ROLL A7
Membr. 1
24 Nov. 1354
Pleas held before Thomas Leggy, Mayor, on Monday
before the Feast of S
t
Katherine [25 Nov.] A
o 28 Edw.
III [1354]
Thomas de Mordon, chandler, was attached to answer a
charge of forestalling the market (fn. 1) . He was found guilty, by a
jury of Billingsgate, of having bought a cargo of salt from a
ship belonging to John Rous, merchant of Brabant, before
market hours, the said ship then being moored to the quay,
and of having paid one penny a bushel more for it than was
charged by other merchants of the City. Judgment deferred. (L)
16 Dec. 1354
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday
after the Feast of S
t
Lucia [13 Dec.]
Thomas atte Hulle of Enfield, maltmonger, sued Simon
de Rasne, armourer, for £4 4s 4d alleged to be due for malt
purchased at Gracechurch. The defendant pleaded that all
accounts between them were settled. A jury found that he
had bought no malt from the plaintiff since the account. (L)
Henry le Bakere was committed to Newgate at the suit of
Thomas atte Hulle for 18s due under a bond made pursuant
to the Statute of Smithfield. (L)
22 Dec. 1354
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
after the Feast of S
t
Thomas the Apostle [21 Dec] A
o
28 Edw. III [1354]
John de Strattone was attached to answer the King and the
Sheriffs on a charge of having assaulted the Sheriffs' (fn. 2) officers,
Robert de Nabourne and John Dyn, who had requisitioned
the defendant's cart to carry certain robes from the King's
Wardrobe to the manor of "Hampstede Marchal (fn. 3) ." He
pleaded guilty and was committed to prison until etc. (L)
Robert de Caxtone, butcher, was attached to answer the
Commonalty and the Sheriffs on a charge of having bought
12 pigs in West Smithfield and immediately sold them again (fn. 4)
contrary to the custom and the statutes of the City. A jury
was summoned. (L)
Membr. 1b
Richard de Stanford, "dighere," and Alice his wife were
attached to answer a charge of having forcibly entered the
house of John de Bergholte, carpenter, and carried off Agnes,
daughter of the late Stephen atte Holte, his ward, as well
as certain silver vessels, jewels, wool and linen value £10
belonging to the above John. The defendants pleaded not
guilty, and a jury found a verdict for them. (L)
9 Jan. 1355
On Friday after the Epiphany [6 Jan.] Ao 28 Edw. III
[1354-5] the above Agnes was for certain causes placed under
the guardianship of William de Ockham, cordwainer, by
order of the Mayor and Aldermen until the Court should
make other arrangements. (L)
14 Jan. 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs on
Wednesday after the Feast of S
t
Hilary [13 Jan.] A
o
28 Edw. III [1354-5]
Henry Lyrpol, goldsmith, was attached to answer the
Commonalty of the City and William de Burton and William
de Berkyngg, Wardens of the mistery of Goldsmiths, on a
charge of using counterfeit metal in his craft, to wit, a bar
of false metal for the harness of a girdle, a seal of the same,
and two small plates for cups, all of which metal was counterfeit for silver. The defendant admitted that the seal was
false, but alleged that the bar was silver, and denied that the
plates were found in his possession. He was found guilty by
a jury of the whole craft of Goldsmiths and was forbidden
to follow his trade in the City and suburbs for six months.
The false metal was deposited in a little linen bag, sealed
with the seal of the above Wardens, and entrusted to Thomas
de Walden, Chamberlain. (L)
26 Jan. 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
after the Feast of the Conversion of S
t
Paul [25 Jan.]
