2 February 1351 . Westminster . For Arnaut-Ramon [de Mouney] .

Order to the Aquen' mayor, jurats of the city of Dax in Gascony that having heard the complaint of Arnaut-Ramon [de Mouney], eldest son and heir of Bertran de Mouney, former citizen of Dax , they should do to him swift full justice about Tholouse Bernat de Toulouse, fellow citizen of the same city , following the custom of the said city, and maintain him in his right justice as by right and according to the fors and customs of the city, the king's letters previously sent to them notwithstanding, doing as far as they can impartial justice towards Toulouse. Lately, Arnaut-Ramon requested that the king will wish to provide remedy as Bernat de Toulouse had killed Bertran de Mouney, and according to the accepted custom of the city, no one who had killed a fellow-citizen, and had fled or been banished from it before a special summons of recall from the deceased’s heir, could re-enter the place. But the said Toulouse, concealing the fact of the murder, had gained letters from the king, addressed to the mayor and jurats, in his favour, ¹ as a result of which they permitted Toulouse to remain in the town, to Arnaut-Ramon’s prejudice, and in contravention of the custom. Hence Arnaut-Ramon has petitioned the king for remedy.

23 February 1351 . Westminster . For Galhart, lord of Saint-Paul .

Order to the Arthosii abbot of Arthous , the prior of the Sancti Sperit hospital of Saint-Esprit at the head of the bridge at Aquen' Dax , ¹ and Master Vico, de Domenges de Vic, lawyer , sworn councillor of Aquen' Dax , to review the conduct of a case concerning Galhart [de Saint-Paul], lord of Saint-Paul Sancto Paulo, de , kt. by previously-appointed commissioners, to see all the evidence and conclude the matter according to right and the fors and customs of the region. The king – as king of France - has received the petition of Galhart, lord of Saint-Paul, against a sentence passed on him and on behalf of Pey de Pimbo, citizen of Bayonne , by Thomas Cok, kt. , then seneschal of Gascony , and by Master de Podio Guiraut Dupuch , judge of appeals devolved to the court of Gascony, at the instance of the said Pimbo, claiming that he had been harmed by a sentence concerning the fors and customs of Dax delivered by the mayor and jurats. The case should have been heard and concluded by the said prior and Master Ademari Pey Aymard , by the king’s commission, according to the fors and customs of the area, as confirmed by inspection of the rolls of Chancery. But Master Aymard claimed that he was to be excused from conducting the case by reason of prior business, and delegated the task to Peire la Colre, doctor of laws , canon and sacrist of the church of Dax . ² A considerable quantity of documents had been seen, and witnesses examined by him and the prior, on behalf of the lord of Saint-Paul, to verify the fors and customs alleged by him. But, once again, prior business had intervened to cause three months’ delay before any final decision could be reached, to the great damage of Saint-Paul. He therefore seeks remedy, appealing to the king, who thus appoints the abbot of Arthous, the prior of the hospital of Saint-Esprit and Master de Vic to hear and determine the case and bring it to an end. ³

22 February 1351 . Westminster . Concerning a confirmation to Master Johan Guitard . ¹

Confirmation and ratification of an order by Henry, earl of Lancaster, lately lieutenant and captain-general in the duchy of Aquitaine and all the Languedoc, to the king’s officers and subjects in the duchy, to see that Master Johan Guitard, or his deputy, is put in possession, and receives, certain fines, with profits and emoluments, from the court of Gascony, and enjoys the same unmolested, any other grant or gift notwithstanding.

Inspeximus of letters patent of Henry, earl of Lancaster, in these words:

The king confirms the same, on behalf of himself and his heirs.

By the same K.

25 February 1351 . Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and hundred peers of Bayonne .

To all seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, ministers and all bayles and the king's faithful subjects in the duchy of Aquitaine

Letters of protection granted to the mayor, jurats, hundred peers, the commune and all the people of the city of Bayonne , their men, lands, property, rents and all their rightful possessions in the duchy, as the king, wishing to show them favour, has received him and them into his protection and granted to them to have and enjoy without reduction or impediment all the liberties, privileges and customs that they and their ancestors have and enjoyed in the past. They and their liberties, privileges and customs are to be maintained, protected and defended, and amends should be made him to them for any forfeitures.

By C.

24 February 1351 . Westminster.

Grant to the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the commune of the city of Bayonne in assistance for the building and repairing of the city's enclosure in order to avoid any danger, to take, levy and raise from the day of these present letters for a ten year period, half of the emoluments coming from the king's money struck in the city [of Bayonne] by the hands of the king's prévôt [of Bayonne] and three faithful and suitable citizens of the said city, since these persons swear an oath upon the host before the constable of Bordeaux to use faithfully at the king's convenience and for the repairing of the enclosure the levied emoluments. And the constable will used the emoluments levied for the repairing of the enclosure and the costs that will cause.

By p.s.

25 February 1351 . Westminster.

And it is ordered to the keeper and master of the king's money struck in the city of Bayonne to permit the delivery, according to the tenor of the king's letters, of half of the emoluments of the said money to the prévôt [of Bayonne] and three faithful and suitable citizens of the city [of Bayonne] with the swearing of the oath in the said form, certifying from time to time to the constable of Bordeaux what has been raised and received by the said prévôt and the three citizens.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For Domenges de Vic .

Order by these presents to the Aquen' mayor and prévôt of the city of Dax or their lieutenants that if they notice that la Greuleto, de Pey de Lagraulet died without legitimate descent as it is claimed, and that Vico, de Domenges de Vic, councillor jurat of the city of Dax is the nearest legitimate heir of Lagraulet, they have in the king's name to confer and transfer to Vic the office of crier of Aquen' Dax with its ancient and recent rights, to have and hold according to the form of the letters of the seneschal of Gascony, the king wishing they ensure for themselves or anyone else acting on these matters that Vic will hold this office and title forever. Vic has letters of Thomas Cok, kt., former seneschal of Gascony under the seal the king uses in the duchy, as the office of crier of the city [of Dax] has belonged for a long time to the Vic family, Pey de Lagraulet his closest nephew then alive had this office and Vic as Laugraulet's closest legitimate heir had this office reserved, for several reasons expressed in these letters, so if Lagraulet died without legitimate descent, then Vic would succeed him. Because Lagraulet died recently without heir, Vic requested that the king will wish to autorize and grant forever to him and his heirs this office of crier and protect and defend him in this office. The king is willing to do this because of the useful service done by Vic in the government and keepership and his constant service on the king's business and rights.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For Gassie-Arnaut, lord of Osserain .

Order by the tenor of these presents to the seneschal of Gascony , the Aquen' prévôt of Dax and the others king's ministers and officials of the duchy of Aquitaine or their lieutenants, to maintain, protect and defend Gassie-Arnaut, Osseranno, de lord of Osserain and Labatuto, de Labatut and his heirs in the possession of his prison of Tona and its rights of justice ( iudicatorum ) and contentarum , not permitting any impediment to be done by anybody against the tenor of the said rights of jurisdiction, but permitting Gassie-Arnaut and his heirs to enjoy forever and in peace these rights and the possession of this prison. Gassie-Arnaut requested that, as there is a prison named Tona which he and his ancestors had for a long time in his place of Labatuto, de Labatut in which he used to keep, arrest and lock up his subjects feudal tenants, the king will wish to approve the possession of this prison by Gassie-Arnaut and his heirs.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For Bernat[-Etz], lord of Albret .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux not to disturb Bernat-Etz [V], Lebreto, de lord of Albret , in the lands, rents or other places conceeded or assigned to him by the king or by Henry [de Grosmont], earl of Lancaster , then king's lieutenant [in Aquitaine] , or by the seneschal of the time made in the king's name, in response to his petition. Albret has informed the king that several men challenge his possession of these lands, rents and places.

