Aurum reginæ, or, A compendious tractate and chronological collection of records in the Tower and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty, and revenue of the queen-consorts of England ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...

Aurum reginæ, or, A compendious tractate and chronological collection of records in the Tower and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty, and revenue of the queen-consorts of England ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...

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To the Most Illuſtrious Princeſs KATHERINE, Queen Conſort to his Sacred Majeſty CHARLES the II. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.

To all Ingenious Readers, eſpecially Profeſſors and Students of the Common Laws of England.

The PROEME.

SECTION I.

SECT. II.

SECT. III.

SECT. IV.

SECT. V.

SECT. VI.

A Chronological Catalogue of the QUEEN-CONSORTS of this our Realm mentioned in this Tractate, who received or claimed this Duty of AURUM REGINAE.

A Chronological Catalogue of the Clerks, Collectors, and Receivers of AURUM REGINAE, in the Court of Exchequer, herein mentioned.

A Chronological Catalogue of Queens Attorneys herein mentioned.

ERRATA.

[Page]A Compendious TRACTATE CONCERNING AƲRƲM REGINAE:

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THis Book having been peruſed and approved by Sir Robert Atkins, Sollicitor General to the QƲEENS MAJESTY, I think it fit to be Printed.

Orl. Bridgeman C. S.

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Aurum Reginae; OR A Compendious Tractate, and Chronological Collection of Records in the TOWER, and Court of EXCHEQUER Concerning QUEEN-GOLD: EVIDENCING The Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Antiquity, Legality of this Golden Prerogative, Duty and Revenue of the QƲEEN-CONSORTS of ENGLAND. The ſeveral Oblations, Fines out of which it Springs both in England and Ireland; the Queens Officers in the Exchequer to Receive, Collect, Account to Her for it, with their Patents; the Lands, Tenements, Goods, Chattels, Perſons liable to ſatisfie it; the Queſtions in Law about it; the Kings Title to the Arrears thereof by the QƲEENS DECEASE; the Proceſs by which it is to be levyed, and what elſe concerns it. With an Addition of ſome Records concerning our ROYAL MINES of Gold and Silver, and four Patents of K. Henry the 6. by Authority of Parliament, for finding the Philoſophers Stone, to Tranſubſtantiate baſer Metals into ſolid real GOLD and SILVER, to ſatisfie all the Creditors of the King and Kingdom in few years ſpace.

By WILLIAM PRYNNE Eſq a Bencher of Lincolns-Inne, Keeper of his Majeſties Records in the Tower of London.

Rom. 13. 7.

Render therefore to all their Due, Tribute to whom Tribute, Cuſtom to whom Cuſtom belongeth.

LONDON, Printed for the Author by Thomas Ratcliffe, and are to be ſold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, and Joſias Robinſon at Lincolns-Inne Gate. Anno 1668.

To the Most Illuſtrious Princeſs KATHERINE, Queen Conſort to his Sacred Majeſty CHARLES the II. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.

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IT being the principal Part of my ſolemn1 Eliz. c. 1. 5 Eliz. c. 1. 3 Ja [...]. c. 4. Oaths to the KING Your HUSBAND, as his Subject and Servant, That to my power I ſhall aſſiſt and defend all Juriſdictions, Priviledges, Preheminences and Authorities granted or belonging to the IMPERIAL CROWN of this REALM; I thereupon reputed it no ſordid Court-flattery, but a commendable bounden Duty, to contribute my beſt aſſiſtance, not only to vindicate and defend the Soveraign Eccleſiaſtical Iuriſdiction of His MAJESTY and our Britiſh, Roman, Saxon, Daniſh, Norman, Engliſh KINGS, againſt all Uſurpations, Encroachments of Popes and Prelates, in ſeveral The Firſt, Second, and Third Tomes of an Exact Chronological Vindication, and Hiſtorical Demonſtration, &c. London 16 [...]6, 1667, & 1668. Folio Volumes; but likewiſe to endeavour to reſtore to Your ROYAL MAJESTY in this ſmall Tractate, one of the Antienteſt, Royaleſt, Richeſt Civil Prerogatives, Duties, and caſual Revenues belonging time out of minde in England and Ireland, (by the Laws, Cuſtom thereof) to the QUEEN-CONSORTS of ENGLAND, commonly ſtiled AURUM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD; which all Your Noble Predeceſſors have ſucceſſively claimed, if not enjoyed, from the time of our moſt renowned Here p. 9, 10▪ Queen HELENA, (Wife to CONSTANTIUS, and Mother to the famous Chriſtian Emperor CONSTANTINE the Great, [Page] born and proclaimed Emperor in this our Iſland; the firſt Chriſtian QUEEN, EMPRESSE in the World, canonized as a SAINT for her tranſcendent Piety, Charity, Munificence to propagate the true Chriſtian Faith) till this preſent age.

In which, as ſome of the richeſt Veins of this Gold Mine have been quite cut off from the Crown by 12 Car. 2. ch 24 & 27 Car 1. ch. 20. two late Acts of Parliament, aboliſhing and taking away the Court of Wards, Wardſhips, Tenures in Capite, and Writs to receive the Order of Knighthood, with all Fines and Oblations ariſing from them, out of which QUEEN-GOLD was conſtantly due, paid in all former ages; ſo the remaining Branches thereof are in great danger to be totally, yea finally loſt and buried in Oblivion, not only to the grand diſhonour, prejudice of Your MAJESTY, and all ſucceeding QUEEN-WIVES of this Realm▪ but alſo to the See page 46. Exheredation of the KING and his Succeſſors, (from whom this Prerogative-Duty originally ſprings, and to whom all the Arrears of QUEEN-GOLD accrue after See pag 7. 51, to 56. Queens deceaſes) if not ſpeedily claimed, revived, recovered by Your MAJESTY for time to come, though perchance neceſſary, or convenient to be pretermitted and remitted for time paſt.

If theſe Collections of Records, publiſhed in their original Dialects, to evidence and vindicate Your MAJESTIES undoubted Right to this juſt legal Debt, (which I moſt humbly preſent to Your Royal Hands, as a VOLUNTARY OBLATION, and FREEWILL-OFFERING) ſhall prove Inſtrumental to yield any Aſſiſtance towards the recovery of, and re-adorning Your ROYAL CROWN with this GOLDEN GLOBE, now ſevered from it; or the enriching Your Wardrobe with this GOLD FLEECE, or to the advancement of Your MAJESTIES Honour and Glory, it will be a ſufficient Recompence to,

Your Majeſties moſt Humble devoted Servant, WILLIAM PRYNNE.

To all Ingenious Readers, eſpecially Profeſſors and Students of the Common Laws of England.

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GENTLEMEN,

I Here preſent to your View, and candid Acceptation, a Compendious Tractate, and Chronological Collection of ſuch Records in the Tower of London, and Exchequer Court at Weſtminſter, which concern the antient Royal Prerogative, and Lega [...] Duty of QUEEN-GOLD, belonging time out of minde to all our QUEEN-CONSORTS both in England and Ireland, whereof there is rare or little mention in any printed Law-books, except Sir Edward Cooks Poſthumus12 Reports p. 21, 22. Reports, and4 Inſtitutes p. 3 [...]7. Inſtitutes; wherein he hath over-much clipped this Gold Coine, and miſtaken or miſapplied ſome Records that concern it, as he hath done in ſundry other particulars I haveIn my Epiſtle to an exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower. In my Brevia Parliamenta [...]ia part 1, 2, 3, 4. My Plea for the Lords. The Firſt and Second part of my Demurrer to the Jews Remitter into England. elſewhere diſcovered, to the miſleading of thoſe of his Profeſſion, and other Readers who through ignorance, lazineſs, or over-much credulity, vouch and cry up his miſquoted, miſtaken, or miſapplied Records and Antiquities, (which he had little leiſure to peruſe himſelf) as undoubted Verities, and infallible Oracles.

All the Records here cited I have carefully peruſed and examined with my own eyes, except only thoſe few I have quoted out of Mr. William Hakewils Treatiſe, W. B. and Mr. Attorney Herberts Collections of Queen-gold, the Rolls and Numbers whereof are either miſtaken in the years, or the Writs, Records themſelves miſlaid, or loſt, being not to be found at preſent, upon my ſearch after them in the ſeveral Treaſuries and Offices in the Exchequer; wherein I was much aſſiſted by Mr. Hall, Mr. Burnet, Mr. Fauconbridge, and other Clerks and Officers of that Court, who communicated their Notes of this Subject to me, and will be both enabled, encouraged by this Publication to a further Scrutiny after this Gold Ore, as well in the neglected Files of Writs, and Baggs of Accounts, as Rolls in their reſpective Offices, into every of which I had yet no leiſure exactly to ſearch.

My principal end (next to the diſcharge of my ſworn Duty to his MAJESTY, and Service to his Royal Conſort the QUEEN) in compiling and publiſhing theſe (as well asAn Exact Collection of the Records in the Tower. My [...]lea for the Lords and Houſe of Peers The 1, 2, 3, and 4 part of A brief Regiſter and Survey of Parliamentary Writs. The 2 [...]art of my Demurrer to the Jews long diſcontinued Remitter into England. The 1 [...], & 3 T [...]e of my Chronological V [...]nd [...]cation, and Hiſtorical Collection of our Britiſh, Roman, Saxon, Da [...]iſh, Norman, Engliſh Kings Supreme [...] cleſlaſtical Iur [...]ſdiction, &c. former) Collections of Records, was to diſcover and communicate ſome over-long concealed Branches of the antient Common Law of England, (and more particularly thoſe relating to the Duty of Queen-gold) to the Students and Profeſſors thereof, unknown to the majority of them, being generally unacquainted with our beſt, antienteſt Records; wherein the moſt publick, uſefull Parts, Arteries of the Laws of this Realm, as the Summons, Acts, Proceedings, [Page]Judgements Pleas, Priviledges, Juriſdictions of our Engliſh and Iriſh Parliaments, and all other Courts, and Grand Officers whatſoever, Civil, Eccleſiaſtical, Naval, or Military; the Soveraign Rights, Titles of our Kings to the Crowns, and all Crown-Lands of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Normandy, Aquitain, Gaſcoign, Britany, the Iſles of Oleron, Jerſy, Gernſy, Alderny, Serke, Man, Angleſey, Scilley, Lundy, and to the Britiſh Ocean; the ſeveral Prerogatives, Royalties of our Kings, Queens, Princes of Wales, and Coun [...]y Palatines; the Militia and Defence of our Realms by Land or Sea▪ the Succeſſions, Endowments, Revenues, Priviledges, Salaries of our Archbiſhops, Biſhops, Abbots, Priors, Judges, Officers of all ſorts; the Charters, Foundations, Confirmations, Franchiſes of all kinds of Corporations; the Appropriations of Churches; the Creations, Pedigrees, Tenures, Lands, Services, Fairs, Markets, Parks, Chaces, Warrens, Royalties, Cuſtoms, Revenues of moſt of the Engliſh, Iriſh, Scotiſh Nobility and Gentry; the Bounds, Perambulations, Aſſarts, Deafforreſtations of all Foreſts, Chaces; the Mints, Stanneries, Mines, Coine, Trade, Exchanges, Merchandize, Government of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Iſles belonging to them; the Treaties, Leagues with Foreign Kings, States; ſundry rare excellent Writs, Prohibitions, Proclamations, Inquiſitions, Commiſſions, Charters, Letters of our Kings to Foreign Emperors, Kings, States, Popes, Cardinals, and their Letters, Bulls to them concerning State and Church affairs; Caſes, Appeals, and matters of Common, Martial, Marine Law, Law of Merchants concerning Repriſals, Depredations, Arms, Heraldry, and whatever elſe may conduce to make heroick ſtudious ſpirits accompliſhed Lawyers, Heralds, Hiſtorians, Stateſmen, are compriſed and rolled up in obſcurity in our over-much neglected Records; upon which account our Kings have had ſpecial care to preſerve them as ſacred, and their beſt, richeſt Treaſures, in thePlacita Parl. Anno 33 E. 1. Clauſ 33 E. 1. m. 3. Clauſ. 14 E. 2 m. 14. Pat. 16 E. 2. pars 1. m. 28. Clauſ. 11 E. 3. pars 1. m. 13. dorſo. Clauſ. 14 E. 3. pars 2 m 10. dorſo. Clauſ. 34 E. 3. m. 15. intus. Clauſ. 36 E. 3. m. 25. intus. Pat. 3 E 6. [...] die Maii. Pat An 9 Eliz. 8 die Junii. Pat An. 2 Jac. 30 Decemb. & 10 Jac 4 Julii. Tower of London and other places of greateſt ſecurity.

If theſe Collections ſhall excite any Gentlemen of my Profeſſion or others, to a more induſtrious ſearch, ſtudy of Records, or contribute any addition to the Dignity, Splendor, amplitude of our Common Laws, (the grand Supporters, Preſervers of the Crowns, Scepters, Royalties of our Kings and Queens, as well as of the Subjects Liberties, Properties, Lives) I ſhall repute my pains and coſt ſufficiently recompenced, and be thereby encouraged through Gods aſſiſtance, to voluminous publications of Records of another more general uſefull ſubject, wherein I am engaged, for the Honour of our Engliſh Kings, Kingdom, Church, Nation, Laws, againſt all Foreign and Domeſtick Uſurpations on, or Underminers of them.

From my Study in Lincolns-Inne March 25. 1668.

William Prynne.

The PROEME.

OBſerving in my peruſal of ancient Records in the Tower of London, and Kings Court of Exchequer at Weſtminſter, many remarkable Patents, Writs, Caſes, Paſſages, Reſolutions, and ſome Accounts concerning the moſt ancient, eminent benefical Royal Prerogative of the QUEEN CONSORTS OF ENGLAND, ſtiled AƲRƲM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD; conferred on their Majeſties by the Lawes of England as an Honorary contingent Revenue, inſeparably annexed to their Perſons by virtue of their Marriage to our Kings, intituling them to this, andCooks 1 Inſtit. f. 133. 2, Aſh his Repertory, [...]it. Praerogative, ſect. 149, 151, 152, 155, 156, & the Books there cited. ſundry other Regalities, Prerogatives, frequently mentioned in our Records and Law-Books: Yet finding no Mention nor Diſcourſe concerning AƲRƲM REGINAE in Sir Henry Spelmans Gloſſary, or any printed Volume of the Common Law, except only in Sir Edward Cooks poſthumus Mr. Se [...] dens Titles of Honor, Part 1. ch 6. ſect. 7. p. 114, 118, 119. b Printed London, 1656. p. 21, 22. Twelf Part of his Reports, (publiſhed in a time of Anarchy) wherein he cuts off ſeveral rich Veins of this Gold Mine, contracting it into ſuch diminutive narrow limits (not warranted by the Records there briefly quoted) as render it inconſiderable, unworthy the Title of a Royal Prerogative, or the claim, receit of any future Qu [...]n Conſorts, notwithſtanding their undoubted Right, Title to this Golden Duty, which he doth ingenuouſly acknowledge.

Upon this account, I apprehended, I could not perform a more acceptable, loyal Service to the KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND, or communicate a more deſirable Piece of Antiquity, Law to the Students or Profeſſors of the Common Law, then to preſent unto their View, this Summary Chronological Collection of thoſe rare Records I have met with, which moſt perſpicuouſly evidence the Quiddity, Quality, Quantity, Antiquity, Legality of this ROYAL DUTY of QUEEN-GOLD; the Fines or Mines out of which it ſprings, the Officers, and Proceſſe in the Kings Exchequer by which it was anciently received, levied, accounted for to the Queen Conſort whiles living, and to the King himſelf after her deceaſe; with other particulars that concern it, neceſſary for the Exact Diſcovery, knowledge, recovery of this long diſcontinued concealed Treaſure, and reducing this old GOLDEN FLEECE into our new Queens Wardrobes and Cabinets.

In order whereunto I have here briefly digeſted all I yet know that concerns this Subject into theſe 6. enſuing Sections.

SECTION I.

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What AURUM REGINAE is, as to its Quiddity, Quality, Quantity, or Proportion.

THE firſt thing I ſhall preſent you with, is, a Brief Definition of Aurum Reginae, as to its Quiddity, Quality, Quantity, or Proportion.

Aurum Reginae, is a Royal Debt, Duty, or Revenue, belonging and accruing to every Queen Conſort, during her marriage to the King of England, (both by Law, Cuſtom, and Preſcription time out of minde) due by every Perſon of what quality or calling ſoever within the Realms of England or Ireland, who hath made a voluntary Oblation, Obligation or Fine to the King amounting to Ten Marks or upwards, for any Priviledges, Franchiſes, Diſpenſations, Licenſes, Pardons, Grants, or other Matters of royal Grace or Favor conferred on him by the King, ariſing from and anſwerable to the quantity of ſuch his Oblation or Fine; to wit, one full tenth part over and above the intire Fine or Oblation to the King; as one Mark for every ten Marks, and ten pounds for every hundred pound fine, and ſo proportionably for every other ſum exceeding ten Marks; Or one Mark of gold to the Queen for every 100. Mark fine in ſilver to the King: (being both one in value and proportion) Which Summe becomes a real Debt and Duty to the Quéen by the Name of Aurum Reginae, by and upon the parties bare agreement with the King for his fine, without any promiſe to, or contract with the King or Queen for this tenth part exceeding it, which becomes a Debt on Record to the Queen by the very recording of the Fine. This Definition or Deſcription of Aurum Reginae the following Records in the 6. Section will both explain and confirm in all its branches; to which for brevity I referr you.

SECT. II.

Why it was originally and till this day, ſtiled Aurum Reginae.

THE true reaſons (as I apprehend) why it was originally ſtiled Aurum Reginae were two;

Firſt, becauſe Gold being the Queen, beſt, chiefeſt, pureſt, richeſt, faireſt, durableſt, most deſirable of all other Metals, asPlin. Nat. Hiſt. l. 33. c. 1, 2, 3, 4. Philoſophers, andAuguſtinus, Caſſiodorus, & others, Enar. & Expoſit. in Pſal. 7 [...]. (alias) 7 [...] v. 15. Divines aſſert, though paid with a greater proportion of Silver to our Queens or Kings, gave the name or denomination of Gold to the intire ſumme, according to the received Maxim, Denominatio ſequitur meliorem partem; to which that of Horace may be applied.

Operum, pag▪ [...]7. Et genus et formam (Gold) REGINA PECUNIA donat.

2ly. Becauſe anciently many, if not moſt voluntary Oblations, Fines made to our Kings, and particularly this duty of Queen-gold to our Queens, were paid in Gold, either in maſſe by weight, or in coyn, as the Fine and Pipe Rolls during the reigns of King John, Henry the 2. & 3. and Edward 1. abundantly teſtifie. I ſhall inſtance only in ſome Fines to the King, (there being hundreds of the like nature) ſince other Records in the 6th Section will evidence this duty to our [Page] Queens to be paid in gold; whereupon it was called AURUM REGINAE.

In the Fine Roll of 36 H. 3. m. 1.De Fine Auri▪ in the Tower: Adam de Sumery dat. Regi dimid. marc. Auri pro habendo reſpectu de Milicia ſua. Solvit P. Chaceper. Et quietus est.

Willielmus fil. Odonelli dat Regi pondus duorum ſolidorum Auri, pro habendo reſpectu de Milicia ſua.

Walterus de Burys dat Regi ſex Bizanc. (See Cotgraves Dictionary, Tit. Beſant. Gul. Somneri, Gloſſarium, & Dr. Wats his Gloſſarium, Tit. Bizantium Beſants, a Gold Coin made at Bizantium of the value of a golden Noble) then frequent, and currant in England and other parts, eſpecially among the Jews and Saracens, and often mentioned in our Records, Radulphus de Di [...]to, Ymagines Hiſt. col. 640, 642, 655. Hiſtories) pro eodem reſpectu (Militiae) habendo.

Thomas de Weſeham Cirurgicus Regis, dat. Regi. 12 Talenta (viz. Auri) pro quadam Carta habenda.

Richardus de Munfichet dat. Regi decem Marc. Auri, de quibus ſolvit duas Marc. in Garderoba Regis pro habenda Balliva ſua Forest [...] quae cap [...]a fuit in manum Regis. Et de reſiduis octo Marc. Auri, Rex conceſſit ei, quod reddat ei 4. Marc. ad Paſch. An. 36. Et 4. Marc. ad feſtnm S. Michaelis prox. ſequens. There are hundreds of like preſidents in this and otherSee Fines, 9 Johann. An. 40 H 3. m. 18. & An. 41 H 3. m. 6▪ &c. Fine Rolls.

Neither was this the uſage only of England, but of moſt other Countries, to preſent Kings, and pay them their Tributes, Rents, Cuſtoms, Fines in Gold, the King of all other Metals; therefore moſt apt, congruous for their Royal Majeſty, whoſe heads were uſually adorned withPſal. 21. 3. Crowns, their hands withEſth. 4. 11. ch. 5 2. c. 8. 4. SCEpters of pure Gold, and theirPſal. 45. 9. 13. Queens arrayed in veſtures of Gold; asMr. Seldens Titles of Honor, part. 1. ch 8. ſect. 2, 3. emblems of their Royalty. Upon this ground,1 Kings 9. 11. Hyram King of Tyre, and the1 Kings 10. 9, 10. Queen of Sheba, preſented King Solomon with ſundry Talents of Gold; who had likewiſe 1 Kings 9. 28. ch. 10. 14, 15. coming to him every year the weight of 666. Talents of Gold, beſides that he received of the Merchant men, and all the Kings of Arabia, and Governors of the Country in cuſtomes and rents: whence Solomon Eccleſ. 2. 8. ſtiles Gold, The peculiar Treaſure of Kings: Upon this accountPſal. 72. 10, 11, 15. King David, and [...]ay 60. 6. Iſaiah, prophecying of the Kingdome and Regality of Chriſt, uſed theſe expreſſions; The Kings of Tharſhiſh, and of the Iſles ſhall bring preſents, the Kings of Sheba and Seba ſhall offer gifts, &c. and to him ſhall be given of the Gold of Sheba. All they from Sheba ſhall come and ſhall bring Gold and Incenſe. Literally fulfilled by the Mat. 2. 1, to 11. Wiſe men who came from the Eaſt by the conduct of a Starre to worſhip our Saviour Christ when born KING of the Jews: who comming into the houſe where he was with his mother, they fell down and worſhipped Him: (not his Mother, as the [...]ee the 2d Tome of my Hiſtorical Vindication, p. 13. to 64. Romaniſts erroniouſly do, yea as much or more than him) and when they had opened their Treaſures, they offered unto him (not her) their gifts, GOLD, Frankincenſe, and Myrrhe. On which u St. Cyprian hath this memorable obſervation. Primitiae gentium Sacramentalia munera proferunt de theſauro, profitentes ex ratione munerum de eo quem adorabant, quid credebant. IN AƲRO REGEM, in thure Sacerdotem, in myrrha incorruptibilem quam [...]is paſſibilem profitentur. Moreover, the ſacred Story records, that De Stella & Magis▪ &c. Operum Tom. 3. Edit. Pamelii, p. 285. Sennacherib King of Aſſyria put Hezechiah King of Judah to a Fine or Tribute of 30. Talents of Gold, to ſatisfie which, he cut off the Gold from the doors and pillars of the Temple, and gave it to the King of Aſſyria; After which Pharaoh Necho King of Egypt put the land to a Tribute of 100 Talents of Silver, and one Talent of Gold,2 Kings 18. 14. 16. (proportionable to Aurum Reginae) which King Jehoiakim gave him, 2 Kings 23. 33, 35. exacting the ſilver and Gold afterwards from the people of the Land, from every one according to his taxation; and that by way of fine or compoſition for their rebellions against the King of Aſſyria and Pharaoh Necho.

[Page] In brief▪ As thePat. 43 H 3. pars 2. m. 15. Pat. 4 E 1. m. 10. Pat. [...]7 E 1. m. 8. Pat. 12 E 2. pars 1. m 30 dorſ. Pat 12 E 3. pars 2. m. 4. Fines 15 E. 3. m. 14. Cl. 47 E 3. m. 25. Pat. 12 R. 2. pars 3. m. 23▪ Plowdens Com [...]ment. f. 310, to 340. Brook Prerogative, 134, 137. Kings of England by their Prerogative royal have all Mines of Gold in whoſe ſoil ſoever they are found, annexed and appropriated to their Crownes; whence they were ſtiled ROYAL MINES; So this duty being a Golden Mine united to the Perſons, Crowns of the Queen wives of England, and for the moſt part paid in Gold, was ſtiled AƲRƲM REGINAE.

SECT. III.

The Antiquity, Legality, and Reaſonableneſs of Aurum Reginae.

THE next thing to be inquired into and evidenced, is the Antiquity, Legality, and Reaſonableneſs of this Duty of Aurum Reginae; which I ſhall but briefly touch, becauſe the enſuing Records (Sect. 6.) will at large demonſtrate it.

Its Antiquity will beſt appear by the firſt Record and Diſcourſe I have yet diſcovered concerning it; viz. the learned Dialogue of Gervaſius Tilberienſis, Nephew to our K. Henry the 2. and an Officer under him in his Court of Exchequer; of whomScriptorum Britanniae, Cent. 3. c. 7. 58. p. 250. John Bale Biſhop of Oſſory renders us this character. Gervaſius Tilberienſis, Henrici ſecundi Anglorum Regis Nepos, vir non mediocriter eruditus; literarum titulo bonarum inſignis, &c. This Dialogue of his contains the foundation, Conſtitution, Juriſdiction, Officers, Proceedings of the Court of the Kings Exchequer in that and former Ages, being reſerved therein as a moſt Eminent Record, and Directory for the proceedings thereof, ſtiled by moſt,Recorded likewiſe in the Black Book of the Exchequer, a Duplicate thereof. The Red Book of the Exchequer; wherein there is a particular Chapter and Diſcourſe DE AURO REGINAE, (which I ſhall preſent you with in its proper place) not as a Prerogative or Duty introduced, eſtabliſhed in that age, but belonging to our Queen-Conſorts time out of minde, as ancient as any Debts or Duties belonging to our Kings, and coaeval with them. To which I ſhall only ſubjoyn the Writs of King Edward the 3d. directed to the Barons of his Exchequer on behalf of Queen Philip, Term. Paſch. An. regni ſui 12. And to his Juſtices, Treaſurer and Chancellor of Ireland, An. regni ſui 34. for levying this Debt and Duty for her uſe in Ireland as well as England▪ which recite; That aliae Reginae praedictum aurum illud recipere conſueverunt totis temporibus retroactis: Ipſaque et omnes praedeceſſores ſuae Reginae Angliae habere et percipere conſueverunt, de tempore quo non extat memoria, de AURO REGINAE unam Marcā de ſingulis decem Marcis omnium finium Nobis in Curiis noſtris, tam in Anglia quam in Hibernia, factarum. This Duty hath been accordingly claimed, enjoyed by all Queens ſince, till the reign of King Edward the 6. who dying before marriage, and his Siſters Qu. Mary and Qu. Elizabeth ſucceeding him in the Throne, there being no Queen-Conſorts during their three reigns; this Duty was ſuſpended for above ſixty years together; But then claimed by Queen Anne, the next Queen Conſort, and 4to Jacobi, upon a reference by the King to ſome Judges,Sir Edward Cooks 12 Reports, p. 21, 22. reſolved to be her undoubted right; and ſince claimed by Queen Mary, as her due Prerogative.

The Reaſonableneſs and Juſtice of it, will beſt appear by the Original Grounds and Reaſons thereof: which I apprehend to be three.

Firſt, the extraordinary conjugal love, affection, honor, which our Kings of England did uſually bear, and really expreſſe to their Royal Queen Conſorts [Page] upon all occaſions, which induced them to confer this profitable, as well as Honourable Prerogative of Queen-gold on them, to be received as a Debt or caſual Gold-revenue from all their Subjects to whom they extended or diſpenſed any Regal grace and favor, that by this Royal perquiſit they might furniſh themſelves with Rings, Jewels, Veſſels,Pſal. 45. 9, 13, 14. 1 Pe [...]. 3. 3. Veſtments and other Ornaments of Gold, fit, neceſſary for their Royal State and Majeſty. For, asff. de Legibus, l. 31. Princeps. ff. De Jure Fiſci, l. 6. Mr. Seldens Titles of Honor, part 1. ch. 6. Sect 7. p. 110, 118, 119. Ʋlpian the ancient famous Civil Lawyer informs us concerning the Roman Empreſſe, Auguſta licet legibus ſoluta non est, Principes tamen illi eadem Privilegia tribuunt quae ipſi habent. Quodcunque privilegii Fiſco competit, hoc idem et Caeſaris AUGUSTA habere ſolet; is true of our Engliſh Queens, who in the antienteſt and later times of our Saxon Kings, or before, and ever ſince, were not only crowned, anointed, and ſat with the Kings in their ſeats of State; but had divers Prerogatives allowed to them by our Kings & Laws; AndVid. Gervaſ. Tilber. Ms. in recept. Scac. Et Acta publica de re ſaepius. anciently the Queen wife had a Revenue of QUEEN-GOLD, or AƲRƲM REGINAE, as the Records call it; that is, the tenth Part of ſo much, as by the Name of Oblata, came to the King; as Mr. Selden truly obſerves.

2ly. The frequent Mediations and powerful Interceſſions of Queen Conſorts to our Kings in moſt grants of Honors, Offices, Licenſes, Franchiſes, Priviledges, Pardons, &c. to their Subjects, out of which this Duty of Aurum Reginae accrued to them; which being commonly procured, or their fines moderated, much abated by theirAs the Charter, Patent, & Clauſe Rolls abundantly evidence. Royal mediations; the Subjects therupon for theſe their favors, by way of gratitude and juſtice, held themſelves obliged to preſent them with ſo much Gold as amounted at leaſt to one Tenth part over and above their intire moderate fines, which they voluntarily proffered & agreed to pay into our Kings Coffers: And in caſe of their ungrateful neglect thereof, they were by the Cuſtome, Juſtice, and Law of the Realm enforced to pay it, by legal Proceſſe and Executions iſſued out againſt them. The rather, becauſe in many Copyhold and other Manors of this Realm, the Wives or Ladies of the Land-Lords, did and ſtill do both claim and receive from the Copyhold and other Tenants upon the renewing or changing of Leaſes or Eſtates, a gratuity or ſumme of money proportionable to their fines, over and above the intire fines paid unto their Husbands as Land-Lords, upon the ſelf-ſame reaſon (of favor and mediation) as our Queens claim their Queen-gold.

3ly. The due honor, gratitude, and munificence which all faithfull Subjects ought to exhibit to the Kings beloved Conſort, when they received any ſpecial Grace, Grant, Priviledge, Benefit, Office, or Pardon from the King, (the King and Queen being but one fleſh, Perſon in Law in ſome reſpects) excited, engaged them both in duty, gratitude, honor to the King, Queen, and likewiſe out of ſelf-intereſt to preſent the Queen with a piece of Gold proportionable to their fines, and benefits received; who by their chearfull, gratefull payment of her Aurum Reginae, obliged her to become their future Mediatrix and Advocate to the King upon all occaſions for the enjoyment or continuance of their former indulged Grants, Offices, Liberties, Pardons, and for the procuring of new upon any emergent occaſions; that of the Poet Ovid in another Caſe, holding true in this; ‘Operum, Pars 3 P. 182.—Auro conciliatur amor.’

This Aurum Reginae ariſing only from Oblations or Fines that are voluntary, not enforced, being an ancient, cuſtomary, legal, known duty time out of mind, it can be no unreaſonableneſſe, oppreſſion, injury or injuſtice in the preſent [Page] Queen Conſort or her ſucceſſors to claim, demand and receive it, no more then in their Predeceſſors, it being a received Maxime in Law, volenti non fit injuria; and a precept of the Law and Goſpel too,Rom. 13. 7, 8. Mat. 23. 24. Render to all their due, eſpecially to Kings, Queens, and the Higher powers.

SECT. IV.

For what Fines and Oblations to the King Aurum Reginae ought to be payd to the Queen, and for what not.

FOR what ſort of Fines and Oblations to our Kings, this Aurum Reginae ought by Law and Cuſtom to be paid to their Queen Conſorts, and for what not, the enſuing Records, Writs, Accounts, (Sect. 6.) will fully inform & reſolve us.

In brief, Aurum Reginae, is due and payable for all Fines and Oblations of ten Marks or upwards (after the rate and proportion of one mark to the Queen for every ten Marks due or paid to the King) for all licenſes of Alienation of lands held in Capite of the King; all licenſes to appropriate Churches, or alien Lands, Rents, Tenements in Mortmain; For the Kings Widowes, or Wards to marry to whom they pleaſe; and for all Fines for Pardons of ſuch Alienations or Marriages made without the Kings precedent licenſe; For all Fines to the King for grants of the body, lands, or marriages of his Wards: for the Cuſtody of Abbies, Priories, Monaſteries or Biſhopricks during their vacancies, by thoſe who ſued and paid Fines for them; For liberty, or licenſes to hunt the Hare, Fox, Cat, Boar, Wolf or Badger; or to encloſe or fell Woods, or plough or aſſart Lands within the Kings Foreſts; For Fines for reſpiting, or not receiving the Order of Knighthood: for not going, marching with the Army of the King to his wars when bound by Tenure; For Fines for all Charters, Patents creating, granting, confirming Corporations, Tenures, Honors, Dignities, Offices, Lands, Markets, Fairs, Priviledges, Liberties, Chaſes, Parks, Free-warrens, Wrecks, Waifes, Strayes, Felons goods, Free fiſhing, or other Royalties, Immunities, Exemptions from Tallages, Tolls; Murage, Pontage, Services in Juries, Aſſiſes, or publike offices; And for all Fines for new Patents to confirm, alter, or enlarge all or any of the premiſes; For Fines for pardons, or remiſſions of all ſorts of Treſpaſſes within Foreſts or elſewhere, or for Breaches of the Peace, Frauds, Deceits, Concealments, Felonies, Manſlaughters; For Fines for the reſtitution of Lands, Liberties, Offices, Goods, Chattels, Merchandizes forfeited to or ſeiſed by the King; For ſaving the lives of perſons condemned to die; For breaches of, or diſpenſations with penal Lawes; For Fines for indenizations of Aliens; Or Protections, Safe-conducts granted to them; For Fines, Ranſoms of Jews for their offences, as well as of Chriſtians; and for all other Fines of like nature with thoſe here enumerated, mentioned in the Fine and Pipe Rolls, and 6. Section.

On the other hand, Aurum Reginae is not due or payable for any Subſidies, Aides, Quindiſms, Tonnage, Poundage, voluntarily granted to the King by the Lords & Commons in Parliament, or Diſms by the Pope or Clergy, for the Neceſſary defence of the Kingdom or Church of England, or Holy Land, or for Fines [Page] for reſpite or remiſſion of their payment at the times limited, as moſt conceive: Nor for Fines impoſed, and aſcertained by Judgement of the Court againſt the Offenders wills, not left indefinite to the Kings pleaſure, and parties ſubſequent Compoſition or agreement; Nor for voluntary Fines or Oblations of Palfries, Hawks, Tuns of Wine, or the like to the King, either alone, or joyntly with any certain ſum of money, (as of 10D. marks or pounds in gold or ſilver, and of one, two, three or more Palfries, Hawks, or Tunnes of Wine, frequent in all ancient Fine and Pipe Rolls:) becauſe theſe were not money, nor apportionable, and their rates, values beingSee Littleton, ſect. 97,98 222. & Cooks 1 Inſtitutes, f. 149. uncertain, variable, our Law could ſet no certain rate or proportion on them, nor any proceſſe be legally iſſued to levy them.

SECT. V.

What Intereſt the Queen-Conſorts have in their Queen-Gold. By what officer it is to be received. By what Proceſſe to be levyed when unpaid; and on what lands, goods. To whom the Arrears there of accrue after the Queens death.

THIS Duty of Aurum Reginae is ſo abſolutely veſted in the Queen, that although the King himſelf ſhould pardon or remit all or any part of his Fine to the party by which it became due to the Queen, yet he could not pardon, remit, nor apportion this Duty to his Queen, nor reſpite the Proceſs to levy it, without her own conſent: And if the King her Husband deceaſed, this Debt ſurvived to the Queen, and was leviable in the reign of the ſucceeding Kings not withſtanding, by like proceſſe as before.

This Duty or Revenue was received, collected, levyed by a ſpecial Officer, or Clerk in the Court of Exchequer, authorized and appointed by Patent from the King, or Queen, or both of them, to receive, collect, levy, and render an Account there of in that Court.

If this Duty was not voluntarily paid, it being a Debt grounded on and warranted by matter of Record, as the Fine Rolls in the Court of Chancery, or Extracts, Pipe-rolls in the Exchequer, wherein the Oblations, Fines out of which it aroſe, are enrolled; it was levied by Writs of Extent or Execution iſſued out of the Court of Exchequer to the Sheriffs, in the ſelf-ſame manner, form as the Kings debts were, next after the Kings own debts, but not before them: and that upon the Debtors lands or goods which he had at the time when it firſt grew due, or upon his Sureties in caſe he had no lands nor goods to ſatisfie it.

If the Queen-Conſort deceaſed, all the Arrears of this Duty accrued and ſurvived of right to the King her Husband, if living; and to his Succeſſor, if dead: who levied them by proceſſe out of the Exchequer, as they did their other proper Debts.

SECT. VI.

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A Chronological Collection of the Principal Records, Patents, Writs, Accounts, in the Tower of London, and Court of Exchequer at Weſtminſter, concerning Aurum Reginae; with brief Obſervations on them.

HAving rendred you this Summary Account of this Duty of Aurum Reginae, and of the ſeveral materials, circumſtances that concern or relate unto it in general and ſpecial, I ſhall in this laſt Section preſent to your view, a Chronological Collection and Tranſcript of all the principal Records, Patents, Writs and Accounts extant in the Tower of London, and Court of Exchequer at Weſtminster, which have hitherto come to my view, with ſome brief Obſervations on, and from them: Which will copiouſly evidence, juſtifie, ratifie the truth of what I have aſſerted concerning Aurum Reginae in the premiſed Sections, and diſplay what elſe may conduce to the full diſcovery or knowledge of this abſtruſe, over-long-concealed, diſcontinued Prerogative of the Queens of England to all thoſe who deſire information or ſatisfaction therein.

I ſhall begin with the ancienteſt, and ſo deſcend (in order of time) to the laſt Records and Memorials of this Subject; referring each of them by figures, to the premiſed Sections ſo farr as they prove, evidence, confirm or illuſtrate the contents thereof.

The firſt and moſt memorable Record I have yet ſeen,Anno 23 H. 2. & Chriſti 1177. which both mentions and Treats of Aurum Reginae, is a Dialogue or Treatiſe enrolled in the Red, and Black Book of the Kings Exchequer at Weſtminſter, (whereof there is a fair Tranſcript in Lincolns Inne Library, *Neither the Red, nor Black Book was compiled by Gervaſius, they containing many things done long after his death. given to it by our Famous Antiquary Mr. Will: Lambard, a Member of that Society, An. 1572.) intituled, Gervaſii Tilberienſis, De Neceſſariis Scaccarii Obſervantiis, Dialogus, dedicated by him to K. Henry the 2. in the 23. year of his reign, (as himſelf relates in his Proeme)) Anno Domini 1177. in the ſecond Part of which Dialogue, cap. 26. (1) DE AURO REGINAE, he renders us this exact Account concerning the Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Legality, and manner of levying this duty in the Exchequer in that and former ages; per Conſuetudines et Iura Scaccarii, as his Proeme informs us. I ſhall preſent you with his intireLib. Niger in Scac. p. 43, 44. Dialogue concerning this Duty.

Ad haec noverint hi (1) qui in pecunia numerata Regi (4) ſponte obligantur, quod REGINAE ſimiliter tenentur, licet expreſſum non fuerit. Quamvis enim non ſit expreſſum, eſt tamen promiſſo compromiſſum. Vt, cum Regi Centum vel Ducentas Marcas promiſerit, REGINAE pariter teneatur pro Centum Marcis Argenti Regi promiſſis, IN UNA MARCA AURI, pro Ducentis, IN DUABUS MARCIS AURI; et ſt [...] deinceps. In his autem perquirendis (5) eadent lege Vicecomes per omnia utetur qua in Regiis uſus eſt, non tamen ante, ſed poſt. Cum ergo de Regiis debitis ſummonitiones fiant, (5) adeſt Clericus Reginae ad hoc conſtitutus. Et addit in ſummonitione, de illo has Centum Marcas pro cauſa illa, ET AD OPUS REGINAE UNAM MARCAM AVRI. Summonita autem ad Scaccarium ab eius Officialibus ad [...] i [...]titutis ſeorſ [...]m ſuſcipiuntur. Noveris etiam, quod (5) llicet Rex de promiſſa ſ [...]bi ſumma mediam partem dimiſerit, vel univerſam, v [...]l etiam ſummonere diſ [...]ulerit, de his tamen quae ad REGINAM pertinent, ſ [...]cundum quod ſibi viſum [Page] fuerit, per omnia fiet, ut ea nolente, nec dimittantur, nec differentur, quae ſibi debentur, ſed ſummonita ſolbantur, et non ſolventes praedicto modo coerceantur. Diſcipulus. Nunquid de promiſſis Regi citra Centum Marcas, aliquid REGINAE debetur? Magiſter. Quibuſdam ſic videtur, ut (1) uſque ad Decem Marcas teneatur: ut ſcilicet, is qui Regi decem Marcas promiſerit, IN UNA UNCIA AURI REGINAE TENEATUR; Aliis non, niſi de Centum, et ſupra, ab initio promiſſis. De his igitur ad praeſens cum modeſtia, quia (re nondum terminata) ſuſpenſa reſolutio eſt. Litigat ſane de his pars REGINAE cum debitoribus, et adhuc ſub Iudice lis eſt. DeId eſt, de condonatione. miſericordia (4) Iudaeorum, et de redemptione Monetariorum (for falſifying, clipping and abuſing the Kings coin) ſicut deſponte oblatis dictum eſt, ſua portio ſecundum formam praedictam REGINAE debetur. Diſcip. Nunquid in pecuniariis & ſponte oblatis, Clerici & Laici ſine differentia coerceantur? Magiſter. In ſponte oblatis, apud omnes Lex una ſervatur, ut ſive Clericus ſit, ſive Laicus, qui non ſolvend [...] fuerit, donec ſatisfecerit careat impetrato. Obſervatur etiam idem in omnibus aliis quae quovis pacto Regi debentur, &c.

To which I ſhall ſubjoyn this paſſage in his Dialog. 2. c. 23.

Quid de ſponte offerentibus faciendū cum & ipſi non ſolvunt? (The Queens Gold ariſing out of ſuch Oblations.)Oblata Regi in Rem. See the Pipe Rolls of H. 2. R. 1. K. John, H 3. E. 1, 2, 3, &c. Tit. Oblata, Nova Oblata, Oblata Curiae, & Promiſſa. Noveris igitur quod oblatorum Regi, quaedam in rem, quaedam in ſpem offerentur. In rem quidem offerri dicimus, cum oblatum à Rege ſuſcipitur, & offerens conſequenter, pro quo obtulit à Rege ſuſcipit, Vt ſi quis pro libertate aliqua, profundo, vel pro firma, vel pro cuſtodia cujuſ (que) qui minor eſt aetatis uſ (que) ad annos legitimos habenda, vel pro quovis alio quod ad ſuam utilitatē vel honorem accedere videatur, ſponte Regi Centum libras, vel Centum Marcas offerat, et aſſentiente Regi, ſtatim poſt oblatum ſuſcipiat optatum. De his qui ſpontè ſe obligant, & qui conventionem cum Principe factam, poſſidere jam ceperint, lex noſtra decernat, ut quamdiu ſolvendo fuerint, indultis ſibi beneficiis gaudeant, & utantur. Quod ſi de Regis debito ſummoniti, ſolvere deſierint, ſtatim careant impetratis; ut ſi manente Scaccario ſuper eadem ſatisfecerint, oblata omnia ſine molestia reſtituantur. In ſpem verò dicantur offerri, cum quis exhibendae ſibi justitiae cauſa ſuper fundo vel redditu aliquo Regi ſummam aliquam offert, non tamen ut fiat (ne in nos excandeſcas, & venalia penes eum Juſticiam dicas) immò ut ſine dilatione fiat, &c.

From this Record and Diſcourſe concerning Queen gold, (ſtiled in ſubſequent Records in the Exchequer, An Ordinance and Statute,) to which the Barons and Queens Officers had recourſe in ſucceeding times in Caſes concerning Aurum Reginae, I ſhall obſerve.

1. That Aurum Reginae was a Debt, Duty, Revenue belonging to the Queen-Conſorts of England by the Law, Cuſtom of England time out of mind, long before the reign of King Henry the 2. the beginning whereof is altogether u [...] known. But if I conjecture aright, it had its original, not from theSee Tho. Walſingham, Ypodig Neuſtriae, p. 22. Earls, Dukes of Normandy, who were no Kings, nor their Wives Queens, (and ſo could neither create, nor denominate this Royal prerogative of Aurum Reginae) but from the Roman Emperors, whoſe Wives had the Titles ofSee Mr. Seldens Title [...] of Honor. part 1. ch. 6. ſect. 7, 9, 110, 111. Ulpian, ff. de Legibus, l. 31. Princeps, ff. De Jure Fiſci, l. 6. AUGUSTA, & DIVA AUGUSTA, as the Emperors had of AUGUSTUS & DIVUS AUGUSTUS, and the SAME PRIVILEDGES with the EMPEROR; And that our famous Queen Helena daughter to King Coell, wife to the Emperor Conſtantius who kept his Imperial Court, and died at Yorke, where he begate the moſt renowned Chriſtian Emperor Conſtantine the Great on the body of this firſt Chriſtian Queen and Empreſſe in the world, (canonized afterwards for aCapgrave, Petrus Ribadeniera, and others in her life. My Hiſtorical & Chronological Collection, Tom. 1. p 43▪ to 47. 100, 105. Saint for her [Page] piety, bounty to the Church, and finding out the Holy Croſſe whereon Chriſt was crucified) was the firſt who enjoyed this Royal Duty, whereof ſhe was moſt worthy, and being ſtiledJuſtinian, c. de Donat. inter vir. & uxor. l. 26. Capgrave, Ribadeniera, & others that write of her. REGINA as well as AUGUSTA, might well derive the Name of AURUM REGINAE thereunto. This munificent Queen, as ſhe built the walls of London and Colchester, as ourHiſtoriae, l. 1. p. 306. Henry Huntindon ſtories, ſo Eccleſiaſt. Hiſt. l. 8. cap. 29, 30, 31. Nicephorus Calliſtus, Fleurs des Vies des Saints Part 2. p. 143, 144. Petrus Ribadeniera, Eccleſiaſt. Hiſt. l. 8. c. 31. See Sozomen [...] Eccleſiae Hiſt. l. 1. c. 1. & Mr. Seldens Titles of Honor, Part 1. ch. Capgrave, and others relate, that ſhe built three Magnificent Temples in the Holy Land, the firſt near Mount Calvary, in the place where ſhe found the Croſſe whereon our Saviour Chriſt was crucified: the ſecond at Bethlehem, where he was born: the third upon Mount Olivet in the place from whence he aſcended into heaven; beſides 27 Churches and Oratories more in other places, which ſhe endowed with rich gifts; giving likewiſe large Alms to poor people; So large was her revenue, (whereunto it is probable this Duty of Aurum Reginae made ſome addition.) To whichPart 1. ch. 8. 6. p. 112, 114. Nicephorus ſubjoyns, Quam ob cauſam, condigna etiam à Deo accepit praemia: Etenim in praeſenti hac vita ea eſt conſequuta, ut praeſtantius quidquam nemo ei accidere potuiſſe putaret. Nam AUGUSTA renunciata est, ET NUMMOS AUREOS SUB EFFIGIE SUA PROCUDIT, (a badge or emblem of Aurum Reginae) Imperialibuſque Theſauris in potestate ſua redactis, pro arbitrio ſuo est uſa; as our Queens uſe their Aurum Reginae: which if I miſtake not, had its Original in and from this our glorious Queen and Empreſſe, as both the Roman Emperors, and alſo our Kings of England derived their GOLDEN CROWNS from the Emperor Conſtantine her Son, asPart 1. ch. 8. Sect. 2. p. 164, 165, 166, 169, to [...]74. Mr. John Selden proves at large in his Titles of Honor.

2ly. That Aurum Reginae is due to the Queen out of all ſums of Mony or Fines voluntarily offered and aſſented to by the King for any Liberty, lands, farm, Cuſtody, Wardſhip, or other thing redounding to the parties profit or honor, and for fines for ſpeedy Juſtice, amounting to, or exceeding the ſum of 10. Marks: which though then a point unreſolved, diſputed between the Queens Officers, and thoſe who were to pay this Duty (who pretended it not due, unleſſe it were a Fine of 100 Marks or more;) yet it was ſoon after and ever ſince frequently reſolved to the contrary, as the ſubſequent Records will inform us.

3ly. That the proportion of Aurum Reginae, is one Mark of Gold out of every hundred Marks of Silver due to the King; that is, one full tenth part over and above the intire Oblation or Fine to the King; to wit, one Mark for ten Marks, and ten pounds for every hundred pounds, without any deduction from, or diminution of the Kings Oblation or Fine, from which it is diſtinct; and ſo proportionably for any other ſum above 10 Marks.

4ly. That at the ſame inſtant when any party makes a voluntary Oblation or Fine to the King, he becomes an actual Debtor for this Aurum Reginae, to the Queen, by the Law and Cuſtom of the Realm, though it be not expreſly promiſed nor agreed.

5ly. That the Queen is to have her ſpecial Clerk or Officer in the Exchequer, to receive and recover this Duty for her uſe.

6ly. That the Proceſſe for the recovery thereof, if not voluntarily paid, ought to iſſue out of the Kings Exchequer, in the ſame courſe and manner as Proceſſe doe for the Kings own debts; yet ſo, that the Kings proceſſe ſhall be firſt ſerved before the Queens.

7ly. That although the King releaſe part, or all of his Debt, or reſpite Proceſſe for the levying thereof, yet this Debt of Aurum Reginae ſhall not thereby be diſcharged, diminiſhed, nor its levying deferred, without her ſpecial conſent.

[Page] 8ly. That Aurum Reginae is due as well from Clergymen as Laymen; and out of the Fines of Jews, and other clippers, falſifiers of the Kings Moneyes, as of Chriſtians and other Treſpaſſers put to Fines and Ranſoms at the Kings pleaſure, or who make Fines with the King to pardon their lives, when condemned to die, or to reſtore their ſeiſed or forfeited Eſtates for their offences againſt him.

The firſt Record ſince King Henry the 2.King John. wherein I find mention of Aurum Reginae, is in the Roll of Oblata in the Tower, in the very firſt year of the reign of King John.

PRior Sanctae Fredeſwich.Oblata, An. 1. Johan. m. 14. intus, pars 1. Oxon. R. Aurum. dat. Domino Regi 30 marc. pro habendis communibus libertatibus, ſicut Dominus Rex conceſſit Abbati de Lileſull, & pro habenda inde Carta Domini Regis T. in Scaccario Sancti Michaelis 15 m. In Scacc. Paſch. 15 m. S. à Templarus uſque Priorem de Fredeſwich (5) computante ipſo Priore 546 m. 2 s. &. 8 d. de AURO REGINAE.

The next in time, are theſe two Records in the Clauſe Rolls in the 7th years of his reign.

REX Baronibus, Clauſ. 7 Johan. Regis, m. 13. in Turri London. &c. Mandamus vobis, quod de Auro Reginae quod Com. de Ferrariis nobis debet pro (4) fine terrarum ſuarum de Eſſeburn & Wirkeſworth, & de Hecham, recipietis ab eo 5. marc. ad Scac. Sancti Michaelis, anno &c. 8. & ad Scac. prox. ſequens, 5. mar. & ac Scaccarium Michaelis prox. ſequent. 5 marc. Ita tamen quod ipſe nobis reddat ad hoc inſtans Scac. Paſchae anno, &c. 8. quicquid nobis debet de Auro illo ultra praedict. 15 Marcas. Teſte meipſo apud Suhampton. 10 die Aprilis. Peripſum Regem.

REX, Ibidem, m. 23. &c. Baronibus de Scaccar. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod pardonavimus Girardo de Rominal quatuor Marc. Auri, de Auro Reginae quas debuit de debito Patris ſui. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod eum inde quietum eſſe faciatis. Teſte meipſo apud Dertemu. 21 die Junii.

The next I meet with is this of the 9th year of King John.

REX, Clauſ. 9 Johan. Regis, m. 10. in Turri London. &c. Baronibus, &c. Sciatis, quod volumus, ut de caetero, reddatur Aurum Reginae ad Scaccarium noſtrum, quod inde audiatis Compotum, ſicut de aliis Debitis noſtris; et quod fidelis noſter (5) Alexander de Refham cuſtodiat Rotulos, et intromittat ſe de Auro Reginae exigendo. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod eident Alexandro officiunt illud habere faciatis, & ad diem competentem audiatis Compotum Alexandri de Lucy, de Recepta ſua, quam habuit de Auro Reginae de tempore quo illud Officium habuit. Mandamus etiam vobis, quod (5) omnes terras, quas Jollanus de Amundevill. habuit tempore quo ipſe mutuo accepit Debita de Aron Judaeo, capiatis in manum nostram, quicunque illas teneat, pro 272 l. quas ipſe nobis debuit de debito Aron, &c. (the reſidue of the Writ being for the levying of other Debts.) Teſte meipſo apud Hereford. 22 die Novembris.

In the great Rolls in the Pipe Office in the Exchequer at Westminſter, I found theſe ſeveral Records, Memorials and Accounts of Queen-gold during the reign of King John, An. 10 Johan. Regis.

[Page] Com. Berks, An. 10 Regis Johan. in Magno Rotulo in Officio Pipae in Scacc. ſub titulo AURUM REGINAE. Abbas de Redinges reddit Compde 4 l. de Fine 60. marc. pro habendo eo quod defuit de Hundredo ſuo de Redinges, toto tempore habendo quo fuit in manu Regis.

In eodem Rotulo. Gloucestr. ſub titulo Amerciamenta, Idem Vicecomes (Glouceſt.) reddit Compotum de 1. marc. de Iudaeis de Briſtow pro AURO REGINAE.

Ibidem. Eſſex, Hertford, in dorſo: ſub Titulo AURUM REGINAE, Radulfus de Hordings reddit Compot. de (4) 11. marc. & 40 s. pro eodem, in the ſauro dimid. mar. debet 10 mar. & 10 s.

Willielmus Morant reddit Comp. de 4 mar. pro dimid. mar. AURI de (4) Fine ſuo ſuperſcripto 40. marc. pro habend. terra ſua.

Ibidem. Somerſet, Dorſo, ſub tit. AURUM REGINAE. Gulielmus Cuſin & Johanna uxor ejus reddunt Compotum de 6. marc. pro eodem, with 2. ſums more.

In Magno Rotulo de Anno undecimo Regis Johannis in Scaccario,Anno 1 [...] Johan. Regis in Scaccario. in Eſſex. & Hertford. (inter alia) continetur ut ſequitur.

AƲRƲM REGINAE.

Caleb de Tama redd.Eſſex. Hertf. Rot. 17. Compotum de 13 m. & di. m. pro eod. In Theſauro 1 m. Et deb. 12 m. & di.

Rad. de Hoſdeng reddit compot. de 10 m. & 10 s. de eod. In Theſaur. di. m. Et deb. 10 m. & 40 d.

Aurum Reginae. Suſſexia, Rot. 1. Henr. de Palerne r. comp. de 4 m. de eod. In Theſ. di. m. Et deb. 3 m. & di.

Dewlebenie de Ciceſtr. r. comp. de 20 s. de eod. In Theſauro 2 s. 6 d. Et deb. 17 s. & 6 d.

Aurum Reginae. Civitas Linc. Rot. 6. Robertus de Archis r. comp. de 2 marc. de eod. In Theſ. di. m. Et deb. 20 s.

Elyas Groſſus r. comp. de 10 s de eod. In Theſ. liberavit. Et quietus eſt.

Benedictus de Cantebr. r. comp. de 10 s. de eod. In Theſ. 5 s. Et deb. 5 s.

Elyas fil. Gentil r. comp. de 1 m. de eod. In Theſ. di. m. Et deb. di. m.

Byenl [...]rienge Judaeus r. comp. de 6 m. de eod. In Theſ. 2. m. Et deb. 4 m.

In Magno Rotulo de Anno 13 Regis Johannis, An. 13 Johan. Regis in Scac. in Cuſtod. Clerici Pipae, inter alia continetur ut ſequitur.

Aurum Reginae. Bukingham & Bedf. n. 1. Robertus de Albeneio 9 l. pro 1 marc. & di. Auri pro relevio.

Willielmus de Bello Campo, 54 marc. pro 6 m. Auri pro relevio.

Dunecan de Laſcell 6 l. & 4 s. pro un. m. auri. & quant. pertin. ad 20 m. pro relev.

Walter. de Traili 45 m. pro 5m. auri pro eod.

Aurum Reginae. Dorſ. & Sum. merſ. n. 7. Jacobus de Novo Mercato 5 m. & di. Auri de relevio patris ſui, & fratris ſui, & relev. ſuo.

Henr. Luvell 3 m. auri de relev. ſuo.

Willelmus de Curtenai 1. m. & di. auri,Suthampton, n. 16. pro relevio.

Willielmus de Warblinton 45. m. pro 5. m. auri de Auro Reginae.

Galfr. de Luvere debet 4. m. & di. pro Auro Reginae, ſcil. non debet ſummon' quia nihil tenet in capite de Rege.

Oliverus de Punchardin. debet 2. m. pro eod.

[Page] In Magno Rotulo de Anno 14 Regis Johannis in Cuſtod.An 14 Johan Regis in Scac. Clerici Pipae reman. inter alia continetur ut ſequitur.

Aurum Reginae. Suthamt. n. 11. Williellmus de Warblinton debet 45 m. de eod.

Oliver. de Punchardin debet 2. m. de eod.

Aurum Reginae. Bukingham & Bedef. n. 14. Rob. de Albeneio, redd. Comp. de 9 l. de eod. In theſauro 7 l. & 8 d. Et debet 20 s. & 4 d.

Willielm. de Bello Campo, redd. Comp. de 54 m. de eod. In theſaur. 9 l. Et debet 24 l. & di. m.

Duncanus de Laſceles 7 l. & 4 s. de eod.

Walter. de Trailli 45 m. pro eod.

In Magno Rotulo de Anno 17 Regis Johannis, An. 17 Johan. Regis in Scac. Buckingham & Bedeford. n. 2. &c.

Aurum Reginae. Willielmus de Belchamp 24 l. & di. m. de Auro Reginae.

Duncanus de Laſcell 7 l. & 4 s. pro eod.

Walterus de Trailli 45 m. pro eod.

Aurum Reginae. [...]erchſcir. n. 5 Robertus de Curtenai deb. 4 m. auri, pro Fine de Sutton.

Joſce de Plugen [...]i deb. 1 m. auri, pro terra matris ſuae.

Aurum Reginae. Devonia, n. 13. Hawiſa de Curtenai 7 m. & di. auri, pro Honor. de Okemanton.

Will. Painell, 2 m. Auri, de Fine ſuo.

It is evident by all ourSee Matth. Paris, Matth. Weſtm. Polychron. Holinſhed, Fabian, Polydor Virgil, Speed, Daniel, Grafton, An. 1. & ult. of King John. Historians, that Iſabel daughter of the Earl of Engoliſme married to King John in the firſt year of his reign, (after his divorſe from Hawes the Earl of Gloceſters daughter,) ſurvived him; which being premiſed, I ſhall obſerve from theſe Records in King Johns reign.

1. That this AƲRƲM REGINAE, was claimed and received as a juſt legal Debt and Prerogative to the Queen, in and from the firſt till the laſt year of King Johns reign, by this ſpecial Name and Title.

2ly. That it was ſpecially charged in the Great Rolls in the Pipe Office, and levyed, accounted for in the Kings Exchequer under this very Title of AƲ RƲM REGINAE, in the ſelf-ſame manner, by the ſame Proceſs as the Kings own debts [...] were levyed and accounted for.

3ly. That [...] was due, and paid out of all voluntary Fines and compoſitions made or pay [...] [...] the King for the reſtitution of lands ſeiſed into his hands, for reliefs, wardſhips, grants of Mariages, Lands, liberties, and for voluntary Fines, ranſoms, amerciaments for offences, miſdemeanors, or pardons of them, and that by Jewes as well as Chriſtians.

4ly. That the proportion of this Duty, was one Mark out of every Fine or Oblation of or above the ſum of 10. Marks.

5ly. That King John (no doubt by his Queens conſent and agreement) challenged and levyed AURUM REGINAE, as a Debt, Duty belonging to himſelf, as well as to his Queen: That he ordered it to be paid into, and accounted for in the Court of Exchequer: where he conſtituted a ſpecial Officer to keep the Rolls thereof, and to demand, levy, receive, and account for it from time to time.

6ly. That he ſomtimes gave ſeveral times for the payment thereof in the Exchequer by equal portions; and that what could not be levyed thereof at one time by one Sheriff, was afterwards levyed and accounted for by another.

[Page] 7ly. That all the Lands as well as goods, chattels of the perſons from whom it grew due at the time of the Fine or Obiation firſt made, were liable to be extended for it, into whoſe hands ſoever they came by deſcent or grant, without any ſuit at Law, being a Debt due upon Record in the Fine and Pipe Rolls; in the ſame manner that Debts to Jews were levyed by the King when devolved to him.

In theRot. Finium An. 17 Johan. Regis. Fine Roll in the Tower, Anno 17. Johan. Regis, m. 4, 5. I find many conſiderable Fines and Oblations made to the King by ſeveral Perſons, Cities, Corporations in Ireland; out of which Aurum Reginae was then due and payd to the Queen in Ireland as well as in England, as the Clauſe Roll of 33 E. 3. [...]. 17. and other Records aſſure us, though I find no Account thereof in the Pipe Rolls here.

From King John, K. Henry 3. I deſcend to the reign of King Henry the 3d. his Son, who being anMat. Paris, Walſingham, Polydor▪ Virgil, Holinſhed, Speed, Daniel, An. 1. & 20 H. 3. infant ſcarce ten years of age when he was crowned King, this Duty of Queen-gold was diſcontinued till his marriage of the Lady Eleanor, ſecond daughter of Raimund Earl of Province in the 20th year of his reign, Anno gratia 1236. when it immediately revived, and veſted in her Majesty, as theſe enſuing Records during his long turbulent reign will inform and reſolve us.

The Red Book in the Kings Remembrancers Office in the Exchequer at Weſtminſter, records, that at the Coronation of this his Queen Eleanor in the twentieth year of his reign at Westminster, one John de Sanford put in his claim to be the Queens Chamberlain, and that by virtue of his Office amongſt other appendants thereunto belonging, he ought to appoint one Clerk in the Exchequer to receive the QƲEENS GOLD, who ought to have 6 d. a day out of this duty for his Salary; which was then deferred, and diſallowed afterwards, as other Records aſſure us. Which claim of his I finde thus certified out of the Red Book by the Barons of the Exchequer into the Court of Chancery, and there exemplified at the requeſt of Albred de Vere Earl of Oxford, Chamberlain to King Richard the ſecond, and inſerted into his Patent, Anno 20 R. 2.

Pat. 20 R 2. pars 2. m. 23. Ex Lib. Rubr. f. 232. Anno 20 H 3. REX omnibus ad quos, &c. Inſpeximus, &c. Inſpeximus etiam quandam Certificationem nobis in Cancellaria noſtra per Theſaurarium & Barones de Scaccario noſtro, de mandato noſtro miſſam in haec verba. Praetextu Brevis Regii, huic Cedulae conſuti, ſcrutato Rubro Libro penes Scaccarium residente, compertum eſt in eodem, fol. viz. 232. quod Anno viceſimo Regis Henrici filii Johannis, coronata fuit Regina Alienora, filia Hugonis Comitis Provinciae apud Weſtm. ubi continetur inter alia ſic; De praedictis Officiis nullus ſibi jus vendicavit in domo Reginae, excepto G. de Sanford, quia veteri jure Praedeceſſorum ſuorum, dixit, ſe debere eſſe Camerarium Reginae, Cameram & Hoſtium ea die cuſtodire, quod ibi obtinuit; habuit etiam tanquam jus ſuum totum lectum Reginae et Baſtines, et alia quae ſpetant ad Cameram. Vendicavit etiam ſe debere unum Clericum in Scaccario ad exrigendum AƲRƲM REGINAE, qui percipiet (ut dicitur) depraedicto AƲRO qualibet die ſe [...] denarios pro liberatione, ſet fuit dilatum. Nos autem Tranſcripta & Certificationem praedicta ad requiſitionem dilecti Conſanguinei noſtri Albredi de Veer nunc Comitis Oxon. [...]enore praeſentium duximus Exemplificanda. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. quinto die Februarii. Inſteed of his Clerk.

