C 61/61, 23 Edward III (1349-1350)

Introduction.

Although Henry of Grosmont, earl of Lancaster, had returned to England early in 1347, the roll, like the roll for the previous year, contains several entries linking back to his period in the duchy in 1345-6. The lordship of Bergerac had been granted to him by Edward III after the earl conquered the town in 1345. In this roll, the king granted him an exceptional right to struck money in the town. 1 Several entries concern men installed by Lancaster during his first lieutenancy. For instance, we find entries concerning the Gascon Hélias de Saint-Symphorien, called de Landiras, who was captain of Tonnay-Charente, a place in Saintonge whose submission Lancaster had effected in 1346, granting this captain 500 l.t.parv. each year from the town. 2 Edward III also showed favour to the subjects of Lancaster in Bergerac by ordering the seneschal of Gascony to compel several important lords (Bérart d’Albret, Guilhem-Amaniu de Mussidan, the vicomte of Fronsac and the lord of Mussidan) not to levy customs on the burgesses and merchants of Bergerac. 3 The king also granted to Lancaster the right to levy money from the domains of the late Alixandre de Caumont, who had been made prisoner by the French during the siege of Aiguillon (1346), and who had been freed by payments made by Lancaster 4

The first lieutenancy of Lancaster in Aquitaine had been deemed so successful that on 28 August 1349 Edward III gave the office to him again. (In the interim the earl had served at the siege of Calais and was one of the founding members of the Order of the Garter). 5 The king this time also added a lieutenancy in Poitou in order to control the English captains who held castles and fortalices there. 6

As in the previous roll, there were measures taken to supply Saint-Jean-d’Angély which had been taken by Lancaster in 1346, but which remained surrounded by French-held places. 7

Two entries deal with the need to account with Bernat de Troy, one of the rare mentions of this individual who later claimed to have taken prisoner the king of France John II at the battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356). 8

Several entries of interest concern Bayonne. We learn, for instance, that a town prison was built by Pey de Poyanne, then mayor of Bayonne (1341-3), and that people were jailed there instead of at the king’s castle of Bayonne. 9 Oliver de Bordeaux was appointed once again as captain of this castle, as well as prévôt of Bayonne on 12 February 1349, a position that his brother Lop-Bergunh de Bordeaux had held before him. 10 The community of Bayonne was in opposition to John de Streatley, constable of Bordeaux, and Thomas de Hampton, seneschal of the Landes, as the latter, on their way to Aquitaine, had captured at sea a Castilian ship from Santander, and subsequently this same ship had been seized by the mayor of Bayonne. 11 One of the two persons appointed by the king to judge the case, Bernat du Brosteret, prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit at the bridge of Dax, was suspected of favouring the inhabitants of Bayonne because he himself owned a house in the town. 12 In addition, the Bayonnais were ordered to restore goods taken on a Castilian ship during a truce, such goods being owned by merchants of the town of Plentzia in Vizcaya (Biscay). 13

Guilhem Pépin.

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Gascon Roll for the 23st year of the reign of Edward III in England, and his 10th in France.

1

1 February 1349 . Westminster . For the lady of Clisson .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to permit Jeanne [de Belleville], lady of Clisson in Britann’ Brittany , to have the brefs in the city of Bordeaux as had her predecessors by hereditary right, and to make proclamations there to that effect. Clisson has complained to the king that she and her predecessors, the lords of Clisson , were accustomed to have return of their brefs at the city of Bordeaux, but she has been impeded from having this, to her grave damage and loss. On account of Jeanne’s good deeds, the king wishes that she should have whatever rights she and her predecessors should have by their rightful inheritance.

By C.

2

28 January 1349 . Westminster . For Reynold de Bixley . 1

Order to the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant to compel the sub-mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux to obey Byskelee Reynold de Bixley, kt , as mayor of Bordeaux , according to the letters of the earl of Lancaster and the king on this matter. 2 The king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , Derby and Leicester, steward of England and formerly lieutenant and captain general in the duchy of Aquitaine and all the Languedoc, by the assent and advice of Hastynges Laurence de Hastings, formerly Pembroch earl of Pembroke , Walter de Mauny , 3 Ralph de Stafford , then seneschal of Gascony, and Bernat[-Etz V d'Albret], Lebreto, de lord of Albret , and the whole of his council of those parts, has given and granted to Reynold de Bixley, mayor of Bordeaux, in return for his service in the earl’s retinue in the war in Gascony and his many burdens in preserving the king’s rights, that he may have, hold and exercise the office of mayor of Bordeaux, with all things pertaining or which ought to pertain to it, for the whole of his life, notwithstanding any gift made by earl to the contrary, receiving the same for that office as all previous mayors. The earl had been assigned full power on this matter, and the king has confirmed this grant, ordering the sub-mayor, jurats and whole community of the city to obey and be attendant to Bixley as mayor. However, the king understands that the sub-mayor, jurats and community, ignoring that order, are not doing this, in contempt of the king and to Bixley’s damage and harm. Bixley has requested remedy, and the king orders the seneschal to gather information from the king’s council of those parts, and if the claim is true, to act accordingly.

1.
A note in the margin states extractus .
2.
For the appointment of Bixley as mayor of Bordeaux, see entry in C 61/56 .
3.
Called Wauthier de Masny in the language of his native Hainaut.

For Henry, earl of Lancaster.

3

14 March 1349 . Westminster .

Grant to Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , the king wishing to show him further favour, of cognizance of the assay of money in Bergerac, and the punishment, with the punishment of those offenders, both criminal or civil, in the striking of coins. The king, for the earl's great service, granted to him and his heirs male, the castle, town and place of Brageriaco, de Bergerac , in the Petragoricens' diocese of Périgueux ; and also the right to strike coins there, with the profits remaining to him, provided that the money is of the quality of the king's money of those parts; saving to the king and his heirs, fealty and homage, chevauchée ( cavalcata ) and appeal, just as is more fully contained in the king's charter to the earl.

By p.s.

4

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, or his lieutenant, that he should permit the earl and his heirs, to have the cognizance of the assay of money, and the punishment of all offenders, both criminal and civil, in the striking of money, according to the tenor of the king's letters.

By the same writ.

5

11 March 1349 . Westminster . For Oliver de Bordeaux .

Pardon to Burdeg' Oliver de Bordeaux, king's valet , for his good service to Edward II , and to Edward [of Woodstock], prince of Wales , the king's son , of the rent of 43 l. 10 s. that he owes to the king each year for the Baiona prévôté of Bayonne , granting that he hold the same discharged of the rent. The king granted the prévôté to him for his life, rendering the sum each year at the exchequer of Bordeaux, as is more fully contained in the king's letters patent. 1

By p.s.

1.
The entry is followed by a small space, where an entry was intended to be made. The initial 'R' of Rex for the entry has been entered but nothing further.

For Hugh Martin.

6

12 March 1349 . Westminster . 1

Grant to Martyn Hugh Martin , for his good service, of the office of receiver of tolls and customs pertaining to the king in Marmande , both on land and at sea; holding the same for his life, taking such wages as other receivers of tolls and customs there have been accustomed to take for that office, provided that he answers to the king for the tolls and customs.

By p.s.

1.
A note in the margin states extractus .
7

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this office to Hugh Martin , to have in the form aforesaid. The constable should pay to Martin the same wage as previous holders of the office were accustomed to receive, according to the tenor of the king’s letters, for which he will have allowance in his account, provided always that Martin answer to the king for the toll and custom as aforesaid.

By the same writ.

For Arnaut-Gassie [de Saint-Jean].

8

9 March 1349 . Westminster .

Grant to the king’s valet, Garsye Arnaut-Gassie[de Saint-Jean] , for his good service, of the custody of the gate and tower of the castle of Bordeaux , 1 to have for the term of his life, receiving the customary wages and fees.