By petition of Parliament. ¹

9 March 1351 . Westminster.

Grant for life to Thomas Cok, former seneschal of Gascony of the place of la Trene Latresne and all the other lands with their appurtenances that Ferriol Guilhem Ferréol , former king's rebel and enemy had in the Inter Duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers in the same manner that Ferréol held this place and lands of a value of 40 l. per annum, and all the lands, tenements and vineyards of a value of 20 l. per annum that were owned by la Foun Arnaut Lafon in the duchy and which were at the occasion of the rebellion of the heirs of Lafon who joined the adversary of France ¹ against the king were seized by the king, to be held by Cok for life in part of satisfaction of 200 librates of lands that have to be held from the king and his heirs for his service, in the same way that the same lands, tenements and vineyards were held before it came into the king's hands. Formerly the king granted to Cok, for his good service he did to the king and because he was in the king's retinue and stood with the king during all his life, and because he assumed for some time the office of seneschal and in order to maintain his status of banneret, the king's honour, and to exercise this office [seneschal], 200 librates st. of land with the appurtenances of lands of rebels of the king in the duchy being outside the king's hands, to have and hold for life from the king and his heirs when these lands will be back by conquest in the king's hands, as more fully appear in the king's letters patent.

By K. .

Same as above

24 February 1351 . Westminster. For the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the commune of the city of Bayonne. ¹

Grant by these presents to the Baion' mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the commune of the city of Bayonne , because of their good service to the king and his ancestors, that they and their heirs and successors citizens of this city have forever the liberty that if the wines of the said mayors, jurats, hundred peers or their heirs or successors of the said city or some of them are brought to the kingdom of Angl' England or the king's dominion, and it happens that it is kept or purveyed to the king or his heirs by any of the ministers of the king or his heirs, the king or his heirs have to satisfy them of the price of these wines within a 40 day period because they have been kept or provided for the king's service, the [men of Bayonne] paying as they should the custom due. The king does not wish that these wines be kept against their will by others or by the ministers of the king or his heirs nor to be paid immediately in order to obtain an agreement between the buyer and the seller, or otherwise to settle the debt.

By p.s.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For the citizens of Bayonne. ¹

Grant by the tenor of these presents to the Sancto Severo, de burgesses of Saint-Sever , because of the laudable service they did several times to the king and his ancestors, of 2,000 crowns ( scutorum ) ² to be received by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux from the first emoluments coming from the half of the money struck in the city of [Bayonne] that remains in the king's hands, until they are fully satisfied of these 2,000 crowns . The king has granted to the Baion' citizens of the city of Bayonne half of the profit of the money struck in this city for a ten years period for the making and repairing of the enclosure of the said city, as more fully appears in the king's letters patent.

By p.s.

20 February 1351 . Westminster. Concerning the money struck in the city of Bayonne.

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, as the king and his council wish that money be made and struck in the city of Baion' Bayonne , that they postpone the stricking of such money having the same weight and value as that made and struck in Burdeg' Bordeaux and other places in the duchy, and they have to decide on this matter in the future to the king's convenience. ¹

By the same K. and C. ²

5 March 1351 . Westminster.

Grant to the Sancto Severo, de worthy men ( probi homines ) of the town of Saint-Sever in the duchy of Aquitaine to have a mayor, a commune and twelve jurats changing each single year, and they are allowed to elect three good and sufficient men whatever year on 1 June for the mayoralty of the town, and these three men have to appear before the king or the seneschal of Gascony as the king wishes himself or through the seneschal, to confirm at the mayoralty one of them who will be appropriate and useful for the government of the said city and commune. And they have to enjoy that under the same form and with the same cognizance ( cognitione ) and jurisdiction that has the Aquen' mayor of the city of Dax in the city of Dax , the rights of the king and his prévôt and their customary laws notwithstanding.

By p.s.

Same as above

5 March 1351 . Westminster. For Guilhem de Labarde .

Order to the seneschals of Gascony and the Landes , the prévôts of the Umbr' Ombrière , of Aquis Dax , of Baion' Bayonne and of Sancto Severo Saint-Sever , the Malo Leone castellan of Mauléon , the Osserano lord of Osserain , the bayles of Hastingiis Hastingues , of Laburdo, de Labourd and of Capite Britonis, de Capbreton and the other king's bayles and ministers in the duchy of Aquitaine, or their lieutenants that, having seen these letters, if they notice by their inspection or any other legitimate means that these letters are legitimate, they should do without delay according to the tenor of these letters and according to the law and the customs of these parts as was customary in similar cases. Lately, Labard' Guilhem de Labarde, citizen and merchant of the city of Bayonne Baion' complained to the king as Perotinum Pérotin, his valet , trusting in the truces made between the Baion' men of Bayonne and the Ispann' men of Spain loaded some goods of Labarde of a value of 2,000 gold crowns on a ship called la Seint Petre of Vermuo Bermeo at the town of Campen Carentin' Quimper in Britann' Brittany , bringing them up to the city of Bayonne, and Juan Pedro Bunda and Sancta Lena Pedro Operit de Santa Elena , Vermuo burgesses of Bermeo in Ispann' Spain took by armed means the said goods loaded on this ship near this town of Campen Carentin' Quimper , brought them against the form of the truces, and several suitable requests of justice made to the asserentisque and the governors and jurats of the place of Bermeo on the return of these goods; Hala Frank van Halen, Rupe Forti lord of Rochefort , former seneschal of Gascony ¹ , at Labarde's suggestion ordered in the king's name by his letters patent under the seal in use in the duchy, the prévôts of the Ombrière of Bordeaux, of Dax and of Bayonne and other ministers of the king in these parts to keep and seize all the goods within their jurisdiction of the men and merchants of Bermeo and the other neighbouring places of Spain and keep them safely, but as Halle has been removed of this office of seneschal immediatly after the making of these letters, the said Labarde claims that these letters were not applied either in full or in part, for which reason Labarde requested the king that he should wish to provide him with a suitable remedy.

By petition of C.

5 March 1351 . Westminster. For Thomas Cok.

Grant to Thomas Cok of the place or castle of Lindia Lalinde called in the vernacular Lalinda ¹ together with high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction, with all jurisdictions, rents, revenues and homages, and the other revenues and issues of money coming from there or having to come from there, and with the revenue called in the vernacular le petit commun de Clareuxs Clérans that is collected and levied and was customary to collect and levy in the Clarenxs honor of Clérans that pertains to the Lindia baylie of Lalinde , to have and hold for life at a value of 40 l. per annum in part of satisfaction of 200 librates st. of lands that the king granted to him by his letters patent under some terms, preserving the rights of the king and his heirs as well as the superiority and resort by liege homage and the other rights that the king has, so that this place or castle with the said appurtenances will return to the king and his heirs at Cok's death. Formerly, Henry [de Grosmont], earl of Lancaster, former king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine granted at pleasure to Cok by his letters patent in the king's name and because of his good service the place or castle of Lalinde together with high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction, with all jurisdictions, rents, revenues and homages, and the other revenues and issues of money coming from there or due to come from there, and with the revenue called in the vernacular le petit commun de Clérans, preserving however the rights of the king and his heirs as well as the superiority and resort by liege homage and the other rights that have the king and another.