[Page] REX (5) aſſignavit Laurentium de Caſtellis ad recipiendum et cuſtodiendum AƲRƲM REGINAE ad magnum Scaccarium Regis,Clauſ. 20 H 3. m. 13. De Laurentio de Caſtellis aſſig. ad recipiend. Aurum Reginae. ad reſpondendum inde per manum ſuam. Et mandatum eſt Juſticiariis, ad cuſtodiam Iudaeorum aſſignatis; Quod AƲRƲM quod ipſam REGINAM continget ad Scaccarium Iudaeorum, ei faciat liberari, ad reſpondendum inde ſicut praedictum eſt. Teſte Rege apud Mortelak 13 die Maii.

REX Baronibus de Scaccario.Trin. 20 H 3. in Scac. Mandamus vobis, quatinus quotiens ſummoneri feceritis debita noſtra ad Scaccarium (5) ſummoneri faciatis AƲ RƲM REGINAE noſtrae, & liberari Laurentio de Caſtell. quem ad Aurum praeditum recipiendum & cuſtodiendum aſſignavimus. Teſte meipſo apud Wynton. 11 die Junii, Anno regni noſtri viceſimo.

HErveius de Baggot 50 [...] marc.Plac. Mich. 22 H 3. rot. 6 in fine. in Offic. R. in Scac. pro AƲRO REGINAE de fine 500. mar. de quibus (4) finem fecit, pro habenda haereditate ſua.

REX Baronibus,De Term. S. Hill. an. 22 H. 3. rot. 6. in Scac. in Offic. Remem. D. Regis. Pro Herveio de Stafford de Auro Reginae. &c. Sciatis, quod conceſſimus Herveio de Stafford, quod de 50 Marc. quas nobis debet pro Auro Reginae de fine Quingentarum Marcarum, per quas finem fecit nobiſcum (4) pro dabenda haereditate ſua non obſtante eo quod infra aetatem eſt; Reddat nobis ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis anno regni noſtri 21. Centum ſolidos; & ad Paſch. anno regni noſtri 22. Centum ſolidos; & ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis anno eodem Centum ſolidos; & ad Paſch. anno 23. Centum ſolidos; & ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis decem Marcas; & ad Paſch. anno regni noſtri 24. decem Marcas. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod ſic fieri, &c. Teſte meipſo apud Notingh. 11 die Septembris. a. r. n. 21.

REX conceſſit Johannae, Fines 26 H 3. m. 11. Finis Johannae quae fuit uxor Hugonis Wake, in Turri London. quae fuit uxor Hugonis Wake, (4) Cuſtodiam omnium Terrarum, quae ſunt praedicti Hugonis, quondam viri ſui; Habendam ſibi vel cuicunque aſſignare voluerit, uſque ad legitimam aetatem Haeredum praedicti Hugonis, una cum Maritagio eorundem Haeredum; & quod eadem Johanna libere et ſine impedimento (4) maritare ſe poſſit cui voluit, dummodo ſit ad fidem Regis, pro novem milibus Marcis, per quas finem fecit cum Rege, ad opus Regis; et pro mille Marcis pro AƲRO REGINAE: De quibus decem millibus Marcis reddet Regi per annum Septingentas Marcas, viz. Ad Scaccarium Paſchae 350 Marc. & ad Scaccarium Sancti Michaelis 350 Marc. donec totum Debitum praedictum Regi perſolvatur. Ita quidem, quod ſi praedicta Johanna defecerit in ſolutione primi Termini, ſive ſecundi, ſive tertii, ſive quarti, Vicecomites Regis, in quorum ballivis praedicta Johanna terras habet, (5) faciant de Terris et Catallis ſuis ad ſingulos Terminos non obſervatos 350 Marc. ad opus Regis, et pro Regina. Et ſi defecerit in ſolutione quinti Termini vel alicujus Termini ſubſequentis, antequam praedictum Debitum Regis perſolvatur; quicquid eadem Johanna vel Aſſignati ſui ſolverint de Debito praedicto pro non ſoluto habeatur, & penitus ei amittatur, & ad haeredes ſuos reddatur cuſtodia terrarum praedictarum, cum Maritagiis praedictis; Rex etiam conceſſit, quod de 20 l. quas praedictus Hugo quondam vir ſuus reddere conſuevit ad Scaccarium per annum pro debito Nicholai de Stutevill patris praedictae Johannae nichil ſolvatur, antequam de praedictis 10 mill. Marcis Regi fuerit ſatisfactum, vel quouſque defecerit in ſolutione finis praedicti ſicut praedictum [Page] eſt; & ſoluto fine illo in forma praedicta extunc incipiat praedicta Johanna reddere ad Scaccarium 20 l. per annum pro debitis praedicti Nicholai patris ſui eodem modo quo praedictus Hugo illas reddere conſuevit. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 2. die Jan.

QUia Abbas de Rupe unus Executorum Teſtamenti Willielmi de Percy manucepit,Fines 29 H 3. m. 9. in Turri Lond. Pro executoribus Willielmi de Percy. quod ipſe ſolvet in Quindena Aſſumptionis beatae Mariae in Garderob. 50 l. quas idem Willielmus Regi debuit pro (4) relevio ſuo, & 30 l. quas debuit pro Auxilio Regi conceſſo, ad primogenitam filiam Regis maritandam, et (4) 100 ſolidos pro AURO REGINAE; Mandatum eſt Roberto de Crepping, quod permittat ipſos Executores habere liberam Adminiſtrationem de omnibus bonis & catallis quae fuerunt ipſius Willielmi, ad executionem Teſtamenti ſui faciendam. Teſte Rege apud Wygorn. 2. die Auguſti.

MAndatum eſt Roberto de Crepping, Fines 29 H. 3. m. 4. in Turri Lond. De inſtauro de debitis Regis retinendo. quod de inſtauro quod fuit ipſius Willielmi, retineat ad opus Regis, ad valentiam debiti quod idem Willielmus debuit, videlicet 80 libras. et 100 ſol. pro Auro Reginae, per idem pretium ad quod alii caperent praedictum inſtaurum, & non per aliud. Et cum praedictum inſtaurum ceperit, Rex ſignificet quantum retinuerit, & ad quod pretium. Teſte Rege apud Ceſtr. 15 die Auguſti.

MAndatum eſt W. de Haverhull. Clauſ. 29 H. 3. m. 10. in Turri London. De Auro Reginae recipiend. & cuſtodiend. Theſaurario Regis, quod AƲRƲM REGINAE, quod Johannes Francigena recipere conſuevit, (5) de caetero in manum ſuam recipiat: Ita quod idem Johannes in nullo inde ſe intromittat: Et AƲRƲM illud ſicut illud receperit ponat ſeorſum ſeparatim a Theſauro Regis; ita quod inde Rex poſſit reſponderi. Teſte meipſo apud Wyndleſor, 28 die April. Anno regni noſtri 29.

Et mandatum eſt eidem Johanni, quod de (5) Auro illo de caetero non intromittat. Teſte ut ſupra.

Poſtea revocata erant illa duo brevia.

MAndatum eſt Alano la Zuſch. Clauſ. 35 H 3 m. 13. in Turri Lond. Pro reſpect [...] pro Communitates de Com. Ceſtr. Juſticiario Ceſtriae, quod demandam quam facit Communitati [...] Comitatus Ceſtriae de Miſericordia quam inciderunt coram Rege, Quia non habuit Recordum Loquelae quae fuit coram ipſo inter Willielmum de Condray & Caeciliam uxorem ejus, & Abbatem de Deulacreſſe coram Rege, ſicut praecepit. Et demanda quae eidem communicata fit de veniendo extra Comitatum Ceſtriae coram G. de Langel. & ſociis ejus Juſtitiariis Foreſtae pro tranſgreſſione Foreſtae extra Comitatum Ceſtriae. Et ſimiliter demand [...] quam eidem Communitati facit pro AURO REGINAE, (5) ponat in reſpectum uſque ad Quindenam Paſch. proximo futuram. Et quod de caetero non exigat, vel exigi permittat ab hominibus ejuſdem Comitatus, niſi tantum unum bovem pro diſſeiſina: & hoc ſolummodo de principali diſſeiſiatore. Et ſi homines & amerciamenta ejuſdem Comitatus pro aliquo forisfacto capiantur, eos ſine redemptione replegiari faciatis; Niſi capti ſint homines illi per ſpeciale praeceptum Regis, vel pro morte hominis, vel pro aliquo alio Retto, quare de jure non ſint replegiabiles. Teſte Rege apud Westm. 14 die Maii. Pro J. de Lexinton.

[Page]REX bult,Cl▪ 37 H. 3. m. 17. in Turri London. De Auro Reginae cuſtodiendo. quod Johannes Franciſcus (5) curam capiat de AƲRO REGINAE ad Scaccarium ſuum ſicut capere conſuevit. Et mand. eſt Philippo Luvel, quod cuſtodiam ei liberet. Et mandavit quod ipſam recipiat cuſtodiendam, ſicut praedictum eſt. Teſte Rege apud Windeſor. 18 die Februarii.

Per ipſum Regem.

Inter Communia in the 20th year of Henry the 3d.De Term. S. Hil. Anno 20 H. 3. in Offic. Rem. Scac. (omitted caſually in its proper ſeries) Sciatis, quod Walterus de Bello Campo finem fecit nobiſcum per 50. Marc. et AƲRƲM REGINAE NOSTRAE ſi dare deberet (4) pro gratia noſtra recuperanda, et rehabenda cuſtodiam Com. Wygorn. &c.

REX Mand. Baronibus,De Term. S. Hil. 39 H. 3. Rot. 7. Scac. in Offic. Rememo Regis. Pro Rege de O [...]icio commiſſa. quod cum (5) Regina deputaberit Robertum de Thaury Clericum ſuum ad colligendum AURUM SUUM, & eadem Regina habeat Cuſtodiam terrarum Baldewini de Inſula, vult & mandat quod officium Camerar. quod Thom. Eſpurun tenet in Scaccario, et ad ipſam Reginam pertinet ratione praedictae Cuſtodiae, liberari faciant propter ſumptus vitandos praedicto Roberto, qui de utroque officio ſervire poterit: Et ipſum Thom. Contrarotular. receptae Scacarii cuſtodire fac. ſicut prius facere conſuevit.

Et Regina ſimiliter mandat,Com. de Ter. S. Trin. An. 39 H. 3 rot. 15. Leiceſtr. in Offic. Rem. Regis. quod ex quo hoc placet Domino Regi, quod Barones ſecundum Mandatum Domini Regis in dicto officio ipſum Robertum admittant. Breve eſt in for. Mareſc.

PRaeceptum eſt Vic. Leye. quod ingrediatur libertatem Com. Leiceſtr. & (5) diſtringat Willielmum de Quevill pro AURO REGINAE, quam nuper ei abſtulimus pro Tranſgreſſione ſua.

PRaeceptum fuit Vic. London. Trin. 39 H 3. rot. 15. Ex parte Remem. Regis. Lond. de Aur. Reginae pro Civibus London. quod (5) diſtringerent Cives London. pro AƲ RO REGINAE, ita quod habeant denarios coram Baron. die Lunae prox. ante feſtum S. Barnabe Apoſtoli. Quo die dicti Vic. venerunt coram Baronibus, & cum requiſit. eſſet ab eis, an dictos denarios haberent? dixerunt, quod non: ſed quod vadia dictorum Civium ceperint, et penes ſe habuerunt, ſed non invenerunt qui ipſa emerent.Term. S. Michaelis, An. 40 H 3. rot. 3. ex parte Remem. Regis in Scac. Poſtea injunctum fuit eis, quod ipſa vadia afferrent coram Baronibus die Martis ſequent. qua die venerunt et dixerunt, quod fere mille homines de Civitate reſtiterunt eis, et non permiſerunt dicta vadia aſportare; Et cum quaereretur ab eiſdem Vic. qui eſſent illi impeditores? dixerunt, quod plures Draperii, Aurifabri, Speciar. Cordewinarum, & alii Miniſtri de Civitate, ſed nullum nomen exquirere voluerunt. Ideo liberati fuerunt dicti Vic. Mareſcallo.

REX mandavit Bar. quod ad (3) inſtantiam Reginae,De Term. S. Mich. an 40 H. 3▪ in eodem Offic. Pro Civibus London de Auro Reginae. Breve venit die Merc. prox. ante ſeſtum [...]. Edmundi de Civitate liberanda, replegiavit Majori & Communitati London. uſque ad Octab. Sancti Hillarii proxim. futur. Civitatem London. quam capi fecerat in manum ſuam pro (5) Auro praedictae Reginae quod à praedictis Majore & Communitate exigitur: Ita quidem, quod niſi interim ſatisfaciant eidem Reginae pro AVRO SVO, Cibitas illa extunc ſit in manu ſua in ſtatu in quo tunc fuit. Et quod Civitatem praedictam eis reſtituant ſicut praedictum eſt, cum omnibus inde perceptis à tempore captionis ejuſdem Civitatis. Breve eſt in For. Mar. Eodem die liberavit Dominus P. Lovell qui habuit Cuſtodiam ejuſdem Civitatis Majori & Ballivis London. 15 l. 9 s. 5 d. ob. de exitibus ejuſdem Civitatis.

[Page] MEmorand.Ibidem, Ter- min. S. Mich. an. 40 H 3. rot. 7. dorſo. coram Baronibus Pro Philippo Beſſet. quod Robertus de Thaury (5) Clericus Dominae Reginae venit coram Baron. & recognovit, quod Philippus Baſſet ſatisfecit eidem Dominae Reginae de Centum Marcis quas ei debuit pro AURO SUO, de fine mille Marcarum quem idem Philippus fecerat cum Domino Rege (4) pro habenda Cuſtodia filii et Haeredis Richardi de Riperiis, et de una Marca quam debuit pro eodem Oe fine decem marcarum quam fecerat cum Domino Rege (4) pro habenda Wclarrenna: et de 4. Marc. de fine quatuor marcarum Auri, (4) pro habenda cuſtodia.

REgina mand.De Termino Paſch. an. 40 H. 3. rot. 15. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Sca. Pro Johanne de Rameſey Canonico S. Pauli London. Roberto de Thaurey Archid. Bathon. Clerico ſuo, quod relaxavit Johanni de Romeſy Canonico Sancti Pauli London. tertiam partem 50 Marcarum quas ab eo & Petro Capello quondam W. Arch. Eborum, & Willielmo de Bromham Vicar. de Merton. in Epiſcopatu Dunolm. Executoribus quondam Richardi Dunolm. Epiſcopi pro Auro ſuo de Quingentis Marcis quas dederant Domino Regi pro quodam fine quam fecerunt (4) ad habend plenam adminiſtrationem bonorum quae fuerunt ejuſdem Epiſcopi. Et vult, quod reſiduum illarum 50 Marcarum dempta tertia parte, ut praedictum eſt, de praedictis Petro & Willielmo Coexecutoribus praedicti J. plenè recuperetur, & de illa tertia parte praedicto J. nullam de caetero faciat executionem. Breve eſt in Cuſtodia praedicti Roberti.

REX Theſ. Hiberniae, ſalutem.Pat. 52 H. 3. m. 25. in Turri London▪ Pro Alianor. Conſorti E. filii Regis. Cum Edwardus primogenitus noſter terram Hiberniae, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis habeat et teneat de dono noſtro adeò liberè & quietè ſicut eam in manu noſtra tenuerimus, per quod kariſſima filia noſtra Alienora Conſors dicti filii noſtri AURUM SUUM tam de (4) finibus quam ſponte oblatis in terra (1) Hiberniae habere debet, ſicut kariſſima Conſors noſtra Alienora Regina Angliae (1) AURUM SUUM habet de eiſdem in regno noſtro Angliae. Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quatenus praefatae Conſorti filii noſtri praedicti AURUM prtediaum de Finibus et ſponte oblatis, et eciam de quibuſcunque aliis finibus praedictis habere facias in forma praedita. Et hoc nullo modo omittatis. In cujus, &c.

ELianora Dei Gratia Regina Angliae, Term. Trin. An. 56 H. 3. rot 8. De Cuſtode Auri Reginae, in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Domina Hiberniae, & Duciſſa Aquitaniae, dilectis ſibi Philippo de Ey, Domini Regis Theſaurario & Baronibus ejuſdem Domini Regis de Scaccario, ſalutem, & dilectionem. Sciatis, quod aſſignavimus dilectum Clericum noſtrum Johannem de Whitebergh Collectorem et Cuſtodem AƲRI NOSTRI, quamdiu nobis placuerit. Et ideo vobis rogamus, quatinus eundem Johannem in officio ſuo informetis, et conſiium et juvamen ei prout nobis expedire videritis, impendatis. Ita quod vos regratiari ſpecialiter teneamur; Valete. Datum apud Guldeford 30 die Junii, anno regni Regis H. Domini noſtri 56.

From theſe Records of King Henry the 3d. I ſhall obſerve;

1. That King Henry the 3. himſelf (not the Queens Chamberlain, who claimed this priviledge as an appendant due to his office) at firſt appointed the Receiver and Keeper of the Queens gold, both in his own Grand Exchequer, and in the Exchequer of the Jewes; no doubt by his Queens conſent and agreement. And that the Queen her ſelf by her own Letters Patents in the latter [Page] end of his reign, appointed her own Clerk to receive it, without the King.

2ly. That Aurum Reginae was then due and payd to the Queen, as well out of the Oblations and Fines of Jewes as Chriſtians.

3ly. That Queen-gold was then due out of Fines made to the King for the Cuſtody of the Lands and bodies of Wards; For Licenſes for Wards, and the Kings Widdows to marry at their pleaſure to any that were loyal to the King: For grants of Warrens, reſtitution of Lands, Liberties, Counties ſeiſed: For licenſes to Executors to have full adminiſtration of the goods of their Teſtators who were Tenants to the King, or endebted to him, to perform their wills.

4ly. That the ordinary proportion of Queen-gold in King Henries reign, was only one Mark to the Queen for every ten Marks to the King; yet in the caſe of Jone Wake, the Queen had one thouſand Marks for the Kings nine thouſand.

6ly. That the King himſelf ſometimes appointed when and how the whole Ten thouſand Marks, as well that due to Queen, as to himſelf, ſhould be paid at ſeveral payments into the Exchequer, and that by expreſſe agreement when the Fine was made.

6ly. That the Queens gold was to be levyed by the Kings proceſſe iſſued to the Sheriffs, in the ſame manner as the Kings Fine was. And that the Sheriffs of London were impriſoned by the Barons, and the Liberties of the City ſeiſed into the Kings hands for their neglect in not levying it, and for the Citizens riot and reſcous of thoſe pawnes they had given for it.

7ly. That all the Lands and goods of the parties that made the Fines which they had at the time of the Fines made, were to be extended for the Queens gold, as well as for the Kings Fines: And that if the party failed of the laſt payment of the Kings Fine, he was to loſe all that was payd, and the Cuſtody of the Wards lands and body too for which it was payd.

8ly. That Aurum Reginae was due to the Queen out of all voluntary Oblations and Fines made to the King in Ireland, as well as in England: And that by King Henry his ſpecial grant of the Land of Ireland to his son and Heir Prince Edward, in as free and ample manner as himſelf enjoyed it; the Queen-gold there became due to the Princes wife by his ſpecial Patent to her.

Edward 1.I ſhall next preſent you with ſuch Records concerning QUEEN-GOLD, as I have found and peruſed in the Tower and Court of Exchequer during the reign of King Edward the 1.

John de Waterele Keeper of the Aurum Reginae accruing to Queen Eleanor wife to King Henry the 3d, and Mother to King Edward the 1. exacting this Duty in the Court of Exchequer after King Henries death from thoſe who granted him the 20th part of their goods in his life-time towards the relief of the Holy Land, and likewiſe out of the Tallages laſt aſſeſſed on the Kings Lands and Tenants throughout England, to their great grievance, upon complaint thereof to King Edward the 1. his Counſil (he being then abſent in the Holy Land) in the firſt year of his reign, ſome of them came perſonally into the Court of Exchequer, and there openly prohibited Waterele from thenceforth to exact or receive any Gold from any upon theſe occaſions; as this Record and Memorandum in the Office of the Kings Remembrancer in the Exchequer informs us.

[Page] MEmorandum,Inter Com. de Term. S. Hil. an. Regis E. 1. rot. 4. in dorſo, ex parte Remem. Regis De Aur. Reginae inhibito per Conſil. Regis. quod die Lunae prox. ante feſtum Converſionis Sancti Pauli vener. ad Scaccarium W. Eborum Archiepiſcopus, Rogerus de Mortuo mari, Robertus Burnel, & quidam alii de Conſilio Regis, et inhibuerunt (5) Johanni de Waterele Cuſtodi AƲRI Alienorae Reginae matris Regis Edwardi (4) ne de caetero exigat ſeu capiat ab aliquo AƲRƲM ad opus ejuſdem Reginae occaſione viceſimae praedicto Regi conceſſae tempo [...]e H. Regis patris ſui in Subſid. terrae ſanctae, nec etiam occaſione Tallagii ultimo aſſeſſ. per Angl. ſuper Dominica Regis praedicti.

In the 3d year of King Edward the 1. Nicholas de Ely Biſhop of Wincheſter being proſecuted in the Kings Exchequer for Queen-gold by Queen Eleanors Clerk for a Debt of 2229 l. 13 s.1 d. due to King Henry the 3d her husband by John Gernſey his predeceſſor for the corn and ſtock of the ſaid Biſhoprick, which he bought of the King; upon the Kings command to the Treaſurer and Barons deliverd to them by word of mouth in the Exchequer, they diſcharged him from the payment of the ſaid Gold by authority of the Kings command, whether out of meer grace to the Biſhop, or becauſe the ſucceſſor Biſhop was not obliged by this contract of his predeceſſor for this ſtock and corn, devolved to the predeceſſors Executors, or to the King by his deceaſe: Or becauſe no Aurum Reginae was due in ſtrictneſſe of Law upon this bargain or emption, appears not by the Record thereof, entred in theſe words.

MEmorand.Inter Com. de Term. Paſch. Anno 3 E 1. rot. 9. in dorſo in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Pro Epiſcopo Winton. de Auro Reginae. quod die Lunae proxim. poſt Feſtum Sanctorum Nerei & Achillei, venit Walterus de Heleni ad Scaccarium, & dixit Theſ. & Baron. ex parte D. Regis, quod in proximo adventu Nicholai Epiſcopi (Wint.) ad idem Scaccarium abſolverent eundem Epiſcopum de AVRO quod exigitur ab eo ad oPUS Dominae Reginae matris Domini Regis de 2229 l. 3 s. 1 d. in quibus Johannes quondam Wynton. Epiſcopus Regi H. tenebatur (4) pro emptione bladi et inſtauri dicti Epiſcopatus. Poſtea venit idem Epiſcopus ad Scaccarium praedictum, et auctoritate mand. praedict. abſolutus eſt de AVRO praedicto.

Eleanor firſt Queen Conſort to King Edward the 1. in the 3d. year of his reign conſtituted Walter Kent Receiver and keeper of her gold in the Kings Exchequer; whereupon ſhe ſent this Letter to the Barons, to admit him to this Office without any difficulty, and to adviſe and aſſiſt him therein when need ſhould require, as Eleanor wife to H. 3. had doneHere, p. 18. before her.

CUM dilecto & fideli Waltero de Cantia Clerico noſtro,Term. S. Hil. An. 3 E. 1. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. See Mr. Hackwils Treatiſe of Queen gold, MS. terrarum & tenementorum noſtrorum in Anglia, et Auri noſtri commiſerimus cuſtodiam et exitus inde recipiend. & de eiſdem ordinand. et diſponend. prout nobis viderit expedire, ac quaedam dictam cuſtodiam tangentia exiſtant, quae per vos cautiorem ſortire valeant effectum: per quod vos rogamus affectuoſè, quatinus dictum Walterum ad cuſtodiam Auri praedicti noſtro nomine faciend. ſine aliquo diffugio recipiatis, & eidem in Ofeficio praedito & aliis negotiis noſtris coram vobis expediend. (quociens opus fuerit) conſulentes eſſe velitis, & auxiliantes, precibus noſtris & amore. Dat. apud Woodſtock 26 die Decembris, Anno regni Domini noſtri Edwardi tertio.

[Page] Anno 4 E. 1. Queen Eleanor aſſigned Benett of Wynton a Jew, to keep her Gold, and diſpatch her other buſineſſe in the Exchequer (for the Jews) as other Jews had alwayes accuſtomed to do, as appears by this Mandate of the King to the Barons to admit him to this office.

CUM kariſſima Conſors Alienora Regina Angliae (5) aſſignaverit Benettum de Wynton. De Term. S. Trin an.4 E 1. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Baron. pro Alienora Conſorte Regis. Judaeum, ad Aurum ipſius Conſortis Cuſtod. & ad alia negotia ipſam contingentia exequend. prout alii Judaei ſemper hactenus facere conſueverunt, Rex mand. eiſdem, quod praefat. Benettum ad hoc admittant in forma praedita. Teſte, &c.

This year there ariſing ſome new Controverſies and doubts out of what Oblations QUEEN-GOLD ought to be paid,Ibid. Baron. Pro Auro Reginae. the King and his Counſil made theſe reſolutions therein, which they ſent to the Barons of the Exchequer to be firmly obſerved.

REX mand. eiſdem quandam Cedulam coram ſe et Conſilio ſuo ſuper AƲ RO REGINAE proviſo o [...]dinatam praeſentibus intercluſam. Mandantes eiſdem, quod (4) ea quae ſuper hoc proviſa ſunt et ordinata de caetero firmiter ſervari faciant, &c.

BAronibus,Inter Communia Trin. 4 E 1. rot. 8. in dorſo. De Proviſione Auri Reginae. &c. ſalutem. Mittimus vobis quandam Scedulam coram nobis & Conſilio noſtro ſuper Auro Reginae proviſo ordinatam, praeſentibus intercluſam; Vobis madantes, quod ea quae ſuper hoc proviſa ſunt, & ordinata de caetero firmiter obſervari faciatis. Teſte, &c. apud Weſtm. 9 die Julii.

Which I find not now extant in the Rolls, but in Mr. Hackwils Treatiſe of Queen-gold. Tenor illius Scedulae talis eſt:

De (4) donis quae ſpontanea voluntate donato [...]uis ex gratia conferuntur, et contingat quod aliquis de dono proprio finem faciat, non habebit Regina Aurum. Si vero Papa conferat Decimam▪ vel conſt [...]ilem gratiam Domino Regi, et faciant inde finem; vel ſiquis finem pro hujuſmodi Decima, vel Quintadecima vel Viceſima alicujus Communitatis ſeu patriae, ſeu pro donis aliorum quam pro ſui ipſius, ibi fiat ſicut fieri debet.

An. 5 E. 1. The Officers of Eleanor Queen Conſort to King Henry the 3d. and mother of King Edward, exacting Queen-gold from the Barons of the Cinque Ports, for their free, courteous gift of the 20th part of their goods to King Henry his Father, by proceſſe iſſued out of the Court of Exchequer, againſt the King and Counſils reſolution the year before, contrary to all equity and right; the King thereupon iſſued this Mandate to the Barons to diſcharge them thereof.

QVia (4) aequitati diſſonum fore reputat Rex,Term. S. Mich. an. 5 E 1. rot. 3. in Offic. Remem. Scac. Baronibus Scaccarii pro Baronibus Quinque Portuum. quod Barones Duinque Po [...]tuum pro curialitate, quam Domino Henrico Regi fecerant de miceſima bono [...]um ſuo [...]um eidem Patri gratis concedenda, et praeſtanda, diſtringantur ad AURUM REGINAE Angliae Matri Regis praeſtandum occaſione miceſimae praedictae. Rex mandat eiſdem Baronibus, quod Barones quinque Po [...] tuum praedictos de pecunia, quae ab iis erigitur per ſummonitionem Scaccarii pro AURO praedicto occaſione praediatae Miceſimae quietos eſſe faciant. Teſte, &c.

[Page] REX Baro [...]bus ſuis de Scaccario ſuo Dublin. ſalutem.Ex Rot. Liberate an. 7 E 1. m 5. in Turri London. De Magiſtr. Thoma de Cheddeworth. Allocate Magiſtro Thomae de Cheddeworth nuper Cuſtodi noſtro Archiepiſcopatus Dubl. in compoto ſuo ad Scaccarium praedictum triginta & unam libras quas per praeceptum noſtrum liberavit Willielmo de Walleye Auditori compoti ejuſdem Archiepi [...]copatus, et (5) AURI Conſoztis noſtrae, &c. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 6 die Julii, anno r.n. 7. By which it appears that Queen-gold was then payd to the Queen in Ireland, where ſhe had an Officer to receive and account for it.)

In the Roll of Vaſconie, Anno 8 E 1. I found this Record, which hath ſome Analogie to Queen-gold in England; that the wives of all the Lords of Agen for the time being, had a certain Annual ſumme paid unto them over and above the Lords rent and fine, out of all Bayliwicks of that land ſold or let to farm; which the King by this Writ commanded his Steward and Receiver of the Dutchy of Aquitain to pay to his Royal Conſort Eleanor Queen of England and Dutcheſſe of Aquitain, in as ample proportion as Jone Counteſſe of Poictiers and Tholouſe in the time of her Husband, whiles the lands were in his hands, and afterwards the Queen of France enjoyed it, when in the hands of the Kings of France, that ſo ſhe might not be in a worſe condition than this Counteſs, being a Queen and Dutcheſſe too.

REX Seneſcallo ſuo in Ducatu Aquitanniae, Rot. Vaſconiae, an. 8 E 1. m. 8. n. [...]0. in Turri Lond. Pro Regina Angl Conſorte Regis. vel Receptori ſuo in terra Agenenſi, ſalutem. Cum er antiqua conſuetudine Cro [...]es Domino [...]um Agen. qui pro tempo [...]e fuerunt, de ſingulis Ballibis illius Terrae benditis, ſeu ad fir mam traditis, ab illis, qui eaſdem Ballibas emunt, belad firmam recipiunt, annis ſingulis certam habuerunt quantitatem pecuniae. Nos nolentes, quod kariſſima Conſo [...]s noſtra A. Dei gratia Regina Angliae, Domina Hiberniae, et Duciſſa Aquitaniae deteriozis conditionis eriſtat quam fuerunt Crores Domino [...]um Agenen. tempo [...]ibus retroactis, ſet potius (ſt fieri poſſit) meliozis; Hobis mandamus, quod diotae Canſo [...]ti noſtrae, bel ejus Mandato be ſingulis Ball bis, a tempo [...]e quo dida Terra ad manum noſtram debenit, benditis, bel ad firmam traditis, ſeu benditis impoſterum, aut tradenois, tantum, quantum Johanna (quondam Comitiſſa Pictaven. et Tholeſena) tempo [...]e biriſui, et poſtmodum illuſtris Reginae Franciae, tempo [...]e quo ipſa terra fuit in manu Domini Regis Franciae, biri ſui, conſueberunt percipere et babere, faciatis annis ſingulis reſtitui. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 5 die Julii.

REX Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, ſalute [...].Ex Rot. Fin. de an. 13 E 1. m. [...] in Turri London. De Bo [...]eſey, de Crikelade, Jud [...]o. Cum nuper ſexto die Januarii, anno regni noſtri decimo conceſſerimus Bonefey de Crekelade Judaeo, quod de illis viginti & quinque libris, treſdecim ſolidis, & ſex denariis per quos (4) finem fecit nobiſcum pro tranſgreſſione monetae, ſolveret nobis per annum ad Scarcarium noſtrum quadraginta ſolidos ad duos anni terminos, donec praedicta pecunia nobis plenè ſolveretur; Aetdem Judaeus in (5) priſona noſtra detineatur pro AURO kariſſimae Conſo [...]tis noſtrae Alienorae Reginae Angliae, per quod pecuniam illam ſolvere non poteſt, ut accepimus: Nos eidem Judaeo gratiam facere volentes uberiorem, conceſſimus eidem Judaeo; quod de praedictis viginti & quinque libris treſdecim ſolidis & ſex denariis, ſolvat nobis per annum ad Scaccarium noſtrum viginti ſolidos, unam videlicet medietatem ad [Page] Scaccarium noſtrum Sancti Michaelis proximo futur. & aliam medietatem ad Scaccarium noſtrum Paſchae proximo ſequens, & ſic de anno in annum ad eoſdem terminos viginti ſolidos, donec pecunia praedicta nobis plenè ſolvatur. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod eidem Judaeo terminos illos habere, & ſic fieri & irrotulari fac. T. R. apud Weſtm. 20 die Inn.

QUia Rex conceſſit kariſſimae Conſorti ſuae A. Reginae Angliae omnes exitus finium,Mich. 13 E 1. finiente, rot. 13. dorſo. in Offic. R. in Scac. Baronibus pro A. Regina Angliae, Conſort Regis. amerciamentorum, catallorum fugitivorum, & dampnatorum, & al [...]orum quorumcunque de Hundredo de Gattre in manu ipſius Conſortis Regis ex conceſſione Domini H. Regis exiſtente provenientes, de ultimo Itinere Juſtic. in Com. Leyc. Rex mand. Baron. quod exitus illos per extract. Scaccar. levari, & Iohanni de Berewyke (5) Cuſtodi Auri ejuſdem Reginae ad opus ejuſdem Reginae liberari fac.

That the Queen Debts of AURUM REGINAE, and other Debts belonging to her by antient and approved Cuſtome, were by her Prerogative to be received and levyed before all other Creditors Debts, in the ſame manner, and by like Proceſſe as the Kings debts were, this memorable Writ in the 14 year of King Edward 1. will aſſure us.

EDwardus Dei Gratia Angliae Rex,An. 14 E 1. 24 Maii, printed in Chriſtopher Vernons Conſiderations f [...]r regulating the Exchequer Lond. 1642. p. 52, 53. Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, Vic. Norff. & Suff. ſalutem. Cum ſecundum antiquam conſuetudinem approbatam, et badenus optentam, idem modus in debitis Reginarum Ieban dis et reddendis qui et in noſtris ſer bari debeat, ac debita noſtra jurta eandem conſuetudinem a debito [...]. noſtris ſunt lebanda et nobis reddenda, antequam quibuſcunque Credito [...]ibus eo [...]undem de debitis ſuis ſatiofiat. Cumque Willielmus de Huntingfeld chariſſimae ma [...]ri noſtrae Alianorae Reginae Angliae in 32 l. teneatur, prout nobis conſtat per inſpect. Rotulorum de Scaccario noſtro; Idemque Willielmus teneatur quampluribus in diverſis pecuniarum ſummis prout tu retornaſti coram Baronibus in Craſtino clauſ. Paſchae prox. praeterit. bolentes ipſam matrem noſtram praerogatiba praeced. quoad debita ſua lebanda ſicut aliae Reginae Angl. eadem in caſu conſimili ſint gabiſae; Tibi praecipimus, quod de benis et catallis, (5) et de epit. terrarum ipſius Willielmi in Balliba tua fieri facias praediatum 32 l. antequam debita quo [...]undam credito [...]um ſttorum lebentur. Item quod eas habeas ad idem Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtmonaſterium a die Sandae Trinitatis in 15. dies Waltero de Caſtello (5) Cuſtodi AURI ejuſdem liberand. Et [...]hoc Breve. Teſte, &c. Per Rotul. memor. Anno 54 H. 3.

What ſums for Aurum Reginae the Queen Conſorts Receiver of this duty this year received for Fines and forfoitures of the Iewes, this Record will demonſtrate.

REX Omnibus ad quos,Rot. Pat. 14 E. 1. m. 6. in Turri London. Pro Willielmo Johannis. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod Willielmus Iohannis liberavit dilecto Clerico noſtro Iohanni de Berewyk (5) Cuſtodi AURI kariſſimae Conſotis noſtrae Aliaenorae Reginae Angl. quadringentas libras, ducentas videlicet libras de (4) bonis & catall. Judaeorum dampnatorum concelatis & nobis forisfactis, & alias ducentas libras per quas nuper (4) finem fecit nobiſcum coram dilectis & fidelibus noſtris Salomone de Roffa & ſociis ſuis ad inquiſiciones [Page] de hujuſmodi bonis & catallis faciendas aſſignatis, (4) pro tranſgreſſione quam fecit concelando bona et catalla praedicta. De quibus quidem quadringentis libris praefatum Willielmum tenore praeſencium quietamus. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Camnel, 8 die Decembr.

I find by a general Entry in the Great Roll in the Pipe Office in the Exchequer, that Iohn de Berewyk keeper of Queen Alianors Wardrobe, and receiver of her Queen-gold, rendred an Account of 2875 l. 10 s. q. received for this Duty from the feaſt of St. Hillary in the 14th, to the feaſt of St. Michael, Anno 17 E 1. the particular Account whereof I cannot yet diſcover, after much ſearch for it, in the Exchequer Treaſuries and Records.

Compotus Johannis de Berewyk Cuſtod. Garderobae Alianorae Reginae Angliae Conſort. Regis, In Mag. Rot. in Offic. Pipae in Scac. anno▪ 26 E 1. de denar. receptis de AƲRO ejuſdem Reginae, à Feſto Sancti Hillarii, anno regni Regis Edwardi 14, uſque ad fectum Sancti Michaelis, anno 17 ſui.

Idem reddit Compotum de 2875 l. 10 s. q. recept. de AƲRO ejuſdem Reginae per praedict. tempus, ſicut continetur in Rotulo de Particulis quos idem Iohannes lib. in Theſaur. ejuſdem Reginae.

In the ſame Great Roll I finde only this Total of his General Account for the next year of 1564 l. 17 s. 4 d. ob.

Compotus Johannis de Berewyk Cuſtod. Garderobae Alianorae Reginae Angliae Conſortis Regis de denar. Receptis de AURO praedict. Dominae Reginae,Ibidem, Anno 18 E 1. à Crastino Sancti Michaelis anno 17 E. 1. fin. uſque 3. diem Novembr. anno regni ejuſdem Regit E. 18. fin. Incip. 19.

Idem reddit Compotum de 1564 l. 17 s. 4 d. ob. recept. de AURO ejuſdem Reginae, et Catall. Iudaeorum damp. per praedict. tempus, ſicut continetur in Rotulo de Particulis quos idem Iohannis lib. in Theſaur. ejuſdem Reginae. The Particulars of which Accounts I cannot yet find out, which would moſt clearly evidence from what particular Oblations and Fines theſe great ſums of Queen-gold did then ariſe.

The only particular Account of this Duty in this Kings reign I can yet diſcover, is this of Eaſter and Trinity Terms Anno 19 E 1. kept amongſt the ancient Records in the Treaſury of the Kings Receiver in the Exchequer.

Rotulus de Recept. Auri Reginae de Termino Paſch. Anno regni Regis Edwardi 19.

Notingham, Inter Recorda D. Regis Car. 2. in Theſauro Receptae Scac. ſui ſub Cuſtodia Theſ & Camerar. ibidem remanen. ſic contin [...]tur ut lequitur. Derb, De Roberto Foucher de parte 26 s. 8 d. de Auro Reginae de fine 20 marc. pro tranſgr. 6 s. 8 d. debet 15 s.

Glouc. De Johanne Hamerton pro Priore de Lanton juxta Glouc. de parte 6 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 60 marc. pro licenc. appropriandi Eccleſiam de Berton juxta Wygorn. in proprios uſus retinend. 20 s. Canc.

De Thoma Berkeley de parte 10 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 100 marc. pro vita ſua ſalbanda, et terris et ten. ſuis rehabendis: 13 s. 4 d. De H. de Stanton, anno 17.

[Page] Somerſet & Dorſet. De Iohanne de Batton. de parte 100 s. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 50 l. ne transfretaret in Vaſcon. 50 s. per rot. memor. de anno 17.

De Waltero de Pavely de parte 20 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 200 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda. et terris et ten. ſuis rehabendis, 40 s. Canc. anno 16.

Wilts. De Petro Skidemore de parte 20 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 200 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis, videlicet pro termino S. Michaelis anno 19. 33 s. 4 d.

Eborum. De Roberto de Reygate de parte 20 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat ad quinque marc. per annum de fine 200 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis, 33 s. 4 d.

De Waltero Harowne de parte 5 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat de 50 marc. (4) pro tranſgr. in praeparacionem totius debiti praedicti, 13 s. 4 d.

Kanc. De Haeredibus Galfridi de Everhurst de parte 26 s. 8d. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 20 marc. quia convictus, 5 s. De Itinere H. de Stanton, anno 16.

De Haeredibus Salomonis de Hotherugg de parte 23 s. 4 d. de quodam debito 4 l. d [...] Auro Reginae de fine 40 l. quia convictus, 3 s. 4 d.

De Johanne Geffrey de parte 21 s. 3 d. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 16 marc. pro tranſgr. conſpirat. 10 s. per rot. fin. Canc.

De Waltero Bety de parte 20 s. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 10 l. pro tranſgr. De Itinere H. de Stanton, anno 16.

Somerſet. De Johanna quae fuit uxor Willielmi de Wiggebere de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 10 marc. pro pardonacione habenda de tranſgr. 13 s. 4 d. anno 18.

Suſſe [...]. De Johanne Chavent de 40 s. de Auro Reginae de fine 20 l. pro tranſgreſſion. venacionis 20 s. coram Iuſtic. Itinerant. in Foreſta de Eſſex, anno 18.

Oxon. Berks. De Johanne de Bloxham de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 20 marc. pro armis militaribus non ſuſcipiend. 2 marc. Canc. anno 18.

Warr. Leyc. De Saero de Rocheford de parte 20 marc. atterminat. ad 4 marc. per annum de fine 200 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis, 2 marc.

Glouc. De Johanne de Langeley & ſociis ſuis Principalibus tax. & ſubtax. diverſarum conceſſionum de parte 145 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 1400 marc. pro omnibus tranſgreſſ. factis in taxationibus praedictis, 4 l. coram H. de Stanton. ad oppreſſ. miniſtrand. &c. anno 18.

De Johanne de Wylynton. de parte 300 l. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 20 l. per annum, de (4) fine 3000 l. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis; videlicet pro Termino Sancti Michaelis, anno 19. 10 l.

De eodem Johanne de parte 300 l. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 20 l. per annum, de fine 3000 l. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabend. in partem ſolucionis 10 l. pro Termino Paſchae, anno 19. 100 s. debit 100 s. pro hoc termino.

Linc. De Adam de Swyllynton. de parte 70 marc. de quodam debito 100 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 10 marc. per annum de (4) fine 500. marc. pro vita ſua ſalvand. et terris ſuis rehabend. 66 s. 8 d.

Cumbr. De Ranulpho de Dacre de parte 4 l. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 10 l. pro licenc. feoffandi Willielmum de Burgh & Robertum Puing de ten. in Leſingby, Irchinton. & Burgh ſuper ſabulones & hoffs, 13 s. 4 d. Canc. anno 17.

Eborum. De Adam de Everingham de parte 40 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat. [Page] ad quinque marcas per annum de (4) fine 400 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis, 33 s. 4 d. Canc. anno 16.

Wiltes. De Petro de Skidemor. de parte 20 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 5 marc. per annum, de (4) fine 200 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvand. et terris ſuis rehabendis, 33 s. 4 d.

Wigorn. De Nicholao Ruſſell nuper Vic. pro Roberto Sturmy & aliis Principalibus tax. diverſarum conceſſionum in Com. Wigorn. de parte 50 l. de Auro Reginae de (4.) fine 10 l. pro omnibus tranſgr. factis in omnibus taxationibus praedictis, 66 s. 8 d. Coram Rege Term. Michaelis & Hillar. anno 17.

Summa Rotuliuſque hoc;—45 l.—13 s.—4 d.

ff. Adhuc Recept. de Auro Reginae de Termino Trinitatis, Anno 19.

Midd. De Johanne Giſors de parte 40 s. de quodam debito 10 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 100 marc. pro tranſgr. 13 s. 4 d. Coram H. de Stanton anno 13.

Norff. Suff. De Ricardo de Gray de parte 80 l. de Auro Reginae de 800 l. (4) pro Cuſtod. et maritag. Ricardi Baſſet habend. 6 s. 8 d. Canc. anno 16.

Bedd. Bucks. De Petro de ſancta Cruce de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 11 l. 2s. 2d. ob. pro relevio ſuo, 22 s. 3 d. ob. memor. anno 17.

Glouc. De Roberto Goldehull de parte 10 l. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 100 l. pro pardonacione habenda de tranſgr. quam fecit communicando quibuſdam Magnatibus Regi contrariantibus, 20 s. Canc. anno 15.

Northton. De Simone Curteys de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 20 marc. pro licenc. alienandi Laicum feodum in Brikkeſworth duobus Capellis ad manum mortuam, 2 marc. Canc. anno 18.

Cornub. De Ricardo Hywiſh de parte 4 l. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 10 l. ne transfretaret in Vaſcon. 20 s. Coram Ricardo Damory & Roberto de Wodhouſe, anno 18.

Glouc. De Johanne de Hampton pro Priore de Lanton juxta Glouc. de parte 6 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 60 marc. pro licenc. appropriandi Eccleſiam de Berton Stacy juxta Wigorn. in proprios uſus retinendam, 13 s. 4 d. Canc. anno praedict.

Bedf. Buks. De Johanne de Sancto Amando de parte 5 marc. (4) pro relevio ſuo, 26 s. 8 d.

De Simone de Arcubus de parte 30 s. de Auro Reginae de fine 15 l. pro eodem, 10 s. rot. memorand. anno 17.

De Rogero de Tyringham de parte 2 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 20 marc. pro (4) licenc. habenda quod Sibilla quae fuit uxor Johannis de Bourgh poſſet ſe maritare cuicunque voluerit, 20 s. Rotulus memor. de anno 17.

London. De Johanne Devery & Magiſtro Willielmo de Maldon de parte 20 l. Recognitarum Reginae in Scac. pro remanen. Comp. illius Johannis Devery de tempore quo fuit (5) Receptor. Auri ipſius Reginae, 66 s. 8 d.

Eborum. De Ricardo de Waleys de parte 200 marc. de Auro Reginae, atterminat. ad 20 marc. per annum de (4) fine 2000 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvande, et terris ſuis rehabendis, 6 l. 13 s. 4 d.

Hereford. De Rogero le Wodare & aliis ſubtax. & ſubcollector. Civitatis Hereford. de parte 10 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 100 marc. pro omnibus tranſgreſ. factis in tar. praedictis, 10 s. Coram H. de Stanton. anno 17.

[Page] De Reginaldo de la Mare de parte 6 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 60 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehab [...] 6 s. 8 d.

De Galfrido Beauflour de parte 40 [...] Reginae de fine 20 l. pro eodem, 5 s.

De Roberto de Baskervill de parte 6 marc. de Auro Reginae de fiue 60 marc. pro eodem, 6 s. 8 d.

De Johanne de Pennebrugge de parte 6 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 60 marc. pro eodem. 6 s. 8 d.

De Johanne de Lyngayne de parte 4 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 40 marc. pro eodem, 6 s. 8 d.

De Stephano Devereys de Bodenham de parte 20 s. de Auro Reginae de fine 10 l. pro eodem, 20 s.

De Petro de Grandiſſono de parte 20 l. de Auro Reginae de fine 200 l. pro eodem, 10 s. Canc. anno 17.

De Ricardo de Pennebrugge de parte 20 marc. de Auro Reginae de fine 200 marc. pro eodem, 6 s. 8 d. Canc. anno 16.

De Ricardo Baskervill. & aliis principalibus tax. & ſubtax. Com. Hereford. de parte 80 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 800 marc. pro omnibus tranſgr. factis in tax. praedictis, 45 s. Coram H. de Stanton, anno 17.

De Priore Lanton primae de parte 40 s. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 20 l. pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum habenda, 13 s. 4 d. Canc. anno 18.

Lancastr. De Roberto de Dalton de parte 10 marc. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 2 marc. per annum, de (4) fine 100 marc. pro vita ſua ſalvonda, et terris ſuis rehabend. 13 s. 4 d.

De Willielmo Moigne de parte 20 marc. atterminat. ad quinque marc. per annum de (4) fine 200 marc. pro pardonacione habend. de tranſgr. 33 s. 4 d.

Salop. De Hugone de Mortuo mari de parte 20 l. de Auro Reginae atterminat. ad 40 s. per annum de (4) fine 200 l. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabendis, 20 s. Canc. anno 17.

Somerſet, Dorſet. De Roberto de Neweburgh de parte 10 l. de Auro ſuo de fine 100 l. pro vita ſua ſalvanda, et terris ſuis rehabend. 20 s. Canc. anno 17.

Salop. Staff. De Philippo Barinton & aliis Principal. tax. & ſubtax. Com. Staff. de parte 34 marc. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 340 marc. pro concelamento et aliis tranſgr. factis in taxationibus praedictis 50 s. Coram J. de Stonore anno 17.

De Viviano de Standon & aliis pl. Willielmi de Chetilton de parte 40 s. de Auro Reginae de (4) fine 20 l. pro eodem Willielmo pro plur. tranſgr. 13 s. 4 d.

De Henrico de Creſſewell & al. pleg. Ricardi Shirard ſenioris, & Thom. ſil. ejuſdem Ricardi fil. Ricardi Shirard & Willielmi fratris ejus de parte 40 s. de Auro Reginae de fine 20 l. pro eiſdem pro tranſgreſſionibus, 10 s.

Summa ab alia ſumma uſque hac —34 l.— 12 s.— 02 d. ob.

Summa total. hujus Rotuli conjuncta —80 l.—05 s.—06 d. ob.

Summa total. Recept. Auri per totum Annum 19o —231 l.— 18 s.— 10 d. ob.

What other Sums were received for AƲRƲM REGINAE this year in [Page] Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, I cannot yet finde out by any Records I have hitherto peruſed. Only I read that the King this year on the 11. of January, pardoned and remitted 200 [...] Queen-gold due from Bogo de Clare, which accrued to him by his Queens deceaſe, thus recorded in the Clauſe Roll in the Tower of London.

REX Theſ.Ex Rot. Clauſ. 19 E 1. m. 10. [...] Turri London. Pro Bogone de Clare. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, ſalutem. Ob bonam affectionnem quam kariſſima Conſors noſtra Alienora quondam Regina Angliae erga dilectum nobis Bogon [...]m de Clare habere novimus dum vivebat, pardonabimus eidem Bogoni ducentas marcas in quibus praefatae Reginae die quo obiit tenebatur pro AƲRO SƲO ipſam contingente de quodam (4) fine duorum milium marcarum quem idem Bogo fecit nobiſcum pro quadam tranſgreſſione ſibi impoſita. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod praedictum Bogonem de praedictis ducentis marcis quietum eſſe faciatis. Teſte Rege apud Aſſerugg 11 die Januarii.

ThisPlacita Parl. An. 18 E 1. n. 4. See Rylyes Placita Parl. p. 6, 7. & the 4. Part of▪ my Brief Regiſter & Survey of Parliamentary Writs, p. 819, to 822. Bogo de Clare was committed Priſoner to the Tower of London by ſentence of the King and his Counſil in the Parliament of An. 18 E. 1. for cauſing the Prior of St. Trinity London to ſerve a Citation upon Edmund Earl of Cornwall to appear before the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, as he was paſſing quietly through the midſt of the Kings Great Hall at Weſtminſter, (to the Kings Great Counſil then held at Westminſter, to which he was ſummoned by the Kings Writ) wherein no perſon ought to be arreſted, but only by the Kings Officers, and which was exempted from the Archbiſhops Juriſdiction, in manifeſt contempt and diſgrace of the King, to his damage of ten thouſand pounds; until he ſhould ſatisfie the King for this Treſpas, for which he put in pledges. After which he made a voluntary fine to the King for this Treſpaſſe of 2000 marks; which was accepted, for payment whereof he put in pledges by the Kings precept before the Treaſurer in the Exchequer; for which fine he became endebted 200 marks to Queen Eleanor for her AƲRƲM REGINAE; which accruing to the King by her death, the King for her good affection to Bogo de Clare in her life-time, was pleaſed graciouſly to remit it to him after her deceaſe by the precedent Writ iſſued to the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer.

Anno 27 E. 1. Queen Margaret conſtituted a Clerk and Receiver of her Queen-gold in the Exchequer by her own Letters Patents, and this Writ to the Barons.

MArgareta Dei gratia Regina Angliae, Term. Mich. 27 & 28 E 1. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Inter Brevia direct. Baronibus Petitiones, Certificationes & Record. de Litera Margareta Reginae Angliae pro Auro ſuo cuſtodi [...]nd. Domina Hiberniae, & Duciſſa Aquitaniae, Omnibus ad quos praeſentes literae pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod (5) commiſimus dilecto Clerico noſtro Johanni de Godele Cuſtodiam AƲRI noſtri, aſſignantes eundem ad Theſaurum noſtrum qui ad nos ſub nomine dicti Auri pertinet levand. colligend. et cuſtodiend. Ac omnia alia et ſingula faciend. quae ad cuſtodiam illam pertinent, prout Cuſtodes REGINARƲM Angliae AƲRI hujuſmodi et Theſauri temporibus retroactis facere debuerunt et conſueverunt; ita quod de exitibus eorundem nobis reſpondeat. In cujus rei teſtimonium, has literas noſtras fieri fecimus Patentes Sigillo noſtro privato fignatas, quamdiu nobis placuerit duraturas. Dat. apud Ledes 22 die Septembris, Anno regni Domini noſtri Regis Edwardi 27.

[Page] MArgareta Dei gratiâ Regina Angliae, Litera Patens ejuſdem Reginae pro eodem. Domina Hybernia, & Duciſſa Aquitan. Amicis ſuis in Chriſto chariſſimis Theſ. & Baron. Domini Regis de Scaccario, ſalutem. Quia (5) commiſimus dilecto Clerico noſtro Johanni de Godleye Cuſtodiam AƲRI noſtri, prout in literis noſtris Patentibus ſibi inde confectis plenius continetur: Vos rogamus, quatinus in hiis quae ad Cuſtodiam illam pertinent, dictum Clericum noſtrum admittatis, veſtrum Conſilium et auxilium eidem impendentes in eiſdem. Bene valete. Dat. apud Ledes ſub privato ſigillo noſtro 22 die Septembris, Anno regni Domini noſtri Regis Edwardi 27.

From theſe Records in the reign of King Edward the 1. I ſhall obſerve;

1. That the Queen Conſort during the life, and likewiſe after the death of the King her Husband, had the ſame prerogative and proceſſe for the levying of her Queen-gold and other Debts, out of the Lands, goods and chattels of the Creditors or their pledges which they had when they firſt grew due, into whoſe hands ſoever they came, as the King himſelf had and uſed for the recovery of his own Debts, in the Court of Exchequer, and that her Debts ought to be levyed before any Debts due to others, next after the Kings.

2ly. That no Aurum Reginae was due to, or demanded by the Queen Mother for any Oblations or Fines made with King Edward the 1. her ſonne, after the deceaſe of King Henry her husband.

3ly. That the Queen by her own Patents or Writs both during the life and after the deceaſe of the King, uſually conſtituted the Keepers and Receivers of her Queen-gold in the Exchequer, whom the Barons were to counſell, adviſe and aſſiſt upon all occaſions for her advantage; who were to cauſe proceſſe to be iſſued to levy this and other her Debts, and to render an annual Account of them in the Exchequer.

4ly. That if the Keeper of the Queen Mothers or Queen Conſorts Gold, or other Officers, did injuriouſly ſue or vex the Kings ſubjects for Queen gold, where none was due by Law, they were reſtrained, prohibited, and the parties diſcharged by the Kings and his Counſils ſpecial Orders and commands to the Barons of the Exchequer.

5ly. That no Queen-gold was due to the Queen for any publike Ayds, Fifteenths, or Tenths freely or voluntarily granted to the King out of meer grace and courteſie by the Lords or Commons in Parliament, or Clergy in their Convocation, or by any particular Corporations or Perſons for the ayde and defence of the Holy Land or Realm, nor for any Fines or Compoſitions for the ſame made by the granters and givers thereof.

6ly. That Queen-gold was due and payable for Fines to, and voluntary compoſitions made with the King for Diſms, Quindiſms, and Twentieth parts granted to the King by the Pope or Parliament out of meer grace, by ſuch perſons who were not parties to the grant, or who made Compoſitions for them for Counties, Corporations, or other perſons, not for themſelves alone.

7ly. That when new queſtions and doubts aroſe concerning this Duty of Queen-gold, they were uſually determined and ſetled for the future by the King and his Counſil, and the Ordinances therein made by them, were ſent to the Barons of the Exchequer, to be there enrolled, obſerved, executed.

8ly. That Queen-gold was due and payd to the Queen Conſort in Ireland [Page] as well as in England, where the Queen had a ſpecial Officer and Auditor to receive it.

9ly. That Queen-gold was due and levyed from Jewes, both for their Fines, Oblations, Treſpaſſes and compoſitions for Forfeitures, as well as from Chriſtians; and that the King could not enlarge thoſe Jewes who were impriſoned for Queen-gold, without ſatisfaction made to the Queen, or by her conſent.

10ly. That Queen-gold was then due, paid, levyed for Oblations and [...]es made to the King for treſpaſſes in falſifying, clipping or abuſing his money, and for all other ſorts of Treſpaſſes, abuſes, concealments, offences, committed as well within, or concerning the Kings Foreſts, as without; for adhaering to ſome Nobles againſt the King; for licenſes to appropriate Churches; or to alien or give lands in mortmain to any pious, religious, or charitable uſe: for pardons and ſaving the lives of perſons convict, or condemned: For the reſtitution of lands or goods ſeiſed by, or forfeited to the King for any offence, breach of Covenants, conditions, or other lawfull cauſes: for not going with the King beyond the Seas to his Wars, when bound by tenure thereunto: for reſpites or diſcharges from taking the Order of Knighthood, when ſummoned to take it by the Kings Writs: for licenſes for alienation of lands held of the King in Capite to other perſons: for the Cuſtody of the lands, bodies, and marriages of Wards: for reliefs, and for Charters to confirm Liberties formerly granted.

In the reign of King Edward the 2.Edward 2. theſe Records concerning Queen-gold are moſt obſervable; the firſt whereof informs us, what fee the Bailiff of a Liberty claimed by preſcription for every diſtreſſe for Queen-gold from the parties diſtrained, which was deemed an abuſe, for which his Liberty was ſeiſed.

IDem Vic.In Magno Rot. Scac. Anno 2 E 1. in Cuſtod. Clerici Pipae, &c. reddit compotum de Exitibus Libertatis quam Philippus le Lardin. aliquando tenuit, viz. capiend. de unaquaque diſtr. vend. pro debito Regis et AƲRO REGINAE in hoc Com. 32 d. & qua libertate dictus Philippus abuſus fuit, ſicut continetur in rotulo de rebus Regis recuperat. in Itinere H. de Creſſingham in Com. Eborum.

In the ſeventh year of King Edward the ſecond Queen Iſabel his Conſort aſſigned John Drury to exact, collect, and receive her Queen-gold, by this Patent.

ISabella Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae, Term. Mich. An. 7 E 2. in Offic. Rem. Regis. in Scac. Domina Hyberniae, & Duciſſa Aquitaniae: Univerſis ad quos praeſentes Literae pervenerint, ſalutem in Domino. Sciatis, quod (5) aſſignavimus dilectum Clericum noſtrum Dominum Johannem Drury ad exigend. colligend. et recipiend. nomine noſtro quoſcunque denar. nobis debitos ſeu debendos ratione AƲRI NOSTRI levand. in Anglia, quamdiu nobis placuerit. Et ideo omnibus & ſingulis quorum intereſt tenore praeſentium fore duximus deſtinand. quod eidem Johanni in praemiſſis & praemiſſa contingentibus, prout decet pareant & intendant, quouſque aliud inde duxerimus ordinand. In cujus teſtimonium has Literas noſtras fieri fecimus [Page] Patentes. Dat. apud Weſtm. 11 die Octobris, anno regni chariſſimi Domini noſtri Regis Edwardi ſeptimo.

In the 10th year of King Edward the 2. there happened this memorable caſe between Queen Margaret, wife to King Edward the 1. and the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London about the duty of Aurum Reginae for a fine of 2000l. alleged to be made to the King (but denied by them) in lieu of the twentieth part of all their goods, upon a general Tax in Parliament of the 20th part of all mens goods given to K. Edward the 1. her deceaſed husband, which ſhe claimed to be due to her and other Queens, by the Books, Records, and Memorials in the Exchequer; which the King ordered to be levyed and payd without delay, if it ſhould appear to the Barons to be due, by this Writ.

CUM nuper ex parte Majoris,Term. S. Mich. 11 E 2. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Aurum debit. Reginae ſuper omnibus Obligationibus pro pecuniis ſponte fact. Regi. Aldermannorum, & Civium Civitatis London. Regi ſuggerentium, ipſos nuper conceſſiſſe Domino E. quondam Regi Angliae Patri Regis 2000 l. pro Viceſtmis omnium bonorum ipſam Communitatem ratione Viceſimae eidem patri Regis pro Communitate Civium et Burgorum ſuorum Angliae, tunc temporis conceſſ. contingen. Ac Barones ad proſecutionem Margaretae Reginae Angliae dictos Majorem, Aldermannos et Cives pro 200 l. quas eadem Reginae pro AƲRO SƲO in hac parte, ac ſe aſſeruit pertinere reddend. Ac cum iidem Major, Aldermanni & Cives finem per ſummam praedictorum 2000 l. pro Viceſima praedicta feciſſent, cum non fecerint, per ſummonitionem dicti Scaccarii graviter diſtringi ſecerunt, in ipſorum Majoris, Aldermannorum et Civium diſpendium non modicum et gravamen. Rex mandavit Baronibus, quod demanda quam eiſdem Majori, Aldermannis, & Civibus pro 200 l. praedict. per ſummonitionem dicti Scaccarii fecerunt, ſuperſederi facerent, quouſque modo debito diſcuſſum fuiſſet, ſi praedicta Regina in hujuſmodi caſu AURƲM habere deberet, necne? Ac etiam ex parte dictae Reginae Regi dicto oſtenſum fuiſſet, quod inLibro Nigro & Rubeo, Here, p. 8, 9. Libris, Rotulis, et Memorandis dicti Scaccarii Regis continetur, et uſitatum invenitur, quod hii qui in pecunia numerata progenitoribus Regis ſpoute ſe obligant, Reginis quae pro tempore fuerunt ſimiliter tenebantur, licet expreſſum non fuiſſet, videlicet pro 100 Marcis in una mar. AURI, & pro 200 m. in duobus Marcis AURI, & ſic deinceps pro majori ſumma plus, & pro minori minus. Rex volens, quod negotium illud per Barones diſcutiatur, et ulterius flat, quod juſtum fuerit in hac parte. Mandat. Baronibus, quod ſcrutatis Libris, Rotulis et Memorandis praedictis, ſi per inſpectionem eorundem & per diſcuſſionem coram eis ſuper praemiſſis faciend. eis conſtare poterit, ita eſſe, tunc praedictos Majorem, Aldermannos & Cives ad praedict. 200 l. eidem Reginae pro AƲRO SƲO ſine dilatione reddend. compelli, prout juſtum fuerit fac. Teſte Rege apud Westm. 22 die Octobris, Anno regni noſtri undecimo.

Nota, quod hoc Termino vel antea praedicta Regina obiit: whereupon I finde no entry of the Barons reſolution given therein.

After this Queen Mothers deceaſe, the King by his Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England, and by Privy Seals iſſued to the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer authorized Thomas Earl of Norfolk Marſhal of England, and Edmund of Woodſtock his Brothers, and other Executors of this Queen, to receive and recover all Debts due to her, and the arrears of Queen-gold (which he granted [Page] to them) to be levyed with all ſpeed, in the ſame manner as the Queen her ſelf might have done, and as his own debts were levyed.