By p.s.

1.
The castle of the Ombrière of Bordeaux.
9

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to deliver custody of the aforesaid gate and tower to Arnaut-Gassie [de Saint-Jean] or his attorney, and to the constable to pay to Saint-Jean or his attorney whatever wages and fees were accustomed to be paid for this custody, according to the tenor of the king’s letters. The king will make due allowance to the constable in his account.

By the same writ.

10

20 March 1349 . Westminster . For Oliver de Bordeaux

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant to account with Burdeg’ Oliver de Bordeaux , king’s valet , or his attorney, regarding sums outstanding to him, and to make payment as necessary. Bordeaux, constable of the castle of Bayonne , has complained to the king, requesting payment or assignment of the various sums of money owed to him for the wages of the men-at-arms and footmen which Arnaut de Maribat , his lieutenant in that castle, retained on the orders of Oliver de Ingham , former seneschal of Gascony, and Usus Maris Antonio Usodimare , former constable of the castle of Bordeaux, to keep that castle safe during the wars in those parts, as shown by bills in his possession, sealed with the seal of Usodimare. The king orders the constable to view the bills and to account with Bordeaux or his attorney, if they have not already done so, and to make payment or assignment of any sums found to be outstanding from the issues of the duchy, receiving the aforesaid bills from Bordeaux or his attorney. The king will make due allowance in the constable’s account.

By p.s.

11

25 March 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year, granted to Walsyngham William de Walsingham, broker , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service and on the king’s orders.

By p.s.

12

15 April 1349 . Westminster . Concerning the return of prisoners in the city of Bayonne to the king's castle of that town .

Order to the mayor, hundred peers and the whole community of the city of Bayonne that they should immediately remove all prisoners from the newly-built prison in their city and take them to the king’s prison , 1 to stay there until justice is done. From time immemorial, all prisoners taken within the city of Bayonne and its jurisdiction were accustomed to be transferred to the king’s prison within the castle, to stay there until they could be delivered according to the fors and customs of those parts. However, the king has learnt from many people that a certain new prison was built in the city in the time when Puyana Pey de Poyanne was mayor [of Bayonne] , 2 presumptuously taking away the king’s royal right, and all the prisoners who ought to have been imprisoned in the king’s castle have been imprisoned and detained there, and still are, to the damage and contempt of the king and threatening his disinheritance. If there are legitimate reasons why this should not be done, then they should send someone with full power to England to inform the king and his council fully of those reasons, and to do and receive what is right in these matters.

1.
This prison being at the king's castle of Bayonne (currently named the 'Château Vieux').
2.
Pey de Poyanne was vicar, then mayor of Bayonne from 1341 to the end of 1343. It is probably in this prison where several nobles from Labourd died in 1343 after their capture by Pey de Poyanne: Guilhem-Arnaut de Sault , lord of the house of Sault-Neuf , and his son Auger de Sault, bayle of Labourd ; probably Master Gassie-Arnaut de Domezain , brother-in-law of Guilhem-Arnaut de Sault and uncle of Auger de Sault; Sans de Lehet, lord of Lehet ; this latter brother-in-law Guilhem-Arnaut III de Sault, lord of Saint-Pée , and Martin de Tartas, lord of Urtubie . See Livre des Établissements , Archives municipales de Bayonne, ed. E. Dulaurens (Bayonne, 1892), p. 381: ' per les amnes dous gentius de Saut, de Sent Per, d'Urtubie, de Lehet, los quoaus morin a Baione '. See also the related entry: entry in C 61/68 .

For Johan [Brocas], son of Johan Brocas.

13

20 April 1349 . Westminster .

Revocation of a grant by the seneschal of Gascony to Pomeriis, de Amaniu de Pommiers of lands and rents in Burseys Bourgeais and Burdeleys Bordelais , previously held by Gaveret Roger [de] Gabarret , deceased. Previously, for his good service, the king had granted to Johan [Brocas] , son of Johan Brocas , the lands and rents of rebels in the duchy of Aquitaine which Gabarret held of the king’s grant in Bourgeais and Bordelais, then in the king’s hands after Gabarret’s death, to hold for life in the same manner as Gabarret held them during his lifetime. However, the king now understands that the seneschal of Gascony granted these same lands and rents to Pommiers, and thus Brocas is unable to gain any benefit from them. The king wishes that his grant to Brocas should remain in force, and therefore revokes the grant made by the seneschal to Pommiers, or any others, such that Brocas may have and hold the lands for life according to the king’s grant, any grant or grants made by the seneschal to the contrary notwithstanding.

By p.s.

14

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver the said lands and rents with appurtenances to Johan Brocas , together with the issues from the time of the original grant.

15

28 January 1349 . Westminster . For Reynold de Bixley, mayor of the city of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant that, having taken advice from the king’s council of those parts and if the complaints are found to be true, they should compel the sub-mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux to carry out the orders contained in previous letters from the king and the earl of Lancaster, and pay to Biskele Reynold de Bixley, kt , mayor of Bordeaux , all sums outstanding from the 20 l.bord per week due to him as mayor. The king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , Derby and Leicester, steward of England and formerly the king’s lieutenant and captain general in the duchy of Aquitaine and all the Languedoc, having been informed of the fee of 20 l.bord. per week (five l.bord. amounting to one l.st. ) that the mayors of the aforesaid city were accustomed to take from the issues and proceeds pertaining to the mayor of that city, if they are sufficient, or by tally, demanded by his letters patent made in the king’s name that the sub-mayor, jurats and the whole community of the city should account with Bixley regarding the sums owed to him for that fee from the time that he was appointed mayor of the city until the date of the earl’s letters, and then for as long as he should hold the office of mayor, and having deducted everything previously paid to him, they should pay or satisfy him of everything found to be owed to him from the issues pertaining to the mayor, if they are sufficient, or by tally. The king approved the earl’s order by his own letters, issued on 6 February last past, ordering the sub-mayor, jurats and community to make the payment as requested, but the king now understands that they have not done this, in contempt of the king and his mandate, and to Bixley’s great damage.

16

9 February 1349 . Westminster . For Thomas de Colle .

To the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, and all the captains, mayors, jurats, prévôts, ministers and all other bayles and faithful people in the duchy of Aquitaine.

Grant to the king’s valet, Thomas de Colle , for his good service, of the office of keeper of the seal and counter-seal which the king uses for contracts in Bordeaux , with all things pertaining to that office, to have, hold and exercise for the whole of his life, in person or by sufficient attorney, in the same manner and form as Monte Gomeri, de John de Montgomery , deceased, formerly held the same office. After Colle’s death, the office with its appurtenances should revert entirely to the king and his heirs, as contained in the king’s letters patent. Colle appoints Richard Say to exercise the office in his place, and therefore the king orders that Say should be permitted to exercise the office in the duchy in Colle’s name, and that all people should be attendant upon him in all matters relating to that office, answering, consulting and assisting him as required.

For Oliver de Bordeaux.

17

12 February 1349 . Westminster . 1

Grant to the king’s servant Burdegal’ Oliver de Bordeaux , for his good service, that he may hold the Baion custody of the king’s castle of Bayonne , together with the prévôté of the city of Bayonne , for the whole of his life, rendering to the king the same as Lupus de Burgoyne Lop-Bergunh [de Bordeaux] was accustomed to pay. Previously, on 4 March 1342, the king had granted this custody and prévôté to Bordeaux, to have and hold from 12 March 1342 for a term of ten years, 2 paying to the king the same as Lop-Bergunh was previously accustomed to pay, as contained in his letters patent. After Oliver’s death, the castle and prévôté are to revert entirely to the king and his heirs.

By K. by the name of Guy de Brian.