By the same K.

24 February 1351 . Westminster. For the mayor, jurats, 100 peers and the commune of the city of Bayonne.

Grant to the Baion' mayor, jurats, hundred peers and the commune of the city of Bayonne for them and their fellow citizens, merchants and subjects of the said city and their successors, because of their good service, that the citizens and merchants of this city have liberty within the kingdom of Angl' England for perpetuity, that is to be exempted forever of the payment of three d. by pound for the goods they or others for them bring or have out within the kingdom of England. Formerly, the king granted to the same by his letters patent to have the same exemption at pleasure, as more fully appear in these same letters patent.

By p.s.

24 February 1351 . Westminster. For the worthy men of the city of Dax.

To all the king's seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, ministers and all his bayles and liege men in the duchy of Aquitaine and their lieutenants.

Grant by these presents to the Aquen' mayor, jurats and worthy men of the city of Dax that, in help of the defence and salvation of the city of Dax and by their order, the inhabitants of the parishes of Sancto Vicencio, de Saint-Vincent ¹ and Sancto Paulo, de Saint-Paul have, with their consent, to guard and defend by day and night the gates and the bridges contiguous to these parishes each time it is necessary. And these inhabitants have to be compelled to go at the summon for the safekeeping and defence of this city, and to have, use and exercise all the king's jurisdiction [on these parishes] with knowledge of all the crimes and excesses and fines for carrying arms, with the other royal rights, reserving to the king and the Aquen' prévôt of Dax the execution of the high justice against convicts and people judged by the court of the said mayor, jurats and worthy men, and guaranteeing the rights of the lords to which the said inhabitants [of these parishes] hold lands or fiefs being always safe. The king grants as well to the said mayor, jurats and worthy men that the inhabitants of these suburbs cannot be compelled as the citizens of Dax to leave or go to another place for the king's hosts, chevauchées or summons. And the king orders as well by these presents to permit the said mayor, jurats and worthy men to have forever without impediment the inhabitants of the said parishes for the garrison, defence and keepership of Dax, and compel the inhabitants of the said parishes to obey the said mayor, jurats and worthy men instead of the king for the said things, if it appears they disregard it; and they have to help and attend when they will be required by the said mayor, jurats and worthy men. The mayor, jurats and worthy men of Dax have given good service several times to the king in his wars of Gascony in keeping watch over their city and in courageously defeating the king's enemies, and they think that several citizens and worthy men of their city who were accustomed to garrison the said city during these wars and when the epidemic happened, ² have died or been killed. So that those who remain are not enough now to defend the said city and repel the king's ennemies and rebels, so they want provide a safer keeping of the city in order that no danger, losses or destruction happens to the city and its inhabitants. ³

By p.s.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For Johan de Habas.

Order to the seneschals of Gascony and the Landes , the prévôt of Dax and the other ministers and officials of the duchy of Aquitaine or their lieutenants to put at possession Favariis, de Johan de Habas, damoiseau , Aquen' burgess of the city of Dax of the caverie ¹ of Abesse and the other revenues [mentioned down below] bought by his father mentioned in the [quoted] intruments and letters, and protect and maintain him according to their tenor, and he should not permit any injury or impediment to be committed against him by anybody on this matter, but allow him and his heirs to enjoy forever these purchases. Johan de Habas has shown to the king by his petition that the late Favariis, de Arnaut-Ramon de Habas, priest , his father bought some time ago the caverie of Davessa Abesse with all its rights that are situated in the Sancti Pauli propre Aquis parish of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax from Cur' Arnaut-Lop de Cours , then its owner. He also bought in the parishes of Sancto Cirico, de Saint-Cricq and Sordua Sorde from Casa Nova Maria de Cazenave and her daughter and heiress Sancto Cirico, de Catalina de Saint-Cricq and his husband Solerio, de Galhart de Soler 10 l.bon.m. of annual revenues on 24 properties ( casalibus ), cattle-sheds, houses and stalls ( finateriis ), together with some rights that Cazenave and Saint-Cricq had and should have had on these properties and settlements. And these purchases have been made for some prices agreed between the sellers and the buyers, and the purchase of the caverie was made together with its grant to Johan de Habas by his father which was confirmed by Oliver de Ingham, kt , then seneschal of Gascony , as more fully appears by the public instruments made by Masters Luc, de Arnaut Duluc and Bareria Bernat de Barrère , public notaries as well as by the letters patent of the said seneschal under the king's seal in use in the duchy which have been exhibited to the king. The king approves and confirms these purchases with the condition they conform to the customs of this region.

1 March 1351 . Westminster. For Pey de Saint-Martin.

Inspeximus of letters patent of Henry, earl of Lancaster, former king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine, in these words:

By petition of Parliament. ²

20 May 1351 . Westminster. Concerning the nomination of the deputy of Thomas de Colle.

Order to the seneschal of Gascony, the constable of Bordeaux and also all the captains, mayors, jurats, prévôts, ministers and all the other bayles and liege men in the duchy of Aquitaine to permit Brokas Menaut Brocas to have and exercise the office of the executions of the seal and counter-seal that is used in Burdeg' Bordeaux for the contracts with all its appurtenances on behalf of Thomas de Colle, king's valet . The king has granted for life by his special grace and for his good service this office to Colle to have and exercise by him or a suitable attorney, under the same form that the late Monte Gomeri John de Montgomery formerly held it by the king's grant ¹ . So that this office with its appurtenances would return to the king or his heirs after the death of Colle, as more fully appears in the king's letters patent, and Colle would delegate to Brocas to have and exercise this office in the duchy at his pleasure. ²

15 June 1351 . Westminster. For Thomas de Colle.

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, as formerly the king has granted by his special grace and for his good service, etc. as above, to permit Menaut [Brocas] to have and exercise the said office [of the executions of the seal and counter-seal that is used in Bordeaux for the contracts] in Thomas [de Colle] 's name, as more fully appear in the king's letters, the king invalidating any letters of grace, or any other letters that impede the exercise of this office by Brocas or the reception of the profits coming from it. And it it happens there is such a letter to the prejudice of Brocas, then they should revoke it without delay. ¹

2 May 1351 . Westminster. For Pey Marceille, citizen and burgess of Bordeaux.

Grant, for ten years from the making of these present letters, to Marcelli Pey Marceille, citizen and burgess of Bordeaux Burdeg' of the office of supervisor of the inquiry or information in and on gold and other coinage in the duchy to the masters, gaidas and contragaidas or keepers ( custodes ) and counter-keepers ( contracustodes ), assayers ( assaiatores ) and counter-assayers ( contraassaiatores ), makers ( operarios ) and moneyers ( monetarios ), and any other royal officials who work in the mints. Lately, Henry, duke of Lancaster, former earl of Lancaster and the king's captain and lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine appointed Marceille to this office with the assistance of council and the advice of the councillors of these parts from 4 February 1349 for a two year period, and he gave to Marceille full power to inform, inquire of and on any damages and frauds or deficiencies committed or perpetrated, either in the making [of the coinage] or not, by the masters, keepers, gaidas , assayers and counter-assayers, makers, moneyers and any other royal officials and ministers about the gold and other coinage,against the king or his subjects by whatever trickery or means, calling the king's proctor or his substitute on this, and on what Marceille found he had to report and denounce to the then seneschal of Gascony or the constable of Bordeaux or their lieutenants, and Lancaster furthermore ordered that the informations and inquiries then and thereafter made, he would report and make known to the then seneschal of Gascony and constable of Bordeaux on which coinages they have to do a new ordinance; and because the ordinances on coinage of gold another coinage made by the present constables of Bordeaux or their lieutenants following the advice of Marceille or the suitable person to whom he delegated and the king's council in such necessities; and to have and receive himself or his suitable proctor or proctors at royal pleasure, in support and relief of these said offices one d. by l. of and on the coinage that has been struck in the town of Burdeg' Bordeaux and the other king's mints in the duchy, and for as long as Marceille behaves well and faithfully in the exercise of these offices as more fully appear in the letters made by the king's kinsman and shown in the chancery.