EDward par la grace de Dieu,Paſch & Mich. 12 E 2. inter Brevia directa Baronibus in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. &c. au Treſ. e as Barones de noſtre Eſchequer. Come entre autres choſes que nous avoms grants al executors de Teſtament Margaret Reigne Dengleterre, les deniers grantez, que touts maners de Dets que eſtoient duez de la dit reigne, de levant en la meſme manere come nos feſoms lever les noſtres, ſicome plus pleinement eſt contenus en lettres de noſtre grand Seal; et nous entenduz que grand proviſ. DEL OR e dettes ailloms ſont uncors arrers.Aurum Reginae. Mandoms, que meſme le OR, et dettes facer lever a tote le haſte que vbous unquez poyres pur le mieulx execution de dit Teſtament.

King Edward in the 18 year of his reign iſſued this Writ to his Barons for the due Collection of his Queen Iſabels Queen-gold.

EDward par la Grace de Dieu,Mich. 18 E. 2. rot. 1. Baronibus pro Iſabella Regina Angliae in Offic Rem. Regis in Scac. &c. As Treſorer & Barons de noſtre Eſchequer, ſalutz. Nous vous mandoms, que vous ſoeffrez Iſabelle Royne Dengleterre noſtre treſcher Compaigne, preindre et aver SON OR ſauntz nui nuſement, et le facez lever a ſon oeps, auxi come ad eſte acuſtumez ceo enarrire. Et ceo ne leſſez. Don ſouz noſtre prive Seal a Wint. le 9 jour D'octobre, l'an de noſtre regn. 18.

Et memorandum, quod Breve liberatum fuit Camerar. 11 die Octobris per praeceptum Theſſ. Cuſtodiend. quod quidem Breve Robertus de Hoton Clericus dicti Theſ. recepit eodem die quo aliud breve de privato figillo directum fuit Theſ. & Camerar. de recipiendo AƲRO praedicto ad opus Regis.

From theſe Records in the reign of King Edward the 2. I ſhall obſerve:

1. That the Queen Conſort her ſelf by her Patents conſtituted a ſpecial Clerk in the Exchequer to demand, collect, and receive her Queen-gold, as a Legal Debt, Duty belonging to her.

2ly. That it was levyed by the ſame Proceſſe as the Kings Debts were, and that the diſtreſſes taken for it were ſold by Sheriffs and Baylifs of Liberties, who demanded the ſame fees for both.

3ly. That it was due and demanded for a voluntary compoſition or fine made by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of London with the King for the Twentieth part of their goods granted in Parliament to the King; though not for the Diſms, Quindiſms, and Twentieth part when paid in ſpecie, or compounded for by any perſon for himſelf alone.

4ly. That in doubtfull cauſes concerning this Duty of Queen-gold, the Black or Red Books, Records, Memorials in the Exchequer were conſulted and purſued, to deſcide the ſame.

5ly. That the Queen-Mother after the King her husbands deceaſe recovered the arrears of Queen-gold veſted in her before his death, in the reign of the ſucceeding King, in the ſelf-ſame manner, and by the like proceſſe in the Exchequer, as ſhe ſhould have done in his life-time, but not enjoy any Aurum Reginae for Fines or Oblations to the ſucceeding King.

6ly. That by the death of the Queen Mother, the Arrears of Queen-gold due unto her meerly by her Royal Prerogative, accrued to the King her Son, [Page] not to her Executors, unleſſe ſpecially granted to them by the King: And that her Executors by the Kings ſpecial grant had the ſelf-ſame proceſs for the recovery thereof and all other Debts due unto her, as the King, or Queen her ſelf enjoyed in her life-time.

7ly. That our Kings gave ſpecial charge to the Treaſurers and Receivers of their Exchequer by their Writs and Mandates from time to time for the levying of this duty of Queen-gold, to the uſe of the Queens to whom it was due, without delay or impediment.

The Records concerning Aurum Reginae during the reign of King Edward the 3.Edward 3. come next in order to be preſented to your view.

I ſhall begin with this Writ of Privy Seal by the King to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer for the levying of all ſorts of debts due to his Mother Queen [...], (wherein Queen-gold was included, and particularly ſpecified by name) which John de Oxenden, her Receiver General ſhould ſhew to be due unto her, by ſuch proceſſe out of that Court, as ſhould be moſt for her profit.

EDward par la grace de Dieu,Inter brevia directa Baron. de [...]erm. Paſch. anno 4 E 3. rot 17. Bar. pro Iſabell. Regina Angl. Oxenden. &c. As Treſorier et Barons de noſtre Eſchequier ſaluz. Come Iſabell. Reyne Dengleterre noſtre treſchier Dame et Miere vous eit mandez per ſes (5) lettres, que elle ad eſtabli et aſſigne ſon Clerk Johan de Oxenden Recevour des iſſues de ſes terres a faire lever totes les dettes que ſont dues a noſtre dite Dame et Miere, auxibien des iſſues de ſes dites terres, come de SON OR, et a faire retrere reconiſſances faites a noſtre dite Dame et Mere a noſtre dite Eſcheqier quele heur q'il verra q'il ſoit a faire a ſon profit. Vous mandoms qe vous recevez le dit Johan a purſuire et parfourmir totes les choſes ſuiſdites ſolon [...] le purpoet et la tenour des lettres noſtre dite Miere avantdites. Don ſouz noſtre Prive ſeal a Wynceſtre le 12. jour de Marz l'an de noſtre regne quart.

What lands are liable to be extended for Queen-gold, and from what time, this enſuing Record An. 7 E 3. will reſolve us.

EDwardus Dei gratia Rex Angliae. Mich 7 E 3. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. & Mr. Hackwils Treatiſe of Queen gold Vicecomiti Hereford. ſalutem. Praecipimus tibi, quod de bonis & catallis Thomae Chaundos, ac etiam de (5) terris et tenementis quae ſua fuerunt anno regni Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae decimo nono, ſeu poſtea, in quorumcunque manibus eadem Terrae et Tenementa exiſtant, fieri facias 16 s. 8 d. quos Iſabellae Reginae Angliae matri noſtrae chariſſimae, de quodam debito 60 ſolidorum de AƲRO SƲO, de fine Triginta Librarum, pro (4) licencia acquirend. Manerium de Lugwardyn habenda: Et quod denarios illos habeas ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in Octabis S. Hillarii, Johanni de Badley (5) Cuſtodi praedicti AƲRI ſolvend, Et habeas ibi hoc Breve. Teſte Hugone de Sera apud Weſtm. 30 die Novembris, Anno regni noſtri ſeptimo.

Per Rot. de Finibus Cancellariae de Anno 19.

Out of what fines and oblations the arrears of Queen gold were then levyed for the Queen-Mother, theſe Records in the Exchequer A [...]. 8 E. 3. will inform us.

[Page] B [...]evia Hill. 8 E 3. in Offic. Plac. in Scac. & Mr Hackwils Treatiſe, de [...]uro Reginae. Pro cuſtodia terrae habend. & Maritag [...]o haeredum, infra aetatem. De Briano Papworth 20 Marcas quas (5) debet Iſabellae Reginae Angliae nuper Conforti Regis Edwardi ſecundi pro AURO ſuo, de (4) fine 20 marcarum pso Cuſtodia terrarum et tenemento [...]um, quae fuerunt Willielmi Jeffrez habenda.

DeMemorand. de An. 4 E 3. in Scac. & Brev. 8 E 3. Offic. Plac Mr. W. Hackwils Treatiſe de A [...]uro Reginae. Pro maritagio haered. habendis. Ranulpho de Camoys 20 l. quas debet Iſabella nuper Conſorti Regis Edwardi ſecundi pro AURO SUO de (4) fine 200 l. pro Cuſtodia Terr. et Tenemento [...]um Margaretae unius ſororum & haeredum Richardi Foliot habenda. Conſimile Aurum de Riohardo Gray, (4) pro Cuſtodia et Maritagio Richardi Baſſet habenda. Conſimile Aurum de Iſabella de Monte Hermerii (4) pro Cuſtodia propartis Johannae unins ſo [...]o [...]um et haeredis Richardi Foliot habenda. Ibidem, de Willielmo Turret 20 l. quas debet eidem Reginae de AURO SUO de (4) fine 100 l. pro Maritagio Johannis filii et haeredis Johannis de Cocking habenda. Conſimile Aurum de Johanna de Vienna pro (4) Maritagio Annae, Ciciliae, & Alianorae filiarum Knovill. habend.

Ibid Brev. Hil. 8 E 3. Brev Hil. ibid. pro licencia a. lienandi terras. Ibid P [...]o pardonat habenda. De Bonis & Catallis Henrici Fauconbridge nuper Vicecomitis Com. Nottingham & Derb. fieri facias 6 l. quas idem Henricus in Curia noſtra coram Baronibus de Scaccario noſtro recognovit ſe debere Iſabellae Reginae Angliae, pro tot denariis per ipſum levatis de Nich. de Meignill & ſociis ſuis (4) Taxatoribus & Collectoribus diverſarum conceſſionum Domino Edwardo nuper Regi Angliae Patri noſtro conceſſarum in dicto Com. Derby de AURO ipſius REGINAE, & quas ei ſolviſſe debuiſſent ad, &c.

De Willielmo de Ferrariis 10 l. pro Auro Reginae, de (4) 100 l. pro licentia alienandi quaedam Tenementa habenda.

De Johanne de Trengham 10 marcas pro Auro Keginae, de (4) fine 100 marcarum pro pardonatione habenda.

King Edw. 3. by the adviſe of his Counſil in the 12 year of his reign upon complaint of Queen Philip his Confort, iſſued this Writ to his Barons concerning the Duty of Queen-gold, evidencing the legality and antiquity of this Duty.

REX Theſ. & Baron.Inter Brevia directa Baron. de Term. Paſchae, anno 12 E 3. Rot 6. in Offic. Rem. Regis in scac. Baron. Pro Philippa Regina Angliae. ſuis de Scaccario, ſalutem. Ex parte Philippae Reginae Angliae Conſortis noſtrae cariſſimae nobis eſt graviter conquerendo intimatum, quod cum hii qui in pecunia numerata nobis ſe ſponte obligant AURUM REGINAE, viz. de Centum marcis una marca Auri, et de ducentis duae marcae Auri, et de aliis certis ſummis tam minoribus quam majoribus pro rata po [...]vionis hujuſmodi, prout particulariter conceduntur et promittuntur ſolbere teneantur, [...]e [...]t per Certificationem beſtram nobis in Cancellar. noſtra de mandato noſtro inde miſſam plenius apparet: et licet eadem Conſo [...]s noſtra ſicut et caeterae Reginae Angliae, hujuſmodi Aurum ad Scaccarium noſtrum de finibus et obligacionibus nobis et ipſis Progenitoribus noſtris factis ac aliis ſummis ad commodum impetrancium conceſſis et promiſſis percipere debeat, et aliae Keginae praedict. Aurum illud percipere conſueberint totis temporibus retroactis. Quidam tamen praefatam Conſortem noſtram de Auro ſuo praedict. machinantes callidè defraudare, fines & obligationes ex quibus dictum Aurum ſolvi deberet, in naturam & formam aliam pro exoneracione inde habend. convertere moliuntur, & ſuper hoc diverſa brevia in Cancellaria noſtra impetrari & vobis porrigi procurarunt; quo praetextu eadem Conſors noſtra ſuper levacione Auri ſui praedicti de diverſis pecuniarum ſummis nobis [Page] ſic conceſſis, unde Aurum praedictum ſibi debetur ſaepius impeditur, in ipſius Conſo [...]lis noſtrae grave praejudicium ac diſpendium et jacturam, et contra fo [...] mam Statutorum et conſuetudinum quae ad Scaccarium praedictum appro bantur et in violabiliter obſerhantur. Super quo nobis eſt ſupplicatum, ut ſibi in praemiſſis ſubveniamus remedio oportuno. Nos nolentes Praefatae Conſo [...] ti noſtrae ſuper perceptione Auri ſui praedicti aliqualiter praejudicari; Vobis mandamus, quod scrutatis Statutis, Rotulis, et Memo [...]and. dicti Scaccarii praemiſſa tangentia, et eis inſpectis et plenius intellectis, bocatiſque co [...]am hobis quos noberitis conbocand. et auditis, tam pro ipſa Conſo [...]te noſtra, quam pro aliis praedictis, rationibus hincet inde, dictum Aurum de (4) finibus [...] et obligacionibus et aliis pecuniarum ſummis de quibus AURUM REGINAE rationabiliter deberi, lebari, et illud praefatae Conſo [...]ti noſtrae liberari fac. prout tempo [...]ibus retroactis fieri conſuevit, et jurta diſcretiones beſtras fo [...]e bideritis faciend. aliquibus mandatis, fi quae bobis in contrarium directa fuerint non obſtantibus. Teſte meipſo apud Turrim London. 15 die Marcii, anno regni noſtri 12.

Per Conſilium.

The Barons upon this and a ſecond Writ iſſued to them, after above ſeven Moneths ſearch and deliberation, retorned this Certificate to the King, recorded in the Exchequer.

Dominus Rex mandavit hoc Breve ſuum de Magno Sigillo ſuo quod eſt inter Communia de Anno undecimo in haec verba.Inter Com de Term. S. Hil. an 12 E. 3. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. De Certificatione facta de modo levationis Auri Reginae.

Edwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae; Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario ſalutem. Volentes quibuſdam certis de cauſis per vos certiorari, de quibus et quantis pecuniarum ſummis et a quibus in genere debito [...]ibus AURUM REGINAE in dicto Scaccario ſecundum Legem et conſuetudinem ejuſoem erigi et lebari debeat, et qualiter et quomodo, necnon de modo et fo [...]ma lebationis ejuſdem: ac de aliis circumſtantiis praemiſſa contingentibus. Vobis mandamus, quod ſcrutatis Rotulis et Memo [...]andis Scaccarii praedicti AURUM hujuſmodi concernentibus, de eo quod inde inbeneritis Nos ſub ſigillo Scaccarii praedicti diſtincte et aperte fine dilatione reddatis certio [...]es; hoc b [...]ebe nobis remittentes. Teſte meipſo apud Leic. ſecundo die Octobris, Annoregni nostri decimo.

Per Conſilium.

Quod quidem Breve remittitur Domino Regi in Cancellaria ſua, unà cum Certificatione inde facta in haec verba. Scrutatis Rotulis et Memo [...]andis Scaccarii beſiri ſuper modo et fo [...]ma lebationis AURI REGINAE ſecundum teno [...]em mandati noſtri Regis, quod vobis remittimus praeſentibus intercluſum comperimus in quodamLibro Nigro & Rubro, Lib [...]o de eodem Scaccario inter quaſdam Leges et Statuta ejuſdem Scaccarii, per quendamGervaſ. T [...] berienſis Magiſtrum ad petitionem ſui Diſcipuli in ſcript. redact. & ibidem annotata verba ſubſcripta.

See here, p. 8, 9. Ad haec noverint hii, qui in pecunia numeraeta [...] Regi ſponte ſe obligant, quod Regina ſimiliter tenentur, licet expreſſum non fuerit. Quamvis vero non ſit expreſſum eſt tamen promiſſo compromiſſum, ut cum Regi ſcil. Centum Marcas promiſerit Reginae pariter teneatur pro C. Marcis promiſſis in 1. marc. Auri; pro Ducentis Marcis in 2. marc. Auri; et ſic deince [...]s. In hiis autem perquirend. eadem lege Vic. iper omnia [...] utetur qua in Regiis uſus est; nen tamen ante, ſed post.

[Page] Cum ergo de Regiis debitis ſummonitiones fuerint, adest Clericus Reginae ad hoc constitutus, & addit in ſummonitio [...]e, &c. (as here, p. 8, 9.) uſque careat impetrato. Secundum quae quidem verba Reginae Angliae quae pro tempo [...]e ſuerunt AURUM SUUM petierunt et habuerunt tempo [...]ibus retroactis.

In the 3d Parliament An. 15 E. 3.Anno 15 E 3. the Lords and Commons granting to the King the ninth Lamb, Fleece, and Sheaf of the ſecond year, towards the maintenance of his wars; ſpecially enacted, cap. 6. Item, That the QUEENS GOLD ſhall not run in demand by reaſon of this grant; (to wit, by reaſon of any Fine payd to, or compoſition for a ſumme of money made with the King by any perſon, County or Place for their ninth Lamb, Fleece, or Sheaf, there being no Queen-gold due out of any of them in ſpecie:) Which proves, that if this clauſe had not been added, Queen-gold had been due to and recoverable by the Queen out of voluntary fines and compoſitions in mony for thoſe Ayds in kinde.

IOhannes Eſton Clericus,Hil. 18 E 3. rot. 3. in Offic. Remem. Regis in Scac. De Denar. receptis de Radulpho de Nevil de Auro Reginae. (5) Receptor AURI Philippae Reginae Angliae praeſens hic in Curia 31 Januarii hoc termino cognovit, ſe recepiſſe de Radulpho de Nevill 86 l. 13 s. 4 d. de AURO efuſdem Reginae ipſam contingente de quodam (4) fine 1700 marc. per ipſum Radulphum anno 17. in Cancellaria facto (4) pro cuſtodia duarum partium ter [...]arum et ten. quae fuerunt Willielmi de Roos de Hamelake, exceptis ducentis libratis redditus de firmis Civitatis Ebor. & Lincoln. & ſe de eiſdem 86 l. 13 s. 4 d. verſus Dominam Reginam in exonerationem praedicti Radulphi Aurum debere.

In the Plea Rolls, Anno 25 E. 3. in the Exchequer, before the Barons, I found this Inhibition and Writ concerning Queen-gold.

INhibitum eſt 26. [...]Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccar [...]o de craſtino S Hil. an 25 E 3. in Offic. plac. in Scac. dorſo Surr. Suſſ. [...]. die Januarii hoc Anno Thomae de Hoo Vic. Com. Surr. & Suſſex, praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne recedat à Curia quouſque computaverit cum Philippa Regina Angliae, de denar. per ipſum lebat. (5) de AURO et aliis debitis ipſius REGINAE; tam per diverſa Brevia hujus Scaccarii, quam ſummon, ejuſdem, ſatisfecitque ei de omni eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea praedictus Thomas receſſit à Curia, licentia ſuper hiis non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae in praemiſſis computato, ſeu ſatisfacto, in contemptum Domini Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. praedict. Suſſex, quod attach. praedictum Thomam, &c. ita, &c. à die Paſchae in 15 dies, ad reſpondendum Regi de contemptu, et ad computand. et ſatisfaciend. eaedem Reginae in praemiſſis. Poſtea idem Thomas praeſens in Curia primo die Octobris hoc anno, pro contemptu praedicto committitur priſonae de [...]lete, ibidem moraturus quouſque, &c. Et incontinenti Thomas de Clough Atturn. praedictae Reginae cognovit coram Baronibus, quod ſatisfactum eſt praefat. Reginae in praemiſſis. Et idem Thomas de Hoo fecit finem cum Rege pro contemptu praedicto pro 6 s. 8 d. cujus finis, & liberatur à priſona praedicta.

In theSee Mr. William Hack wils Treatiſe of Queen-gold. Parliament held in the 11th year of K. Edward the 3d. a Fifteenth and a Tenth were granted to the King; after which the Burgeſſes and Inhabitants of Briſtoll for as much thereof as belonged to them to pay, procured from the King a further day of payment, and thereupon entred into a Recognizance to [Page]the King in the ſumme of 220 l. for the payment of the ſame accordingly. Hereupon the Queen by Action commenced against them in the Exchequer, demanded of them 22 l. fo [...] Queen-gold. To this Action they pleaded, That they ought not in this caſe to be charged with Queen-gold, becauſe this their Recognizance was not in nature of a Fine made with the King, no [...] the money therein conteyned in lieu of a Fine: To which the Queens Atturney replyed, That this Recognizance was entred into, to the end that the ſaid Bailiffs and Inhabitants might not be taxed by the Collector of the Commons, and that no Minister, nor the Bailiff of the King might intermeddle within their Bayliwick with the Collection: as alſo to obtain a longer day of payment; All which did redound both to the honour and benefit of the ſaid Burgeſſes; in which caſe, they ought by the Law of England to pay Queen Gold, a ſo demanded Judgement. Upon this doubtfull caſe (as Mr. Hackwill informs me) the Barons of the Exchequer for the guiding of their judgements herein, cauſed the Ordinance of AURUM REGINAE in the Red Book to be enrolled before them, in the Record of the ſaid plea. By which it appearing to them, that the Queen was in right to have her Gold de ſponte Regi oblatis. That it might likewiſe appear unto them how ſponte oblatum was in this caſe to be underſtood, they cauſed further ſearch to be made in the Red Book for the Chapter De ſponte offerentibus; as much whereof as might concern their purpoſe, they cauſed likewiſe to be tranſcribed into the ſaid Plea depending before them; which I have Here, p. 9. already preſented to your view: So as the beſt and ſureſt way of deſciding this Queſtion then in hand, in the Judgement of the Barons of the Exchequer in thoſe dayes, was to be guided by the ſaid Ordinance, de ſponte offerentibus.

I cannot yet finde thisNot extant in An. 25 E 3. as Mr. Hack [...]will cites it. Plea and Record, nor any expreſs reſolution of the Barons in this caſe, but it ſeems to me by the proviſions in the Statutes of 15 E. 3. Parl. 3. c. 6. & 31 E. 3. ch. 13. (made as I conjecture by occaſion of this long-controverted caſe of Briſtoll) againſt the payment of any Queen-gold, for or by reaſon of the Subſidies and Quindiſms then granted by the Commons to the King; and by the Writs iſſued for levying this Queen-gold, that the Barons were of opinion, that the Queen ought to recover her Gold in this caſe, which ſhe did, as this Record Anno 27 & 28 E. 3. implyes.

MEmorandum,Glouc. [...]. Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccar. de craſtino Clauſ. Paſch. Anno 27 E 7. in Offic. Clerici Plac. in Scac. Philippa Regina. quod cum 24. die Febr. hoc Anno, praeceptum fuit Vic. Com. Glouc. quod de bonis & catallis Eborardi le Frenſh Majoris, & aliorum hominum Villae Briſtoll, et ſuburbiorum ejuſdem Villae; ac ettam de (5) terris et tenementis quae sua fuerunt Anno II. Regis nunc, ſeu poſtea, in quo [...]umcunque manibus, [...] fieri faceret 22 l. quas debent Philippae Reginae Angliae, de AURO SUO, de illis 220 l. Regi praedicts Anno undecimo in Cancellar. ſua recogn. Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic ad craſtinum Clauſi Paſchae, praedictae Reginae ſolvend.

Idem Vic. videlicet Johannes de Weſton return. ad diem praedictum, quod fecit return. Brevis Waltero Derby, & Roberto Cheddre Ballivis Libertatis Villae Briſtoll, extra [...]quam Libertatem, nulla fuerunt bona ſeu catalla praedictorum Eborardi Majoris, & aliorum hominum Villae praedictae in Balliva ſua, qui ſibi inde nullum dederunt reſponſum.

Philippa Reginae Angliae venit coram Baronibus ſexto die Aprilis hoc Anno per Thomam del Clough Atturn. ſuum, & dicit, quod illud return. factum fuit in favorem dictorum hominum Villae Briſtoll per dictos Ballivos, & per ſic levacio denar. ſuorum praedictorum injuſte retardatur; ad dampnum ipſius Reginae [Page] 10 l. Et petit, quod praedicti Ballivi qui praeſentes ſunt in Curia ſuper returno praedicto examinentur, &c. Et ſuper hoc praedictus Walterus de Derby computans hic pro ſe & praedicto Roberto Cheddre ſocio ſuo de debit. Regis levand. infra Libertatem praedictam Anno 26. Regis nunc per Barones allocutus, Dicit, quod praedictus Vic. nullum return. Brevis praedicti ſibi ſeu ſocio ſuo praedicto fecit, nec ipſe nec dictus ſocius ſuus aliquod hujuſmodi reſponſum dederunt praefato Vic. Et hoc praetendit verificare, &c. Et praedictus Vic. ſimiliter praeſens in Curia, ſuper Compoto ſuo de eodem Anno 26 inde allocutus, dicit, quod ipſe fecit return. Brevis praedicti praefatis Waltero & Roberto Ballivis dictae Villae Briſtoll apud dictam Villam Briſtoll die Mercur. in Sept. Paſchae ultimo praeter. Et ipſi Ballivi inde ſibi nullum dederunt reſponſum, prout ſuperius verſus eos narravit. Et de hoc point ſe ſuper patriam. Et praedicti Ballivi ſimiliter. Ideo fiat inde Jur. Et praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. praedict. quod venire fac. hic in craſtino Aſcenſionis Domini 12. &c. quorum fex ſint de Villa Briſtoll, & alii ſex de forinſecis Com. praedicti, quorum quilibet, &c. per quos, &c. qui nec, &c. ad recogn. Et idem dies datus eſt partibus. Et continuato proceſſu iſto uſque à die Paſchae in 15 dies Anno 28 Regis nunc, &c. continetur alibi in hoc Rotulo inter placita hujus Termini, & in Rotulo placitorum de dicto Anno 28. videlicet, inter Placita de Termino Sancti Michaelis. Quo die tam praedictus Johannes de Weſton per Atturn. ſuum, ſicut continetur inter Placita de Termino Paſchae praedict. Anno 28. venerunt; Et praefata Regina ſimiliter venit per Attornatum ſuum. Et praedictus Walterus Derby, benè cognovit pro ſe & ſocio ſuo praedicto, quod praedictus Vic. fecit return. Brevis praedict. ſibi & ſocio ſuo praedicto, praedicto die Mercurii, & quod ipſi non dederunt eidem Vic. aliquod reſponſum. Et petit, quod admitti poſſet ad faciendum finem cum Rege pro contemptu illo, pro dictis Ballivis, &c. Et praefata Regina ſuper hoc petit judicium, &c. Et habita inde deliberatione, &c. Conſideratum eſt, quod praefata Regina recuperet berſus Walterum Derby et Robertum Cheddre dampna ſua, quae tarantur per Baron. ad 100 s. Et quod ipſi pro contemptu praedicto capiantur, &c. Et praedictus Walterus le Hunt fecit finem cum Rege pro contemptu praedicto pro 10 s. cujus finis praetextu ceſſet executio de capiendo praedictos Ballivos, &c.

INhibitum eſt primo die Aprilis hoc Anno Johanni de Alveton Vic. Oxon. Oxon. [...]. Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario, de craſtino Clauſ. Paſch. Anno 27 E. 3. praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque computaverit cum Philippa Regina Angliae de denariis ipſius Reginae per ipſum Vic. in eodem Com. levat. tam de AURO SUO quam de aliis debitis dictam Reginam ibidem concernentibus, ſatisfecitque ei de omni eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea, videlicet ſeptimo die Maii prox. ſequen. Walterus de Campeden Attorn. praefatae Reginae cognovit coram Baronibus, quod praediaus Dic. computabit et ſatisfecit eident Reginae in praemiſſis. Ideo recedat praedictus Vic. in praemiſſis quietus.

Eodem modo inhibitum eſt die & anno ſupradictis Waltero Parles Vic. Com. Northt. &c. Guidoni Seynt-Cler Vic. Com. Cant. &c. Willielmo de Middleton Vic. Norſſ. & Suff. &c. Radulpho de Seynt [...]wayn Vic. Com. Surr. &c. Thomae de la Ryvere Vic. Com. Wiltes. Johani de Dalton Vic. Somerſ. & Dorſ. &c. Willi [...]lmo Auncel Vic. Devon. &c. tam de Auro & aliis Debitis Philippae Reginae Angliae, &c. All entred at large in the Rolls of this Term. Moreover,

[Page] INhibitum eſt primo die Aprilis hoc Anno Johanni de Coggeſhale Vic.Ibidem Eſſex, ſſ. Philippa Regina, 27 E. 3. Com. Eſſex. praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque computaverat cum Philippa Regina Angliae de denar. per ipſum Vic. levatis ad opus dictae Reginae in eodem Com. tam de AURO ſuo, quam de aliis debitis dictam Reginam ibidem concernentibus, ſatisfecitque ei de omni eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea, quia idem Vic. receſſit à Curia licentia ſibi ſuper hoc non optenta, neque eidem Reginae computato in praemiſſis, in contemptu Regis, &c. Praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. praedicti quod ipſum Vic. attach. &c. Ita, &c. in Octab. Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend: judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto, et ad computand. et ſatisfac. eidem Reginae in praemiſſis. Poſtea, videlicet 26 die Febr. Anno 29. Radulphus Wolſey venit coram Baron. & fecit finem cum Rege pro contemptu praedicto, pro praedicto Johanne de Coggeſhale, ſicut continetur in Rotulo Placitorum de Anno 29. inter Placita de Termino Hillarii. Et ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae, idem Johannes de Coggeſhale habet diem ad computand. in praemiſſis in Craſtino Sanctae Trinitatis dicto Anno 29.

Eodem modo inhibitum eſt die & anno ſupradictis Jacobo Lapyn Vic.Ibidem Kanc. ſſ. Com. Kantiae, tam de AURO, quam aliis debitis Philippae REGINAE Angliae, &c. (ut ſupra) Poſtea, videlicet 20 die Junii, praedictus Jacobus praeſens in Curia, quia idem Vic. receſſit à Curia licentia ſuper hoc ſibi non optenta, neque eidem Reginae computato, &c. committitur Priſonae de [...]lete, pro contemptu praedicto, [...]. Et incontinenti Thomas del Clough Atturn. praefatae Reginae cognov. quod praedictus Jacobus computavit & ſatisfecit praefatae Reginae in praemiſſis. Et idem Jacobus fecit finem cum Rege pro contemptu praedicto pro dimid. Marc. cujus finis praetextu deliberatur à Priſona praedicta.

PRaeſente in Curia 16 die Junii hoc Anno Jacobo Lapyn nuper Vic.Ibid. Ter. Trin. Kanc. ſſ. Placita coram Baron. deScaccar. de 15 S. Tr. Anno 27 E 3. Philippa Regina Angliae. Com. Kanc. ſuper Compotum ſuum de officio Vicecom. illius de Anno 27 Regis nunc; Philippa Regina Angliae venit coram Baronibus per Thomam de Clogh (5) Atturn. ſuum, et queritur de praefato nuper Vic. de eo videlicet, quod cum ſex Brevia ſigilli hujus Scaccarii conſign. pro praefata Regina apud Cantuar. in feſto Sancti Stephani Anno 25 Regis nunc, liberata fuerunt praefato Vic. per manus (5) Johannis Dymmock Curſoris hujus Scaccarii exequend. per Billam quam oſtendit Curiae in haec verba.

Memorandum, quod Jacobus Lapyn Vic. Kanc. recepit de Iohanne Dymmock Curſore Scaccarii Domini Regis apud Cantuar. die Mercur. in feſto Sancti Stephani Anno 26. ſex Brevia pro Philippa Regina Angliae, & 14. Brevia pro Iſabella Regina Angliae, &c. Quae quidem Brevia fuerunt returnabilia ad idem Scaccarium ad Craſtinum Sancti Hillar. tunc prox. ſequen. quorum unum fuit de fieri faciend. de bonis & catallis Thomae Vicar. de Recolure, Iacobi Lapyn, Iohannis Underwall, & Roberti Mande 13 s. 4 d. quos debuerunt praefatae Reginae de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. pro licenc. eis dand. aſſignare tribus Capellanis in Eccleſia praedicta celebraturis quaedam terr.etten. in Recolure.

Et ſecundum Breve de fieri faciendo de bon. & catall. fratris Thomae Praepoſiti Prioratus de Fowſtan & Richardi de Creſſevil Perſonae Eccleſiae de Rolvyndenn & Iohannis de Reynford Perſonae Eccleſiae Sancti Clement is de H [...]ſting 66 s. quos [Page] debuerunt praefatae Reginae de AURO SUO (4) de fine 33 l. pro Cuſtod. prae. dictt Prio [...]atus habenda.

Et tertium Breve de fieri faciendo, de bonis & catallis Eliae Port et Thomae filii ejus, 22 s. 4 d. quos debent dictae Reginae de AURO SUO de (4) fine facto pro erto [...]ſione.

Et quartum Breve de fieri faciendo de bonis & catallis Hugo. de Dudeley 12 l. 15 s. quos debet praefatae Reginae de Auro ſuo de quodam (4) fine 500 Marc. pro Cuſtodia terr. et ten. et maritag. Haered. de Grayſtock habenda.

Et quintum Breve de fieri faciendo de bonis & catallis, terr. & ten. Wareſii ate Capele 20 s. quos debet praefatae Reginae de (4) fine pro tranſgr.

Et ſextum Breve de diſtringendo Johannem Beaufiiz, nuper Ballivum praefatae Reginae in Com. Kanc. ad reddend. eidem Reginae Compotum de tempore quo fuit Recept. denar. ipſius Reginae, & Compotum inde nondum reddidit.

Idem nuper Vic. Brevia praedicta nec aliquod eorundem, ad dictum Craſtinum Sancti Hillarii nondum returnavit, ſet in favorem partium verſus quas praefata Regina ſequebatur, & in retardationem levationis denar. praefatae Reginae Brevia illa penes ſe detinuit, in laeſionem Sacramenti ſui, contemptum mandatorum Regis, et ad dampnum praefatae Reginae 40 marc. Et hoc offert, &c.

Et praedictus Jacobus defendit dampnum & quicquid, &c. et benè cognovit praedictam Billam eſſe factum ſuum, & quod ipſe recepit ſex Brevia ſupradicta in forma praedicta; ſet dicit, quod quidam Robertus Pellebien ſuit Subvic. ſuus tunc temporis, et Returnator omnium Brevium eidem nuper Vic. directorum, et habuit in cuſtodia ſua omnia Brevia praedicta, et obiit ante dictum Craſtinum Sancti Hillarii, videlicet in vigilia Epiphaniae Domini, & Brevia praedicta poſt mortem dicti Roberti devenerunt ad manus Executorum ſuorum; ita quod idem nuper Vic. Brevia illa habere, nec ipſe ob dictam cauſam dicta Brevia returnare non potuit. Et petit judicium, ſi aliqua injuria in perſona ſua aſſignari poterit, &c.

Et praedicta Regina per dictum Atturnatum ſuum dicit, ex quo praedictus nuper Vic. cognovit praedictum Robertum Miniſtrum ſuum fuiſſe, pro quo habet reſpondere, &c. E [...] etiam, quod ipſe recepit Brevia praedicta, et ea non returnavit prout, &c. Petit judicium inde una cum dampnis, &c. Et quod praedictus nuper Vic. amercietur, eo quod in Billa praedicta non declaratur quae et cujuſmodi Brevia illa fuerunt, nec quo die fuerunt returnabilia, &c.

Et habita inde deliberatione, &c. Conſideratum eſt, quod praefata Regina recuperet verſus praefatum Jacobum dampna ſua, quae tarantur per Barones ad—34 s.—4 d. & quod dictus Jacobus quia non declaravit Billam ſuam praedictam, et etiam pro tranſgr. praedict. ſit in miſericordia. Et afferatur per Barones ad dimid. marc.

INhibitum eſt primo die Aprilis hoc Anno Miloni de Stapleton Vic.Placita coram Baronibus de Scac. de Craſtino Clauſ. Paſch. Anno 27 E 3. Eborum ſſ. Com. Eborum praeſenti in Curia eodem die per Johannem de Stoke Attornatum ſuum, ne recedat à Curia quouſ (que) computaberit cum Philippa (5) Regina Angliae de denar. per ipſum Vic. levat. in Com. praedicto ad opus ipſius Reginae de diberſts debitis ſuis, tam de AURO SUO, quam de aliis debitis dictam Reginam ibidem concernentibus, ſatisfecitque ei de omni eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit ſub periculo quod, &c.

[Page] Eodem modo Inhibitum eſt die & Anno ſupradictis Johanni Wal [...]ys: Vic. Com. Not. de Auro et aliis debitis Philippae Reginae Angliae, &c. Johanni de Burton Vic. Com. Salop. Johanni Muſard Vic. Com. Stafford. Gilberto Chaſtylon Vic. Com. Warr [...]. Richardo de Brigges Vic. Com. Heref. Thomae Caſey Vic. Com. Wygorn. Johanni de Weſton. Vic. Com. Glouc. &c. de Auro et aliis debitis Philippae Reginae Angliae, &c. de denariis, [...]c. ut ſupra. All entred ſeverally at large, like as that to the Sheriff of York [...]. Writs iſſuing this year to moſt Sheriffs of England for levying the arrears of Queen-gold.

North. ſſ. COmputante hic modo ad hunc diem Johanne de Stratton Ballivo Libertatis Villae Northt. Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario. De Qu [...]nd Puri [...]. B. Mariae, An. 27 E 3. in Offic Clerici Plac. in Scac. de debitis Regis levat. & levabilibus infra libertatem praedictam; Inhibitum eſt ei ne recedat a Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 10 Marc. quas homines Hillae praedictae debent praefatae Reginae de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 100 Marc. per ipſos homines facto pro diberſis grabaminibus et oppreſſtonibus Regi et populo ſuo per ipſos illatis, et ſuper eoſdem homines, coram Willielmo de Shareſhull et ſociis ſuis Juſtic. Anno 26 Regis nunc praeſentat. ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae, idem Johannes habet diem ulterius ſub Inhibitione praedicta uſque Craſtinum Clauſi Paſchae, ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae in praemiſſis. Ad quem diem praedictus Johannes venit: Et Thomas del Clough Atturn. praefatae Reginae cognovit, quod ſatisfactum eſt praefatae Reginae de 10 Marc. praedictis: Ideo recedat praedictus Johannes in praemiſſis quietus.

London ſſ. PRaeſente in Curia Rogero de Cloun (5) Clerico nuper Theſ.Placita coram Baronibus de Scac. de 15 S. Johannis Baptiſtae, Anno 27 E 3. Philip. Regina. Ibid. Philippae Reginae Angliae, ac Receptore denar, ipſius Reginae, tant de Miridi Cera et AURO, firmis et reddit. quam aliis debitis quibuſcunque ad ipſam Reginam pertinentibus; Inhibitum eſt ei ne recedat à Curia quouſque computaverit cum praefata Regina de tempo [...]e quo fuit Theſ. et Recepto [...]. denar. ipſius Reginae, ut praemittitur, ſatisfecitque ei de omni eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea ex aſſenſu Conſilii ipſius Reginae datus eſt dies praefato Rogero ulterius ad computand. & ſatisfaciend. in praemiſſis, uſque à die Sancti Michaelis in 15 dies, ſub inhibitione praedicta. Ad quem diem praedictus Rogerus ven. & ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae idem Rogerus habet diem ulterius in praemiſſis uſque Oct [...]b. Sancti Hillarii ſub inhibitione ſupradicta. Ad quem diem praedictus Rogerus venit, & habet diem ulterius ex aſſenſu Conſilii ipſius Reginae in praemiſſis uſque à die Paſchae in quindecim dies. Ad quem diem praedictus Rogerus venit, & ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae habet diem ul [...]erius in praemiſſi [...] uſque à die Sanctae Trinitatis in 15. dies, ſub Inhibitione praedicta.

Ebor. ſſ. DOminus Rex mandavit hic Breve ſuum de Magno Sigillo ſuo,Mich. 28 E 3. Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario de Quinde [...] S. Martini, Anno 28 E. 3. Ibid. Pro W. de Dalton, de Auro Reginae. Ibidem. quod eſt inter Communia de hoc Anno 28, Termino videlicet Sancti Michaelis, in haec verba.

Edwardus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae, & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario ſalutem. Cum ſexto die Junii Anno regni noſtri Angliae viceſimo quarto, per literas noſtras Patentes, commiſerimus dilecto Clerico noſtro Willielmo de Dalton cuſtodiam omnium terrarum & ten. cum pertinentiis, in magn. Houghton, Crophull & Baynho quae ſuerint Briani Safray defunct. qui de Haerede Laurentii de Haſtings nuper Com. Pembr. defunct. [Page] qui de nobis tenuit in Capite, infra aetatem, & in cuſtodia noſtra exiſtente, tenuit per ſervitium militare, & quae per mortem praedicti Briani, & ratione minoris aetatis Haeredis ejuſdem Briani in manu noſtra extiterunt. Habend. à feſto Paſchae tunc ultimo praeterito, uſque ad legitimam aetatem Haeredis praedicti Briani, una cum maritagio ejuſdem Haeredis, abſque diſparagatione; Reddendo nobis in Garderoba noſtra pro cuſtodia praedicta per annum Centum ſolidos, & ſolvendo nobis ibidem pro maritagio praedicto decem libras; Ac ſextodecimo die Decembris tunc prox. ſequen. capto homagio Thomae Safray, Conſanginei & Haeredis Aliciae filiae & haeredis praedicti Briani, quae dum infra aetatem & in cuſtodia noſtra fuit diem ſuum clauſit extremum, de omnibus terris & tenementis quae per mortem praefati Briani, & ratione minoris aetatis ejuſdem Aliciae, ad manus noſtras devenerunt, ei terras & ten. illa reddiderimus eaque ſibi mandaverimus liberari, ſicut per inſpectionem Rotulorum Cancellariae noſtrae nobis conſtat. Et quia praedictus Willielmus de cuſtodia ſeu maritagio praedict. [...]o quod praefata Alicia filia & Haeres praedicti Briani ſtatim ſic obiit, ſe non intromiſit, ſicut dilectus Clericus noſter Willielmus de Retford, nuper Cuſtos Garderobae noſtrae nobis eſt teſtificatus; praefatuſque Willielmus dictas literas noſtras Patentes, ſibi de cuſtodia & maritagio praedictis ſic factas, nobis in Cancellaria noſtra reſtituit cancella [...]das: Vobis nuper mandavimus, quod demandae quam eidem Willielmo pro dictis Centum ſolidis annuis pro cuſtodia praedicta, & dictis decem libris pro maritagio praedicto, ad Opus noſtrum reddend. fieri feciſtis ſuperſedere, & ipſum inde ad Scaccarium praedictum exonerare, & quietum eſſe faceretis, ſicut per inſpectionem Rotulorum dictae Cancellar. noſtrae nobis conſtat. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod demandae quam eidem Willielmo (4) pro AURO Philippae REGINAE Angliae Conſoxtis noſtrae occaſione praemiſſa ad opus ipſius Reginae ſolbendo, fieri ſaciatis ſuperſederi, et ipſum inde ad idem Scaccarium eronerati, et quietum eſſe faciatis ſupradicta. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 10 die Octobris, Anno regni noſtri Angliae viceſimo ſeptimo, regni vero noſtri Franciae quartodecimo.

Et modo ad Quindenam Sanc [...]i Martin [...], venit hic praedictus Willielmus in propria perſona ſua, & dicit, ipſum grabiter diffridum eſſe ad ſectam praefatae Reginae per Mic. Eborum pro 20 s. quos eadem e [...]igit de eodem Willielmo de AURO ab ipſam ſpedante pro didis 10l. (4) pxo maritagio praedicto, et hoc injuſte, quia dicit, quod ipſe de maritagio pxaedicto ſe non intromiſit, ſicut ſuperius in Brevi annoteur; quo praetextu Rex mandavit Theſ. & Baronibus Scaccarii, quod de dictis 10 l. pxo maritagio pxaedicto erga Regem ipſum eronerarent, et quietum eſſe facerent, et deſicut ipſi maritag. illud non habuit, nec ſe inde intromiſit, et erga Regem eroneratus eriſtis; Ita quod Rex nullum profic [...]um de maritag. illo percepit, nec habuit; Et per ſic eadem REGINA AURUM erigere non poteſt, nechabere debet. Petit idem Willielmus exonerari & quietus fieri, juxta tenorem mandati Regis ſupradicti.

Et ſuper h [...]c quaeſitum eſt à Johanne de Hedyndon (5) Atturn. praefatae Reginae, ſi quid habeat, vel dicere ſciat pro praefata Regina, quare praedictus Willielmus de 20 s. praedictis erga ipſam Reginam exonerari non debet? Dicit, quod non; ſet quod dictus Willielmus inde de jure eſt exonerandus. Ideo Conſideratum eſt, quod praedictus Willielmus de 20 s. praedictis erga praefatam Reginam exoneretur, & inde recedat quietus, et quod executio verſus eum in hac parte inchoata ceſſet omnino.

[Page] INhibitum eſt 20 die Novembr. Placita coram Baronibus in Scac. Term. S. Mich in 15. S. Martini, An. 30 E 3. in Offic. Cle [...]ici Plac. Northt ſſ. Philippa Regina. hoc Anno Johanni de Reynes Vic. Com. Northampt. praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ſuper Compot. ſuum, de officio Vicecom. illius de An. 29 Regis nunc, ne recedat a Curia priuſquam ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 54 s. 4 d. de precio bonorum et catall. Abbatis de Burgo Sancti Petri per ipſum Vic. in manum Regis capt. ſicut continetur in returno ipſius Vic. facto in Craſtino Sancti Hillarii ultimo praeterito pro 40. marc. quas debet praefatae Reginae de AURO SUO pro quodam (4) fine 300 l. pro Cuſtodia tempo [...]alium praedictae Abbatiae tempo [...]e bacationis habend. ſub periculo quod incumbit. Poſtea, viz. 30 die November. tunc prox. ſequent. idem Johannes ſolvit ad Receptam dictae Reginae 53 s. 4 d. praedictos per unam Talliam levatam dicto 30. die Novembr. ad dictam Receptam, coninentem [...]olutionem inde, quam Talliam Johannes de Holt Attornat. praefatae Reginae cognovit eſſe veram, & denarios praedictos ſolutos fuiſſe ad dictam Receptam.

INhibitum eſt 5.Ibidem. Adhuc de craſtino Clau [...]. Paſch. An. 30 E 3. Northt, ſſ. Philippa Regina. die Maii hoc Anno Waltero Parles Vic. Northt. &c. ne recedat ab eadem Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 20 marc. quas idem Vic. cognovit ſe levaſſe potuiſſe de bonis et catallis, terris & tenementis Prioris & Conventus Abbatiae de Burgo Sancti Petri, praetextu brevis Regii ſibi directi de levando de bonis & catallis dicti Prioris & Conventus 28 marc. & dimid. quas debent praefatae Reginae de quodam debito de 40. marc. de AURO ad ipſam Reginam ſpectante, de quodam fine 400 marc. pro cuſtodia temporal. ejuſdem Abbaciae nuper vacantis. Poſtea, ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae datus eſt dies praefato Waltero ulterius in Craſtino Aſcenſionis Domini, ad ſolvend. 20 marcas praedictas, quem diem ſolutionis praedictus Walterus aſſumpſit; Ad quem diem praedictus Walterus ſolvit praefatae Reginae ad Receptam ſuam 20. mar. praedict. per manus Prioris de Burgo Sancti Petri, per unam Talliam levat. ad dictam Receptam 4 to die Junii hoc anno, quam Talliam Johannes de Holt Attornat. praefatae Reginae cognovit eſſe veram, & dictos 20 marc. ſolutas fuiſſe ad Recept. praedict. Ideo recedat praedictus Vic. de inhibitione praedicta quietus.

INhibitum eſt 28.Ibid. Warr. & Leic. Philippa Regina. Placita coram Baron. de Scaccario de 15 Paſchae Anno 30 E 3. die Maii hoc anno Gilberto Chaſteleyne nuper Subvic. War. & Leic. praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ſuper Compotum ſuum de officio Vicecom. illius de anno 28 Regis nunc per Johannem Sned Attorn. ſuum, ne recedat ab eadem Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 13 s. 4 d. quos Abbas Sancti Nicholai Andeg. debet praefatae Reginae, (4) de AURO ad ipſam Reginam ſpectante, de quodam (4) fine 10 marc. per Gilbertum de Sohis Procurato [...]em dicti Abbatis conceſſis Regi, pro cuſtodia dictae Abbatiae prae caeteris babenda, et ad quozum 13 s. 4 d. balentiam, Idem nuper Subbic. cepit bona et catalla dicti Abbatis in manum Regis, prout liquet per return, ſuum ad craſtinum Sancti Michaelis Anno 28 Regis nunc factum, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea ex aſſenſu Conſil. praefatae Reginae datus eſt dies e [...] dem Gilberto ulterius, ſub inhibitione praedicta, uſque à die Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae in 15 dies. ad ſolvend, praefatae Reginae 13 s. 4 d. praedictos. Ad quem diem dictus Gilbertus venit, & habet diem ulterius ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefatae Reginae uſque Octab. Sancti Michaelis, ad ſolvend. praefatae Reginae 13 s. 4 d. de praedict. Ad quem diem praefata Regina venit, & praedictus [Page] Gilbertus plur, vocatus non venit, neque denar. praedict. ſolvit, in contemptum Regis; Ideo attachietur, &c. Et praeceptum fuit Vic. quod ipſum attach. &c. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend, judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto. Et continuato proceſſu iſto uſque craſtinum Sancti Michaelis Anno 34. &c. ſicut continetur in ligulis brevium. Quo die Vic. return. brev. ſibi directum, & quod praedictus Gilbertus mortuus fuit, &c. et nulla habuit bona ſeu, &c. unde aliqni denar. &c. Ideo non fiat ulterius executio de ipſum Attach. &c. ſed fiat—ulterius ad levand. debit. praedict.

An. 30 E. 3.

INhibitum eſt 14 die Octobris hoc Anno Johanni de Wycomb praeſenti in Curia eodem die,Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario de Octab. S. Mich. 30 E 3. Ibid. Glouc ſſ. Philippa Regina. ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 20 s. de AVRO ad ipſam REGINAM pertinente de quodam (4) fine per ipſum coram Thomam de Bradeſton et ſociis ſuis nuper iuſtic▪ Regis in Com. Glouc. ad diverſas oppreſſiones, extorſ. dampn. et conſpir audiend. et terminand. aſſign. nuper fact. ſub periculo quod &c. Poſtea, ſcilicet 26 die Octobris prox. ſequen. praedictus Johannes venit coram Baronibus, & dicit, ſe ſolviſſe praefatae Reginae 20 s. praefatos per unam Talliam levat. ad Recept. praedict. 16 die; quam quidem Tall. Johannes de Holt Atturn. praefatae Reginae cognovit eſſe veram, praefatumque Johannem de Wycomb ſolviſſe ad Recept. praefatae Reginae 20 s. ſupradict.

In the firſt Parliament An.An. 31 E. [...]. 31 [...] E 3. ch. 13. The King granted a general Pardon to the Commons; Whereupon the ſaid Commons granted to our Soveraeign Lord the King a Quinzyme yearly to be levyed, and gathered in the manner as the laſt Quinzyme granted to the King was levyed, and to be payd at the Feasts of Saint Myghell and Eaſter next coming by even portions. After which it immediately followes in the Act; And our ſaid Soeraign Lord the King hath granted to the ſaid Commons, that for the ſaid Quinzyme ſo granted, NO GOLD ſhall be demanded nor levyed to the uſe of the Quéen, but that the ſaid Commons ſhall be thereof wholly diſcharged. Which likewiſe proves, that it was uſually demanded and levyed before that time out of Fines and Compoſitions for Quinziſmes and Diſms, elſe this ſpecial grant of the King had been ſuperfluous.

An. 34 E. 3.

MEmorandum,In Octab. S. Mich. An. 34 E 3. In Cuſtodia Remem. Regis. Bed. & Bncks. quod cum praeceptum fuit Vic. Bed. & Bucks, quod de bonis & catallis Willielmi Troyſor, necnon de (5) terr. & ten. quae ſua fuerunt An. 32 Regis nunc, ſeu poſtea in quorumcunque manibus, &c. fieri fac. 8 l. quas idem Willielmus debet Philippae Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO ipſam contingente, de quodam (4) fine 8 l. per ipſum Willielmum facto, pro cuſtod. duarum partium terr. et ten. quae ſunt de parte Margaretae unius filiarum et haeredum Willielmi Dabernoun qui de Rege tenuit in capite, & quae per mortem praedicti Willielmi, & ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Margaretae in manu Regis exiſtant; Habend. unà cum maritagio ejuſdem Margaretae; ita quod dict. 8 l. haberet hic inde ad hunc diem praedict. Reginae ſolvend. Et idem Vic. viz. Johannes de Hampden return. quod praedict. Willielmus nichil habuit in balliva ſua unde denar. aliquo modo levaſſe potuit. Praefata Regina venit coram Baronibus hujus Scacc. prox. die Octobr. hoc anno per Johannem Holt Attornatum ſuum; et dicit, quod praedict. Willielmus eſt praeſens [Page] in Curia, et petit, quod inde examinetur et ſatisfaciet eidem Reginae inde antequam, &c. Et ſuper hoc idem Willielmus inde allocutus benè cognov. quod ipſe tenetur praefatae Reginae in denariis praedictis; ad quod ſolvend. habuit diem in Craſtino Cl. Paſchae ex aſſenſu Conſilli ipſius Reginae, ſub inhibitione praedicta, quam diem ſolutionis admiſit ſub periculo quod, &c. Ad quam diem praedictus Willielmus venit, & ex aſſenſu Conſilii praefat. Reginae habet diem ulterius in Octab. Sanctae Trinitatis ad ſolvend. denar, praedict. Ad quam diem praedict. Willielmus venit, & habet diem ulteriorem ad denar. illos ſolvend. à die Sancti Michaelis in 15 dies. Ad quam diem praedict. Willielmus venit, & habet diem ulter. ex aſſenſu Conſilii ipſius Reginae ad denar. illos ſolvend. à die Sancti Hillarii in 15 dies. Ad quam diem praedict. Willielmus venit, et ſolvit praefatae Reginae 8 l. praedict. prout Johannes de Holt Attornatus praefatae Reginae coram Baronibus recogn. Ideo recedat quietus.

Anno 34 E. [...]. theſe Writs iſſued to one County to levy Queen-gold.

Ebor. ſſ.MEmorand. Quod cum Thomas de Muſgrave Vic.Placita coram Baronibus de Scaccario, de craſtino Sancti Mich. 34 E. [...] rot. 3. dorſ. in Offic. Clerici Pipae. Pro Thomae de Muſgrave verſus Philippam Reginam. Ebor. per diverſa Brevia ad hunc craſtinum returnat. levaſſet ad opus Philippae Reginae Angliae de diverſis debitis ſuis, videlicet, de bonis et catallis Thomae Bertram (5) et pleg. ſuo [...]um 13 s. 4 d. de quodam debito 10. marc. ad ipſam Reginam ſpectante de AVRO SVO, de quodam (4) fine 100. marc. per ipſum facto pro diverſis tranſgreſſionibus Parcis Johannis de Warenna Comitis Surr. Et 12 l. 6 s. 8 d. de bonis & catallis Henr. Percy Militis de conſtmili AURO, de quodam fine 100 marc. pro (4) licentia concedend. Henrico Percy filio ſuo et Margar. filiae Radulphi de Nevil certa maneria in Com. Northumbr. et Eborum. Et 6l. 13 s. 4 d. de Radulpho Nevill de conſtmili AURO de quodam (4) fine 100 marc. pro licenc. quod Margar. filia ejus ſe maritare poſſet cuicunque voluerit, &c. Et 20 s. de Richardo de Whateby Pannar. Eborum de conſtmili AURO de quodam (4) fine 10 l. pro pardon. factur. pannorum Reg. habend. Et 20 s. de Adam de Sothinghale de conſ [...]mili AURO de quodam (4) fine 10 l. facto pro quibuſdam tranſgreſſionibus. Et. 40 s. de Johanne Charles Perſona Eccleſiae de Langham de conſtmili AURO, de quodam (4) fine 20 l. quod ivit armatus in terrorem populi, et contra pacem. Et. 16 s. 8 d. de Roberto filio Johannis de conſimili AURO de quoſdam debit. 20 s. 8 d. de conſimili AURO de quodam (4) fine 20 marc. pro licenc. quod Willielmus Kay et alii, dare poſſent 10l. redd. in Wak [...]field ad manum mortuam. Et 24 s. de Rogero de Henningham Cive Eborum de conſimili AURO, de quodam (4) fine 12 l. pro Carta de licenc. habend. Et 24 s. de Marmaduco le Conestable de conſimili AURO de quodam (4) fine 12 l. pro Carta de licenc. habend. Idem Vic. venit coram Baron. & dicit, ſe ſolviſſe denar. praedictos praefatae Reginae ad receptam per 9. Tall. levat ad dictam recept. primo die Octobris hoc Anno, quas oſtend. Curiae, et quas Johannes Holte Attorn, ipſius Reginae cognob. eſſe veras, et denar. in eiſdem content. ſolut. fuiſſe ad recept. praedictam.

That Queen-gold was due to the Queen of England for voluntary Oblations and Fines in Ireland as well as England, is evident by this memorable Record in the Tower, An. 34 E. 3.

[Page] REX Juſtic, Cancellar.Clauſ. 34 E 3. pars 1. m. 17. in Turri London. De auro Reginae in terra Hibern, levando. & Theſ. ſuis Hiberniae ſalutem. Ex parte Philippae Reginae Angliae Conſortis noſtrae cariſſimae, nobis eſt graviter conquerendo monſtratum, quod licet ipſa habeat et percipiat, ac habere et percipere debeat, ipſaque et omnes praedeceſſores ſuae Reginae Angliae habere et percipere conſueberint a tempore quo non extat memoria pro AVRO REGINAE (1) unam marcam de ſingulis decem marcis (2) omnium Finium nobis in Curiis noſtris, tam in Anglia quam in Hibernia factorum: Robertus tamen de Holiwod id quod ad ipſum Robertum praefatae Canſorti noſtrae pro AURO REGINAE de quodam (4) ſine Nobis in Curia noſtra in dicta terra Hiberniae facto pertinet ſolvndum, eiem Reginae omnino ſolvre contradicit; aſſerens, hujuſmodi Aurum eidem Conſorti noſtrae de jure in dicta terra Hibernia non deberi, et ſic idem Robertus ipſam Conſortem noſtram de AVRO SVO in eadem terra Hiberniae ſubtilitatibus, et coloribus exquiſitis machinatur defraudare; unde nobis eſt ſupplicatum, ut ſuper hoc remedium oportunum apponi faciamus. Nos advertentes quod ſi idem Robertus ad propoſitum ſuum in hoc caſu attingere poſſet, hoc non ſolum in dictae Conſortis noſtrae dampnum, verumeciamNota. in noſtram exhaeredationem cederet manifeſte, ac volentes eo praetertu hujuſmodi dampno, praejudicio, et exhaeredacioni praecavere, Vobis mandamus firmiter injungentes, quod omnes ſummas quae praefatae Conſorti noſtrae de omnibus finibus, tam per praedictum Robertum quam per alios in quibuſcumque Curiis noſtris Hibern. nobis factis eidem Conſorti noſtrae pro AURO REGINAE debentur, ſine dilatione levari, et praefatae Conſorti noſtrae ſolvi et liberari faciatis, prout ante haec tempora fieri conſuevit; Ita quod nobis exhaeredacio vel praefatae Conſorti noſtrae dampnum nullatenus generetur in hac parte. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonaſterium 28. die Julii.

An. 35 E 3. Northumb. ſſ. MEmorandum,Placita coram Baro [...]ibus de Scacario. De Termino Paſchae 35 E 3. rot. 56. in Offic. Cleric. Plac. in Scac. quod cum praeceptum fuit Vic. Northumbr. per Breve hujus Scaccarii, quod de bonis & catallis Thomae de Dalton, necnon de (5) terris et tenementis quae ſua fuerunt Anno 33. Regis nunc ſeu poſtea in quorumcunque manibus, &c. fieri fac. 46 s. 8 d. quod debet Philippae Reginae Angliae de quodam debito 53 s. 4 d. de AURO ipſam contingente de quodam (4) fine 40 marc. pro quibuſdam terris in Wethangs et Saldwell ſibi per Regem conceſſ. Ita quod dictos 46 s. 8 d. haberet hic ad hunc diem praefatae Reginae ſolvend. Idemque Vic. videlicet Johannes Heroun return. quod cepit bona & catalla praedictae Thomae ad valenc. praedictorum, 46 s. 8 d. quae penes ipſum remanent invendita, &c.

The ſame year the Queen demanding 80 l. Queen-gold, inſtead of 40 l. for one and the ſame fine of 400 l. becauſe extant in the Extracts returned by the Juſtices Itinerant,Inter Brevia direct. Baronibus de Scaccario de Term. S. Mich. Anno 35 E 3. Rot. 12. in Offic. Remem. Regis in Scacc. and in the Rolls of the Chancery; upon complaint thereof to the King he iſſued this Writ of Superſedeas to the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer in their behalf.

REX Theſaurar, & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario ſalutem. Cum nuper Johannes Loveday qui de quibuſdam feloniis, oppreſſionibus, extorſionibus & tranſgreſſionibus per ipſum in Com. Berks. perpetratis coram Willielmo de Notton & ſociis ſuis nuper Juſtic. noſtris ad diverſas felonias, tranſgreſſiones, [Page] oppreſſiones, extorſiones, conſpirationes & exceſſus in eodem Com. Berks audiend. & terminand. aſſign. indictatus, (4) finem nobiſcum pro pardonatione noſtra a nobis in hac parte habend. per quadringentas marcas feciſſet. & nos poſtmodum duodecimo die Decembris prox. praeterit. pro ſecuritate de fine praedicto nobis ſolvendo habend. per breve noſtrum mandaverimus Willielmo de Haywood Vic. noſtro Sutht. quod ſi Hugo de Berewyke Miles, Thomas de Barantyn, Thomas Dyley, Johannes Loveday de Mugewell, Johannes Chance de Com. Oxon. Johannes Clet, & Willielmus Notton de Com. Berks. manucapere vellent; videlicet, quilbet eorum in ſolidum pro praefato Johanne Loveday, quem in dicto brevi noſtro Johannem Loveday de Elvedon nominavimus, de ſolvendo nobis ad Receptam Scaccarii noſtri dictas quadringentas Marcas, videlicet Centum marcas in Octabis Sancti Hillarii tunc prox. futur. Centum marcas in feſto Paſchae tunc prox. ſequen. Centum marcas in feſto Sancti Michaelis tunc prox. ſequen. & Centum marcas in feſto Sancti Hillarii tunc prox. ſequen. tunc manucaptionem illam reciperet; & in caſu quo aliquis dictorum manuceperet ob infirmitatem vel aliam cauſam rationabilem coram ipſo Vic. ad intrand. in manucaptionem praedictam venire non poſſet, & loco ſui alius ita ſufficiens in hujuſmodi manucaptionem intrare vellet, tunc ipſum ad hoc admitteret, & capta manucaptione illa nos inde in Cancellaria noſtra certificavit, quod Johannes Bardolf Miles, Johannes Loveday de Mugewell de Com. Oxon. Thomas Huſtarl, Iohannes Clet, VVillielmus Notton, Iohannes Auſty, Ni [...]holaus atte Crouch, Petrus Cuttingden, Iohannes de Budene & Rogerus Lovekyn de Com. Berk. & quilibet eorum inſolidum manuceperunt coram ipſo Vic. pro praefato Iohanne Loveday de Elvedon de fine praedict. nobis ad dictos terminos in forma praedicta ſolvendo; quos quidem Iohannes Bardolfe, Thomam Huſtarl, Johannem Auſty, Nicholaum, Petrum, Johannem de Budene. & Rogerum in dicto Brevi non nominatis idem Vic. loco praedictorum Hugonis de Berewyke, Thoma Barantyn, Thomae Doyly & Johannis Chance in eodem Brevi nominatorum in manucaptionem illam virtute mandati noſtri praedicti admiſit, ſicut per certificationem ipſius Vic. ac tertiam partem cujuſdam Indentur. inter ipſum Vic, & dictos manucaptores confect. nobis in Cancellaria noſtra per dictum Vic. miſſas, & in Rotulis dictae Cancellar. irrotulatur; quorum quidem brevis certificationis & Indenturae tenorem vobis ad dictum Scaccarium in extractis cujuſdam Cancellar. miſimus, plenè liquet; Ac jam ex gravi querela praedicti Johanis Loveday de Elveden acceperimus, quod licet ipſe niſi unum finem tantum per quadringentas Marcas pro (4) pardonatione noſtra praedicta habenda nobiſcum feciſſet, & nobis de Treſcentis marcis inde pro terminis praedictis, juxta formam manucaptionis praedictae ſatisfecerit; vos nichilomius pro eo quod in extractis praedicti Willielmi de Notton vobis miſſis inſeritur, quod Iohannes Loveday finem fecit nobiſcum per quadringentas marcas pro pardonatione praedicta, & in dictis extractis Cancellariae noſtrae inſeritur, quod Johannes Loveday de Elveden finem fecit nobiſcum per quadringentas marcas pro pardonatione praedicta, & pro eo quod quaedam variatio nominum & cognominum manucaptorum praedictorum in extractis Cancellariae noſtrae & extractis praedicti Willielmi de Notton habet, praetendentes ipſum Johannem Loveday qui finem fecit coram praedicto Willielmo de Notton, non eſſe candem perſonam quam in dicto Brevi Johannem Loveday de Elvedon nominavimus, ſet diverſas perſonas, et ſic duos fines utrumque, videlicet de quadringentis marcis nobiſcum factos fuiſſe octingentas marcas de praefato Johanne de Loveday [Page] de Elvedon, videlicet quadringentas marcas de fine facto coram praefato Willimo de Notton ſub nomine Johannis Loveday; & alias, Buadringentas marcas de fine facto in Cancellaria noſtra ſub nomine Johannis de Loveday de Elvedon, necnon AVRVM REGINAE juxta ratum octingentarum marcarum lebari demandaſtis, & ipſum ea occaſione graviter diſtringi, & multipliciter inquietari faciatis, in ipſius Johannis Loveday de Elvedon grave dampnum & depauperacionem manifeſtam, ſuper quo nobis ſupplicavir ſibi per nos de remedio provideri. Et quia plenè nobis conſtat, quod praedictus Johannes Loveday qui coram praefato Willielmo de Notton ſic indictatus fuit eſt eadem perſona quae in dicto Brevi noſtro Johannes Loveday de Elveden nominatur, & quod ipſe niſi unicum finem per quadringentas marcas pro pardonacione noſtra praedicta fecit: Nolentes ipſum Johannem Loveday indebitè onerari; Vobis mandamus, quod ſatisfacto nobis de quadringentis marcis tam pro fine praedicto, ac Philippae Reginae Angliae Conſorti noſtrae chariſſimae de AVRO REGINAE ad ipſam de eiſdem quadringentis marcis pertinente, demandae quam eidem Iohanni Loveday pro aliquibus pecuniarum ſummus ad opus noſtrum, ſeu praedictae Conſortis noſtrae de aliquo alio fine quadringentarum marcarum per ipſum ex cauſis praemiſſis nobiſcum facto ſolvend. fieri faciatis ſuperſederi, & tam ipſum Iohannem Loveday quam manucaptores ſuos praedictos inde ad dictum Scaccarium prout juſtum fuerit exonerari, et quietos eſſe fac. variacione cognominis praedict. Iohannis Loveday ac nominum & cognominum manucaptorum ſuorum praedictorum in extractis dictae Cancellar. noſtrae & extractis praedicti Willielmi de Notton, ſeu eo quod praedictus finis quadringentarum marcarum tam in extractis dictae Cancellariae, quam extractis ipſius Willielmi de Notton ad dictum Scaccarium miſſus fuit non obſtantibus. Proviſo ſemper, quod nobis de dictis quadringentis marcis pro uno ſine, tam ac praefatae Conſorti noſtrae de AVRO REGINAE ad ipſam de unico fine quadringentarum marcarum reſpondeatur, prout decet. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 18 die Octobris, Anno regni noſtri Angliae triceſimo quarto, regni vero Franciae viceſimo quarto. Hoc Breve allocatur in magno Rotulo de Anno 35. in Berks.