1.
A note in the margin states extractus .
2.
See entry in C 61/54 .
18

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux or their lieutenants to deliver the aforesaid custody and prévôté to Oliver de Bordeaux or his attorney or proctor, together with the profits and emoluments from the said 12 March 1342, according to the king’s letters, rendering to the king the same as previously rendered by the said Lop-Bergunh [de Bordeaux].

19

13 March 1349 . Westminster . For the earl of Lancaster .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to do whatever they can to enable the debts due to the king’s kinsman Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , to be levied from the lands and tenements formerly of Camont Alixandre de Caumont, kt , deceased, according to the fors and customs of those parts, so that the earl may have satisfaction according to the tenor of his letters and instruments and as the law of arms reasonably requires. The earl has complained that Caumont owed the earl great sums of money for his ransom, for which his lands, tenements, goods and chattels, both moveable and immoveable, were pledged to the earl, as is clear from letters of obligation sealed with Caumont’s seal, and by public instruments made upon this matter. The earl has asked the king for assistance in levying these sums, and the king wishes to do what is right in this. 1

By p.s.

1.
See the related entry: entry in C 61/60 .

For Master Ricart de Ninet.

20

18 March 1349 . Westminster .

Grant to Master Nines Ricart Ninet , for his good service, that he may have and hold the writing office of the seneschalcy of Saintonge for term of his life, according to the form and effect of an earlier grant. The king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , when he was the king’s lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , granted to Ninet the writing office of the seneschalcy of Saintonge and the Santes prévôté of Saintes , when those places should be in the king’s obedience, as contained in the earl’s letters and confirmed by the king. 1 Ninet has now shown that, because that writing office had previously been granted by the king to Master Tuscula Arnaut Toscanan , 2 he has not had execution of the earl’s grant until he could obtain possession of the writing office. However, Toscanan has now died, and he therefore requests that the king might wish to grant that office to him for life.

By p.s.

1.
On 29 September 1345, confirmed by the king on 26 October 1347: entry in C 61/59 .
2.
On 21 July 1342: entry in C 61/54 .
21

20 March 1349 . Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver the writing office of the seneschalcy of Saintonge and the prévôté of Saintes to Ricart Ninet , when those places should come into the hands of the king, according to the aforesaid letters and confirmation.

For Thomas de Colle.
22

9 March 1349 . Westminster .

Revocation of a grant by the seneschal of Gascony to Cosyngton Stephen de Cossington of the office of gauger of wines in the city of Bordeaux and in the whole of the duchy of Aquitaine . On 24 July 1348 the king granted this office to Thomas de Colle , 1 to have and exercise for his whole life, in person or by deputy, in the same manner as Richard Sumpter , now deceased, held the office while he was alive, as contained in the king’s letters patent. The king now understands that the seneschal of Gascony granted the office to Cossington after the death of Sumpter, under the king’s seal used in the duchy, on the pretext of which Thomas le Vyneter , as lieutenant of Cossington, has occupied that office and still occupies it, receiving the issues and profits to Cossington’s use. The king, wishing that the grant to Colle should remain in force, therefore revokes all grants of this office made by the seneschal, to Cossington or any other, so that Colle should have that office, with all fees, profits and emoluments pertaining to it, for the whole of his life, together with all issues received since 24 July, and that he may exercise the office in person or through substitutes, according to the terms of the king’s previous grant to him, without impediment or disturbance form the king or his heirs or their ministers.

By p.s.

23

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver the aforesaid office to Thomas de Colle , together with all the issues, profits and other emoluments from the aforesaid 24 July [1348], to have and exercise that office by himself or by deputies according to the tenor of the king’s letters. They are not to admit Thomas de Vyneter or anyone else into that office on the pretext of any grant made by the aforesaid seneschal, the deputies of Thomas de Colle alone excepted.

By the same writ.

24

Same as above

Order to Thomas le Vyneter , lieutenant of Cosyngton Stephen de Cossington in the duchy of Aquitaine, that he should not administer the aforesaid office or any of the profits pertaining to it on the pretext of any grants of that office made to Cossington by the said seneschal, and he is to deliver and restore to Thomas de Colle or his deputies any issues, profits or emoluments received by him since the aforesaid 24 July [1348].

By the same writ.

25

8 May 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . Concerning the arresting of ships .

Order to all the sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers, lords, masters and mariners of ships and other faithful men, both within liberties and without, to be attendant, obedient, informative and helpful to Bosevill Richard de Boseville, king’s serjeant-at-arms , who the king has assigned to arrest six good and sufficient ships and take them to the Suthampton port of Southampton , to prepare and supply them in that port and the neighbouring region for the passage of certain faithful men, setting out on the kings orders from that port to the parts of Gascony.

By K.

26

22 May 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . Concerning the selection of mariners .

Order to all the sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers, lords, masters and mariners of ships and other faithful men to be attendant, informative and helpful to the king’s sergeants-at-arms, Roger Larcher and Besevill Richard Boseville , who the king has assigned jointly and severally, in the sea ports and wherever else should seem fit in the county of Sutht Hampshire , to choose and take as many men as necessary as mariners to supply and equip six ships which they have arrested in the Sutht port of Southampton for the passage of certain of the king’s faithful men, setting out to Gascony on the king’s orders, and to place them in those ships, to set out at the king’s wages. Larcher and Boseville are also given the power to arrest and take anyone who they find to be contrary or rebellious in this matter, and to commit them to prison, to stay there until the king should order otherwise.

By K. and C.

27

28 May 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . For Master John de Streatley .

Order to Bernat-Etz [V d'Albret], Lebreto, de lord of Albret , Cock Thomas Cok , seneschal of Gascony, Puteo, de Guiraut Dupuch , Thomas de Hampton and Ferand Bertran Ferrand to make enquiries into the status of a Castilian ship captured upon the sea. The king has heard how a certain ship of Ispannia Castile called la Seinte Marie of Sancto Andeuro, de Santander , arrayed with many men-at-arms in manner of war, forcefully attacked a certain ship of the king’s power sailing to Gascony, carrying the king’s clerk Master Stretele John de Streatley , constable of Bordeaux, and his men and servants, together with certain victuals which were being taken there for the king, intending to defeat them and take them away. The constable and others, after a long and hard battle, defeated their adversaries, and took the Castilian ship into their hands, together with goods and other things found within it, but due to rough seas and contrary winds, they were then driven to Baion' Bayonne , and while they were there, the mayor and jurats of Bayonne arrested the captured ship, with the goods found within it, and still detain it under arrest. The king believes that the captured ship and goods ought to pertain to him as forfeit, and therefore, if it is found that the ship was taken in the manner claimed, and that the ship and the goods ought to pertain to the king according to the fors and customs of those parts, then they should take them into the king’s hands without delay, and deliver them to the constable as the king’s gift, both in consideration of the good deeds of him and his men in capturing the ship and saving themselves and the ship and the king’s victuals being sent to Gascony, as well as to assist in the great costs and expenses incurred by the constable in the king’s service in those parts. If any of these people are unable to deal with this matter, then it should be done by the four, three or two of them who are available to do it, and the king is to be informed as soon as possible in the English chancery regarding the value of the captured ship and the price of the goods found within it, and of everything done in relation to this matter.

By p.s.

28

7 June 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . Concerning the making of purveyances .

Order to all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people, both within liberties and without, to be attendant, obedient, informative and helpful to the king’s sergeant-at-arms, Roger Larcher , who the king has appointed to buy and make ready with all speed 40 quarters of wheat, 40 quarters of oats, 30 carcasses of salt beef and 100 bacons in the county of Sutht Hampshire , both within liberties and without, the fief of the church only excepted, from whatever places seem best and of least damage to the king’s people, for the provisioning of the town of Sancti Johannis de Aungelyn Saint-Jean-d’Angély in Gascony. Larcher is to deliver them to the port of Southampton , to the receivers appointed there, to find sufficient carriage to take the goods to Southampton at the king’s cost, and to make indentures or tallies between himself and the people from whom he takes the victuals, recording the price of those items and giving them day at Westminster at the feast of St Peter ad Vincula next to have payment from the hands of the Treasurer. He is also to take and arrest all those who he finds to be contrary or rebellious in his execution of these matters, and to bring them to the king’s Wynton castle of Winchester , until the king should command otherwise.

