Coram Rege Roll, Hillary, 8 E. I.
Hibernia. Writ of recordari addressed to Robert de Ufford, Justiciary
of Ireland, moving the suit for dower of Basilia the widow of Nicholas de
Verdun versus Theobald de Verdun from the Banco Court of Dublin into the
King's Court of Westminster, from which it appeared that Basilia claimed
dower in Lexmedy, Inchillestre, Kevill, Coulok, La Roche, Dunkul, Dundalk
(new and old), Statmanmatheian, Elemor, Rath, and Rodebank, viz., onethird of the above vills as her dower, of which Nicholas son and heir of John
de Verdun formerly her husband had endowed her at the door of the church
when he married her.
Theobald stated John de Verdun was present at the marriage of Basilia,
and it was then arranged between him and John de Cogan the father of
Basilia, that John de Verdun should endow her with 100 librates of land,
but that if the said Nicholas reached his full age and recovered the residue
of his inheritance which was in the custody of the Queen, the said John de
Verdun should be quit of the said dower of £100 in land, and he produced
a deed to that effect.
Basilia said that whether such a deed was made or not, she was prepared
to prove that her husband had endowed her as stated, and appealed to a jury.
A jury of Knights and freemen of the vicinage of Lothsyuedi, where the
said Nicholas married her, is to be summoned at fifteen days from St. John
the Baptist. m. 9.
Staff. Alice the widow of William son of Geoffrey fitz Warine sued
William de Hundesacre and Richard le Wodeward of Berdon for insulting
her at Tibbenton (Tipton), and taking her goods and chattels to the value of
£10. The defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff is ordered to distrain
and produce them at Easter Term. m. 24.
Staff. John le Faukener (for the King) sued John de Hereville
(Heronville) in a plea that whereas the King had commanded him not to
distrain his tenants in the manor of Wodnesbery, which is of the ancient
demesne of the Crown, for other services than they were accustomed to render
in former days, and to restore to them their goods and chattels which he had
seized; and whereas pending the suit between him and his tenants the Crown
was suing him for the same manor, in which the said John was causing great
waste and destruction, refusing to permit his tenants to cultivate their lands
etc., the Sheriff is ordered to produce the said John to answer for his
contempt at Easter.
Banco Roll, Hillary, 8 E. I.
Staff. Richard de Chavenes (Charnes) and Alice his wife were summoned
to acknowledge by what service they held their tenement in Great Suggenhull (Sugnall) of Henry de Tudekerton, and which service the said Henry
had conceded in court to Roger the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and his
successors.
Richard and Alice appeared and acknowledged they held three messuages
and twenty-six acres of land, 7s., and a pound of pepper of rent of the said
Henry by homage and the service of a farthing annually, and being asked if
they were willing to attorn themselves to the said Bishop for the said
homage and service, they said that they were not willing to do homage to
the Bishop for the said tenements during the lifetime of Henry, though they
would render the farthing. It is ordered therefore that they tender the aforesaid service to the Bishop, and they performed feality. m. 12.
Staff. Isabella the widow of Ralph de Grendon sued Robert the Bishop
of Bath and Wells for a third of the manor of Schestan (Shenstone) as
her dower.
The Bishop appeared and stated he only claimed the manor for a term of
four years by a demise of the said Ralph, and he called to warranty Ralph
the son and heir of the said Ralph, who is under age and in ward to him, and
because the said heir has no other land by which he could be held to
warranty, it is considered that Isabella should recover seisin of her dower,
and that the Bishop should hold the other two parts of the manor for a
further term beyond the four years to the value of the said third part.
m. 19.
Staff. Alice the widow of William de Bydulf sued Jordan le Brenner for
a third of two messuages in the vill of Newcastle-under-Lyme as her dower.
Jordan called to warranty Nicholas Coly the Parson of the Church of Bydulf,
and Adam Coly, who are to be summoned for Easter Term.
She also sued John Doysel for a third of two messuages in the same vill,
and he did not appear. The dower claimed is therefore to be taken into the
King's hands, and John is to be re-summoned for the same term. m. 24.
Staff. John de Eton and Joan his wife sued William de Oseneye and
Margaret his wife for two virgates of land, and half a virgate and an acre of
land, and 8s. of rent in Hymele (Himley) and Segesleye, what they claimed as
the right of the said Joan. And the defendants did not appear, and had
previously made default, and the tenement had been taken into the King's
hands. It is therefore considered that John and Joan should recover seisin.
m. 29.
