| Description | From: W [William de Fressedon, vicar of Peckham?], rural dean of Shoreham, appointed by the prior and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral Priory sede vacante
To: Henry of Eastry, prior of Canterbury Cathedral Priory
On 20 Nov he received Henry's mandate dated 17 Nov at Walworth [Surrey] (recited), which recites the writ of King Edward II, dated 9 Nov at Westminster. John son of John of 'Baukewelle', rector of Meopham, owes William le Sautrier, Quenn Margaret's minstrel ('menestrallus'), payable on St Edward's day last. He does not have a lay fee from which this money can be levied, so the king commands Henry to levy it from his ecclesiastical goods in the archiepiscopate of Canterbury and send it to the Exchequer on 7 Dec to be paid to William. Henry commands the rural dean to levy the money on John's ecclesiastical goods and send it to him by 30 Nov.
The rural dean went to the rectory of Meopham and found goods valued at 62s by trustworthy men of the same parish. He raised 30s from these goods and sends it to Henry by the bearer of this document in a linen bag ('bursa'), sealed with the seal of his office. He sequestrated the rest of the goods because he could not find a buyer for them.
Given at Peckham [Kent?].
Endorsed with description in late 13th cent hand.
Nineteenth century transcript. |