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, so that if any abbot of the time should happen to be absent on account of the advantage of the monastery in not coming to our Parliament, or that of our heirs and successors, this absence we have pardoned to the abbot by the present writings. On the condition however that he then shall pay for any such absence from each whole Parliament in our exchequer, by himself or by an attorney
succour. 24. Grant of an allowance to Thomas of Woodstock Much of Thomas of Woodstock’s political career can be explained by this grant; it was both fragile (‘during pleasure’) and exceptionally miserly, for the alien priories had been milked by the exchequer for years and their farms formed a very uncertain income, 53 which would disappear if peace was
should not be done on this occasion for certain reasons etc. 14. Letter patent. Language: Latin. Date: 1352. Calendared translation in Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1350-54 , London, 1907 . Grant to Agnes Pore, late nurse of the king’s daughter, Margaret de Wyndesore, in lieu of a grant to her for life of ten marks yearly at the Exchequer by letters
to him confirmed in May 1400, and Lovetoft’s annuity of £20 at the exchequer was confirmed in February 1401 ( CPR, 1399-1401 , 294, 453). The two most substantial chronicle accounts of the events of January-February 1400 are those of Thomas Walsingham and the author of the Traison et Mort. Both are
, although the picture of women’s estates and interests is by no means complete. 1 For the twelfth century, charters throw considerable light on women’s maritagia , inheritances and dower. Because an increasing number of families came to hold at least part of their lands in chief of the king, much information is derived from the Pipe Rolls of the royal Exchequer, and Henry II’s desire to be informed of
,000 per year. And still one hundred almshouses, every house having 100 marks with land to feed all the needy poor men with no cost to the town, but only of the temporalities alienated in mortmain and wasted among proud worldly clerks. These proud clerks, for all that is taken away of their temporalities, may still spend per year in their spiritualities as it is assessed in the exchequer clearly £143,734 10s 4
royal revenues and public money at the quadrangular table which is commonly called the Exchequer on account of its chequered counters, but is also the table of the king with its blanched coins where the pleas of the crown are heard. 96 That day nothing more was done between the king and the archbishop. Instead the king told him to go to his lodgings and return for his case the next day, and he did so
royal chancery and exchequer (a significant amount of which has been collected together and printed in calendared form) offers a significant insight into the operation of royal government and a useful resource when seeking a context for judicial business. For the principles of the law and its administrative procedures we must also turn to legal treatises. They purport to be
, Paston presented a bill against the sheriff when accounting at the exchequer, Aslake obtained a writ from chancery. Aside from the use of litigation, the intervention of (or submission of cases to) third parties is apparent. In 1424 Sir Thomas Erpingham, a Norfolk JP, arranged for the dispute to go to arbitration (supposedly at Paston’s request), but upon the failure of the negotiations, in spring 1425
waited until they knew the outcome of his campaign before committing themselves to his cause. By 20 August, however, the news of Richard’s capture must have reached London, for on that day Henry’s esquire John Leventhorpe was given £1,333 by the chamberlains of the exchequer for his master’s use, and at his order. 57 Surely the king’s own administrators would not have passed cash