Staff. Sarra the widow of Thomas de Coule sued Bertram de Burgo
Sancti Petri (fn. 1) for a third of two parts of half the vill of Coule as her dower.
Bertram appeared and called to warranty Richard the son of Thomas de
Coule, who is to be summoned for Easter Term. m. 40.
Staff. Lucy the widow of Henry de Aldidelegh was attached to answer
the plea of William de Audithelegh that whereas when she held a carucate
of land and a park in the vills of Enedon, Donewode, and Harecheles, in
dower of the inheritance of the said William, and the said William on the
Thursday after the Feast of St. Margaret, 6 E. I., in full County of Stafford
had handed to her the royal prohibition against causing waste and destruction
within the said inheritance, she had, spurning the prohibition, pulled down
two houses of the value of £10 and sold sixty oaks, by which he had been
damaged to the extent of £20, and he produced evidence to this effect.
Lucy appeared by attorney and denied she had made any waste or
destruction, and appealed to a jury. The Sheriff is therefore commanded to
go in his own person to the said lands, and there to summon a jury and return
their verdict into Court on the Octaves of St. John the Baptist. m. 46.
Staff. Matilda the widow of William del Mos sued Richard son of William
del Mos for a third of a messuage and two virgates of land in Eddeshale as
her dower. And he did not appear, and had previously made default, and
the dower claimed had been taken into the King's hands. It is therefore
considered that she should recover seisin against him. m. 46.
Staff. David de Pakynton sued Peter de Colecestre for three virgates of
land in Pakynton, and he sued Adam le Cordur for a virgate in the same vill.
The defendants appeared, and Adam called to warranty Henry de Pakynton,
who is to be summoned for the Octaves of St. John the Baptist; and Peter
stated he held nothing of the land claimed, but one Peter son of Peter held
it on the day the writ was sued out, viz., on the 14 October, 6 E I., and he
appealed to a jury. The Sheriff is ordered to summon a jury for Trinity Term.
m. 47.
Staff. David de Pakinton withdrew his writ in a plea of land against
Henry son of David de Pakinton, John Selvyn, and William le Sponere.
m. 55.
Salop. Richard le Urs of Mokeliston sued John de la More and
Petronilla his wife to permit him common of pasture in Hidishale appurtenant to his free tenement of Mokeliston (Muxton), and of which Walter de
Dunstanevill the father of Petronilla, whose heir she is, had unjustly disseised
William the father of the said Richard. The defendants did not appear, and
are to be attached for Trinity Term. m. 71.
Staff. William son of Robert de Wyrleye sued Richard son of Henry de
Pyrie for two parts of the manor of Pyrie (Perry Barr), and Richard did not
appear, and had previously made default, and the land had been taken into
the King's hands. William is therefore to recover seisin. m. 82, dorso.
Salop. Margaret (fn. 2) the widow of John le Botiller appeared against William
de Perton in a plea that he should hold to a convention made between them
respecting the third part of two carucates of land in Perton and Sterchesle
(Stirchley). William did not appear, and is to be attached for Trinity Term.
m. 39, dorso.
Staff. The essoin of Robert the Parson of the Church of Rolleston
appeared against Ralph de Rolleston and William de Rolleston in a plea as
to whether two messuages and two bovates of land in Rolleston are the free
alms belonging to the Church of the said Robert at Rolleston, or a lay fee of
the said Ralph and William. Ralph and William did not appear, and are
to be re-summoned for Trinity Term; a jury to be summoned for the same
date. m. 7. dorso.
Coram Rege Roll, Easter, 8 E. I.
Staff. William de Hondesacre was attached to answer the complaint of Alice the widow of William fitz Warine that he had insulted
her at Tybinton (Tipton), and taken her goods and chattels, for which she
claimed £40 as damages ; and Alice stated that on the Thursday of the Feast
of St. Simon and Jude, 6 E. I., he had taken a horse from her worth 20s. and
an ox worth one mark, and had driven away and killed and eaten two of her
pigs, and had taken other goods belonging to her to his house at Hondesacre
viz., three brass pots worth 20s. and other utensils specified. William
appeared and denied the trespass, and appealed to a jury. The Sheriff is
ordered to summon a jury for the Quindene of Michaelmas. m. 24, dorso.