By K.

28 May 1351 . Westminster. For Johan Lahore.

Order to revoke by these presents the grant of the office of defaults ( defectus ) of the king's court of Bordeaux to Master Guytardi Johan Guitard by Henry, duke of Lancaster, at the time he was earl of Lancaster and king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine , the king wanting that le Hore Johan Lahore, king's serjeant-at-arms have these defaults and receive the profits and emoluments of the default according to the form of the king's grant, the grant of Lancaster the king has revoked notwithstanding. The king granted to Lahore, because of his good service, the office of defaults of the king's court of Bordeaux together with the keepership of the tower of Bordeaux and the office of porter of the gate of this tower, to have for life as the late Sancto Johanne, de Arnaut-Gassie de Saint-Jean held it when he was alive, receiving in this office the customary wages and fees as more fully appears in the king's letters patent; and Lahore has informed the king that the office of defaults had been granted by Lancaster to Guitard under some forms, so he is impeded to perceive the said profits and emoluments and he has supplied the king to bring it remedy.

6 June 1351 . Westminster. Concerning protection.

Letters of protection with the clause volumus to last until the next feast of Christmas to la Pomeray Henry de Pomeroy the Young, kt , who is in the king's service, is going by the king's order on a journey towards the parts of Gascony .

By the same K.

12 June 1351 . Westminster.

Grant to Pomeriis, de Hélias de Pommiers and his wife Regina [de Got] and each of them for life of the lands which were owned by the late Gout Bertran de Got, former Rolhak lord of Rouillac , king's enemy and rebel, kinsman of Regina, in the lordship and jurisdiction of the Ornone lord of Ornon and Ornone Galhart d'Ornon, his uncle , and in the parts of Bogio, de Buch in the place called Aleye Lège in the Burdeg' lordship and jurisdiction of the chapter of the church Saint-André of Bordeaux , any grant to Galhart Micol or anybody else after the first grant to Hélias de Pommiers and his wife Regina de Got was nullified. This land was to return to the king and his heirs at the death of Hélias de Pommiers and Regina de Got. The king had granted to Hélias de Pommiers, because of his good service towards him, the land with its appurtenances owned by the late Bertran de Got formerly owned within the district of the place of Darbanaz Arbanats , and which the king had granted for life to Martelhak Pey de Martillac, Sancto Macario, de castellan of Saint-Macaire and which returned to the king at this latter's death, to be held for life by Hélias and his wife Regina de Got and each of them, as fully appears in the king's letters patent. But Hélias has supplicated the king that in fact this land was situated in Bordelais, not in the place of Arbanats, but in the lordship and jurisdiction of the lord of Ornon and Galhart d'Ornon, his uncle, and in the parts of Buch in the place called Lège in the lordship and jurisdiction of the chapter of the church Saint-André of Bordeaux, this land having come into the king's hands because of the death of Bertran de Got and his forfeiture, so Hélias requests the king to grant this land to him and his wife and revoke his previous letters patent. The king agrees to that, Hélias having to return the first letters patent to the king's chancery for cancellation.

By the same K.

12 June 1351 . Westminster.

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to deliver this land to Pomeriis Hélias de Pommiers and his wife Regina [de Got] , both having to hold this land for life. They should let them be in full and peaceful possession of this land according to the king's letters.

28 June 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London . For Guilhem-Amaniu [II de Castillon].

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to make have for life to Castellione, de Guilhem-Amaniu [II] de Castillon, Blanchadesio, de lord of Blagnadais , lands or revenues in the duchy of Aquitaine to a value of an annual sum of 100 l.st. from the land of Condat since the time of the grant by Lancaster, and not from the issues of the custom of the castle of Bordeaux or other issues of the duchy pertaining to the king, to be received each year by equal portions at the terms of Michaelmas and Easter until he is allocated for life 100 librates of land or revenue within the duchy, according to the form of Lancaster's letters, and he will have due allowance in his account. Lebreto, de Bernat-Etz [V d'Albret], lord of Albret granted for life to Castillon the Condaco, de land of Condat with all its issues, profits and the other emoluments pertaining to it, to have for an annual value of 100 l.st. , revenue that Castillon had previously, and the king's kinsman Henry [of Grosmont], duke of Lancaster, at that time earl of Lancaster, and king's captain and lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine granted in the king's name, by assent of Castillon, the land of Condat with all its appurtenances to Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat, kt , who formerly came to the king's obedience under certain forms and conditions in Lancaster's letters, ¹ as Castillon was allocated for life elsewhere in the duchy from king's lands and revenues the annual sum of 100 l.st. in compensation of the land of Condat and its appurtenances; and following that, Lancaster ordered by other letters patent to the then constable of Bordeaux to allocate for life to Castillon lands and revenues within the duchy up to the full value of these annual 100 l.st. , as appears in Lancaster's letters.

30 June 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London . Concerning the castles and towns sold in Gascony without warrant to be kept in the king's hands. ¹

Order to the constable of the castle of Bordeaux to put without delay into the king's hands and seize all the castles, towns and places that have been sold in the duchy without warrant by the seneschals of Gascony and the constables of the castle of Bordeaux, in whosoever's hands they happen to be, and keep them safe and secure for the king's convenience until the king orders otherwise about them. The king has learned that these seneschals and constables sold certain royal castles, towns and places to some persons to have in fief, without the king's licence to sell them, to the king's obvious prejudice and damage.

By the same K.

20 June 1351 . Westminster . Concerning protection.

Letters of protection with clause volumus granted for one year to Thomas Charnels who with John Charnels is sent for the king's service in the parts of Gascony.

By testimony of the same John [Charnels]

20 June 1351 . Westminster . For Arnaut-Sans d'Espès.

Grant to Arnaut-Sans d'Espès , because of his good service, the office of messenger ( apparitoris ) in a part of the Malo Leone castellany of the castle of Mauléon called Basse-Soule , ¹ the representative of the lord being there commonly called messenger, to have and exercise it for life with all the profits pertaining to this office in the same way that others customarily had and exercised this office before. ²

30 June 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the money put into the garrison of the town of Saint-Jean[-d'Angély].

Order to John Charnels, constable of Bordeaux to use the 1,000 m. he has received at the king's exchequer for the garrison of the town of Sancto Johanne, de Saint-Jean[-d'Angély] and the other king's castles, fortalices and towns in the duchy of Aquitaine where it is needed the most, and he will have allowance of the sums put into these garrisons in his account.

By the same K.

4 May 1351 . Westminster . For Bernat[-Etz], son of Bernat[-Etz V], lord of Albret.

Grant to Bernat-Etz [d'Albret], eldest son and heir of Lebreto, de Bernat-Etz [V], lord of Albret , because of this latter's good service to the king, and as the king arranged with him the marriage between the latter's son and his eldest daughter Isabella Isabella , of 4,000 m.st. to be paid to Bernat-Etz [the son] or his representative for Isabella's dowry at the king's exchequer in the next feast of Michaelmas. So that if Bernat-Etz [the son] dies, or because of another reason, the money paid to him be fully returned to Isabella and this money is firmly obligated on the goods of the dead. ¹

By the same K.