A
o 29 Edw. III [1354-5]
William Kyng, butcher, complained that Walter, son of
Roger Waleys of Grenfeld co. Beds, who was bound to him
by a nine years' apprenticeship, had left his service before
his term was completed. The apprentice pleaded that his
master was unable to supply him with necessaries, as laid
down in the indentures, and gave him leave to serve whom
he would. A jury found for the apprentice. Judgment was
deferred that the Court might be advised, and meanwhile the
parties were counselled to come to an agreement. The indentures of apprenticeship were delivered to the Chamberlain until etc. (L)
Thomas Austyn, William Kyng and Laurence de Chippenham, butchers, were committed to prison, in accordance with
the Statute of Smithfield, for debts due to John de Odyerne
and John atte Stone. (L)
Membr. 2
15 Jan. 1355
A schedule of goods and chattels, taken as pledges by
Thomas Broun and the other collectors, Ao 28 Edw. III
[1354-5] and appraised on Thursday after the Feast of St
Hilary [13 Jan.] the same year.
|
|
From |
Weighing |
For Workmanship |
Total |
| John de Rothyng, 1 silver cup |
30s and |
6s |
36s |
| William Brangweyne, 1 piece of silver |
13s 4d |
2s 8d |
16s |
| Zanabi Chaungeour, 1 spicedish and 4 pieces |
71s 8d |
14s |
£4 5s 8d |
| Wynde Lombard, 2 pieces of silver |
20s |
4s |
24s |
| Gilbert Steindrop, 2 "bolles," 2 covercles |
70s |
17s |
£4 7s |
| William Dalby, 3 mazers (fn. 5) , 1 godet (fn. 6)
|
|
|
30s |
| William Fazantdes, 2 mazers |
|
|
5s |
| Valuers: William Tyngwyk and Thomas Bamme, goldsmiths |
|
John Burgeys, 2 cloths of raye |
7 marks |
| 1 cloth " steynnet (fn. 7) " |
30s |
| Hugh de Waltham, 1 cloth of ray |
24s |
| Valuers: John de York and Philip Taillour, drapers |
| William de Wykham, 7 "potes dareym (fn. 8) " |
14s |
| William Arnold, vintner, 1 "bacyn" and 1 "lavour (fn. 9) " |
8s |
| John Barnet, mason, 1 basin and 1 laver |
2s 6d |
| William de Stoke, 1 laver of pewter |
4s |
| William Chaundeler, 2 pewter "potzs," 1 hanging laver, 2 basins and 1 laver |
9s 6d |
| John Moncoy, 1 basin |
6s |
| John Whelere, 1 "paiele," 2 basins, 2 lavers |
3s 6d |
| John Fesaunt, 2 pewter pots, 1 "paiele," 1 "dudde (fn. 10) " |
10s |
| Valuers: William Foundour and John Beste |
| John Peutre, 38 "keverchiefs relusauncz (fn. 11) " |
£6 6s 8d |
| Simon de Lycoln, 1 piece of wax "de Pollane (fn. 12) ," weighing 214 lbs, at 47s the cwt. |
| William Cosyn, 1 piece of wax "de lubik (fn. 13) ," weighing 252 lbs, at 44s the cwt. |
| Valuers: Thomas Mordale and Thomas de Cavendish (F) |
William de Greyngham, serjeant, was ordered to summon
the above persons to redeem these pledges within a fortnight. (L)
Note that there remained in the hands of John Deynes
and the other collectors of the fifteenth a sum of £61 2s ad,
out of which they paid £11 16s 8d to the labourers working in
the Tower Ditch by order of Adam Fraunceys late Mayor,
and £30 15s 2d to the Chamberlain, leaving a sum of
£18 10s 4d still in their hands. (L)
A fine of 10s was paid into the King's Exchequer for
William Doget, vintner, who had sold 20 gallons of red wine
for more than 6d a gallon contrary to the proclamation.
Previously Robert Furneux, fishmonger, William Turk, fishmonger, and John de Hatfeld, Warden of London Bridge,
had entered into recognizances of £15 for the payment of
any sums due from the said William Doget. (L)
Membr. 2b
A schedule of the names of the sub-collectors of taxes for
the Wards of Bridge, Tower, Broad Street and Cheap, with
the sums of money which they had in hand for the purpose
of cleansing the Tower Ditch. (L)
Membr. 3
24 Feb. 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday
after the Feast of S
t
Peter in Cathedra [22 Feb.] A
o
29 Edw. III [1354-5]
William Dalman was convicted and committed to prison
for selling beer at 2d the gallon, instead of 1½d, contrary to
the proclamations. (L)
Walter de Wyrchestre, William Sevenesterre, John de
Stratton, John atte Noke and William West, brewers, were
committed to prison for similar offences. (L)
John de Pykenham and John de Graveneye pleaded guilty
of forestalling malt, which they bought at Billingsgate from
Robert Harriesone, master of the ship "Seynte Marie" of
Grimsby. Judgment deferred. (L)
28 Feb. 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Saturday
after the Feast of S
t
Mathias [24 Feb.]