Oxon. On the 22nd May, 8 E. I. a convention was made between Sir
Robert de Staundon, Knight, on one part, and Magister Walter de la Mare,
Clerk in the other, by which Magister Walter bound himself to prosecute at
his own costs the right of Sir Robert to the lands and tenements which
formerly belonged to Sir Henry de la Mare, Knight, in Alingscote, Pighmundecote, Burmarcote, and Astcote, in co. Oxon, which should revert to Sir
Robert as his eschaet, inasmuch as the said Henry had committed a felony,
and had died a felon, and as soon as the said lands and tenements were
recovered by judgment of the King's Court or by any other way, the said
Sir Robert conceded that he would enfeoff the said Magister Walter of them
to be held by the same services as Gunnora de la Mare was accustomed to
perform to the ancestors of the said Robert; and the said Magister Walter
shall pay to Sir Robert 60 marks within a year of the said feoffment, etc.
m. 19, dorso.
Staff., Ebor., Salop. Margaret the widow of Ranulph de Pertone remitted
to Magister Walter de Haselschawe of co. Salop all her dower in Pertone and
Stirchele until the full age of John son and heir of William de Perton for
8 marks, of which half was to be paid to her at the Quindene of Michaelmas,
and the other half at the Quindene of Easter. m. 10, dorso.
Banco Roll, Easter, 8 E. I.
Staff. Thomas de Peshale sued William de Sogenhulle (Sugnall) and
Dora his wife for £100 owing to him ; and they did not appear. To be
attached to appear at Trinity Term. m. 18.
Staff. Robert Corbet and Petronilla his wife give half a mark for licence
of concord with Richard Corbet. (fn. 3) m. 20.
Staff. The Sheriff was commanded to produce at this date William de
Kaveriswell, Wolekin Godfrey, Roger de Kauriswell, Henry de la Lega,
Robert son of Roger and William Fraunkevill to acknowledge the services
by which they held their tenements in Bilington and Raunton of Roes the
widow of John de Oylly, and which services Roes had conceded in Court to
John son of John and the heirs of his body ; and the Sheriff had done nothing
in the matter. He is therefore ordered to summon them for the Octaves of
St. John the Baptist. m. 30.
Staff. Isabella the widow of Ralph de Grendon sued John le Rus for a
third of two carucates of land and 40s. of rent in Haneton (Haunton) as her
dower. John appeared and prayed a view. A day is given to the parties at
the Quindene of Trinity. m. 32.
Staff. The Abbot of Roucestre appeared by attorney against Robert de
Akovere (Okeover) in a plea that he should warrant to him half the manor of
Swinescohe (Swinscoe), which he holds and claims to hold of him, and for
which he holds the charter of Hugh de Akovere the father of the said Robert,
whose heir he is. Robert did not appear, and the Sheriff is ordered to attach
him for the Octaves of Michaelmas. m. 41.
Staff. Roger de Kaverswelle Parson of the Church of Chekeleye sued
Richard de Draycote and Lettice his wife in a plea that whereas he was
entitled to take reasonable estover in their woods of Tene, the said Richard
and Lettice made such waste and destruction in them that he could not have
the estover to which he was entitled. Adjourned to Michaelmas Term.
m. 46.
Staff. In the suit of dower of Margaret widow of Nicholas de Wolveleye
versus Robert le Venur, Robert appeared and called to warranty Alexander
son and heir of Nicholas de Wolvenelegh, who is within age, and who is in
ward to Margaret. Margaret is therefore to be summoned for the Octaves of
St. John the Baptist, and to bring with her the heir. m. 55.
Staff. Richard son of William del Mos appeared against Matilda the
widow of William del Mos, Richard de Paleshale, and Baldwin de Henhyrst
sic (Elmhurst), and three others, for insulting, beating, and illtreating him at
Pype, and carrying away his goods and chattels to the value of 40s. None of
the defendants appeared, and the Sheriff is ordered to distrain and produce
them at Michaelmas Term. m. 62.
Warw. Isabella the widow of Ralph de Grendon sued Geoffrey de
Caunvill for a third of two parts of the manor of Grendon as her dower, and
William de Middleton and Hugh de Cave, to whom the custody of Ralphson and
heir of Ralph had been committed by the Justices whilst the question of the
wardship of the heir was discussed, came and stated that the lands were the
inheritance of the said Ralph, and that the said Geoffrey held nothing in
them except by right of custody. The suit is dismissed. m. 65.
Derby. John the Abbot of Burton-upon-Trent was attached to answer
the complaint of Robert son of Robert Perecok and thirty-five others (named),
the men of the said Abbot in the manor of Great Overe, which is of the
ancient demesne of the Crown, that he exacted from them other customs and
services than those which were owing, and which were rendered whilst the
manor was in the hands of the King's predecessors.
