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20 CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS [9
for the 31st year, begins. On the 15th of April, 1357, H. Colbrond and
J. Fraunceis were chosen members of Parliament for the town.
Fol. 44 a is the commencement of a list of “All the fifteenths of our lord the
King, throughout all the Lasts and Hundreds in the County of Kent,” a long
and curious list of localities.
Fol. 46a. “Sciendum quod Dominus R. de Mortuo Mari, tunc Custos v
Portuum, eodem anno attrahebat coram se, ad ecclesiam Sancti Jacobi de
Dovoria, diversa placita extra varia loca Portuum praedictorum, in eorundem
praejudicium manifestum ; super quo...fuit remedium, ut patet in brevi Domini
Regis sequenti.”—“Sir R. de Mortimer, Warden of the Cinque Ports, drew
before him, at the church of St James in Dover, divers pleas from beyond the
various places of the Cinque Ports, to their manifest prejudice.” Then follows
a royal mandate thereon, 15th May, 31 Edward III.
At fol. 48 a the Register for the 32nd of Edward 111 begins.
Fol. 53 A Writ as to a kidel in the parish of Saint Marichirche; and as to
one in the parish of St Nicholas in Romeney made by Sfimon] Dolseli and Joan,
his wife, against the franchise.—This S. Dolsely was Mayor of London in
1359·
Fol. 54 a. A jury is empanelled (one T. Jolyff in the number) and finds that
two men, on different occasions, had been drowned in the kidel last mentioned.
In the same folio is a writ from Roger de Mortimer, the Warden, as to a ship
of Flanders, that had been seized, laden with a cargo of sea-coal, belonging to
a merchant of Amyas (Amiens) 24th February, 32nd Edward III.
At fol. 54 b the Register for the 33rd of Edward 111 begins.
Fol. 55 a. A letter, in Norman French, to Sir R. de Mortimer from the
Bailiff and Barons of Romeney. He has ordered them to find for him six tuns of
best Gascon wine, and he will send his butler to make prompt payment. They
have searched all the cellars throughout the town, and they can only find four
tuns “a nostre tast”—to our taste—that “might be profitable and pleasing to
your lordship,” which they have accordingly bought, at the price of 34 marks.
The same is to be reserved for his use till next Ascension; so that his butler
may come in the meantime, and make payment. If not sent for by then, their
commoners, with whom the said wines are, are to be at liberty to sell them for
their own profit.
Fol. 55 A A letter, in Norman French, to Raulfe Frenyngham and his com-
panions, assigned to choose archers in Kent. The folks of Lyde [now Lydd]
have informed the Barons of Romeney that they have been called upon to find
archers for the King. This is contrary to their franchise ; as the people of Lyde,
as being members with them (of the Cinque Ports), have to contribute to the
King’s ships, and so are free, seeing that they are bound “always to be ready,
with their bodies and chattels,” to do the same. From this point, fines for the
conveyance of property, and writs of debt, Alias, and Pluries, are largely inter-
spersed in the pages of the volume.
Among the fines mentioned in fol. 56b, “William Erl, voghelere [? fowler], of
Lide,” occurs. Joan, Agnes, Agatha, and Alice, it may be remarked, are the
female names most frequently met with. Rye is here always called “La Rie.”
Fol. 56 contains the whole of the Register of the 34th Edward HI; and
at the foot of the page that for the 35th year begins.
At fol. 58 a the Register for the 36th year begins. Among other things, it
contains fines between John Segrave, of Waye, in the county of Dorset, and
Simon Dolseli, citizen of London, and Joan, his wife, as to a tenement, with
a tavern and other edifices built thereon, in the parish of St Nicholas in Romeney.
for the 31st year, begins. On the 15th of April, 1357, H. Colbrond and
J. Fraunceis were chosen members of Parliament for the town.
Fol. 44 a is the commencement of a list of “All the fifteenths of our lord the
King, throughout all the Lasts and Hundreds in the County of Kent,” a long
and curious list of localities.
Fol. 46a. “Sciendum quod Dominus R. de Mortuo Mari, tunc Custos v
Portuum, eodem anno attrahebat coram se, ad ecclesiam Sancti Jacobi de
Dovoria, diversa placita extra varia loca Portuum praedictorum, in eorundem
praejudicium manifestum ; super quo...fuit remedium, ut patet in brevi Domini
Regis sequenti.”—“Sir R. de Mortimer, Warden of the Cinque Ports, drew
before him, at the church of St James in Dover, divers pleas from beyond the
various places of the Cinque Ports, to their manifest prejudice.” Then follows
a royal mandate thereon, 15th May, 31 Edward III.
At fol. 48 a the Register for the 32nd of Edward 111 begins.
Fol. 53 A Writ as to a kidel in the parish of Saint Marichirche; and as to
one in the parish of St Nicholas in Romeney made by Sfimon] Dolseli and Joan,
his wife, against the franchise.—This S. Dolsely was Mayor of London in
1359·
Fol. 54 a. A jury is empanelled (one T. Jolyff in the number) and finds that
two men, on different occasions, had been drowned in the kidel last mentioned.
In the same folio is a writ from Roger de Mortimer, the Warden, as to a ship
of Flanders, that had been seized, laden with a cargo of sea-coal, belonging to
a merchant of Amyas (Amiens) 24th February, 32nd Edward III.
At fol. 54 b the Register for the 33rd of Edward 111 begins.
Fol. 55 a. A letter, in Norman French, to Sir R. de Mortimer from the
Bailiff and Barons of Romeney. He has ordered them to find for him six tuns of
best Gascon wine, and he will send his butler to make prompt payment. They
have searched all the cellars throughout the town, and they can only find four
tuns “a nostre tast”—to our taste—that “might be profitable and pleasing to
your lordship,” which they have accordingly bought, at the price of 34 marks.
The same is to be reserved for his use till next Ascension; so that his butler
may come in the meantime, and make payment. If not sent for by then, their
commoners, with whom the said wines are, are to be at liberty to sell them for
their own profit.
Fol. 55 A A letter, in Norman French, to Raulfe Frenyngham and his com-
panions, assigned to choose archers in Kent. The folks of Lyde [now Lydd]
have informed the Barons of Romeney that they have been called upon to find
archers for the King. This is contrary to their franchise ; as the people of Lyde,
as being members with them (of the Cinque Ports), have to contribute to the
King’s ships, and so are free, seeing that they are bound “always to be ready,
with their bodies and chattels,” to do the same. From this point, fines for the
conveyance of property, and writs of debt, Alias, and Pluries, are largely inter-
spersed in the pages of the volume.
Among the fines mentioned in fol. 56b, “William Erl, voghelere [? fowler], of
Lide,” occurs. Joan, Agnes, Agatha, and Alice, it may be remarked, are the
female names most frequently met with. Rye is here always called “La Rie.”
Fol. 56 contains the whole of the Register of the 34th Edward HI; and
at the foot of the page that for the 35th year begins.
At fol. 58 a the Register for the 36th year begins. Among other things, it
contains fines between John Segrave, of Waye, in the county of Dorset, and
Simon Dolseli, citizen of London, and Joan, his wife, as to a tenement, with
a tavern and other edifices built thereon, in the parish of St Nicholas in Romeney.