Robert de Stratford, cordwainer, was convicted and committed to prison for selling beer contrary to the proclamations. (L)
William atte Welde and Simon de Worsted, Aldermen,
and Thomas Dolsely, Richard de Cauxston and Simon de
Mordon, Commoners, were elected auditors of the account
of John le Chaundeler, Warden of London Bridge, by the
Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty. (L)
Membr. 3b
2 March 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
before the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas [7
March] A
o 29 Edw. III [1354-5]
John le Brewere "atte None," Walter de Wyrchestre and
other brewers pleaded guilty of having sold beer against the
proclamations, and were committed to prison. (L)
Elias le Glovere was committed to prison for a similar
offence, and William de Cusynton for selling grain by false
and unsealed measures. (L)
William Cook, "webbe," claimed damages of 100s from
John Chaumbre, fuller, for tearing a cloth left with him for
the purpose of cleaning. A jury assessed damages at 16s 8d.
The defendant was committed to prison until he paid the
above sum. (L)
3 March 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Friday
after the Feast of S
t
Gregory [12 March] A
o 29 Edw. III
[1354-5]
Robert Carlel, butcher, sued William de Coreslee, butcher,
for £7 19s 6d for cattle bought at West Smithfield, which
sum should have been paid on the spot according to the
Statute of Smithfield. The defendant alleged that he had
already paid sums of 40s and 119s 6d to the plaintiff on
London Bridge and at East Cheap. The plaintiff admitted
receiving 40s, but said it was in respect of another debt. The
matter was left to a jury. (L)
Thomas Frithebek and John de Blithe, saddlers, John de
Crepulgate and William de Whetele, cordwainers, were
sworn to settle a dispute between the Saddlers and Cordwainers by Wednesday before Palm Sunday. (L)
Membr. 4
20 March 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Friday
before the Annunciation B.M. [25 March] A
o 29 Edw.
III [1354-5]
Simon de Worstede, mercer, and Alice his wife demand
an Assize of Nuisance against Richard Lacer, goldsmith,
touching their free tenement in the parish of St Alban,
Wood Street. (L)
Note that at the instance of John de Herpesfeld, a writ
was received, dated at Westminster 5 March, ordering the
Mayor and Sheriffs to bring into Chancery the record and
process of an action before the Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen
between Alice, widow of Walter Neel, plaintiff, and the above
John with regard to John Hamond, kinsman and heir of the
said Walter.
A return to the above was drawn up, in case the Chancellor
insisted on having a return, to the effect that the writ was
contrary to the custom of the City. The return stated that
in an action terminated before the Mayor and Aldermen or
Sheriffs outside the Husting an aggrieved party might cause
the record and process to come before the Husting by a
writ de venire faciendo, in order that they might be examined
and reviewed, and if in that court a further error occurred,
an aggrieved party might obtain a further writ ordering the
record and process to come before the King's Justices at St
Martin-le-Grand (fn. 14) , and there the record and process would
be delivered oretenus.