Theſe two Records Anno 35 E. 3. I have examined and tranſcribed out of the Rolls themſelves in the Exchequer; Beſides which I finde in ſome Notes concerning Aurum Reginae, collected by Mr. Hall (an antient deceaſed Attorney in the Exchequer, communicated to me by his Son who ſucceeds him, and hath given me his beſt aſſiſtance in ſearching, examining and tranſcribing the Records in the Kings Remembrancers Office which concern this duty) that Iohn de Estre Receiver General of Queen Philips Queen-gold and other Debts, rendred an Account thereof amongſt other things this year; the original Record whereof I cannot yet meet with in my ſearch; and therefore ſhall preſent you only with Mr. Halls Breviate of it.

In Compoto Johannis de Eſton Recept. General Philippae Reginae à decimo die Julii Anno 34. uſque quartum Novembr. An. 35 Regis E. 3. ſub titulo AVRVM REGINAE.

Sundry ſums of money in ſeveral Shires of that nature accounted for, which had been levyed to the uſe of the Queen by ſeveral Sheriffs of ſeveral Shires there mentioned; viz. London, Surr. Suſſex, Cant. Glouc. Hereff. Warr. Ebor. [Page]Devon. Bedf. Hunt. Wigorn. Rutl. Leis. Southt. Kanc. Norff. Salop, Lincoln. Nott. Rotel. And amongſt others, Rutl. De Willielmo de Overton Vic. per ipſum Recept. de Rolando Davyes de AURO REGINAE de (4) fine 20 l. fact. in Cancellar. An. 33 E 3. pro Cuſtod. terr. et ten. quae fuerunt Thomae de Baſings uſque ad aetat. Haered. ejuſdem Thomae, 40 s.

Not. Not. De Iohanne de Dryby de AURO REGINAE de (4) fine 100 l. pro maritag. Eliz. filiae et haered. Thomae de Hertz, fact. in Cancellar. Anno 33 Edw. 3. 10 l.

Salop. Salop. Robert Corbet de Morton Vic. per ipſum Ret. de Ball. & aliis hominibus Villae Salop de AURO REGINAE de ill. 40 marc. (4) pro exonerac. Hobelar. et Sagittar. Anno 9 E 3. habend. 53 s. 4 d. With divers others of ſeveral natures therein contained.

An. 38 E. 3.

RIchardus Bradſhaw de Hyndley Executor Teſtamenti Willielmi Bradſhaw, In compoto Vic. Lanc. de An. 38 E 3. in mag. Rot. in Offic. Pipae in Scac. & Nicholaus Atherton & Agnes uxor ejus Coexecutrix de Teſtamento praedicti Willielmi, & (5) tenentes terrarum & tenementorum quae fuerunt praedicti Willielmi, 5 l. 13 s. 4 d. verſus ipſos recuperatur de parte decem Marcarum, quas praedictus Willielmus debuit Iſabellae nuper Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 100 marcarum pro Tranſgreſſionibus, per ipſum Regi factis, ſicut continetur in memorandis ex parte rememoratoris Regis de Anno 37. Regis hujus, viz. in Term. de Trin. & in Term. S. Michaelis, in magno Rotulo de Anno 38 E 3. Lancaſtr. poſt nova oblata. Conſimile de Johanne Johnſon, & de Rogero Bolton, 6 s. 8 d. & Johanna de Lawes, 13 s. 4 d. pro Conſim. Auro Ibidem.

An. 43 E. 3.

PRior Eccleſiae beatae Mariae Wygorn, Tr. 43 E 3 rot. 8. in Scac Mr. William Hackwils Treatiſe of Queen-gold. inter Originalia. Wygorn. dat. viginti libras ſolutas in Hanaperio pro (4) licentia adquirendi ſex Meſſuagia, duas carucatas & tres virgatas terrae, & triginta tres ſolidos & octo denarios redditus cum pertinentiis in Wigorn. habend. ad manum mortuam. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 5 to die Junii.

Praecept. eſt Vic. Wig. Quod de bonis & catallis Prioris & Conventus Eccleſiae beatae Mariae Wigorn. in Balliva ſua fieri faceret 40 s. quas debuit Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae Conſorti Regis cariſſimae defunctae de AURO SUO, de quodam (4) fine 20 l. pro licentia adquirendi ſex Meſſuagia, duas carucatas, et tres virgatas terrae, et 36 s. 8 d. redditus, cum pertinentiis in Wigorn. habendis in manum mo [...]tuam: qui quidem denarii (5) occaſione mortis ipſius nuper Reginae ad manus Regis devoluti ſunt. Ita quod denarios illos habeat ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in craſtino Sancti Martini Regi ibidem ſolvendos. Teſte Thoma Lodelowe apud Weſtm. 12 die Julii, &c. Per Originale de Anno 43 Regis nunc.

Anno 45 E. 3.Inter Com de Term Mich. an 4 [...] E. 3. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. De Priore Eccleſiae Chriſt [...] Cant. & aliis exonerand. de Auro Reginae. the King iſſued ſundry Writs to divers Sheriffs to levy ſeveral arrears of Queen-gold due to Queen Philip deceaſed, devolved to himſelf as King by her death, ſome of which he pardoned out of ſpecial grace.

DOminus Rex mandavit hic Breve ſuum de Privato Sigillo quod eſt inter Communia he hoc Termino in haec verba.

Edward par la Grace de Dieu Roy Dengleterre, & Fraunce, & Seigneur Dirland, As Treſorer & Barons de noſtre Exchequer ſalutz. Come de noſtre Grace eſpecial eoms pardonez au Priour de Chriſtchurch de Canterbirs, Johan Walleyes, [Page] Tho. de Walton, & Wau [...]er Dautre Perſona de Legliſe de Retherfield, Simon de Burgh, & William Top [...]lyff nadgairs Gardeins de les Temporaltes Lercheveſqe de Canterbirs quaxt elle eſtoit darreinment void, & les ditz Temporaltees en noſtre maine, par celle cauſe les ſeſſante Livers courante en demande en noſtre Exchequer de L'OR noſtre Compaigne Philipp nadgairs Roigne Dengleterre, (qe Dieu aſſoill) ſur les ditz Gardeins d'un (4) fine de noef Centz Marcs, quele ils fierent ovesque nous pur la Gard des ditz Temporalties au temps del voidance vbantdit. Vous mandoms, qe ſibien les ditz Priour, Johan & Thomas, Wa [...]ter, Simon & William nadgairs Gardeins des ditz Temporalties, come le Venerable Piere en Dieu William ia E [...]ceveſqe illoeqes faces outrement diſcharger, ſibien envers nous come envers nostre dit Compaigne, de les ſeſſante Livres suiſditz, et entre quitez a noſtre Exchequer. Donn ſous noſtre Prive Seal à Weſtm. le 24 jour de Novembre, l'an de noſtre reigne Dengleterre Quarante quarte, & de France Trente primer.

Praetextu cujus Brevis, ſcrutati ſunt Rotuli ſuper exoneratione praedictarum ſexaginta Librarum de quibus in Brevi fit mentio, & compertum eſt in Originali de Anno 43 Regis nunc, Rot. 8. quod Dominus Rex 23 die Julii eodem Anno 43. pro Nongintis Marcis, quas Prior Eccleſiae Chriſti Cantuarienſis Johannes Walleys & Thomas de Walton, Walterus Dautry Perſona Eccleſiae de R [...]therfield, Simon. de Burgh, & Willielmus Topclyffe, e [...]dem Domino Regi ſolverent, pardonavit & remiſit eis omnimoda Compota quibus eidem D. Regi tenebantur de Exitibus Temporalium Archiepiſcopa [...]us Cant [...]arienſis nuper vacantis, ſeu de aliis proficuis ejuſdem Archiepiſcopatus pro [...]ota ultima vacatione Archiepiſcopatus illius: quo praetextu praedicti Prior Johannes & Thomas, Walterus, Simon & Willielmus, qui ſe ſponte Regi in praedictis 900 marcis Philippae nuper Reginae jam deſunctae, adhunc viventi in 60 l. tenebantur de AURO SUO; videlicet, de quibuſtibet decem Marcis in una Vncia Auri, videlicet in una Marca, licet expreſſum non fuerit, juxta formam Statuti inde habiti et annotati inSee here, p. 8, 9 [...]. Rubro Libro de Scaccario, fol. 46. ſub titulo DE AURO REGINAE; Et quae quidem 60 l. ad manus Domini (5) Regis occaſione mortis ejuſdem Reginae ſunt devolutae. Per quod praeceptum fuit Vicecom. Kant. quod de Terris & Catallis praedictorum Prioris, Johannis & Thomae, Walteri, Simonis & Willielmi fieri facerent ſupradictas ſexaginta Libras: Ita quod eas haberet in Craſtino Animarum Regi ſolvendas, ſicut continetur in Ligula Brevium de hoc Termino in Canc. Praetextu cujus Brevis conſideratum eſt, quad non fiat ulterius executio verſus praefatos Priorem, Johannem & Thomam, Walterum, Simonem, & VVillielmum pro ſexaginta Libris ſupradictis.

N [...]rff. Suff. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Inter Com de Term. S. Hill. 45 E 3. ex parte Rem. Regis. De one [...]ando Priorem de Penteney de Auro Reginae. Norff. & Suff. per Breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 12 die Novembr. Anno 44 Regis nunc, quod de bonis et catallis Prioris de Penteneye in balliba ſua fieret 66 s. 8 d. quos idem Prior debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae deſunct. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 50 marc. pro licencia adquirendi Manerium de Northtodenham, et advocationem medietatis Eccleſiae ejuſdem Hilleſhend. ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillarii hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de Termino Sancti Michaelis hoc anno 45 in Norff. & Suff. Et ad diem illam praedictus Vic. non return. [Page] breve, ſet praedictus Prior venit & cognovit, quod ipſe debet Regi 66 s. 8 d. Et quia praefat. Regina mortua eſt, prout ſuperius continetur, Et denar. praedict. ad (5) Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent; ideo id [...]m Priox oneretur berſus Regem de praedictis 66 s. 8 d. praetertu cogn. praedict.

Cant. Hunt. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Ibid. De onerando Nich. de [...]ynecle, Vi [...]. de Auro Reg [...]nae. Cant. & Hunt. per breve hu jus Scaccarii, dat. 20 die Novembr. Anno 44 Regis nunc, quod de bonis et [...] Prior. & Convent. de Dernewell in Balliva ſua fieri fac. 40 s. quos idem Prior & Conventus debent Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO, de quodam (4) fine 20 l. pro pardon. forisfacturae et tra [...]greſſion [...]s quas fecerunt adquirendo quaedam ten. in Subur [...]io London. ſivi et Succeſſor. ſuis habend. ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. illos haberet h [...]c in [...] Sancti Hillarii hoc Termino (5) Regi ſolbend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Cant. Hunt.

Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retorn. brev. Et mandavit quod cepit in manum Regis de bon. & catall. praedictorum Prior. & Convent. ad valenciam debiti praedict. Et quia praefat. Regina mortua eſt, prout ſuperius continetur, et denar. praed. ad Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent; Ideo idem Vic viz. Nicholaus de Styn [...]cle oneretur verſus Regem de 40 s. praetertu return. ſui praedict.

Northt. PRaecept.Ibid. De onerando Ricardum de Wydevyll Vic. de Auro Reginae. fuit Vic. Northt. quod de bon. et catall. Thomae de Brannceſtre & Agn. uxor. ejus in Balliva ſua fieri faceret 10 s. de reman. 20 s. quos debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO de (5) fine 10 l. pro maritagio Feliciae filiae et unius haeredum Hugonis de Muſſy [...]gden habendo. Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillar. hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Northt. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retornavit breve. Et mand. quod cepit in manum Regis de terris et catallis praedictorum Thomae & Agn. in balliva ſua ad valentiam debiti praedicti. Et quia praefat. Regina mortua eſt (prout ſuperius continetur) Et denar. praedict. ad Regem et non ad alium de jure' pertinent; Ideo idem Vic. viz. Ricardus de Weydevill oneretur verſus Regem de 10 s. praedict. praetextu retorn. ſui praedicti.

Somerſet. Dorſ. ſſ. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.De onerando Willielmum de Wynterbourne vic de Auro Reginae. Somerſet & Dorſet per breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 6 die Novembr. Anno 44 Regis nunc. quod de bon. et catal. Thomae de la Bere, Adae atte More, Johannis Thomae, Ivonis de ChildecoMe, & Roberti Burton, (5) pleg. praedict. Thomae, et de terr. et ten. quae ſua fuerunt anno 40. Regis nunc ſeu poſtea in balliba ſua, fieri faceret 4 l. 13 s. 4 d. de reman. 10. marc. quas debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO de (4) fine 100 marc. pro diverſis tranſgr. extorſionibus, manuten. et grabaminibus unde praedictus Thomas de la Bere indictatus eſt. Et per tercium breve dat. 22. die Novembr. ſupradicto anno 44. quod de bonis et catallis Abbatis de Michelneye in dicta balliva ſua [...]eri faceret 10. marc. quas debet praefatae nuper Reginae de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 100. marc. pro licencia adquirendi [...]vi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis Maneria de Westerneſhull & Eſterneſhull cum pertin. habend. ad manum mortuam; ita quod denar. praedictos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillarii hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia [Page] execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Dorſet. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. return. brevia praedict. & mandavit, quod cepit in manum Regis de terr. et catall. praedicti Thomae de la [...]ere, et (5) pleg. ſuorum praedict ad valenciam 13 s. 4 d. de debit. praedict. 10 marc. praedict. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt, (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad (5) Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent, Ideo idem Vic. viz. Willielmus de Wynterbourne oneretur verſus Regem de 4 l. 13 s. 4d. praedictis per ipſum in manum Regis capt. praetextu retornorum ſuorum praedictorum.

Nott. Derb. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.De onerando Roge [...]um Beler Vic. de Auro Reginae per ipſum in man [...]m Regis [...] capt. Nott. & Derb. per aliud breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 16 die Octobr. ſupradicto anno 44. quod de bonis & catallis Johannis de Saxton in dicta balliva ſua fieri faceret 33 s. 4 d. quas debet praefatae Philippae nuper Reginae de AURO SUO de (4) fine 44 marc. pro maritagio haered. Willielmi de Stredl [...]ye Mil habend. Ita quod denarios illos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillar. hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Not. & Derb. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retorn. brevia. Et mandavit, quod cepit in manum Regis de terris et catallis praefat. Johannis de Saxton ad valenciam 16 s. 8 d. de debito praedict. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad (5) Regem et non alium de jure pertinent. Ideo idem Vic viz. Rogerus Bel [...]r oneretur verſus Regem de 16 s. 8 d. praedictis praetextu retornorum ſuorum praedictorum.

Lincoln. ſſ PRaeceptum fuit Vic.De onerando Thomam de Fulnetby Vic. de Auro Reginae per ipſum in manum Regis capt. Lincoln. per breve hujus Scaccari dat. 13 die Novembr. anno 44 Regis nunC, quod de bonis & catallis Rogeri Abbatis de Ne [...]bo in balliva ſua fieri faceret 13 s. 4 d. quos idem Roger. debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defuncti, de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 10 marc. pro licenc. adquirendi quatuor meſſuagia, und [...]cem bovatas terrae, decem acras prati & dimid, & duas ſolidat. redditus cum pertin. in Weſtalyngton, Segbr [...]k, & alibi in dicto Com. Lincoln. & in Com. N [...]t habend. ad manum mo [...]tuam. Et per aliud breve dat. die & anno praedictis, quod de terris & catallis Frederici de Tiln [...]ye in balliva ſua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet prae fatae nuper Reginae defunct. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 10 marc. pro tranſgreſſionibus et extorſionibus ſuper praeſentatis per placitum Thomae de Thorpe & Alexandri Dominicke, ita quod denarios illos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillar. hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Lincoln. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retorn. brevia. Et mandavit, quod cepit in manum Regis tam de terris & catallis praedicti Abbatis quam praedicti Frederici in balliva ſua ad valenciam debitorum praedictorum. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad (5) Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent. Ideo idem Mic. viz. Thomas de Fulnetby oneretur verſus Regem de 26 s. 8 d. praedictis, retorn. ſuorum praedictorum.

Eſſex. Hertf. ſſ. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Inter Com. de Term. Hii. 46 E 3. in Scac. De onerando Tho. Strete de Auro Reginae. Eſſex. & Hertf. per breve hujus Scaccarii dat. duodecimo die Februarii anno 45 Regis nunc, quod de bonis & catallis Thomae Strete Clerici, Seneſcalli Johannis atte Lee Mil. defunct. in balliva ſua fieri faceret 4 l. quas debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 40l. pro divers;s extorſtonibus, dampnis, [Page] gravaminibus ſuper ipſum praeſentatis, per placitum Rogeri de Herleſton & Thomae Stanes de Aſhewell; ita quod denar. illos haberet in craſtino Sancti Michaelis hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino [...]n Eſſex. Hertf. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retorn. breve. Et mandavit, quod praedictus Thomas non habet terr. vel ten. bona nec catalla in balliva ſua unde aliqui denar. fieri poſſunt, ſet praedictus Thomas praeſens hic in Curia decimo die Octobr. hoc Termino cognovit ſe debere Regi denar. praedictos, et ſe velle onerari verſus Regem de 4 l. praedictis, Et quia praefat. Regina mortua eſt, (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent: Ideo idem Thomas oneretur verſus Regem de 4 l. praedictis praetextu cogn. ſuae praed.

PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Ibidem. Eſſex, De onerando Tho. de Baſ [...]ingbourne Vic. de Auro Reginae per ipſum in manum Regis capt. Eſſex & Hertford. per breve hujus Scaccarii, dat. 10 Novembris anno 44, &c. quod de bon. & catt. Richardi de Punchardon in ballva ſua fieri faceret 4 l. 6 s. 8 d. quos debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO de reman. 10 marc. de quodam (4) fine 100 marc. pro maritagio Edwardi fil. et haeredis Johannis de Benſted habend. abſque diſparagatione; Ita quod denar. ill. haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Eſſex. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retorn. breve. Et mandavit, quod cepit in manum Regis de terr. et catall. praedicti Richardi Punchardon ad valenciam 13 s. 4 d. de de [...]ito praedico. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt, (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad (5) Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent: Ideo idem Vic. viz. Thomas de Baſſyngbourne oneretur verſus Regem de 13 s. 4 d. praedictis, praetextu retorn. ſui praedicti.

PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Ibidem. Northumbr. De onerando. Ricardum de Horſley Vic. de Auro Reginae. Northumbr. per breve hujus Scaccarii, dat. 18 die Junii anno 45. Regis nunc, quod de bon. & catallis hominum Com. Northumbr. exceptis libertat. de Tydale, H [...]xham, Bedelyngſhire & Vill. Novi Caſtri ſuper Tinam, Roberti Vmframvyll Ch [...]valer, [...]lani de Heton Chivaler, Henr. de Haveryngton Chivaler, Rogeri de Wyderington, Thomae Meſchaus, David Gray, Johannis Dychard, Henr. del Strother, Alani del Strother, Thomae de Ilderton, Ricardi de Horſley, Roberti de Tughale, Gilberti Vaux, Roberti de Louther, Johannis de Farnylawe, Johannis de Walyngton, H [...]nr. de Horſeye, Henr. Tailboys, Willielmi de H [...]ppeſtotes, Johannis Vendout, Thomae de Horſleye, Edwardi de Eſhot, Roberti de Midelton, Ricardi Portor, Willielmi fil. Thomae Styford, Johannis de Houbone, VValteri de Swynhowe, Thomae de Eſhelyngton, VVillielmi de Tyndale Chivaler, Johannis Comyn Chivaler, Roberti de Fenwicks, Thomae de Fenwycks, Hugonis Galon, & Thomae Galon (5) pleg praedictorum hominum in balliva ſua fieri faceret 39 l. 13 s. 4 d. de reman. 100. mar. quas debent Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 1000 marc. pro carta general. habend. Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc Termino in Northumbr. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. retornavit breve & mandavit, quod cepit in manum dicti Domini Regis de terris & catallis praedictorum hominum et pleg. ſuorum ad valenciam 40 s. de debito praedicto. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt, prout ſuperius continetur, et denar. praedict ad (5) Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent: Ideo idem Vic. viz. Ricardus de Horſley oneretur berſus Regem de 40 s. praedictis praetextu retorn [...].

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Bristoll. PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Inter Communia de Termino Paſchae An. 48 E. 3. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. De onerando Johannem Vyel Vicecomitem de Auro Reginae per ipſum in manum Regis capt. Briſtoll per Breve hujus Scaccarii, dat. 13 die Febr. hoc anno 48. quod de bonis et catallis johannis Ken, Thomae Panes Junioris, Nicholai Panes & Thomae de Coventre de Briſtoll, Johannis Caſtleacre, Johannis Bath de Briſtoll. & Willielmi Iageroun (5) pleg [...]i praedicti Johannis Ken, et de terris et ten. quae sua fuerunt Anno 27 Regis nunc, et postea, in Balliva sua fieri faceret 56s. quos debent Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. de AVRO SVO de (4) fine 40l. pro diverſis transgressionibus, conspirationibus, ertorſionibus, dampnis er grabaminibus super ipſum praesentatis; Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic in Craſtino Clauſ. Paſchae hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter Brevia executa pro Rege de hoc termino. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedictus Vic. videlicet Johannes Viell return. breve. Et mandaverit, quod cepit in manum Regis de terris & catallis Thomae Coventre, Johannis Castleacre, & Jehannis Bathe plegii praedicti Johaennis Kenn, ad valentiam 56s. praedictorum. Et quia praeſata Regina mortua est, (prout ſuperius continetur) et denar. praedict. ad Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent: Ideo idem Vic. videlicet Johannes Viell oneretur verſus Regem de 56s. praedictis praetextu returni ſui praedicti.

London. PRaeceptum fuit Vicecom.Inter Communia de Termino S. Hillarii de Anno 48 E. 3. De onerando Antonium de la Vale de Aſt de 20 l. de Auro Reginae. London. per breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 18 die Novembris Anno 47 Regis nunc, ſicut plur. quod de bonis & catallis Antonii de la Vale de Aſt, & de (5) terris et ten. quae sua fuerunt An. 37 Regis nunc, seu postea, in quorumcunque manibus eadem terr. et ten. tunc extiterunt in balliba sua fieri facerent 20 l. quas praefatus Antonius debuit Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunctae, de AVRO SVO de (4) fine 200l. pro diverſis Custumis Regi debitis de diverſis Mercandisio per ipsum in Angl. adductis, et abinde eductis subtractis et concelatis, unde coram Domino Rege & Conſilio ſuo fuit convictus, ſicut continetur in Memorand. de Anno 37. Regis nunc, inter Fines de Termino Sanctae Trinitatis, (s) qui quidem denar. ad Regem occasione mortis praefatae nuper Reginae ſunt dev [...]ti; ita quod denar. illos haberent hic in Craſtino Sancti Hillarii hoc Termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur ligula Brevium de Termino Sancti Michaelis hoc Anno 48 in London. Et ad praedictum Craſtinum praedict. Vic. non return. Breve, ſet praedictus Antonius inventus hic in Curia 27. die Januarii hoc termino, queſitum eſt ab eo ſi quid dicere ſciat, quare de praedictis 20l. Regi ſatisfacere non debeat? Dicit, quod ipſe non habet Munimenta & Memoranda ſua oſtendenda ad praeſens pro exoneratione ſua, inde petens diem citra quem informari poterit inde. Ideo inhibitum est ei per Barones ne recedat a Curia quous (que) ſatisfecerit Regi de praedictis 20.l. vel oſtenderit ſiquid habeat pro exoneratione ſua in hac parte: Et nichilominus idem Antonius praeſtitit corporale Sacramentum, quod ipſe non tranſibit per ſpacium unius Leucae extra Villam quouſque ſatisfecerit Regi de eiſdem 20l. vel oſtenderit ſufficiens warrantum pro exoneratione ſua inde.

In Magno Rotulo Scaccarii de Anno Quinquageſimo Regis Edwardi 3. in Item Eborum, in Cuſtod. Clerici Pipae reman. inter alia continetur, ut ſequitur.

Anno 50 E 3.

Philippus Darcy frater & haeres Johannis Darcy filii & haeredis Johannis Darcy, Eborum. [Page] fil. & haer. Johannis Darcy le Piere, reddit Compotum de 42 marc. 6s. 8d. in quibus cognovit ſe velle onerari verſus Regem in exonerationem praedicti Johannis Darcy le Piere de quodam debito de 100 marc. de AVRO REGINAE, viz. de quodam (4) fine mille marcarum, pro maritagio Jacobi le Botiller Comitis D'ormond habendo, ſicut continetur in Memorand. de Anno 49 Regis hujus inter Record. de Termino Hillar. In Theſauro liberavit per dictum Philippum. Et quietus eſt.

Thomas Preston Vic.Northten. de An. 43 E 3. 6s. 8d. de quodam debito 20s. quos debuit Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (5) fine 10l. pro maritag. Feliciae filiae et unius haered. Hug. de Muſſinden habend. ſicut continetur de Anno 44 Regis hujus inter Record. de Termino Paſchae.

Thomas de Preston Vic.It. Northt. de eod. Anno [...] 40d. de bon. & cat. Thom. de Braunceſtre & Agnet. ux. ejus de AVRO REGINAE, de (4) fine 10l. pro maritag. Feliciae filiae et unius haered. Hugo de Muſſynden habendo, ſicut continetur in Memorand. de Anno 45. inter Record. de Termino Sancti Mich.

From theſe Records during the reign of King Edward the 3d. (to which more might be added, had I leiſure to peruſe all the Records in his reign extant in the Treaſuries of the Exchequer at Westminſter) I ſhall obſerve.

1. That the Queen Mother and Queen Conſort in the reign of King Edward the 3d. by their Letters Patents conſtituted their own Clerks, Attorneyes, and Receivers in the Court of Exchequer, to demand, levy, recover, and receive their Queen-gold, and other their Debts, to their uſes.

2ly. That Queen-gold was due unto the Queen Conſort by Law and Cuſtom out of all Oblations and Fines to the King in any of the Kings Courts in the Land of Ireland, in the ſame, and in as ample manner as it was in England, yea leviable, recoverable by the ſelf-ſame Writs, Proceſſe in the Exchequer as the Kings own debts were, and to be levyed before the debts due to any other Creditors.

3ly. That King Edward the 3. (as our other Kings) by his Writs and Mandates to his Treaſurers, Barons, and other Officers, took ſpecial care that his Queen Mother and Queen Conſort might ſpeedily and effectually recover their Aurum Reginae, from all ſorts of Oblations and Fines in all their Courts in England and Ireland, out of which it ought to be paid: becauſe the defrauding the Queen of this Duty and Prerogative, was not only a diſhonor, but a diſinheriting to the King himſelf.

4ly. That in doubtfull caſes concerning this duty, the Barons of the Eſchequer principally grounded their Judgements, Reſolutions and Certificates to the King concerning it, upon theHere, cited p. 8, 9. words of Gervaſius Tilberienſis, recorded in the Red and Black Books of the Exehequer, to which they had reourſe as to an ancient Statute, Ordinance for that Court (as they ſtiled and reputed it) which they were obliged to obſerve in ſuch controverſies.

5. That upon the Queen Mothers or Queen Conſorts deaths, all the Debts and arrears of Queen-gold, due to either of them, by the Law of the Realm and Kings Prerogative accrued, devolved to the King then reigning, and to none elſe; who recovered, demanded, levyed, received the ſame in his Court of Exchequer, and diſpoſed thereof, as his own proper Debts.

6ly. That Queen-gold was then demanded, levyed out of the Lands and Tenements of the parties from whom it was due, which they had at the time of their [Page] making of the Oblations and Fines to the King, into whoſe hands ſoever they came by deſcent, or aſſignment: And out of their goods, chattels, and the lands, goods and chattels of their Pledges or Sureties, if the principal Debtors had none out of which it might be levyed.

7ly. That Sheriffs, Bailiffs of Liberties, and Receivers of this Duty, were obliged to levy, pay, and account to the Queen in the Exchequer, for what ever Queen-gold they were charged to levy by Writs directed to them within their reſpective Bayliwicks, when they there accounted to the King for his Debts levyed; and were enjoyned by the Barons not to depart out of the Court, till they had accounted and agreed with the Queen for the ſame: That they were attached, impriſoned, fined for their neglects, and contempts in not ſerving, returning the Writs, or not levying, paying in the moneyes charged by them to the Queen, or not accounting for the ſame, in manner as in caſes of the King; and not diſcharged till the Queen was ſatisfied, or further day given them, by the Queens Attornies conſent and acknowledgement in open Court.

8ly. That Queen-gold was then payd, recovered, received, as due by Law and Cuſtom for all Oblations or Fines to the King for grants of the Lands, bodyes, or mariages of Wards; for licenſes of alienations of lands, rents, or appropriation of Churches, Advowſons in mortmain; for licenſes of alienation of lands in Capite from one perſon to another; for the Temporalties of Archbiſhopricks, Biſhopricks, Monaſteries, during their vacancies; Fines for Ranſoms, or pardons of all ſorts of Treſpaſſes, offences againſt the Peace, capital or criminal; Fines for Relieſs, for Licenſes to marry, for Grants or Confirmations of Charters of Franchiſes, Liberties; for Fines for diſcharge of Hoblars, and other Souldiers; And for pecuniary Compoſitions or Fines made by Corporations for Diſms, Quindiſms, Subſidies out of goods and chattels in ſpecie, not ſpecially exempted from it by thoſe Acts of Parliament whereby they were granted to the King.

9ly. That no Queen-gold is due out of publike Aydes and Subſidies voluntarily granted to the King in Parliament when paid in ſpecie, or compounded for by any particular perſon that ought to pay them, nor for the grant of the Wardſhip, or marriage of Wards, where the Wards die ſoon after, and the grantees receive no benefit by reaſon of the Wards ſudden deaths.

10ly.K. Richard 2 Inter Communia de Termino S. Mich. An 5 R 2. in Offic Rem. Regis in Scac. London. Pro Waltero Deget & Willielmo Kyngſtret Vic. London. & Midd eſex. onerand de Auro Reginae per ipſos in manum Regis capto. That Queen-gold ſhall not be doubly paid upon a double Recognizance or Security for one and the ſame Fine given to the King by the ſame perſon and his pledges; though there be ſome variance in the Name.

The reign of King Richard the 2d. furniſheth us with theſe obſervable Records concerning Aurum Reginae.

An. 5 R. 2.

MEmorand. quod praeceptum fuit Vicecomitibus London, & Midd. per breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 12. die Julii hoc anno quinto, quod de terris & catallis Thomae Saundford, Adae Yedding, Thoma de la Lodelowe de Com. Surr. & Adae de Hadham in Balliva ſua fieri faciat 704l. 6s. 8d. de remanen. 750 l. (de AVRO REGINAE as the Marginal Note thereof reſolves us) quas iidem Thomas, Adam & Thomas, & Adam in Curia Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Avi Regis hujus, coram Baronibus de Scaccario 9. die Junii anno regni ſui quinto, recognovit ſe & quemlibet eorundem in ſolidum debere Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae defunct. & quas ei ſolviſſe debuerunt [Page] ad terminos dudum praeteritos, prout Domino Regi conſtat per inſpectionem Rotulorum hujus Scaccarii, & ei non ſolverint; & qui quidem denar. (5) ad manum Domini Regis Avi, occaſione mortis praefatae nuper Reginae fuerunt devoluti, et jam ad manum Regis hujus per mortem diti Regis Avi devolvuntur. Ita quod denarios illos haberent hic in craſtino Sancti Michaelis hoc termino Regi ſolvend. ſicut continetur inter Brevia execut. pro Rege hoc Termino Et ad praedict. Craſtinum praedicti Vicecom. retornaverunt breve, & mandarunt, quod ceperunt in manum Domini Regis de terris & catallis praedictor. Thomae Saunford, & Adae Yeddyng in balliva ſua ad valenciam 10 s. de debito praedicto; Et quod praedicti Thomas de Lodelowe & Adam de Hadham nichil, &c. Et quia praefata Regina mortua eſt, prout ſuperius continetur, et denarii praediti ad Regem et non ad alium de jure pertinent; Ideo eidem Vic. viz. Walterus Deget & Willielmus Kingeston onerentur de 10 s. verſus Regem de 10 s. praedict. praetextu returni ſui praedict.

MEmorand.Glouceſtr. Tho. Brudnell Vic. de onerando de Auro Reginae per ipſum in manum Regis captum. quod praecept. ſuit Vic. Glouc. per breve hujus Scaccarii dat. 8. die Novemer. anno quarto Regis nunc, ſicut pluries, quod de bonis & catallis Thomae Moigne, & de terris & ren. quae ſua fuerunt anno regni Dom. E. [...]nuper Regis Angliae Avi Regis hujus 38, ſeu poſtea, in (5) quorumcun (que) manibus eadem terrae & tenementa tunc exiſterent in balliva ſua fieri faceret 74 s. 4 d. ob. de remanentia 4 l. 14s. 10 d. ob. qua [...] dictus Thomas debet Philippae nuper Reginae Angl. defunctae de AVRO SVO de (4) fine 47 l. 8 s. 3 d. pro maritagio haeredum Adae de Bromhull, Roberti Robelkyn, & Willielmi Malefant infra aetatem, & in miſericordia Domini Regis Avi exiſtentium havend. qui quidem denar. ad manum dicti Dom. Regis per mortem praefatae nuper Reginae fuerunt devoluti, & jam ad (5) manum Regis nunc per mortem dicti Regis Avi devolvuntur. Ita quod denarios illos hic haberet in craſtino Sancti Michaelis hoc Termino Regi ſolvendos, ſicut continetur inter brevia execut. pro Rege de hoc tempore. Et ad praedict. Craſtinum praedict. Vic. returnavit breve. Et mandavit, quod cepit in manum Regis de bonis & catallis praedicti Thomae Moigne ad valenciam 74 s. 10 s. ob. praedictorum. Et quia praeſata nuper Regina mortua eſt, prout ſuperius continetur, et denarti praed icti (5) ad Regem et non ad alium pertinent; Ideo idem Vic. Viz. Thomas de Brudenell oneretur verſus Regem de 74 s. 10 d. ob. praedictis praetextu retorn. ſui praedicti.

In the Parliament Roll of 7 R. 2. I finde a Petition of the Commons againſt the Payment of Queen-gold for Oblations or Fines to him for the grants of the Lands, bodies and marriages of his Wards, and all proceſſe out of the Exchequer to levy it in ſuch caſes, with the Kings Royal negative Anſwer to it, thus recorded.

7 R. 2.

ITem,Rot Parl. 7R 2. in Turri London, num, 61. prient les Communes, que come autre foitz il eſtoit ordenez en Parlement, (which I conceive a clear miſtake, ſince I never yet read or met with any ſuch Ordinance) que nule ſome que l'appell QUENEGOLD, ſerroit leve de (4) qel un ad garde ou mariage du grant noſtre Seigneur le Roi; que pleiſe a noſtre dit Seigneur le Roi commander ſis officers de Leſcheqier, qe [Page] nul brief me nul autre precept ne iſſe hors de le dit Eſcheqier pur le leber encountre lordenance ſuiſdite.

Reſp. Scit uſez deſbre ebaunt come eut ad eſſe uſez, ſibien en temps de Dame Ph [...]lipp nadgairs Roigne Dengleterre, come en temps dautres Reignes Dengleterre dancientie. A clear Evidence of the Legality, Antiquity of this duty, and untruth of the Commons ſuggeſtion of a former Ordinance againſt it.

9 R. 2.

De Johanne Warr. Brevia Trin. 9 R 2 in Offic. Plac. Mr. Hackewils Treatiſe of Queengold. Pro conceſſione ad manum mortuam. Clerico 5 marcas, quas debet Annae Reginae Angliae Conſorti Regis Richarai 2. pro AVRO SVO de (4) fine 50. Mercarum, pro conceſſione eidem Johanni Advocationis Eccleſiae de M. in Com. R. habenda ad manum mortuam.

MEmorandum, quod quarto die Octobris hoc Termino, Inhibitum eſt per Barones hujus Scaccarii Andreae Cavendiſhe Vic. Com. Norff. & Suff. praeſenti in Curia eodem die,Placita coram B [...]r [...]nibus de Scaccario de Term. S Mich. 9 R 2 in Offic. Clerici Plac. Norff Suff ſſ Pro Regina Angliae. ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de le Recept. de hominibus Villae de Bury de AVRO ipſius REGINAE, per breve return, in Octobis Sancti Michaelis anno nono Regis nunc: Et eriam de 15 s. 7 d. per ipſum Vic. ſimiliter recept. de conſimili AVRD de bonis et catallis Johannis Taverner per brebe return. ad Octab. praedictas; necnon de 40 s. per ipſum nuper Vic. ſimiliter recept. de conſimili AVRD de bonis et catallis Thomae Malther, per brebe return. ad Octabas praedictas.

Praedictus Vic. à Curia praedicta receſſit licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis in aliquo ſatisfact, in contemptum Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum ſuit Coron. Com. Norff. & Suff. quod attach, praedictum Andr. Vic. per Corpus ſuum, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillar. ad audiend. judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis.

MEmorandum,Ibidem, Placita coram Baro [...]ibus de Scaccario, de Termino Paſ chae, An 9 R 2. Pro Regina Ang [...]iae. quod praedicto primo die Maii inhibitum fuit per Barones praedictos Roberto Conſtable V [...]c. Eborum praeſenti in Curia eodem d [...]e in propria perſona ſua, ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit praefatae Reginae de 40 s. quos ipſe levavit de Comite Northumbr. de AVRO ipſius REGINAE, ſicut continetur in quodam brevi return. hic in Craſtino clauſi Paſchae hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea idem Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta licentia ſuper hoc non openta, neque praefatae Reginae de denar. praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto, in contemptum, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. Ebor. quod attach. praedict. Vic. Ita &c. in Octab. Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend. judicium ſuum in praemiſſis, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae de denar. praedictis.

MEmorandum,Ibidem Norff. & Suff. ſſ Pro Regina Angliae. quod praedicto primo die Maii inhibitum ſuit per Barones praedicto Radulpho Bygot Vic. Norff. & Suff. praeſenti in Curia eodem die in propria perſona, ne recederet ab eadem Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de 10 l. per ipſum levat. de Priore & Conventu de Walfingham de AVRO ipſius REGINAE; Et de 20 s. per ipſum ſimiliter levat. de Priore & Conventu de Werbrigge de conſtmili AVRO per duo brevia hic return. videlicet Termino Sancti Hillarii ultimo praeterito. Et de 2. marc. per [Page] ipſum levat. de Conventu de Bury de conſimili AVRO per breve return. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea idem Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de denar. praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto in contemptu Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. Norff. & Suff. quod ipſum Vic. attach. &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis, ad audiendum judicium ſuum in praemiſſis, et ad ſatisfaciend. eidem Reginae de denar. praedictis.

MEmorandum,Ibidem. Rotel. ſſ Pro Regina Angliae. quod praedicto primo die Maii inhibitum fuit Roberto Veer Vic. Rotel. praeſenti in Curia eodem die per Atturn. ſuum, ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de 10. marc. per ipſum recept. de bonis & catallis Johannis Baſinges de AVRO ipſius REGINAE per breve return. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae hoc Termino ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea praedictus Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de 10 marc. praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto in contemptum Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Corom. Com. Rotel. quod attach. praedictum Vic. &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend. judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae decem marc. praedictas.

MEmorandum,Ibidem. Kanc. ſſ. Pro Regina Angliae. quod praedicto primo die Maii inhibitum fuit per Barones praedictos Arnaldo Savage Vic. Kanc. praeſenti in Curia eodem die in propria perſona, ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de 40 s. quos ipſe levavit de bonis & catallis Willielmi Barry & Thomae Brokhull de AVRO ipſius REGINAE per breve return. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea praedictus Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta, licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto, in contemptum Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. Kanc. quod attach. praedictum Vic. per corpus ſuum, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend, judicium ſuum in praemiſſis, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae de 40 s. praedictis.

MEmorandum,Ibidem. Eſſex. & Hertf. ſſ Pro Regina Angliae. quod primo die Maii hoc Termino, inhibitum fuit per Barones praedictos Galfrido Brokhull Vic. Com. Eſſex, & Hertford praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Anna Reginae Angliae de 116 s. 6 d. ob. per ipſum levat. de bonis & catallis Abbatis & Conventus de Coggeſhale & de 100 s. per ipſum levat. de bonis & catallis Abbatis & Conventus de Coggeſhale, & de 100 s. per ipſum levat. de bonis & catallis Johannis Perterwell de AVRO ipſius REGINAE per duo brevia return. hic ad menſem Paſchae hoc termino ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea praedictus Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta. licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de denar. praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto, in contemptum Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. praedictorum, quod attach. praedictum Vic. per corpus ſuum, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis ad audiend. judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis.

[Page] MEmorandum,Hereſ. ſſ. Pro Regina Angliae quod primo die Maii hoc Termino, inhibitum fuit per Barones hujus Scaccarii Richardo Mawardon Vic. Com. Hereford. praeſenti in Curia, ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de 4. l. per ipſum levat. de bonis & catallis Elizabeth. uxoris Jacobi de Botiller de AVRO ipſius REGINAE per breve return. hic hoc termino Paſchae, ſub periculo quod, &c.

Poſtea praedictus Vic. receſſit à Curia praedicta licentia ſuper hoc non optenta, neque praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis in aliquo ſatisfacto, in contemptum Regis, &c. Ideo praeceptum fuit Coron. Com. praedict. quod attach. praedictum Vic. per corpus ſuum, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis, ad audiend. judicium ſuum de contemptu praedicto, et ad ſatisfaciend. praefatae Reginae de denariis praedictis.

10 R. 2.Paſch 10 R. 2. in Offic. Placitorum Pro ratificatione Doni. Mr. Hackewils Treatiſe of Queen-gold.

De Hugone Sprott 13 l. 6 s. 8 d. quas debet Annae Reginae Angliae Conſorti Regis Richardi ſecundi, pro AVRO SVO de (5) fine 20 Marcarum pro ratificatione Arrhidiaconatus Midenſis in Hybernia, unde Recognitio facta in Scaccario Regis.

MEmorand.Placita coram Barombus de Scaccario. De Term. Paſchae 10 R. 2. in offic Plac. Scac. Oxon, Berks, ſſ Pro Regina Angl de Inhib. facta Vic. quod viceſimo primo die April. hoc Termino inhibitum fuit Thomae Darfyntyn Vic. Com. Oxon. & Berks, praeſenti in Curia eadem die, ne recederet ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de 10 l. quas praedictus Vic. levavit & recepit de AVRO ipſius REGINAE de bonis & catallis Prioris & Conventus de Duſteſham per quoddam breve Regis per ipſum Vic. hoc anno returnat. ſub periculo quod, &c. ut ſupra.

MEmorand.Ibidem Surr. Suſſex, ſſ. Inhibit facta Vic. pro Regina Angliae. quod viceſimo quarto die April. inhibitum fuit Thomae Jardyn Vic. Surry & Suſſex, praeſenti, &c. ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Annae Reginae Angliae de quatuor marcis, quas ipſe Vic. levavit & recepit, de AVRO ipſius REGINAE, de bonis & catallis Comitis Arundel, per quoddam breve per ipſum Vic. hoc Termino retornat. Et de 40 s. quas praedict. Vic. levavit & recepit de bonis & catallis praedicti Comitis per aliud breve Regi return. ſimiliter hoc Termino de conſimili AURO; ſub periculo quod, &c.

An. 18 R. 2.

MEmorandum,Paſch 18 R 2. rot 1 in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. ex MS. W. B. Devonſſ. quod praeceptum fuit Vic. Devon. per breve hujus Scaccarii, dat. 20 die Febr. ult. praeterit. ſicut plur. quod non omitteret propter aliquam libertatem, &c. quin &c. et de bonis et catallis Walteri de Aſthorp Chivaler, & de terris & ten. quae fuerunt ſua die martis prox. poſt feſtum Decollationis Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae Anno regni Domini noſtri nunc 14. ſeu poſtea in quorumcunque manibus, &c. in Balliva ſua fieri faceret 100 l. quas debuit Annae nuper Reginae Angliae Conſorti Regis cariſſimae defund. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 1000 l. ab eodem Willielmo exact. pro ingenti rebellione et contempt. ſicut continetur in magno Rotulo de Anno 14. Regis nunc in Devon. & in Rotulo de Finibus factis apud Exon. coram Petro de Courtnay, Jacobo Shudderlegh, Jo. Hill, Jo. Woodhouſe, & W. Haukeford Juſtic. Domini Regis ad pacem in Com. Devon. conſervand. aſſign. die Martis ſupradict. Ita quod denar. illos haberet hic ad Scac. in craſtino Clauſi Paſc. hoc termino Thomae Moore Clerico, quem (5) Dominus Rex nunc, per literas ſuas patentes conſtituit [Page] et aſſignavit, ad omnimoda ſumma denar. praefat. nuper Reginae tempore mortis ſuae debit. ſolbend. Et ad praedictum craſtinum Clauſ. Paſchae Vic. non return. brev. ſed praefat. W. de Aſthorp venit hic in propria perſona, & queritur ſe graviter diſtrict. eſſe per Vic. Devon. pro praedict. 100 l. praefat. Th. Moore ſolvend. & hoc minus juſtè, quia dicit, quod praeceptum fuit eidem Willielmo per praefat. Juſtic. ad ſeſſionem ſuam apud Exon. ſupradict. die Martis tent. quod mitteret manum ſuam ſuper Librum & juraret, quod inquireret cum al. jur. de diverſis articulis eiſdem Jur. per praedictos Juſtic. tunc imponend. & idem W. de Aſthorp adtune dixit, quod ipſe habuit Cartam Domini Regis, quod non poneretur in aliquibus Aſſiſis Jur. Attinct. & praefat. Juſtic. praeceperunt praefat. W. de Asthorp quod produceret Cartam illam, qui dixit, quod tuncnon f [...]it paratus.—ad deferend. Cartam ſuam praedictam. Et ſuper hoc praeceptum fuit eidem Willielmo per praefat. Juſtic. ſicut aliàs, quod mitteret manum ſuam ſuper librum & juraret ſub poena 4000 l. & ſicut pluries ſub poena 1000 l. et quia praedictus Walterus renunciavit mittere manum ſuam ſuper librum & jurare, prout injunct. fuit ei per praefat. Juſtic. idem Willielmus pro ingenti rebellione & contemptu, tunc amerciatus fuit ad mille libras, in quo caſu dicta nuper Regina nullum AVKVM habere debuit. Et ſic ſupradict. 100 l. nec aliqua parcella earundem nunquam debit. fuerunt eidem nuper Reginae in vita ſua, per quod non intendit quod ipſe 100 l. praedict. nec aliquam parcellam inde Regi reſpondere debet. Et petit judicium, &c.

Et viſis praemiſſis per Barones hic, habitaque deliberatione inde per eoſdem, quod praedictus Willielmus de Aſthorp ſummonitus fuit per praefatos Juſticiarios ad diem & locum praedict. & ſupradict. 1000 l. pro ingenti rebellione et contemptu praedict. ſicut ſuperius in dicto recordo continetur, et non de ſponte oblatis; Conſideratum eſt de aſſenſu Theſaurarii Angliae, quod praedict. W. de Asthorp de 100 l. praedictis eroneretur, et quietus eriſtat, praetextu praemiſſorum. Salbo ſemper actione Regis, ſt alias inde loqui voluerit.

20 R. 2.

REX,20 R 2. nu 14. Brevia Rem. Theſ. in Mr. Hackewils Treatiſe of Queen-gold. &c. fieri facias de bonis & catallis Johannis Crumhall 13 s. 4 d. quos debuit Philippae nuper Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO, de quodam (5) fine 10 marcarum, quem ipſe ſecit pro duabus falſitatibus de quibus convictus fuit in Scaccario Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae (5) Abi noſtri chariſſimi, Anno regni dicti Avi noſtri 12. Qui quidem denarii ad manus dicti Avi noſtri per mortem dictae nuper Reginae fuerunt devoluti; & jam per mortem dicti Avi ad nos devolvuntur. Et denarios illos habeas apud, &c.

From theſe Records of King Richard the 2. I ſhall obſerve;

1. That the arrears of Queen-gold due to King Edward the 3d by the deceaſe of Queen Philip, devolved by his death to his ſucceſſor and grandchild King Richard the 2. by vertue of his Prerogative, and to none other.

2ly. That it was due for Fines for the Cuſtody of the Lands, bodies and marriages of the Kings Wards, (of which duty, right, the King would not ſuffer his Queen to be deprived at the Petition of the Commons in Parliament) for fines for alienations of Advowſons, and Lands in Mortmain, Confirmations of Lands and Archdeaconries in Ireland: Fines for deceipts or frauds; But not for fines certain impoſed by Judgement of the Court upon Offenders, againſt the parties will or conſent.

3ly. That all Lands and Tenements which the parties had at the time when this Debt to the Queen firſt accrued, by reaſon of their fine to the King, were [Page] liable to be extended for it, in whoſe hands ſoever they came.

4ly. That Sheriffs were to levy and account for it to the King and Queen in the ſame manner as they did for the Kings other Debts; and were ordered not to depart the Court till they had accounted for, or paid in all the moneyes they had levyed for this duty by the Kings Writs; and were attached and fined for their contempts in departing from the Court, before they accounted for, or paid what they had levyed for this duty to the Queen.

The Principal Records concerning Queen-gold during the reign of our next King Henry the 4. I have yet diſcovered, are theſe enſuing.

SImon Ocle Prior Prioratus de Barnſtaple venit coram Baronibus hu jus Scaccarii modo in craſtino Clauſi Paſchae hoc termino,K. Henry 4. Placita coram Baronibus de Scac. apud Weſtm. de Term. Paſch. 5 H 4. rot. 19. in Offic. Cler. Plac. Pro Regina quer. verſus Simonem O [...]e Priorem Prioratus de Pa nſtapl defend. in placito detentionis Auri Reginae, per breve. & queritur ſe grahiter diffrictum eſſe per Vicecomitem Devon. pro ſexdecim marcis de eo & Conventu ſuo ad opus Dominae Johannae Reginae Angliae exactis de AVRO SVO, de quodam (4) fine Centum et ſer Librarum, treſdecim ſolidorum, et quatuor denariorum, quem praefata Regina aſſerit ſe & Conventum ſuum feciſſe cum Domino Rege (4) pro licencia concedendi eiſdem Prioiri et Conventui, quod ipſi et ſucceſſores ſui ſint quieti et exonerati imperpetuum de fine, firma, ſubſidio, et apporto, et omnibus aliis oneribus, impoſitionibus, et demandis quae de ipſis tanquam alienig. poſſint demandari, in augmintationem divini ſervicii pro dicto Domino Regi et progenitoribus, haeredibus et ſucceſſo [...]ibus ſuis inibi faciend. Et praefatus Prior dicit, quod ipſe pro AURO REGINAE in hoc caſu minus juſte diſtringitur, quia dicit, quod AURUM REGINAE per legem Ierrae levari non debet, niſi ſolummodo de finibus et rebus Domino Regi ſponte oblatis. Sed dicit, quod pra dicta ſumma Centum et ſer Lib [...]arum, treſdecim ſolidorum, et quatuor denariorum praedictorum in caſu praedicto non eſt finis ſponte oblatus Domino Regi, in quo caſu per legem Terrae, dicta Domina Regina AURUM SUUM erigere non debet, ac. Vnde petit judicium, et quod diſtrictio praedicta verſus eum ceſſet, [...]c. What the iſſue of this Plea was, I cannot yet diſcover, but in all probability it was over-ruled againſt him for the Queen, being ſuch a Priviledge, Liberty and Exemption for which others uſually payd Queen-gold without any ſuch plea or diſpute, which would totally elude this Duty.

Inter Communia de Termino Paſchae Anno 13 H. 4. poſt Conqueſt. Rot. 3. ex parte Remem. Regis, there is this memorable Record concerning Queen-gold.

DOminus Rex mandavit hic breve ſuum de magno Sigillo ſuo quod eſt inter Communia de hoc Termino Rot. 3. in haec verba.De quodam brevi & quadam ſccdu [...]a de diverſis finibus in Camera Regis fact. ad Scaccar. liberat. pro executione faciend. pro Auro Reginae [...]rrotulat.

Henricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Theſ. & Baronibus de Scaccario ſalutem. Cum ad Reginas Angliae pro tempore exiſtentes, de (1) quolibet fine decem marcas attingen. temporibus Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae facto, unam marcam. de viginti marcis duas marcas, de centum marcis decem marcas, et de majori majus, et de minori minus, et de quolibet fine decem marcas bel amplius attingen. percipiend. de illo qui buiuſmodi finem facit ultra finem illum nobis ſolut. vel ſolvend. vocat. AURUM REGINAE, habere pertineat, prout tam per [Page] Here, p. 8, 9. Rubrum librum Scaccarii praedicti, quam compota Theſ. et Generalium Receptorum Reginarum praedictarum in Scaccario praedicto reſiden. plenius apparet de Recordo, prout ſumus informati; Ac cariſſima Conſors noſtra Regina id quod ad eam pertinet de certis finibus in Camera noſtra factis, niſi fines illi coram vobis in Scaccarium praedict. mittantur de Recordo conſequi non poteſt, ut eſt dictum: Nos nolentes eidem Conſorti noſtrae iuſticiam differri in hac parte, quandam Cedul. de diverſis pecuniarum ſummis de dictis (4) finibus in Camera noſtra, ut praedictum eſt factis, in quodam brevi noſtro de Privato ſigillo in Cancellar. noſtram per nos miſſam, cujus quidam Cedulae tenor. una cum dicto brevi in dicta Cancellaria noſtra remanet de Recordo vobis mittimus ſub pede ſigilli noſtri; Mandantes quod inſpectis libro, Compotis & cedula praedictis ulterius ad proſecutionem praefatae Conſortis noſtrae, pro [...]albacione juris ſui in hac parte fieri fac. prout de jure, et ſecundum legem et conſuetudinem regni noſtri Angliae fuerit [...]aciend. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 27 die Aprilis, Anno regni noſtri 13. Per breve de privato ſigillo. Et tenor. Cedul. de quo fit mentio ſuperius in brevi ſequitur in haec verba.

Memorand. de finibus fact. in Camera Domini H. Regis Angliae & Franciae quarti. Annis regni ſui quinto, ſexto, ſeptimo, octavo, nono, decimo, & terc [...]odecimo.

De Thoma Comite Mareſcall. per manum Willielmi Ilſthawe apud Pountfret 19 die Junii Anno quinto, &c. in partem ſoluc. majoris ſummae de quodam (4) fine fact. pro terris ſuis habend. 400 marc.

Item de eodem Thoma Comite apud Wyndeſore, 8. die Febr. eodem Anno quinto, pro eodem fine, 500 marc.

De Comite Arundell per manum Johannis Darcy Attornati ſui apud Kenyngton 18 die Decembris Anno quinto, &c. de quodam (4) fine fact. pro maritag. ſuo, in partem ſoluc. major. ſummae, ac 8. die Febr. tunc prox. ſequen. 270 marc.

Item de eodem Comite per manum praedict. Johannis Darcy apad Kenyngton 3. die Julii eodem Anno quinto &c. 500 marc.

Item de eodem Comite per manum ej [...]ſdem Johannis Darcy apud Hoſpicium Epiſcopi de Dureſme 4 die Julii, Anno 7. &c. 200 marc.

Item de eodem Comite apud Turrim London. 17 die Marcii, Anno 8. &c. ut ſupra, 200 marc.

Item de eodem Comite apud Westm. 9 die Junii Anno 8. &c. (4) pro terris ſuis habend. 200l.

De Domino Johanne Cornewayll Mil. apud Turrim London 14 die Novemb. & tercio die Septembr. Anno quinto, & de quodam (4) fine facto pro Martyll. Camerar. Franc. eriſten. Priſonar. 200 marc.

De Johanne Norbury Armigero apud Turrim London. primo die Decembr. Anno quinto, de quodam (4) facto, &c. pro diverſis Franc. exiſten. in Cuſtod. Regis, 400 marc.

De Rectore de Noriell per manum Johannis Herteſhorne Attorn. ſui apud Eltham 24 die Decemb. Anno 5. de quodam (4) fine facto, pro licenc. habend. ad appropriand. diverſ. terr. et ten. ad Cantuariam Eccleſiae de Notteley, 100 l.

[Page] De Epiſcopo Karliol. apud Briſtoll 20 die Octobr. Anno 5. de (4) quodam fine facto de eo, quod ipſe forisfec. erga Regem, [...]c. 200 marc.

De Majore & Civibus Communitaus Norwici apud Wyndeſore 8. die Febr. Anno quinto, &c. per manum Johannis Aldeford, et Johannis Clerc de quodam (4) fine fact. pro quadam Cart. habend. eiſdem Civibus, 100 marc.

De Comitiſſa Staff. apud Turrim London 10 die Febr. Anno ſexto, &c. de (4) quodam fine facto pro maritagio ſuo, &c. 500 marc.

De Willielmo Bourchier Mil. apud W [...]ſtm. 28 die Januarii Anno 8. de (4) quodam fine facto pro maritag. ſuo habend. de Comitiſſa Staff. 200 marc.

De quodam homine per manum Roberti Bapthorpe apud Ripon 12 die Junii Anno 6, de quodam (4) fine per ipſum facto, &c. pro gratia ſua habend. ſuper ſorisfactur. ſuam erga Regem, 40 marc.

De Willielmo Froſt Cuſtod. Civit. Eborum apud Worceſtre 26 die Auguſti Anno 6. in partem ſoluc. de (4) quodam fine facto cum eis ſuper forisfactur. dictae Civit. 100 marc.

Item, de eodem Willielmo apud Killingworth ſecundo die Novembr. Anno ſeptimo, &c. ut ſupra. 500 marc.

Item, de eodem Willielmo apud Turrim London 22 die Decembr. Anno ſeptmo, &c. 200 marc.

Item, de eodem Willielmo apud Weſtm. 13 die Marcii, Anno ſeptimo, &c. ut ſupra. 300 marc.

Item, de eodem Willielmo apud Hoſpicium Epiſcopi Dunelm. ſecundo die Junii, Anno ſeptimo, ut ſupra. 150 marc.

De Domino Johanne Stanley Mil. apud Killingworth 30 die Novembr. Anno 7. &c. 400 marc. & apud Turrim London. 16 die ejuſdem menſis, 200 marc. de (4) quodam fine facto pro Inſula de Man, 600 marc.

Item, de eodem Johanne apud Hertford 25 die Febru. Anno 17. &c. ut ſupra, 150 marc.

Item, de eodem Johanne apud Weſtm. 27 die Jaauarii, Anno ſeptimo, &c. ut ſupra, 15 marc.

De Jacobo Clifford & Ancellino Guyſe per manum Walteri Beuchampe Attornati apud Weſtm. tercio die Decembr. Anno 7. de (4) quodam fine facto, pro to quod ipſe non obſerbar. pacem quam in ſcripto ſuo obligator. Domino Regi et Iuſtic. pacis obliger. 100 l.

De Priore de Burn. infra Com. Lincoln. per manum Comit. Kanc. apud Hoſpitium Epiſcopi Dunelm. 22 die Maii, de (4) quodam fine facto ſuper quadam appropriac. facta cujuſdam Eccleſiae diverſ. terr. et ten. ad manum mortuam ponend. &c. 40 l.

De Burgenſ. Sarum apud Hoſpitium Epiſcop Dunelm. primo die Junii Anno 7. de quodam (4) fine facto pro licencia habend. adAdquirendum. inquirend. in Communi cert. terr. et ten. infra dictum Com. 100 marc.

De Richardo Whitingdon & aliis Mercator. lan. London. apud Eltham tercio die Febr. Anno 8. de quodam (4) fine facto cum Domino Rege pro vendic. l [...]n, praedict. 300 marc.

De Thoma Faukener de London apud Parcum de Wyndeſore 24 die Maii Anno nono, de (4) quadam fozisractura cujuſdam fact. de diverſis mercandiſis Johannis Bakkeſterre in Com. Norff. forisfact. in Port. de Jernemuth, 100 l.

De Thoma Bewyk Canonico Abbatis de Gysbourne Abbate & Conventu de Hexham apud Westm. ſecundo die Augusti Anno 9. de (4) quodam fine facto [Page] cum Domino Rege pro concelamento diverſorum bonorum Epiſcopi de Bangor. qui forisfec. erga Dominum Regem, 100 marc.

De Villa de Feverſham apud London 28 die Auguſti Anno 9. de (4) quodam fine facto de Francheſiis ejuſdem Villae, 40 l.

De Mercator. de lez Galeys apud Hoſpicium Hugonis Watlou 7. die Sept. Anno 9. de (4) quodam fine facto pro conc. diverſor. mercandiſor. per ipſos ſubtract. et non cuſtumat. 500 marc.

De Iſabell. exiſten. in Com. Northumbr. per manum Roberti Walton apud Hoſpitium Hugonis Walton 15 die Novembr. Anno 10. quae (4) forisfact. erga Dominum Regem, &c. 158 l.

De Hugone Stafford Mil. apud Eltham 8. die April Anno 10. de (4) quodam fine facto pro fil. Domini de Bonciers maritand. in partem ſoluc. majoris ſummae, 100 marc.

