Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln. de Lacy; Countess of Lincoln Alice King and council....

Petitioners

Alice de Lacy, Countess of Lincoln.

Name(s)

de Lacy; Countess of Lincoln, Alice

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Richard de Kelleshale gave bond to the petitioner in £56 6s 8d by statute merchant before the mayor of Lincoln and the clerk of the statute on Wednesday 23 September 1338. He was to pay her 100s then, and at Whitsun following 100s, and at Christmas following 100s, and at Whitsun following 100s, and at Christmas following 100s, etc., until a final payment at Whitsun (1344) of £6 6s 6d, and certified on record in the chancery. Hugh de Carleton is now dead and the petitioner has sued to Virly to have the rolls inspected and seeks [permission] to sue his executors for delivery of the rolls against her loss.

Nature of endorsement

Let her inspect the certification made before this time and returned into chancery and the letters of obligation of the statute. Let her have the contents of all the terms of payment of the debt that they are in accordance with the letters of obligation. Let her have a writ of execution quit of the certification of the terms passed, and grant her that part [of the debt] not [already] passed.

Places mentioned

Kingston Lacy, [Dorset]

Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].

People mentioned

Edward III, King of England

Richard de Kelleshale of Kingston Lacy

Mayor of Lincoln

Hugh de Carleton, late clerk of the statute merchant

William Virly, clerk of the statute merchant.

For a letter recommending the re-appointment of Virly as clerk of the statute merchant in Lincoln, see SC 8/298/14886

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.198 (death of Carleton and appointment of Virly) & p.202 (appointment of Thomas de Carleton) & p.254 (appointment of Adam de Thorpe)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1340-1343, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.14 (re-appointment of Thomas de Carleton)