The Abbot appeared by attorney and denied the injury, and appealed to
Domesday. (The entry from Domesday is here quoted at length), and as it
appeared from it the manor was not of ancient demesne, the suit is dismissed.
m. 79, dorso.
Staff. Philip son of Philip de Draycote gives half a mark for licence of
concord with Philip de Draycote in a plea of warranty of charter. (fn. 4) m. 50,
dorso.
Essex. Henry de Bohun sued Theobald de Verdon and Margaret his wife
for the manor of Castell Waledene, excepting £10 of rent, and the advowson of
the Church; and he sued Joan de Bohun for £10 of rent in the same,
in which they had no entry except through Humphrey de Boun formerly
Earl of Hereford, who had unjustly disseised him of them. (A long and
interesting suit, by which Henry at length recovered seisin.) m. 44, dorso.
Staff. In the plea of dower of Alice the widow of William de Bydoulph
versus Jordan le Brenner, a day is given to them at the Advent of the Justices.
m. 43, dorso.
Staff. Dyonisia the widow of John Attebriggende sued Walter de Grendon
for one-third of a messuage and thirty acres of land in Bispeton (Bishton),
Roger de Aston for a third of a messuage and twenty acres of land, and John
son of Reyner for a third of six acres of land, John son of Robert de Wolseley
for a third of six acres of land, Robert a la funtaine for a third of two acres,
and other tenants named for a third of their holdings in the same vill. None
of the defendants appeared, and the Sheriff is ordered to summon them again
for Michaelmas Term, and the dower claimed to be taken into the King's
hands. m. 31, dorso.
Staff. Roger de Pywelesdon (Puleston) withdrew his suit against
Nicholas de Stafford (in a plea of custody). m. 27, dorso.
Staff. Joan the widow of William de Perton sued John de Uverton
(Overton) for a third of six acres of land and two acres of meadow in Perton,
and Adam son of John de Alverton for a third of seven acres of land and two
acres of meadow in the same vill, and fourteen other tenants named for a
third of their holdings in the same vill as her dower. None of the defendants
appeared, and they are to be summoned again for the Octaves of Trinity, and
the dower claimed to be taken into the King's hands.
Leye. and Suff. Philip de Chetewynt appeared against Alexander Comyn
Earl of Boghan and Elizabeth his wife in a plea that jointly with Margaret
de Ferrars and Elena la Zouche, (fn. 5) they should warrant to him the third part
of eight messuages, eighty acres of land, and 20s. of rent in Tudenham near
Camham in co. Suffolk, which Roger de Trumpington claimed against him.
The defendants did not appear, and are to be re-summoned for the Octaves of
St. John the Baptist. m. 17, dorso.
Banco Roll, Trinity, 8 E. I.
Staff. Thomas Pany and Alice his wife appeared against Thomas de la
Hyde and Alice his wife in a plea that they should carry out the terms of
a fine levied respecting a messuage and half a carucate of land and the
sixth part of the advowson of the Church of Blemenhulle (Blymhill). The
defendants did not appear, and are to be attached for the morrow of All Souls.
m. 19.
Staff. Thomas Pany and Alice his wife appeared against Ralph son of
Robert de Pendeford in a plea that he should carry out the terms of a fine
levied respecting a messuage and half a carucate of land in Covene. Ralph
did not appear, and is to be attached for the morrow of All Souls. m. 19.
Staff. Thomas Meverele and Agnes his wife, Ralph de Monjoyne and
Isolda his wife, John de Grendon and Joan his wife, Henry de Knyveton and
Isabella his wife, Roger de Mercynton and Alienora his wife, and Richard
Draycote and Agnes his wife sued Roger de Mercynton and Alienora his wife (fn. 6)
for a messuage and four bovates of land in Gayton. The defendants did not
appear, and are to be summoned for the morrow of St. Martin, and the
tenements to be taken into the King's hands. m. 38.
Staff. Margaret the widow of Henry son of Geoffrey de Walton not
appearing to prosecute her claim for dower against John de Houton and others,
the suit is dismissed. m. 72.
Banco Roll, Michaelmas, 8–9 E. I.
Staff. Emma the widow of Griffin fitz Madok of Brumfeld appeared
against William de Audithele in a plea that he should warrant to her a
messuage and a carucate of land in Boershardon (Bere Sardon) which Robert
de Saunton (Standon) claimed against her ; and he did not appear. To be
re-summoned for the Octaves of Hillary. m. 6.
