informed of the manner of this Iudgement the execution thereof shall be respited untill our Lord the King shall be informed thereof where it is commanded to the aforesaid Constable safely to keepe the said Iohn untill he hath other commandement from our Lord the King And it is to be remembred that Geffery Martyn Clerke of the Crowne was named in this record and delivered the same there in writing in this present roll by his own proper hand Ex. Rot. Parliamen 42. E. 3. M. 2. N. 22 23. c. WIlliam Latimer of the County of Dorset preferred a Petition in this Parliament in manner as followeth To our Lord the King and his Couâ—cell sheweth William Latimer of the County of Dorset That whereas ouâ— Lord the King otherwhiles in the pestilence granted to the Bishop of Salisbury the Wardship of the Mannor of Dentish and Devillish in the said County being in his hands by the minority of Robert son and heire of Robert Latimer Knight together with the marriage of the said Robert the son being then of the Age of sixe yeeres for a certaine summe of money to him payed which Estate the said William Latimer hath held untill Master Iohn Lee then Steward by procurement of Thomas Delaber sent one Richard Inworth Serjeant at Armes in Dorset to the said William Latimer to bring him to London in safeguard as prisoner with the Intent aforesaid that is to say the Monday next before the Feast of the Nativity of Saint Iohn the Baptist in the yeare of our Lord the King that now is the nine and thirtieth and the said serjeant also performed the same and the said Master Iohn Lee did charge and command the said William in the Kings name that he should not goe out of Town upon paine of a hundred marks untill he had surrendered the body of the said heire contrary to the patent of the King to the said Mr. Iohn Lee and outed the said William of his Charter and moreover made a deed of release whereupon the said Master Iohn Lee commaâ—â—â—â— to hold all the Lands and Tenements aforesaid untill the Feast of St. Michael then next ensuing for a certain summe of money and then the said Master Iohn Lee leased to the said William the Wardship of the said mannor of Devillish rendring forty pounds per annum whereof he was seised as prochein amy of the Infant viz. Pulchrain Helto Whitechurch Oxford Staket let the same to the said William and to divers other persons at his will by such duresse imprisonment and arresting the said William to the great mischiefe grievous dammages and losses to the great wrong of his simple estate wherof hee prayeth remedy To the points of which Petition the said Iohn Lee answereth and saith that because that the Mannors Lands and Tâ—nements of Inheritance there comprised in the said Petition were wickedly extended by the Escheator and leased out of the Kings hand at too small a value to the great dammage and deceit of the King he caused the same Mannors Lands and Tenements to be resumed into the Kings hands the Wardship of which Mannors and the marriage of which said heire the King had committed to him And likewise the said Iohn Lee was put to answer before the Lords of the affaires in such time as hee was Steward of the Kings houshold for that he had attaiched divers Gentlemen by their Bodies some by Serjeants of Armes and some by other wayes as William Latimer and others and caused them to come before himselfe as before the Counsell of the King in places where pleased him out of any of the Kings accustomed places to answer to divers things whereof the recognizances ought to appertaine to the Courts of the King Item It was debated concerning his authority of Stewardship that he within the verge had attaiched divers Gentlemen of the verge as Iohn Goddard and others to answer in the Marshallsea of things done out of the verge and caused some men to be apprehended and sent to the Tower of London of his owne Authority without Commandement of the King or his Councell It was likewise debated that Hugh Lavenham had appealed certaine Gentlemen of Felony and that before the Kings Iustices at Newgate and divers Gentlemen arraigned at his suit whereof some put themselves upon the Country and some defended themselves by their bodies and stayed in prison as the Law demanded and that an Appeallee of murder was let goe at large by Commandement of the said John Lee against the Law and command of the Iustices and that hee tooke the said Hugh by his owne Authority and let him goe at large and some that were not appeallees in roll of the Crowne at the suggestion of the said Hugh were taken and imprisoned as if they had beene appeallees It was also affirmed that whereas the said Iohn Lee was sworne to the King and his Councell he did bargaine with Master Nicholas Lovaine concerning the Wardship of the Mannor of Reinham in Kent being then in the hand of the said Nicholas by the under age of the sonne and heire of Iohn Stanton as appeared by certaine evidences as well by letters Patents under