De Rebellibus in Com. Lincoln. per manum Domini de Roos apud Hoſpic. Epiſcopi de Ely 23 die Julii Anno 10. pro (4) quodam fine facto pro eorum forisfactura erga Dominum Regem, 80 l.

De Comite Westmerl. 28 die Novembr. Anno 14. de (4) fine facto pro maritag. Com. Mareſcall. 1000 marc.

De Edwardo Duce Eborum apud Weſtm. ſecundo die ejuſdem menſis eodem Anno, de (4) fine facto pro licenc. habend. ad appropriand. Priorat. Alieng ad Collegium de Fodryngey, 400 marc.

De Priore de Kyngeſwode in Com. Glouc. per manum Dom. de Berkeley apud Weſtm. 18 die Decembr. Anno 13. de (4) quodam fine facto de non eſſend. Collector. tempore futur. de Decimis per Clerum Domino Regi concedend. 40 l.

Memorand. quod tenor Cedulae praedict. conſuitur dicto brevi & liberatur Roberto Playce, pro executione inde ad opus Reginae faciend.

Memorand. quod idem breve irrotulatur inter brevia directa Baron. de Termino Paſchae, Anno 13 Regis Henrici quarti, Rot. 13. in dorſ.

Ibid. Trin. Rot. 15. De F. R. allocat. de quadam Summa AURI, quod W. F. ſatisfecit, &c.

From theſe Records of King Henry the 4th, I ſhall obſerve;

1. That Queen-gold was an ancient duty belonging to our Queen Conſorts by the Lawes and Cuſtom of England, for the due levying whereof King Henry was very zealous, out of his affection to his Queen.

2. That it was due out of every fine amounting to the ſumme of 10. marks or more made to the King, at and from the time that the fine was made and recorded, and that the proportion of it was one Mark for every ten Marks, and ten pound for every hundred pound Fine or Oblation.

3ly. That it was charged, aſcertained and levyed as a Debt upon Record by the Extracts of the Fines in the Chancery, or before the Juſtices in Eyre, and other Courts of the King certified into the Court of Exchequer.

4ly. That the Red Book, Records, and Accounts in the Exchequer, were the beſt and ſureſt Directions to ſhew for what Oblations and Fines it was due, and how to be levyed.

5ly. That it was then due and levyed for Fines for licenſes of alienation of Lands, Tenements, and Appropriations of Churches in mortmain; for Wardſhips granted, for mariages of Wards during their minority, & of the Kings Widows; [Page] for Charters, Liberties and Exemptions to Monaſteries, Cities and Corporations; for Fines for breaches of the Peace, concealments of goods forfeited to the King, from Merchants for tranſporting Wools, ſtealing Cuſtoms, and other miſdemeanors; Fines for Writs and Inquiſitions: for exemptions from Fee-farms, Subſidies, Aydes, Impoſitions, levying and collecting Diſms when granted by the Clergy or Laity; for redemption, reſtitution of Lands or goods forfeited to the King; for Pardons of any offences, for ranſoms of Priſoners taken in the Wars, and for a Fine for a Charter of the Iſle of Man.

In the reign of King Henry the 5.K. Henry 5. I finde this Patent of Queen Jone conſtituting Geoffrey Paynell to be her Treaſurer and Receiver General, of all her Seigneuries, rents, monies, profits iſſues, emoluments whatſoever both in England, Wales, or elſewhere, wherein Queen-gold was included, though not particularly expreſſed, as in the Patents of ſome other precedent and ſucceeding Queens.

IOhanne par la Grace de Dieu Royne Dengleterre, Inter Communia de Termino S. Mich. An. 3 H. 5. rot. 7. ex Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac Literae Patentes Johannae Reginae Angliae fact. Galfrido Pay [...]ell de Officio Theſ. & Receptoris ejuſdem Reg [...]nae. & de Fraunce, & Dame Dirlaunde, A tous ceux qui ceſtes nouz lettres verront ou orront, ſalut. Sachez nouz (5) aboir fait ordene et conſtitut noſtre chier et bon ame Eſcuper Geffray Paynell noſtre Treſorer et Reſceyvour Generale be touz noz deniers provenaunts ſibien de touz noz Seigneuries, terres, tenemens, rentz, Feefarms, cuſtomes, apportz, penſiouns, annuities, profres iſſuez & emolumentz qe conques en Angleterre, Gales, et parailleurs, come de tous autres proffitz a nous en aultre manere queconque duez, aſſignez, et on apres a eſtre aſſignez. Renduit a nous due accompt de tout ce qil reſceyvera en ſon dite office cheſcun an preignaunt & reſcevaunt annuelment pur le dit office, tieux fees, gages & regardez, ſicome Sire Johan Tabbay nadgairs noſtre Treſorer et Resceyvour General, qui Dieu perdount, pur meſme l'office affaire priſt & reſceut, & qe y ſon accompt a luy ſont allouez. Mandaniz & chargeantz a touz nos Fermers, Bailiffs, Officers, Miniſtres, Tenantz et Subgiz quiconqes, & prions, a tous altres as queux affrert qe a noſtre dit Ireſorer et Reſceivour General enfaiſant le dit office ils ſoient apparantz, entendantz, reſpoignantz, aidantz, conſeillantz & obeiantz en due manere. Avantz forme & eſtable tout ce qe noſtre dit Treſourer et Reſceibour General pour nous in noſtre noune, & pour noſtre proffi [...] face ou ſerra en apres en l'office avantdit. Et evoultre ſachez nouz pour certaines cauſes nous moignauntz avoir ordene & conſtitut le ſuſdit Geffray noſtre Garderober; A avoire et occupyer meſme l'office, ſi entirement et en meiſme la manere, come noſtre treſchier & bon ame Eſcuyer Nichola Alderwyche lavoit a occupia, rendaunt a nos due accompt annuelment de touz les deniers pur luy employez & deſpenduz en l'office avauntdit, preignant par an, pour meiſme l'office tiel regarde come per nous de l'advys de noſtre conſeil lui ſerra ordeine. En teſmoignance de quelle choſe nous avoms faite faire ceſtez noz letres Patentz adurer a noſtre pleiſer & volente. Don deſſoubz noſtre Grand Seal a noſtre Manoir de Langley le 28 jour de Septemb. l'an du Regne de mon treſhonour Seigneur & filz le Roy Henr. le quint puis le Conqueſt tierce.

Mr. Hackewill in his Treatiſe of Queen-gold hath made a brief reference to 5 H. 5. Rot. 29. ex parte Rem. Regis in Scac. to prove that the arrears of [Page] Queen-gold due to the Queen accrue to the preſent or ſucceeding King by her deceaſe, but I can yet find no ſuch Record in that year upon ſearch of the Rolls there of.

In the Reign of King Henry the 6.K. Henry 6. I only yet find theſe Writs of the King, and Letters Patents of his Queen Conſort Margaret, conſtituting John Croke and William Eſſex Clerks of her Writs, and Attornyes in the Exchequer, to exact and demand her Queen-gold and other duties, and to proſecute and defend her ſuits, actions there, and what elſe belonged to their offices.

HEnri par la grace de Dieu Roy, &c. As Barons de noſtre Eſchequier ſaluz. Come noſtre treſentierement bien ame (5) la Royne noſtre Compaigne ait ordenne et conſtitute no; bien amez Johan Croke et William Eſſex Clercs de ses briefs en noſtre Eſchequier a Weſtm. Inter Brevia directa Baron. de Termino Hill. 24 H 6. Pro Johann [...] Croke, & Willielmo Eſſex. et ſes Attournees illoeques pour demander et exiger L'OK appelle L'OK de la ROYNE, et autres choſes faire & exercer continnez es lettres de noſtre dicte compaigne ſur ſe factes ſoubz ſon Signet, Dont le tenour cenſuiſt. Marguerete par la grace de Dyeu Royne Dengleterre et de France, & Dame Dirlande, a tous ceulx qui yceſtes noz lettres verront on orront ſalutz. Sachiez nous avoir ordenne & constitute, noz chiers ſerviteurs Johan Croke & William Eſſex noz Clercs de nor briefs en L'eſchequier noſtre treſredoubte & Souveraign Seignior le Roy à Weſtm. et noz attornes illeoqes, [...]bien pour demander et exiger noſtre OK appelle le OK de la ROYNE come a pourſuir et defendre en tous plees et querelx pour nous et encontre nous moebes on deſire moeves en meiſme L'eſchequer, et auxi a faire tout ce que aleſdit offices raiſonnablement appertient. A avoir et occupier les avant ditz offices jointement & ſeverallement tant come ils eulx porteront en leſdit offices, avec tous les fees, proffits & commoditees a meſmes les offices, et a cheſcun deulx en aucune maniere appartenent & regardantz, auxi plenement et entierment come aucune autre ou autres en meſmes l'offices jointenant ou ſeverallement devant ces heures ont avez & reſtuz. En teſmoignance de quelle choſe nous abous fait faire ces noz lettres Patentz. Donne ſoubz noſtre Signet a Weſtminſtre, le premier jour de Juyng, l'an due Reigne avandit treſredoubte & ſouveraign Seigneur le Roy Henri ſiſme, puis le Conqueſt vingt & tierz. Volonz pour tant & vous mandoms que vous admittes les ditz Johan & William jointement & ſeverallement Attournes pour meſme nostre Compaigne en noſtre dit Eſchequier, & Clercs de ſes briefs illoeques, en eulx ſouffrant illoeques jointement & ſeverallement de faire exercer & beſoigner pour meſme noſtre dicte Compaigne toutes choſes eſpecifies eſdictes lettres, ſelonc l'effect & pourport dicelle. Donne ſoubz noſtre Prive ſeel a Weſtminſtre le 18 jour de Novembr. l'an de noſtre Regne vint & quatrieſme.

REX Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario,Inter Brevia direct Baron. de Termino Paſch. Anno 24 H. 6. rot. [...]. ex parte Rem. Regis. Pro Margareta Regina Angliaeo ſalutem. Mandamus vobis, quod omnia negotia Margaretam Reginam Angliae Conſortem noſtram thariſſimam, ratione terrarum, tenementorum, feodorum & libertatum ei per nos in [...]dotem ſen dotalicium, ac aliar. ad termin. vitae ſuae habend. conceſſarum; Ac etiam ratione (5) AVRI et aliarum rerum suarum in dicto Scaccario noſtro tangenc. belud propria negotia noſtra coram vobis in eodem Scaccario noſtro audiri, deduci & expediri: necnon Ballivos & Miniſtros ejuſdem Conſortis noſtrae terrarum, ten. feod. & Libertatum praedictarum. ſicut Miniſtros [Page] noſtros proprios in hiis quae ad officia ſua pertinent: Ac etiam (5) debitores AVRI praedicti, et aliorum denariorum eidem REGINAE debitorum ibidem ſicut debitores noſtros proprios deduci et pertractari faciatis. Teſte meipſo apud Westm. 13 die Maii Anno regni noſtri viceſimo quarto.

What other Records there are concerning this Duty in this Kings reign extant in the Treaſuries of the Pipe, Kings Remembrancer, and Pleas of the Exchequer, I have not yet had leiſure to examine. Only I finde in a Manuſcript Collection of Queen-gold which belonged to Mr. Herbert the Queen-Mothers Attorney, Recognitio Thomae Dokes Theſaurarii & Generalis Receptoris Katherinae Reginae Angliae. Item de 133 l. 6 s. 8 d. eidem Reginae ſolutis de AVRO de Rogero Botiller & aliorum. Report. H. An. 5 H. 6. Devon. in Offic. Cler. Placitorum in Scaccario.

From theſe Records of King Henry the 5, and 6. I ſhall only obſerve, That their Queen Conſorts conſtituted their Clerks, and Attorneyes in the Court of Exchequer by their Letters Patents, to receive, demand, recover their duty of Queen-gold, ratified by the Kings Writs to their Treaſurers and Barons of that Court; and that they challenged and received this Duty during their reigns, elſe theſe Writs, Patents had been nugatory.

In the reign of King Edward the 4th.K. Edward 4 I have not yet found in thoſe Records I have peruſed in the Office of Pleas, Pipe, and Kings Remembrancer any thing concerning this Duty. What others mention in their Collections (which I cannot yet find upon ſearch) I ſhall here inform you upon their Account.

Mr. William Hakewill in his Treatiſe of Queen-gold; under this Head, That the Queen ought to have her general Officer for the viewing and recovering of this Duty, and touching the Nature of that Office, informs us; That in the Rolls of the 8th year of King Edward the 4th. are found inrolled (in the office of the Kings Remembrancer) the Letters Patents of Elizabeth Queen to King Edward the 4th, whereby the ſame Queen did conſtitute Nicholas Lathell (then Clerk of the Pipe of the ſame Court) her Receiver of the Rents of her Fee-farms, as alſo of her Revenue called AURUM REGINAE, with Authority to ſue for, recover, and releaſe the ſame in ſuch ſpecial manner as in the ſaid Letters Patents (which here follow) is at large ſpecified.

An. 8 E 4.

ELizabetha Dei Gratia Angliae & Franciae Regina, Domina Hiberniae ſalutem. Sciatis, quod nos de fidelitate & circumſpectione dilecti nobis Nicholai Lathel plenius confidentes, (5) Ordinavimus et conſtituimus ipſum Nicholaum Receptorem noſtrum, tam omnium & ſingulorum denariorum noſtrorum pro omnibus feodis firmis infra regnum Angliae nobis praetextu Literarum Patentium metuendiſſimi Domini mei Regis Paten, conceſſis, quoviſmodo pertinentium, & ad praeſens nobis debitorum impoſterumque ea occaſione debendorum, quam omnium aliarum denariorum ſummarum quarumcunque AURUM REGINAE bulgariter nuncupat. ad Scaccarium dicti Domini mei per praefatum Nicholaum Receptarum, et per eum ad terminos ibidem uſuales annuatim recipiendarum. Dantes, et per praeſentes concedentes eidem Nicholao authoritatem et poteſtatem ſufficientent, ad quaſcunque perſonas quarum intereſt, pro illis denariorum ſummis, & qualibet inde parcella, juxta juris [Page] exigentiam recuperandis, in quibuſcunque Curiis dicti Domini mei implacitandas & proſequendas, & ad quoſcunque noſtros in hac parte debitores vigore literarum Acquietanciae inter eundem Nicholaum & hujuſmodi debitores noſtros Indentarum debita conficiendi de omnibus illis denariorum ſummis ſic per praefatum Nicholaum nomine noſtro recipiendis & exonerandis; ac percipiend. annuatim pro praemiſſis ritè exercendis feoda, vadia & Regarda in aliis literis noſtris ſpecificata. Quocirca mandamus omnibus & ſingulis, quorum intereſt, quod eidem Nicholao in executione praemiſſorum auxiliantes, conſulenteſque & obedientes ſint, prout decet. In cujus rei teſtimonium has literas noſtras fieri fecimus Patentes ad noſtrum beneplacitum duraturas. Dat. ſub magno Sigillo noſtro ſecundo die Novembris, Anno regni dicti Domini mei octavo.

Per Literam ſub Signetto.

But I cannot as yet finde this Patent recorded in the Rolls of that or the following year upon ſearch after it.

In another Section of his Treatiſe he likewſe cites this Record concerning Queen-gold. Anno 20 E. 4.

REX Vic. Norff. & Suff. ſalutem. Praecipimus tibi, quod de bonis & catallis Gilberti Debenham Armigeri fieri facias viginti & tres Marcas, parcellam viginti & ſex Marcam, quas idem Gilbertus debet Elizabethae Reginae Angliae Conſorti noſtrae chariſſimae de AVRO SVO de quodam (4) fine ducentarum & ſexaginta Marcarum nobis ſoluto pro, &c. R. 20 E. 4. Tr. Pl. But as yet I cannot finde this Writ on Record.

In a Manuſcript Collection of ſundry Writs, Patents, Commiſſions, and other Proceedings in the Exchequer Court, amongſt thoſe relating to the Queens of England, their Officers, and Queen-gold, communicated to me by Mr. Arden of the Office of Pleas; (collected heretofore by W. B. a Clerk of that Office) I found theſe Notes of his concerning Queen-gold during the reign of King Edward the 4th; which though I have diligently ſearched after in the Office of the Pipe, and Kings Remembrancer, I had not yet the happineſſe to finde in any of the years of Edward the 4th he refers to.

Quidam Rotulus intitulatus Brevia de AURO REGINAE de Termino Paſchae Anno 5. Regis Edwardi 4. continens 14 Rotulos et plenos Brevium pro AVRO REGINAE; Of which more hereafter, p. 72, &c.

Notae concernentes AURUM REGINAE.

De Johanne Domino Dudley & Edwardo ejus filio 13 s. 4 d. de (4) fine 10 Marc. ſolut. in Hanaperio pro Literis Regis habendis de confirmac. cum conceſſione, et rem. in quibuſdam Literis Paten. Georgii nuper Ducis Clarenc. eis fact. 19 E. 4.

De Roberto Wingfield 24 s. pro AVRO REGINAE de (4) fine 12 l nobiſcum fac. pro licencia concordand. cum Edwardo Epiſcopo Carliolen. in plactto conben.

Memorandum, quod Robertus Caldecott (hic Caldecott fuit deputatus Receptoris AURI, prout apparet per literas Patent. Elizab. Reginae fact. Nicholao Lathel Anno 8, 9.) petit de Eliz. Regina ſummas ſequentes, viz.

Imprimis, pro feodo ſuo ad 40 s. per An. pro execuc. fac. | l. | s. | d.
pro AURO REGINAE pro Annis 12, 13, 14 E 4. | 06 | 00 | 00
[Page] Item petit pro uno Clameo pro Auro Reginae faciend. | 00 | 03 | 04
Item petit pro tribus Clameis intrand. | 00 | 10 | 04
Item pro Placito Edw. Rede Mil. intrand. | 00 | 11 | 08
Item pro Rogero Thomas pro Clameo in Pipa alloc. | 00 | 10 | 00
Item pro Nicholao Lathel Clerico Pipae pro Clameo Reginae alloc. | 00 | 03 | 04
Tunc Sequuntur diverſae Summae per ipſum Recept. Pro AURO REGINAE. |  |  |
Petit pro Copia Brevium pro Auro praedicto faciend | 00 | 06 | 08

Et pro diverſis Clameis pro Regina fact. et pro feodo ſuo 40 s. per Annum uſque 20 E 4.

Et huic Scedul. annex. eſt alia, qu [...]ſi Remembr. de Brevibus de Fieri fac. exam. pro Regina, & return. Vic. & de ſolutione denar. levat. & cui, &c.

Pro contemptu fact. eo quod ipſe non ſuſcepit ordinem Militarem in Triu. 6E. 4. Oxon.

Fieri facius de bonis & catallis, &c. Richardi Fouler & Thomae Wood 14 s. de (4) fine 7l. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro tribus brevibus de conceſſ. habendis per Orig. de Anno 6. Rot. 64.

De Richardo Illingworth Mil. 53s. 4d. de (4) fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro tribus brevibus de conc. habendis, pro Orig. de Anno 7. Rot. 60.

Fieri fac. de bonis & catallis Johannis Staton nuper unius Jur. de quadam Inquiſ. inter Robertum Martyn querentem, & Henr. Gray defend. de placito tranſgreſſionis, necnon W. P. & T. S. plegior. praedict. I 20 s. pro AVRO de (4) fine 40 l. nobiſcum fac. tam de bonis et catallis ſuis nobis forisfac. quam pro extirpatione terr. et ten. ſuorum, necnon pro impriſonament. Corporis ejus, occaſitone falſi Iuramenti ejus per ipſum et ſocios ſuos in placito praedicto fac. unde per quandam Jur. 24 Mil. inde inter ipſos capt. convict. eſt, & ie poſuit in gratiam noſtram, & de bonis & catallis ſuis Jur. de principal. Jur. & in mi [...]. per Rot. de Finibus & Amerciamentis, necnon Catal. felonium forisfact. coram Rege de Trin. 7 Regis E. 4.

Not. Derb. De Johanne Markham Milit. Capital. Juſtic. noſtro ad placita coram nobis tenend. aſſign. & aliis 26s. 8d. pro AVRD de (4) fine 20 marc. pro licenc. concedend. ad manum mortuam, Trin. 7 E 4.

Memorand. quod in fine Rotuli 13. horum Rotulorum de AURO REGINAE continetur, Memorand. quod in (4) fine Jo. Sentlowe Milit. pro Manerio de Edynworth et aliis terris quae fuerunt Johan. Botiler in Com. Somerſ. 200 l. non in Originali tamen in Cancellaria.

Item Nota, quod in quarta Cauſa primi Rotuli notabitur hoc modo; Memorandum quod Abbas & Conventus Monaſterii beatae Mariae de Heſelborow in Com. Salop 20 s. de (4) fine 10 l. de Rich. Truman & Johannae uxore ejus 4. marc. de fine 40 marc. & de Rogero Towers Mil. &c. 20 s. de (4) fine 10 l. & in Margine; Memorand. quod iſtae particulae annotantur extra hunc librum tamen in Rotulo de AVRO REGINAE. Et in dorſo ejuſdem Rotuli de ſolutione denar. Receptor. prout in Compoto in Theſauro rem.

Inter Brevia returnabil. in craſtino Sancti Johannis, Anno primo Regis E. 5. pro Eliz. Regina Angliae London 4. liberantur Collard, Bed. Bucks. 1 liberatur Barlow.

[Page] Inter Brevia return. de Termino Paſch. Anno 22. pro AVRO REGINAE fieri facias de bonis Jo. Haward Mil. 20d.

De Guidone Fairfax Mil. & alis 40 s. de (4) fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licenc. concedend tenementa ad balenc. 10 l. in fundatione Cantariae per brev. dat. 25 Nov. 22 E 4. brev. indorſ. quod breve levavit & denar. ſolvuntur Richardo Doland Recep. ſuper inquietanc.

Brevia de AVRO REGINAE Richardi Doland Rec. & Roberti Willingham Atturn. in quadam Rec. executionis ſuper filas brevium, de Gilberto Debenham 4 l. 7 s. 8 d. rem. 8 l. 7 s. 8 d. quos debet de (4) fine 260 marc. nobis ſolut. pro Manerio de Tatinſton cum pertinentiis quind. Hill. Wingfield, Norff. 22l. 8s. 4d. return, quod cepit bonis ad valenc.

De Roberto Hans & Burgenſ. Villae de Stamford, 13 s. 4 d. de (4) fine 10 marc. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro conceſſione & confirmacione diverſ. Maner. Libertat. &c. praefat. Roberto ac Burgenſ. Villae praedictae ſibi & ſucceſſor. ſuis imperpetuum.

De Raphaele de Bynaldis Mercatore de Janna, oriundus 23, de (4) fine 11l. 11s. in Hanaperio ſolut. pro Literis ſuis Paten. de fac. ipſum indigenam: & Conſimile pro Johanne Sawo in eodem quod, dat. 8 Julii, 22 E. 4.

De Thoma Ampe & aliis 7l. 3s. 1d. de (4) fine 71l. 11 s. pro licenc. alienand. in manum mortuam, &c. Indor ſatur, quod cepit bon. & catall. & fieri fac. pro reſidua.

Brevia ſequen.—Jacobi Bartlet pro indigen. faciend. de Henr. Sturman de Cuſtod. Sociorum & Scholar. Aulae Sanctae Trinitatis in Univerſitate Cantebrig. 43 s. 1d. de (4) fine 21 marc. pro alienac, in manum mort.

De Johanna filia Ducis Buck. & al. de (4) fine 10 marc. pro pardonac. habend. de omnibus bonac. et perquiſit. de Dominio et Caſtro de Brekenham, &c.

De bonis; catallis, terris & tenementis W. Alington Mil. 200. & T. Clerk in praedicti W. 66 s. 8d. de (4) fine 33l. 6s. 8d. nobis ad Recept. Scaccarii noſtri ſolvend. pro Cuſtod. terr. quae fuerunt Johannis Aſhland defuncti, & quae poſt mortem praedicti Jo. ac ratione minoris aetat. ſuae & haered. ejuſdem Jo. ad manus noſtras deven. necnon pro Cuſtod. et Maritag. ejuſdem, 19 E. 4. Wydolfe.

If any Officers of the Queen, or Court of Exchequer upon further ſearch can find out theſe Writs or other Records in any of the Treaſuries of the Exchequer during this Kings reign, I ſhall gladly peruſe them; till then you muſt take them only upon the Collectors credit, (ſometimes miſtaken in his quotations) not mine, without any Obſervations on, from them.

In the ſame Collection of W. B. I found the tranſcripts of theſe three Brevia pro Regina, for ſale of goods ſeiſed for, and levying of Queen-gold due to Elizabeth Queen Conſort to King Edward the 4th, though I cannot yet find them in the Rolls, though probably extant in the Bundles of Writs, which I have not peruſed.

REX, &c. Praecipimus tibi, quod illa bona & catalla venerabilis in Chriſto Patris Jacobi Epiſcopi Norwic, ad valenc. 20s. quos debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizab. Reginae Angliae, de quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro (4) confirmatione quarundam Cartarum et Literarum [Page] Patentium diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae, de diverſis conceſſionibus & confirmationibus quondam Epiſcopis loci praedicti praedeceſſoribus praedicti nunc Epiſcopi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis nuper confect. habend quae nuper de mandato noſtro virtute Brevis noſtri tibi inde direct. cepiſti penes te reman. invendit. pro defectu emptorum, prout returnaſti ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii ultim. praeterit. de die in diem venditioni exponas, ac ea cariori praecio quo poteris ſine dilatione vendas; Ita quod denarios illos habeas ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in craſtino, &c.

REX Vic.Hill. 22 E. 4. in Offic. Rem. Regis. Norff. & Suff. Praecipimus tibi, quod be bonis, catallis, terris & tenementis quae fuerunt Rogeri Roe Mil. in Balliva tua 20 marcas, quas debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabeth. Reginae Ang [...]iae de AVRO SVD de (4) quodam fine 200 marc. nobis praemanibus ſolut, pro eo quod conceſſinus praefato Rogero Roe Manerium de Erpingham & Jerbrigg in Com. Suff. & Manerium de Wharton at Stone, aliàs dictum manerium de Bardolf cum pertinentiis in Com. Hertf. & quae fuerunt Willielmi nuper Vic.—Habend. praefato Rogero, haered. & aſſign. ſuis de Nobis & haeredibus noſtris per ſervitia inde debita & de jure conſueta imperpetuum; ita quod denarios illos habeas ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in craſtino Clauff Paſch. praefat. Conſorti noſtrae, ſeu (5) eſus in hac parte Receptori ibidem ſolvend. Teſte Tho Nottingham Mil. 10 die Febr: Anno regni noſtri 22. Per ordinem de Anno 15 Regis nunc; ſuper filac. Brevium execut. pro Auro Reginae, in Offic. Rem. Regis.

REX Vic. Ebor. &c. Praecipimus tibi, quod de bonis & catallis Roberti Both Decani Eccleſiae Cathedralis Sancti. Petri Eborum, Tho. Brian Milit. Capitalis Juſtic. de Banco, Guidonis Fairfax Militis, Gervaſii Clifton Ar. Thomae Portington Clerici, Theſaur. Eccleſiae praedict, Richardi Pygot Servien. Regis ad Legem, Roberti Forſter Gen. & Roberti Marler 13s. 4 d. de (4) fine 12 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licenc. concedend. diverſa terras et tenementa Decano et Capitulo Beati Petri Eborum imperpetuum ad manum mortuam, ſecundum formam & effectum Cartae L. Both Archiepiſcopi Eborum; et denarios illos, &c. Teſte, &c. 22 E 4. Berdolf. Indorſ. quod Vic. fieri fecit, &c. & denar. ſolvuntur Richardo Doland (5) ſuo Receptori, prout patet &c. De eiſdem 40s. pro 20l. ſolut pro terris ad manum mortuam concedend.

In a collection of Writs for the levying of Queen-gold in the reign of King Edward the 4th, which belonged to Mr. Herbert deceaſed, late Atrotny to Mary now Queen Mother, I find theſe ſeveral Writs iſſued in the 5th year of his reign to ſeveral Sheriffs, extant in the Office of Pleas in the Exchequer.

REX Vicecomiti,Brevia pro Auro Reginae de Term. Paſchae Anno 5 E 4. ſalutem. De bonis, catallis, terris & tenementis quae fuerunt Johannis Lovell Militis 13 die Septembris ultimo praeterito in Balliva tua fieri fac. 16s. quos debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 12 marc. nobiſrum ſacto pro duobus brevibus de Conc. dicto 14 die Septembris habend. Ita quod [Page] denarios illos habeas in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae ſive ejus in hac parte Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno quarto nunc, Rot. 71.

De bonis & catallis,Warr. Leic. terris & tenementis Willielmi Haſtings Milit. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 16s. quos debet chariſſime Conſorti noſtrae elizabeth. Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 12 marc. nobiſcum fact. pro duobus brevibus de Conc. habend. 14 die Septemb. Anno Regni noſtri quarto; ita, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis praefatae Conſorti, &c. ut ſupra. Teſte, &c. per Warr praedict. Rotul. praedict.

Memorand.Orig. de dicto Anno quarto, Rot. 67. quod Abbas & Convent. Monaſterii beatae Mariae de Horlſowen in Com. Salop 20 s. de & AURO SUO de (4) fine 10 l. de Richardo Turna [...]nt & Johanna uxore ejus fil. Johannis Stock in 4 marc. de fine 40 marc. &c.

De Rogero Tocock Milite, & Elizabethae uxore ejus, nuper uxore Willielmi Beauchamp Milit. nuper Domino de 20s. de (4) fine 10 l. &c. Memorand. quod iſtae particulae omittuntur extra hoc libr. tamen in Rotulo de AVRO REGINAE.

REX Vicecomiti Northumber. ſalutem.Brevia de Anto Reginae de Termino S: Trinitatis. An. praedicto, Northumb. Praecipimus tibi, quod non omittas, &. quin, &c. et de bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis fratrum & ſororum Gildarum beatae Mariae Sancti Georgii & Sancti Jacobi in Eccleſia Sancti Johannis infra Villam de Peterburga in Balliva tua fieri fac. 10 marc. quas debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabeth. Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 100 marc. nobiſcum fact. pro licenc. perquirend. terr. reddit. ten et poſſeſſiones pro ſuſtentat. eorundem Gild. ad valorem 20l. per annum ad manum mo [...]tuam babend. Ita quod denarios illos habeas ad Scaccar. noſtrum apud Weſtm. in Craſtino Sancti Martini praefatae Conſorti noſtrae ſive (5) eius Receptori in hac parte tunc ibidem ſolvend. Teſte, &c. Per Orig. de Anno quarto Regis nunc Rot. 67.

De bonis & catallis,Oxon. Berk. terris & tenementis Cordnariorum & Corneſariorum Oxon. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13s. 4d. quas debent,&c. AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 mar. nobiſcum fact. pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Paten. diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae praedeceſſoribus ipſorum Cordnariorum et Corneſariorum; Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictam praefactae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rot. praedicto.

De bonis & catallis,Novum Caſtrum. terris & tenementis Majoris & Communitatis Villae noſtrae Novi Caſtri ſuper Tynam in Balliva tua fieri fac. 60s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 30 l. nobiſcum fact. pro Literis noſtris Patentibus de conceſſ. Manerii de Bicarin Bicar in Com. Northumb. cum pertinentiis ſuis eiſdem Majori & Communitati. Habend ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rot. praedict.

De bonis & catallis,Civitas Eborum. &c. Conſtabularii Communitatis Stapulae noſtrae Villae Caleſſ. in balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum fact. pro confirmac. tam cujuſdam Cartae ac quarundam Literarum Paten. diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae, quam Hen. 4, Hen. 5, & Hen. 6. nuper defunct. necnon de [Page] noſtr. Regum Angliae nuper Majori, Conſtabular. & Communitati Stapul. praedictae habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſort. noſtrae, &c. ad tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis,Lincoln. terris & tenementis Margaretae Thurland. de Villa S. Botho Viduae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro licentia habend. quod ipſa Margareta quand. annual. reddit. 60 s. exeun. de quadam Grangea vocat. Hemitorie, alias dict. Hemtree infra Dominia de Weldemore in Com. praedicto Aldermannis, fratribus & ſororibus cujuidam Gild. in honore Corporis Chriſti in Eccleſia Parochiali dictae Villae Sancti. Bothi funda [...]. & eorum ſucceſſoribus dare poſſit concedere & aſſignare; Ita, &c. quod ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. Per Warr. praedictum, Rotulo 68.

De bonis & catallis,Lincoln. terris &c. Thomae Kyrkely Clerici, Thomae Wymbyſh & Johannis Gylaſton in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quas debet, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 40 l. nobiſcum fact. pro licencia habend. quod ipſi terr. ten. & reddit. ad valenc. 17 l. 6 s. 8 d. per Annum, dare poſſent & concedere Priori & Conventui de Norton Parke in Com. praedict. habend. eiſdem Priori & Conventui, & ſucceſſor, ſuis imperpetuum. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

REX Vicecom.Somerſ. & Dorſ. ſalutem. De bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis Decani & Capituli Eccleſiae Cathedral. Sancti Andraeae Wellen. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 14 l. quas debent, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 140 l. nobiſcum fact. pro licentia habend. quod ipſi Quadraginta Libratae terrarum, ten. ſive reddit. per Annum, cum pertinen. quae de nobis not. tenentur in capite à Venerabili Patre Thoma Bathon. & Wellen. Epiſcopo, ſeu aliis perſonis, aut alia perſona qui hujuſmodi terras & tenementa aut reddit. ſibi dare voluerint adquirere poſſint. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. ut infra tunc ibidem ſolvend. Teſte, &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo 68.

De bonis & catallis,Civitas Lincoln. terris & tenementis Thomae Wymbiſh & Roberti Whaplode Capellanis in Balliva veſtra fieri fac. 32 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 18 l. nobiſcum fact. pro licenc. habenda, quod ipſi terras, ten. reddit. reverſiones, ſervitia, annuitates, & alias poſſeſſiones quaecunque ad valorem 8 marc. per an. adquirere poſſint, & ea cuidam Cantariae de uno Capellano ſingulis d [...]ebus ad altare beatae Mariae Virginis in Eccleſia Parochial. Sancti Petri ad placit, in Civitate praedicta per praefatos Thomam & Robertum imperpetuum, ibidem celebrand. erect. creat. & ſtabilit. terr. legare & concedere poſſint; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis,Ebornm. &c. Prioris & Monachorum Eccleſiae S. Cuthberti Dunelm. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum fact. pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Patentium diverſorum Progenit. noſtr. quondam Regum Angliae habend. Et de bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis Abbatis & Conventus de Whitbye in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent praefatae Conſorti noſtri de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 mar. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili, Ita, &c. diem praedictum, &c. Rotulo 69.

[Page] De bonis & catallis,Somerſet. Dorſet. terris & tenementis quae fuerunt Thomae nuper Epiſcopum Bathon. & Wellen. ac Decani & Canonicorum dictae Eccleſiae Wellen. & Prioris & Monachorum dictae Eccleſiae Bathoniae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine decem librarum nobiſcum fact. pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae habend. Ita, &. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Eſſex. &c. Hertford. &c. Katharinae Abbatiſſae & Monial. de Berking. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto pro conſim. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Cantabr. & Hunt. &c. Venerabilis Patris Willielmi Epiſcopi Elyen. ac Prioris & Conventus loci praedicti in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent praefatae Conſorti noſtro de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis facto pro conſim. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Kanc. &c. Abbatis & Conventus Sancti Salvatoris de Faverſham in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili; Ita. &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Eſſex, Hertford. &c. Abbatis Eccleſiae Sanctae Crucis de Waltham & ejuſdem loci Convent, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Wygorn. &c. Venerabilis Patris J Epiſcopi Wygorn. in balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AVRO SVO, de quodam (4) fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Warr. Leic. &c. Richardi Nevile Comitis Warr. & Sarum, & Annae Comitiſſae Warr. Conſortis ſuae, filiae Richardi de Bello Campo nuper Comitis Warr. ſororis & haeredis Henr. nuper Ducis Warr. filii & haeredis ejuſdem nuper Comitis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 100 l. ſolvend. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SUO, de (4) quodam fine nobiſcum facto pro licentia habend. quod ipſt dare poſſint et concedere per finem in Curia noſtra levatum, Decano & Capitulo Eccleſiae beatae Mariae Warr. terras, ten, redditus, & ſervitia, cum pertinentiis, ad an. valor. 40 l. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. Praecipimus etiam tibi, quod non omittas, &c. quin eam, &c. et de bonis, &c. praedictorum Comitis & Comitiſſa in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent praefatae Conſorti noſtrae de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto pro licentia habend. quod ipſt dare poſſint et concedere per finem in Curia noſtra de Banco lebatum, Abbati & Conventui de Tewkesbury terras, ten. reddit. & ſervitia, ad an. valorem 12 mar. Et de bonis & catallis, &c. earundem Comitis & Comitiſſae in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 30 s. 8 d. quos debent praefatae Conſorti noſtro de dicta AURO SVO de (4) quodam fine 15 l. 7 s. nobiſcum facto pro licentia habend. quod ipſt dare poſſint et concedere per finem in dicta Curia noſtra levand. Magiſt. et Capellan. Cantariae beatae Mariae de Gernely in Com. Wygorn. terras, ten. ten. reddit. & ſervitia cum pertinentiis ad an. valorem 20 marc. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum.

De Termino Sanctae Trin. An. 5 E 4. London. De bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis nunc Magiſtri & Cuſtod. fraternitatis Sciſſorum, & de Fraternitate Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae in Civitate London. [Page] in Balliva veſtra fieri faciatis 20 s. quas debent de AURO SVO de quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione diverſarum Literarum Patentium diberſorum Regum de diverſis Conceſſionibus nuper Magiſtris & Cuſtodibus Fraternitat. praedictae praedeceſſoribus praedictorum, nunc Magiſtri et Cuſtod. et ſucceſſor. ſuor.fact. nuper confectarum habenda; Ita, &c. in quindena Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno quarto Regis nunc Rotulo 80. 15.

REX Vicecom.London. De Termino S. Mich. Anno 3 E. 4. ſalutem; De bonis et catallis, terris & ten. Thomae Frowick de London. Gent. Richardi Turmorunt de cadem Gent. Willielmi Cumberford de Communi Banco noſtro Gent. Thomae Staunton de London Mercer, Willielmi Mancer de eadem, Gent. Thomae Swan: Gen. in Balliva noſtra fieri faciatis 100 l. marc. quas debent chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae de AURO SUO, de (4) fine Mille marcarum nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium Dominiorum, Maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, ſerviciorum, reverſionum, poſſeſſionum, ac aliorum haereditamentorum cum pertinentiis quae fuerunt Thomae Carleton nuper Com. Midd. Militis defuncti; Ac etiam pro Cuſtodia et Maritagio Richardi filii et haeredis praedict Thomas Carleton abſque diſparagacione; Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillar. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, ſeu ejus in hac parte (5) Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno quarto Regis nunc Rotulo 12.

Nota Theſaur. Reginae pro cuſtodia Recordorum ſuorum; Ante quem diem denarii praedicti ſolvuntur praefato Receptori, prout patet per literas acquietan. indentat. ipſius Receptoris Theſauro reman.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. Suff. terris & tenementis Willielmus Jenny & Hugonis Fenne in Balliva tua fieri fac. 50 marc. quas debent, &c. de AURO SUO de 500 marc. nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro (4) Cuſtodia omnium maneriorum, terrarum et ten. reddit. ſerviciorum, ac reverſionum quae fuer. Roberti Willingby Militis defuncti, quae de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit, una cum Maritagio Roberti filii et haeredis pradicti Roberti Patris, abſque diſparagatione, Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, &c. per War. praedictum, Rotulo 14.

De bonis et catallis,Norff. Suff. terris et tenementis Thomae Mountgomery et Mich. Parker, necnon Johannis Tymperley de Handleſham in dicto Com. Suff. Armigeri, et Richardi Southwell de Waderiſing in dicto Com. Norff. Armiger. (5) manucapt. praedictorum Thomae & Michaelis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quas debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis praemanibus ſolut. (4) pro Cuſtod. omnium terrarum et ten. reddit. et ſervic. cum pertinentiis quae fuerunt Roberti Pickquori [...] nuper de Sherepham in dicto Com. Norff. Armigeri defuncti; Ac etiam pro Cuſtodia et Maritagio H. Puckingham filii et haeredis ipſius Roberti abſque diſparagatione; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rot. 11. Ad quem diem Vic. non retur. breve. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis.

De bonis & catallis,Salop. terris et tenementis Johannis Comitis Salop in Balliva tua fieri fac. 33 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de quodam (4) fine 20 l. quinque marcarum nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro Brebe de Aſſiſſ. navae diſſeiſinae habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedicum. T. &c. per War. praedictum, Rotul. 87.

[Page] De bonis,Kancia. catallis et tenementis Willielmi Belknap Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 32 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 16 l. 3 s. 4 d. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro quatuor brevibus Conc. habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto. Ad quam diem Vic. non ret. breve. Ideo, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii anno 8 Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis,De Termino Sancti Hillar. An. 5 E. 4. Warr. terris et tenementis Radulphi Boiler Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 60 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 30 l. nobiſcum fact. pro licentia conc. cum Willielmo Belknap fratre & aliis de placito Conc. de Maneriis de Bedale, Aſcough, Kylwardby, Stillingfleet, Moreby et aliis diverſis Maneriis in Com. Eborum, Northumb. Warr. & Oxon. Ita, &c. in Paſchae, &c. Teſte, &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino S. Trinitatis, anno quinto Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis et catallis,Norff. & Suff terris et tenementis Willielmi Hode Clerici in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto pro licentia conc. cum Roberto Clyfton & Elizabeth. uxore ejus de placito Convenc. de Maneriis de Topcroft, Denton, Hos, et Lytilzall cum pertinentiis, et de Advocationibus Eccleſiae de Denton & Capellae Sancti Egidii in Topcroft, &c. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. Teſte, &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Devon. terris et tenementis Aliciae Wyks, Ottonis Gilbert, & Johannis Moore in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium terrarum et ten. reddituum, ſervitiorum & reverſionum cum ſuis pertinentiis, quae fuerunt Johannis Bayton & Johannae nuper uxoris ſuae, de haereditate ipſius Johannae jam defunctae, quae de nobis tenuerunt diebus quibus obierunt, per ſervit. militar. & quae per mortem eorundem Johannis & uxoris ſuae ad manus noſtras devenerunt, habend. a tempore mortis eorundem Johannis & Johannae uſque ad plenam aetatem haeredis, una cum Maritagio ejuſdem haeredis; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Rotulum Memorand. de anno quinto Regis nunc, Hillar. Record. Rotulo.

De bonis et catallis,Surr. Suſſex terris et tenementis Richardi Weſt nuper de parva Bedwate in dicto Com. Suſſex Militis, necnon Johannis Goring de Llanifaige in eodem Com. Gen. Hugonis Hondford nuper de London Gen. et Thomae Berwick de Oſſington in dicto Com. Yeoman. (5) plegiorum praedicti Richardi in Balliva tua fieri fac. tam 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto, pro quadam tranſgreſſ. Rogeri Keyes vi & armis facta, unde convict. eſt, ut patet termino Paſch. Anno Regni noſtri ſecundo, quam 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum ſimiliter fact. pro conſimili: Ac 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam fine 10. marc. nobiſcum ſimiliter facto, pro quadam tranſgr. Thomae Hilling vi & armis, &c. unde convictus eſt, ut patet Termino Sancti Hillar. Anno regni noſtri primo. Et 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco (Regis) de Termino Sancti Hillar. Anno quarto Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis,Somerſ. terris et tenementis Johannis Mervyn Armigeri in Balliva tuafieri fac. 100 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) 50 l. nobiſcum facto. pro licenc. conc. cum Margareta Hungerford vidua, quae fuit [Page] uxor Roberti Hungerford Militis, Thoma Hungerford Milite, & Annae uxore ejus, & Thoma Burgh Milite, & Margareta uxore ejus de placito Convencionis de maneriis de Abre, Northſhadury, Poblow, Concwood, Penſeford, & Newton-Sentlo cum pertinentiis, et de aliis terris, pratis, paſtur. boſc. mariſcis, & reddit: cum pertinentiis ibidem, & alibi. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſcha T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno quarto Regis nunc, ad quem diem Vic. non ret. brev. Ideo, &c. Vic. Com. Wiltes in Octabis Sancti Michaelis.

De bonis et catallis,Southt. Somerſet. terris et tenementis Johannis Marvyn in Balliva tua fieri fac. 17 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 14 marc. nobiſcum facto. pro licenc. con [...]. cum Thoma Burle Milite, & Margareta uxore ejus nuper uxore Willielmi Botreaux de Botreaux Militis, de placito Convenc. de Maneriis de Flexlend, Penyton, et Bedyngham cum pertinentiis in Com. Southt. et de aliis terris in Com. Wiltes, Bristoll, Somerſ, Dorſ. Berks, et Devon. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum. Ad quem diem Vic. non ret. brev. Ideo, &c. ita, &c. in Oct. S. Trinitatis, ad quem diem Vic. non ret. breve. Ideo praeceptum fuit Vic. Com. Wiltes.

De bonis et catallis,Southt. terris et tenementis Johannis Poulet Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum fact. pro contempt. per ipſum fact. eoThere are very many Fines impoſed for this cauſe, An. 5 E 4. in Offic. Rem. Regis. quod non ſuſcepit ordinem Militarem ante feſtum Aſcenſionis Domini Anno regni noſtri quinto; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus Militum de anno quinto Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis Johannis Knyvett Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac.Norff. Suff. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO pro conſimili; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum; ad quem diem non return brev. Ideo, &c. ita in Octabis.

De bonis et catallis,London. Mid. &c. Henrici Frowick Armigeri in Balliva veſtra fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine, &c. mar. pro conſimili. Ita, &c. ad diem, &c. T. &c. per praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. &c. Johannis Langton Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO pro conſimili. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Lincoln. &c. Henrici Grene Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 10 l. pro conſimili; Ita, &c. ad diem. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. &c. Johannis Haſtings de Fenwick Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 23 s. quos debet de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 12 l. pro conſimili. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Oxon. Berks. terris & tenementis Johannis Collingrigg, necnon Edwardi Langford de Bradford in dicto Com. Berk Armigeri, & Thomae Roger. de Speane in eodem Com. Armigeri, (4) manucaptorum praedicti Johannis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 10 mar. quas debent, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 100 marc. nobiſcum facto, et nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia Manerii de Padworth cum pertinentiis in dicto Com. Berks, voc. Comdreyes, mediet. unius molendin. aquatici, & unius Acr. terr. cum pertinentiis in Padworth in Com. praedicto, quae nuper fuerunt Edwardi Coudrey defuncti, qui de nobis tenuit in Capite, et pro Maritagio Pitri Coudrey filii et haeredis dicti Edwardi, Ita, &c. à die Paſchae in unum menſem. Teſte, &c. per Rotulum [Page] Memorand, de Anno quarto Regis nunc, Hillar. Record. Rotnl. 29. ex parte Remem. Theſ.

De bonis et catallis,De Termino S. Trin. 5 E 4 Lond Midd. terris & tenementis Williemi Eſſex in Balliva tua fieri faciatis 20 marc. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 200 marc. nobiſcum facto pro Maritagio Elizabeth, filiae et haeredis Willielmi Bopthorp Armiger. et Johannae uxoris ejus, ac pro Cuſtodia omnium terrarum & ten. reddit. ſerviciorum ac reverſionum cum ſuis pertinentiis, quae fuerunt praedictorum Willielmi Bapthorp & Johannae, aut eorum alterius diebus quibus obierunt, & quae per & poſt mortem eorundem Willielmi Bapthorp & Johannae ſeu eorum alterius; Ac ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Elizabethae ad manus noſtras devenerunt; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Original. de Anno quinto Regis nunc, Rotulo 90.

De bonis et catallis,Warr. Leic. terris et tenementis Radulphi Botiller de Sudeley Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 12 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro (4) licenc. habenda. Et quod ipſe et alii Manerium de Brabourn cum pertinentiis in Com. Kanc. quod de nobis tenetur in Capite dare poſſint et concedere Thomae Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. et aliis, Habend, ſibi & haeredibus ſuis de nobis & haeredibus noſtris per ſervitia inde debita & conſueta imperpetuum; Ita, &c. in Sancti Michaelis, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo 89.

De bonis et catallis, [...] terris et tenementis Abbatis & Conventus Monaſterii de Eveſham in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobiſcum ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro (4) licenc. habend. quod iidem Abbas et Convent. Abbas de Alvecestriae in Com. Warr. terr. et ten. reddit. et emolumen. ac poſſeſſiones univerſas cum pertinentiis ſuis eidem Abbatiae qualitercunque ſpectan. una cum omnibus Libertatibus et franc. quibuſcun (que) percipere, ac ſibi & eorum Monaſterio praedicto tenere poſſint et valeant imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rot. 89.

De bonis et catallis,Somerſ. Do [...]ſ. &c. Walteri Blunt in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro Literis noſtris Patentibus de pardonac. praefat. Walter. et aliis. habend. de omnimodis donacionibus, alienationibus, et diſ. per ipſos ſeu eorum aliquem de et in Manerio de Sturminſtre Mareſchall voca [...]. Beancham of Mannor cum pertinentiis in dicto Com. Dorſ. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rot. 89.

De bonis et catallis,Cornub. terris et tenementis Johannis Forteſcue et Johannis Reyſelley Armigerorum, necnon Richardi Whitley de London Gent. et Willielmi Hammond de eadem Gen. (5) manucapt. praedictorum Johannis et Johannis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto pro Cuſtod. habend. omnium Dominiorum, maneriorum, terrarum, ten. et aliorum haereditamentorum cum pertinentiis, quae fuerunt Johannis. Wynard de Com. praedicto Armiger. defunct. qui de nobis tenuit in Capite die quo obiit, & pro Maritagio Agnetis filiae et haeredis cujuſdam Johannis Wynard infra aetatem eriſtent. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Mich. anno 9. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. Teſte, &c. Orig. de anno 8. Regis nunc Rotulo 8.

[Page] De bonis & catallis,Norff. Suff. terris & tenementis Johannis Dynham Armigeri, & Elizabeth. quae fuit uxor Johannis Ratcliff de Fitzwauter Armigeri, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 54 s. 4 d. quos debent Elizabeth. Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda quod ipſi diberſa Maneria in Com. Suff. & Eſſex. quae de nobis tenentur in capite, dare poſſint et concedere Richardo Illingworth Militi, & al. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii anno octavo praefatae Reginae, aut ejus in hac parte Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. per origin. de anno ſeptimo Regis nunc, Rot. 58. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. breve Johanni, &c. Ita, &c. in craſtino Clauſi Paſch. anno nono Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis,Surr. Suſſex. &c. Johannis Goringe, Humfr. Henſter, & Thomae Beſt, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda quod ipſe terr. et ten. ab valorem annum 10 l. cuidam Cantariae, ad altar. Sancti Georgii infra Eccleſiam Cathedralem Ciceſtr. in Com. Suſſex. dare poſſint et concedere. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii praefatae Reginae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum 58.

De bonis & catallis,Devon. &c. Johannae quae fuit uxoris Richardi Yard Armigeri de Suſſ. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda, quod ipſa Maner. de Tongwoke & alia terras & tenementa quae de nobis tenet in capite in Com. praedicto Gilberto Yard filio ſuo dare poſſit et concedere. Ita, &c. in Quindena Sancti Hillarii praefatae Reginae, &c. per Warr. praedictum, Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis Abbatis & Conventus de Ev [...]ſham, Wygorn. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione Chartarum diverſorum progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae habend. Ita, &c. Oct. Sancti Hillarii praefatae Reginae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum in Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. terris & tenementis Johannis S [...]orlow nuper unius Jur. de quadam Inquiſitione inter Robertum Martyn Quer. & Henricum Gray de Keteringam Gen. capt. de placito Tranſgreſſionis, necnon Willielmi Price de Hetterſet in dicto Com. Norff. Gen. & Thomae Saive in eodem Com. Gen. (5) plegiorum praebict. Johannis 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, tam pro bonis et catallis ſuis nobis forisfact. quam pro extirpatione terrarum et tenementorum ſuorum, necnon pro Impriſonamento corporis ſui ratione falſt ſacramenti ſui per ipſum et ſocios ſuos in placito praedicto facti, unde per quandam Jur. 24 Militum inde inter ipſos capt. convictus eſt, & (4) ſe poſuit a [...] gratiam noſtram. Et de bonis, &c. Johannis Super nuper alterius Jur. praedictorum, necnon plegiorum praedictorum in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Et de bonis, &c. Roberti Pyrle nuper tertii Jur. praedictorum, necnon Johannis Pelley de Hardwick in dicto Com. Norff. Armigeri, & Johannis Ryley de Carbrook in eodem Com. Gen. (5) plegiorum praedicti Roberti in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Et de bonis, &c. Jacobi Charter nuper alterius Jur. praedictorum, necnon Richardi Mountaine de Carbrook in [Page] dicto Com Norff. Armigeri, & Johannis Andrew de London Haberdaſher, plegiorum praedicti Jacobi in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Et de bonis, &c. Roberti Richmondi nuper alterius Jur. praedictorum, necnon praedicti Willielmi Price Gen. & Roberti Storer de Moryngthorp in dicto Com. Norff. Gen. plegiorum praedicti Roberti Richmond in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Et de bonis, &c. Nich [...]lai Biſhop nuper alterius Jur. praedictorum, necnon Thomae Brampton de Herſham in dicto Com. Norff. Gen. & Simon Gumore de East Beckingham in dicto Com. Norff. Gen. plegiorum praedicti Nicholai in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Ita, &c. per Rotulum de Finibus amerc. necnon catall. fugitivorum coram Rege de Termino Sanctae Trinitatis anno ſeptimo Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis Praeſidentis et Scholarium Collegii Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae Oxon. Oxon. Berks. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione Chartarum diverſarum progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae habenda. Ita, &c. Teſte, &c. per origin. praedicto Rotulo 59.

De bonis & catallis Burgenſ. Tenentium,Ebor. reſidentium & Inhabitantium Villae de Doncaſter in Com. praedicto, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro quadam Charta noſtra de ejuſdem Libertate habend. Ita, &c. in Octab. Sancti Hillarii praefatae Reginae, &c. T. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto. Ad quem diem Vic. non returnavit brev. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. in craſtino Clauſi Paſchae anno nono Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis & catallis Abbatis & Conventus Domus ſive Eccleſiae beatae Mariae, Warr. Leic. Suſſex. de bonis & catallis, &c. David ap Johann Perſona Eccleſiae de Acton Burnell, & Willielmi Tagge Perſona Eccleſiae de Norton in Habes. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, pro (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda quod ipſi Manerium de Areley cum pertinentiis in Com. Suff. quod de nobis tenetur in capite, dare poſſint et concedere Thomae Litlelow & aliis, & haeredibus ipſius Thomae tenend. de nobis & haeredibus noſtris per ſervitia inde debita, & de jure conſueta imperpetuum. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. Et per Warr. praedictum Rotulo 90.

REX Vicecomiti ſalutem;Bedf. Buck. Term. Sanctae Trinitatis An. 6 Edw. 4. de bonis & catallis, &c. Richardi Nevill Comitis Warr. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda, ut ipſe idem Comes ſeu alii quicunque terras, tenementa, redditus, reverſ. ſervitia, annuitates, & alias poſſeſſiones quaecunque ad valenc. 10 marc. per annum, cuidam Capellano Cantariae ad Altare beatae Mariae Virginis in Eccleſia Parochial. Apoſtolorum Petri & Pauli de Olney in dicto Com. Buck juxta ordinationem praedicti Comitis in hac parte habend. imperpetuum ibidem celebraturum, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, dare, concedere, legare & aſſignare poſſit. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis, &c. T. &c. per origin. de anno quinto Regis Edw. 4. Rot. 90.

[Page] De bonis & catallis,Ebor. terris & tenementis Prioris & Canonicorum de Bridlington, & ejuſdem loci Conventus, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 16 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 18 l. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione quarundam Chartarum et Literarum Patentium di [...]erſorum progenitorum noſtrorum de diverſts Libertatibus et Francheſ. nuper Priori, Canonicis, & Convent. loci praedict. & ſucceſſoribus ſuis conceſſ. nuper confectarum habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, T. &c. Warr. praedict. Rotulo 91.

De bonis & catallis,Lond. Midd. terris & tenementis Reginaldi Collyer nunc Prioris Eccleſiae Sancti Bartholomaei de Smithfield, & ejuſdem loci Conventus, ac Magiſtri & Fratrum Hoſpital. Sancti Bartholomaei in Balliva veſtra fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione quarundam Chartarum diverſorum progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae, de diverſts conceſſionibus et confirmationibus nuper Priori & Conventui loci praedicti, ac nuper Magiſtro & Fratribus ejuſdem loci & ſucceſſoribus ſuis factis nuper confectarum habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo 91.

De bonis & catallis,Ebor. terris & tenementis Abbatis & Conventus de Seleby in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione quarundam Chartarum et Literarum Patentium diverſorum progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Reguin Angliae, de diverſis conceſſionibus et confirmationibus nuper Abbati & Conventui loci praedicti & ſucceſſoribus ſuis factis nuper confect [...]rum habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo 91.

De bonis & catallis,Lincoln. terris & tenementis Abbatis & Conventus de Croyland, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro cuſtodia dictae Abbatiae et omnium Temporalium eſuſdem, cum omnibus bonis et rebus ad Abbatiam praedictam ſpectantibus tempore vacationis ejuſoem habend. Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo 38.

De bonis & catallis,Oxon. Berk. terris & tenementis Richardi Fowler, & Thomae Wood, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro tribus brevibus de con. habend. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hill [...]rii praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per origin. de anno ſexto Regis nunc Rotulo 64.

De bonis & catallis,Devon. terris & tenementis Oliveri Dinham Clerici, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro licentia conc. cum Fulcone Bourchier Armigero, fil. & haered. Willielmi Bourchier Domini Fitz Warren Militis, de placito conde Maneriis de Clyfford, Combe, Tynehode, Sutton, Littlyneſcomb, & Weſtgrene, cum pertinentiis, ac aliis Maneriis, terris & tenement. cum pertinentiis in Com. Devon. Wiltes. Somerſet. & Cornub. Ita quod denar. illos, &c. in Octab. Sancti Hillarii praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Paſchae anno ſexto Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. terris & tenementis Anthonii Wydenyledin de Scales in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam [Page] fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto, pro licenc. conc. cum Simone Baxter et Gilberto Hogh de placito Convenc. de Manerio de Midletone, & aliis Maner [...]is, cum pertinentus in Com. Norff. Suff. Glouc. Eſſex et Hertford. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno ſexto.

De bonis et catallis,London. Mid. terris et tenementis Richardi Illingworth Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut, in Hanaperio noſtro, pro tribus brebibus de Conc. habend. Ita, &c. in craſt. Clauſi Paſchae Anno octavo praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno ſeptimo Regis nunc Rotulo 60.

De bonis et catallis,Brevia retorn. de Termino Paſchae Anno 8 E 4. Surr. Suſſex. terris et tenementis Roberti de Mitcham de Egham in dicto Com. Surr. Yeoman, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto.

De bonis et catallis, &c. Mariae de Stoneley in Balliva tua fieri fac. 100 s. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 50 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licenc. habend. perquirend. terras et ten. ad valorem 10 marc. per annum habend. ſt [...]i et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii praefatae Reginae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis Willielmi Carrent Armigeri,Somerſ. Dorſ. Johannis Carrent ſen. Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 l. quas debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 200 l. nobis ſolut. ad Recept. Scaccarii noſtri, pro Cuſtodia tam Willielmi filii et haeredis Johannis Filtoll Armigeri defuncti. quam omnium maneriorum, terrarum et tenermentorum quae fuerunt ejuſdem haeredis. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſche Anno nono praefatae Reginae &c. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno ſeptimo Regis nunc, Rotulo 10.

De bonis et catallis,Norff. Suff. terris et tenementis Johannis Dynham Armigeri & Elizabethae quae fuit uxor Johannis Ratteclyff de Fitzwater Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quas debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO pro (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobiſcum facto, pro licenc. conc. cum Richardo Illingworth Milite. Johanne Say Milite, et Thoma Ʋrſewick, de placito Convenc. de Maneriis de Hetingynal et Diſ. cum pertinentiis in dicto Com. Suff. & Com. Eſſex; Ita, &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Paſchae anno ſeptimo Regis nunc ſub ſigno Norff. Suff. & Eſſex. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii Anno octavo Regis nunc; Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ita, &c. ideo, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae Anno nono Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis,Cornub. &c. Johannis Cheyne Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 16 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, pro (4) quodam fine 18 l. nobiſcum facto, pro licenc. conc. cum Margareta quae fuit uxor Roberti Hungerford Militis, et Anna uxore ejus, de Manerio de Lemanca cnm pertinentiis, & [...]al. terr. ibidem et alibi. Ita, &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis,Somerſ. Oxo [...]. &c. Johannis Sydenham Junior de Orchard in Com. Somerſet, et Richardi Fowler de Weſton in Com. Oxon. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO, de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobis ſolut. pro Cuſtodia Iſabellae conſanguinei et haeredis Mauritii Laryver Armigeri, quod de H. 6. nuper de facto et non de jure Rege Angliae tenuit in Capite die quo obiit, quae per mortem praedicti Mauritii, ac ratione minoris aetatis ipſius Iſabellae ad manus noſtras devenit, ſeu devenire deberet: Habend. praefatis Johanni et [Page] Richardo, dura [...]te minori aetate praedictae Iſabellae abſque diſparagacione. Ita, &c. per Origin. de anno ſexto Regis nune Rotulo 11.

De bonis,Eſſex. &c. quae fuerunt Petri Arderne Militis, nuper unius Juſtic. noſtrorum de Banco, necnon Richardi Parnell de London. Gen. et Johannis Mille de London Gen. (5) manucapt. praedicti Petri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium terrarum et tenementorum quae fuerunt Thomae Skreene defunct. quae per mortem dictae Thomae, aut ratione minoris aetatis Johannis Skreene filii et haeredis Johannis Skreene defunct. qui de nobis tenuit in Capite die quo obiit, infra aetatem et in Cuſtodia noſtra exiſtente, ad manus noſtras devenerunt. Ita, &c. per Orig. praedictum Rot. 12,

De bonis,Surr. &c. H [...]gonis Fenne et Willielmi Eſſex in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 l. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO, de (4) quodam fine 400 marc. nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium Dominiorum, maneriorum, terrarum, reddituum, et ſervitiorum ac reverſionum cum pertinentiis quae fuerunt Nicholai Carew Armigeri defuncti, quae de nobis tenuit in Capite die quo obiit, et quae per mortem ejuſdem; ac ratione minoris aetatis Nicholai, &c. in manibus noſtris exiſtunt; ac pro maritagio ejuſdem Nicholai fil. abſque diſparagacione; Ita, &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Kanc &c. Magiſtri Thomae Kente utriuſque Juris Doctor. Clerici Conſilii noſtri, et Roberti Kent in Legibus Baccallarii, Cur. Cantnar. Procuratoribus generalibus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. ut ipſi ten. terras, poſſeſſiones, redditus et ſervitia, cum ſuis pertinentiis ad valorem an. 20 l. [...]uidam Capellano perpetuo cujuſdam Cautariae perpetuae dibina ſingulis diebus ad altare Com. praedict. celebratur. dare, concedere et aſſignare poſſint; Ita, &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 60.

De bonis,Bristoll. &c. Willielmi Canings Mercatoris Villae Regis noſtrae praedictae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licenc. habenda, ut ipſe terras, ten. reddit. et poſſeſſiones quaſcun (que) ad valorem 10 l. per an. [...]uidam Capellano cujuſdam Cantariae in Eccleſia beatae Mariae de Redecliff in Briſtollia dibina ad Altare Sanctae Katherinae in eadem Eccleſia ſingulis diebus imperpetuum celebratur. dare poſſit et concedere. Ita, &c. per Warr. praedictum Ro [...]ulo praedicto.