Staff. Geoffrey de Scheftington appeared against William de Audithelegh
in a plea that he should warrant to him half the manor of Braydeshale which
he claimed to hold of him, and for which he holds his charter. William did
not appear, and the Sheriff is ordered to distrain and produce him at Hillary
Term. Roger Sprenchehose the Sheriff is fined £10 for an insufficient return,
but his fine is afterwards remitted by the Chancellor. m. 20.
Staff. The Sheriff is ordered by writ of fieri facias to raise 50 marks from
the lands and chattels of William de Audithelegh, and to bring them into
Court in part payment of a sum of 80 marks which William had
acknowledged he owed to Geoffrey de Scheftington. m. 20.
Staff. Thomas Inthewesthende, Henry Ernaud, Ralph Parys, and twentyfive other tenants of Kings Bromley, appeared against Thomas Corbet of
Tasseleye in a plea that whereas the Lord the King had lately commanded
the said Thomas not to exact from them other customs and services than used
to be rendered when the manor of Kyngesbromleye was in the hands of the
King's predecessors, he, the said Thomas, had not ceased to exact from them
customs and services which were not due, and had grievously distrained them
to perform them. Thomas did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to
distrain and produce him at Easter. m. 25.
Warw. Alice the widow of William de Harecurt sued Walter de Rudon
and Isabella his wife for a third of a messuage and toft, and four acres of land
and an acre of meadow in Coleshulle as her dower. The defendants pray a
view. Adjourned to Hillary. m. 34.
Staff. Godfrey de Bellomonte and Cecilia his wife sued William de Essebi
for customs and services owing for the free tenement he holds of them in
Gundesleye ; and he did not appear. The Sheriff is ordered to distrain and
produce him at the Octaves of Hillary. m. 40.
Staff. Margaret the widow of Henry le Flemming sued William de
Ecling for a third of a messuage, a carucate of land, six acres of meadow, six
acres of wood, and 100s. of rent in Rouleye as her dower. William appeared
and stated she had no claim to dowry as her husband had never been seised
of the lands, so that he could not have endowed her from them, and that he
held them only for his life. A jury to be summoned for Hillary Term. m. 45.
Leyc. Ralph Basset sued Nicholas de Segrave, whom John Percevall
called to warranty, for eighteen virgates of land in Wytherdeleye, of which
Ralph his ancestor was seised as of fee in the time of King John, and from
Ralph the right descended to Ralph as son and heir, and from that Ralph to
another Ralph as son and heir, and from the last Ralph to Ralph who now
sues as son and heir.
Nicholas called to warranty Baldewine Wake, who appeared to his
summons and warranted the land to him ; and as regarded one virgate of the
land he denied the right of Ralph, and offered to defend his right by the
body of his free man Thomas son of Gervase. Ralph stated he was prepared
to deraign his right by the body of his free man Robert son of William. It
is therefore considered that a duel should be fought between them. A day
is given to them on the Tuesday next after the Feast of the Purification, and
then the champions are to come armed.
And as regarded another virgate of the land, Baldwine Wake put himself
on a Great Assize. A day is given to them on the morrow of the Purification,
and the four Knights are to come (to elect the jury).
And as regarded the sixteen other virgates, he called to warranty Robert
de Cantilupe, who was present and warranted them to him, and who offered
to defend his right by the body of his freeman Walter son of Walter, and
Ralph stated he was ready to deraign his right by the body of his freeman
Richard son of Hugh. It is therefore considered a duel should be fought
between them. And the sureties of Walter are Gerard de Insula and
Richard le Rus, and the sureties of Richard, are Thomas de Eyvill and Roger
Basset. A postscript adds a concord was afterwards made respecting the
whole land in dispute, and Ralph gave 40s. for licence of concord, and had a
chyrograph. m. 49.
Staff. Will de Boweles and Isabella his wife sued William de Eclinges
for 26s. of rent in Rogeleye (Rowley Regis), which Henry le Flemyng held of
them, and which should revert to them as their eschaet, inasmuch as Henry
died without heirs. William did not appear, and is to be summoned for the
morrow of the Purification, and the tenement to be taken into the King's hands.
m. 91.
Staff. Geoffrey de Greslegh appeared by attorney against Thomas Grim in
a plea that he should declare by what right he claimed common of pasture in
the land of Geoffrey at Morton, when Geoffrey held no common of pasture
within the lands of Thomas, and Thomas performed no service to him by
which he could claim common of pasture within his lands. Thomas did not
appear, and the Sheriff is ordered to distrain and produce him at three weeks
from Easter. m. 96.