the Kings Great Seale as others which the said Iohn had in his keeping that very plainely the said Mannor was holden of our Lord the King in chiefe as of his Castle of Dover and Fort that the Wardship thereof appertained to the King to the great dammage and deceit of the King against his Oath Of which points and articles hee cannot duely and sufficiâ—ntly excuse himselfe by the Law and therefore was the said Iohn commanded to the Tower of London and there to stay as a prisoner till he had made fine and ransome to the King according to his will And it was commanded to Master Allen Buxall Constable of the Tower that he take safe keeping of him and so departed the Prelates Dukes Earles and Barons and afterwards by the commandement of the King the said Iohn was caused to come guarded from the Tower to Westminster before the Great Councell and at other times examined upon the points of the Petition the â—ad Williâ—m Latimer answered and said Thaâ— our Lord the King had committed the wardship of the Mannors Lanâ—s and Tenements of the said heire untill the Age of the said heire together with the marriage of the said heire and as intirely hee would render it into the Kings hands And then before the said Councell it was agreed and assented by them That the said Mannors Lands and Tenements and the body of the heire aforesaid ought to be released in the Kings hand and delivered to the said William Latimer to hold as hee held of the said Bishop untill the full Age of the said heire doing to the King in manner as it was before the said Iohn surrendered the same and that the Letters Patents of the King made to the said Bishop of the same ward and marriage and the Letters of the said
of William Ellis and of all others Deputies of the said Richard Lyons throughout the Realme Parl. Anno 1. R. 2. n. 32. 33. ITem William Fitz-Hugh Goldsmith of London preferred his bill in Parliament in form as followeth To our thrice excellent thrice noble Lord the K. and to his thrice Honourable and thrice sage Councell shewen the poore Commons of the mysterie and company of Goldsmiths in the City of London that Iohn Chichester Iohn Botesham and many other Gentlemen and ricâ— goldsmiths of that mystery in the same City by their compassing and subtill devising deceitfully have caused many of the said company to enseale severally divers obligations and those who refused so to doe were taken and imprisoned and in danger of death by many grievous threatnings of the said goldsmiths who had sealed severally divers obligations as their poore companions had done before to cause that the said poore Goldsmiths should not buy nor sell to any Merchant Cutteller Ieweller Vphoulster nor to any other forraigner nor Denizen any goods of their working except they sold the same at a treble value and that none of them should carry gilt nor any other thing of gold or silver to any Ladie or other person to make profit thereof and if they did that the paine comprised in the said Obligations should incurre upon them as before the major Sheriffe and Aldermen of the sâ—id Citie as by the confessions of the said rich Goldsmiths it was proved wherupon it was unreasonably debated so that it was put by good mediation and advice to the said Maior and many of the Aldermen of the City the said rich and poore Goldsmiths put themselves in Arbitrement of three good men for a finall accord of all the debates and quarrells betweene themselves which Arbitrators assented upon certaine points rehearsed to the parties aforesaid and ordained the same points to be affirmed and inrolled in the Parliament for ever and thereupon the said parties were released But notwithstanding this Agreement the said rich Goldsmiths would not assent nor suffer that the sâ—id points bee inrolled and holden as the said Arbitrators adjudged And furthermore by their procurement many mischiefs doe from day to day arise to the wrong of the said poore Commoners so farre as they are like to be undone which God defend and have purchased likewise a new Charter against the said agreement to the great decay and hurt of the said poore Commons may it please you thrice gracious Lords to ordaine and command that the said Accord bâ—e affirmed and holden finally for good and that the said Charter and other things tending to the prejudice and losse of the said poore Goldsmiths bee made voide for Gods sake and in the worke of Charity And thereupon the said Iohn Chichester and Iohn Botesham and many other Goldsmiâ—hs of London came iâ— Parliament and haviâ—g heard the said Bill it was forthwith demanded of the said William Fitz-Hugh if hee would maintaine the said Bill and finde pledge to doe and answer that which the Law demandeth who said that he would doe so but afâ—erwards he could not bring in his surety nor pleadge to answer the said Bill so was the said William Fitz Hugh commanded to the Tower by the award of the Lords in Parliament Ibidem Anno 41. ITem the