11 July 1351 Retherhuthe Rotherhithe .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and constable of Bordeaux, or their lieutenants, and the prévôt of the Ombrière , to inspect the record of a case heard before the mayor and bailiffs of Bristol and, if certain allegations and claims recorded there appear to be true, to act in favour of Pilk’ Henry Pilk and certain other merchants of Bristol , so that they and their goods may be released from arrest at Bordeaux without delay. The king has learnt that Henry Pilk, merchant of Bristol, was lately summoned in the court of the town of Bristol to make good losses of 40 l. incurred by Venere Jordan Bénesse , master of a ship called la Graciane of Bayonne , of which Cornyssh William Cornish was master as a result of a crime committed by Cornub' John de Cornwall, servant of the said Pilk , against Cornish’s and Bénesse’s mariners and servants on the sea off Brittany , according to the law of Oléron ¹ and the law and custom of England. The record of the case, heard in the court of Bristol, was sent to chancery by the king’s order. Subsequently a complaint was received from Pilk, and certain other merchants of Bristol, that the said William Cornish and Jordan Bénesse contrived to aggravate the case by maliciously confiscating the Bristol merchants’ goods and merchandise at Bordeaux and extorting the said sum from them. The merchants have thus petitioned for remedy, as it is not consonant with reason that they should be so penalised at Bordeaux or elsewhere, and so the king sends the record of the case to the seneschal, constable and prevot. If their petition is found to be consonant with the record of the case, they are not to be further molested or harmed by the arrest of their bodies or goods, at the suit of the said Pilk and Bénesse, and if they are found to have been arrested, they are to be released without delay. ²

Same as above

22 August 1351 . Westminster . For Johan Diés.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant that having seen the papers and other memoranda concerning the payments to Johan Diés, if by their inspection or other legitimate means he notices that Diés has not yet been satisfied of the wages that were owed to him, he should make payment to him of them or make allocation, or make suitable satisfaction elsewhere, so that Diés does not complain again to the king in Angl' England on this matter, receiving from Diés his letters of acquittance, and he will have due allowance in his account. The king ordered John Wawayn, then constable of Bordeaux on 8 June 1347 to make payment to Dyens Johan Diés, former Briggerak' captain of the town of Bergerac for his wages due to him when he stood in the king's service in the parts of Gascony. And thereafter the king, as Diés complained to the king that Wawayn did not pay him, ordered to the constable of Bordeaux on 14 December 1348 that having seen the papers and other memoranda, if by their inspection or other legitimate means he notices that Diés has not yet been satisfied of the wages for this period, he should make payment to him of these wages according to the tenor of the king's order. And yet Diés has supplicated the king that this payment or another satisfaction has not been obtained up to now. ¹

24 August 1351 . Odiham . For Sénebrun [V], lord of Lesparre.

Grant by the king's special grace to Sénebrun [V de Lesparre], Lesparra lord of Lesparre , for the good service he did to the king in the parts of Gascony and the great place he holds from the king, ¹ licence and power to compel himself or by others all his men and subjects within his lands and lordships in the duchy of Gascony ² each there is need to take up the watch commonly called gueytes in the town of Lesparra Lesparre and in all his castles in the duchy for their safe and secure keepership, as the men and subjects of the other barons of these parts were accustomed to do in their lordships, without any impediment of the king, his heirs, his seneschals or any other of his ministers, the king wanting the men and subjects of the lord of Lesparre be held as the other barons in the duchy used to hold their subjects. ³

By p.s.

24 August 1351 . Odyham Odiham . For the same lord.

Letters of pardon and remission to Sénebrun [V de Lesparre], Lesparra lord of Lesparre of all the fines, grant of money and civiles , if at the occasion of the wars or troubles between Sénébrun and his enemies in the duchy of Gascony ¹ he has suffered any up to the time when the Lebreto, de lord of Albret finally reformed the peace made between the lord of Lesparre and his enemies. The king does not want that the lord of Lesparre to be impeded or troubled in anything by the king, his heirs, his seneschals in the duchy or any other of his ministers for these fines or grants of money.

By p.s.

24 September 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London . For Bernat-Etz [V], lord of Albret.

Grant for life to Guilhem-Amaniu de Mussidan of the Condato, de manor of Condat worthing 100 l.st. per annum , as more fully appear by inspection of the rolls of chancery to have forever for him and his heirs. The king wanting to compensate the lord of Albret, he grants to him and his heirs forever 100 l.st. or their value in other money to have and receive each year after the death of Guilhem-Amaniu from the issues of the duchy or until the manor of Condat is returned to the king, or the king provides him and his heirs forever with lands and tenements of a value of 100 l.st. per annum. Henry, duke of Lancaster, former king's captain and lieutenant in the parts of Gascony granted to Fossato, de Amaniu du Foussat to have forever him and his heirs when he went to the king's obedience, ¹ the manor of Condat that Guilhem-Amaniu de Mussidan held for life of the heritage of Lebreto, de Bernat-Etz [V], lord of Albret , and that after the death of Mussidan this manor had to return to the lord of Albret and his heirs. ²

By p.s.

1 August 1351 . Westminster . For the merchants of the city of Bordeaux.

To all the admirals, sheriffs, mayors, custumar' , bailiffs and the other lieges of the king.

Letters of protection granted to Tessoner Guilhem Teycheney and Faur' Arnaut Faure , merchants of the city of Bordeaux , who bring a bale of kids ( capellorum ), ¹ five tuns ( dolia ) of salt ( cellarum ), eight bales of copper ( cupro ) from the parts of Flandr' Flanders to the city of Burdeg' Bordeaux for their goods and their ship. And the king orders to them not to assault or not permit some others to assault, injury, molest, damage, impede these merchants and their persons or their goods going to Bordeaux. Amends should be made to them for any forfeitures that they have suffered without delay. Proviso that, if these merchants sell their goods or a part of it, they pay to the king the owed customs.

By C.

31 August 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London .

Grant for life to Thomas de Colle, king's valet , of the office of the executions of the seals and counter-seals that are for the contracts in all cities, burgs and towns of all the duchy of Aquitaine, together with all that appertains to these offices to have and exercise himself or by sufficient and suitable attorneys. Lately, the king granted for life to Colle by his special grace, because of his good service, the office of the executions of the seal and counter-seal that is used in Bordeaux for the contracts with all that appertained to this office, to have and exercise himself or by a sufficient and suitable attorney in the same way that the late Monte Gomeri John de Montgomery hold it by the king's grant. So that after the death of Colle, this office would fully return to the king and his heirs, as more fully appear in the king's letters patent made on it. ¹

By p.s.

1 September 1351 . Westm' Westminster .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to permit Brokas Menaut Brocas to have and exercise in the name of Thomas [de Colle] the office of the executions of the seal and counter-seal that is for the contracts in the city of Bordeaux as well as in all the cities, burgs and towns of all the duchy according to the tenor of the king's letters, any letters of grace or other letters that could impede Colle or Brocas to exercise these offices or receive their profits notwithstanding. And if letters have been made by them to Colle's prejudice, then they have to revoke them without delay. The king formerly granted to [Thomas de Colle], etc. as above, as more fully appear in the king's letters patent and Colle delegated Brocas to have and exercise this office in the city of Bordeaux as well as in all the cities, burgs and towns of the duchy as long as he wanted. ¹

Same as above

29 August 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London . Concerning the confirmation for Thomas de Sewerby .