By K. and by bill of the Treasurer.

29

Same as above

Memorandum. Here the great seal of the lord king was delivered to the keeping of Wolloure David de Wollore , Sancto Paulo, de John de St Paul , Thomas de Brayton and Cotyngham Thomas de Cottingham , as appears in a certain memorandum enrolled on the dorse of the close roll this year.

Concerning protection.

30

9 June 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Christmas next, granted to Seint John Richard St John , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service with Gourney Thomas de Gournay .

By witness of the same Thomas [de Gournay].

31

Same as above

Similar letters of protection for the same time to William Cifrewast , who is also setting out to the same place with Thomas de Gournay .

By the same witness.

Concerning protection.

32

16 June 1349 . Westminster .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year, granted to Fryvill William de Freville , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service with Gourneye Thomas de Gournay .

By witness of Thomas de Gournay.

33

Same as above

Similar letters of protection for the same time to Gourneye Thomas de Gournay .

By K.

34

19 June 1349 . Westminster . Concerning general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England for one year to Bilneye John de Bilney , parson of the Ikford church of Ickford , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service in the company of Master Stretele John de Streatley, clerk , constable of Bordeaux, nominating Bledelawe John de Bledlow .

Woll' David de Wollore received the attorney.

35

19 June 1349 . Westminster . For Thomas de Colle .

To the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, and all seneschals, castellans, constables, mayors, bayles and other faithful people appointed in the duchy of Aquitaine.

For his good service, the king has granted to his valet, Thomas de Colle , both the office of keeping the seal and counter-seal which the king uses for contracts in Bordeaux , as well as the gauging of wines in Bordeaux and the whole duchy of Aquitaine , to have and hold for term of his life in person or by suitable substitutes, with any substitutes receiving the fees due to Colle, and answering to him for them, as contained in the king’s letters patent. The king therefore orders that all people are to permit Colle’s substitutes and attorneys to collect and receive the fees relating to these offices, according to the force and effect of the king’s grants, and are to be attendant, informative and helpful to those substitutes and attorneys in receiving and collecting those fees whenever needed and requested. Anyone refusing is to be compelled to make the rightful payments, and defaulters are to be punished in line with their offence, according to the fors and customs of those parts. Each official is also to make a public proclamation in their district, to prevent anyone from withholding payment and urging them to pay as they should, and anyone still acting to the contrary should be punished according to their offence.

By p.s.

For William de Harrington.

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21 June 1349 . Westminster .

Grant to Arenton William de Harrington , for his good service, of the high lordship of the Claremont castle of Clermont with its appurtenances in the Petragoricens’ diocese of Périgueux in the duchy of Aquitaine, to have and hold to him and his heirs in perpetuity, for the customary services.

By p.s.

37

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to deliver the aforesaid lordship to the same William , to hold according to the tenor of the king’s letters.

By the same writ.

38

19 June 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next, 1 granted to Bilneye John de Bilney , parson of the Ikford church of Ickford , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service.

By p.s.

1.
On 28 March 1350.
39

6 June 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . Concerning the arrest of mariners on account of their rebellion .

Order to the Sutht sheriff of Hampshire to go to the town of Southampton with as much force as possible and warn the masters and mariners of the six ships equipped for the king’s use to return quickly to those ships, with both men and victuals necessary for the equipping of the ships, and to set out to Gascony, together with the king’s faithful men, at the king’s customary wages, paid to them promptly in the same port. The king had assigned his sergeants-at-arms, Roger Larcher and Bosevill Richard Boseville , to arrest and take six great ships in the Sutht port of Southampton for the passage of Daudele Peter de Audley and Gournay Thomas de Gournay , and others in their company, setting out to the parts of Gascony, as well as to choose and take, in the sea ports and in other places in Hampshire , as many men as mariners as were needed to supply and equip those ships. Having chosen them, they were to place them in those ships, to depart for Gascony at the king’s wages. However, the king now understands that these masters and mariners, by collusion between themselves, have refused to take the king’s customary wages, thus delaying the departure of his men to Gascony and to the great cost and dishonour of the king. If the masters and mariners persist in their refusal, then the sheriff is to assist Larcher and Boseville in arresting them and taking them away, the masters to the Tower of London and the mariners to the castle of Windsor , to stay there until the king should decide their punishment. Furthermore, the sheriff is to make public proclamation in Southampton that no other men or ships should depart from there to foreign parts until the king’s men have taken their passage in those six ships, warning all others that, if they wish to cross towards Britann’ Brittany or Gascony, they should take themselves immediately to Plommuth Plymouth , from where they may cross to wherever they wish to reach.

By bill of the Treasurer.

40

16 June 1349 . Claryndon Clarendon . For the earl of Lancaster .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to warn and compel de la Bret Bérart [I] d'Albret, kt , Amyniou, Missendon Guilhem-Amaniu of Mussidan, kt , the vicomte of Fronsac and the Missenden lord of Mussidan , by whatever ways and means shall seem reasonable and in accord with the customs of those parts, that they should completely cease from making any undue demands and exactions from the Brageriaco, de burgesses and merchants of Bergerac , and permit them to have and enjoy whatever liberties, privileges and customs they have reasonably enjoyed in the past, and make amends for any injuries or harm caused by them. Previously, at the request of the king’s kinsman Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , the king gave and granted the town of Bergerac , with all its liberties, privileges, customs and appurtenances, to the earl and the heirs male of his body, to hold just as previous lords of that town had held it when it was out of the king’s hands. The burgesses and merchants of that town have always paid the tolls and customs which have anciently come into the king’s hands from that town for their goods and merchandise, and are and always have been prepared to pay these, but Bérart d'Albret and the others have demanded these customary toll payments and other undue exactions from the said burgesses and merchants, and daily continue to demand them, unduly and unjustly, and have troubled them and distrained their goods and merchandise, despite the king’s writs ordering them to stop this and to make amends for any harm done.

By p.s.

41

7 June 1349 . Wodestok Woodstock . Concerning the bringing of victuals to the town of Saint-Jean-d’Angély .

Order to Bosevill Richard de Boseville and William de Durham to receive certain victuals from the king’s sergeant-at-arms, Larch’ Roger Larcher , and to take them to Sanctus Johanes de Aungelyn Saint-Jean-d’Angély as instructed. The king has assigned them the 40 quarters of wheat, 40 quarters of oats, 30 carcasses of salt beef and 100 bacons which had been bought by Larcher in the county of Sutht Hampshire , ordering them to receive the goods from Larcher by indenture and take them to Saint-Jean-d’Angély for the provisioning of the town. Order to Larcher to deliver those supplies to them.

By K. and by bill of the Treasurer.

For Thomas de Colle.