Staff. Juliana the widow of Robert de Esyngge sued Robert Batayle for
a third of five acres of land in Alveton as her dower, and recovered seisin of
it by default of Robert. m. 96.
Staff. Alice de Dokeseye appeared against Henry Wymer in a plea that
he should warrant to her a third of forty acres of land and twenty acres of
meadow in Cotes, which Richard de Turvile and Albreda his wife claimed as
dower ; and he did not appear, and had made previous default. The Sheriff is
therefore commanded to take land of Henry to the value of the dower claimed
into the King's hands, and to summon him for the Octaves of Hillary.
m. 101.
Staff. Roger de Levynton and Petronilla his wife sued John son of
Simon le Lord for four acres in Cherleton ; and they sued Walter de Wytemore
for an acre and a half of land in the same vill. The defendants pray a view.
Adjourned to the Octaves of the Purification. m. 102.
Derby. Geoffrey de Griseleye (Gresley), Geoffrey Waleraund, Swane of
Griseleye, and eight others named, were attached to answer the complaint of
Ralph le Messer that they had beaten, wounded, and imprisoned him at
Lullington. Adjourned to the coming of the Justices. m. 120.
Derby. Geoffrey de Gryseley was summoned to answer the Prior of
Gryseley in a plea that he should permit him to present a fit Parson to the
Church of Lullington which is vacant, and of which the donation belongs to
him, inasmuch as one Geoffrey de Gryseley the grandfather of the said Geoffrey,
whose heir he is, had presented one William his Clerk, who is now dead, and
after that presentation had given the advowson of the said Church to the
Church of St. George of Grisele and the Prior and Canons serving there, and
he produced the deed of the said Geoffrey and which had been confirmed by
Geoffrey who now impeded the presentation.
Geoffrey appeared and stated he had made the last presentation, and
appealed to a jury. A concord was subsequently made by which Geoffrey
acknowledged the advowson to be the right of the Prior, and the Prior remitted
all claim to damages for the impediment. m. 133.
Hereford. William de Ebroicis (Devereux) sued Elizabeth the widow of
Henry de Penbrugge for a messuage, a mill, and three carucates of land, etc.,
and £13 8s. of rent in Stoke Lacy, in which Elizabeth had no entry except by a
demise made by William de Ebroicis his father, whose heir he is, to Roger de
Mortimer in time of war on the occasion of the redemption of Adam le
Despencer, and which should revert to him according to the provisions of the
Act, etc. Elizabeth stated she did not hold the whole of the manor, and the
suit was dismissed. m. 133.
Staff. Roger de Levyngton and Petronilla his wife sued Hugh de
Swynesheved for an acre of land in Cherleton (Chorlton); and they sued Philip
de Bromlegh for an acre in the same place, and Alice daughter of Lettice of
Swynesheved for an acre in the same place. None of the defendants appeared,
and had previously made default, and the land had been taken into the King's
hands. Roger and Petronilla are therefore to recover seisin of it. m. 142, dorso.
Staff. William Trumwyne sued William de Stafford of Bromshulf
(Bramshall) to acquit him of the service which Constance de Alemannia
exacted from him for a free tenement which he held of the said William in
Wymundewolde and Wysho, and of which William who is medius between
them ought to acquit him. William did not appear, and is to be attached for
Easter Term. m. 142, dorso.
Staff., Warw. William de Attelberge sued Robert the Bishop of Bath
and Wells, the custos of the person and part of the lands of Ralph son and
heir of Ralph de Grendon, and the Abbot of Reding, Philip Marmion and
Geoffrey de Caunvill, custodes of other parts of the said lands, for a third part
of a rent of 5 marks and 16s. 3d. in Whatelegh which Isabella the widow of
Ralph de Grendon claimed against him as dower. None of the defendants
appeared, and the Sheriff is ordered to take into the King's hands lands to the
value of the dower claimed. But as it is not known how much each of the custodes
holds of the lands of the inheritance of Ralph, the Sheriff of Staffordshire is
ordered to make an extent (i.e., valuation) of the lands in question held by
the Bishop and the Abbot, and the Sheriff of Warwickshire to make an extent
of the lands of the same inheritance held by the said Philip and Geoffrey, and
to return the extents so made into Court at Easter Term. m. 103, dorso.
