king,[1] who, on the 3rd July in the same year, appointed William de Kelleseye to receive seisin of the same lands.[2] On the 23rd September following, the king granted to William de Kelleseye and William Balle the custody of the same lands during the royal pleasure;[3] and the next year, on the 3rd April, is was transferred to William de Kaynes.[4]
Roger de Bavent being at this time indebted to William de Carleton in the sum of £80 upon a "chevancie," the king, on the 25th June, 19 Edw. III. [1345], in order to reimburse Carleton, granted to him the manor of Hachesham, to hold to him, his heirs, executors, and assigns, with the corn, hay, and grass growing thereon, unto Michaelmas next, and from that time for two years, in full satisfaction of the £80; that is, valuing the manor at £40 up to Michaelmas, and at £20 for each of the following years.[5]
This debt, however, would appear to have been soon afterwards satisfied; for, on the 18th May, 1346, the manor was granted by the king to Roger de Bavent, to hold for his life, free from the payment of any rent or service.[6]
By a fine levied in Trinity Term, 24 Edw. III., John Pynselegle and Katherine his wife, in consideration of one hundred silver marks, granted to John Adam de Luk, citizen of London, and Katherine his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, one messuage, seven shops, ninety-two acres of land, eleven acres and a half of meadow,