42

19 June 1349 . Westminster .

Order to the Leyburn mayor and bayles of the town of Libourne to call before them the substitutes of Thomas de Colle, gauger of wines in Bordeaux and the duchy of Aquitaine , and Leyburn Hélias de Libourne and his accomplices, and hear their grievances and reasons. For his good service, the king granted the office of the gauging of wines in the city of Bordeaux and the whole of the duchy of Aquitaine to his valet, Thomas de Colle, for life, receiving for each tun of wine, and for each two pipes of wine, being the equivalent of one tun, one [d.]st. in good money called bordelais ( burdeleys ) from all wines which merchants, native or alien, should export out of the duchy, wines of the banlieue [of Bordeaux] grown with the liberty of the city of Bordeaux only excepted. Because Colle has continually remained with the king, and is unable to perform the office himself, the king granted that he may exercise the office by suitable substitutes, who should receive the fee on Colle’s behalf and answer to him for it. However, the king now understands that a certain Hélias de Libourne and other accomplices have impeded those substitutes, preventing them from exercising the office and receiving the fees of the gauge in the district of that town, and continue to do so daily, unjustly and in contempt and disinheritance of the king. The king wishes to maintain his rights and curb those who attack them, and thus, if the substitutes show that Libourne and his accomplices have unjustly impeded them, or induced others not to pay any fees due from them, then Libourne and his accomplices should be found guilty, both for contempt and prejudice to the king and for the damage to Colle, and should be punished according to the fors and customs of those parts, to stand as an example against anyone offending the king and his orders.

By p.s.

43

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant to permit the substitutes of Thomas de Colle to enter the castle of Bordeaux whenever they wish, at their request, to collect the aforesaid fee in the places where the customs on wine were accustomed to be paid. When the king granted the office of gauger to Colle, as above, he also granted that Colle’s substitutes may enter the castle of Bordeaux, and be able to collect and receive the fee for gauging in the places within the castle where the custom on wines exported from the said duchy was taken and paid, as soon as that custom should be paid to the king, without impediment from the king or his ministers or officials, notwithstanding that such a fee was not previously accustomed to be collected or paid within the said castle, and not wishing that this grant should be taken as a precedent after Colle’s death. The constable is also to assist the substitutes in their collection, and not to allow anyone assessed for customs to leave the castle until the fee for the gauge has been paid.

By the same writ.

44

Same as above Concerning general attorney .

Letters of general attorney in England until Easter next 1 to Bilneye John de Bilney , parson of the Ikford church of Ickford , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service, nominating Bledelowe John de Bledlow and John atte More alternately.

Woll David de Wollore received the attorneys.

1.
On 28 March 1350.

Concerning the appointment of the seneschal of Gascony.

45

20 June 1349 . Westminster .

To all prelates, counts, vicomtes, barons, knights and free tenants, seneschals, mayors, jurats, consuls, universities, colleges and communities, constables, castellans, prévôts and receivers of issues and bayles and all the king’s faithful people of the duchy of Aquitaine.

Appointment of Hale Frank van Halen 1 to the office of seneschal of the duchy of Aquitaine, with all that pertains to that office, to hold during the king’s pleasure. All people are to be attendant and answer to him in all things concerning the seneschalcy, for as long as he holds the office.

By p.s.

1.
He was a Flemish knight linked with Brabant who was often called Franck de Halle: see Œuvres de Froissart , ed. Kervyn de Lettenhove, vol. 21, pp.484-498
46

Same as above

Order to Thomas Cok , lieutenant of the seneschal of Gascony, to deliver the aforesaid office to Frank van Halen , with everything in his power pertaining to it.

47

23 June 1349 . Westminster . For John Cerne .

Grant to John Cerne , for his good service, of the custody of the town and castle of Tonay Tonnay-Charente , and of the goods and chattels of the king’s rebels within the castle, if the king has not previously granted any of them to others, to hold during the king’s pleasure, without rendering any account and without receiving any wages from the king for that custody.

By p.s.

48

6 July 1349 . 1 Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next 2 granted to Claveryng Alan de Clavering , who is setting out to Gascony on the king’s order and in the king’s service.

By K.

1.
Place omitted
2.
On 28 March 1350.
49

18 July 1349 . Claryndon Clarendon . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next 1 granted to Salesbury Robert de Salisbury , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service in the company of Claveryngge Alan de Clavering .

By witness of the same Alan [de Clavering].

1.
On 28 March 1350.
50

21 August 1349 . Westminster . Concerning the paying of wages to Thomas Cok .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that, if it is shown that Thomas Cok , when he was seneschal of Gascony during the times of truce between the king and his enemy of France, retained extra men beyond the number ordained for the seneschal for the necessary defence of the duchy, then he should pay to Cok the wages for those men from the issues of the duchy. Cok has shown that when he was seneschal, the king granted that, during the times of truce, he should retain twenty men-at-arms and one hundred archers and foot-serjeants beyond the number of men-at-arms constituted for the office of seneschal. He therefore retained those men during those truces, but because the king’s grant only mentioned one truce, the constable of Bordeaux has refused to pay for those soldiers for all but the first truce, and still refuses, to Cok’s great damage. Cok has asked the king to provide a remedy, and the king, having consideration for the necessary defence of the duchy and wishing to do what is just, orders that these wages should be paid, notwithstanding that the grant only mentioned one truce. The constable is to take letters patent of receipt from Cok, and will receive due allowance in his account.

By p.s.

51

24 August 1349 . Westminster . Concerning the hearing of claims and appeals in the duchy of Aquitaine .

Appointment of Master Guilhem de Lart and Master Eymer Pey Aymard to receive and hear all pleas, claims and appeals brought to the king as king of France and superior lord of the duchy of Aquitaine and the adjacent parts, as the king, according to right and wishing to do full justice to all, has taken control of such claims and appeals. They are to receive and hear all manner of pleas, claims and appeals, both criminal and civil, with everything connected to them, determining them according to laws, fors and customs of those parts and the process and course of the king’s court of France, and executing everything relating to them as necessary, with power to exact punishment, until the king should order those be revoked. Order that they should perform this task diligently, skilfully and faithfully, and that all archbishops, bishops, dukes, counts, vicomtes, marquesses, barons, seneschals, mayors, prévôts, officials, ministers and all other faithful people of those parts, both noble and common, should to be attendant to them in this matter.

By K. and C.

For Pey de Saint-Martin.

53

20 August 1349 . Westminster .

Confirmation at the request of the king’s valet, Sancto Martino, de Pey de Saint-Martin , of an earlier grant to him by Thomas Cok , seneschal of Gascony, of the baylie of Salles and Aulas Le Las , granted to him for life for his good service in Gascony. Also, in recompense for Saint-Martin’s service, the king grants to him the two houses ( hospicia ) in Burdeg’ Bordeaux which Mote, la Gilibert de Lamothe, the king’s former serjeant-at-arms , held of the king’s grant when he died. He is to hold all these for life, without making any payment to the king, saving always the king’s rights in all things, with reversion to the king and his heirs after Saint-Martin’s death.

By p.s.

54

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to allow Pey de Saint-Martin to hold the said baylie, and to deliver the two houses to him, to hold according to the tenor of the king’s letters.

By the same writ.

55

28 August 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year granted to Biskele Reynold de Bixley, kt , who is remaining in Gascony in the king’s service.

56

29 August 1349 . Westminster . For the jurats and hundred peers of Bayonne .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant to hear the pleas of the Baion mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of the city of Bayonne , who have complained to the king that, amongst other things, they have suffered great damage and harm both from the barons living in the neighbourhood of their city, and from various malefactors and peace-breakers, who daily prey upon the people of the city and those coming to and from the city for their business, seizing some of them and extorting ransoms from them to save their lives, and even killing those unable to pay. The king, not wishing such crimes, if they have occurred, to remain unpunished, orders that the seneschal should call the barons and malefactors before him, along with the king’s procurator in those parts, and having heard the pleas put forward, should do full and speedy justice according to right and the fors and customs of those parts.

57

28 August 1349 . Westminster . For Bernat du Troy .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to account with the king’s valet Troy, de , Bernat du Troy , 1 or his attorney, if he has not already done so, for the time that Troy served the king in the duchy of Aquitaine, on the orders of the king himself or any of his ministers, from the siege of Aguyllon Aiguillon 2 until the date of these letters. The constable is to allow Troy such wages as anyone else of similar status, and to make payment or assignment to him of whatever is found to be owed, so that he may quickly be satisfied. He is to receive letters of acquittance from Troy testifying to the receipt of the money, and shall have due allowance in his account.