Staff. Isabella the widow of Ralph de Grendon sued John le Rus for a
third of a messuage, two carucates of land, and 40s. of rent in Hauneton as her
dower. John appeared and stated he only held the messuage, one carucate
of land, and 24s. of rent, and he called to warranty Ralph the son and heir of
Ralph de Grendon, who is within age, and part of the land is in the
custody of Robert the Bishop of Bath and Wells ; and that another part is in
the custody of Geoffrey de Caunvill by a deed of the said Ralph the father of
Ralph, which he produced, and which testified that the said Ralph had given
him the said tenement, and that he and his heirs warranted the same to him.
The custodes therefore are to be summoned for Easter Term, and the Bishop
to produce the heir at the same time. As regards the residue John stated he
held nothing. Isabella pleaded he held it at the date the writ was sued out,
and a jury is to be summoned to decide this point at the same term. m. 100,
dorso.
Derb. William de Hendesacre appeared against Milo de Menton in a plea
that he should render him a reasonable account for the time he was his
Bailiff in Repyndon, Tyrynton, Hondesacre, and Cherleton. Milo did not
appear, and is to be attached for Hillary Term. m. 99, dorso.
Staff. Robert de Marisco appeared against Robert de Dokeseye in a plea
that he should acquit him of the service which Nicholas de Stafford exacted
from him for the free tenement he held of the said Robert de Dokeseye, in
Merse, and of which Robert de Dokeseye, who is medius between them, ought
to acquit him. Robert did not appear, and the Sheriff is ordered to attach
him for Easter Term. m. 73, dorso.
Staff. John son of Elias de Cherelton (Chorlton) appeared against John
de Swynnerton in a plea that he should permit him to raise (sic) (exaltare) a
certain stank in Cherleton to its lawful and ancient state, and which Roger de
Swyneverton the brother of the said John, whose heir he is, had unjustly
raised (exaltarit) to the injury of the free tenement of the said John son of
Elias in the same vill. Adjourned to Easter Term. (fn. 7) m. 73, dorso.
Staff. William son of Thomas de Eston appeared against the Abbot of
Cumbermere in a plea that he should acquit him of the service which the
King exacted from him for the free tenement which he held of the Abbot of
Eston near Erlode (Yarlet). Adjourned to Hillary Term. m. 73, dorso.
Warw. Henry de Bray appeared against Adam de Gresebrok (Grasebrook)
in a plea that he should warrant to him a third part of half a virgate of land
in Holm which Gilbert de Newenham and Alice his wife claimed as dower
of the said Alice. Adam did not appear, and had previously made default,
and the Sheriff had been ordered to take land belonging to him to the value
of the dower claimed into the King's hands, and he had done nothing in the
matter, and returned no writ. The Sheriff is commanded (etc., as before) to
summon him for the Octaves of Hillary. m. 55, dorso.
Staff. Sarra the widow of Thomas de Coule recovers dower (viz., a third
part of two parts of the vill of Coule) against Bertram de Burgo through
default of the latter. m. 44, dorso.
Staff. Alienora the widow of Robert de Ferars sued Robert de Bures for
one-third of a carucate of land and 100s. rent in Chartelegh as her dower.
Robert appeared and called to warranty John son and heir of Robert de
Ferrars, who is in ward to the King, and he produced a deed by which
Robert de Ferrars Earl of Derby, the father of John, gave to him the said
tenement, with a clause of warranty. A day is given to them on the
morrow of All Souls, and in the meantime loquendum est cum Domino Rege.
m. 34, dorso. (fn. 8)
Staff. Thomas son of Thomas of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Hugh le Marescall,
William de Routisley, William de Thicnes, and seven others named, were
summoned by William de Pykestoke for taking and illegally detaining his
chattels, viz., four ells de rayo assorsato of the value of 40d. per ell.
The defendants appeared and admitted they had taken the cloth, and said
they were burgesses of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and that in that
borough there was a merchant's guild by grant of King Henry the father of
the King, with all liberties and customs pertaining to it, and it was the custom
in the said borough appertaining to the guild that it was not lawful for anyone but the burgesses of the said borough to cut cloth (pannum seindere) nor
to sell by the ell (per ulnas vendere), nor to keep a shop (schoppam tenere)
unless he was in the guild of the said borough, and because the said William
had kept a shop in the said town, and cut cloth and sold it by the ell against
the liberties of the said borough, they had taken the four ells in question,
and they produced the charter of King Henry the King's father.