Letters of confirmation of the agreement on the sale of the house made between Severby Thomas de Sewerby and the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux. Lately, Sewerby requested that the king will wish to confirm this sale, as the seneschal and the constable sold to Sewerby with the advice of the king's council in the parts of the duchy of Aquitaine a house in the area of the Putz-deus-Judius ( Puteo Judeorum, de ) ¹ in the city of Bordeaux that a certain wife of a late Ramon Boef' formerly held for her and her heirs, and that has been seized in the king's hands by forfeiture of her heirs.

By p.s.

6 September 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London . For William de Harrington .

Confirmation and ratification of a grant by Henry, duke of Lancaster, earl of Leicester and Lincoln, seneschal of England, and king's captain in the duchy of Aquitaine.

Inspeximus of letters patent of Henry, duke of Lancaster, in these words:

The king confirms the same, on behalf of himself and his heirs.

By p.s.

4 September 1351 . Turrim London' Tower of London .

Grant for life to Menaut de Brocas, serjeant-at-arms , because of his good service, of 5 m. to receive each year from the custom of the 'working of lands' ( operationibus terre ) of the city of Burdegal' Bordeaux by the hands of the constable of Bordeaux.

By p.s.

Same as above

1 March 1351 . Westm' Westminster . For Pey d'Albret .

Licence granted to Lebret' Pey d'Albret, lord of Guiche Guissen of the right to build a 'maison-forte' or fortalice in his land of Guissen Guiche ¹ which is situated on the borders of Franc' France ² towards the parts of Béarn and reinforce it with a stone and lime wall and crenellate it. He and his heirs can hold this fortalice in perpetuity without impediment from the king, his heirs, seneschals and ministers. However, they have to return this ‘maison-forte’ or fortalice to the king and his heirs at their demand whether in war or peace at the order of the king and his heirs or his seneschals in the duchy.

By the same K. and by petition of Parliament. ³

20 September 1351 . Westm' Westminster . For Pey de Saint-Martin .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux and their lieutenants to permit Sancto Martino, de Pey de Saint-Martin, damoiseau to have, exercise and keep the Labena, Capite Britonis, de baylie of Labenne and Capbreton with high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction and all the rents, revenues, profits and emoluments appertaining to this baylie according to the tenor of the letters of Henry of Lancaster and the king's confirmations. Lately Henry, duke of Lancaster, formerly earl of Lancaster and king's lieutenant in the duchy of Aquitaine granted by his letters patent in the king's name to Saint-Martin, because of his good service, the baylie of Labenne and Capbreton with high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction and all the rents, revenues, profits and emoluments appertaining or that should appertain to this baylie by land as well as by sea in this district, to have and hold, govern and keep for life by him or a suitable attorney, so that this baylie with all its issues and parts will fully return to the king and his heirs at the death of Saint-Martin. And thereafter the king ratified, approved and confirmed these letters. ¹

7 October 1351 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning protection .

Letters of protection until the next feast of the nativity of Saint John the Baptist ¹ to William de Hendrea who went in the king's service in the parts of Gascony in the retinue of the Lebreto lord of Albret

By bill of the same Bernat[-Etz V d'Albret] .

4 November 1351 . Westm' Westminster . For Bernat-Etz [V], lord of Albret .

Order to all the sheriffs, bailiffs, ministers and the king's liege men inside as well outside of liberties to be attendant upon, answer and advise Popard de Maners and Cornewaill' John de Cornwall or their deputies when they are requested to do so by them. The king has ordered Popard de Maners and John de Cornwall to buy and provide 160 quarters of wheat and 160 quarters of oats in the county of Devon' Devon for the use of Bernat-Etz [V d'Albret], lord of Albret and Isabella , daughter of the king, who are going to Gascony soon, as payment of the money owed to Albret.

By the same K.

28 October 1351 . Westminster. For Bernat-Etz [V d'Albret], lord of Albret .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux or his lieutenant that having accounted with Bernat-Etz [V d'Albret], lord of Albret Lebreto, de or his proctor or attorney of the sums owed at the feast of All Saints [1349] if he did not do it, and he should make payment or allocation to him, or make suitable satisfaction to him elsewhere of what he would have found in his account, receiving from Albret, or his proctor or attorney his letters of acquittance, and the constable will have due allowance in his account of the sums that will be paid or allocated by him. On 4 July 1341, Albret supplicated that the king will wish to give him a pension for his losses, according to the indenture made between him and the king where this latter committed to keep undamaged Albret and those who will come to the king's obedience and fidelity. ¹ And Albret, because of his adherence to the king's party against the king's ennemies in the present war of Gascony, lost his lands, revenues and places of not modest value, that is the place of Gensaco, de Gensac that the lord of Albret transmitted and delivered to the Moichidano, de lord of Mussidan in compensation of what this lord lost at the occasion of this war at the king's service, place of a value of 800 gold rials of annual and perpetual rent accounting one rial for 4 s.st. , and the rent that he had in Vasates' Bazadais and which he used to take from various people to the value of 125½ gold rials; and also of the annual rent that he had and took in Sora Sore and Lebreto, de Labrit to the value of 950 gold rials; and of the annual rent which he had and took from the lands of Mixa Mixe and Hosta Barisio, de Ostabaret with their appurtenances in the Navarr' kingdom of Navarre to the value of 500 gold rials; and of the annual rent that he took in the land of Ruchena Rodez 2 by reason of the dower of his wife ³ to the value of 851 gold rials and 5 s.bord. , one rial accouting for 4 s.st. , these rials corresponding to a sum of 645 l. 6 l.st. , as more fully appears in an information made by the then seneschal of Gascony by the king's order and returned to the king's chancery. The king ordered to the then seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux to allocate and make receive to Albret or his proctor or attorney for his advantage and use the 645 l. 6 l.st. or their value in other money and also the 5 s.bord. , on the lands, revenues or goods or issues appertaining to the king in the duchy and also high and low justice with both complete and shared jurisdiction wherever it is able to be done to be taken each year until Albret will have recovered his lands, rents and places that he has lost, or he has received suitable compensation elsewhere from the king. And thereafter Albret let the king know that the main part of the 645 l. 6 l.st. and also the 5 s.bord. are still owed to him, and supplicated the king to make a suitable payment, allocation or satisfaction elsewhere. The king ordered to Master Stretele John Streatley, former constable of Bordeaux that having seen the papers and the other memoranda on these payments and allocations, he should render a certification to the chancery under his seal, and the said constable certified in the chancery that he had checked the papers and other memoranda concerning this account, and the constable has accounted with Albret of the annual owed 645 l. 6 l.st. and the 5 s.bord. until the feast of All Saints ⁴ 1349 and Albret has eight bills sealed under the seal of the office of constable. ⁵

14 November 1351 . Westm' Westminster . For the merchants of the duchy of Aquitaine. ¹

Order to all collectors of both the old and new customs in all English ports, to ensure that no customs be charged on goods and merchandise brought by merchants of Aquitaine to English ports when seeking refuge from storms, and transferred from one ship to another, unless that cargo is fully unloaded on land, or sold there. They are not to be distrained or harassed, but allowed to enter and leave the said ports, as they are the king’s loyal subjects, without disturbance of any kind. The merchants of Aquitaine have petitioned the king that, when carrying merchandise to and from Flanders , they are often blown off course by storms, and have to seek refuge in English ports. They have often to transfer cargoes from one ship to another, so that they can more safely put to sea again. But the collectors of customs have claimed the right to levy customs on them, and compelled them to pay, without justification and to their great cost.