De bonis,Warr. Leic. &c. Thomae Moſſen, Thomae Wallyene, et Johannis Wallyene in Balliva tua fieri fac. 14 s. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 17 l. nobis ſolut in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licenc. habend. quod ipſi unum Meſſ. tres virgat. et viginti acras terrae, 10 acras prati, et 20 acr. paſtur. cum pertinentiis in Frank [...]en. quae valent per annum 30 s. 4 d. ac unum Meſſ. cum pertinentiis in Coventre quod valeat per annum 10 s. Priori et Conventui de Coventr. habend. ſtbi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis, dare poſſint et aſſignare: Ita, &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 61.

De bonis et catallis,Somerſ. Dorſ. terris et tenementis Communitat. Civitatis Bathoniae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Regina Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmatione tam quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Patentium H. 4, H. 5, & Henrici 6. nuper de facto et non de jure Rege Angliae, diverſis conceſſionibus et confirmationibus [Page] nuper Civibus Civitatis praedictae nuper confectarum habend. Ita quod denarios illos habeas ad Scaccarium noſtrum apud Weſtm. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefa [...]ae Conſorti noſtrae, ſeu ejus in hac parte (5) Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. Et habeas ibi tunc hoc breve. T. R. Illingworth Milite apud Westm. 20 die Julii Anno regni noſtri ſeptimo, per Orig. de Anno ſexti Regis nunc, Rotulo 62.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. &c. tam Reverendiſſimi in Chriſto Patris Georgii Archiepiſcopi Eborum, Johannis Comitis Wygorn. Johannis Domini le Scrop de Bolton, Thomae Lumley Militis Domini Lumley, Thomae Lumley Militis, Roberti Danby Militis, Capit. Juſtic. noſtri de Communi Banco, Jacobi Strongwaſh Militis, Chriſtopheri Co [...]iers Militis, Roberti Claxton Militis, Willielmi Lambert Clerici, Guidonis Fairfax, Johannis Kateryck, & Johannis Hewyck, quam Radulphi Comitis Weſtmerl. et Margaretae uxoris ejus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 100 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine de 50 marc. nobis per ipſos ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro pardonacione habend. de quibuſoam tranſgreſſionibus per ipſos factis, adquirend. ſibi et haeredibus ſuis de praedicto Comite Weſtmerl. diverſa Maneria cum pertinentiis in Com. praedicto, et in Com. Lincoln. quae de nobis tenentur in Capite, ſine licentia noſtra; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, et per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 63. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. breve. Ideo, &c. ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae, Anno octavo Regis nunc.

De bonis,Northt. &c. Simonis Norwich Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licenc. habend. quod ipſe unum toft. 85 acr. 3 rod. novem particatas et decem particatas in Foreſta noſtra de Rockingham, in quodam loco vocato the Southſide de Totenhow, cum pertinentiis, quae de nobis tenentur in Capite, tradere poſſit et concedere dilecto nobis in Chriſto Thomae Buxhall Magiſtro Collegii beatae Mariae Virginis & Omnium Sanctorum de Fodrenghay in Com. praedicto; et ſociis ejuſdem Collegii & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum per Warr. praedictum in Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Nott. Derb. &c. Johannis Markham Militis, Capitalis Juſtic, noſtri de placito coram nobis tenend. aſſign. Elizabethae quae fuit uxor Hugonis Hercey nuper de Grove in dicto Com. Nott. Armigeri, et unic. fil. et haeredis Simonis de L [...]ke nuper de Cotum in Com. praedicto Armigeri, Richardi Woughby Armigeri, Gerva [...]ii Hercey, & Galfr. Stanton in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habend. quod ipſi terr. ten, reddit. & ſervic. ac alias poſſeſſiones cum ſuis pertinentiis, quae de nobis immediatè non tenentur in Capite, ad valenc an. 100 s. ultra repryſſ. [...]uidam Capellano perpetuo cujuſdam Cantariae divina ad Altare Sanctae Mariae Virginis in Eccleſia Sancti Martini de Saundby in Com. praedicto ſingulis diebus celebraturo imperpetuum, dare vel concedere poſſint. Ita, &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis,Wiltes. &c. Richardi Fryſton Clerici in Balliva tua fieri fac. 34 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 17 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro pardonacione habend. de eo quod idem Richardus de Manerio de Codford Mariae, et de medietat. Maneriorum de Stepull Langford, Deen & Grynsteed cum pertinentiis in Com. praedicto in Dominico ſuo ut de [Page] feodo ſeiſitus ad uſum Milonis Stepulton Militis defunct. eadem Maner. & medietates cum pertinentiis per quandam Chartam ſuam dimiſit, feofavit, & confirmavit praefato Miloni habend. ſibi & haered. de corpore ſuo legitimè procreat. licentia noſtra inde non optenta. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum, per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo,Devon. &c. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis anno 20.

De bonis & catallis, &c. Henrici Pemerey in Balliva tua fieri fac, 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto pro quodam contemptu, quod non ſuſcepit ordinem Militarem ante feſtum Aſcenſionis Domini anno regni noſtri quinto. Ita, &c. in craſtino Clauſi Paſchae anno 8. T. &c. per Rotulum deSee An. 5 & 6 Edw. 4. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. very many Fines made for not taking the Order of Knighthood. Finibus Milit. de Armis quinto & ſexto Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis, &c. Johannis Stanhop Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet,Not. Derb. &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per Warr. praedict.

De bonis & catallis,Oxon. Berk. &c. Agnetis Fray Viduae, & Richardi Danvers in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis praemanibus ad Recept. Scaccarii noſtri ſolut. pro cuſtodia Johannae unius filiarum & haered. Roberti Danvers Militis defuncti, qui de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit, ac omnium terrarum & tenementorum quae per mortem ejuſdem Roberti de ratione minoris aetatis ejuſdem Johannae ad manus ſeu poſſeſſionem noſtras devener. una cum maritagio ejuſdem Johannae abſque diſparagatione. Ita, &c. in craſtino Clauſi Paſchae anno ſeptimo praefatae conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per origin. de anno ſeptimo Regis nunc Rotulo 8.

De bonis & catallis,Devon. &c. Johannis Say Militis, necnon Thomae Leverthorpe de London. Gen. & Johannis Ferraunt de eadem Gen. (4) manucapt. praedict. Johannis Say Militis, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 6 l. 14 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de quodam fine 100 marc. nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro cuſtodia omnium maneriorum & tenem. cum pertinentiis quae fuerint Walteri Ralegh Armigeri defunct. quae de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit, & quae per mortem praefati Walteri Armig. ratione minoris aetatis Johannae Ralegh conſanguin. & haeredis ejuſdem Walteri ad manus noſtras devener. una cum maritagio ejuſdem haered. abſque diſparagatione. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum. T. &c. per origin. praedictum Rotulo 9. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo praeſ. Vicecom. Eſſex. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii anno octavo Regis nunc. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo praeſ. Vicecom. Eſſex. & Hertford. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis anno nono Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis & catallis,Surr. Suſſex. &c. Willielmi Broundon Armig. Mareſcal. noſtr. coram nobis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo quod non habuit in Curia noſtra coram Johanne Markham Milite Capital. Juſtic. noſtro, ad placita coram nobis tenend. aſſign. apud London. Agnetam Hakbirk de London. Viduam, ad certum diem ſibi per Cur. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis Anno 8. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus & ejuſdem catall. coram Rege de anno ſexto Regis nunc. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. breve. Ideo, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii anno 8, Regis nunc, &c. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. [Page] brev. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. in craſtino Clauſi Paſchae anno nono Regis nunc, &c.

REX Vic. ſalutem. De bonis & catallis,Suſſex. terris & tenementis Thomae H [...]o Armigeri, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 21 s. 8 d. quos debet chariſſimae conſorti noſtrae Elizabeth Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. 16 s. 8 d. nobiſcum facto, pro 17. brevibus de conc. habend. 24 die Octobris anno regni noſtri 8. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis anno nono praefatae conſorti noſtrae, ſive ejus in hac parte (5) Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per origin. de anno 8. Regis nunc Rotulo 73. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis anno 10 Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis,Somerſet. terris & tenementis Willielmi Comitis Pembrook in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro breve de conc. habend. 16 de Octobris anno octavo. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. à die Sanctae Trinitatis in 15 dies, anno decimo Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. Suff. &c. chariſſimi Conſanguinei noſtri Johannis Ducis Norff. & Elizabeth. uxoris ejus, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi Caſtrum, Manerium, Dominium & Burgum de Chepſtou, & alia Maneria & Dominia cum pertinentiis in Marchibus Walliae Com. Glouc. adjacen. quae de nobis tenentur in capite, dare poſſint et concedere chariſſimo Conſanguineo noſtro Willielmo Comiti Pembrook, habend. ſibi & haeredibus ſuis. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per origin. praedictum Rotulo 74.

De bonis & catallis,Cantab. Hunt. &c. chariſſimi Conſanguinei noſtri Johannis Comitis Wigorn. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro pardonatione noſtra habend. de offenſ. et tranſgreſ. quem fecit ducendo uxorem Elizabeth. quae fuit uxor Rogeri Corbet de Norton Militis defunct. Ita, &c. in craſtino, &c. praefatae conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo praedicto. Ad quem diem Vic non return. brev. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis anno 10. Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis,Somerſ. Dorſ. &c. Henrici Borman Magiſtri Domus Eleemoſinarum Sanctorum Johannis Baptiſtae & Johannis Evangeliſtae de Shirebourne, & Fratrum ejuſdem Domus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 52 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 26 l. nobiſcum facto in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi terras & tenement. quae de aliis quam de nobis tenentur in Socagio vel Burgagio uſque ad valorem 14 l. per annum ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum adquirere poſſint ad manum mortuam. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per origin. praedictum Rotulo 75. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo, &c. Ita, &c. à die Sanctae Trinitatis anno nono Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis,Oxon. Berks. &c. Abbatis de Abindon, & ejuſdem loci Conventus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam [Page] fine 10 marc. nobiſcum facto in Hanaperio noſtro, pro confirmat. quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Patentium diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum de diverſis conceſſionibus et confirmationibus nuper Abbatibus et Conventui loci praedicti factis nuper confectarum. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warrantum praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis Johannis Markham Militis nuper Capital.Lincoln. Juſtic. noſtri London. placita coram nobis tenend. aſſign. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 24 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 12 l. 11 s. nobiſcum facto in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licenc. habend. quod ipſe, haeredes, executores & aſſign. ſuis, et eorum quilibet terr. & ten. quae de nobis immediatè non tenentur in Capite, ad valorem 10 marc. per annum, ultra repriſ. cuidam Capellano perpetuo cujuſdam Cantariae perpetuae divina ſingulis diebus ad Altare beatae Mariae Virginis, & Sanctorum Michaelis Archang. Johannis Baptiſtae, & Johannis Evangeliſtae in Eccleſia Paroch. de Segbrook in Com. Lincoln. juxta ordinac▪ praedicti Johannis in hac parte faciend. dare poſſit vel poſſint: Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum Praefatae Conſorti, &c. Teſte, &c. per Origin. praedictum Rotulo 76.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. &c. Henrici Fitz-hugh Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda, quod ipſe, haered. et Executores ſui, terras, ten. et redditus cum pertinentiis, ad val. 40 l. per annum ultra repriſ. quae de nobis non tenentur in Capite duobus Capellanis perpetuis Divina ſingulis diebus in Capella Sancti Johannis Apoſtoli et Evangeliſtae in Caſtro ſive Manerio de Ravenwaſh in Com. praedicto, dare et concedere poſſint et poſſit; Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefat. Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Surr. Suſſex. &c. Principalis et Communitatis Vicariorum Eccleſiae Sanctae Trinitatis Cicestren. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quas debent de AURO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licenc. habend. quod ipſi aut eorum ſucceſſor. terras, ten. et reddit. uſque ad valorem 40 marc. per annum ultra repriſ. adquirere et recipere poſſint; Habend▪ ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto. Ad quem diem Vic. non retorn. brev. Ideo, &c. in menſ. Paſ. Anno 10 Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis,Bed. Buck. &c. Roberti Ingelton Domini Manerii de Thornton in Com. Buck. in balliva tua fieri fac. 100 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine, &c. Capell. perpetuis cujuſdam Cantariae perpetua divina ſingulis diebus in Ecleſia Paroch. de Thornton praedict. imperpetuum celebrat. & ſucceſſor. ſuis, terras, ten. et alias poſſeſſiones ad valorem 20 l. per annum ultra repriſ. quae de nobis non tenentur in Capite perquirrere poſſint et poſſit, habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis ad manum mortuam Ita, &c. in Clauſi S. Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto; Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo, &c. in menſ. Anno 10. Regis nunc. &c.

De bonis et catallis,Bed. Buck, &c. Mauricii Berkeley Armigeri in dicto Com. Buck in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam fine 20 l. nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtod. omnium Maneriorum terrarum, reddit. ſerviciovum, poſſeſſionum et haereditamentorum, cum pertin, quae [Page] de nobis tenuit in Capite, et quae per mortem ipſius Richardi, et ratione minoris aetatis Walteri Punckherton filii et haeredis praedicti Richardi ad manus noſtras devener. una cum maritagio ejuſdem haered. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii Anno nono praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno 8. Regis nunc Rotulo 11. Ad quem diem Vicecom. non return. breve. Ideo, &c. Ita in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno 10. Regis nunc.

De bonis & catallis,N [...]tt. Derb. terris et tenementis Johannis Ducis Norff. nuper de Framengham in Com. Norff. & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, necnon Nichola [...]i Greſley de Drakblow in praedicto Com. Derb. Gent. & Johannis Benne de Re ſlaſton in eodem Com. Yeoman, (5) plegiorum praedictorum Johannis & Elizabethae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro quadam tranſgreſſion. Thomae Dawſon vi et armis factae, unde convicti ſunt. Ita, &c. in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis Anno decimo praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus exit. & amerc. Vic. de Banco de Termino Sancti Michaelis, & Sancti Hillar. Anno nono ejuſdem Regis.

De bonis et catallis,Heref. Somerſ. terris et tenementis quae fuerunt Willielmi nuper Comitis Pembrook in Balliva tua fieri fac. 30 s. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 15 l. nobiſcum facto (4) pro licentia concordan. cum Johanne Duce Norff. & Elizabetha uxore ejus, & aliis de placito Convenc. de Caſtro & Manerio de Swanſey, et aliis Caſtris, Dominiis, Maneriis, terris, et tenementis cum pertinentiis in Marchia Walliae, Com. praedict. adjacen. Ita quod denar. ill. &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno decimo praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotul. de Finibus exit. & amerc. de Banco de Termino Michaelis & Hillar. Anno 8 Paſchae & Sanctae Trinitatis, Anno nono.

De bonis et catallis Thomae Becket in Balliva tua fieri fac.Glouc. 32 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 16 l. 6 s. 4 d. pro (4) licentia concordand. cum Duce Norff. & Elizabeth. uxore ejus de placito Conventionis de Maneriis de Ʋpton, Seynt Leonards cum pertinentiis in Com. praedicto, & aliis Maneriis, terris, et tenementis cum pertin. in diverſis Comitat. Angl. Ita, &c. T. &c. Per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis,Eſſex, Heref. &c. Thomae Mountgomery Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet. &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10l. pro licenc. concord. cum Johanne Mervey Milite, & Johanna uxore ejus, de placito Convenc. de Maneriis de Legre, Merney Gippcrack, Hordon, Hauſe, et Ardenhall cum pertinentiis, & aliis terris & ten. in Com. Eſſex, Oxon. & Buck. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per. Warr. praedictum; ad quem diem Vic. non return. breve, &c. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 20.

De bonis et catallis,Cant. H [...]nt. terris et tenementis Willielmi Hyde Armigeri, et Johannis Marſhall Civis & Mercer London. necnon Roberti Collyns de London,—& Richardi Hill de London Mercer, (5) manucapt. praedictorum Willielmi Hyde et Johannis Marſhall in Balliva tua fieri fac. 8 l. 14 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 86 l. 14 s. 4 d. nobiſcum facto, & ad Recept. Scaccarii noſtri ſolvend. pro maritagio Edwardi filii et haeredis Richardi Hatfield Armigeri defuncti, & Margaretae nuper uxoris ejus, infra aetatem, et in Cuſtodia noſtra per mortem praedictae Margaretae, ac ratione minoris [Page] aetatis praedicti Edwardi nuper existen. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno decimo praefatae Conſorti noſtrae. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno 9. Regis nunc Rotulo 14.

De bonis et catallis,Hunt. terris et tenementis Willielmi Eſſex, & Willielmi Stocker, necnon Johannis Stocker de London Draper, (5) manucapt. praedictorum Willielmi & Willielmi in Balliva tua fieri fac. 66 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 33 l. 6s. 8d. nobiſcum facto, & ad recept. Scaccarii noſtri ſolvend. pro maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Thomae Makery Armigeri defuncti, infra aetatem, et in custodia nostra per mortem ejusdem Thomae, ac ratione minoris aetatis dicti Johannis nuper existen. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. terris et tenementis Johannis Cartnell Clerici in Balliva tua fieri [...]ac. 30 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 15 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro. pro licentia perquirend. terras et ten. ad valorem 9 marc. per annum ultra repris. quae de nobis non tenentur, pro quadam Cantaria perpetua de uno Capellano perpetuo divina ad Altare beatae Mariae Virginis in Eccleſia de Middleham, juxta ordinationem ejuſdem Johannis, vel executorum ſuorum in hac parte faciend. celebratur. imperpetuum habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. praedicto Rotulo 57.

De bonis et catallis,Heref. terris et tenementis quae fuerunt nuper Comitis Pembrochiae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro Literis Patentibus de Confirmatione nostra tituli, status et poſſeſſionis praefati nuper Comitis sibi et haeredibus ſuis, de et in Caſtro, Manerio, Dominio et Burgo de Chepſtone, & aliis Caſtris, Dominiis, Maneriis, terris & ten. in dictis Literis Patentibus contentis habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 58.

De bonis et catallis,Norff. Suff. terris et tenementis Th. Mountgomery Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro brevi de conc. habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae. T. &c. per Origin. praedictum Rotulo 59.

De bonis & catallis,Wiltſ. [...]. merſ. terris et tenementis Thomae Seymone Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, (4) pro licencia concordandi cum Edwardo Hungerford et Margeria uxore ejus de placito Conventionis de Maneriis de Berton, Staunton, Fitzherberd, Stoke, & Magna Durnford cum perinentiis in Com. Wiltes et Somerſ. Ita quod denarios illos habeas, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, ſive ejus in hac (5) parte Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Michaelis Anno nono Regis nunc ſub ſigno Wilteſ. et Somerſ.

De bonis & catallis,Salop. terris et tenementis Johannis Comitis Salop in Balliva tua fieri fac. 6 l. quos debet, &c. de AVRO SVO de (4) quodam fine 60 l. nobiſcum facto, (4) pro licencia concordandi cum Domino Johanne Markham [Page] Milite, & aliis de placito Conventionis de Maneriis de Whitchurch, Blackmore, Donnington, Wrockwarreyne, Cheſtwarden, Sutton, Maddock, Taſſeley, Alberbury, et Bitterly, cum pertinentiis in Com. praedicto, et aliis Maneriis in Com. Glouc. Ita quod denarios illos habeas, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. Teſte, &c. per Warr. praedictum ſub ſigno Salop et Glouc.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. terris et tenementis Willielmi Marſhall de Newton et Richardi Clarell Executorum Teſtamenti Thomae Clarell nuper Vicar. Eccleſiae de Ledes juxta Rothwell in dicto Com. Eborum 26 s. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. nobiſcum facto, pro licencia habend. quod quidam Capellanus perpetua divina ſervitia in Eccleſia praedicta ſingulis diebus et ſucceſſoribus ſuis, juxta ordinationem Execut. praedictorum in hac parte faciend. celebratur. imperpetuum, terras, ten. redditus & annuitates cum pertinentiis, ad valorem ſeptem marcarum per annum ultra repriſ. perquirrere poſſint. Habend. ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno decimo Regis nunc Rotulo 17.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. Eſſex. terris et tenementis Simonis Hareby Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 18 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 14 marc. pro licentia concordandi cum Johanne Cave & Johanne Squire Clerico, de placito Conventionis de Maneriis de Weſttoft, & Holdeall in Markham cum pertinentiis in Com. Norff. & aliis Maneriis in Com. Eſſex; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae Anno 12. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus de Banco de Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno 11 Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis et catallis,Southt. terris & tenementis Thomae Legg de Altone Weſtbrook in Com. praedicto Yeoman, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo, quod ipſe pro diverſis inſurrectionibus, Conventiculis illicitis, feloniis, murdris, & aliis malefactis, indictatus exiſtens coram Juſtic. Pacis ejuſd. Com. non comparuit coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus & Amerc. fact. coram Rege de Termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno 14 Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis et catallis,Eſſex. Hertf. terris et tenementis Edwardi Crook de Huley in Com. Hertford Clerici in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo quod non comparuit coram nobis ad certum diem sibi praefixum, pro eo, quod ipse interim non proſequeret nec attemptaret per se nec per alios nomine suo in Curia Romana, nec in aliqua alia Curia Chriſtianitatis citra mare vel extra aliquid in praejudicium nostrum, Coronae Regalis nostrae, aut laesionem Legum noſtrarum Regni noſtri Angliae, contra Statuta de Provisionibus edito. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſcha praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus, Amerc. & Catall. Fugit. coram Rege de Termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno nono Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis et catallis,Lond. Midd. terris et tenementis Roberti Bolt de London Surgeon, unius (5) pleg. praedicti Edwardi in Balliva t [...]a fieri fac. 20s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 40 l. nobiſcum fact. pro eo quod ipſe Edwardus coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum non habuit; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefato Conſorti noſtrae, &c. per Warr. praedictum.

[Page] De bonis & catallis,Norff. Suff. terris & tenementis Richardi Satuard de Colton in dicto Com. Norff. Yeoman, unius (5) pleg. praedicti Edwardi in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto pro conſimili; Ita, &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,Devon. terris et tenementis Sibillae quae fuit uxor Mauricii Powes nuper de B [...]dringham in Com. praedicto Widdow, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo quod non comparuit coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum, ad inveniend. ſufficientem ſecuritatem pacis erga Johannem Frenſh et cunctum populum noſtrum, prout ſub recognitione pro ſe aſſumpſit; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus, Amerc. & catall. Fugit. coram Rege de Termino Sancti Hillarii nono Regis nunc, &c.

De bonis et catallis,Cornub. terris et tenementis Henrici Bodrugan in Com. praedicto Armigeri, unius (5) pleg. praedictae Sibillae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo quod ipſe ipſam Sibillam coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum non habuit, prout ſub Recogn. pleg. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefat. noſtr. &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum.

De bonis et catallis,London▪ Mid. terris et tenementis Johannis Bingthon de London Gen. alterius (5) pleg. Sibillae in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo quod ipte ipſam Sibillam coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum non habuit, prout ſub recogn. pleg. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſcha praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c: T. &c. per Rotulum de Finibus, Amerc. et catall. Fugitivorum coram Rege de Termino Sancti Hillarii Anno nono Regis nunc.

De bonis et catallis,Cant. terris & ten. venerabilis in Chriſto Patris Laurencii Epiſcopi Dunolm. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 70 l. quas debet, &c. de AURO SUO de quodam (4) fine 300 l. nobis ad Recept. Scaccarii noſtri praemanibus ſolut. pro Manerio de Milton cum pertinentiis in Com. Cant. una cum Advocatione Eccleſiae de Milton praedict, quae nuper fuer. Richardi Low Armigeri, qui nobis forisfecit; & pro aliis terris & ten. quae nuper fuerunt Johannis Stanley Armigeri, fil. Johannis Stanley Armiger, quae erga nos forisfecit, praefato Epiſcopo, haered. & aſſign. ſuis imperpetuum per nos nuper conceſſis; Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Johannis Baptistae Anno 12. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, T. &c. per Orig. de Anno 11 Regis nunc Rotulo 51.

De bonis et catallis,Midd. terris et tenementis Johannis Boothe Epiſcopi Exon. Johannis Comitis Wilteſ. & Willielmi Dudley Clerici in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro brebi de conc. habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 78.

De bonis et catallis,Wiltes. terris et tenementis Margaretae quae fuit uxor Roberts nuper Domini Hungerford Militis, Johannis Cheyney de Pine Armigeri, & Johannis Mervyn Armigeri, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 8 l. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 120 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habend. quod ipſi dare poſſint et concedere Cuſtodi, & duobus viris pauperibus, & uni mulieri perpetuis cujuſdam Domus Eleemoſin. apud Heightsbyry in Com. praedicto, Manerium de Cheverell, Halos, cum pertinentiis [Page] in Heightbury praedicta habend. una cum 20 carectatis boſci pro focali ſuo in boſco de Southlegh annuatim eiſdem Cuſtodi, pauperibus & mulier. & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum, ad manum mortuam; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo 69.

De bonis et catallis,Wiltes. terris et tenementis praedictorum Margaretae, Johannis & Johannis Mervyn in Balliva tua fieri fac. 8 l. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 120 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi Maner. de Immer cum pertinentiis in Com. praedicto, ac Advocationem liberae Capellae in eodem Manerio, & alias terras & ten. in Literis noſtris Patentibus eis inde confectis contenta, Decano et Capitulo Eccleſiae Cathedralis beatae Mariae Sarum & ſucceſſoribus ſuis dare poſſint et concedere, habend. ad manum mortuam imperpetuum; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis &c.Norff. Suff. Magiſtri ſive Cuſtod. Collegii Sancti Johannis Evangeliſtae de Ruſhworth & Fratrum ejuſdem Collegii in balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO, de quodam (4) fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi & ſucceſſor. ſui terras, ten. et reddit. cum pertinentiis ad valorem 40 marc. per annum adquirere poſſint, habend. ſibi & ſucceſſor. ſuis ad manum mortuam; Ita, &c. ad, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo praedicto: ad quem diem Vic. non return. breve; ideo, &c. ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 20.

De bonis et catallis Johannis Kyngſton Prioris Eccleſiae beatae Mariae de M [...]rton et ejuſdem loci Conventus in Balliva tua fieri fac.Surr. 40s. quos debent &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Patentium diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum nuper Priori rt Conventui loci praedicti nuper factarum habend. Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedict. Rotulo 80.

De bonis et catallis,Kanc. terris et tenementis praechariſſimae Conſanguinei noſtro Thomae Cardinalis Cantuar. Archiepiſcopi in Balliva tua fieri fac. 100 marc. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 1000 marc▪ nobis praemanibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium Honorum, Caſtrorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, terrarum et ten. quae fuerunt Georgii Nevile Militis nuper de Latimer defuncti; ac Henrici Nevil Militis filii ejuſdem Georgii, necnon Johannae filiae ejuſdem Henrici ſimiliter defunctorum. Et quae tam poſt mortem ipſius Georgii, quam poſt mortem ipſorum Henrici et Johannae; ac ratione minoris aetatis Richardi Conſanginei et haeredis ejuſdem Georgii ad manus noſtras devenerunt; Ita, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Origin. praedictum Rotulo 35.

De bonis et catallis,Norff▪ Suff. terris et tenementis Willielmi Colles de Wellys in dicto Com. Norff. Yeoman, & Iſabellae uxoris ejus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobiſcum facto, pro eo, quod non comparuere coram nobis ad certum diem ſibi praefixum ad inveniendum ſecur. pacis erga Johannem de Boulton et cunctum populum noſtrum. Et de bonis, &c. Willielmi Ferrence de Kerbrook in dicto Com. Norff. Yeoman, Hugonis Att [...]hill de eadem Yeoman, Johannis Brom de Dyngham [Page] in dicto Com. Norff. Yeoman, Henrici Feyrhurst de Reynham in eodem Com. Yeoman, & Thomae Collys de Eyſdeler, (5) plegiorum praedictorum Willielmi Collys & Iſabella uxoris ejus in dicta Balliva tua, ſcilicet, cujuſlibet eorum fieri fac. 20 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de quodam fine 10 l. nobiſcum per quemlibet eorundem pleg. facto, pro eo quod ipſi ipſos Willielmum Collys & Iſabellam uxorem ejus coram nobis tunc non habuerunt. Ita quod denar. &c. in craſtino S. Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per quandam Codicillatum de Fine & Amerc. fugitivorum coram Rege Termino Paſchae anno 12. Regis nunc, &c.

REX Vicecomiti ſalutem;Kanc. de bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis Johannis, Rogeri, & Rogeri Appleton, necnon Johannis Adam de London. Merchant, & Ed. Haddys de eadem Gen. (5) manucapt. praedictorum Johannis, Rogeri, & Rogeri, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quos debent, &c. chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO, de quodam fine 40 l. nobiſcum facto, (4) pro cuſtodia omnium terrarum et tenementorum cum pertinentiis quae fuerunt Willielmi Whetual nuper de London. defuncti, quae de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit, & quae pro fine poſt mortem ejuſdem Willielmi, ac ratione minoris aetatis Willielmi Whetual filii & haeredis praedicti Willielmi patris, ad manus noſtras devenerunt. Ita quod denar. illos habeas, &c. in craſtino Purificationis beatae Mariae Virginis anno 12. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Rotulum Memorand. de anno octavo Regis nunc, Michaelis Recorda Rotulo 49.

De bonis & catallis,Oxon. Berk. terris & tenementis Magiſtri Willielmi Goodyer, Magiſtri Richardi Brook Clerici, & Johannis Cornwayle Gent. necnon Johannis Ady de Oxon. in Com. Oxon. Yeoman, & Johannis Potman de Parochia Sancti Sepulchri London. Yeoman, (5) manucapt. praedictorum Magiſtri Willielmi, Magiſtri Richardi, & Johanni Cornwayle, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 42 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de quodam fine 21 l. tunc nobiſcum facto, (4) pro cuſtodia omnium temporalium et poſſeſſionum Domus ſive Monaſterii beatae Mariae de Oſney juxta Oxon. in Com. Oxon. nuper vacantis per dimiſſionem Magiſtri Johannis Walton ultimo Abbatis ibidem. Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Rotulum Memorand. de anno 12. Regis nunc, Michaelis Record. Rotulo 7.

De bonis & catallis,Ebor. terris & tenementis Willielmi Abbatis Monaſterii beatae Mariae de Jornall, & ejuſdem loci Conventus, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. de AURO SUO, de quodam fine 40 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, (4) pro licentia habenda, quod ipſi & ſucceſſores ſui praedicti Eccleſiam de Ayonderby Withſtepill in dicto Com. Ebor. &c. liberam Capellam de Weſtwitton in eodem Com. quae de nobis non tenentur, & quae de Prioratu ipſorum Abbatis & Conventus exiſtunt, ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis appropriatas in proprios uſus tenere et habere poſſint ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. &c. de craſtino Sancti Michaelis anno 13. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per origin. de anno 12. Regis nunc Rotulo 68.

De bonis & catallis,Leic. terris & tenementis Johannis Keling Clerici, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de quodam fine [Page] 20 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, (4) pro licentia habenda, quod Capellanis cujuſdem Cantariae ſingulis diebus in Eccleſia de Magna Bondom in dicto Com. Leic. juxta ordinationem praedicti Johannis, Executorum vel Aſſign. ſuorum in hac parte faciend. imperpetuum celebratur. & ſucceſſ. ſuis terras, tenement. & redditus cum pertinentiis ad valorem 10 marc. per annum perquirere poſſint: Habend. ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. illos habeas, &c. in craſtino Animarum anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per origin. praedict. Rotulo 68.

De bonis & catallis,London. terris & tenementis Chriſtopheri Ambroſe in partibus Florentiae oriund. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro Literis noſtris Patentibus de ipſo Chriſtophero indigen. faciend. Ita quod denar. &c. in craſtino Animarum anno 14 praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum, &c. Ad quem diem Vic. non return. brev. Ideo praec. Vic. Villae Sutht. Ita, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis Clauſi Paſchae anno 19.

De bonis & catallis,Norff. Suff. terris & tenementis Johannis Forteſcue Armigeri, & Willielmi Callow, necnon Johannis Wynter de London. Gen. & Johannis Mortoſt de Norwic. Gen. (5) manucapt. praedictorum Johannis Forteſcue & Willielmi Callow, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. nobis ad recept. Scaccarii noſtri praemanibus ſolut. pro cuſtodia Johannis Berney Armigeri defuncti, qui quidem Johannes filius infra aetatem exiſtit, & cujus cuſtodia ad nos pertinet, pro eo quod praedicti Johannis pater de nobis ut de jure Epiſcopatu [...] Eccleſiae Cathedralis Norwic. ult. vacantis, ratione temporalium ejuſdem Epiſcopatus in manibus noſtris nuper exiſten. vel aliàs die quo obiit tenuit per ſervic. militare, &c. pro maritagio ejuſdem Haeredis. Ita quod denar. &c. in Octabis Sancti Hillarii anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per origin. de anno 13 Regis nunc Rot. 9.

De bonis & catallis,Eſſex, Hertford. terris & tenementis Radulphi Joſſelyn Militis, necnon Thomae Rowland de London. Gen. & Thomae Dunyngton de eadem Gen. manucapt. praedicti Radulphi in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut, in Hanaperio noſtro, pro cuſtodia omnium DominioRum, ManerioRum, terrarum et tenement. quae nuper fuerunt Thomae Sterne defuncti, quae de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit; necnon Henrici Sterne fratris & haeredis, aut Margeriae quae fuit uxor Roberti Sterne, qui ſimiliter de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obiit, & quae poſt mortem ipſorum Thomae, Henrici & Margeriae, ſive eorum alicujus, ac ratione minoris aetatis dicti Henrici Sterne, aut Henrici filii & haeredis dicti Henrici Sterne, conſanguinei & haeredis ejuſdem Margeriae infra aetatem, & in cuſtodia noſtra exiſten. ad manus noſtras devenerunt, una cum maritagio ejuſdem haeredis. Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. tunc ibidem ſolvend. Per origin. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

REX Vicecom.London. Mid. ſalutem. Praecipimus vobis, &c. quod de bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis Roberti Epiſcopi Bathon. et Wellen. in Balliva veſtra fieri fac. 14 s. 8 d. quos debet chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio [Page] noſtro, pro brevi de Con. habend. Et de bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis praedicti Epiſcopi in Balliva veſtra fieri fac. 52 s. quos debet praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, de AURO SUO praedicto de (4) quodam fine 26 l. nobis ſimiliter ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro quatuor hujuſmodi brevibus habend. ita, &c. in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae Anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno 12 Regis nunc, Rotulo 67.

De bonis & catallis,B [...]d. Buck. terris et tenementis Aliciae Duciſſae Suff. Johannis Ducis Suff. filii ejuſdem Duciſſae, Richardi Flower Cancellar. Ducatus noſtrae Lancaſtr. & Johannis Broughton Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 46 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 35 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda, quod Gardiani, Fratres et Sorores cujuſdam Fraternitatis ſive Gyld. perpetua de duobus Gardianis ac Fratribus et Sororibus de Parochianis parochiae de Leghton Boſtard in Com. Bed. et aliis qui ex eorum donatione de eadem Fraternitate ſive Gild. eſſe volunt. in Eccleſia Parochial. de Leghton Bostard praedict. perpetuis futuris temporibus duratur. juxta ordinationem praedictorum Duciſſae, Ducis Richardi & Johannis in ea parte faciend. factae & ſtabilitae, et ſucceſſor. ſui terras, ten. et redditus quae de nobis tenentur in Capite, ad valorem decem marcarum per annum perquirrere poſſint, Habend. eiſdem Gardianis, Fratribus & Sororibus, ac ſucceſſores ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam, in exhibitione unius Capellani divina ſingulis diebus in Eccleſia praedicta imperpetuum celebratur. Ita, quod denar. &c. in quindena Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae Anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno 13. Regis nunc Rotulo 14.

De bonis et catallis,Kanc. terris et tenementis Alexandri Clifford Armig. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 10 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſe Manerium de Sutton Valenc. cum pertinentiis in Com. praedict. excepta ſua Acra terrae in eodem Manerio vocatur Chartihurchcroft, dare poſſint & concedere Willielmo Hunt Militi, & ad habend. et tenend. ſibi et haeredibus et aſſignatis ſuis imperpetuum; Ita quod denarios illos, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Origin. praedictum Rotulo 64.

De bonis et catallis,Salop. terris et tenementis Abbatis et Conventus Monaſterii beatae Mariae de Haleſowen in Com. praedicto in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 40 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi terras, tenement. vel redditus, ad valorem 10 l. per annum, ultra repriſ. tam de feodo proprio quam alieno adquirere poſſint, ad ſuſtentationem unius Capellani divina celebrantis annuatim in Capella Sancti Kenelmi Regis & Martyris de Kelmeſtowe; Ac ad reparationem ejuſdem Capellae; Habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 44. praefatae Conſorti. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Cant. Oxon. terris et tenementis Richardi Quatermayns, Johannis Leynton, Johannis Bennet et Richardi Fowler in Balliva tua fieri fac. 48 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO de (4) quodam fine 24 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi ſeu eorum aliquis Manerium de Wilbram cum pertinentiis in Com. Cant. dare poſſint et concedere Thomae Palmer Capellano Eccleſiae ſive Capellae Sancti Michaelis, So they ſtiled this undutiful Arch-Traytor to his King and Countrey. Glorioſae et [Page] Sanctae Thomae Martyris, per ipſos Brianum et Johannem creatae et ſtabilitae celebratur. terras, ten. reddit. ſervitia, et poſſeſſiones cum pertinentiis ad valorem annuum 10 l. ultra repriſ. habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis ad manum mortuam imperpetuum. Ita quod denar. &c. in Craſtino, &c. Teſte, &c. per Warrantum praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Hereford. terris et tenementis Johannis Burre Militis in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, pro (4) quodam fine 11 l. 11 s. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licene. habend. quod ipſe terras, ten. et reddit. ad valorem 8 l. per annum ultra repriſ. dare poſſit et concedere cuidam Capellano cujuſdam Cantariae perpetuae divina ſingulis diebus in Eccleſia Paroch. beatae Mariae de Selingre in dicto Com. Hereford. ad Altare Sanctae Annae in eadem Eccleſia celebratur. et ſucceſſoribus ſuis ibi ad manum mortuant: Ita quod denar. &c. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis Nathanielis Draper Capell. & Richardi Galbred Capell. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 29 s. 4 d. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 14 l. 14 s. 4 d. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro brebi de Conc. habend. Ita quod denar. &c. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Hereford. terris et tenementis Richardi Frewyn et Johannis Comber in Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 l. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 400 marc. nobis in manibus ſolut. pro Cuſtodia omnium Temporal. Epiſcopatus Hereford. quae ad manus noſtras per mortem Johannis Stanbury ultimi Epiſcopi loci praedicti debenerunt. Ita quod in Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis Anno 16. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Rotulum Memorand. de Anno 14. Regis nunc Hillar. Record. Rotulo tercio ex parte Remem. Regis.

De bonis et catallis,North. terris et tenementis quae fuerunt Richardi Knightly & Elizabeth. uxoris ſuae nuper de Falleſley defunct. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20s. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licenc. habenda, quod ipſe Maner. de Falleſley et Vpton, ac Hundredum de Newbottle grave cum ſuis pertinentiis in Com. Northt. quae de nobis tenentur in Capite dare poſſint et concedere Thomae Billings Militi & aliis, tenend. ſibi haeredibus & aſſignatis ſuis de nobis et haeredibus noſtris per ſervicia inde prius debita et conſueta imperpetuum. Ita, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 16. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. de Anno 15 Regis nunc Rotulo 73.

De bonis et catallis,Norff. Suff. terris et tenementis Venerabilis in Chriſto Patris Jacobi Epiſcopi (Norwici) in Balliva tua fieri fac. 20 s. quas debet, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 10 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro confirmatione quarundam Cartarum et Literarum Pa [...]entium diverſorum Progenitorum noſtrorum quondam Regum Angliae, de diverſis conceſſionibus et confirmationibus quondam Epiſcopis loci praedicti praedeceſſoribus praedict. nunc Epiſcopi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis nuper confectorum habend. Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum in Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Cant. terris et tenementis Magiſtri et Sociorum Aulae Sanctae Katherinae Virginis infra Univerſitatem Cantabrig. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 36 s. [Page] 5 d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 18 l. 4 s. 4 d. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro confirmatione fundationis Aulae praedictae, de uno Magiſtro & tribus Sociis ſive pluribus infra Aulam illam perpetuis temporibus futur. commorant. in Philoſophia, et Theologia condientibus, juxta ordinationem Roberti Woodlark Clerici in Sacra Theologia profeſſoris fundatae et ordinatae habend. et pro licentia habend. quod praedicti Magiſtri et Socii et ſucceſſores ſui terras et ten. quae de nobis tenentur in Capite, ad valorem 40 marcarum per annum perquirere poſſint, tenend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

REX Vicecomiti ſalutem.Cant. Hunt. De bonis et catallis, &c. Reverendi in Chriſto Patris Willielmi Epiſcopi Elyen. Johannis Warworth Clerici, Willielmi Townſend Clerici, Galfridi Spring Armigeri, & Johannis Brewode in Balliva tua fieri fac. 40 s. quos debent chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Regina Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 20 l. ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habenda, quod ipſi, quinque, quatuor, tres, vel duo eorum qui ſupervixerint cuidam Fraternitati ſive Gildae perpetuae, de uno Aldermanno et duo bus Decanis ac perſonis Eccleſiaſticis ſive ſecularibus, ac aliis perſonis utriuſque ſexus quibuſcunque de fraternitate ſive Gilda illa eſſe affectantibus fratribus et ſororibus ejuſdem fraternitatis ſive Gildae admiſſ. ſive de caetero admittend. in Eccleſia Parochiali Sancti Leonardi Abbatis de Donham in Inſula de Ely in dicto Com. ſi facta et ſtabilita fuerit, terras, ten. reddit. annuitates, & poſſeſſiones quaecunque quae de nobis non tenentur in Capite uſque ad valorem 20 marc. per annum adquirere valeant, habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. illos habeas, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 16. Conſorti noſtrae, ſeu ejus in hac partae (5) Receptori tunc ibidem ſolvend. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno 15 Regis nunc Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Lond. Midd. &c. Willielmi York ante ipſius defunct. et de bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis Executorum Teſtamenti dicti Willielmi et Adminiſtratorum bonorum et catallorum ejuſdem Willielmi haered. et tenentium, terrarum et ten. quae ſua fuerunt in Balliva tua fieri fac. 63 s. 1 d. quos debent, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 31 l. 11 s. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habenda, quod cum quaedam Cantaria perpetua de uno Capellano perpetuo divina in honore Sanctae et individuae Trinitatis ad Altare beatae Mariae Virginis infra Eccleſiam Sanctae Crucis in Villa & Parochia de Ramsbury, Sarum Dioc. juxta ordinationem praedicti Willielmi aut Executorum ſuorum imperpetuum celebratur. fact. fundat. et ſtabilit. fuit, quod Capellanus Cantariae illius et ſucceſſores ſui Capell. ejuſdem Cantariae terras et ten. quae de nobis non tenentur in Capite, uſque ad valorem 10 l. per annum, tenend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribs ſuis in eorum ſuſtentationem imperpetuum perquirere poſſint ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. illos, &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

[Page] REX Vicecomiti ſalutem.Suthampt. De bonis, & catallis, &c. Johannis Poulet Armigeri in Balliva tua fieri fac. 16s. quos debet Chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabeth. Reginae Angliae de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 18 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licencia habend. quod ipſe Honor. Dominium ſive Manerium de Baſing cum ſuis membris et pertinentiis in Com. praedicto, quod de nobis tenetur in Capite dare poſſit et concedere Henrico Roos Militi, ac al. habend. et tenend. ſibi haeredibus et aſſignatis ſuis de nobis et haeredibus noſtris per ſervitia inde debita & conſueta. Ita quod denar. illos, &c. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 16 praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. de Anno 15 Regis nunc Rotulo 74.

De bonis et catallis,Lincoln. &c. Thomae Fitz William Junior. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 60 s. quos debet, &c. de AVRO SVO, de (4) quodam fine 30 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habenda, quod cum quaedam Cantaria perpetua de duobus Capellanis divina ſingulis diebus ad Altare beatae Mariae in Eccleſia Parochiali Sancti Wilfrid de Alford. in Com. praedicto juxta ordinationem dicti Thomae, haeredum vel executorum ſuorum in hac parte faciend. imperpetuum celebratur. fact. ſtabilit. fuerit. quod Capellani Cantariae praedictae et ſucceſſores ſui Capellae ejuſdem Cantariae, terras et ten. cum pertinentiis, ad valorem 10 l. per annum ultra repriſ. quae de nobis in Capite immediatè non tenentur, adquirere poſſint; Habend. [...]ibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis in ſuſtentationem ſuam imperpetuum ad manum mortuam: Ita quod denar▪ &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſortae noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Wiltes. &c. Johannis Newburgh ſen. Armigeri, Nicholai Kenner, Johannis Newton, & Thomae Huſte, Executorum Teſtamenti Magiſtri Gilberti Kennor nuper Decani Eccleſiae Cathedralis beatae Mariae Sarum in Com. Wiltes in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. 15 s. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO, de (4) quodam fine 48 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habenda, quod ipſi cum quaedam Cantaria perpetua de uno Capellano perpetuo divina ſingulis diebus in dicta Eccleſia beatae Mariae Sarum ad Altare Sanctarum Reliquiarum, ubi corpus dicti Gilberti humatum exiſtit, juxta ordinationem Executorum praedictorum in hac parte faciend. imperpetuum celebratur. facta, ſtabilita fuerit, praefat. Capellan. Cantariae praedictae dare poſſint et concedere Manerium de Weſthawe cum pertinentiis in dicto Com. Wilteſ. Habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis Capellanis Cantariae illius imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. &c. ad diem praedictum praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Orig. Rotulo 75.

De bonis et catallis,Eborum. &c. Magiſtri Richardi Andrew Decani Eccleſiae Cathedral. beati Petri Eborum, Johannis Pakenham Clerici, Willielmi Poteman Clerici, Johannis Gyburgh Clerici, et Richardi Pigott unius ſervient. noſtrorum, Michaelis de Magna Ricot in Com. Oxon, habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis Capellanis Eccleſiae ſive Capellae illius imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis dicto Anno 14 praefatae Conſorti, &c. Teſte, &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis et catallis,Wiltes. terris et tenementis Decani et Capituli Eccleſiae Cathedralis beatae Mariae Sarum in Com. praedicto, in dicta Balliva tua fieri fac. 26 s. 8 d. quos debent, &c. de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 20 marc. [Page] nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro pro licentia habend. quod ipſi liberam Capellam ſuam infra Maner. de Sumer. in Com. praedicto ſcituat. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis ac Eccleſiae praedictae appropriare valeant, et eandem Capellam ſic appropriat. tenere poſſint ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis in proprios uſus imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. &c. in Octabis Sancti Michaelis dicto Anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Warr. praedictum Rotulo praedicto.

REX Vicecomit.Bedd. Buck. ſalutem. De bonis et catallis, terris et tenementis Roberti Booth et Matildae uxoris ejus in Balliva tua fieri fac. 53 s. 4 d. quas debent chariſſimae Conſorti noſtrae Elizabethae Reginae Angliae, de AƲRO SƲO de (4) quodam fine 40 marc. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend▪ quod quidem Capellanus cujuſdam Cantariae perpetuus divina ſingulis diebus ad Altare beatae Mariae in Capell. de Stretton in dicto Com. Bedf. juxta ordinationem praedictorum Roberti & Matildae in ea parte faciend. et ſucceſſ. ſuis imperpetuum celebratur. terras ſeu reddit. et Annuitates cum pertinentiis ad valorem 12. marc. per annum ultra repriſ. perquirere poſſit; habend. ſibi et ſucceſſoribus ſuis imperpetuum ad manum mortuam; Ita quod denar. &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis Anno 14. praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per Origin. de Anno 14 Regis nunc Rotulo 63.

De bonis & catallis,Sutht. terris & tenementis Mauritii Berkley Militis, Johannis Parre Militis, & Thomae Sellenger Armigeri, necnon Henrici More, Hugonis Crikland, Vicarii perpetui Eccleſiae Parochial. Sancti Laurentii de Aulton in Com. South. Johannis Swychener, Willielmi Hacker, Roberti Bayly, Richardi Wiſe, Johannis Pigott, Roberti Plecy, & Roberti Mayo, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 30 s. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 15 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi terras, tenement. reddit. & alias poſſeſſiones ad valorem 10 l. per annum ultra repriſ. dare poſſint & aſſignare cuidam Capellan. cujuſdam Cantariae perpetuo divina ſingulis diebus in quadam Capella nuper per quendam Johannem Champflour in Eccleſia de Aula praedicta conſtruct. Habend. ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis Capellanis ibidem imperpetuum ad manum mortuam. Ita quod denar. &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti, &c. T. &c. per Warrantum praedictum, Rotulo praedicto.

De bonis & catallis,Wiltes. terris & tenementis Georgii Darell Militis, in Balliva tua fieri fac. 14 s. quos debet, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine 17 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſe Manerium de Ficelton cum pertinentiis in dicto Com. Wiltes. & Manerium de Balſton cum pertinentiis in Com. Berk. dare poſſit & concedere chariſſimo Conſanguineo noſtro Thomae Cardinal. Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. & aliis; Habend. ſibi, haered. & aſſign. ſuis imperpetuum. Ita quod denar. illos habeas, &c. in craſtino Sancti Michaelis praefatae Conſorti noſtrae, &c. T. &c. per origin. praedict. Rotulo 64.

De bonis & catallis,Hertf. Lond. terris & tenementis Briani Roucliff, tertii Baronis de Scaccario noſtro, & Johannis Marſhall Civis & Mercer London. in Balliva tua fieri fac. 4 l. quos debent, &c. de AURO SUO, de (4) quodam ſine 40 l. nobis ſolut. in Hanaperio noſtro, pro licentia habend. quod ipſi & quaelibet altera perſona, ſeu eorum aliquis dare poſſit & poſſint concedere Capellano [Page] beatae Virginis Mariae in Eccleſia Parochiali de Warr. in Com. Hertford. in honorem ejuſdem Virginis glorioſae.

It is obſerved by ſome,W. B. MS. that Johannis Icham fuit Attornatus Generalis & Clericus ad Brevia pro Elizabetha Regina Angliae, Hil. Regis 22 E. 4. rot. 2. Rem. Regis. Et ſignavit Brevia de AURO REGINAE, An. 23 E. 4. Sed hoc fecit ut Clericus Brevium Reginae, et non ut Attornatus Generalis: Thomas Stydolfe qui fuit Receptor Generalis ejuſdem Reginae, ſignavit omnia Brevia de AURO de An. 19 & 20 E. 4. Et tamen fuit aliquis alius Attornatus. Unde Quaere.

I have recited theſe Writs concerning Queen-gold in the reign of King Edward the 4th at large (the tranſcripts whereof were delivered to Mr. Herbert when the now Queen Mothers Attorney, which I could not compare with the Originals out of which they were tranſcribed) upon ſeveral Accounts.

1. Becauſe the Files and Bundles wherein theſe Writs were extant, are very numerous, digeſted into no order, ſeldome looked into, and moſt of them either loſt, or miſlayed, ſo as I cannot yet finde any of them.

2ly. Becauſe they particularly inform us of the original Authors, Founders, and foundations of ſundry Chantries, Appropriations, Colledges, Corporations, of the Honors, Pedegrees, Wardſhips, Purchaſes, Tenures in Capite of ſundry of the Nobility and Gentry of England.

3ly. Becauſe they more fully evidence and expreſſe the particular Fines for which Queen-gold was demanded and levyed in this Kings reign, and in what proportion, and from whoſe and what goods, chattels, lands and tenements, then any others in his predeceſſors reigns, except thoſe of King Edward the 1. and 3.

I read in the Chronicle ofFabians Chronicle Part 7. p 498. Raphael Holinſheds Chronicle Vol. 3. Lond. 1577. p. 670. John Stow his Annals London 1615. p. 430. Richard Graftons Chronicle London 1569. p. 671, 672. Fabian printed at London by John Kyngſton An. 1559. as likewiſe in Holinſhed and Stow; That Anno 1467. (the ſeventh of King Edward the 4th his reign) Sir Thomas Cooke late Mayor of London was peached of Treaſon by a ſervant of the Lord Wenlocks called Hawkins, (for refuſing to lend 1000 marks upon good Surety to Queen Margaret) arreſted and ſent to the Tower, and his goods ſeiſed by the Lord Rivers then Treaſurer of England. After the ſaid Sir Thomas had lyen a time in the Tower, he was brought unto the Guildhall and there arraigned of the ſaid Treaſon, and quit by ſundry Enquestes. Finally, after many perſecutions and loſſes, he was compelled as for a Fine ſet upon him for offence of miſpriſion, to pay unto the King eight thouſand pounds. And after he had thus agreed, and was at large, he was then in new trouble againſt the Queen: The which demanded of him as Her right for every thouſand pound payd unto the King by way of Fine, an hundred marks, (it ſhould be pounds) For which he had after long ſuit and great charge; and in concluſion, was fayne to agrée, and to give her a great pleaſure, beſides many good gifts that he gave to her Counſel; Or as Raphael Holinſhed, Grafton, and John Stow storie; he could not be delivered out of Priſon, till he had payed eight thouſand pounds to the King, and eight hundred pounds to the Quéen (to wit, for her Queen gold, due out of his Fine.)

I ſhall cloze up the Records of this Kings reign with a memorable Action brought by Elizabeth his Queen Conſort againſt a Sheriff who detained her Gold he had levyed, in the Office of the Clerk of the Pleas, which I tranſcribed out of the Plea Rolls with my own hand.

[Page] Placita coram Baronibus apud Weſtm. de Termino S. Trinitatis, Anno Regis Edwardi quarti poſt Conquestum viceſimo, Rot. 1. dorſo.

ELIZABETHA Regina Angliae Conſors Domini Regis,Trin. 20 E 4. Midd. ſſ. Pro Eliz. Regina Angliae, quer. verſus Robertum Radclyff Armig. nuper Vic. Norff. & Suff. Defend. in quodam Plac. Debiti per Billam. venit coram Baronibus hujus Scaccarii ſexto die Julii hoc anno, per Robertum Calcote Attornatum ſuum, & queritur per Billam verſus Robertum Radclyffe Armig. nuper Vic. Com. Norff. & Suff. hîc in Curia eodem die, ſuper Compoto ſuo de Officio ſuo praedicto hîc ad hoc Scaccarium reddendo per Thomam Aldehouſe Attornatam ſuam, de eo quod praedict. nuper Vic. ei debet & injuſtè detinet quatuor libras, decem et novem ſolidos Argenti, & pro eo injuſtè; Quod cum Dominus Rex nunc 14. die Februarii, Anno regni ſui decimo ſeptimo mandaſſet quoddam Breve ſuum fieri fac. extra hoc Scaccario ſuo Vic. Norff. & Suff. tunc existenti direct. per quod quidem Breve eidem Vic. praeceptum fuit, Quod non omitteret propter aliquam libertatem quin eam ingrederetur, & de bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis Gilberti Debenham Armig. in Balliva ſua fieri faceret viginti et tres marcas, parcellam viginti et ſex marcarum quas dictus Gilbertus debebat praefatae Reginae, per nomen cariſſimae Conſortis ipſius Domini Regis Elizabethae Reginae Angliae, de AƲRO SƲO, de quodam (4) fine Ducentarum ſexaginta Marcarum dicto Dom. Regi ſolut. pro Dominio et Manerio de Catyngſton cum pertinentiis in Catyngſton, Holbrooke, Wolmerſton, Fryston, & alibi infra Hundredum de Staunford in dicto Com. Suff. praefato Gilberto, & haeredibus de corpore ſuo excuntibus per dictum Dom. Regem nuper conceſſ. Et quod denarios illos haberet ad Scacc. dicti Dom. Regis apud Weſtm. craſtino Clauſ. Paſchae, anno regni ejuſdem Regis decimo octavo praefatae Reginae, ſeu (5) ejus in ea parte Receptori ibidem tunc ſolvend. prout in eodem brevi pletus continetur: quod quidem Breve deliberatum fuit ſextodecimo die Februarii dicto Anno 18. apud Villam Weſtm. in Com. Midd. praefato nuper Vic. jam Defend. tunc Vic. dict. Com. Norff. & Suff. per manus Roberto Calcote tunc ſervienti praedictae Reginae; virtute cujus quidem brevis praedict. jam Def. tunc Vic. dict. Com. Norff. & Suff. viceſimo die Martii dicto Anno 18. apud Gippewicum in praedict. Com. Suff. fieri fecit & levavit de bonis catallis praedicti Gilberti ad triginta et quinque ſolidorum de 4 l. 19 s. praedict. prout ipſe nuper Vic. jam Defend. ſuper brevi illo coram praefatis Baronibus apud Weſtm. ad craſtinum Clauſi Paſchae praedicti returnavit, prout hic in hoc Scaccario liquet de recordo. Ac cum dictus Dom. Rex quinto die Maii dicto Anno 18. mandaſſet quoddam aliud breve de fieri fac. extra hoc Scac. praefato nuper Vic. jam Defend. tunc Vic. dicti Com. Norff. & Suff. exiſtent. direct. per quod quidam breve eidem Vic. praeceptum fuit, quod non omittat propter aliquam libertatem quin eam ingrederetur, & de bonis & catallis, terris & tenementis praedicti Gilberti in dicta balliva ſua fieri faceret 11l. 17s. 8d. de remanencia 26 marc. quas debebat praefatae Reginae de AƲRO SƲO de quodam (4) fine 260marc. dicto Domino Regi ſolut. pro Dominio & Manrrio de Catyngſton, &c. (ut ſupra.) Et quod denarios illos haberet ad Scac. dicti Dom. Regis apud Weſtm. in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis dicto Anno 18. praefatae Reginae, ſeu (5) ejus in ea parte Receptori ibidem tunc ſolvend. prout in eodem brevi plenius continetur; quod quidem breve deliberatum fuit ſextodecimo die Julii dicto anno 18. apud Villam Weſtm. praedict. praefato jam Defendenti tunc Vic. dict. Com. Norff. & Suff. exiſtenti per manus praedicti [Page] Roberti Calcote, virtute cujus quidem brevis dictus jam Defendens tunc Vic. dict. Com. Norff. & Suff. 20 die Septembr. dicto anno 18 apud Gippewicum praedict. fieri fecit et levavit de bonis et catallis praedicti Gilberti ad valenciam 30 ſolidorum, reſid. de 4. l. 19 s. praedict. prout ipſe jam Defend. ſuper brevi illo coram praefatis Baronibus apud Weſtm. ad craſtinum Sancti Michaelis returnavit, prout hic in hoc Scaccario liquet de recordo. Quae quidem ſummae per dictum jam Defend. ſic levatae in toto ſe attingunt ad dict. 4 l. 19 s. Et licet praefata Regina poſt levationem & return. brevium praedictorum ſic factorum ſaepius requiſivit praefat. jam Defend. ad ei ſolvend. dict. 4 l. 19 s. jam in demanda, ipſe tamen jam Defend. 4 l. 19 s. illos, ſive aliquam inde parcellam praefatae Reginae nondum ſolvit, ſed hoc facere contradixit, ad dampnum praefatae Reginae centum ſolidorum. Et hoc offert, &c. Et praedictus Robertus Radclyff per praedictum Attornatum ſuum praeſens, &c. petit auditum Billae praedictae, et ei legitur, &c. Qua audita, per praedictum Attornatum nichil dicit in barram et excluſionem dict. Actionis praefatae Reginae. Et ſuper hoc eadem Regina ex quo ſupradict. nuper Vic. nichil dicit in barram et excluſionem, dictus Attornatus praedict. Reginae petit judicium ſuum in praemiſſis et debitum ſuum praedictum, una cum dampnis ſuis praedictis ſibi in hac parte adjudicari, &c. Super quo, viſis praemiſſis per Barones praedictos, habitaque inde deliberatione pleniori inter eoſdem, conſideratum eſt per eoſdem Barones, quod praedicta Regina recuperet verſus praefat. nuper Vic. debitum ſuum praedict. quatuor librarum, et decem et nobem ſolidorum praedict. et dampna ſua praedicta, tam occaſione injuſtae detentionis debiti illius, quam pro miſis, cuſtagiis et expenſis ſuis circa ſectam ſuam praedictam in hac parte appoſitarum, taxata per eoſdem Barones ad treſdecem ſolidos et quatuor denarios. Quae quidem ſummae in toto ſe attingunt ad ſummam quinque librarum, duodecim ſolidorum, et quatuor denariorum, & quod praedictus nuper Vic. ſit in miſericordia Domini Regis, &c.

From this Record, and the precedent Writs of King Edward the fourth, I ſhall obſerve;

1. That Queen-gold was payd for every Fine and Oblation amounting to 10 Marks and upwards, after the rate and proportion of one mark to the Queen for every 10 marks due or payd to the King; and that all the Goods and Chattels of the parties who made the Fines, in their own hands, or in their Executors or Adminiſtrators, and all their Lands and Tenements at the time of the Fine, or after into whoſe hands ſoever they came, were liable, and extended to ſatisfie this Duty to the Queen.

2ly. That the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the pledges for the Fine, were liable to, and extended for Queen-gold, as well as the parties who made the Fine; and that it was levyed by ſpecial Writs directed to Sheriffs, who were to levy, and be accountable to the Queen for the monies levyed by them for this duty, and obliged to ſatisfie them before they departed out of Court, in the ſelfſame manner as they were to levy, account for, ſatisfie the Kings own debts, and were liable to actions and dammages to the Queen, if they detained her Gold when levyed.

3ly. That Aurum Reginae was due to the Queen for Fines for licenſes to alien Lands held of the King in Capite to other perſons; for licenſes to alien Lands in mortmain to Chantries, Gilds, Fraternities, and other Corporations [Page] Civil or Eccleſiaſtical; for appropriations of Churches or Chappels; for Fines for alienating Lands in Capite or mortmain without licenſe; for the Cuſtody of the bodies, lands, and mariages of Wards; for fines for grants and confirmations of antient Kings Charters of Lands or Liberties granted to Monaſteries, Biſhops, Deans, Chapters, other Corporations, and to particular perſons; for Fines for indenizations of Aliens, Cuſtodies of the Temporalties of Abbyes and Biſhopricks during their vacancies; for marying the Kings Wards or Widdowes without his precedent licenſe: For fines for not receiving the Order of Knighthood upon Writs of Summons, for Fines or Compoſitions for all ſorts of Treſpaſſes, of Jurymen attainted for falſe Verdicts, and Breaches of the Peace; For Fines for Original Writs, as of Aſſiſe and Novel Diſſeiſin, Writs of Concord or Covenant to levy Fines or ſuffer Common Recoveries of Manors, Lands, Tenements conveyed to others; in which laſt ſort of Writs it is obſervable, that where ſeveral Writs of Concord and Covenant were ſued forth for divers Mannors, Lands or Tenements lying in ſeveral Pariſhes or Counties, whereof one Fine or Recovery only was to be levyed or ſuffered, though the Fine for every of theſe Writs ſeverally conſidered amounted not to ten marks; yet if they all conjoyned did ariſe to the ſum of ten marks or upwards, Aurum Reginae was paid for them all conjunctively; either becauſe they amounted but to one Concord, or becauſe one Fine only was impoſed on them all in the Fine Office; wherein they differ from the Fines of all other Writs.

4ly. That the extracts of Fines for Trespaſſes, Offences, Miſdemeanors of all ſorts, Writs of Aſſiſe, Concord and Covenant, tranſmitted by the Kings Juſtices out of his other Courts into the Exchequer, and Fines in the Court of Exchequer, being Records, were a ſufficient charge and warrant to the Queens Clerks, Officers, and Barons of the Exchequer to iſſue forth Writs of Fieri facias and Extents to Sheriffs to levy the Queens gold ariſing out of them, according to the proportion of one mark for every ten marks due to the King, and did bind the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of the parties and their Sureties towards the payment thereof, from the time the Fines were firſt made and recorded.

Before I proceed to the reigns of our ſucceeding Kings, I thought fit to preſent you with ſome Antiquities and Records concerning this Duty of Aurum Reginae in the reigns of Henry the 2. Edward the 1, & 3. Richard 2. and Henry the 6. according to their Antiquities, omitted in their proper Chronological ſeries in the premiſed printed ſheets, becauſe lately diſcovered, (upon my further ſearch of Records and Antiquities at Westminſter) ſince the firſt ſheets were committed to the Preſſe.