said 24. day of Decemb during yet this present Parliament Alice â—ierce was caused to come in the same Parliament before the Prelates and Lords for to answer certaine matters which by Letters should bee surmised against her in the Kings name and thereupon by commandement of the Prelates and Lords of the said Parliament Master Richard Scroope Treasurer Steward of the house of our Lord the King rehearsed in Parliament in the presence of the said Alice an Ordinance made in Parliament holden at Westminster the monday next after the feast of Saint George the yeare of the reigne of the King Vnckle of our Lord the King that now is the 50. in these words For that complaint is made to the King that many women have persued in the Courts of the King divers businesses and quarrells by way of maintenance and to have a share which thing displeaseth the King to defend and that hâ—nceforth no woman shall doe so and more especially Alice Pierce upon paine of whatsoever the said Alice may forfeit and to be banished out of the Realme and after this rehearsall made the said Steward surmised to the said Alice that it seemed to the Lords of Parliament that she had incurred the paine comprised in the said Ordinance and had forfeited against the said Ordinances in certaine points and more especially in two viz. that she stayed Master Nicholas Dagworth Chancellour when he was ordayned by the Councell of the late King to goe into Ireland for certaine urgent businesses which should have beene profitable to our late King and his Realme the said Alice after the said Ordinance made as aforesaid perswaded the said King in his Court at Havering that at her singular persuit and procurement the said Nicholas was countermanded and his voyage stayed from all that Island to the great dammage of our said late King and his Realme Item That whereas Richard Lions for misprisions wâ—ereof he was convicted at the said Parliament holden the said 50. yeare of our late King Edward submitted himselfe in the Parliament into the favour of the said King that is to say his Body all his Lands and Tenements and he gave some of them to the Earle of Cambridge and some of them to Master Thomas Woodstock now Earle of Buckingham for terme of their lives the which our late K. after having pitie of the said Richard was willing by the assent of his Councell to shew him favour and to pardon him the Imprisonment of his body and to restore him to certaine of his Lands goods and chattells aforesaid which pardon seemed to our late King and his Councell tâ— be a grace sufficient notwithstanding the said Alice so perswaded the said late King in his Court at Sheene that by the singular persuit and procurement of the said Alice our late King Edward granted to the said Richard all his Lands goods Tenements and chattels aforesaid together with the said Tenements which hee had given to the said Earles for terme of their lives as before said amongst the same pardoned the said Richard 300. l. of certaine Arrerages due by the said Richard in the Exchequer and also granted him a thousand marks of his Treasure to bee â—eceived of the said Ladie which persuit and procurement are contrary to the Ordinance aforesaid And the said Steward demanded of the said Alice how she would excuse her selfe of those Articles which Alice did answer and say that she was not guilty of those Articles and that she is ready to shew and prove by the Testimony of the said Master Iohn Iprâ— then Steward of the said King Edward William Street then controller of his house Allen Buxall
put in better Governance and disposition And the examination report therupon made to the King as well by mouth as in writing the said late Chancellor said in full Parliament that the said advertisement and Ordinance ought to be put in due execution and that it was not done in default of him that was the principall Officer ITem Whereas the charge was granted by the Commons in the last Parliament to be put into certain forme demanded by the Commons and assented by the King the Lords and no otherwise nor in any other manner then was ordayned many mischiefes are come to the Realme and it seemes true that â—hey came in default of the said late Chancellor ITem It was debated That whereas one Tidman of Lymberch who had to him his heires of the gift of our late King Edward 50 l. per annum of the Custome of Kingston upon Hull which the said Tidman forfeited to the King And also the payment of 50 l. a yeare was discontinued for 20 or 30 yeares the said late Chancelor knowing thereof purchased to him and his heires of the said Tidman the said 50 l. a yeare and the purchase was untill the K. ought to enjoy the profit ITem It was debated whereas the high Master of S. Anthony is a Schismatique and for that cause the King ought to have the profit which appertaineth to him in the Realme of England the said late Chancellor who ought to have advanced and procured the profit of the King tooke to