William admitted he did not belong to the guild, but stated he was a
burgess of Stafford, and that all the burgesses of Stafford possess all liberties
and free customs the same as any other burgess of England, saving within
the City of London, by the grant of King John the grandfather of the King.
He stated moreover that it pertained to the guild that merchants coming into
the said vill of Newcastle could not cut their cloth nor sell by the ell, nor
could sell wool excepting by large weight and by sacks, and not by small
weight and by fleeces, unless they belonged to the said guild; nevertheless he
and other burgesses of Stafford by reason of the liberties and customs they
possess by the aforesaid charter, which was sued out (impetrata) on the 1st May,
7 John, always after the grant of the said charter had freely cut their cloth
in the said borough of Newcastle, and had sold by the ell wool and fleeces
by small weight without having been received into the guild, until a year ago,
when they were prevented by Thomas and the other defendants who had
seized their chattels.
The defendants stated that neither the said William nor the other
burgesses of Stafford had cut cloth, etc., within the said vill since the
grant of the charter of King Henry, which was dated 18th September, 19 H.
III., and they appealed to a jury. The Sheriff was therefore commanded to
summon a jury for the morrow of the Purification. A postscript adds that
after several adjournments through defect of a jury, at length at Trinity
Term 13 E. I. a jury came who stated on their oath that the said William
and the other burgesses of Stafford had always been accustomed to cut cloth
in the said vill and sell it by the ell, and likewise to sell wool by the fleece
and to keep shops without being received into the said guild, until they had
been prevented seven years ago. It is therefore considered that William
should recover his chattels, and his damages were taxed at 40s. m. 30, dorso.
Staff. Thomas Gerbod of Stafford sued the same defendants for taking
from him and illegally detaining two ells of russet (duas ulnas de russeto)
and two fleeces of wool, of the value of 18d. per ell for the russet, and 2s. for
each fleece. The same pleadings are repeated verbatim, and a jury at the
same term, viz., Trinity, 13 E. I., find in favour of Thomas, with 60s. for
damages. m. 30, dorso.
Staff. Roger de Burghton and Juliana his wife appeared to answer the
plea of Reginald son of John de Chavernes (Charnes) claiming from them
four messuages, a carucate of land, and twenty acres of wood in Burghton
(Broughton); and Reginald did not appear, and was the plaintiff. The suit
is therefore dismissed, and the deed of Roger and Juliana which had been
given into the custody of E. de Bek is given back again to them. m. 30.
Staff. Ralph de Rocheford and Agnes his wife appeared against Philip
de Draycote in a plea that he should give up to them the custody of two
carucates of land in Tyllington, inasmuch as Richard de Tillington held the
land in soccage, and Agnes is his nearest heir. Philip did not appear, and is to
be summoned for the morrow of the Purification. m. 64.
Staff. William Shirard and Petronilla his wife sued Nicholas de Aldithelegh (Audley) for a third of a water-mill in Gretton, and they sued Hugh de
Aldethelegh for a third of a messuage and a carucate of land, and Robert de
Bagenholt (Bagnall) and Agnes his wife for a third of two messuages and
seven acres of land, and an acre of meadow, and Adam Coly and Margaret
his wife for a third of an acre of land and half an acre of meadow, and
Cecilia de Gretton for a third of a messuage, and Hugh de Aldethelegh and
Nicholas le Mouner for a third of a messuage and an acre of land, and a rood
of meadow, and Hugh de Aldethelegh and Robert de Chelle for a third of a
messuage and an acre of land and two acres of meadow, and Hugh de
Aldethelegh and John de Petesworth for a third of a messuage and an acre
and a half of meadow, and Robert de Bagenholt and Agnes his wife and
William Bakun for a third of six acres of land and an acre of meadow, and
Robert de Bagenholt and Agnes his wife and William Gerart for a third of
a messuage and an acre of land, and Robert de Bagenholt and Agnes his wife
and Richard Jolifee for a third of a messuage and an acre of land and a rood
of meadow, and Adam Coly and Margaret his wife, and Henry Ofthehalle
for a third of a messuage in the same vill as dower of Petronilla. None of the
defendants appeared, and are to be summoned for the Quindene of St. Martin,
and the dower claimed to be taken into the King's hands. m. 134.
Staff. John de Cuveley sued William son of the Parson of Northebury
and Isabella his wife for waste and destruction in houses and woods they
hold in custody of the inheritance of the said John in Couveley (Cowley) and
Little Onn. The defendants did not appear, and are to be attached for the
Quindene of Hillary.