Meanwhile Roger de Depham, the Recorder, visited the
Chancellor at Westminster to explain that the writ was
against the liberty of the City. The Chancellor agreed, and
after cancelling it, gave it back to the Recorder to show it to
the Mayor and other good men of the City, after which the
writ was deposited among the writs of the time of Thomas
Leggy, Mayor, for which no returns were required. (L)
24 March 1355
A Congregation of Mayor, Aldermen and an immense
Commonalty on Tuesday before the Feast of the Annunciation B.M. [25 March]
Giles Motard, Peter Pape, John Pape, John atte Ryk,
Peter Sys, John van Lethe, John Tybbes and Race Gabryel,
Flemish weavers (fn. 15) dwelling in London, were attached to
answer a charge of having made a confederacy among themselves not to work for less than 7d a day, and if any of them
were committed to prison for any offence, to cease from their
weaving until he was liberated. They were further charged
with having threatened the bailiffs of their own nation, Giles
Robyn and Baudewyn T..., with personal violence. They
all pleaded guilty, with the exception of Giles Motard, Peter
Pape and John Pape, who were in Newgate. In order to
keep the peace between the English and Flemish weavers,
all the defendants were released on mainprise of Henry
Werre, Giles Rydekest, Peter van Brugge, John Persone,
John van Somerkyn, Henry van the Rothe, James de Lowe,
Lenin Godhalse, John Gyngivere, Maas van Brugge, Martin
van Iverle and William van Brake.
By order of the Mayor and Aldermen, the Flemish weavers
chose six good men of their nation and trade, viz. John van
Somerkyn, Giles Ripegast (sic), Henry van the Rothe, Peter
van Brok, John Marchaunt and John atte Wyre, and the
English weavers elected Richard le Cook, John Payn, William
Waryn, Walter Harneys, John Godhere and William le
Cook, which twelve men were charged to agree on a daily
wage for both Flemish and English weavers, and to report
their decision to the Mayor and Aldermen on Wednesday
before Palm Sunday. On that day the weavers came into
Court and said they could not make any ordinance without
the advice of the Mayor and Aldermen. The matter was
adjourned in order to take the opinion of the King's
Council. (L)
Membr. 4b
14 April 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday
the morrow
(fn. 16)
of the Close of Easter [12 April] A
o 29
Edw. III [1355]
Names of butchers sworn to supervise their trade, to prevent the sale of bad meat, to keep prices at a reasonable level,
to see that no animals were sold in secret places or forestalled
before they reached the market, and to report offenders to
the Mayor and Aldermen.
Butchers of East Cheap: William Lemman, John de
Spaldyngge, Richard atte Dans, William Ivory, John Vannere. Butchers of S
t
Nicholas Shambles: William Ryf, John
atte Stone, William Soudan, William Mareschal, Robert atte
Grene, Nicholas de Thame. Butchers of the Stocks: Thomas
Copyn, William Fourner, Thomas atte Hoke, Maurice de
Caxston, Nicholas le Long, Godfrey le Clerk.
Simon de Iswode, bailiff of Smithfield and Farringdon,
Simon de Godestowe, bailiff of Cheap, and Simon de Beverle,
saddler, beadle of Cheap, were sworn to assist them.
Names of poulterers sworn to supervise their trade, to see
that foreign poulterers sold their goods in open market at
the Leadenhall (aula plumbia), and to ensure fair prices etc.
Poulterers of Leadenhall: Roland de Colbrok and Walter
Martyn. Poultry: William Pykebon, Osbert Wynter. S
t
Nicholas Shambles: John de Shirbourne.