farme the said profit of the K. for 20 marks a yeare and there tooke to his own use goods and 1000 marks and more And that the said Master of S. Anthony in England which now is ought to have possession of the said profit and he could not have it before he had two persons bound with him by recognizance in Chancery and other Instruments to pay 3000 l. yearly to the said late Chancellor and to John his son 100 l. a yeare for terme of their two lives ITem That in time of the said late Chancellor there were granted and made divers Charters and Patents of Murthers Treasons Felonies Rasure of Rols Sale of Woods and in especial after the beginning of this Parliament there was made and ensealed one Charter of certain Franchizes granted to the Castle of Dover in the disherison of the Crowne and the subversion of the duties of the places and Courts of the King and of his people ITem By the Ordinance that was made in the last Parliament for the Towne of Gaunt That ten thousand marks ought to be gathered and for default of such collection there ought to bee forfeited 3000 marks that by default and negligence therein of the said late Chancellor the said Town was lost and forthwith the said 10000 marks payed the said 3000 marks lost by defâ—ult as aforesaid Of all which Articles the said Commons demand Iudgment of Parliament whereunto the said E. made his answer in manner which followeth First the said Earle saith to the Lords of Parliament how that he was Chancellor of England and the same time did represent the person of the King in his absence and demanded if he ought to answer without the presence of the King for that he was impeached of things done in time that hee was Chancellor Secondly the said E. had ordained by the advice of his Councell that Master Richad Scroope his brother in Law should put in the words of his Answer of the said impeachments Whereunto the Lords replyed that it was honest for him to answer by his owne mouth and therupon he made protestation that he might adde or diminish in his Answer what might be honouâ—able and profitable to him by advise of his Councell Which thing was granted to him ANd as to the first Article of his impeachment That is to say after that hee was Chancellor that hee purchased certain land of the King c. the said â— doth answer c. After that he was Chancellor he at no time purchased any lands nor tenements of the King nor the King gave to him any untill the time that the King caused him to take the Estate of an Earle but by way of true Exchange videlicet That how the said Earle hath had foure hundred markes a yeare upon the Custome of Kingston upon Hull by descent of Inheritance for which it pleased the King to assigne to the said Earle the Lands or Tenements in value and that he assigned and gave part thereof to the profit of the King as well yearely as because of a summ of 1000 marks payed to the King by the said Earle for that cause And further saith that the King at his progresse into Scotland pleased to make Duks Bannerets and Knights to the honour of him and his Realme he pleaâ—ed without desire or seeking of the said Earle of his own proper motion to make him Earle and commanded him to take the Estate of the Earle of Suffolke in place of him that late died and after that he named the quantity of that which he had to maintain that estate and further saith that he will assigne the quantity of the lands which were belonging to the said Earle of Suffolk who last died ITem He saith That the said Tidman hath had 50 l. a yeare upon the antient Custom of King upon Hull to him and his heires inheritably for ever whereof King Edward uncle of the King that now is was not payed of a long time as appeares by the Accounts of Customers of Kingston upon Hull in the Exchequer of our Lord the King which Tidman for 1000 maâ—kes which he owed to the said Earle granted to him by his deed a long time since the 50 pounds aforesaid to have and to hold to the said Earle and his heires for ever And because the said Earle made restitution of the patent of the said Tidman to the King discharged of arrerages the K. pardoned the same purchase without that that the said Earle then committed or had yet committed any forfeiture or debt against the King concerning the said Tidman ITem As to the other Article in which there is mention of a Charter granted c. he saith that a warrant came to him for so doing and for that it was A Castle and to the profit of the King without evill intent of the said Earle he passed it not intendiâ—g then that it was against the Laws And if any man would have declared or informed the said E. that it had been prejudiciall to the King or his Laws he had not ensealed the same but would have repealed it and that yet thereof no dammage is come c. And as to the other Charters specified in the same Article he passed them by Warrant without ill intention or covin of his part in any point And further he prayeth that no new way bee put upon him otherwise then had beene used aforetimes upon any Lord or such Officers understanding that of the Chancellor