14 November 1351 . Westm' Westminster . For the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux .

Grant to the Burdeg' mayor, jurats and community of Bordeaux that the citizens and inhabitants of this city should be quit of the payment of 2 s.t.parv. on each tun of their wine, and a reasonable rate on their other merchandise, which the king previously granted, since it was not the king's intention that it should apply to them, but that it should be levied from all others bringing their merchandise to the city according to the force and effect of the king's letters. The king has granted a licence to the mayor, jurats and community of the city that they can take from whatever people bring merchandise and wine produced in Sancto Macharius, de Saint-Macaire to the city to be sold or loaded or for other reasons, 2 s.t.parv. for a tun, and reasonable rate from other merchandise, in aid of repair of the walls and towers of the city and to support the duties incumbent upon the city, as more fully appears in the king's letters patent. ¹

By the same K. and C.

Same as above Concerning the licence to bring corn to the parts of Gascony.

Grant to all the merchants of the duchy of Aquitaine to be permitted to buy with their money all kinds of corn in Angl' England on the banks of the river Thamis' Thames towards the western parts, as well as in Wall' Wales and export them to the city of Burdeg' Bordeaux and the other places of the duchy remaining loyal and obedient to the king for the maintenance of the king's subjects there. So the king orders to all his sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, purveyors of victuals, ministers and all his other liege men, to permit without impediment that these merchants and their men to buy the corn in all the mentioned places in paying the owed customs, and export them outside the kingdom [of England] towards the parts of the duchy, any king's order to the contrary notwithstanding, provided however that these merchants do not bring or carry this corn to the king's enemies.

14 November 1351 . Westm' Westminster . Concerning safeguard .

To all and singular seneschals, constables, castellans, bayles, prévôts, ministers and all other faithful subjects in the duchy.

Letters of protection granted to Guiraut Cambou , Born' Johan de Born , Pertevyn Guilhem Peytabin and Galhard de Cussac , citizens of the city of Bordeaux , their men and their goods and just possessions, as the king has received these merchants at their request into his protection and safeguard. The king orders them that these merchants, their men, their households and any of their goods are to be defended from any unlawful violence and damage and maintained in their just possessions. And if it happens that something is attempted in prejudice of this protection and safeguard, they have to be returned to their previous status. And nobody can be excused by ignorance of the present protection and safeguard in the places where they will be requested and make it known publicly within their district, forbidding everybody under grave punishment to inflict trouble, injury and damage these citizens or their family in person or in their goods, placing the king's banners on their places and goods in sign of protection and safeguard to remind it if requested.

14 November 1351 . Westm' Westminster . That all coinage of Gascony shall be of the same metallic content as the coin of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and constable of Bordeaux to proclaim and publish the king’s ordinance concerning the striking of coins in Gascony and ensure that it is observed. They should confiscate all coins which do not conform to the coinage struck at Bordeaux . The king, in order to avoid being defrauded by malicious persons of the profits from his mints in the duchy of Aquitaine, has ordained that all mints in the duchy, and in other parts subject to his authority, are to strike coins of the same weight and metallic content ( allaie ) as the money of Bordeaux. All coins of a different weight and content, wherever found, are to be forfeited to the king.

By the same K. and C.

Same as above Letter sent to the jurats and the commune of Bordeaux .

Letters to the jurats of the city of Bordeaux where the king explains that Johan Colom and Gerardus, Camboni Guiraut Cambon , their fellow citizens and envoys to the king, claimed innocence, as some king's letters sent to the jurats contained, among other things, that Colom and Cambon with other men of Bordeaux were rebels and contrary to the king and his officers, tried to attract to them the king's rights and take the king's power. The king, remembering their good behaviour and faithful loyalty towards him, fully exonerates the jurats of these accusations, and beseeches them to continue in the same behaviour towards him in the future.

By the same K. and C.

14 November 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the postponement of some ordinances made in the city of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony to postpone, if it has not been applied nor confirmed under the king's seal of Gascony, the confirmation he ordered of the statute decided by the mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux , and returned to the previous statute before the king's order and the Bordeaux statute. The mayor, jurats and community of the city of Bordeaux have requested the king to confirm the statute they made specifying that they forbade to send outside Bordeaux empty tuns fully hooped, or half hooped, or less than that ( aliqua vacua dolia plene circulis cooperta, sed dumtaxat semicirculata vel minus ), and to load wines outside Bordeaux in the region situated between Castellio, de Castillon and the Crevat Crebat stream ¹ in order to bring them to foreign regions. The king had previously ordered him, that having summoned before him the king's procurator and other people of the king's council [in Gascony] , and having had full information about it, if he found that this statute was for the good of the king and the city of Bordeaux without causing any injuries to others, then he had to confirm it.

14 November 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the non seizure of the goods loaded in ships that are said to be forfeited .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony and constable of Bordeaux, that they are not to seize or keep goods in ships which they have arrested because these ships were forfeited when the merchants knew nothing of this forfeiture when they loaded these ships with their goods, and not to arrest, or permit to be arrested, nor take any goods and merchandise freighted unless there is great necessity for the use of the king in the name of prise, and that they are to treat all traders landing at Bordeaux with civility. The king accepts that the seneschal and constable, by pretext of certain ships coming to the port of Bordeaux with goods and merchandise, which they assert for a variety of reasons are forfeit, have arrested those goods and merchandise and detained them, though the merchants from whom they are forfeited are totally ignorant of this. As a consequence the merchants and others who come to Bordeaux with goods and merchandise for the benefit of the inhabitants, and who pay a considerable amount to the king for the custom, are holding back from coming, to the grave damage and injury of the king and his people there, for which the king wishes to provide indemnity for his people.

14 November 1351 . Westminster . For the citizens and the inhabitants of the city of Bordeaux .

Order to the seneschal of Gascony that he is to prohibit barons and other nobles there, under pain of forfeiture of all that they are able to forfeit to the king, of making impositions on the citizens and inhabitants of Bordeaux , on their corn, wine and other goods produced on their lands within the lordships, baronies and noble lands, and brought to the city or to other places, but that they be permitted to bring them to the same city freely and without impediment, just as was anciently customary to do so, without any imposition, paying only what is due by custom. The king accepts that the citizens and inhabitants of Bordeaux were accustomed to freely bring their corn, wine and other goods grown within the lordships, baronies and noble lands for the supplying of the city and other places, but certain barons and other lords have imposed grave impositions on them, so that they do not come there because of the fear of grave injury, by which the city and other places remain unsupplied to their grave damage and manifest loss. ¹

By the same K. and C.

Same as above

Same as above

16 November 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the wages to be paid to the king's councillors in the duchy of Aquitaine .

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that having accounted with Broun Guilhem Brun , Sauguatz Johan de Saucats , Johan Guitard , Lye Bergunh de Lie , la Rupe,de Pey de Laroque and Guedin Guilhem Goudin who have been retained in the king's council in the parts of the duchy of Aquitaine and who have almost continuously attended this council for the direction of the king's business in the duchy, of their fees for this service, and having made a swift information on their suitability and merit to be councillors, he should make payment to them from the issues of the duchy of what happens to be owed to them according to what they deserve, receiving from them their letters of acquittance, and he will have due allowance in his account. Brun, Saucats, Guitard, Lie, Laroque and Goudin supplicated that the king will wish to make payment to them of the various sums of the fees annually allocated to them which were owed to them.