Jocelinus de Brakelande, K. Henry 2. a Monk of the Abbey of St. Edmunds Bury in Suffolke, flouriſhing in the reign of King John, (qui res geſtas ſui Coenobii libro accuratè Scripto perſtrinxerit, asCent. Script. Brit. Cent. 3. c. [...]. Johannes Balaeus records in his life,) in his Chronicon Coenobii Sancti Edmundi Burienſis, (the Manuſcript whereof I peruſed inVitelnus. D. 15. Sir John Cottons Library) hath this memorable paſſage concerning a Golden Cup of the value of 100 marks, given to Queen Alianor wife of King Henry the 2. by the Abbot in lieu of her Queen-gold, due by the Cuſtome of the Realm, for a fine of 1000 marks given to King Henry for the Manor of Mindenhale; which ſhe reſtored to the Monaſtery; and afterwards redeemed for 100 marks, when pawned by the Monaſtery towards the redemption [Page] of King Richard the 1. and beſtowed it on them again for the ſoul of King Henry her husband, upon condition never to alienate it: Upon which account King Richard the 1. refuſed to take 500, and demanded, received 1000 marks for the new grant of this his Manor to that Monaſtery. His own words I tranſcribed out of cap. 24. are theſe.

Jocelinus de Brakeland, Chronicon Caenobii S. Edmundi Burienſis in Bibliotheca Cottoniana MS. c. 24. Vitelius D. 15. Abbas optulit Regi Rich. (1.) quingentas marcas pro Manerio de Mindenhale, dicens illud Manerium 60 libr. & 10. & pro tanto eſſe collatum in magna Rolla de Winceſtre. Cum it a ſpem voti ſui concepiſſet, cepit res dilationem uſque in Craſtinum. Interim venit aliquis, dicens Regi, Manerium illud tantum valere in libris. In craſtino ergo Abbate petitioni ſuae inſtanti, dixit Rex, nichil eſt Domine Abbas quod queris; vel mille marc as dabis, vel Manerium non habebis. Cum a Regina Alienora ſecundū (1) conſuetudinem regni debet accipere (3) C. marcas ubi Rex cepit mille; accepit a Nobis Calicem magnum aureum in precium C. marcarum, et eundem Calicem nobis reddidit pro anima Domini ſui Regis Henrici, qui eum primò dederat Sancto E [...]dmundo. Alia quoque vice cum theſaurus Eccleſiae nostrae portaretur Londonias ad redemptionem Regis Richardi, eadem Regina eundem Calicem adquietavit pro C. marcis, et nobis tradidit, accipiens Cartam noſtr [...]m a nobis in teſtimonium promiſſionis noſtrae factae in verbo veritatis, quod Calicem illum nunquam ab Eccleſia noſtra alienabimus. Cum perſoluta autem eſſet tanta pecunia cum magna difficultate adquiſita, &c. Charta Regis poſtea confirmatum eſt Manerium.

Which both confirms and illuſtrates the premiſedHere, p. 8, 9. paſſage of Gervaeſius Tilberienſis, writing in that age; that by the ancient Cuſtom of the Realm conſtantly uſed both before, and during the reign of King Henry the 2d. Aurum Reginae was due to the Queen Conſort after the proportion of 100. marks for every 1000 marks fine to the King; and ſo in proportion for leſſer fines, of, or exceeding the ſumme of 10 marks.

Which is further ratified by this Note I lately met with Tempore Henrici ſecundi, among Mr. Attorney Herberts Collections of Queen-gold.

Haec ſunt ſumptus & Cuſtument. quae ego Richardus Auſtyn poſui in terra Avunculi [...]ei perquirenda. Haec ſunt dona quae dedi, &c. Regi Centum marcas, et REGINAE (1) unam marcam AURI.

10 Johannis.

In Magno Rotulo Anno 10 Johannis Regis,King John. in Offic. Pipae, Somerſet & Dorſet dorſo, Tit. Aurum Reginae, Odo de Waudeſhe reddit Compotum de 15 s. pro eodem.An.10 Regis Johan. In theſaur. 1 marc. & debet 20 d. Id. red. compot. de eodem debito.

Idem Vic. red. Comp. de 35 s. 6 d. de exitu terrae Willielmi Reuell for this duty.

In Magno Rotulo de Anno 9 Regis Johannis; An. 9 Regis Johan. Hugo Hoſe debet 200 marc. & 2. Palfr. pro habendo Manerio ſuo de Pencriz, cum pertinentiis ſuis, quod fuit Walteri Hoſati patris ſui.

In Magno Rotulo de Anno 11 Regis Johannis; An. 11 Regis Johan. Stafford. Hugo Hoſe debet 200 marc. et 2. Palfr. pro habendo Manerio ſuo de Pencriz, ſicut continetur de An. 9. ſed non debet ſummoneri, quia per Breve Regio attornatus eſt de toto, licet debet de AVRO REGINAE ad Juſticiarios Hiberniae, & quietus eſt. Which proves, that Queen-gold was then paid for Fines of Lands in Ireland to the Chief Juſtice there for the Queens uſe.

In Magno Rotulo Anno 13 Johannis Regis in Offic.An. 13 Regis Johan. Pipae, in Compoto Vic. Warr. & Leic.

[Page] Robertus Harecourt debet 25 marc. de AURO, pro ſe & patre ſuo Williliemo Harecourt.

In the reign of King Henry the 3d.K. Henry 3 I have met with theſe additional Records concerning Queen-gold, cited by Mr. Hackwill.

‘REX eiſdem Baronibus;An. 21 H 3 in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Brevia direct. Baronibus pro Rogero de Bohun, Mr. Hakewils treatiſe of Queen-gold. Sciatis, quod conceſſimus dilecto & fideli noſtro Rogero de Bohun Comiti Eſſex & Hereford, quod de AURO quod ab eo exigitur ad opus REGINAE noſtrae, tam pro fine Relevii ſui, quam pro aliis, medietatem inde reddat ad Scacearium Sancti Michaelis, et aliam medietatem ad Scac. Sancti, &c.’ which I cannot find in the Roll of this year, which he cites to prove, That ſometimes the King did inſtall or prolong the payment of his Queens gold, (moſt likely by her conſent) though he could not pardon or hinder its levying without her voluntary aſſent; but ſhe could releaſe or pardon it without the King, for which he cites this Record, the Roll whereof is now loſt or miſlayd, ſo as I cannot finde it.

A. Regina pardonavit Edwardo Lucye 120 Marcas,An. 37 H 3. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Mr. Hackwills Treatiſe of Queen-gold. in quibus praedictus Edwardus tenetur eidem Reginae pro AURO SUO, de (4) quodam fine facto cum Domino Rege.

An. 40 H. 3.

Upon the greatHere, p. 17. premiſed differences and tumults that aroſe between Queen Alianor and the Citizens of London before King Henry the 3d. and his Counſil, An. 40 H. 3. about her AURUM REGINAE; the Queen at laſt by the mediation of friends, for a ſumme of money releaſed to them her Duty of Quéengold during her life, ſaving the right of her ſucceſſors by this Patent, recorded in a Manuſcript inIn Libro London MS. inter Capit. Cartar. de temp. Regis H. 3. c. 5. in cuſtodia Joh. Cotton Militis Nero, A. 6. cited alſo in Mr. Attorney Herberts, & W. B. his Collections concerning Queen gold. Sir John Cottons Library at Westminſter.

ELienora Dei gratia Regina Angliae, &c. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos praeſens ſcriptum pervenerit, ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. Noverit univerſitas veſtra, quod cum inter Nos & Cives noſtros London ſuper petitionibus AURI NOSTRI quod nobis communiter debetur pro (4) finibus factis Domino noſtro Regi, quaeſtio fuiſſet exorta, et aliquandiu coram Domino Rege et Conſilio ſuo agitara; tandem ad inſtanciam dilecti nobis in Chriſto patris Adae de Mariſco, & quorundam aliorum nobis in Chriſto dilectorum; Nos de voluntate ac ſpeciali-gratia noſtra a dicta petitione AURI NOSTRI de finibus factis vel faciendis pro tota Communitate eorundem Civium London toto tempore vitae noſtrae (ſalvo impoſterum jure cujuſtibet) ſuperſedemus. Pro hac autem conceſſione et remiſſione petitionis ſupradictae, ſatisfecerunt Nobis praedicti Cives in forma quam duximus acceptandam. In cujus rei teſtimonium praeſens ſcriptum ſigilli noſtri impreſſione corroboravimus. Da [...]. apud Windesby 23 die Decembris, Anno regni Regis Henrici Domini noſtri 40.

In the reign of King Edward the 1.K. Edw. 1. I met with theſe additional Records themſelves concerning Queen-gold. Mich. An. 4 E 1. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. rot 3. dorſ. Baronib [...]s pro Alienora Regina Angliae matre Regis.

CUM Gilb [...]rtus de Clare Comes Glouceſtriae & Hereford teneatur Eleanorae Reginae Angliae in Centum libris ſterlingorum (to wit, for her Aurum Reginae, though not expreſſed) define mille librarum quam idem Comes fecit cum Domino H. Rege, pro ſeiſina terrarum ſuarum poſt mortem patris ſui [Page] habenda, ut dicitur. Rex mandavit Baronibus, quod eidem Reginae ſ [...]nt conſulentes et aurxiliantes ad dictas Centum libras ad citius quod fieri potuit recuperandas prout juſtum fuerit.

Placita coram Baronibus in Scac. De craſtino Sancti Mich. Kanc. de Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno 7 E. 1. incipiente 8. Rot. 10. dorſ. in Offic. Clerici Plac. Simon de Creye, & Antonius Bek, Rogerus de Northwode, & Johannes de Cobeham attachiati fuerunt ad reſpondendum A. Reginae Conſorti Regis de debito quater viginti librarum & dimid. marc. quas praedict. Simon de Creye debet Elve filio Magiſtri Moſſe Abrahae filio ejus, & Anterae quae fuit uxor Vives filii Magiſtri Moſſe Judaeis, qui debitum praedictum conceſſerunt & aſſignarunt praefatae Reginae pro AURO SUO quod et debuerunt. Et unde Walterus de Kancia (5) CUSTOS AURI, et Attornatus praedictae Reginae, petit, Quod praedictus Simon tanquam praedicti debiti, & praefati Antonius, Rogerus & Johannes tanquam tenentes quandam partem terrarum ejuſdem Simonis quae fuit vadium pro praedicto debito, reſpondeant & ſatisfaciant de eodem.

Et praedictus Simon & alii venerunt. Et idem Simon cognovit, quod debet & vult reſpondere ad dictam demandam pro praedictis Antonio, Rogero & Johanne, eo quod habent ex dimiſſione ſua id quod tenent de terris & ten. praedictis, & quod tenetur eis de debito praedicto acquietare. Ideo conſideratum eſt, quod idem Simon ipſos inde acquietet & reſpondeat de debito praedicto. Et quo ad debitum illud dicit idem Simon, quod dedicere non poteſt, quin in debito illo teneatur. Et poſtea dictus Walterus Attornatus praedictae Reginae conceſſit eidem Simoni diem uſque ad Octab. Sancti Hillarii, ut interim ad dictam Reginam accedat, ad tractandum cum ea de debito praedicto. Et tunc ſit hîc facturus ulterius quod juſtum fuerit. Et ſalvae ſunt dictis tenentibus dictarum terrarum reſponſiones & rationes ſuae quae ſibi vacare poterunt & de jure debebunt ad poſterum, ſi fortè contingat dictum Simonem ad ſatisfactionem debiti praedicti non poſſe ſufficere.

Abbas de Monte Caniſo de Edwardeſton attach.De Term. Sancti Mich. Ibid. m. 6. dorſo. Eſſex. fuit ad reſpondend. Abbati de Sancta Oſitha de 124 Marcis, quas ei debet, &c. in partem ſolutionis debitor. quae idem Abbas debet A. Reginae Conſorti Regis de AURO SUO, & aliis debitis ſuis, &c. The Plea between the Abbots is very large, for this Debt between them, due to the Queen for her AURUM REGINAE, which I pretermit.

Mandatum eſt Theſ. & Baronibus de Scaccario,Ex Rotulo Clauſarum Anno 8 E. 1. in Turri London. m. 6. Pro Regina Conſorte Regis. quod tranſcriptum omnium finium et amerciamentorum factorum coram Juſtic. ultimo itinerantibus ad placita Foreſtae de Nova Foreſta Waltero de Kancia Cuſtodi AURI Alianorae REGINAE Angliae Conſortis Regis liberari faciant: Ita quod idem Walterus fines et amerciamenta illa juxta tenorem finium et amerciamentorum, et prout ſecundum legem et conſuetudinem Scaccarii praedicti fuerit faciendum le vari, et dictae Reginae habere faciat de dono Regis. T. R. apud Weſtm. 10 die Junii. By which Record it is apparent, that the Queen had all theſe Fines and Amercements belonging to the King, impoſed by his Juſtices Itinerant on offenders within the New Foreſt, by his ſpecial grant, to be received and levyed by the Keeper of her Gold in the Exchequer, to the end ſhe might the better receive her duty of Queen-gold ariſing out of them by her own inherent right and Prerogative, as well as the Fines thus granted to her, which grant extinguiſhed not her right to the Queen-gold accruing from them.

[Page] In the Plea Rolls of Trinity Terme, Anno 17 E. 1. in the Tower of London, I found this memorable Action upon the Statute of 51 H. 3. (the firſt I have obſerved of that kind) for taking a Diſtreſſe of the Plough Beaſts of the Prior of St. John of Jeruſalem for AURUM REGINAE. Ex Rotulo Placitorum de Octab. Sanctae Trin. Anno 17 E. 1. in Turri Lond. Surr.

THomas le Templer, & Rogerus Harding de Kyngeſton attachiati fuerunt ad reſpondendum Priori Hoſpitalis Sancti Johannis Jeroſolymitan. in Anglia de placito, quare cum ad communem utilitatem regni Regis Rex ſtatuit, Statutum de Diſtrictionibus Scaccarii, An. 51 H 3 Raſtals Abridgement Diſtreſſe 11. Articuli ſuper Chartas An. 28 E. 1. c. 12. Vet. Nat Brev. f. 84 b. Regiſter of Writs 97. b Temps Edw. 1. Fitz. Avowry 83, 87, & 230. Bracton l. 4. f. 217. Fl [...]ta l. 2 cap 42. Britton f. 35. & 133. Co [...]ks 2 Inſtit p. 132, 133, 564 Fitzh. Natura Brev. f. 88, 89, 90, b & 174 b 18 E. 2. Action ſur Stat 35. 2 E. 3. 16, [...] E. 3. 55. 44 E. 3. 20. 4 H. 7 8. Br. Action ſur Stat 45. Dyer 14 Eliz f. 312. pl. 86. Quod nullus diſtringatur per averia carucarum ſuarum vel per oves ſuas pro debito Regis vel alieno, aut alia quacunque occaſione per Ballivos Regis ſeu aliorum, quamdiu alia habeant averia per quae rationabilis diſtrictio ſuper ipſum fieri poſſit pro debitis illis levandis, exceptis duntaxat averiis illis quae ad dampnum alicujus inventa ſecundum legem & conſuetudinem regni Regis imparcari contigerit: praedicti Thomas & Rogerus averia ipſius Prioris de carucata ſua apud Taleworth, contra formam ſtatuti praedicti, ceperunt & imparcaverunt, & adhuc imparcata detinent, contra legem & conſuetudinem regni Regis, & contra pacem, &c. Et unde queritur, quod praedicti Thomas & alii die Veneris ante Dominicam in Ramis Palmarum anno regni Regis nunc ſeptimodecimo, ceperunt ſex boves ipſius Prioris de carucata ſua, & illos fugaverit uſque ad Villam de Kyngeſton, & illos ibidem detinuerit contra vadia & plegios quouſque deliberata fuerunt per praeceptum Regis: Unde dicit, quod deterioratus eſt & dampnum habuit ad valentiam Quadraginta ſolidorum. Et inde producit ſectam, &c.

Et Thomas & Rogerus per Attornatum ſuum ven. & defendunt vim & injuriam quando, &c. Et dicunt, quod ipſi ſunt Ballivi de Kyngeſton; Et quod Vic. Surr. habuit breve Domini Regis ſibi directum, de levando de bonis et catallis praedicti Prioris Quadraginta ſolidos, ad opus Dominae Reginae matris Regis de AURO SUO; & mandavit eis returnum brevis praedicti quod illud exequerentur: Qui ad mandatum ſuum adierunt Taleworth, & tantum ibidem invenerunt duodecim boves praed [...] cti Prioris, quorum inde ceperunt praedictos ſex pro praedicto debito ad opus praedictae Reginae. Et quod nulla alia averia ibidem invenerint niſi praedictos boves, petunt quod inquiratur, &c.

Et Prior dicit, quod praedicti Thomas & Rogerus potuerunt inveniſſe in praedicta Villa de Taleworth alia averia & bona ipſius Prioris, videlicet vaccas & porcos, & blada in grangia ad valentiam viginti marcarum. Et de hoc ponit ſe ſuper patriam. Et Thomas & Rogerus ſimiliter. Et quia idem Thomas & Rogerus ſunt Ball [...] vi praedictae Villae de Kyngeſton, & praedicta Villa de Taleworth eſt infra libertatem ejuſdem, praeceptum eſt Vic. quod venire ſaciat hîc in craſtino Animarum, niſi Juſtic. ad aſſiſas capiend. aſſignati prius, &c. 12. forinſecos de Com. praedicto qui non ſint de libertate praedicta, per quos, &c. Et qui nec, &c. ad recognoſcendum, &c. Quia tam, &c.

Johannes de Godeſley (5) Cuſtos AURI REGINAE venit coram Baronibus & cognovit ſe recepiſſe ad opus Dominae Reginae centum marcas,Ex Regiſtro Monaſt, Burgi Sancti Petri in cuſtod. Com. Exon. f 60. a. circa An. 28 E. 1. See here p. 28, 29. de Abbate & Conventu de Burgo Sancti Petri, pro AURO ipſius REGINAE, de (4) quodam fine mille marc. quem Prior & Conventus ejuſdem loci tempore vacationis ejuſdem Abbathiae fecerunt cum Rege, pro cuſtodia inde habenda tempore ultimae vacationis. Et 20 l. pro AURO Dominae REGINAE de quodam [Page] fine 200 l. quem Abbas ejuſoem Domus fecit cum Rege (4) de ſervitio ſuo Regi debito in exercitu Regis Scotiae.

Carta in cuſtodia Dom. Roberti Cotton Militis, tempore Regis Edwardi 1. Beatricia relicta Roberti de Wakefield, dedit Waltero de Meynell certas terras quas habuit nomine dotis ſuae; & ad conventionem in hac parte obſervandam, obligavit ad poenam decem librarum ad AURUM Dominae REGINAE, ſi contra conventionem ſuam praedictam pervenerit.

The Reign of King Edward the 3d.K. Edw. 3. as it hath furniſhed us with many forecited Records and Writs concerning Queen-gold, ſo upon my ſubſequent ſearch and inquiry, I have found and met with more of that nature, ſome of them taken out of the Collections of others, where the Writs and Records themſelves are now loſt or miſlaid, (as moſt Files of Writs and Plea Rolls during his and ſome of his predeceſſors and ſucceſſors reigns are in the Office of Pleas, for want of a convenient Room and Treaſury to preſerve them in) and the others out of the Original Rolls & Records now extant, from which I tranſcribed them.

Mr. William Hakewil in his Treatiſe of Queen-gold, and Mr. Attorney Herberts Collections inform us, That the total ſumme of all particulars demanded by the Queen for this Debt of AURUM REGINAE, in the File of Writs of one Term, (to wit Hillary Anno 8 E. 3.) amounted to 580 l. and that ſo much was anſwered for to the Queen, beſides what remained due upon Writs not executed; the abſtract of all which Writs (except thoſe already printed p. 34.) I ſhall here preſent you with, the File and Roll of the Writs themſelves being not to be found at preſent in the Office of Pleas, Kings Remembrancer, or elſewhere, upon my beſt ſearch after them.

Extracta de Brevibus de executione pro AURO REGINAE,

Anno 8 E. 3.

Remanen. in filaciis de Termino Sancti Hillarii An. 8 E. 3. Remanen. in Officio Clerici Placitorum de Scaccario; (where they are now extant.)

FLeri facias de bonis & catallis,Cuſtodia filiae & haeredis. terris & tenementis Iſabellae quae fuit uxor Radulphi de Monte Hermeriae 18 l. 16 s. 8 d. quos debet Iſabellae Reginae Angliae matri noſtrae chariſſ [...]mae, de quodam debito 20 l. de AURO SUO, de fine 200 l. pro (4) cuſtodia purpartis Margaretae unius ſororum et haeredum Richardi Foliot habenda.

De Johanna quae fuit uxor Roberti de Driby 6 s. Licentia alienandi. 8 d. de quodam debito 5 marc. de fine 50 marc. pro (4) licentia alienandi quaebam tenementa in Bokenham, & alibi in Com. Suff.

De Simone Cricktiſt 10 s. Licentia acquirendi. de quodam debito 4 l. de AURO REGINAE, pro fine 41 l. pro (4) licentia recipiend. in adm. de Dunton, licent. acquirend. Denham et alia.

De Thoma Dunt Collectore lanarum,Pro concelamento. &c. 4 marc. de AURO REGINAE, pro fine 40 marc. pro (4) concelamento.

De Margareta quae fuit uxor Thomae de Cailly 40 s. de AURO REGINAE,Pro licentia maritandi. pro fine 20 l. pro (4) licentia ſe maritandi.

De Richardo de Gray 45 l. Pro cuſtodia & maritagio. 6 s. 8 d. de debito 80 l. de AURO, de fine 800 l. pro (4) cuſtodia et maritagio Richardi Baſſet habenda.

De Magiſtro Waltero de Iſley 27 l. Pro tranſgreſſ. quas debet Iſabellae Reginae Angliae de quodam de bito 50 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 500 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

[Page] De Johanne de Siſors 26 s. Pro tranſgreſſ. 8 d. de AURO REGINAE, de debit. 10 marc. de fine 100 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

De Johanne de Northworth 6 s. Licentia alienand. 8 d. necnon 40 s. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 20 l. pro (4) licentia feofandi Henricum de Northwood de Manerio de Northwood.

De Thoma de Blunt 14 s. Pro tranſgreſſ. 4 d. de AURO REGINAE, de debito 10 marc. pro (4) quadam tranſgreſſione.

De Roberto Pynywigell 10 l. De terris conceſſis de quodam debito 20 l. pro (4) fine pro terris ſidi per Regem ad firmam conceſſ s durante minorf aetate.

De Johanne de Fremingham 20 s. Pardonatio tranſgreſſionis. de debito 10 marc. de fine 100 marc. pro (4) pardonatione de tranſgreſſione quam fecit in quodam Manerio Regis.

De Radulpho de Laurentio 50 s. de debito 10 marcarum de AURO REGINAE, pro, &c.

De Willielmo Turet 20 s. Pro conſpiratione. de fine 10 l. pro fine pro (4) tranſgreſſione conſpirationis.

De Henrico Beauſz 10 s. Pro maritagio. de debito 40 s. de fine 20 l. pro (4) maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Johannis Cockings habendo.

De Katherina quae fuit uxor Roberti de Brecoſn 4 l. Pro licentia maritandi. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 40 l. pro (4) licentia ſe maritandi.

De Johanne Jeffrer 6 s. Pro conſpiratione. 8 d. de debito 21 s. 4 d. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 16 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione conſpirationis.

De Salmone de Atherugge 4 s. de debito 4 l. de AURO REGINE, pro eadem canſa.

De Thoma de Chandes 16 s. Pro licentia adquirendi 8 d. de debito 3 l. de fine 30 l. pro (4) licentia adquirendi Manerii de Lugwardin habenda.

De Roberto de Baskervil, Pro tranſgreſſ. & aliis Collectoribus & Subcollectoribus diverſarum conceſſionum in Parliamento tempore Edwardi ſecundi, 18 l. 6 s. 8 d. de debito 80 marc. de fine 800 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione per ipſos fact. in taxatione et collectione conceſſionum praedict.

De Richardo de Grey 4 l. Pro cuſtodia & maritagio. 5 s. & 13 s. 4 d. de debito 80 l. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 800 l. pro (4) cuſtodia et maritagio Richardi Baeſſet habenda.

De hominibus Villae de Scarborough 23 l. de arreragiis 37 l. de AURO REGINAE, de fine, &c. vacat.

De Lodovico Du [...]olm. Pro licentia adquirendi. Epiſcopo 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de debito 5 marc. de fine 50 marc. pro (4) licentia adquirendi terras.

De Willielmo de Ferrariis 4 l. Pro maritagio. 5 s. de debito 10 marc. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 100 marc. pro (4) maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Nicholai de Ferrariis.

De Nicholao de Kirkham 20 s. Pro tranſgreſſ. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 10 l. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

De Rogero Pridias 40 s. Ne transfretaret. de AURO REGINAE, de fine 20 l. (4) ne tranſfretaret in Vaſcon.

De Johanne Unphravill 10 s. Pro relevio. de debito 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. pro (4) relevio ſuo.

De Willielmo de Fiſhurre 11s. Ne transfretaret. 8 d. de debito 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. (4) ne transfretaret in Vaſconiam.

De Alexandro de Sancto Johanne 23 s. Pro maritagio. 4 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO [Page] SUO, de fine 100 marc. pro (4) maritagio Johannis filii & haeredis Hugonis de Lutcomb.

De Willielmo de Coffeild 20 s. Pro licentia alienand. de AURO SUO, de Fine 20 l. pro licentia alienandi Manerii de Boxſtead.

De Johanne de la Penne 13 s. Ne transfretaret. 4 d. de fine 10 marc. ne transfretaret in Vaſconiam.

De Randulpho de Monte Hermerii, Pro Cuſtodia Terrarum. videlicet de bonis & catallis ſuis, ac etiam de terris & tenementis quae ſua fuerunt in feodo Anno regni Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Patris Regis quinto, ſeu poſtea in quorumcun (que) manibus eadem terr. & tenementa exiſtant, fieri fac. 540 marc. de debito 500 marc. de AURO SUO de fine 6 marc. pro Cuſtodia terrarum et tenementorum quae fuerunt Johannis ap Adam habenda.

De Richardo Gray 10 l. de fine 100 l. (4) pro licentia habenda pro terris concedend. ad manum mortuam.

De Petro Fenne 4 l. 8 s. 4 d. de debito 8 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 80 marc. pro (5) Cuſtodia terrarum et tenementorum quae fuerunt Roberti de Sandby de Eaſtmarkham habend. &c.

De Roberto Coukes 7 s. Pro Tranſgr. 8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO de fine 100 marc. pro (4) tranſgr.

De Hugone de Nerguill 48 s. 8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO pro (4) fine, ut ſupra.

De Roberto Fourchies 26 s. 8 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO, pro eadem cauſa.

De Roberto Ingram de 113 s. 4 d. de debito 10 marc. de AURO SUO, de (4) fine 100 marc. pro eadem.

De Roberto Ireland 26 s. Pro terris rehabendis. 8 d. de (4) fine 20 marc. de AURO SUO, pro omnibus terris et tenementis quae fuerunt de haereditate uroris ſuae rehabend.

De Thoma Baſſet 20 s. De Tranſgr. de fine 20 l. de AURO SUO, (4) pro tranſgreſſione.

De Rogero Damoryes 20 l. Pro Maritagio de AURO SUO, de fine 200 l. pro (4) maritagio Margeriae & Iſabellae Heredis Theobaldi de Verdon habend.

De Randulpho de Grenham 10 l. Pro Tranſgr. 10 s. de debito 20 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 200 marc. (4) pro tranſgreſſione.

De Johanne de Vienna & aliis 20 s. Pro Maritagio de debito 20 marc. de AURO SUO, de fine 100 marc. (4) pro maritagio Ciciliae & Alianorae filiarum & haeredum Johannis de Knovill habenda.

De Militibus & Armigeris totius Com.Pro licentia ad propria redeundo. Suſſex. 30 s. de debito 20 l. de fine 200 l. per quod omnes qui benerunt in obſequio Domini Regis Patris Regis apud Cirenceſtr. in feſto Sanctae Luciae Virginis Anno regni Patris Regis 15. (4) redire poſſent ad propria, et pro forisfactura aliorum Militum et Armigeroum de Com. Suſſex qui tunc non venirent ibidem remittenda.

De Johannede Duffore 26 s. 8 d. de AURO SUO, de fine 20 marc. pro (4) tranſgreſſione.

De Johanne Fekenham 8 s. 8 d. de debito 13 s. 4 d. de AURO SUO de fine & marc. pro eodem.

An. 12 F. 3.

King Edwards Here, p. 34, 35. Pro Philippa Regina. forecited Patent to his Barons on the behalf of Queen Philip his Conſort for the levying of her Quéengold, I find enrolled in the Clauſe [Page] Roll of An. 12 E. 3. pars 1. m. 23. in the Tower of London.

In the Rolls of Anno 26 E. 3. in the Account of the Sheriff of Glouceſterſhire, I finde theſe ſeveral Debts accounted for and ſatisfied to Queen Philip for her Aurum Reginae out of Fines for Treſpaſſes and other offences before the Kings Juſtices, as well as for other Debts.

Glouc.

IDem Vicecomes reddit Compot.Inter Communia de An. 26 E 3. Johannes de Weſton Vic. in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Philippa Regina. de 29 l. de fin. exit. & Amerc. diverſorum quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in extract. 26. in extr. Rotulo de Fin. exit. & Amerc. coram Richardo de Stafford & ſociis ſuis Juſticiariis, ad quaſcunque felon. & tranſgr. in Com. Glouc. audiend. & terminand. aſſign. Anno 26. Et 7 s. 3 d. de fin. & exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de fin. & exit. de Banco de Terminis Trinitatis & Michaelis Anno 24, & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Anno 25. Et 2 s. 9d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus praeponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de Amerc. de Banco de Terminis Trinitatis & Mich. Anno 24. & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Anno 25. Et 2d. de Roberto Beanflour quod non habet Beanflour ubi proponitur Philippae Regina in Rotulo 26. In Rotulo de Amerc. coram Rege de Terminis Hill. Paſch. Trinitatis & Michaelis Anno 22. & de eiſdem terris in Com. Norff. & Suff. Anno 21. Et 3 d. de Roberto Maister de exec. ſuis forum ubi proponitur Philippa Regina in Rot. 26. In Rotulo de exit. forum veſtra Regina de Termino Michaelis Anno 22. & Terminis Hill. & Paſch. Trin. & Michaelis Anno 23 & 24. Et 11 s. 6 d. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de exit. forum coram Baronibus per exec. Brevium pro Rege & fin. & Amerc. de Rotulo med. Anno 25. Et 20 s. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſum. In Rotulo de fin. exit. & Amerc. Vicecomitum & aliorum diverſorum coram Baronibus ad placita Anno 25. Et 20 s. 10 d. de exit. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de Itin. exit. forum coram Baronibus pro execut. Brevium pro Rege Anno 26. Et 16 s. 6 d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rot. 26. in ſumma. In Rotulo de Amerc. coram Baronibus pro exec. Brevium pro Rege de diverſis terris & diverſ. Annis Anno 13. incip. & 24 fin. Et 4 s. 7d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 26. in ſumma. In Rot. de Itin. Amerc. coram Baronibus per exec. Brevium pro Rege Anno 13. incip. & 24. finient. Et 21 s. 1 d. de Amerc. diverſ. quorum nominibus proponitur Philippa Regina in Rotulo 16. in ſumma. In Rotulo Amerc. coram Baronibus ad placita de diverſis terminis & dimid. &c.

In the Plea Rolls de Termino Paſchae Anno 27 E. 3. Rot. 44. in the Office of Pleas in the Exchequer, I have found the Caſe, Plea of the Mayor and Burgeſſes of Briſtoll concerning Queengold already cited (p. 36, 37.) which Mr. Hakewill referred to Anno 25 E. 3. the Tranſcript whereof being memorable, I ſhall here inſert out of the Record it ſelf.

MEmorand.Adhuc de quindena Paſchae Anno 26 E. 3. quod cum quinto die Februarii Anno 11 Regis nunc Eborardus de Frenſhe Major Villae Briſtoll recognovit ſe debere Regi Ducentas & viginti libras, ſolvend. unam medietatem in feſto Purif. beatae Mariae [Page] tunc prox. futur. & aliam medietatem in feſto Sancti Johannis Baptiſtae tunc prox. ſequent. ſicut continetur in Recogn. de Anno 11. Regis nunc, ubi immediatè poſt Recognit. praedict. annotatur ſic. Memorand. quod iſta Recognitfacta fuit pro Decima praedict. per Eborardum & Burgenſes & alios homines Villae Briſtol & ſuburbii ejuſdem, de bonis ſuis mobilibus de primo anno Decimae triennis Domino Regi conceſſae die Veneris prox. ante feſtum Sancti Michaelis in anno praeſenti, ratione conceſſionis praedict. contigent. Praeceptum fuit Vic. quod non omittat propter libertatem Villae, quin, &c. ac de bonis & catallis praedict. Eborardi & aliorum hominum Villae Briſtoll & ſuburbiorum ejuſdem: Ac etiam de terris et tenementis (5) quae ſua fuerunt praedicto Anno 11. ſeu poſtea in quorumcumque manibus, ac. fieri faceret 22 s. quas debent Philippae Reginae Angliae de AURO SUO de 220 l. praedict. Ita quod dictas 22 l. haberet hic ad Craſtinum Aſcenſionis Domini praefatae Reginae ſolvend.

Idem Vic. mandavit ad diem, quod de bonis & catallis Eborardi & aliorum hominum Villae praedict. cepit catall. ad valenciam debiti praedicti, ad quae emenda nondum invenit emptores.

Ad quem diem Walterus Derby Ballivus Villae praedictae venit coram Baronibus in propria perſona ſua, et dicit pro ſe & aliis hominibus Villae praedictae, quod praefata Regina AURUM de debito praedicto de jure habere non debet. Quia dicit, quod praedictus Eborardus neque homines Villae praedictae finem cum Domino Rege non fecerunt in hac parte, neque 220 l. praedict. nomine finis eidem Regi conceſſerunt, nec Recognitio praedicta loco finis fiebat, Ita quod dicta Regina AURUM cauſa recognitionis praedictae de jure exigere non poteſt. Et petit, quod executio verſus eos in hac parte facta ſuperſedeatur, &c. & ſibi fiat ulterius quod, &c.

Et praefata Regina per Thomam del Chogh Attornatum ſuum venit & dicit, Quod ipſa AURƲM de debito praedicto habere debet, quia dicit, Quod de quibuſcunque voluntariis obligationibus et Regi de ſponte oblatis de pecunia numerata AƲRƲM REGINAE debetur, et ſecundum legem et conſuetudinem inde a tempore quo non extat memoria uſitatas conſuebit, ut liquere poterit per Memoranda & Libros hujus Scaccarii quos vocat, ac. petens inde ſcrutinium fieri in evidentiam et declarationem praemiſſorum. Et ſuper hoc ſcrutatis Rotulis & Memorandis praedictis, compertum eſt inHere, p. 8, 9. RUBEO LIBRO feod. in quadam Ordinatione ſuper ſtatu Scaccarii ibidem annotata, ſub titulo DE AURO REGINAE. Quod hii qui in pecunia numerata Regi ſponte ſe obligant, Reginae pariter teneantur licet expreſſum non fuerit. Quamvis enim non ſit expreſſum, eſt tamen promiſſo compromiſſum; Ʋt cum Regi Centum five Ducentas Marcas promiſerit, Reginae pariter teneatur pro Centum Marcis Argenti Regi promiſſis in una Marca AƲRI, pro Duoentis in duabus Marcis AƲRI, & ſic deinceps. Et quod licet Rex de promiſſa ſibi mediam partem dimiſerit vel univerſam, vel etiam ſummonere distulerit, de hiis tamen quae ad Reginam pertinent ſecundum quod ſibi viſum fuerit per omnia fiet, ut ea nolente neque dimittantnr, neque differantur, ſed ſummonita ſolvantur, & nou ſolventes ad hoc coherceantur, ut ſive Clericus ſit ſive Laicus qui ſolvendo non fuerit, donec ſatisfecerit, caret impetrato. Et ſic dicit, eadem Regina praetertu dictae Drdinationis, ipſa de jure habere debet executionem AƲRI SUI praedicti in forma ſuperius praedicta. Et petit erecutionem, &c. Super quo, quia Curia vult plenius deliberari antequam, &c. datus eſt dies partibus praedictis hic à die Sanctae Trinitatis in 15 dies eodem ſtatu quo nunc.

[Page] Ad quem diem partes praedictae venerunt, & habent diem ulterius in praemiſſis uſque Octabas Sancti Johannis Baptistae in eodem ſtatu quo nunc. Ad quam diem partes praedictae venerunt, & facto ulterius ſcrutinio Rotulorum hujus Scaccarii, quid fit ſponte oblatum? compertum eſt in dicto RUBRO Libro, ſub titulo, De ſponte offerentibus, quid ſit faciendum cum ipſi non ſolverent. Quod ſi oblatum à Rege ſuſcipitur, & offerens conſequenter pro quo optulit à Rege ſuſcipit; ut ſi quis pro libertate aliqua, pro fundo, vel pro firma, vel pro cuſtodia cujuſcunque qui minor eſt annis uſque ad annos legitimes habenda; vel per quod alio modo ad ſuam utilitatem vel honorem accidere videatur ſponte Regi 100 l. vel 100 marc. & aſſentiente ſtatim poſt oblatum ſuſcipiat optatum, & qui ſponte ſe obligant, & qui Conventione cum Principe facta poſſidere ceperint quam diu ſolvendo fuerint indultis ſibi beneficiis gaudeant & utantur; quod ſi de Regis debito ſummoniti ſolvere deſierint, ſtatim careant impetratis. Et ſuper hoc praefata Regina dicit, quod praedicta recognitio facta fuit, ne homines Villae praedictae tarentur per Collectores Communitatis, nec quod Miniſtri ſeu Ballibi ipſius Regis de collectione praedicta infra Villam praedictam in aliquo ſe intromitterent, quod cecidit in proficuum et honorem eorundem hominum. Et dicit ulterius eadem Regina, quod ubi Quintaedecimae vel Decimae Regi de anno 11. conceſſerint ſolvendae in craſtino Sancti Andreae Apoſtoli, & in feſto Purif. beatae Mariae Virginis, praedicti homines habuerunt diem ſolvendi per recognitionem praedictam dictos 220 l. in feſto Pur. beatae Mariae, & in feſto Sancti Johannis Baptistae. Ita quod primus dies ſolucionis per recognitionem illam, fuit ultimus dies ſolucionis decimae quintae et decimae praedictarum; et per ſic, praedicti homines habuerunt proficuum, et receperint quid pro quo, ubi praefata REGINA AƲRƲM de jure habere debet. Et petit executionem AVRI praedicti, &c. Et ſcrutatis Rotulis ſuper tempore ſolucionis quintaedecimae & decimae praedictarum, compertum eſt in Rotulo Compotorum de Quintadecimis & Decimis, quod die Veneris proximo ante feſtum Sancti Michaelis An. 10. conceſſa fuit quaedam Quintadecima & Decima trienn, ſolvend. quolibet Anno, unam medietatem in Craſtino Sancti Andraeae, & aliam medietatem in feſto Pur. beatae Mariae. What Judgement the Barons gave in this memorable Caſe, I cannot yet finde upon Record; but it ſeems to me, that the Queen recovered her gold for theHere, p. 37, 38. forecited reaſons.

In the Dorſe of the ſame 44 Roll there is this Memorandum entred.

MEmorand.Adhuc de Quindena Paſch. Anno 27 E 3. Regis. Glouc. ſſ. quod comperto in Magno Rotulo de Anno 26. in Glouc. quod Philippa Regina Angliae habet Caſtrum, Villam & Bertonam Briſtoll cum pertinentiis in dotem, ex donatione ac conceſſione Regis; Thomas del Clogh Attorn. praeſatae Reginae, venit coram Batonibus 27 die Aprilis hoc Anno & dedit Curiae intelligi, quod praefata Regina tradidit ad firmam Majori & hominibus Villae Briſtoll, Caſtrum, Villam, & Bertonam praedictam pro 140 l. eidem Reginae annuatim reddend. ad feſt. Paſchae & Sancti Micha [...]lis per aequales portiones, et quod 70 l. de Termino Paſchae ultimo praeterito eidem Reginae aretro exiſtunt. Et petit, quod Walterus Derb) Ballivus Villae praedictae qui praeſens eſt in Curia ſuper Compotum ſuum, de debitis Reginae levabilibus infra libertatem Villae praedictae, de praedict Anno decimo ſexto, de 70 l. praedictis reſpondeat & ſatisfaciat praefatae Reginae Angliae, &c. Poſtea, viz. quinto die Julii, Johannes Cocks (5) Receptor AVRI ipſius REGINAE [Page] cognovit coram Baronibus, quod ſatisfactum eſt praefatae Reginae de 70 l. praedictis.

In the Plea Rolls of this year there are ſundry Writs and Inhibitions to Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and Receivers of Philippa the Queen Conſort, and Iſabel the Queen Mother, concerning their Debts and Accounts of all ſorts, which thoſe who pleaſe may peruſe at leaſure in the Rolls themſelves in the Office of Pleas; I ſhall only inſtance in thoſe that concern Queengold, and the defaults of Sheriffs in levying their Debts, the ſale of goods and chattels ſeiſed for them remaining unſold, and other particulars.

In the ſame Plea Rolls,Ibidem. Devon. ſſ. ‘Rot, a. a. De Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae Anno 27 E. 3. Praeceptum fuit Vic. quod tàm de illis bonis & catallis Jacobi de Dudele ad valenc. 10 s. 8 d. quae nuper in manum Regis cepit, & quae penes ipſum remanent, &c. quàm de aliis bonis & catallis ejuſdem Jacobi; ac eciam de terris & tenementis quae ſua fuerunt Anno 18 Regis nunc, ſeu poſtea in quorumcunque manibus, &c. fieri fac. 6 l. quas debent Philippae Reginae Angliae de quodam debito 8 l. be AVRO SVO be fine 80 l. (4) pro pardonat. Tranſgreſſironis et extorſionis habenda. Ita quod denarios illos haberet hîc in Craſtino Clauſi Paſchae praefatae Reginae ſolbend. Et idem Vic. recognovit ad diem praedict. quod bonailla et catalla capta in manum Regis ut praedict. eſt, ad valenc. 10 s. 8 d. adhuc penes ipſum remanſerunt invendita, &c. Et quod per aliud breve cepit in manum dicti Regis de bonis & catallis praedict Jacobi ad valenc. 2 s. ad quae emenda nullos inveniret emptores. Et quod plura bona ſ [...]u [...]catalla praedicti Jacobi ad tunc in balliva ſua non invenit unde aliqui denarii fieri poterint. Et datur Curiae intelligi, quod idem Vic. infra tempus quo breve inde recepit, et tempore ejuſdem, de bonis & catallis ejuſdem Jacobi integ [...]è [...]evaſſe potuit eoſdem denarios ſi voluiſſet. Vnde idem Vic. viz. Willielmus Duncall inde per Barones oppoſitus, ſuper Sacramentum ſuum cognovit, quod ipſe levaſſe potuit de bonis & catallis dicti Jacobi, & de terris & tenementis ipſius, ſi &c. Ideo conſideratum eſt, quod idem Vic. &c.’

INhibitum eſt 12.Placita coram Baronibus Anno 27 E 3. in Offic. Clerici Placitorum. die Aprilis hoc anno Henrico Wiſdom Ballivo libertatis Com. Arundell in Com. Suſſex praeſenti in Curia eodem die, ne rece [...]at ab eadem Cu [...]ia quou [...]que ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 13 s. 4 d. de quibus idem Ballivus Termino Sancti Michaelis ultimo praeterito cepit de bonis et catallis Prioris & Monachorum de Arundell ad valenc.De Quindena Paſchae Suſſex ſſ. Philippa Regina. Quae quidem 13 s. 4 d. pertinent eidem Reginae de AVRO SVO de quodam debito 26 s. 8 d. facto (4) pro excambiis factis inter dictum Priorem & Monachos & Epiſcopum Ciceſtrenſem, ſub periculo quod, &c.

INhibitum eſt primo die Aprilis hoc anno Gilberto Chaſtylon Vic.De Craſtino Paſchae. An. 27 E. 3. Ibid. Warwick ſſ. Com. War. praeſenti in Curia eodem die per Johannem Foxton Attornatum ſuum, ne recedat ab eadem Curia quouſque computabit cum Philippa Regina de denariis per ipſum Vic. levatis ad opus ipſius Reginae de diberſis Debitoribus ſuis tam de AVRO SVO quam de aliis Debitis dictam Reginam ibidem contingentibus. Satisfeceritque ei de omnia eo quod per Compotum illum deberi contigerit, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea per aſſenſum Conſilii praefatae Reginae (viz. Thomae del Clough Attornat. praefatae Reginae) praedictus Gilbertus ſub Inhibitione praedicta uſque craſtinum Sanctae Trinitatis ad computand. et ſatisfaciend. in praemiſſis.

[Page] In the ſame Plea Roll de craſtino Sanctae Trinitatis, An. 27 E. 3. I finde theſe three Memorandums concerning three ſeveral Fines paid to the Queens Receiver, for Fines for Treſpaſſes before the Kings Juſtices of Oyer and Terminer in the County of Suſſex by the parties themſelves, without any Proceſs to avoid expenſes; which as I conceive relate to Queen-gold, though not particularly expreſt.

MEmorand.Suſſex ſſ. quod Walterus de Camapedon Recepto [...] denariorum Philippae Reginae Angliae, venit coram Baronibus 29 die Maii hoc anno & recognovit, quod recepit ad o [...]us praedictae Reginae de Andraeo Peverell Chivaler 62 l. 13 s. 4 d. quos debet de quodam fine per ipſum Andraeam facto pro diberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, &c. Et de Willielmo de Exton 66 s. 8 d. quos debet de quodam fine per ipſum Willielmum facto pro dtberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, &c. Et de Richardo Palfryman 13 s. 4 d. de quodam debito de quodam fine per ipſum Richardum facto pro diberſis Tranſgreſſionibus, coram Philippo de Molyns & ſociis ſuis Juſticiariis Regis, ad quaſdam Tranſgreſſiones & exceſſus in Com. Suſſex anno 27. Regis nunc audiend. & terminand. aſſignatis, de qua ſolutione idem Andraeas, Willielmus, & Richardus, (ſeverally) oſtendit Curiae unam Talliam levatam ad Recept. ejuſbem Reginae 18 die Maii praedicto anno 27. dictam ſummam continentem, quam dictus Walterus cognovit eſſe bonam & legalem.

Anno 28 E. 3.

In the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer, in the Office of the Clerk of the Pleas, de craſtino Sanctae Trinitatis, An. 28 E. 3. I find this Memorandum concerning Queen-gold.

MEmorand.London ſſ. quod Johannes de Herewardeſtoks Major London. venit coram Baronibus 20 die Junii, hoc anno in propria perſona ſua, & dicit ſe ſolviſſe Philippae Reginae Angliae ad receptam ſ [...]am 20 marc. quas idem Johannes debet de quodam fine facto pro Tranſgreſſ. coram Johanne de Molyns & ſociis ſuis nuper Juſtic. Regis ad diverſa Tranſgreſſiones, oppreſſiones, dampna & gravamina in Com. Suſſex. audiend. & terminand. aſſignat. anno 27 Regis nunc; Et de ſolutione inde oſtendit Curiae unam Talliam levatam ad receptam ipſius Reginae 12 die Aprilis anno 27. quam Johannes de Edyndon Attornat. praefatae Reginae praeſens in Curia praedict. 20 die Junii cognovit eſſe veram & legalem: Et dictum Johannem de Herewardeſtoks denarios in eadem Tall. contentos ad receptam praedictus ſolbiſſe. Cognovit etiam praedictus Johannes de Edyndon, quod praedictus Johannes de Herewardeſtoks ſolvit praefatae Reginae ad receptam ſuam praediatam 11 marc. de AURO SUO, ad ipſam Reginam pertinent de fine praedicto; over and above the entire Fine it ſelf, which ſhe likewiſe received, which is obſervable.

Anno 41 E. 3.

In the Plea Rolls coram Baronibus de Quindena Sancti Michaelis, Anno 41 Regis Edwardi tertii poſt Conqueſtum, I finde many Actions brought by Queen Philip againſt her Bayliffs and Receivers of her Moneys; and Inhibitions to Sheriffs not to depart the Court till they had ſatisfied her for all the Moneys they had levyed of her Debtors, which related to her Queen-gold, as well as other Debts, as theſe Records do intimate.

[Page] PRaeceptum fuit Vic.Cant. & Hunt. ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina Anglia. Cant. & Hunt. ſicut pluries, quod caperet Richardum Glanvill adminiſtratorem & occupatorem bonorum et catall. quae fuerunt Johannis de Glanvill nuper Theſ. & Receptor Vlton. defuncti, ubicunque, &c. Et eum ſalvo, &c. Ita quod haberet corpus ejus hîc ad plures dies praeſen. et tandem in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis, ad reſpondend. Philippae Reginae Angliae de 76 l. 13 s. 4 d. aretro exiſtentibus de quadam recognitione 200 marc. quam idem Johannes fecit praedictae Reginae. pro arreragiis Compotorum ſuorum de partibus Hiberniae, nuper ad Scaccarium ipſtus Reginae de tempore quo fuit Receptor denariorum ipſtus Reginae ibidem; Which I conceive to be her Queen-gold, as well as other her monies and debts in Ireland.

Quindena Paſchae An. 40 Regis Edwardi 3.

INhibitum eſt 8 die Maii Thomae de Muſgrave nuper Vic.Ebor. ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina Angliae. Ebor. praeſenti in Curia eadem die per Johannem Bret Attornatum ſuum, ne recedat a Curia quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 74 s. 10 d. quas praedict. Thomas nuper levavit particulariter de diverſis debitoribus praefatae Reginae, quorum nomina & particulae denar. plenius annotantur in quadam Cedula quae eſt inter Billas de hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c.

INhibitum eſt ſupradicto 8 die Maii Vic.Salop ſſ. Pro Philippa Regina. Salop, ne recedat à Curia, quouſque ſatisfecerit Philippae Reginae Angliae de 8 l. 3 s. 4 d. quas praedictus Johannes levavit ſingulariter dediverſis debitoribus praefatae Reginae, quorum nomina, & partic. denariorum plenius annotantur in quadam Cedula quae eſt inter Billas de hoc Termino, ſub periculo quod, &c. Poſtea de aſſenſu Ricardi de Ravens Receptoris denar. praefatae Reginae, datus eſt dies praefato Vic. hic in Craſtino Sancti Michaelis ad ſolvend. praefatae Reginae dictas 8 l. 3 s. 4 d. quam diem praedictus Vic. admiſit. Poſtea, viz. 25 die Octob. hoc Anno praedicta Regina venit coram Baronibus per Johannem de Holt Attornatum fuum & cognovit quod praedict. Vic. ſolvit ei denarios praedictos. Ideo praedictus Vic. de Inhibitione praedicta recedat quietus.

King Edward the 3d. in the 50 year of his reign pardoned all Debts by his General Pardon due unto him before the 40th year of his reign when his Queen Philip was living, the Arrears of whoſe QVEEN-GOLD and other Debts due to her before this 40th year accruing to him by his Queens deceaſe, and to his Grandchild K. Richard the 2d. after his deceaſe; who ſued her Debtors for her AVRVM REGINAE and other Debts, as not included within that Pardon; the Commons thereupon in the Parliament of 5 R. 2. exhibited this Petition to the King, to make a Declaration in that Parliament, that thoſe her Debts accruing to the King ſhould be comprehended within that pardon. Which the King thought unreaſonable, ſince they were levyed principally to ſatisfie her Creditors;K. Rich. 2. but if after Proclamation made it ſhould appear all her Creditors were ſatisfied,Ex Rot. Parl. tent. apud Weſim. in craſtino Animarum, Anno 5 R. 2. in Turri London. he would then extend his grace unto them in that caſe, as the Parliament Roll thus informs us.

I Tem prient les Communes, qe Declaracion ſoit faite en ce Pariement, qe les dettes dues au Roi par la mort la Roigne qe darrein moruſt, queur furent dues au dit Roigne debant l'an quarantiſme le Roi E. laiell debient currer [Page] deinz la pardon fait l'an cynquantiſme de meſme le Roi laiel, par quel entre autres ſont pardonez touz dettes duez au dit Roi debant l'an de ſon regne quarantiſme nient contreſteaut qe la dite Roigne mutruſt apres la dit an quarantiſme.

Reſp. Tl ne ſemble mye reſon, qe ff la dite Roigne fenſſe unqores endette [...] as aucunes gentz du Roialme, as queur pur defaute daboir nad mye peu eſtre ſatisfait, qe debant qe ſes dettes ſoient purpaiez riele pardon feuſſe fait; mes le Roi voet, qe proclamacion ſoit faite par entre cy et la ſeint Michel proſchein venant, qe ſi nully vorra pleindre de dette a lui due par meſme la Roigne, viegnent & mettent avant lour pleinte, & ce fait; ſelonc ce qu le pleinte ſe ſerra au Roi, il entende de modiffer ſa grace en le cas.

KingFabian, Caxton, Holinſhed, Speed, Graſton, Stow, Daniel, and others in An. 1 & 23 H. 6. Henry the 6. coming to the Crown when he was ſcarce ſix months old, ſoon after ſate publikely in ſtate in the High Court of Parliament among the Peers as King, in his Mother Queen Katherines lap, (a ſtrange ſight, never before ſeen in England) yet he was not maried till the 23. year of his reign, during which this duty of Queen-gold was in ſuſpenſe till his marriage with Queen Margaret, when it immediately revived, and was preſently claimed and received by her Receiver in the Exchequer, as hisHere, p. 67, 68. premiſed Writ to his Treaſurer and Barons, and his Queens Patent to her Receiver of Queen-gold evidence. Yet long before that, upon the Petition and requeſt of Queen Katherine his Mother, his Councel iſſued this memorable Writ in his Name to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer, that her Officers ſhould have and enjoy the ſame priviledges in that Court for the levying of all her rents, revenues, QVEEN-GOLD, and other Debts and profits belonging to her, as himſelf and his Officers had and enjoyed, as his Father King Henry had granted her the like priviledge before in his life-time.

HENRICVS Dei gratia Rex Angliae & Franciae, Communia de Termino S. Mich. 6 H. 6. rot 11. in dorſo Eſſex ſſ. Literae Regis Patens Theſaurario in Offic. Rem. Regis in Scac. Dominus Hiberniae, Theſaur. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario qui nunc ſunt, vel qui pro tempore fuerint, ſalutem. Ex parte Johannae Reginae Angliae nobis extitit intimatum, quod cum Dominus H. nuper Rex Angliae, Pater noſter defunctus, per Breve ſuum ſub Magno Sigillo ſuo nuper mandaverit tunc Theſ. & Baronibus ſuis de Scaccario, quod omnia negotia, querelae, et agenda dictam Reginam tangentia, occaſione terrarum, tenementorum, firmarum, feod. Francheſ. et Libertat. eidem Reginae in dotem ſeu alias ad terminum bitae ſuae per Abum noſtrum conceſſarum, ac ratione AVRI et aliarum rerum ſuarum, coram tunc Theſ. & Baron. in Scaccario praedicto deducta, auditura, & expedita eſſent ſicut propria negotia Patris noſtri ſupradicti; & quod Ballivi, Officiarii & Miniſtri quicun (que) praedictae Reginae Feodor. Francheſ. & Libertat. praedict. in omnibus quae ad officia & negotia ſua pertinerent, necnon debitares AVRI et omnium aliorum denar. ſeu ſ [...]mar. praedictae REGINAE debit. ut proprii Debitores ipſius Patris noſtri ibi deducti eſſent et pertractati, prout per irrotulament. Brevis praedicti inter Memorand. ejuſdem Scaccarii plenius continetur, & prout in diverſis Recordis ejuſdem Scaccarii tempore Dominae Iſaebellae nuper Reginae Angliae in Viduitate ſua poſt mortem Domini E. nuper Regis Angliae Progenitoris noſtri eſt compertum; & nobis eſt ſupplicatum, ut eidem Reginae pro majori quiete, et celeriori levatione denar. et deditorum ſuorum quorumcunque Breve ſub magno Sigillo noſtro, quod omnia negotia, [Page] querelae, Actiones, etdemandae, praefatae Reginae tangen. tam occaſione Caſtrorum, Maneriorum, Villarum, Dominiorum, Reddit, terrarum, tenementorum, firmarum, feod. firmarum, Cuſtodiarum terrarum & maritagiorum, Cuſtodiarum Prioratuum alienig. firmar. & appor. Prioratuum alienig. parvarum & magnarum Cuſtumarum, Francheſiarum, Libertat. & aliarum rerum & poſſeſſionum quarumcunque eidem REGINAE in dotem, ſeu alias ad terminum vitae ſuae conceſſarum vel aſſign. concedend. ſeu aſſignand. quàm occaſione AURI, & aliarum denariorum, firmarum, & feod firmarum et debitorum quorumcunque prafat. Reginae de tempore praedicti Patris noſtri debitorum coram vobis, una cum executione eorundem per Iudicium ſeu Mandat. proprium, ut propria negotia noſtra; & quod Ballivi, Officiarii, & Miniſtri Reginae praedict. Cur. Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum & Dominiorum praedictorum in hiis quae ad eorum officia pertinent: Ac debitores ejuſdem REGINAE AVRI praedicti, denar. firmarum, feod. firm. reddit. appor. & aliorum debitorum quorumcunque eidem Reginae debita & debend. in Scaccario praedicto, durant. vita ejuſdem Reginae, tanquam Ballivi Officiar. et Miniſtri ac debitores noſtri, deducantur, audiantur, pertractantur et expedientur omnimodo dignaremur. Nos ſupplicationi praedict. annuentes, Vobis mandamus, quod omnia negotia, querelas, actiones, et demand. praefatam Reginam tangen. tam occaſione Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum, Dominiorum, reddituum, terr. ten. firm. feod. firm. Cuſtodiarum terr. et maritag. Cuſtod. terrarum et appor. Priorat. alienig. parbarum et magnarum Cuſtum. Francheſ. Libertatum, et aliarum rerum et poſſeſſionum quorumcunque eidem Reginae in dotem ſeu alias ad terminum vitae ſuae conceſſ. vel aſſign. concedend. ſeu aſſignand. quam occaſione AVRI, denar. firmar. feod. firm. reddit. appor. et aliorum debitorum quorumcumque eidem REGINAE, ut praedictum eſt debit. et debend. Ac etiam Ballivos, Officiar. & Miniſtros ejuſdem Reginae Caſtrorum, Maner. Villarum & Dominiorum praedict. in hiis quae ad officia ſua pertinent, tanquam Ballivos, Officiar. et Miniſtros noſtros proprios, necnon debitores AVRI REGINAE praedicti: Ac denariorum, firmar. feod. firmar. reddit. appor. et aliorum debitorum praefatae Reginae quorumcunque, ut praedictum eſt debit. et debend. coram vobis in Scaccario praedicto, ut debitores noſtros proprios, quamdiu nobis placuerit, deduci, audiri, pertractari et expediri fac.K. Henry 7. Inter Communia de Termino S Trinitatis 3 H 7 rot. 17 dorſo in Offic. Rem. Regis. Literae Patentes Eliz Reginae Angl Edmundo Chadderton Clerico de Officio Gen. Recept. ipſius Reginae confect. cum vadi [...]s & feodis eidem Officio debit. Teſte meipſo apud Westm. quinto die Decembris, Anno regni noſtri quinto.

Per Concilium.

What effects this Writ produced, appears by theHere, p. 68. premiſed Recognition of Thomas Dokes.

In the Records of King Henry the 7th. in the Exchequer, I have hitherto met with little of moment concerning Queen-gold, but only this memorable Patent of his Queen Conſort Elizabeth to Edmund Chaderton Clerk, conſtituting him Receiver General of all her Lands, Revenues, Annuities, Rents and Fee-farms, and likewiſe of her Queen-gold, ſignified to the Barons by Thomas Earl of Ormond her Chamberlain.

MEmorandum quod Thomas Comes Ormond Camerar. Dominae Reginae Angliae venit coram Baronibus hujus Scaccarii 12 die Julii hoc Termino in propria perſona ſua; & exhibuit Curiae hic, (5) quaſdam Literas Patentes [Page] praefat. Dominae Reginae Edmundo Chadderton Clerico de Officio generalis Recept. ipſius Reginae confect. petens ex gratiâ Cur. literas illas irrotulari. Barones illos irrotulari praeceperunt in haea verba; ſcilicet. Elizabetha Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae & Franciae, & Domina Hiberniae; Omnibus ad quos praeſentes Literae noſtrae pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod nos de gratia noſtra ſpeciali, ac de fidelitate, circumſpectione et induſtria dilecti & fidelis Capellani noſtri Edmundi Chaderton Clerici plenius confident. (5) Conſtituimus et Ordinavimus ipſum Edmundum Generalem Receptorem noſtrum, omnium Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrae, Ten. Reddit. Firm, Feod. Firmarum. Annuitat. & AVRI vocat. Quene Gold, ac aliarum Commoditat. noſtrarum quarumcunque nobis pertinen. ſeu ſpectan. jam in manibus noſtris exiſten. & quae ad manus noſtras impoſterum devenient, Et ulterius officium Generalis Receptoris noſtri praedict. praefato Edmundo damus et concedimus per praeſentes. Ac etiam volumus, & tenore praeſentium Authoritatem damus et concedimus praefato Edmundo dimittend. & approvand. omnia praedict. Caſtra, Honores, Dominia, Maneria, Terr. Ten. ac caetera praemiſſa cum pertinentiis ad manus noſtras, ad proficuum & commodum noſtrum, & ad conſtituend, deputand. & ordinand, omnes officiarios pro Receptione omnium & ſingulorum denar [...] nobis debit. & impoſterum debend. de Exit. Recept. dictorum Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terr. & Ten. ac caeterorum antedictorum ſecundum ſuam diſcretionem, prout ſibi melius videbitur pro noſtris commodo et proficuis, ac de Recept. ſuis acquietan, nomine ſuo dand. & ſigilland. Habend. tenend. & occupand. officium praedictum à feſto Sancti Michaelis Anno regni Domini mei Regis nunc 2o. quamdiu nobis placuerit, percipiend. annuatim per manus ſuas proprias de Recept. ſua talia feod. & vadia, qualia alii Recept. temporibus aliarum Reginarum Angliae habuerunt et perceperunt ad feſta Paſch. & Sancti Michaelis per equales porciones, necnon alia veſtur. profic. & commoditat. dicto officio debita & conſueta. Damus igitur univerſis & ſingulis Recept, Ballivis Bedellis occupat. approvat. Tenen. Offic. & Miniſtris noſtris quibuſcunque, ac omnibus aliis quorum intereſt tenore praeſentium firmiter in mandatis, quod eidem Edmundo in executione et occupatione Offic. praedicti intendentes ſint & reſpondentes in omnibus prout decet. In cujus rei teſtimonium has Literas noſtras ſigno noſtro Manual. ſignat. fieri fecimus Patentes. Dat. ſub magno ſigillo noſtro apud Caſtrum metuendiſſimi Domini mei de Wyndeſore octavo die Julii, Anno regni dicti Domini mei tercio.

In the firſt year of the reign of King Henry the 8.K. Henry 8. who had no leſſe than ſix Queen Conſorts, (to ſome of whom he was very unkind) I found this Patent of his firſt Queen Katherine to Richard Decons, conſtituting him her Receiver General of all herrents and revenues, and likewiſe of her Qeen-gold by expreſſe name, enrolled in the Rolls of that year in the Kings Remembrancers Office.

MEmorandum, quod Richardus Decons Armiger venit coram Baronibus hujus Scaccarii quartodecimo die Novembris hoc Termino in propria perſona ſua,Placita coram Baronibus inter Communia de Termino S. Mich, An primo Regis Henrici Octavi, Rot. 8 in dorſo. & exhibuit Curiae hic quaſdant (5) Literas Patentes Dominae Katerinae Reginae Angliae Conſortis Domini Regis nunc, de magno Sigillo ipſius Dominae Reginae eidem Richardo de Officio Generalis Receptoris ipſius [Page] Dominae Reginae confect. petens literas illas hic in Curia irrotulari. Et Barones Literas illas irrotulari praeceperunt in haec verba.