make a patent against reason or law That such patent shal be repealed and such Iudgement reversed Without inflicting other punishment upon such Officer oâ— Iudge And the Commons replying to the Answer of the said Earle concerning the first Article did shew to the Lords the copy of his Oath made when he was created Chancellor in manner as followeth YOu shall sweare that well and loyally you will serve our Lord the King and his people in the Office of Chancellor and shall do right to all sorts poore and rich according to the Laws and Usages of the Realm and lawfully shall Counsell the King and his Counsell shall keep And you shall not be privy nor suffer any dammage nor disherison to the K. nor that the rights of the Crown be taken away if you can any way hinder it and if you cannot hinder it you shall make the same cleerly and expresly known to the K. Together with your loyall Advice and Counsell and you shall cause and purchase the profit of the King by all that lieth in you to do reasonably so helpe you God and his holy Gospell ANd praying that the same might be read well understood and the circumstances of the said Answer considered viz. That he had not denied that he received of the Kings gift after that he was made Earle being in the Office of the said Chancellor divers Lands and Tenements which are certaiâ— and sure of the value of 400 marks a yeare which he hath had upon the Custom of Kingston upon Hull which are casuall may deceive the King to his dammage in that behalfe And how he said that he had received part of the â—â—id Lands and Tenements so taken â—n â—xchange before he was Chaâ—cellor The Commons say that he was then of the privy Councell and afterwards sworne in the creation of the Office of Chancellor by the aforesaid Oath and he in that Office agreeing to the exchanges takes and receives the remnant of the said Lands and Tenements in full performance of the exchanges as by his Answer in Parliament aforesaid ANd in Answer to the second Article the Commons replying say That insomuch as he acknowledgeth in his proper protestations That he represented the Estate of the King while he was Officer and so extends his power upon all others wherfore although default was in others he cannot therefore be excused and especially of that which the King had commanded him to speake in Parliament as he had said he was the more bound to put the said matter in execution and to confesse what he denied not the dammages are no lesse than they have surmised They pray the Iudgement of Parliament ANd as to the Answer of the fourth Article the Commons replying say That it shall be found of record in the Exchequer the aforesaid Tydman to be debtor to the King in great summs as they suppose and for that cause the said rent appertaines to the King notwithstandiâ—g he had otherwise forfeited and so the King was deceived and they pray that the records may be examined And further say That one Neele Hackney was killed by his wife and his servant and the said Tydman for which felony the said woman and servant were arraigned found guilty and suffered the Iudgement and execution of the Sentence of the Law and the said Tydman as followeth ANd to the Answer of the fift Article the Commons prayed again proposing the example of one William Thorpe late Chief Iustice of the Kings Bench surmising that he tooke 20 l. of one party who had an Office in plea before him and for that he sold the Law for which cause he was judged to death forfeiture of his Lands and Chattels and say insomuch as the said Earle was so Chancellor and tooke 100 l. c. of the said provision there commanded to be delivered out of the Kings hands of his profits which hee ought to have done according to the command of the K. freely without taking any thing it seemeth to them that hee hath sold the Lawe and prayen Iudgement ANd to the Answer of the sixt Article the Commons replying said That it appertained to him as wise as he is to be well advised and counselled that he assent not nor do such a thing which may tend to the disherison of the King and oppression of his people as he would avoyd the Indurance of the Iudgement of Parliament ANd thereupon the said Earle replying to the Replication of the Commons touching his oath said That to take the words of the said oath without other speciall Intendment no Chancellor heraftet will inseale any thing of the Kings grant to any persons of Lands and Tenements or other Goods without offence of his Oath But the said Earle saith That it is not comprised in the said Oath nor forbidden him to take to himselfe of the Kings gift nor to any other person And for that the Kings gifts to other persons in the said voyage nor of divers other things before be not impeached not holden against the Oath of the Chancellor it seemeth to him that no more he ought