John de Braynford, brewer, and John de Chalton were
sworn to search the lodgings of foreign poulterers, and to see
that they did not sell their goods in such places to citizens,
but only in open market, and that they did not lodge in the
houses of free poulterers. A commission under the Mayoralty
Seal was issued to them, and they were ordered to seize the
poultry of offenders, and carry it to the Sheriffs' houses. (L)
John Mychel, Thomas de York, Henry de Boseworth,
John Chaucer, William Doget, William Sterre, Bernard
Prichemerol and Thomas de Berkele were accepted as sureties
for the payment of a fine by John de Dytton, taverner, whose
wines had been sequestrated by the Sheriffs, because he had
sold two pipes of red wine for 12 marks, contrary to the
King's proclamation. Subsequently the Mayor and Sheriffs
were debited at the Exchequer with a quarter of a cask of
light (debilis) red wine, value one mark, as the fine due from
the above John de Dytton. (L)
Membr. 5
16 April 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday
after the morrow of the Close of Easter [12 April] A
o
29 Edw. III [1355]
Names of. certain fishmongers of Old Fish Street and
Bridge Street [appointed to supervise their trade etc.?]. (L)
Adam de Goldeburgh, carpenter, William de Goldesburgh
(sic), carpenter, and William de Kent, cordwainer, were
attached to answer a charge of causing an affray in the parish
of St Michael, Cornhill. A jury was summoned. (L)
29 April 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Wednesday after the Feast of S
t
Mark [25 April]
John Godard was attached by members of the household
(gentes de familia) of Edward, Prince of Wales, in Fleet Street,
and carried to the house of the Sheriff, Richard Smelt, for
pretending to be Purveyor to the Prince, and for having set
his seal on certain casks of beer in Fleet Street, without any
warrant from the Prince. On news of this, the Prince ordered
the Sheriff to bring the man before him at his Manor of
Poplar (del Popeler), where the said John confessed his
offence. The Prince then sent him back to the Sheriff with
a letter from Edmund de Wauncy, requesting that he might
be put on the pillory. After being examined by the Mayor,
Aldermen and Sheriffs, the said John was ordered to stand
for three hours on the pillory, the reason of his punishment
being there proclaimed as a warning to other evildoers. (L)
Henry de Walmesford, cook, was attached to answer a
charge brought by Robert de Pokebrok, chaplain, of having
sold him some veal for supper the preceding day, which,
when it came to the table, was found to be hashed up (recalefactas), stinking and abominable to the human race, to
the scandal and opprobrium of the City and the manifest
danger of the plaintiff and his friends. The meat was produced in court. The defendant declared that it was sound
and wholesome when sold. The meat was immediately submitted to the inspection of Thomas Maluele, John Wenge
and Geoffrey Colman, cooks of Bread Street, and of John
de Ware and John de Stoke, cooks of Ironmonger Lane, each
of whom certified independently on oath that the meat was
good. In order to be the more sure, the Mayor and Aldermen
ordered the meat to be submitted to public inspection, when,
after careful examination inside and out, it was again declared to be good and wholesome. Judgment was given that
the cook be acquitted, and that the plaintiff gain nothing by
his action. (L)
Membr. 5b
12 May 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday
after the Feast of S
t
John ante Portam Latinam [6 May]
A
o 29 Edw. III [1355]
William [de Edindon], Bishop of Winchester, brings a
plaint of Intrusion against Nicholas de Loveyne, "chivaler,"
and Margaret his wife, Thomas de Swanlond, Cecilia relict
of Bartholomew Denmars, Thomas Peytevin and Sarra his
wife, and John de Weston and Idonia his wife, touching his
free tenement in the parish of All Hallows at Hay. (L)
Michael de la Pole, "chivaler," demands an Assize of
Nuisance against John de Rokesleie, clerk, touching his free
tenement in the parish of St Mary Wolnoth. (L)
William de Bristow, Whetemann atte Broke and Thomas
de Haukeshale were accepted as sureties for Nicholas de
Thame to keep the peace with Edmund Beneyt of Sandwich. (L)
Two calves were confiscated from Roger de Bibbesworth,
butcher, who admitted having bought them from William
Rappe outside Newgate, while the animals were being driven
to market, thus forestalling them. (L)
13 May 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor on Wednesday before the
Feast of S
t
Dunstan [19 May] A
o 29 Edw. III [1355]
Thomas de Folkeshull was found guilty by a jury of having
enticed Henry Basset from the service of his master, Henry
Sibly, in Phelippeslane, contrary to the Statute (fn. 17) . Damages
of 100s were awarded, and the defendant was committed to
William de Tudenham, Sheriff, to keep him in prison till the
money was paid. (L)
John Rasne, meter at Billingsgate, and four porters certified