By p.s.

1.
Bernat du Troy (d. 1361), a Gascon esquire, claimed, against Denis de Morbecque, after the battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356) that he has made prisoner the king of France John II the Good. See Bériac-Lainé, F. and Given-Wilson, C., Les prisonniers de la bataille de Poitiers (Paris, 2002), pp.183-7, 299-300, 340-2.
2.
The siege of Aiguillon by the French which took place between 1 April and 22 August 1346 and was led by the duke of Normandy, future King John II of France.
58

16 February 1349 . Westminster . For the merchants of Plentzia .

Order to the Baion mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of Bayonne that they should restore to the merchants of Placencia Plentzia , 1 or their proctors, whatever goods and merchandise, found in the ship rightfully detained by the people of Bayonne, that they can prove belongs to them. The people of Bayonne have related how certain sailors and other mariners, their fellow citizens and others of the king’s subjects, returning from England in two ships of Bayonne and thoroughly unaware of the truce newly agreed between the king and his kinsman the king of Castile , forcibly seized a certain ship of Ispannia Castile , loaded with cloth and other merchandise, and took the ship and cargo to the port of Bayonne. The authorities, knowing that the ship had been seized and taken to the port during the time of truce, restored such cloth and other merchandise as they were able to prove belonged to the men and merchants of the king of Castile, but detained other cloth and merchandise found in the same ship, belonging to certain merchants of Plentzia, until the king could instruct them as to whether or not it should be restored to them. Having taken advice, the king has taken the merchants of Plentzia, the friends of the king of Castile, 2 and their servants of the king’s friendship, their ships, goods and merchandise into his special protection, ordering that his subjects should not cause or allow them to suffer harm, and does not wish the merchants of Plentzia to suffer contrary to that protection.

By p.s.

1.
The town of Plentzia (its Basque official name), Plencia in Spanish, formerly known as Placensia (situated in Biscay or Vizcaya).
2.
They were subjects of the lord of Biscay ( Vizcaya ). The lordship of Biscay was very autonomous regarding to the kingdom of Castile.
59

1 September 1349 . Westminster . For the merchants of Plentzia .

Order to Brustereto, de Bernat du Brosteret, Sanctus Spiritus de capite pontis prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit at the head of the bridge of Aquis Dax , 1 and Master Adamari Pey Aymard that, having viewed the king’s previous letters to the Baion mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of Bayonne concerning the restoration of certain goods to the merchants of Placencia Plentzia , they should not molest or trouble them further on the matter, or permit others to do so. The king had previously been informed that certain sailors and other mariners, citizens of Bayonne and other subjects of the king, returning from England in two ships of Bayonne , forcibly seized a certain ship of Ispann' Castile , loaded with cloth and other merchandise belonging to merchants of Plentzia and others, and took the ship and cargo to the port of Bayonne, where the cloth and other goods were detained on the king’s behalf because the merchants of Plentzia, their servants, ships, goods and merchandise had been taken into the king’s protection and defence before the ship was taken. The king, not wishing the merchants to be troubled, ordered that all the goods in that ship which the merchants of Plentzia could reasonably prove to belong to them should be restored to them or their proctors. However, the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of Bayonne complained that, although they returned the goods to the merchants, Master Stretele John de Streatley , constable of Bordeaux, and Thomas de Hampton, seneschal of the Landes , claiming a right in those goods, brought appeals against them in the court of Gascony before Thomas Cok , former seneschal of Gascony, or Master Podio, de Guiraut Dupuch, judge , demanding that they deliver the goods to them, and eventually they were charged with damages of 10,000 [l.]st. They appealed this judgment to the king as king of France, and the king appointed Brosteret and Aymard, or either of them, to hear and determine the appeal.

1.
On the hospital Saint-Esprit that was situated at Dax on the right bank of the river Adour at the end of the bridge of Dax, see Degert, A., 'Le cartulaire de l'hôpital du Saint-Esprit de Dax', Bulletin de la société de Borda , 47 (1923), p.195-7.
60

1 September 1349 . Westminster . For Pey de Pimbo, citizen of Bayonne .

Order to Brustereto, de Bernat du Brosteret, Sanctus Spiritus de capite pontis prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit at the head of the bridge of Aquis Dax , and Master Adamari Pey Aymard to hear, determine and execute, according to law and the fors and customs of those parts, the cause of the appeal brought to the king as king of France by Galhart [de Saint-Paul], lord of Saint-Paul , against the sentence issued against him by Thomas Cok , former seneschal of Gascony or Master Podio, de Guiraut Dupuch, judge of appeals brought to the king’s court of Gascony , at the instance of Pey de Pimbo, citizen of Bayonne , who claimed he had wrongfully suffered harm on account of a certain sentence issued by the mayor of Bayonne relating to certain customs of that city. 1

1.
See the related entries: entry in C 61/63 , entry in C 61/67 .
61

Same as above For the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the community of the city of Bayonne . 1

Order to Brustereto, de Bernat du Brosteret, Sanctus Spiritus de capite pontis prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit at the head of the bridge of Aquis Dax , and Master Adamari Pey Aymard , or either of them, to hear, determine and execute, according to the laws, fors and customs of those parts, the cause of the appeal brought to the king as king of France by the Baion mayor, jurats, hundred peers and community of Bayonne against the sentence issued against them by Thomas Cok , former seneschal of Gascony, or Podio, de Guiraut Dupuch, judge of appeals brought to the king’s court of Gascony , at the instance of Stretle John de Streatley, king’s clerk , constable of Bordeaux, and Thomas de Hampton, seneschal of Landes . As the mayor’s proctor has alleged, Streatley and Hampton wrongfully claimed that, when certain sailors and other mariners of Bayonne seized a certain ship of Ispann’ Castile laden with cloth and other goods, and took it to the port of Bayonne, the mayor and community detained that ship, with the cloth and other merchandise, which Streatley and Hampton asserted pertained to them, as well as damages of 10,000 l.st. .

1.
A note in the margin next to the final line of this entry reads usque hic de extract' .
62

28 August 1349 . Palace of Westminster . Concerning the appointment of the king’s captain and lieutenant in the duchy of Gascony and the adjacent parts .

Appointment of the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , as the king’s captain and lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine and adjacent parts, to exercise full power there in the king’s name in all matters pertaining to those offices, as if the king were himself present. Order to all archbishops, bishops, counts, barons, vicomtes, castellans and all others in the duchy to be attendant to the earl as captain and lieutenant there.

By p.s.

Concerning treating for friendships and allegiances.

63

Same as above.

Appointment of the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , to treat and agree with noble people and others of whatsoever realm, nation, condition, status or dignity, and with whatsoever communities and commonalties, concerning the entering of firm friendships and allegiances between them and the king, and the securing of mutual assistance, with power to give full security for anything thus agreed. The king obliges himself and his heirs to observe everything agreed by the earl on his behalf.

64

Same as above.

Similar appointment of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , to treat with people as above, and to retain those people for the king against all others, agreeing fees, wages and remunerations with the men thus retained, and extracting and receiving suitable security from them.