to be impeached for the gifts given to his personall estate seeing that in the said Oath it is not forbidden nor restrained to him more than to others more especially for that the said Estate and the Gifts given are confirmed by Parliament and further saith that he accepted of his Oath of Chancellor according to his conscience and power and for the causes before expressed he saith as he shall answer before God that he thinks nothing done in the matters aforesaid against his Oath or understanding of his conscience but that the Chancellour may inseale the Kings guifts to the Loâ—ds for to maintaine their Estate or for other reasonable cause by the Kings warrant and that hee hath done nothing against his Oath c. And saith that that which is comprised in the Oath that hee suffer no dammage not disherison of the King c. That is to bee understood of that which is intended of matters wherof the King hath not cognisance and that appeareth by the clause comprised in the Oath that hee shall make known to the King cleerely and expressâ—ly And after that the King is informed in such manner the Chancellor may doe the Kings Commandement without offence of his Oath and sâ—ith that concerning his Estate and what the King gave him it was expressely done by the Commandement knowledge and will of the King and so not against his Oath and that it may not bee intended that hee should bee impeached concerning this matter ITem as to that that the Commons say that the said Earle hath deceived the King because he hath taken of the King the manner of Faxfleet in value 50. pounds which Mannoâ— was worth 200. l. per annum c. The said Earle answereth that Master William Morris hath reported to him that hee hath taken of the King the two parts of the said Mannor with the rent
in North Dalton to serve for 7. yeares for fifty pound a yeare and that hee hath lost by the said Farme in the said time a 100. marks and further saith that the said Mannor with the ten markes of rent in Dalton altogether are extended as appeares in the Chancery but at 41. l. 9. s. 3. d ob And for that that the said Earle understands by the Earle of Kent who hath had the said two parts of the said Mannor together with the said ten marks at the value of 50. marks that the intire Mannor could not bee above the value of 50. pounds And further saith that the said Mannor with the ten markes are not worth more And that under a certainâ— paine saith that whatsoever person will sustaine the charges of the said Mannor sufficiently and pay him for the two parts 50. markes for aid and as to the third part bee it what it will let him give security to pay for the said Mannor with the ten markes of rent 50. l. per annum that hee will so lease it with all his heart ITem as to that impeachment of the Commons of a 100. pound pension out of the provision of Saint Antâ—oâ—y and that the said Earle should sell the Lawes and put in an Example of Master William Thorpe c the said Earle answereth That the cases are nothing alike which the parties pleaded before the said Master William Thorpe as before their Iudge for the Lawes of England In which case no Iudges ought to take reward of any parties pleading before them But the sâ—id provision came to him with the help of Saint Pierce the Pope and not as a Chancellor or Iudge in this case but as Father and friend to John his son At which time a man knew not if the said Iohn had obtained it of the Popes favour or no Also faults were found by the Counsell of the said Earle in the Bulls of the said provision And from the same causâ— the said Provisour by his friends of his owne accord profered an annuall Pension of a 100. and 60. pound for to leave suit in the Court of Rome by his said Sonne and for that hee should not impeach the Bulls that the matters before said were not done as before a Iudge but by way of composition as may bee prooved by instrument and by witnesses in this Towne and so this matter touched not the Lawes of England and alwayes the said Earle intended not but that hee should bee holden to answer to the party in this case And thereupon after the answers of the said Earle given to the Accusations of the said Commons and the replications to them made of one part and of another the said Earle at the request of the said Commons for the greatnesses of the defaults so of him surmised was arrested by Commandement of the KING and Commons in ward of the Constable of England and afterwards let at Liberty upon bayle And for that the said Earle alleadged not in his answer that hee observed the effect of his Oath in that hee swore that hee would not know nor suffer dammage nor disherison cleerely and expressely to the KING together with his owne lawfull advice and Councell and that hee should cause and purchase the profit of the KING by all that he could reasonably doe and hee held the premisses although hee were principall Officer of the KING knowing the Estate and necessity of the