(1) Letters patent dated 5th October, 20 Richard II
(1396), granting to him the hospital of St. Mary
Rouncyvall.
(2) Letters patent dated 20th October, 20 Richard II,
granting to him for life the wardenship of the hospital
of St. Mary Rouncyvall by Charryngcrouch. 5th February;
Westminster.
Calend. Pat. Rolls, 10 Henry IV, pt. 1, m. 10.
[Sidenote: 1409.]
Francis, Prior of the Hospital of St. Mary de Rouncyvall of the diocese
of Pampeluna and Warden of St. Mary of Rouncyvall by Charyng Crosse,
impleaded John Newerk, clerk, for having broken into a close and houses
of the said Prior in the parish of St. Martin’s in the Fields, and taken
away a sealed chest worth 20_s._, containing charters, writings, bulls,
apostolic instruments and other muniments, and committed other offences
to the damage of £200 in the reign of Richard II. John Newerk alleges
that the said chapel and all its property had been seized in the King’s
hands according to the statute dated at Gloucester, 2 Ric. II, and that
afterwards the Wardenship of the said chapel was granted to the said
John by letters patent, dated 20th October, 20 Ric. II, and that he is
not answerable for the above property, etc., to the said Prior without
consulting the King, and whereas the suit has been long delayed the King
orders the Justices to proceed therein, but not to give judgment without
consulting him. Westminster.
Close Roll, 10 Henry IV, m. 7 (see also m. 11).
[Sidenote: 1409.]
Record of the above-mentioned plea between Francis, Prior of St. Mary de
Rouncyvall, and John Newerk, Clerk, returned on a writ _de causis
certiorari_, dated 1st September, 5 Henry V, 1417.
Placita coram rege, Hilary Term. 10 Henry IV, 1409.
This document recites the conditions of the trespass of John Newerk on
the Monday after the Feast of All Saints, 21 Ric. II, when with force
and arms he broke into the close and houses of the said Prior in the
town of Westminster, mentioning the sealed chest and charters and the
amount of damage done to the Prior. It continues to recite John Newerk’s
defence and especially that he, John Newerk, had been granted the
custody of the said Chapel.
_Judgment:_ That at the time of the trespass the close and houses were
the sole and free tenement of the said Prior—damages for the said Prior
100 marks. As to the said chest and writings the said Newerk is found
“not guilty.”
Chancery Miscellanea, 68/466.
[Sidenote: 1411.]
Pardon to John Newerk, Clerk, for his outlawry in the County of
Middlesex for not appearing before the King to satisfy the Prior of St.
Mary Rouncivall ... of 100 marks which the Prior recovered against him
on account of a trespass in the time of Richard II, he having
surrendered to the Marshalsea Prison and satisfied the Prior. 5th May;
Westminster.
Calend. Pat. Rolls, 12 Henry IV, m. 12.
[Sidenote: 1417.]
Confirmation to Walter Shiryngton,[18] Prebendary of Goderynghill, in
the Collegiate Church of Westbury, of the free chapel of Rouncevale, in
the diocese of London, of his estate and possession to the said prebend
and chapel. Westminster.