the Mayor and Aldermen on oath of the removal of four
quarters of wheat belonging to Walter Josekyn. (L)
Walter Josekyn claimed from Thomas Strode, baker, the
sum of 36s for four quarters of wheat sold to him in Candlewick Street. The defendant denied the sale and debt. A jury
summoned. (L)
Membr. 6
17 June 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Wednesday
the Feast of S
t
Botolph [17 June] A
o 29 Edw. III [1355]
Robert de Thorp demands an Assize of Nuisance against
Thomas Pipehurst and Joan his wife, touching his free tenement in the parish of St Mary Stanynglane. (L)
Isabella atte Grene brings a plaint of Intrusion against
Richard Sterre, fishmonger, son of Geoffrey Sterre, touching
her free tenement in the parish of St Margaret, Bridge
Street. (L)
Writ under the Privy Seal, dated at Westminster 13 June
Ao 29 Edw. III, to the Mayor and Sheriffs, bidding them
investigate certain complaints of a poor woman, Emma de
Whitewell, against William Ammory, paviour, and to do
justice therein. (F)
The complaint above-mentioned, enclosed in the writ,
was addressed to the King and his Council, and set forth
that the said William had forced his way into the complainant's house on Ash Wednesday and, after throwing her
down, had beaten and assaulted her so violently and in so
horrible a manner that she gave birth to a dead child and
kept her bed for seven weeks. She prayed the King's aid,
since she could obtain neither right nor justice in the Guildhall. (F)
Thereupon both parties were summoned, and the said
William Ammory having pleaded not guilty, the matter was
left to a jury, who found the defendant not guilty. (L)
William Crafte, John Rudde, James le Cordewaner,
William le Cotyller and Cristina, wife of Roger Blake, were
found guilty of regrating (fn. 18) beer and selling it at 2d a gallon
against the proclamation. They were committed to prison. (L)
John atte More, Walter le Wyrdrawere and others were
accepted as surety for the good behaviour of William Ammory towards Reginald le Callere and Joan his wife and
Henry de Ledes and Emma his wife. (L)
John le Barber of Tower Ward was acquitted of a charge
of selling beer against the proclamation. (L)
Membr. 6b
22 June 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
after the Feast of S
t
Botolph [17 June]
John le FitzJohan brings a plaint of Intrusion against
Robert de Brome, clerk, Thomas de Morlee and Idonea his
wife, and Thomas de Baldeswell and Joan his wife, touching
his free tenement in the parish of St Andrew, Cornhill. (L)
25 June 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor on Thursday after the
Nativity of S
t
John the Baptist [24 June]
Emma called "Smale Emme," Agnes wife of John Braselegg, and several other women were charged with selling beer
against the proclamation. Three were acquitted, and the
others found guilty and sent to prison. (L)
6 July 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
after the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul [29 June]
Plaints of Intrusion. The Prior of the New Hospital of St
Mary within Cripplegate against Alice, daughter of John
Minot, touching a tenement in the parish of All Hallows,
Honey Lane; the Prior of St Bartholomew Smithfield against
John de Harpesfeld, spicer, and Cristina his wife, Thomas
Vymon, Richard de Depham, John Pope, tailor, Robert de
Somersete, tailor, and Thomas atte Bowe, cordwainer, touching
a tenement in the same parish; John de Toppesfeld and
Katherine his wife against Brother Thomas de Berkhampsted, Master of the House of St Thomas of Acon, Brothers
Robert Tyeys, John de Sauntford, John Deynes, Henry de
Ware, William Fromond and Richard Brunne, touching a
tenement in the parish of St Olave, Coleman Street. (L)
Lists of persons committed to prison for selling beer
against the proclamation, among them being women named
Englesia la Huxtere, Margery atte Cocke and Alice atte
Harpe. (L)
Membr. 7
11 July 1355
A Congregation of Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs on
Saturday after the Feast of the Translation of S
t
Thomas the Martyr [7 July] A
o 29 Edw. III [1355]
Nicholas Ploket, mercer, proffered a deed, dated 10 June,
acknowledged by Simon and Richard de Worstede, executors
of William de Causton, late mercer, by which they granted
him the reversion of certain tenements devised to Cristina,
wife of the said William de Causton, for life or until remarriage. The properties consisted of a capital messuage near
Sopers Lane in the parish of St Pancras, which the testator
had acquired from Joan Corp, widow of Simon Corp, pepperer, Thomas Corp, Simon's son, and John de Duresme,
who were executors of the said Simon; two plots of land near
the door of the great warehouse, late belonging to Roisia de
Coventre, with a stall near the door facing on Sopers Lane;
a solar on the other side of the door; and a portion of the
warehouse then in the occupation of William Cove—subject
to a rent charge for the support of a chaplain in St Pancras
Church.