KING and of the Realme and did take of the KING such Lands and Tenements as is supposed in the Impeachment to him in the said first article surmised although he alleadged in his answer that the deeds to him so made were confirmed by full Parliament there is no such accord in the rolls of Parliament wherefore it is awarded that all the mannors Lands Tenements rents services fees advonsons reversions profits with their appurtenances by him so received of the K. â—e reseised reprised into the K. hand to have to hold to our L. the K. the lands chattells of the said E. from thenceforth is not the Intention of the K. nor of the Lords nor that this Iudgement extend in the Law to cause the said E. to lose his name and title of Earle nor of the 20. pounds a yeare which the King granted him to take of the Issues of the County of Suffolk by the name and Title aforesaid And moreover for that the said E. lately denyed that he was of the K. privy counsel when he demaÌ„ded of the K. the said exchaÌ„ge had acknowledg'd that before the exchaÌ„ges performed hee was made Chancellor in which Office hee was bound by his Oath made in the forme aforesaid and hee so being sworne to the said Office tooke of the King the said 400. markes of Land by reason of the said Exchange agreeing to the said covenant of Exchange which hee also made before that hee was Chancellor in which Office hee was bound by his Oath And alleadged not in his said answer that the King gave him Mannors Lands and Tenements which are certaine and cannot very easily bee destroyed nor bee countervailed by the aforesaid 400. marks annuity which are leviable and demandable of the Customes and also as casuall and in divers cases there may losse insue It is awarded that all the Lands and Tenements so taken by the said Earle by the exchanges aforesaid bee resumed into the hands of our Lord the King to hold to him and his Heires in manner as hee held the same before the gift or deed in the said Exchange in which the Issues and profits aforesaid after the said exchange deducted if the said Issues and profits so taken after the Exchanges extend to a grâ—ater value then 400. markes a yeare that then the King shall have the overplus of the Lands and chattells of the said Earle from thenceforth hereafter And it is therefore awarded that as well the said Mannor of Flaxflreet and the ten marks of rents aforesaid with the appurtenances bee reprised in the Kings hand to hold to him and his Heires as hee held the same before the gift to the said Earle so as the Charter the pardon and Confirmation of the purchase of the said fifty pounds of rent bee certaine in the hands of the King and his heires in firme as it was before the purchase and it was since to the said Earle and that the issues profits received or owing to the use of the said Earle as well of the said Mannor oâ—Faxfleet and the ten markes of rent as the Issues and profits of the said fifty pound of rent which he thereof had taken by reason of the purchase aforesaid bee levied to the use of our Lord the King of the Lands and Chattells of the said Earle from henceforth And as to the Article containing the Provisions of Saint ANTHONY for that the Master of the House of Saint Anthony in which the profits were taken as proved in England was a Schismaticke and taxed
for moving the King and power of France and by such repute as then and yet is taken to bee wherefore all the said profit ought to appertain to the KING as of a Schismatick and alien which thing of reasoâ— ought to have beene made known by the said Eaâ—le before hee demanded of the KING the said profit and hee kâ—ew expressely that hee demanded it for â—is sonne as an Hospitall and alleadged not in his answer that the King when hee granted the profit was informed of the matters aforesaid and also in that that when hee was such an Officer as beforesaid hee sent to the Court of Rome to have the same profit for his Sonne of the Collation of the Pope as benefice of the holy Church and to have also the profit out of the KINGS hand by the Sea Apostolicall as the Record termeth it and hee denies not that hee received of the said profits foure hundred pounds per annum alleadging that hee rendered to the KING the sâ—me and that after the said Earle had made a bargainâ— to have the provision which hee claymed of the said profit in England of the Pope a hundred pound per annum of the said provision to him and his Sonne John for term of their two lives for to deliver the said profit to the said provision for payment of which 100. l. to him and his sonne he tooke surety of the provision by recognizance and Obligations of divers summes notwithstanding that the King had commanded by his Letters to deliver all the profit aforesaid out of his hands to the said provision there where it seems for any thing that yet was shewn that all the said profit ought to have rested in the Kings hand for the causes aforesaid at least untill