By the same K. and C.

14 November 1351 . Westminster. Letters sent to the jurats and the commune of Bordeaux.

Same entry as entry 60 .

By K. and C.

18 November1351 . Westminster. Concerning the acceptance of the gold money in Bayonne.

Order to the mayor, jurats, hundred peers and all the commune of Bayonne to accept the king's coins of the duchy [of Aquitaine] at the value specified in the ordinance and let it be the legal tender, but they should not permit to take it, bullion or silver, to the French enemies or elsewhere outside their city as well as to the places where the king's money is struck in the duchy. They should give credence on this matter to Master Fayeto, de [Bertholomiu] de Fayet coming to them on what he will say on behalf of the king. The king struck some coins of some value at Burdeg' Bordeaux and he had ordered that their legal tender be at the value decided by the king's councillors in the duchy.

By the same K.

20 November 1351 . Westminster. For Bertholomiu de Fayet.

Grant to Bertholomiu de Fayet, king's clerk , who on 1 June 1340 was granted the office of keeper of the papers, registers and protocols of the notaries deceased in the duchy of Aquitaine, saving the right of the heirs of the deceased notaries if they have any, with all that pertained to that office in the emoluments and profits and who was later granted by other letters authority to sign or have signed by his attorney instruments from the papers, registers and the protocols, to take and have freely without impediment the emoluments and profits of the office with appropriate allowance for the instruments. ¹

By the same K. and C.

18 December 1351 . Westminster

To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, ministers and the other king's liege men

Letters of protection granted until the next feast of Easter to Batu Pascau de Labatut, master of the ship called la Seynte Marie of Baion' Bayonne who went to the port of the town of Magne Jernemuth' Great Yarmouth to load goods and to bring them from there toward the city of Baion' Bayonne , his ship ¹ and the mariners and merchants being on it going toward Bayonne, as the king has received him and them into his protection and safe-keeping. They are to be maintained, protected and defended from injury and violence, and if anything is attempted against them, this should be revoked without delay.

Same as above

6 January 1351 . Westminster. Concerning the proclamation that nobody goes outside the duchy of Aquitaine.

Order to the seneschal of Gascony or his lieutenant to publicly proclaim in the places of the duchy they consider the most suitable, and firmly forbid on behalf of the king that no baron or man-at-arms of the duchy, on pain of forfeiture of all that can be forfeited to the king, can go outside the borders of the duchy whilst this war lasts, and also proclaim that any baron or men-at-arms who went out of the duchy up to now have to return on pain of forfeiture to the duchy before a certain day decided by him and stay there for its defence. The king has learned that several barons and other men-at-arms of the duchy of Aquitaine are going or have gone outside the duchy of Aquitaine producing a serious lack of men-at-arms, on which irreparable danger and damage migh happen forthwith to the king and his subjects during the time of these wars. The king wants to avoid these damages and perils for the sake of the protection and defence of the duchy.

20 January 1352 . Westminster.

Order to all the admirals, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, Masters and mariners of ships and all the other king's liege men to attend, obey and help Thomas Dautry, king's serjeant-at-arms each time he requests them on behalf of the king. The king assigned to Dautry two ships of Baiona Bayonne now arrested in the port of Sandewico, de Sandwich to be brought to Plumuth' Plymouth for the crossing of la Breto Bernat[-Etz V], lord of Albret towards the parts of Gascony, and also all the ships that are in the port of Sandwich and all the other sea ports up to Weymuth' Weymouth in order to prepare them to be ready to start the journey to the parts of Gascony, to bring them to the port of Plymouth. So that they will be in the king's fleet on the next octave of the purification of Saint Mary in the retinue of Albret to begin the journey to these parts, as it has been ordered to them on the king's behalf.

By the same K.

Same as above

24 January 1352 . Westminster.

Letters of protection until the next Christmas with the clause volumus to John atte Goot, citizen and London' vintner of London who is going in the retinue of Bernat[-Etz V], Lebreto, de lord of Albret in the parts of Gascony.

By bill of the same Bernat[-Etz V, lord of Albret].

Same as above

24 November 1351 . Westminster . For the jurats and the community of the bastide of Créon.

Grant to the jurats and the community of the bastide of Créon in the Inter Duo Maria Entre-deux-Mers to have financial support ( subsidium ) for a ten year period beyond the ten years already granted. Lately, the jurats and community of the bastide of Créon have supplicated the king by their petition exhibited before the king and his council, that because of the wars that happened in the duchy of Gascony ¹ the enemies and rebels of France devastated their bastide and committed several damages because there was not any fortalice in the said bastide where they could find refuge; and as the said jurats and inhabitants of this bastide wanted to resist in the future to these ennemies and rebels, Oliver de Ingham, then seneschal of the duchy [of Aquitaine] granted to them by his letters under the king's seal used in the duchy a certain financial help to enclose and fortify this bastide; that the king would wish to grant them this help for a certain term for the work of closure and fortification. And the king has granted to them on 5 July 1342 this financial help for a ten year period after the end of the term granted to them by Ingham in order to enclose and fortify their bastide according to the content of the Ingham's letters and as more fully appears in the king's letters. ²

By the same K. and C.

16 November 1351 . Westminster . For Guiraut Dupuch.

Order to the constable of Bordeaux that having accounted with Puteo, de Guiraut Dupuch, judge of Gascony , king's clerk ¹ of his fees and wages and the grant given to him, he should make payment to him of what he found, and similarly he should make payment to him year after year of the fees and wages from the issues of the duchy or make a suitable allocation elsewhere as long as he stood in this office, receiving from Dupuch his letters of acquittance, and he will have due allowance in his account. Lately, Dupuch requested that the king will wish to make satisfaction to him of several sums of money, as the king is bound to him in several sums of money for his fees and wages from the time he stood in the office of judge of Gascony, and also because of a grant of a certain sum of money granted to him by Henry, duke of Lancaster, former lieutenant in the parts [of Gascony] .

By the same K. and C.

16 November 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the appointment of the lieutenant of the constable.

To all the seneschals, constables, castellans, prévôts, receivers, officials, and all other ministers and faithful subjects in the duchy.

Order to attend and obey Stel William Steele, king's clerk lieutenant and substitute of John Charnels, constable of Bordeaux , king's clerk , in the absence of this latter in all what pertain to this office, and Steele should be not disturbed in the reception of the issues of the duchy [of Aquitaine] pertaining to this office. It has to last as long it pleases to the king and the constable. Lately, the king has learned that the constable of Bordeaux John Charnels has been taken prisoner in war by the ennemies of Franc' France , and before this capture Charnels deputed Steele as his lieutenant in the duchy with power to do in his absence all that pertains to the office of constable of Bordeaux.

1 December 1351 . Westminster . Concerning the power given to treat with the count of Astarac.

Grant of power to Bernat-Etz [V], Lebreto, de lord of Albret , Cheversdon' John de Chiverston , seneschal of Gascony and John Charnels , constable of Bordeaux or two of them to treat and agree in the king's name with Cenoillus Centol[IV], Astarens' count of Astarac about liege and friendship between the king and him, and the retinue or service he has to do to the king, of the fees and money and other payments established at this occasion. And the king will ratify whatever Albret, Chiverston and Charnels, or two of them, will agree with Astarac.