65

Same as above Concerning the exercise of jurisdiction in the duchy of Gascony in the king’s name . 1

Appointment of the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , as king’s lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , for the restoration of the condition and governance of the duchy and other nearby lands, and for the recovery of the king’s lands and rights occupied by rebels. He is to have full power and mandate to exercise mere and mixed authority and high and low justice and jurisdiction in the king’s name, to defend and rule the duchy and its lands, and to dispense justice according to the fors and customs of those parts. He is also to seek and take possession of all castles, places, rights and other things, there and elsewhere overseas, which have been unduly detained from the king, recovering, obtaining and retaining them, gathering and leading chevauchées and armies, taking and punishing rebels, taking fines and redemptions, and admitting those who wish to come or return to the king’s peace, granting remission and pardon. He is to have power to give and grant the lands and properties of rebels to others who have served faithfully or who wish to come into the king’s obedience, in perpetuity or for space of time, to hold from the king and his heirs as kings of England for the services then due and customary, putting them in possession and defending and protecting them. He is also to oversee the actions of the king’s ministers, removing those found to be ineffectual (the seneschal of Gascony and constable of Bordeaux alone excepted) and replacing them with efficient people, and to do all other things necessary for the defence, recovery and good rule of the rights and lands of the king and his subjects, even if they require special command, just as the king would if he were there personally. The king will consider as valid everything done by the earl on these matters, and revokes all powers previously granted to any other persons, the aforesaid seneschal and constable excepted, who may continue to undertake the things pertaining to their offices.

1.
This is an error of an English scribe: there was then not a duchy of Gascony, but only a duchy of Aquitaine or Guyenne.
66

Same as above Concerning the entering of truces .

Grant to the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , of the power to treat and agree upon the observation of truces with the king’s adversaries of France and the restoration of breaches, to renew or extend them, and also to enter into new truces as they expire, to confirm them and to do all other things concerning their renewal, extension, conclusion and observation, even if it requires special orders, just as the king would do if he were present. The king promises to consider as valid everything done by the earl on these matters.

67

Same as above Concerning informing the king of gifts made in Gascony .

Order to the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , to inform the king of all things given and granted by the king in the duchy of Aquitaine and of the merits of their recipients. The king understands that, by the false requests and suggestions of others, he has made excessive gifts in the duchy of Aquitaine, in which he has been greatly deceived and misled, and he wishes to be fully informed of these gifts and their reasons. The earl is to take into the king’s hands all castles, lands, tenements, liberties, profits, coinage of money and other things found to have been granted falsely, and to inform the king of anything done, together with his advice on what the king should do to resolve these matters.

Concerning the captain and king’s lieutenant in Poitou.
68

18 October 1349 . Palace of Westminster .

Appointment of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , as the Pictav’ king’s captain and lieutenant in Poitou , to exercise full power there in the king’s name in all matters pertaining to those offices, as if the king were himself present. Order to all archbishops, bishops, counts, barons, vicomtes, castellans and all others to be attendant to the earl as captain and lieutenant there.

70

6 September 1349 . Westminster . Concerning proceeding in the cause of an appeal .

Order to Brustereto, de Bernat du Brosteret, Sanctus Spiritus de capite pontis prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit at the head of the bridge of Aquis Dax , and Master Adamari Pey Aymard , to proceed jointly and not severally in hearing and determining the appeal brought to the king as king of France by the Baion' mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the whole community of the city of Bayonne from the seneschal of Gascony or Podio, de Guiraut Dupuch, judge of appeals brought to the king’s court of Gascony , at the request of Stretle John de Streatley , constable of Bordeaux, and Thomas de Hampton, seneschal of Landes . The king had appointed them, or either of them, to hear and determine the appeal, but he now understands that Bernat du Brosteret has a house in Bayonne , on account of which it might be suspected that he might favour the citizens of that city if he were to proceed in that case alone.

By p.s.

71

2 September 1349 . Westminster . Concerning the accounting of wages .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to account with the king’s valet Troye, de , Bernat du Troy , 1 or his attorney, concerning the wages of his men-at-arms, horses and foot-soldiers retained by letters of the king’s kinsman Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , from the time that he arrived at the town of Aguillon Aiguillon , during the siege of that place, 2 until the date of these letters. The constable is to make payment or assignment of whatever sum is found to be owed, so that Troy may quickly be satisfied, and will receive due allowance in his account.

By p.s.

1.
Bernat du Troy (d. 1361), a Gascon esquire, claimed, against Denis de Morbecque, after the battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356) that he has made prisoner the king of France John II the Good. See Bériac-Lainé, F. and Given-Wilson, C., Les prisonniers de la bataille de Poitiers (Paris, 2002), pp.183-7, 299-300, 340-2.
2.
The siege of Aiguillon by the French which took place between 1 April and 22 August 1346 and was led by the duke of Normandy, future King John II of France.
72

1 September 1349 . Westminster . For Bertran de Montferrand concerning the payment of money . 1

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that, having viewed the indentures made between the king and Monte Ferandi, de Bertran [I] de Montferrand on 22 March 1348 concerning the custody of the Lyziniaco, de castle of Lusignan , 2 and having accounted with Montferrand for everything owed to him from before that date, he is to make assignment of everything found to be due to him from the issues of the coinage of money within the duchy of Aquitaine, in whosesoever hands those issues currently may be, namely of two d. in the mark, from 29 September until that sum shall be paid, as long as the Lebreto, de lord of Albret , to whom previous assignment has been made, consents to this. If Albret refuses, then Albret should first be satisfied of the sums of money assigned to him by Waweyn John Wawayn , former constable of Bordeaux, and then the constable should assign the said two d. in the mark to Montferrand, until that debt is paid. For this the constable shall have allowance on his account.

By p.s.

1.
A note in the margin states extractus .
2.
See entry 089 in C 61/60 .

For Hélias de Saint-Symphorien, called de Landiras.

73

1 September 1349 . Westminster .

Confirmation to Sancto Simphoriano, de, Landiranis Hélias de Saint-Symphorien, also called de Landiras, kt , of a grant by Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , in the time when he was the king’s lieutenant in Gascony, that, in recompense for his service in the wars in Gascony, he may take 500 l.t.parv. each year from the rents, dues, issues and profits of all the land of Tannay super Charente Tonnay-Charente , for term of his life or until he should be assigned the same sum in another suitable place within the duchy.

By p.s.

74

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to permit Hélias de Saint-Symphorien to receive the said 500 l.t.parv. each year from the aforesaid rents, dues, issues and profits, for the whole of his life.

75

Same as above

Grant to Hélias de Landiras, kt , that, if the castle and town of Tannay super Charente Tonnay Charente should be given to another by the king or his heirs, or should leave his hands by peaceful means or otherwise, through no fault of his own, then he should have payment of 500 l.t.parv. per year, or assignment in a suitable place within the duchy of Aquitaine, by the hand of the constable of Bordeaux, to receive for term of his life or until that town and castle are restored to him. The custody of the castle had previously been granted to him for life, together with 500 l.t.parv. per year from the goods of rebels of that castle and town and from the castellany there.

76

Same as above

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant that if, during the lifetime of Hélias de Landiras , the castle and town aforesaid should be given to another by the king or his heirs, or should leave his hands by peaceful means or otherwise, through no fault of his own, then the constable should pay to him the said 500 l.t.parv. per year, or make assignment to him in a suitable place within the duchy, to receive for the term of his life or until that town and castle are restored to him. For this the constable shall have due allowance in his account.

77

Same as above

Grant to Hélias de Landiras, kt , that he may have the residue of the goods of rebels of the town of Tannay super Charente Tonnay-Charente , and all the other rents and issues of that castle and town and pertaining to the castellany there, if they amount to more than 500 l.t.parv. , to have for term of his life without rendering any account and without seeking any wages for having that custody, such that he, with the help of the men of the town, should repair the damage to the town and castle without seeking any assistance from the king. The king’s kinsman, Henry, earl of Lancaster, when he was lieutenant of Gascony, had previously granted Landiras 500 l.t.parv. per year for life from the town, which the king has confirmed, but the king now wishes to show him further grace.

By p.s.

78

Same as above

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, to permit Hélias de Landiras to receive the residue of the goods of rebels and the other rents and issues aforesaid, without rendering any account to the king or seeking any wages for this custody, according to the tenor of the king’s letters, such that he shall repair the damage to the town and castle as aforesaid.