it had beâ—ne discussed whether the said profit were the benefit of holy Church grantable by the Pope or appurtenant to the K. by reason of Schismasie and endemnity of the said Master and he alleadged not in his answer that the King was cleerely informed of the matters aforesaid wherefore it is awarded that the said foure hundred markes per annum in time that the said profit was so granted to him by the King untill the time that hee delivered the same profit to the said provision as also the said 100. l. a yeare received also of the sâ—id provision untill the same bee levied to the use of our Lord the King of his Lands and chaâ—tells and that all the profit which should of late appertaine to the said Earle by reason of the said recognizance or of other Obligations and Covenants also made in surety of payment And as also to the 1000. markeâ— which hee had alleadged that he payed to the King for the said Exchanges It is awarded that the said 1000. markes remaining in the hands of the King as part of payment of the fine and ransome thâ—t the said Earle shall likewise make to the King before hee be delivered from prison Ex rotulo Parliamenti Anno 5. H. 4. N. 11. ITem Friday the last day of February the Earle of Northumberland came before the King and the Lords and Commons of Parliament and there the Chancellor of England shewed how on Tuesday last past hee had beene before the King the Lords and Commons in the same Parliament and there beseeched the King as hee had done at other times at his comming before him in Yorke that it would please our said Lord the King to grant him pardon of those things wherein he hath offended against him not keeping his Lawes and Statutes as Ligeance demandeth as by a Petition by him preferred in Parliament written in English whereof the Tenor ensueth may appeare more at large To my most Dreadfull and Soveraigne liege LORD I Your humble liege beseech your Highnesse to have in remembrance my comming to your Highnesse to have in remembrance my comming to your Worshipfull presence unto Yorke of my free will by your goodly Letters where I put mee in your Grace as I that nought have kept your Lawes and Statutes as liegeance asketh and especially of gathering of power and giving of Liveries as that time I put mee in your Grace and yet doe And I sent it like to your Highnesse that all gracelesse should not goe Wherefore I beseech you that your High Grace be seene on mee at this time and of other things which you have examined mee of I have told you plainely and of all I put mee wholy in your Grace WHich Petition by Commandement of the King examined by the Iustices for to have their Counsell and advice in this behalfe by Protestation made by the said Lords that the Iudgement appertained to them onely and after reaâ—ing and understanding of the same Petion before the Lords as Peers of the Parliament to whom such Iudgements appertaine of right to heare and understand by the Statutes made in the 25th yeare of the King that now is by deliberation of King Edward cozen of our Lord the King that now is they adjudge that those things which the said Earle hath don contained in the said Petition are not treason nor Felony but onely Trespasse for which Trespasse hee ought to make fine and ransome according to the Kings pleasure wherefore the said Earle most humbly reverenceth our Lord the King and the said Lords the Peeres of Parliament concerning the right Iudgement and further the said Earle prayed our Lord the KING that in affirmance of those matters hee might bee purged from all suspitions and prayed to bee judged de Novo in the presence of the KING and of the LORDS and Commons in Parliament the said Earle tooke his Oath upon the Crosse of the Arch-bishop to bee faithfull and loyall liege man to our Lord the King and to his eldest sonne and to the Heires issuing of his body and to his brothers and their Issue successesively and inheritably at which time if the King would command him hee should bee ready to shew and declare that which hee knowes in that he halfe and set forth the truth thereof And that our Lord the King might not bee deceived the said Earle was present and charged in his liberty the said Earle upon his Oath which hee had made upon the said crosse setteth forth and declareth openly in Parliament that which hee knoweth in this matter upon which charge to him given the said E. saith That at the day of Tryall of his life hee knew not of the Dukes and Bishops and other Lords any thing that â—ounded in derogation of the honourable estate of the K. and of his royall Majesty but that they were and are to him good and lawfull Lieges and that for such our Lord the King may hold and repute them and may faithfully put his trust in them in perill of his life and by the Oath which heâ— had made as before said And moreover the said Earle of Northamberland humbly beseeched the Lords and Earles and Commoners that they will beseech our Lord the