church of Hagwrthingholds it by grant of the king's escheators at a yearly rent of 8d. It one acre and is worth 8d. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (3.) Writ to the sheriff of Middlesex to enquire whether two acres of land Kyngesgore between Knichtebrugg and Kensynton are ancient demesne crown or an escheat. Westminster. 8 May 54 Henry III. [1270.] : Stone Cross. Thursday before Whit Sunday. There are there acres which are ancient demesne of the crown and not an escheat, each measured by the rod (virga) of 164 feet and being worth 12d. In time (tempore excluso) these three acres arecommon. They belong to of the city of London in Middlesex (cum eaitu comitatus Midd ). C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (4.) Writ to John de Raygate, escheator beyond Trent. Westminster. 54 Henry III. [1270.] : York. Tuesday after the close of Easter. The Templars under York castle are worth 12 marks a year saving expenses of repair. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (5.) Extent of the manor of Pidinton in co. Oxford, by William de Insula de Boyvill. Friday before St. Margaret 54 Henry III. [1270.] manor contains in demesne 320 acres of arable land at 6d. an acre, worth 29 acres worth 58s.; a capital messuage, 6s. 8d.; a water-mill, 5s.; of customary land, 4/.; 8 cottars, 6s. 3d.; work of the same, 2s. ; 16 hens paid by four of them, 16d.; wood, 13s. 4d.; view of frankpledge, pleas and perquisites, 13s. 4d.; tallage of customary tenants, 32s. 197. lls. 3d. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (6.) Inquisition before Henry de Monte Forti. Thursday before the 54 [Henry III]. [1270.] the foundation of Corfe Castle the abbess and nuns of St. Edward always had wreck cast ashore in their manor of Kyngeston ; of Corfe, when first appointed, were wont to claim it on behalf king, but if they took it away it was always restored to the said abbess Thus the latter were always seised of the said wreck until Luke de late constable deforced it. C. Ing. Mise. File 16. (7.) Writ to Adam de Greinvill and Peter de Chaumpvent to enquire the prior and convent of Lanthony ever had a weir in the Severn their priory, and if so whether it is to the king's damage. Clarendon. 54 Henry III. [1269.] : Gloucester. Monday after St. Gregory. The said prior and once had a pond edged with wood (stangnum ligneum) and a mill MISCELLANEOUS 127 the gift of Walter the constable and Margery de Bohun, founders of castle and of the said priory, and there they laid down traps burochios) and other engines for taking fish. This is not to the the king or his weirs, because there are three weirs (gurgites) between king's weir nearer the sea. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (8.) Writ to Roger de Clifford, justice of the forest this side Trent. Warreford states that whereas he and his ancestors ought to be lawing of dogs in respect of their lands in Borlege, Esynton, within the forest of Halsiesholte and Wlvemere, the ministers forest demand of him a heavy composition for lawing. The is to enquire. Westminster. 18 January 54 Henry III. [1270.] : Winchester. The said Robert has always been quit of lawing Alsyesholt and Wulvemere forests without paying composition. the said Roger to enquire into a similar complaint by William de Westminster. 20 January 54 Henry III. [1270.] as before finding that the said William has always been quit composition. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (9.) Writ to the sheriff of Oxford. Martin de Gaio, parson of the church states that he and his predecessors being summoned before the of commen pleas on a general summons by reason of a lay-fee to the said church, did not appear, and he was amerced in consequence of one mark. The sheriff is directed to enquire, and to respite the quindene of Easter. Westminster. 26 October 53 Henry III. : Teynton. Friday, the feast of St. Ambrose 54 Henry III. has no lay fee not belonging to his church, and his predecessors appeared to general summons. The jurors do not know whether is sanctuary or not. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (10.) Writ to Adam de Greynville. Westminster. 4 November 54 [1269.] : Gloucester. Thursday after St. Nicholas 54 Henry III. of England, who built Gloucester castle, gave the meadow under the castle to the prior and convent of Lantonay ; before beyond the memory of man, the burgesses of Gloucester of pasture in the said meadows of Presteneham in Suthmede after carried ; but the cattle might be impounded if found damaging and compensation exacted. The burgesses have used the said till the time of Sir Roger de Clyfford, who held the castle for the end of the war, and prevented them from using it; but on the return of peace while Adam de Greynvill, Reynold de Acle, Besylle were constables of the castle, till Peter de Chauvent and kept them out of the said common. [1269.] C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (11.) of Edward the king's eldest son, to his justice of Chester, to for houses of the abbot and convent of Chester taken la Zuche when justice to fortify the town. Chester. 6 January III. [1270.] : Chester. The octave of Trinity 55 Henry III. INQUISITIONS said houses without the north gate of Chester would be sufficiently by half the house which is of Sir Edward's demesne in Chester, the cemetery of St. Werburgh and Northgate Street. