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62 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: vol. iv.
III.
DEE MILLS,
CHESTER.
S. Claims by
Lessee,
1278-1289.
Harl. MSS.
2083. 513.
Royal lands at Chester Castle refusing to grind at
his mills. No contesting of his right under his lease
of 1277 being
from the king
possible,
who had
Richard claimed damages
introduced this element of
discord into his soke district ; and the sovereign,
recognising his liability, ordered an enquiry to be held
to assess the damages :—
Breve R. Edwardi I. Reginaldo de Grey Justiciario suo Cestriae
destinatum quo quia Ricardus le Enginur sibi suggesserat quod
magna pars multure quam percipere debet de bladis in Dominicis
Terris suis Cestriae crescentibus, jam subtrahitur eidem, per assignationem
quam fecit quibusdam hominibus partium illarum de
Dominicis predictis, in escambium et recompensationem quarundam
aliarum terrarum Abbati et Conventui de Valle Regali, in augmentationem
sustentationis sui, per sese assignatum volens inde
;
certiorari ille mandat quod inquirat quantum dampni idem Ricardus
sustinuerit annuatim per subtractionem multure predicte : et a quo
tempore sic fuerit per dictam assignationem subtracta : et quantum
multura ilia sic subtracta valere potuit singulis annis a tempore
subtractionis predicte : et quantum valere poterit ex tunc per annum :
et qualiter et quomodo.
Writ of the King Edward I. sent to Reginald de Grey, his
justiciary at Chester : for the reason that Richard the Engineer had
preferred to him that great part of the multure he should receive on
grain grown on the manorial lands of Chester was then withdrawn
because of the assignment the king made to certain men of those
parts of the said manorial lands in exchange and recompense for
certain other lands assigned by him to the abbot and convent of
Vale Royal, for their sustenance : the king therefore ordering
enquiry to be made what damage Richard may have yearly sustained
by withdrawal of the said multure ; at what time in consequence of
the said assignment it was thus withdrawn ; what the withdrawn
multure may have been worth each year since it was withdrawn ;
what it may be worth per annum for the future ; and how and in
what manner, &c.
Accordingly the justiciary held his court, and the
verdict of the jury was forwarded to the king :—
Inquisitio facta eodem anno : ubi per juratores compertum fuit
Ibid., 2083. 514.
quod a tempore quo Dns. Rex assignavit Dominicas Terras suas
Castri Cestriae hominibus partium illarum in recompensationem
aliarum terrarum Abbati et Conventui de Valli Regali assignatarum,
Ricardus L'Enginour per subtractionem multure quam de bladis
Dominicis hominum predictorum percipere debuisset, sustinuit
dampnum ad valentiam 58® 7*^ ob. Verum quod non potest eis
constare de multura temporibus futuris.