79

1 May 1349 . Westminster . For Johan Gatineau .

Grant to Gastynelly Johan Gatineau of Burgo supra Mare Bourg , clerk , of the executive sergeantry ( sergentaria executorie ) upon the Xancton bridge of Saintes , now out of the king’s hands, together with all the profits pertaining to that sergeantry. Previously, for his good service, the king had granted this office and its profits to Nyvet Ricart Ninet, king’s clerk , to have for term of his life, as soon as it should return to the king’s obedience. However, Ninet has requested that the king grant the sergeanty to Gastineau, to hold for the term of Ninet’s life, with remainder after Ninet’s death to the king and his heirs. Ninet has returned his letters patent.

By K. and C.

For Jeanne de Belleville and Clisson.

80

15 December 1349 . Westminster . 1

Order to the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant to permit Bella Villa Jeanne de Belleville and Cliczon Clisson to have her brefs at Bordeaux , and to take her customs of ships there, in person or by whatever ministers she may wish to appoint, without impediment, just as she and her ancestors have previously had and taken. The king, wishing to show favour to her for her good deeds, has granted that she may have these things, which she and her ancestors previously had there by rightful inheritance.

By K.

1.
This first entry has been crossed through, and a note in the margin reads ‘Vacated because it has been returned, and otherwise in the Gascon Roll of 24 Edward III’ (on Gascon roll C 61/62: entry in C 61/62 ).
81

15 December 1349 . Westminster .

Order to Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , king’s captain and lieutenant in Gascony , to maintain Bella Villa Jeanne de Belleville and Clisson, her son Olivier [V de Clisson] and her daughter Jeanne [ de Clisson] in their rightful possessions, to defend them from injury and violence, and to guard the son and daughter safely and securely, so that neither marry without the king’s licence. The king has taken them all into his hands and the earl’s safe-keeping, together with their lands, goods and possessions, in order to defend them all from injury and violence.

By K.

82

15 January 1350 . Westminster . To be intendant to the servants of the earl of Lancaster in the provision of victuals .

Order to all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and other faithful people to be attendant to the servants of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , who is staying in the king’s service in Gascony, who the earl has sent to buy and purvey wheat and other victuals for the sustenance of him and his company. They are to purchase these victuals with the earl’s money in the counties of Gloucestershire , Wiltshire , Lincolnshire , Norfolk , Suffolk and Kent , and to carry them to certain ports to be loaded into ships and taken to Gascony. However, the king does not wish that anything should be taken within the fee of the church, contrary to their liberties, on the pretext of these letters.

By K.

Concerning the shipping of the same victuals.
83

Same as above

Order to the mayor and bailiffs of the town of Bristol to permit the aforesaid servants of the earl to bring the aforesaid victuals to the port of Bristol , to load them onto a ship and, having paid the customs, to take them to Gascony without any impediment, for the reason abovesaid, previous orders from the king to the contrary notwithstanding.

By K.

Similar writs directed to the following, on behalf of the earl, under the same date:

84

17 January 1350 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until the feast of Pentecost next granted to Byntre Walter de Bintree , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service, to stay there in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster .

By witness of Henry de Walton , general attorney of the earl.

85

18 January 1350 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until the feast of Pentecost next granted to Cock Thomas Cok, kt , who is staying in Gascony in the king’s service, in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster .

By witness of Henry de Walton , general attorney of the earl.

86

22 January 1350 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus for one year granted to Robert Markant , who is staying in Gascony in the king’s service, in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster .

By witness of the earl of Lancaster .

87

1 September 1349 . Westminster . Concerning the making of payments on the order of the earl of Lancaster .

Order to Master Stretele John de Streatley , constable of Bordeaux, or his lieutenant, to make all payments ordered by the king’s kinsman, Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , who the king has appointed as his captain and lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine and the adjacent parts, for the conduct of the king’s business. He is to make them from the issues of the duchy without difficulty, receiving letters witnessing the payments both from the earl and from those receiving the money, and will have due allowance in his account.

By C.

88

29 August 1349 . Westminster . For Bertran Ferrand .

Inspeximus and confirmation of letters patent of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , former lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine:

25 December 1345 . Roule La Réole . 1

Grant by Henry, earl of Lancaster, Derby and Leicester, steward of England, lieutenant and captain-general in the duchy of Aquitaine and all the Languedoc, to Bertran Ferrand, Nivernen’ canon of Nevers , king’s councillor , that he may take his wages and fee from the profits of money minted in the duchy. The king has granted Ferrand wages of 20 s.t. per day and an annual fee of 100 l.t. on account of the good service he has given to the king and his predecessors, and for the damages he has suffered whilst in that service. Ferrand has requested that this be assigned to him from the profits of the minting of money within the duchy, specifically 1 d. in the pound on all money coined, and the earl, conscious of Ferrand’s service and losses and wishing to grant his request as an example to others in the king’s service, grants this assignment, to be taken from the hands of the masters of the king’s mints or their lieutenants. If those profits should exceed the fee and wages, then Ferrand should account annually with the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant and answer for any surplus, and if they should be less, then the constable should pay him the shortfall. Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant to place Ferrand, his proctor or his attorney in possession of this, and to maintain and defend him in his possession, and order to the masters of the mints to answer fully for the money made there, and to account with Ferrand annually. The constable is to have allowance for those profits and emoluments, by means of a copy of these orders, made under the king’s seal and counter-seal for contracts used in Bordeaux, to serve as his warrant and exoneration, together with letters of recognisance from Ferrand for the sums received, and the auditors of those accounts shall also have allowance.

By p.s.

By K.

1.
A note in the margin states extractus .
89

1 September 1349 . Westminster . For Hélias de Landiras, kt .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux to account with Hélias de Landiras, kt , both for the wages of the men-at-arms and foot-serjeants which he retained for the defence of the town and Tannay super Charente castle of Tonnay-Charente , from the time when he assumed that custody on the order of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , until the day of this order, and also for the reasonable costs and expenses he has incurred in repairing the castle and town. The constable is then to deduct any money Landiras might have received from the goods of rebels, rents and other issues pertaining to that castle, town and castellany beyond the sum of 500 l.t.parv. which he receives annually by the king’s gift, and to make payment or suitable assignment of the remainder elsewhere within the king’s duchy of Aquitaine. The constable is to receive letters of acquittance from Landiras for those sums, and will have due allowance on his account.

By p.s.

90

1 October 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next 1 granted to Richard de Sutton , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service in the company of Burgherssh Bartholomew de Burghersh the son .

By witness of the same Bartholomew.

1.
On 28 March 1350.
91

Same as above Concerning general attorney .

Letters of general attorney until Easter next 1 to the same Richard [de Sutton] , nominating Lionel de Bradham and Freynssh, le Miles le French alternately.

The chancellor received the attorney.

1.
On 28 March 1350.
92

28 October 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next 1 granted to Nicholas [de Kirkham] , son of Kyrkham Robert de Kirkham , who is setting out to Gascony in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster .

By witness of Henry de Walton , treasurer of the earl.

1.
On 28 March 1350.
93

28 October 1349 . Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection with clause volumus until Easter next 1 granted to Sancto Philiberto,de John de Saint-Philibert , who is setting out to Gascony in the king’s service, in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster .

By witness of the earl.

1.
On 28 March 1350.
94

10 November 1349 . Westminster . Concerning general attorney . 1

Letters of general attorney until Easter next 2 to William de la Zouche of Totteneys Totnes , who is staying in the king’s service in Gascony, in the company of Henry [of Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , nominating William de Quenton, kt , and Bliseworth Nicholas de Blisworth alternately.

Woll’ David de Wollore received the attorneys.

1.
A note in the margin next to this entry reads usque hic de extract' .
2.
On 28 March 1350.