This deed was opposed by the widow, who, the same day,
produced another deed, dated Friday after the Feast of St
Augustine [26 May], whereby John atte Berne, another
executor of her late husband, conveyed to her a fee simple
in the above-mentioned properties and in certain tenements
in the parish of St Mary Aldermanbury, acquired by the
testator from Stephen Assheby. Nicholas Ploket, in turn,
opposed this deed. (L)
Membr. 8
6 July 1355
Pleas held before the Mayor and Aldermen on Monday
after the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul [29 June] continued
Richard le Cook, piebaker of Ironmonger Lane, was convicted of selling beer at 2d a gallon contrary to the proclamation, and committed to prison. (L)
18 July 1355
A Congregation of Mayor, Aldermen and an immense
Commonalty on Saturday before the Feast of S
t
Margaret [20 July]
It was agreed to make a levy of a fifteenth for City purposes, and precepts were issued to the Aldermen of the
Wards to summon Wardmotes for the election of assessors
and collectors. (L)
Precept to the Aldermen (F) and schedules of the assessors
of the several Wards.
John Beauvys of Hoggestone, drover, sued John Adam,
butcher, for £13 10s due for 140 sheep bought at East
Cheap. The defendant was committed to prison till he paid
the debt. (L)
Roger Wenlok and Adam de Thame, brewer, were committed to prison for selling beer at 2d a gallon. (L)
William de St Albans, chandler, Roger Sprot, brewer, and
Robert Lacer, cutler, were accepted as sureties for the good
behaviour of Ralph Hobbecastell toward Whytyng Flemyng.(L)
Membr. 8b
25 July 1355
View of the account of the Mayor and Sheriffs concerning
wines sold at an unlawful price from the 7 Sept. Ao 28 Edw.
III [1354]—the day they received the King's writ and issued
the proclamation forbidding the sale of the gallon of wine
for more than 6d—up to 25 July following. They answer for
a quarter of a cask of light red wine value 13s 4d belonging
to John de Dytton and 20 gallons of red wine belonging to
William Doget, value 10s, forfeited to the King. Total, 72½
gallons of red wine. (L)
9 July 1355
John de Sharryngworth called "Eberton," a "faytour (fn. 19) ,"
was sent to the pillory by order of the Mayor and Sheriffs,
for being an able-bodied vagabond, who would not work and
pretended to be an invalid. Wednesday after the Feast of
St James the Apostle [25 July]. (L)
30 July 1355
A Congregation of Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty
on Thursday after the Feast of S
t
James the Apostle
[25 July]
Thomas Wyr, Adam atte Belle, John de Chykesond and
other brewers were bound over not to sell beer to regrators. (L)
15 Sept. 1355
A Congregation of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday
the morrow of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross [14
Sept.]
Thomas de Morlee brings a plaint of Intrusion against
John Tyntegel, Thomas, son of William de Cornewaille,
Robert de Thame, William, son of Robert de Thame, and
Juliana his wife, and John Boton and Margaret his wife,
touching his free tenement in the parish of St Mary Colchurche. (L)
Nicholas de Burle, "curreyour," Nicholas le Smyth of
Waltham and Peter de Thornton were mainprised for their
good behaviour and that they would not play again the game
called "le bon
(fn. 20)
dictum Piggesfot." (L)
Salamon Brounyng, carpenter, was attached to answer the
Sheriff, William de Tudenham, for taking, in return for the
services of John Symond and Nicholas Brounyng, the sum
of 8s for six days and 8d a day commons for each man, contrary to the Statute (fn. 21) . He was ordered to return 4s to the
Sheriff, and was committed to prison until he paid a fine to
the King. (L)