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (12.) Inquisition: Tuesday the eve of the Circumcision 54 Henry III, Sir H. son of Otto, keeper of the City of London, and Walter Hervy, [1269.] houses and goods of William the goldsmith are not an escheat of the because the said William. though imprisoned for felony, has not been C. Ing. Mise. File 16. (13.) Transcript of charter of William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, quitto Hugh, bishop of Ossory and his successors all complaints which he against the said bishop, and promising to restore to him the market (forum) of Kilkenny within ten years, and to assist him to defend the of his church. Faded. - (on the same membrane) of a letter from the said William to the of Kilkenny and all other his bailiffs there, stating that he has granted bishop of Ossory and his successors an ounce of gold yearly, to be paid of the provostry of Kilkenny. : Kilkenny. The eve of the Circumcision 54 Henry III. Hugh late bishop of Ossory and his successors have been used to receive ounce of gold yearly, sometimes from the provostry of Kilkenny, and from the exchequer of the castle there, for a parcel of land which from a fountain called Keverockeswelle to a stream called Bregath, runs under the bridge called Coterel. The said land was granted by said bishop Hugh to William earl Marshal and his heirs to enlarge his town, the said ounce of gold; and the said bishops received the said gold till land of Leinster was divided between the co-heirs of earl Walter and os In proof of this there was produced a charter of the said earl, of a transcript is enclosed. The jurors say also that the said earl and his received tolls of the said town from the ninth hour on Friday the ninth hour on Saturday ; as to the bishop's rights they know nothing from the earl's charter to G. de Clare, [earl of] Hertford. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (14.) Writ to Robert Waleraund. It is stated on behalf of Luke son of de Donewyce, who is in prison at Donewyce for burning the house of John of Leston and maiming Ralph le Warennur, that by reason of the made by the said John and Ralph, he gave himself up to the said prison, that the sheriff of Suffolk, not knowing he was imprisoned, put him in and in spite of letters patent of the community of the town of Doneas to his imprisonment, had him outlawed. The writ directs the said to enquire if this is true, and if Luke is guilty. Westminster. February 54 Henry III. [1270.] : per cancellarium ad instanciam Johannis de Wangeford. before Robert Waleraund, and afterwards before Walter de and John de Levetot. Donewyce. Thursday before St. Margaret Henry ILI. Luke son of John de Donewyce being indicted for the said before the justices itinerant at their last eyre in Suffolk, and being MISCELLANEOUS 129 after their departure, at the fourth county court one Ralph to produce him at the fifth, which was on the morrow of and St. Valerian, 53 Henry III [15 April, 1269]; and eight days said fifth court the said Luke gave himself up to prison ; and at the court one Henry Ossusseton, keeper of the prison of Donewyce, the said Luke was in the said prison, but produced no letters commonalty of the town ; and the sheriff and coroners not thinking sufficient, the said Luke was that day outlawed. But the said guilty of the said arson. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (15.) Writ to Peter de Champvent and Walter de Helyun. Westminster. 54 Henry III. [1270.] : Gloucester. Wednesday after the Ascension. immemorial the abbots of Persore have held one half of a weir in the Severn, and from the time of King John the abbots of have held the other half by gift of Henry de Myner. Thirty years was broken down by a flood; and a dispute arising between the as to the cost of repairs, it remainded broken down till three years the said abbots agreed to repair it; but Mathias Bezylle, then of Gloucester castle, forbade them, because in his time he had never there, and because it would damage the king's weirs on the same the extent of 2s. a year. When the weir was whole it stretched across so that the said abbots fished there with nets only ; and weirs are called setweres. Since the weir was broken, they have fished nets from boats. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (16.) Writ to the sheriff of Northumberland. The sheriff is to find a de Reygate who is to enquire whether William father of William seized of a messuage and three carucates of land in Dunum, and six bovates and six acres of land and a penny of rent in Robert son of Robert de Ros, who now holds the land, is to be Westminster, 12 November 54 Henry III. [1269.] : Cancellarius precepit alias quia alias fuit consignatum ad Ade de Novo Mercato. C. Ing. Misc. File 16. (17.) Inquisition: Hatherleg. Tuesday, the eve of the Circumcision III [1269], before T. de Sancto Vigore by a jury from the of Blaketoriton and Scheftbere and the township of Hatherlege. bishop of Exeter sent a writing to the abbot of Tavistoke to seal, that the said abbot and convent would obey the said bishop as spiritualities and temporalities. These temporalities are held in king; and as such a writing would be to the damage of the and to the prejudice of the abbey, the said abbot refused ; the said bishop did him the following damage : plundered on demesne damage, 20 marks 24 oxen, 14 cows, a bull, 29 other beasts, eight score and eight pig, &c. taken from the manor by William de Witefeud and 22/. 16d.; tithe corn of the church of Hatherlege taken and de Brendesworth the bishop's steward to Nicholas de Seldene, cause a dispute between the said Nicholas and Vivian the abbot's in which the said Vivian was killed damage 15/. and half a mark; Trello instituted as rector by the bishop, whereas the church belongs 130 INQUISITIONS to the abbey damage 92 marks. Also William de Moreburn, proctor of the said Robert de Trello, threatened to burn the town and manor, so that the said abbot made with him a fine of 12 marks. Moneckokington. Land, two mills, and three years rent seized by Robert Brian damage 141. Abbedesham. Church deforced for three years 401. The loss inflicted on the abbot by the bishop cannot be estimated and the abbey was destroyed. Nicholas de Fethevile, steward of the earl of Gloucester, William de Moreburn, and 500 men came to Hatherlege at the bishop's instigation for the destruction of the said abbot; damage, 10/. spent on his defence. C. Ing. Mise. File 16. (18.) 386.