KATHERINA Dei Gratiâ Regina Angliae & Franciae Literae Dominae Katherinae Reginae Angliae Patentes factae Richardo Deco [...] Armigero de Officio Generalis Receptoris ipſius Reginae irrotular. & Domina Hyberniae. Omnibus ad quos praeſentes literae pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod nos de gratia noſtra ſpeciali, ac de fidelitate, circumſpectione, et induſtria dilecti Servientis noſtri Richardi Decons Armigeri plenius confidentes. Conſtituimus et (5) Ordinavimus ipſum Richardum Generalem Receptorem noſtrum, omnium Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, Reddit. Firm. Feod. Firmarum, Annuitat. & AVRI vocat. Quene Gold, ac aliarum Commoditat. noſtrarum quarumcunque nobis pertinen. ſeu ſpectan. Et ulterius officium Generalis Receptoris noſtri praedicti praefato Richardo Decons damus et concedimus per praeſentes; Ac etiam volumus, & tenore praeſentium Authoritatem damus et concedimus praefato Richardo ad approvand. omnia praedict. Caſtra, Honores, Dominia, Maneria, Terr. Ten. & caetera praemiſſa cum pertinentiis ad majus proficuum & commodum noſtra, & ad conſtituend. deputand. & ordinand. omnes officiarios pro Receptione omnium & ſingulorum denar. nobis debit. & impoſterum debend. de Exit. Recept. dictorum Caſtrorum, Honorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terr. & Ten. ac caeterorum praemiſſorum ſecundum ſuam diſcretionem, prout ſibi melius videbitur pro noſtris commodo et proficuis; Ac de Recept. ſuis praedictis acquietan. nomine noſtro dand. & ſigilland. Habend. tenend. & occupand. officium praedictum praefato Richardo à feſto Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis ultimo praeterito, quamdiu nobis placuerit, percipiend. annuatim per manus ſuas proprias de Receptione ſua praedicta talia feod. & vadia, qualia alii Recept. temporibus aliarum Reginarum habuerunt et perceperunt, ad feſta Sancti Michaelis Archangeli & Paſchae per aequales porciones, unà cum omnibus aliis proficuis, commoditatibus & emolumentis dicto officio pertinen. ſive ſpectant. Damus igitur univerſis & ſingulis Receptoribus, Ballivis, Bedellis occupat. approvat. Tenen. Offic. & Miniſtris noſtris quibuſcunque, Ac omnibus aliis quorum intereſt tenore praeſentium firmiter in mandatis, quod eidem Richardo in executione et occupatione Offic. praedicti intendentes ſint & reſpondentes in omnibus prout decet. In cujus rei teſtimonium has Literas noſtras fieri fecimus Patentes. Dat. ſub magno ſigillo noſtro apud Manerium Domini mei de Grenewich viceſimo die Junii, Anno regni dicti Domini mei Regis Henrici Octavi primo.

Treatiſe of Queen-gold, & W. B. his Collections. Mr. William Hakewill in his Treatiſe of Queen-gold, and others inform us, That Richard Deacons was Receptor Generalis Katherinae Reginae, Anno 12. uſ (que) 22 H. 8. & AVRI SVI, for which he received a fee of 50 l. per annum, as doth appear by an Account of his in the keeping of Queen Annes Auditor Anno 5 Jacobi Regis: And that Katherine firſt Queen Conſort to King Henry the 8. conſtituted him her Receiver General of all her rents, monyes, debts, and alſo of her Quéen-gold. Which no leſſe argueth the distinction of the Office of Receiver of the Quéens gold, then the other ſpecial Patents for the ſame; The words in which Account are theſe.

Richardus Deconus Armig. Generalis Receptor omnium terrarum, tenementorum, &c. Katherinae Reginae Angliae, & AVRI REGINAE vocati QUEEN-GOLD. Which Account of his I have not yet ſeen, nor know where to find.

[Page] TheW. B. MS. Pipe Roll Anno 22 H. 8. informs us, That Griffinus Richards Armig. was Generalis Receptor denarior. & AVRI REGINAE Katherinae Conſortis H. 8.

So likewiſe (asMr. William Hakewils treatiſe of Queengold. & W. B. MS. Mr. Hakewill writes) in the Letters Patents of Queen Anne Bulloigne (which he and others referr to Anno 25 & 27 H. 8. which I cannot finde, after a double ſearch for them) made unto George Taylour her Attorney General, are found theſe words. Anna, &c. Ordinamus, &c. Georgium Taylour Receptorem Generalem omnium reddituum, &c. et AVRI REGINAE vocati QUEEN-GOLD. But how much Queen-gold any of H. 8. his Queens in his reign received, or what Writs iſſued for the levying therof, I cannot yet diſcover: OnlyIn his Treatiſe of Queen gold. Mr. William Hakewill informs us of one Account in the Cuſtody of Queen Annes Auditor, and of the form of a Writ for levying AURUM REGINAE▪ to the uſe of Queen Katherine, laſt Wife to King Henry the 8. found in an old Preſident Book of that time, which I have not yet met with; which no doubt agrees with the form of the pr [...]miſed Writs of that kinde.

This duty of Aurum Reginae being totally ſuſpended and put in long abeyance from the deceaſe of King Henry the 8.King James in the year 1547. by reaſon of King Edward the 6. his death before marriage, and the deſcent of the Crown to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth as Soveraign Queens, (not Queen Conſorts) uncapable of this duty; was again re-continued and revived by the deſcent of the Realm and Crown of England by1 Jacobi, ch. 1. [...]Speeds Hiſtory Anno 1 Jacobi. undoubted Inheritance and Succeſſion to King James the 6. of Scotland, then married to Queen Anne, by whom he had iſſue; who making his royal progreſſe together with his ſaid Queen out of Scotland into England to take poſſeſſion of the Crown and Realm, arrived in the City of London on the 7th of May. Anno Dom. 1603. and on the 25 of July following, being St. James his day, he and his Queen Anne were with great ſolemnity an [...]ynted and crowned in the Coll [...]giate Church of Weſtminſter by Archbiſhop Whitgift: At which time the Earl of Oxford, Lord Chamberlain to the Queens Highneſſe, put in a Claim, to have the appointing of a Clerk in the Exchequer for the levying of AVRVM REGINAE, (out of the Red Book in the Exchequer, and Pat. 20 R. 2. forecited, p. 24, 25.) And about the ſame time Mr. William Cambden, See Spel [...]manni Gloſſa [...]ium, p. 280. Julius, c. 9. Clarencieux, ſecond Herald at Armes in a Manuſcript Collection reſerved in Sir John Cottons Library, cap. 16. of the Priviledges of Quén wives; inſerted this of Aurum Reginae amongſt others; for which he cites the words of Gervaſius Tilberienſis, ex libro Rub [...]o in Scaccario, l. 2. cap. 26. de Auro Reginae, which concern Queen-gold, & that Ibld. f. 223. forecited. Et quod hic fit mentio de Auro Reginae, quod varii varia de exactione illa ſenſerunt, quibuſdam dicentibus, quod Aurum non debetur niſi quando quis finem fecit pro Relevio; alii dixerunt, quod de quocumque fine Centum Marc. & ſupra. Set licet Richardus Ep [...]ſcopus refutat istud in libro ſuo, tamen videtur, Quod debeatur AVRVM REGINAE de quolibet fine 10. Marcarum et ſupra, quod probari poteſt per Rotulum Anno 10 Regis Johannis in Berks, ubi Abbas Rading finem fecit pro ſexaginta marcis pertinent. ad Hundredum ſuum. Et eodem Rotulo Titulo AURUM REGINAE reddit Compotum de 20 marcas pro AVRO REGINAE de praedicto five 60 marcarum. By reaſon of the extraordinary Plague of Peſtilence in London that year, and in moſt Cities and great Towns throughout England the year following, Queen Ann [...] (for ought I find) then laid no actual claim to [Page] this duty of Queen gold; But in the year 1605. Mr. William Hakewill, being her Sollicitor General (a perſon well verſed in the Records of the Eſchequer and other Antiquities, afterwards a Bencher and Reader of Lincolnes Inne, my very good Friend and Acquaintance) compiled and preſented to Queen Anne A Treatiſe upon the Nature of AURUM REGINAE, Conteining the Tranſcript of divers In the Court of Exchequer▪ (not the Tower) ſome whereof I cannot yet meet with; and to which I have here added many more out of the Exchequer Records themſelves. Records, produced in proof of ſeveral points thereof; To be viewed by his Moſt Excellent Majeſty; collected and diſpoſed under certain diviſions: Which being an unprinted Manuſcript, I ſhall only preſent you with his own Preface thereunto, and the Chapters thereof.

SInce the deceaſe of King Henry the 8. unto the time that the Government of this Realm of England, did rightfully and happily deſcend upon our Soveraign Lord King James, being conjoyned in the bleſſed band of Marriage with that Right High and Excellent Princeſſe Queen Anne, the Queens Majesty that now is our Gracious Queen: It pleaſed God that for the ſpace of almoſt Threeſcore Years together, this Realm happened to be governed either by a King within Age, by a Queen marryed unto a Forreign Prince, or by a Maiden Queen, and not by a marryed King in his own and proper Right, as now it is. So that it is no marvel that the peculiar rights and Dutyes wherewith the Common Law of this Realm hath endowed the Quéens Majeſty that now is, as Quéen of this Realm of England, ſhould through ſo long want of a perſon able to claim and enjoy the ſame, be almost forgotten, and being put in Vſe ſeem ſtrange and new.

Nevertheleſſe the Records and Remembrances of Ages paſt (which are the ſureſt and moſt impartial preſervers of Rights) have not only redeemed the ſame from the injury of Time, which by that rare accident had almost brought them to utter oblivion, but may give alſo full ſatisfaction to all Objections which can be made againſt the title, right, and justneſſe of divers things hitherunto not claimed by her Majeſty, which nevertheleſſe do clearly belong to her, and (conſidering the great bleſſing which by her means we enjoy) do eſpecially deſerve to be continued, and with all tenderneſſe preſerved.

Amongſt which, upon ſearch lately made, it doth appear, that by the Common Law of the Land Her Majeſty hath right to claim and enjoy a Revenue hitherto not demanded by her, called AvRvM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD; Of the Nature of which the Treatiſe enſuing is written: Divided into theſe Chapters following.

1. That there is a Revenue belonging to the Quéens of England, called AURUM REGINAE, or QUEEN-GOLD.

2. Touching the name of AVRUM REGINAE.

3. What AVRVM REGINAE is in general.

4. The Ordinance of AVRVM REGINAE, and the Authority thereof.

5. Obſervations upon the Ordinance de AURO REGINAE.

6. That Quéen Gold is due out of all voluntary Offers or Fines made with the King.

7. What a Voluntary Offer in this Caſe was interpreted to be by the Ancient Quéens.

8. How a Voluntary Fine is proved by an Ordinance in the Red Book in the Exchequer.

[Page] 9. The ſeveral kings of voluntary Fines upon which Queen gold hath been paid.

10. The proportion of Queen-gold upon ſuch voluntary Fines.

11. That Queen-gold is to be paid to the Queen by the party making Fine, oVer and above the Fine wholly paid to the King.

12. That the Queen-gold unreceived by her in her life, is due to the King after her decease.

13. That proceſſe for levying AURUM REGINAE, ought to iſſue out of the Kings Exchequer.

14. That the Queen is to have her special Officers in the ſame Court for the making of ſuch proceſſe, and recovery of this to her.

15. That the ſame proceſſe be such as is usual in the Kings case.

16. That the Kings proceſſe is firſt to be ſerved, before the Queens.

17. That although the Kings Majeſtie releaſe part or all of his Fine, or deferr his proceſſe for the ſame, yet ſhall not thereby the Queens debt be either released or deferred without her conſent.

18. Out of how ſmall Fines Queen-gold is due.

19. That Queen-gold is due by the Common Law of the Land.

Upon King James his peruſal of this Treatiſe, he referred the Examination and Conſideration thereof to his Chief Juſtice Popham, and Sir Edward Cooke, as we are ſince informed by the 12. Part of his Reports, publiſhed after his death, London 1656. during our late Anarchy, pag. 21, 22. relating the iſſue and reſult thereof, in theſe enſuing words.

Paſch. 4. Jac. Regis.

Cooks Reports, part. 12. pag. 21, 22. Paſch. 4. Jac. Regis. Aurum Reginae. Note, by the Commandement of the King, it was ref [...]rred to Popham Chief Baron (miſ-printed for Chief Justice,) and my ſelf, What right the Queen which now is, hath, and in what cases to a right claimed by her, called AURUM REGINAE, that is to ſay, Pro centum Marcis Argenti una Marca Auri solvend. per illum qui sponte ſe obligat: And upon conſideration had of it by a long time and view of all the Records and Preſidents, viz. Libr [...]m Rubrum in Scaccario, fol. 56. (it ſhould be 46.) de Auro Reginae, where it is ſaid, That it is to be taken De iis qui sponte se obligant Regi, &c. which is the foundation of this Claim; and of a Record in the Tower 52 H. 3. and of a Record in the Exchequer, Hill. 12 Ed. 3. and in the Tower in the ſame year, in Rot. Clauſ. and of Acts of Parliament 15 E. 3. cap. 6, & 31. E. 3. cap. 13. and the 13 R. 2. in Turri, and divers other Preſiden [...]s and Proceſſes out of the Exchequer in the times of R. 2. and H. 4. and other Kings until the time of H. 7.

It was Resolved, that the Quéen hath right to it; but with theſe limitations.

1. That it ought to be sponte,Reſolution. by the Subject ſine coactione; ſo that this ought to be at the pleaſure of the Subject, whether he will give or no: And for this all Fynes upon Judgement, or by off [...]r, or Fyne for alienation, or in any other caſe where the Subject doth not do it sponte ſine aliqua coactione, viz. That the King of Right ought to have it, there the Quéen shall have nothing.

2. It ought to be ſponte fine consideratione allcujus reventionis ſeu intereſſe, that the King hath in eſſe in jure Coronae: and for this upon ſale or demiſe of his Lands, or Wards, or Goods of Felons, Out lawes. Et simili casu, for theſe [Page] are Contracts and Bargains concerning the Revenues and Interests of the King: and it cannot be ſaid in ſuch caſe that the Subjects sponte se obligant, as to purchaſe or buying any the Revenues and Interests that the King hath.

3. It ought to be sponte super considerationem, et non ex mera gratia et benevolentia Subditi. For that which is of mere Grace, is not properly ſaid of Obligation or Duty; and the words of the Records are, to have de iis qui sponte se obligant; and ſo it was ordained by the King and his Counſil, as appears by the Record of Hill. 4. E. 1. in Scaccario.

4. It ought to be sponte super considerationem quae non longe reventionem seu intereſſe Coronae, in any thing which the King hath: as if the ſubject give to the King ſponte a ſumm of money for licenſe in Mortmain, or for to create [...] a tenure of himself, or to have a fair, Market, Park, Chace, or warren within his Mannor, there the Quéen shall have it. For the Subject did this sponte, and was not constrained unto it; and this doth not concern any revenue or interest of the King: but if the King hath a Fair, or Market, or Park, or Warren, and grant it for a ſumm of money, there the Queen ſhall have nothing, for this was a thing in esse, and parcel of the revenue of the Crown: And by that it appears, that forasmuch as little or nothing is given in such case where this of right is due, this is not now of any such value as was pretended. And this Reſolution was reported to our ſoveraign Lord the King by Popham, in the Gall [...]ry at Whitehall.

If this Report of theſe two Referrees concerning Queen-gold be true and genuine, and not vitiated or corrupted with ſome additional reſtrictions ſince ſuperadded to it, which I ſuſpect, yet it is moſt clear by both their reſolutions, That Queen Anne had then a RIGHT UNTO this duty of Queen-gold; and that it is due of RIGHT, from ſome ſort of Fines and Oblations, ſpecified in the fourth reſolution: But by reaſon of thoſe limitations put upon it by this Report, he ſaith, this is not now of any ſuch value as was pretended; And that the [...]oundation of this her claim was the Red Book of the Exchequer, and other Records then viewed and briefly quoted in the Report. Whether they peruſed thoſe, or any other Records I know not; but had they viewed all thoſe here tranſcribed, I am very confident they would never have reported to King James, that the Queen ſhall have nothing, or no Aurum Reginae, by offer or [...]ine for Ali [...]nations, or for ſale or demiſe of his Lands, or Wards, Goods of Felons, or Outlaws, and the like, for theſe are contracts and bargains concerning the Revenue and Intereſt of the King; and it cannot be ſaid in ſuch caſes that the Subjects, sponte se obligant: Since moſt of the forecited Records expreſly averr the contrary, againſt which there can or ought at leaſt to be no averment, eſpecially by ſuch eminent Judges and Lawyers as thoſe Referrees then were What further proceedings were uſed by the Queen or her Counſil for the recovery of this her unqueſtionable antient legal Duty of Queen-gold after this Report, I cannot certainly determine, neither the Queen nor her Counſil being ſatisfied with moſt of the limitations therein ſpecified, ſince diametrically repugnant to the Records they produced, to juſtifie her Right thereto.

Sir Edward Cooke in his 4 Inſtitutes p. 357. (printed ſince his death) cites theHere p. 18. premiſed Patent of King Henry the 3. to Prince Edward his eldeſt ſon, Pat. 52 H. 3. m. 26. whereby he granted him the Land of Ireland with all its appurtenances, adeo liberè & quietè ſicut tam in manu noſtra teneremus, per quod chariſſina filia noſtra Alianora Conſors dicti fili noſtri AURUM [Page] SUUM, tam de finibus quam de ſponte oblatis in terra H [...]berniae habere debet, ſicut chariſſima Conſors noſtra Alianora Regina Angliae AURUM SUUM habet de eiſdem in regno noſtro Angliae. Vobis mandamus, &c. From whence he obſerves, That albeit the Wife of Prince Edward was not Queen (of Ireland) by name, yet ſhe had the effect of it; therefore ſhe ſhould have a Duty called AURUM REGINAE, as well as the Queen of England, being but La [...]y in Ireland. For albeit the King of England was (untill the Statute of 33 H. 8. c. 1.) ſtil [...]d by the name of Lord of Ireland, yet was he ſupremus & abſolute Dominus, and had Royal Dominion and Authority; and that his Conſort was in rei veritate REGINA, or elſe ſhe could not have had AURUM REGINAE. A clear confeſſion and acknowledgement, that the Queen-Conſorts of England by their Prerogative as Queens, had an an [...]ient right to Queen-gold not only in England but Ireland too, before the Kings of England were [...] Kings of Ireland, much more then ſince 33 H. 8. which changed their Title of Lord into King of Ireland.

In the 11.K. Charles 1. year of K. Charles the 1. upon the Petition of Mary his Queen-Conſort, after a full hearing and debate of the Antiquity and Legality of this Royal Prerogative of AURUM REGINAE before the King and Queen by their learned Counſil at Law, and the reading of ſeveral Preſidents and Records produced by them relating thereunto; the King was pleaſed to ſend this Writ to the Treaſurer and Barons of his Exchequer, for the levying of this Duty of Queen-gold for all Fines and things out of which it was due, for his Queen-Conſorts uſe, as it had been accuſtomed in the times of her Predeceſſors Queens of England, thus enrolled in the Kings Remembrancers Office in the Exchequer.

Anno 11 Caroli Regis 1.

CAROLUS Dei gratia Angliae,Per Hillar. Record. An. 11 Regis Car. 1. Rot. 11. ex parte Rememorat. Regis. Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Rex, fidei defenſor. &c. Theſaur. & Baron. de Scaccario noſtro, ſalutem. Cum praechariſſima Conſors noſtra Henrietta Maria Regina Angliae nobis ſupplicaverit, ut ipſa quod ad eam pertinet de AURO REGINAE habere et percipere poſſit, ſicut temporibus retroactis Reginae Angliae pro tempore exiſten. habere et percipere conſueberunt; Nos volentes eidem Conſorti noſtrae in hac parte [...]eri quod eſt juſtum, Vobis mandamus, quod praefatae Conſorti noſtrae AURUM praedictum, er aliarum pecuniarum ſummis de quibus AURUM REGINAE rationabiliter debetur levari, et illud praefatae Conſorti noſtrae ſive (5) Cuſtodi vel Receptori AURI SUI in hac parte aſſignand. ſine dilatione liberari faciatis, prout Reginis Angliae temporibus progenitorum noſtrorum Regum Angliae fieri conſuevit. Teſte meipſo apud Weſtm. 19 die Junii, anno regni nostri undecimo.

Per ipſum Regem.

After which (as I have been informed) the King upon certain conſiderations by way of compoſition gave the now Queen-Mother ten thouſand pounds in gold in lieu of her Queen-gold.

By all theſe premiſed Records, Writs, Accounts, Memorandums, to omit all others of like nature which I conceive might be found in the ſeveral Treaſuries, Files of Writs, Rolls, and Baggs of Accounts in the Kings Court [Page] of Exchequer (which I have not yet had time exactly to peruſe, by reaſon of my other publike employments) the Quiddity, Quantity, Quality, Antiquity, Legality of this Duty of AURUM REGINAE, the ſeveral Fines, Oblations out of which it ariſeth, the Officers, Proceſſe by which it ought to be levyed, collected, received, accounted for; its accruing to the King by the Queens death, and all other neceſſary Circumſtances concerning it, with our preſent Queen Conſorts undoubted Right, Title thereto, are ſo perſpicuouſly and irrefragably evidenced to every Readers Judgement, Conſcience, who ſhall ſeriouſly or curſorily peruſe them, that to waſte more Time or Paper in the further demonſtration thereof, would be nothing elſe, but to endeavour to adde light to the Noon-day Sun, and Water to the Ocean.

I confeſſe this antient Royal Duty of Queen-gold (which hath much Analogy with another old Prerogative of the Quéen Conſorts of England, that whereas the King by his Prerogative Royal ought to have all the Whales caſt on ſhore, or wrecked in all places within the Realm of England (unleſſe granted to Lords of Manors and others by ſpecial words and Charters from the Crown) as A ROYAL FISH; the King himſelf ſhall have the Head and BOdy to his benefit, to make Oyle and other things; but the QUEEN the Tayl [...], to make Whale-bones for her Royal Veſtments, Dreſſes, and other uſes in her Wardrobe, as ourPat. 1 E 1. m. 25 dorſo. Pat. 28 E 1. m. 22 dorſo. Pat. 33 E 1. pars 2. dorſ 8. Clauſ 30 E 1. m. 18. Pat. 34 E. 1. m. 10. Pat 7 E 2 pars 2. dorſ 24. Pat. 10 E 2. pars 2 m. 6 & dorſ. 17. Pat 12 E 3. pars 2. m. 29. pro Com. Lanc. & dorſo 10. 14. Records inform us) like this Whale duty hath been totally ſuſpended and diſcontinued, from the death of King Henry the 8, till the firſt year of King James, for want of a Queen Conſort, and not rigorouſly exacted by Queen Anne, or Queen Henrietta Maria (now Queen Mother) for reaſons beſt known to themſelves, though they made their publike Claims thereto, and obtained Judgements and Writs for the levying thereof. I likewiſe grant, that ſome of the rich [...]ſt Veins of this old Royal GOLD MINE, have been totally cut off from it by two late Acts of Parliament; the firſt enacting, 17 Caroli 2. cap. 20. That none ſhall be compelled to receive or take upon them the Order or dignity of Knighthood, nor ſhall ſuffer or undergo ANY FINE, trouble, or moleſtation whatſoever, by reaſon or colour of his or their not receiving the ſaid Order or dignity. The later;12 Car. 2. C. 24. Taking away and aboliſhing the Court of Wards and Liveries, with all Wardſhips, Liveries, Primer-ſeiſins, Ouſter le mains, Values and forfeitures of Marriages, by reaſon of any Tenure of the Kings Majeſty; and all other Gifts, Grants, Charges, incident or ariſing for or by reaſon of Wardſhips: And all Tenures by Knight-ſervice in Capite, o [...] by Socage in Capite of the King, Fines for alienations, ſeiſures, and Pardons for Alienations, out of which this Duty of Queen-gold did principally ſpring and accrue to our Queens: But this is ſo farr from being any reaſon for our preſent, or other Queens totally to quit their ancient indiſputable rights to all other veins, branches, of this Gold Mine, becauſe theſe are lopped off, or that the other ſhould never be opened hereafter, becauſe they have been ſo long unwrought or neglected; that they have the greater reaſon ſpeedily and effectually to purſue their Claims, Titles thereunto, and extract all the remaining gold veins & Ore belonging to them without delay; leſt they ſhould be for ever loſt, not only to their own prejudice, and diſhonour, but to the diſinheriſon of the King himſelf, his Crown and Dignity, from whom it is originally derived, and to whom all arrears thereof accrue by Law and Cuſtome after the Queens deceaſe.

It hath been the policy, practiſe of our Kings in moſt former ages and this, to iſſue out their Letters Patents and Commiſſions to ſundry Perſons and Officers [Page] toPat 43 H 3. pars 2. m 15. Pat. 4 E 1. m. 1 [...]. Pat. 17 E 1. m 8. Fines 5 E 2. m. 6. Fines 6 E 2. m. 18, 19. Pat. 12 E 2 pars 1. m. 30 dorſo. Fines 18 E 2. m. 18. Fines 20 E 2 m. 12. Pat. 13 E 3. pars 2 m. 37. Pat. 13 R. 2. pars 3. m. 22. Plowdens Commentaries, Caſe of Mines▪ f. 316, to 328. ſearch after, open, digg, work all Royal Mines of Gold and Silver belonging to them by their Prerogative, and Lawes of this Realm, throughout England, Wales, Ireland, and other their Dominions, to encreaſe the revenues of the Crown, and current money of the Realm, though I could never yet find upon view ofPlowden, f. 327. Accounts that they received any conſiderable revenue or advantage thereby, but only the ſupport and continuance of their Prerogatives and Title to theſe Royal Mines. Yea, King Edward the 3d. in his Parliament held at Weſtminſter in the twelfth year of his reign, at the earneſt Petition of the Commons, with the adviſe and aſſent of his Prelates, Earls, Barons, and others of his Counſil in that Pa [...]liament, for the common benefit of the Realm, granted for him his heirs and ſucceſſors, free l [...]berty to all and every perſon of this Realm, that they and every of them might dig for Mines of Gold, Silver, and [...] Treaſure within his or their own ſoyl, by the view and overſight of ſuch Clerks and Officers as he and his heirs ſhould appoint; and extract, fine, and coyn the ſame at his Exchange and Mint, at their proper coſts, to augment the money of the Realm; rendring to him, his heirs and ſucceſſors the full third part of all the pure Silver, and the full moiety of all the Gold which ſhould be ſo digged, fined and coyned by them; reſerving the reſidue to themſelves: which he likewiſe ratified by his Letters Patents in the 15th year of his reign, as this memorable Record (not hitherto publiſhed) will inform us, now worthy publike Conſideration, to excite all ingenuous perſons to a diligent ſcrutiny after ſuch Mines, to recruit, ſupply the extraordinary want of Gold and Silver Coyne, to advance the Trade, improve, pay Land-r [...]nts, and defray the extraordinary publike Taxes of the Kingdom.

Pat. 12 E 3. pars 2. m 4. Pat. 15 E 3. pars 2. m. 37. Fines 15 E 3. m. 14. Pro Rege de Auro fodenda. REX Omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum in Parliamento noſtro apud Weſtmon. Anno regni noſtri duodecimo convocato, conſ [...]deratâ tàm noſtri quàm pcpuli regni noſtri communi utilitate, ad inſtantem requiſitionem Communitatis ejuſdem regni nobis per Petitionem ſuam coram nobis et Concilio noſtro in eodem Parliamento factam; de aſſenſu Praelatorum, Comitum, Baronum, et aliorum de Concilio noſtro tunc ibidem exiſtentium, conceſſerimus univerſis et ſinguli [...] de dicto regno, quod ipſi et eorum quilibet ſolum ſuum proprium pro Mina Auri et Argenti, et pro Theſauro abſcondi [...]o quaerendo et inveniendo fodere, et dictam Minam Auri et Argenti per biſum et teſtimonium cujuſdam Clerici per nos bel haeredes noſtros ad hoc deputandi purgare et peraffinare; ad dictum Theſaurum inventum per viſum ejuſdem Clerici extra ſolum trahere poſſent pro ſuae libito boluntatis: Ita quod totum Argentum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum ad cunea noſtra et haeredum noſtrorum deferatur Cuſtodibus Cambii vel Cambiorum noſtrorum aut haeredum noſtrorum per Indentur. inde faciend. ibident liberand. ad monetam inde cudend. Et quod ſinguli Dominorum praedictorum omnes ſumptus et Cuſtas qui in praemiſſis apponendi fuerint, de ſuo precio faciant et apponant; QuodqueThe clear 8, 9, 10, 12, or 15th part of pure gold & ſilver hath only been reſerved to the King by ſubſequent Patents, Plowden f. 324, 325, 326, 318, 319, 315, 316. teriia pars monetae ſic cuſſae nobis et Haeredibus noſtris remaneat; et duae partes eſuſdem Dominis, quorum ſolum illud fuerit, liberentur: Et quod totum Aurum praedictum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum, et Theſaurus inventus, per praefatum Clericum et Dominos, qui Aurum illud ſic purgaberint et Theſaurum invenerint, vel illos quos ad hoc deputaverint, ad Scaccarium noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum ſalvo ad ſumptus e [...]rundem Dominorum deferantur, una cum Indenturis, quas inter [Page] ipſum Clericum et praefatos Dominos inde fieri volumus (prout decet) et medietas inde ad opus noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum retineatur; et in Theſaurariam noſtram et ipſoum haeredum noſtrorum liberetur; et altera medietas praefatis Dominis et eorum ſingulis reſtituatur et remaneat ed Commodum ſuum inde faciendum, pro dictis ſumptibus et Cuſtubus in praemiſſis apponendis, (ut praedicitur) facilius ſupportandis. Nos volentes Conceſſionem noſtram praedictam effectui mancipari, conceſſimus et licentiam dedimus, pro nobis et haeredibus noſtris, Praelatis, Comitibus, Baronibus, at caeteris hominibus de dicto regno noſtro Angliae, et Terrae noſtra Walliae, et eorum haeredibus, et ſucceſſoribus, et aliis, terras et renementa ibidem habentibus et habituris, quod ipſi et eorum ſinguli ſolum proprium pro Mina et Theſauro hujuſmodi ibidem querendo et inveniendo fodere; et dictam Vinam per Miſum et Teſtimonium hujuſmodi Clerici ſit ad hoc deputandi purgare et peraffinare; et Theſaurum in [...]entum evtra ſolum ſuum in forma praedicta trahere poſſint, fine occaſione vel impedimento noſtri bel haeredum noſtrorum, Iuſticiariorum, Eſcaetorum, Vicecomitum, aut aliorum Balliborum ſeu Miniſtrorum noſtrorum quorumcunque: Ita quod totum Argentum ſic purgatum et peraffinatum ad Cunea noſtra praedicta, et dictum Aurum ſimiliter purgatum et peraffinatum, et Theſaurus inventus ad Scaccarium noſtrum et dictorum haeredum noſtrorum deferantur; et praedicta tertia pars Monetae ſic cuſſae, et medietas totius Auri ſic purgati et peraffinati et dicti Theſauri inventi, nobis et haeredibus noſtris remaneant; et reſiduum inde dictis liberetur et reſtituatur in forma ſupradicta. Et quod ſt dicti Domini bel eorum aliquis fodere neglererint vel neglexevit, tunc nos et haeredes noſtri in eorum defectu ſolum ſuum pro voluntate noſtra fodere, et totam Minam et Theſaurum in eodem inventa, ad commodum noſtrum et haeredum noſtrorum inde faciendum poſſumus abſque contradictione alicujus retinere. Nolumus tamen quod aliquis de dictis Regno et Terra, cujuſcunque ſtatus ſeu conditionis fuerit praetextu Conceſſionis praedictae Minam hujuſmodi in abſentia dicti Clerici noſtri purget vel peraffinet, aut Theſaurum inventum extra Iocum ubi ipſum inveniri contigerit trahere praeſumat, ſub forisfactura eorundem. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Turrim London 28 die Julii.

Per ipſum Regem & Conſilium.

If then all the Commons of England by this Act of Parliament have free liberty to digg and open Royal Mines of Gold and Silver in their own ſo [...]les: much more then ought our Queens to reſume and enjoy their ancient legal Prerogative, to open and improve their long obſtructed Mines of Queen-gold for their beſt advantage; eſpecially ſince the ancient ſtanding Lands, Revenues of the Crown, out of which their Joyntures and Dowers ariſe, are ſo much diminiſhed, that ſome think an Act of Reſumption of them (uſual inLeges Edwardi Confeſſoris Lex 17. Gal. Neubrigenſis, Hiſt. Angl. l. 2. c. 2. Chron. Johan. Bromton, col. 1046, 1047, 1259. Mat. Paris Hiſt. Angl. p. 306, 308, 868. Parl. 5 H. 4. nu. 23. Parl. 6 H 4. n. 14, to 24. 49. Parl. 1 R. 2. uu. 136. Parl. 11. H. 6. nu. 53. Parl. 29 H. 6. nu. 17, 18, 21. & cap. 7. 33 H. 6. nu. 47. Parl. 38 H. 6. nu. 30. Parl. 4 E 4. n. 40. Parl. 13 E 4. nu. 6. former ages) as neceſſary in this age, as in any former Kings reign whatſoever. It is a common proverbial ſpeech in moſt mens mouthes, That the ſmalleſt filings and atomes of Gold are ſo precious, that they are not to be caſt away, but carefully preſerved. Much leſſe then ought this whole, ancient Legal Revenue of Queen-gold (although ſome veins and filings of it be only left) to be totally neglected, and not carefully preſerved by our Queen Conſorts, when they and their Counſil ſhall deem it neceſſary or expedient.

[Page] The rather, becauſe this AURUM REGINAE is not like to the Popes AURUM PAPALE, Baptiſta Mantuanus Ecloga quinto, Johan. Balaeus Cent. Scriptor. Brit. 8. p. 646. qui Bugas dat, Accipit AURUM, &c. raiſing a large annual golden Rebenue out of his leaden Bulls, for infamous Abſolutions from, and Diſpenſations for the Pro ſacrilegio, ſurto, incendio, ra [...]ina, perjurio, & ſimilibus, abſolutio cum rehabilitate in ampla forma, cum inhibitione in quolibet dictorū criminum. Turon. 36. Duc. 9. Abſolutio à lapſa cujus ſuper quocunque actu libid inoſo cemmiſſo per Clerum, e [...]am cum Moni alibus infra et extra ſepta Monaſterii, aut cum Conſanguinets vel affinibus, vel fflia ſpiritualii, ſ [...]u quibuſcunque aliis, ſive ab unoquoque per ſe, ſive ſimul ab omnibus abſolutio petatur, cum diſpenſatione ad Ordines et beneficia cum inhibitione. Turon. 36, Duc. 3. Si verò cum illis petatur abſolutio ettam a crimine commiſſo contra naturam, vel cum brutis, cum diſpenſatione ut ſupra, & [...] inhibitione. Turon. 90. Duc. 12. Car. 60. Si verò petatur tandem abſolutio a crimine contra naturam, vel cum brutis, cum diſpenſatione & cum inhibitione. Turon. 36. Duc. 6. Abſolutio pro Moniali quae ſo permiſt plutes cognoſ [...], infra et extra ſepta Monaſterii, cum rehabilitate ab dignitates illias Ordinis etiam Ablatorum. Turon. 36. Duc. 9. Wolfgangi Muſculi, Loci Communes, p. 215. Johannes Lydii ad Nich. Clemang. Analecta, p. 17, 18. Nich. Clemangiis de Corrupto Eccleſiae ſtatu, cap. 15, 25. Cornelius Agrippa de Vanitate Scientiarum, cap. 63. Alvarus Pelagius de Planctu Eccleſiae, lib. 2. Artic. 8. & 28. Claudius Eſpencae is de Continentia, lib. 4. cap. 11 lib. 5. cap. 7, 8. lib. 6. cap. 7, to 14. moſt execrable Sodomitical, beſtial ſinnes, againſt all Laws of God and Nature, committed as well by the moſt Religious cloiſtered Votaries of the Roman Church, as the diſſoluteſt Strumpets in the Stews at Rome, diſpenſing with no leſs then 385 ſins of the greateſt magnitude in his Tara Camerae for ſet ſums of Gold, to ſupport his uſurp [...]d Papal Suprem [...]cy, luxury, and more then Regal ſplendor; but an antient, legal, Royal, real Duty, ariſing from juſt, honourable, and true Chriſtian valuable conſiderations, as the premiſes abundantly evidence. Nor is it a meer Chymical Notion, or Chimaera, ſtanding in need of a Philoſophical Prieſt, Monk, Chim [...]ſt, armed with a Royal Commiſſion, by the help of a long ſought-after, but not hitherto-invented Philoſophers Stoke, to tranſubſtantiate Copper, Braſſ [...], Tinne, and other baſer metals into real ſolid Gold and Silver, by Limbecks or Charms; as all Popes, Maſſe-Prieſts Gratian de Conſecratione, Diſtinct. 2. Thomas Waldenſis Doctrinale fidei, Tom. 2. de Sacramento Euchariſtiae, cap. [...]5. & Tom. 3 de Miſſae Sacrificio, cap. 38. Concilium Tridentinum Seſſio 13 de Sacramento Euchariſtiae. Bellarmin, and ſundry others in their Books De Sacramento Euchariſtiae & Miſſa. dogmatically affirm, they can and daily do tranſubſtantiate the Euchariſtical bread, by pronouncing, Hoc eſt enim corpus meum, in the Canon of their Maſſe-books over it, (though not the words of benediction or conſecration, whichMat. 26, 26, 27, 28. Mar. 14. 22, 23. Luk. 22. 17, 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 16. ch. 11. 23, 24, 25. preceded, directed to the bread, but a reaſon rendred by Chriſt to his Diſciples after his benediction, why they ſhould receive it, as the word enim imports, and ſo not words of tranſubstantiation as they aſſert) into the very natural body and blood of Chriſt, born of the Virgin Mary, actually aſcended into heaven above 1600 years paſt, without any addition thereunto; though they neither ſ [...]e it with their eyes, nor taſte it by their pallats, nor feel it by their hands, nor diſcern it by their ſmell to be the body of Chriſt, (who hath reſolved the eyes, ſenſes to be theMat. 28. 16, 17. Luk. 1. 1, 2. ch. 22. 15, to 53 John 20. 17, 18, to 31. ch. 21. 14, to 24. Acts 1. 3, 9, 10, 11, 22. ch. 5. 31. ch. 10 40, 41, 42. 1 Cor. 15. 1, to 9. 1 John 1. 1, 2. proper Judges, diſcerners of the reality and verity of his body, and of his miraculous reſu [...]rection and aſcention into heaven, chief Articles of our Faith;) without which real tranſubſtantiation, they teach and believe there can be no true Sacrament of the Euchariſt, nor meritorious Sacrifice of their Maſſe; when as the generality of theirThomas Aquinas 3 part. qu. 82. Petrus Aureolus in 4. Diſtinct. 9. qu. 2. Angelus de Clavaſio Summa Angelica, Tit. Euchariſtia 3. ſect. 7. & 18. & 2 ſect. 34 Paſchatius Ratbertus, de Corpore & Sanguinis Domini, cap. 14. Willielmus Malm [...]sburienſis de Geſtis Regum Angl. lib. 3. p. 114. See the ſecond Tome of my Exact Chronological Vindication, p. 71, 72, 73, 74. Schoolmen, Canoniſts, Caſuists, and Writers of Legends and Saints Lives reſolve, that if the conſecrated Hoſtia ſhall appear to the eyes, [Page] or ſenſes of any Prieſt or receiver, to be really and viſibly tranſubſtantiated into the form or ſubſtance of Chriſts body, or appear in the ſhape of a little Infant, raw fleſh, or blood, (as their Legends report it hath to ſeveral of them, though not to all) it is a divine miraculous inhibition to them, not to eat or receive it, unleſs it ſhall reſume the ſhape of bread. Nam a apparet in forma puert, vel hujuſmodi non debet ſumere, quia non apparet ſub ſpecie convenienti humanae refectioni. An unanſwerable Argument, that their late coined doctrine of Tranſubſtantiation which they very hotly contend for, is ſo far from being an eſſential neceſſary ingredient of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, (purpoſely inſtituted by our Saviour to be received and eaten by all Prieſts and Communicants when ever it is conſecrated, in memory of his death and paſſion, Ma [...]. 26. 26, 27. Mar. 14. 22, 23. Luk. 22. 16, 17, 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10. 16, 17, 21. ch. 11. 24, to 34. & Summa Angelica Tit. Eucharistia 3. circa ſumptionem ejus;) that it is altogether inconſiſtent with, and diametrically repugnant to it, becauſe when they viſibly ſee it by their bodily eyes to be really tranſubſtantiated into Christs body, fleſh, or blood, as they ſuppoſe, they ought not in conſcience to receive it; therefore by the ſelf-ſame Argument they ought not to do it when they as really believe it to be thus tranſubstantiated, as if they did viſibly and miraculouſly behold it. Now if every Pope and ordinary Maſſe-Priest can thus daily tranſubstantiate the Sacramental bread into the very natural body of Chriſt, and create their Creator, as they believe and aſſert, which is the greater, though they differ toto genere, and have no analogy with each other; then they may more confidently believe and affirm, they can tranſubſtantiate Copper, Braſſe, Tinne, Lead, and other baſer metals, into real Gold and Silver, ſince they all agree in the genus of metals, and are not ſo far different from each other as bread and Chriſts natural body. Upon which account our King Henry the 6. by advice of his Counſil and authority of Parliament, iſſued no leſſe then four ſucceſſive Patents and Commiſſions to ſeveral learned Knights, Citizens of London, Chimiſts, Monks and Maſſe-Prieſts, to finde out the Philoſophers Stone, or Elixir, which would not only cure all diſeaſes, and make men live to the utmoſt poſſibility of nature, but likewiſe tranſubſtantiate other baſer metals into moſt true and ſolid Gold and Silver, to the great benefit of the Realm, and enable him in very few years to pay all his Creditors in real Gold and Silver. Which Patents and Commiſſions for their raritie, to gratifie our Chimiſts, Virtu [...]ſi, and thoſe who have made Tranſubſtantiation an Article of their new Trent Creed, I ſhall here preſent you with out of the Records in the Tower.

REX omnibus ad quos,Ex Rot Pat, An. 24 H. 6. pars 2. m. 14. Pro Edmundo de Trafford, & Thoma Aſheton Militibus. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum dilecti & fideles noſtri Edmundus de Trafford Miles, & Thomas Aſheton Miles, nobis per quandam ſupplicationem monſtraverit, Quod quamvis ipſi ſuper certis materiis per Artem [...]v Scientiam Philoſophiae operari vellent, vibelicet Metalla imperſecta de ſuo proprio genere transferre; et tunc ea per dictam Artem [...]s;ive Scientiam, in Aurum vel Argentum perfectum tranſubſtantiare, ad omnimodas probationes et examinationes, ſicut aliquod Aurum vel Argentum in aliqua Minera creſcens erpectand. et indurand. (ut dicunt.) Nihilominus certae perſonae illis malevolentes & malignantes, ſupponunt ipſos per Artem illicitam operari, ut ſic ipſos in probatione dictae Artis ſive Scientiae impedire & perturbare poſſent. Nos praemiſſa conſiderantes, ac concluſionem [Page] dictae operationis ſive Scientiae ſcire volentes, de gratia noſtra ſpeciali conceſſimus et licentiam dedimus eiſdem Edmundo & Thomae et ipſorum Servientibus, quod ipſi Artem sive Scientiam praedictam operari et probare poſſint licite et impune, abſque impetitione noſtri vel Officiario [...]um noſtcirc;rorum quorumcunque; Aliquo Statuto, Acta, Ordinatione [...]s;ive probiſione in contrarium fact. ordinat. ſive proviſ. non obſtante. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 7 die Aprilis.

Per breve de Privato Sigillo, & de data praedicta, auctoritate Parliamenti.

REX omnibus ad quos,Ex Rot. Pat. An. 34 H. 6. m. 13. &c. ſalutem. Cum copia Numiſmatis paincipaliter genererat univerſalem proſperitatem in quacunque regione, et Nobis expoſitum ſit, quod al qui ſunt modi utiles et honeſti, pet quos Numiſma tam de Auro quam de Argento poſſit in regno noſtro Angliae faciliter multiplicari, tam pro marima utilitate totius Reipublicae notum facimus, quod nos tantam utilitatem negligi non volentes, ſet per bona media produci ad effectum plenarie confidentes, de fidelitate, induſtria, ſagacitate, atque bona diligentia dilectorum noſtrorum Willielmi Cartelowe, & Johannis Middleton Mercerorum London. Matthaei Philip, & Humphrey Heyford Aurifabrorum, Richardi Lee, & Roberti Gayton Grocerorum, Thomae Couk, & Thomae David Draperorum, necnon Eliae Horwoud Cuſtodis Cambii noſtri London. ipſos pariter & eorum quemlibet per ſe, tàm conjunctim quàm diviſim, ex Conſt [...]lii noſtri deliberatione commi [...]mus et deputavimus, committimus et deputamus per praeſentes ad diligenter inveſtigandam veritatem ſ [...]per hiis quae in ſcriptis erunt eis miniſtrata pro antedicta multiplicatione Numiſmatis, tam de Auro quam de Argento in regno noſtro per bona media conſequenda: Ac etiam de comm [...]do vel incommodo univerſalitati dictae Reipublicae inde proventuro; capiendo, [...]l egeant, conſtiium ab aliia in tali materis expertis, quibus noſtris Commiſſariis antenominatis et eorum cuilibet, tam conjunctim quam diviſim, diſtricte praecipiendo ſpecialiter damus in mandatis per eaſdem praeſentes, quatinus in praemiſſis et circa praemiſſa cum ſuis circumſtantiis vigilanter vacent et intendant cum effectu; et quicquid in praemiſſis egerint et receperint cum eorum opintine vel opinionibus in hac parte ipſi pariter aut quinque ipſorum referant per bonam declarationem in ſcriptis nobis aut Conſilio noſtro in principio proximi menſis Julii in praeſenti anno regni noſtri triceſimo quarto; Dantes inſuper in mandatis per [...] praeſentes quibuſcunque Officiariis et Subditis noſtris, et eorum cuilibet, prout ad eos pertinuerit, quatinus Commiſſariis noſtris praenominatis. vel quinque aut tribus eorundem parcant efficaciter et intendant in praemiſſis, cum requiſti [...]i fuerint. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. 17 die Maii.

REX Omnibus ad quos,Ibid. m 7. Pro Johanne Fanceby, & aliis. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum antiqui Sapientes et famoſiſſimi Philoſophi, in ſuis ſcriptis et lib [...]is, ſub figuris et integumentis docuerint et reliquerint, et Vino et Lapidibus pretioſis, ex Oleis, ex Vegetabilibus, et Animalibus, ex Metallis, et ex medits Mineralibus multas medicinas glorioſas et notabiles confici poſſe; et praeſertim quandam Medicinam praecioſiſſimam, quam aliqui Philoſophorum Matrem [Page] et Imperatricem medicinarum dixerunt; alii gloriam inaeſtimabilem eandem nominaverunt; alii verò quintam Eſſentiam,Vid. Faſchae 7 Ed. 6. Dyer f. 88 a. Lapidem Philoſopho [...]um, et Elixir nuncupaverunt eandem; Cujus Medicinae virtus tàm [...]fficax & admirabilis exiſteret, quod per eam quaecunque infirmitates curabiles curarentur faciliter, vita humana [...]ad ſuum naturalem prorogaretur terminum, et homo in ſanitate et viribus naturalibus tam Eorporis quam Animae, fortitudine Membrorum, Memoriae claritate, et Ingenii vivacitate ad eundem terminum mirabiliter praeſervaretur: quaecunque etiam Vulnera curabilia ſine difficultate ſanarentur; quae inſuper contra omne genns Venenorum foret ſumma et optima Medicina; ſed et alia plura Commoda nobis et Reipublicae Regni noſtri utiliſſima per eandem fieri poſſent, veluti Metallorum tranſmutaciones in veriſſimum Aurum et finiſſimum Argentum; Nos frequenter meditatione multâ revolvimus, quàm delectabile et quàm utile tàm pro Nobis, quàm pro Regni noſtri Republica foret, ſi hujuſmodi medicinae praecioſae (divinâ favente gratiâ) per labores haberentur virorum doctorum, necnon quod a retroactis diebus et annis plurimis datum fuit paucis et nullis ad beram prarim dictarum Medicinarum glorioſarum pertingere, tàm propter arduas difficultates circa earundem compoſitionem incidentes et circumſtantes, tàm quia timor poenalis ab inveſtigatione et practica tantorum ſecretorum multos viros ingenioſos naturalibus Scientiis doctiſſimos, et ad earundem medicinarum practicas diſpoſi [...]iſſimos a multis diebus hucuſque abduxit, abſtrarit, et detrabit in praeſenti, ne ipſi in poenam incidant cujuſdam Statuti, tempore RegniViz 5 H. 4. c. 4. None from henceforth ſhall uſe to multiply Gold or Silver, or uſe the craft of Multiplication; and if any the ſame do; he ſhall incurre the pain of felony. Vid Cookes 3 Inſtitutes, cap. 20 p. 74. Paſch. 7 E 6. Dyer, f 88. a. Plowdens Comment. f. 339. Henrici Abi noſtri contra Multiplicatores editi et proviſi. Quapropter congruum et expediens biſum eſt Nobis, viros aliquos ingenioſos in ſcientiis naturalibus ſufficienter imbutos, et ad practicandum dictas Medicinas benevolos et diſpoſitos, qui timeant Deum, veritatem diligant, et opera deceptoria, et fallaces tincturas Metalicas odiant providere, eligere et aſſignare, quorum ſecuritati, indempuitati ex quieti ſufficienter et noſtra auctoritate et praerogativa Regali probideamus, ne vel dum in opere et practica fuerint, vel poſt eorum labores et diligentias occaſione hujuſmodi Practicae quoviſmodo perturbentur, inquietentur aut damnificentur in perſonis aut bonis ſuis, ſeu eorum aliquis perturbetur aut inquiete [...]ur in aliquo. Nos igitur confidentes de fidelitatibus, circumſpectionibus, profundis Scientiis et benevolentiis egregiorum virorum Johannis Fanceby, Johannis Kirkeby, & Johannis Rany, in Scientiis naturalibus eruditiſſimorum, Elegimus, aſſignavimus, nominavimus, et licentiavimus ipſos omnes ex ſingulos, et er noſtra Regali praerogatiba, authoritate, et certa ſcientia ipſis, et eo [...]um cuilibet poteſtatem, authoritatem, libertatem, Warrantum ac Licentiam damus et concedimus ſpecialem per praeſentes, ad omnes et ſingulas medicinas praedictas juxta ſcientias et diſcretiones ſuas et ſapientium, antiquorum doctrinas et ſcripta, conjunctim et diviſim inquirend. inveſtigand proſequend. perficiend. et complete proband. necnon tranſmutationes Metallorum in verum Aurum et verum Argentum faciend. et exercend. Statuto praecicto aut quocunque alio Statuto poenali in contrarium, vel contra Multiplicatores edito ſeu proviſo, non obſtante. Dictos inſuper Johannem, Johannem & Johannem, ac etiam Servitores ſuos qu [...]ſcunque, qui ſibi, aliquibus, aut alicui eorum in hujuſmodi practicae deſerbierint ratione hujuſmodi praxis, et quemlibet eorum in defenſionem noſtram, [...]uitionem et pro [...]ectionem noſtram ſpecialem ponimus et ſuſcepimus per praeſentes; omnibus [Page] et ſingulis Iudicibus, Iuſticiartis, Vicecomitibus, Majoribus, Ballibis et Conſtabulariis, Officiariis, Miniſtris, beris Ligeis et Subditis noſtris quibuſcunque inhibentes, ne ipſi eiſdem aut eorum alicui, praetextu dicti Statuti, aut cujuſcunque alterius coloris quaeſrti, dum in practica praemiſſarum Medicinarum aut alicujus eorum Laborantes fuerint, aut aliquis eorum laborans fuerit, ſeu poſt complementum aut dimiſſionem practicae earundem occaſione hujuſmodi praxis, ullum gravamen, impedimentum, ſeu perturbationem quamcunque imponant aut inferant, ſeu permittant inferri, ſeu aliquos eorum alicui ex eis imponat, inferat aut permittat inferri: Et ſi aliquid tale fiat (quod abſit) mandamus omnibus Officiariis et Ligeis noſtris, ſicut nos timent et diligunt, quod ſine mora tale emendetur gravamen, ſub poena in noſtram gravem indignationem incurrendi, ac forisfaciendi nobis omnia quae nobis forisfacere poterit, quicunque hiis noſtris Scriptis contraveniens fuerit aut rebellis. Ex habundanti inſuper dicimus et declaramus, quod intentionis noſtrae Regalis eſt, quod hae literae noſtrae patentes valeant et ſufficeant eis omnibus et eorum cuilibet, necnon Serbitoribus ſuis ut ipſi ſecuri, quieti et indempnes ſint, et conſerventur ab omnibus vexationibus et inquietationibus, quae contra eos aut eorum aliquem qualitercun (que) ex quacunque occaſione cujuſcunque Statuti, contra Multiplicatores editi ſeu proviſi poſſent inferri. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtmonasterium 31 die Maii.

Per ipſum Regem, & de dat. praedicta Auctoritate Parliamenti.

REX Omnibus ad quos,Ex Rotulo Patentium de Anno 35 H. 6. memb. 6. Pro Magiſtro Thoma Hervei & al. &c. ſalutem. Sciatis, quod quia nobis expo [...]tum eſt,A project never ſo ſeaſonable, or neceſſary as now. aliqua fore media licita et honeſta, per bonam Polliciam practicabilia, quibus mediantibus infra paucos proximo futuros annos omnibus noſtris Creditoribus bonae fidei condenienter ſatisfieri poterit de ſingulis ſuis Debitis bonis et legalibus in bona Pecunta numerata de Auro et de Argento, cum magna utilitate univerſalis Reipublicae. Nos totis viribus utilitatem publicam cum omni favore proſequi affectantes, nec volentes tantum Bonum univerſale ſub ſilentio inexpertum pertranfire, plenarie conſidentes de fidelitate et induſtria, perſpicuitate atque bona diligentia dilectorum noſtrorum Magiſtri Thomae Hervei Ordinis Fratrum Auguſtinen. Magiſtri Roberti Glaſelay Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum in Cantabrigia, Magiſtri Willielmi Atclyffe Phyſici Reginae chariſſimae Conthoralis noſtrae, & Magiſtri Henrici Sharp Magiſtri in Collegio Sancti Laurentii de Pontiguico London, Thomae Cook Alderman. London, Johannis Fyld Fyſhemonger, Johannis Yonghe & Roberti Gayton Grocerorum, Johannis Sturgeon & Johannis Lambert Mercerorum London. ipſos pariter et eorum quemlibet per ſe, tam conjunctim quam diviſim, ex deliberatione Conſilii noſtri, commi [...]imus et deputavimus, commi [...]imus et deputamus per praeſentes, ad attente audiendum et vigilanter ſapiendum pro inveſtiganda veritate ſuper hiis quae in praemiſſis et circa praemiſſa erunt eis tam verbis propoſita quam in ſcriptis miniſtranda, cum ſuis circumſtantiis, viz. ſi res in ſe ſit factibilis, et utrum majus Commodum vel Incommodum noſtrae Reipublicae inde fuerit proventurum; Habito (ſt egeant) in hac parte conſilio ab aliis expertis, quos duxerint conſulendes. Dantes eiſdem Commiſſariis, et eorum cuilibet per ſe, ſpecialiter in mandatis per eaſdem praeſentes, quatinus hanc Commiſſionem cutae habeant, [Page] et quamcitius debitae executioni demandent. Et quicquid in praemiſſis cum ſuis circumſtantiis ipſl aut aliqui eorum conjunctim, vel alter ipſorum ſeparatim et diviſim per ſe in hac materia egerint et reperierint, cum opinionibus ſuis, unus alterum non expectando, referant nobis aut Conſilio noſtro per bonam declarationem in ſcriptis, infra primum diem Menſtis Maii proximo ve [...]turi; et in hiis talem adhibeant diligentiam, ut de prompta obedientia mereantur apud nos commendari; et quod intellectis opinionibus eorum, cum maturo conſt [...]io ulterius procedere valeamus ad effectum. Mandamus praeterea omnibus et ſingulis Officiariis et Subditis noſtris, quatinus Commiſſionariis praenominatis vel duobus ipſorum (ſi requiſiti fuerint in hac parte) pareant efficaciter et intendant. In cujus, &c. Teſte Rege apud Coventr. 9 die Martii.

Per breve de Privato Sigillo, & de dat. praedicta Authoritate Parliamenti.

Although all theſe Patents, Commiſſions for diſcovery of the Philoſophers Stone (to make a tranſubſtantion of one ſort of Metal into another, which hath more affinity between them then Chriſts natural body with bread) for the profitable publike ends therein ſpecified, proved altogether abortive for ought I find; yet this antient Duty of AƲRƲM REGINAE being no aerial Whymſ [...]y, but an approved real Revenue which hath brought in much Gold and Treaſure to ſeveral Queens in former ages, will queſtionleſſe produce ſome real Gold Coyn to her Majesties Treaſury every year, if Her Highneſſe by the Kings adviſe and aſſiſtance ſhall judge it expedient as well as it is juſt, legal to demand and levy it for the future out of all Fines and Oblations for which it is legally due, though there may be prudential reaſons to remit all or moſt of it for what is already paſt, ſince the ſolemnization of her Royal Nuptials to his SACRED MAJESTY.

A Chronological Catalogue of the QUEEN-CONSORTS of this our Realm mentioned in this Tractate, who received or claimed this Duty of AURUM REGINAE.

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ST. Helena, daughter and heir of King Coel, Queen Conſort to the Emperor Conſtantius, Anno Dom. 302. Here, p. 9, 10.

Eleanor, daughter of William Duke of Aquitaine, Queen Conſort to King Henry the 2. p. 104, 105.

Iſabel, daughter and heir of Aimer Earl of Angoleſme, Queen Conſort to King John, p. 11, 12, 13.

Eleanor, ſecond daughter of Raymond Earl of Provence, Queen Conſort to King Henry the 3. p. 14, 18, 21, 106.

Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinando the 3. King of Caſtile, firſt Queen Conſort to King Edward the 1. p. 18, to 29, 106, 107, 108.

Margaret, eldeſt daughter of Philip the Hardy King of France, ſecond Queen Conſort to King Edward the 1. p. 28.

Iſabel, daughter to Philip the Fair King of France, Queen Conſort to King Edward the 2. p. 30, 32, 33, 34, 49, 50, 109, 110, 111, 115.

Philip, daughter of William Earl of Henault and Holland, Queen Conſort to King Edward the 3. p. 34, to 58. 111, to 118.

Anne, daughter to the Emperour Charles the 4th. Queen Conſort to King Richard the 2. p. 58, 59, 60.

Joane, daughter to Charles the firſt King of Navarre, Queen Conſort to King Henry the 4th. p. 62, 63, 66, 118.

Katherine, daughter to King Charles the ſixth of France, Queen Conſort to King Henry the 5th. p. 68.

Margaret, daughter of Renate King of Jeruſalem, Sicily, and Arragon, Queen Conſort to King Henry the 6. p. 67, 118.

Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Woodvill, Earl Rivers, Queen Conſort to King Edward the 4th. p. 68, to 104.

Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of King Edward the 4th. Queen Conſort to King Henry the 7th. p. 119, 120.

Katherine, daughter of Ferdinando the ſixth, King of Spaine, firſt Queen Conſort to King Henry the 8. p. 122.

Anne, daughter to Sir Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltſhire and Ormond, ſecond Wife to King Henry the 8. p. 122.

Katherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Parre of Kendall, Marqueſs of Northampton, ſixth and laſt Queen Conſort to King Henry the 8. p. 123.

Anne, ſiſter to Christianus the 4th. King of Denmarke, Queen Conſort to King James, p. 122, 123, 124.

Henrietta Maria, daughter to King Henry the 4th. of France, Queen Conſort to King Charles the 1. p. 126.

A Chronological Catalogue of the Clerks, Collectors, and Receivers of AURUM REGINAE, in the Court of Exchequer, herein mentioned.

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ALexander de Lucy; An. 9 Johannis Regis, p. 10.

Alexander de Reſham, An. 9 Johan. p. 11.

Lau [...]entius de Caſtellis, An. 20 & 37 Henr. Regis 3. p. 15.

Johannes Francigena, or Franciſcus, An. 29 & 30 Henr. 3. p. 16, 17.

Robertus de Thaury, An. 39 & 40 Henr. 3. p. 17, 18.

Johannes de Whitebergh, An. 56 Henr. 3. p. 18.

Johannes de Water [...]le, An. 1 Edw. Regis 1. p. 19, 20.

Walterus de Cantia, An. 3 Edw. 1. p. 20.

Benettus de Winton, Judaeus, An. 4 Edw. 1. p. 21.

Willielmus de Wallie in Hibernia, An. 7 Edw. 1. p. 22.

Johannes de Berewyke, An. 13 to 20 Edw. 1. p. 23, to 28.

Walterus de Caſtello, An. 14 Edw. 1. p. 23.

Johannes de Godeleye, Godele, or de Godeſley, An. 28 Edw. 1. p. 28, 29, 108.

Johannes Drury, An. 7 Edw. Regis 2. p. 30.

Robertus de Hoten, An. 18 Edw. 2. p. 32.

Johannes de Oxenden, An. 7 Edwardi Regis 3. p. 33.

Johannes Eſton, or de Eſton, An. 18 & 34 Edw. 3. p. 37, 38, 48.

Rogerus de Cloune, An. 27 Edw. 3. p. 41.

Johannes Cooks, An. 27 Edw. 3. p. 114.

Sire Johane Tabby, An. [...] Henrici Regis 5. p. 66.

Geffray Paynel, An. 3 Henr. 5. p. 66.

Thomas Dokes, An. 5 Henrici Regis 6. p. 68, 119.

Thomas Crooke, & Willielmus Eſſex, An. 24 Henr. 6. p. 67.

Nicholaus Lathel, & Robertus Calderot, Deputatus ejus, An. 8 & 9 Edwardi Regis 4, p. 69.

Thomas Stydolfe, An. 20 & 21 Edw. 4. p. 101.

Johannes Icham, An. 22 & 23 Edw. 4. p. 101.

Edmundus Chaderton, An. 3 Henrici Regis 7. p. 119, 120.

Richardus Deacons Armiger. An. 1 to 22 Henrici Regis 8. p. 120, 121.

Griffinus Richards, An. 22 Henr. 8. p. 122.

Georgius Taylor, An. 25 or 27 Henr. 8. p. 122.

A Chronological Catalogue of Queens Attorneys herein mentioned.

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WAlterus de Kancia, An. 7 Edwardi Regis 1. p. 107.

Thomas de Clough, or Clogh, An. 25 & 27 Edwardi Regis 3. p. 36, 37, 39, 41, 100, 114, 115.

Walterus Campeden, An. 27 Edw. 3. p. 38.

Johannes de Hedyndon, or Edyndon, An. 28 Edw. 3. p. 42, 118.

Johannes de Holt, An. 30 & 34 Edw. 3. p. 43, 44, 45, 117.

Johannes Crooke, & Willielmus Eſſex, An. 24 Henr. 6. p. 67.

Johannes I [...]ham, An. 22 & 23 Edw. 4. p. 101.

Mr. Herbert, An. 11 Caroli Regis 1. p. 72, 109.

FINIS.

ERRATA.

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PRay correct theſe Errataes at the Preſs in ſome Copies. Pag. 16. line 32. for Communicata read Communitati, p. 33. l. 12. Margaret r. Iſabel, p. 58. l. 1. in r. ne, l. 3. deſtre evaunt r. deſore en avant, p. 105. l. 12. a r. autem, l. 44. regio r. Regis, p. 115. l. 43. omnia r. omni, p. 118. l. 20, 21. for Katherins his Mother r. Joan his Grandmother.

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Aurum reginæ, or, A compendious tractate and chronological collection of records in the Tower and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty, and revenue of the queen-consorts of England ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...

Prynne, William, 1600-1669.

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— Aurum reginæ, or, A compendious tractate and chronological collection of records in the Tower and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty, and revenue of the queen-consorts of England ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ..., Prynne, William, 1600-1669..

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Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.

Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.

Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.

The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.

Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).

Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site.