Close Rolls, Edward III: July-November 1359

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 10, 1354-1360. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1908.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: July-November 1359', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 10, 1354-1360, (London, 1908) pp. 592-600. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol10/pp592-600 [accessed 19 April 2024]

July-November 1359



	Membrane 14.
July 16. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to cause all the king's letters of coket of wool, hides and woolfells taken from that port made henceforward between them and the masters of the ships in which the wool etc. are laded to be indented, and to cause one part of those indentures to be sealed with the coket seal, and the other part with the seals of the masters, and to cause the part so sealed by them to be delivered to the masters, retaining the other parts in their custody, enjoining the masters, upon pain of forfeiture, to deliver the parts so delivered to them to John Malewayn, now governor of the liberties and privileges of the merchants of England in the parts of Flanders, Holand and Seland, or to his attorney, as soon as ever they come to those parts, before the wool etc. be unladed, as the king has learned that great quantity of wool, hides and woolfells have been taken to parts beyond before these times without the customs and subsidies due thereon being paid, and with the assent of the council he has ordained that his letters of coket for taking such wool etc. out of England, shall be indented and that the indentures shall be kept and delivered as aforesaid, so that if any wool, hides or fells are found there not coketted or customed, they shall be forfeited to the king together with the ships in which they are found, and the said governor shall send to the exchequer at the end of the year the parts of the indentures received from the said masters, together with the names of those who took out wool, hides and fells not customed. By K. and C.
	The like to the following, to wit:—
	The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull.
	The collectors in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne.
	The collectors in the port of Great Yarmouth.
	The collectors in the port of Chichester.
	The collectors in the port of Sandwich.
	The collectors in the port of Southampton.
	The collectors in the port of Exeter.
	The collectors in the port of Bristol.
	The collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London.
Sept. 10. Westminster.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London. Order to cause the following clause to be inserted before the date in every letter of coket made henceforth between them and the masters of the ships in which wool, hides and woolfells are laded to be taken from that port, to wit, In cujus rei testimonium uni parti presentis littere indentate Johanni Malewayn gubernatori libertatum et privilegiorum mercatoribus Anglie in partibus Flandrie concessorum liberande sigillum nostrum de cokette et alteri parti ejusdem littere indentate penes Johannem Wroth et Ricardum Smelt collectores custumarum et subsidiorum nostorum in portu Londoni remanenti sigillum magistri navis predicte alternatim sunt appensa, as although the king lately ordered the collectors to cause all letters of coket to be indented, sealed, and the parts to be kept and delivered in accordance with the ordinance thereupon, the collectors have not hitherto caused any mention to be made in the letters of coket that those letters are indented, and that the parts under the coket seal ought to be delivered to the said governor. By K. and C.
	The like to the collectors of customs in all ports mentioned above.
Sept. 18. Westminster.	To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to admit William Adewell and Roger Hakebourn for this turn, as the attorneys of John Laundels, sheriff of Oxford and Berks, to make his proffer on the morrow of Michaelmas next and to render his account at the exchequer, of the king's special favour, as John is occupied with certain business with which the king has specially charged him, so that he cannot come in person to make his proffer on the said day or to render his account on the octaves of Michaelmas following. By p.s.
Sept. 8. Westminster.	To John Malewayn, governor of the liberties and privileges granted to merchants of England in the parts of Flanders. Order to cause 14 sacks 20½ cloves of wool of Hugh de Lymyngton, laded in the port of London on 19 August last in a ship of Thomas Faux, which have been brought to Flanders as the king has learned, to be arrested and detained until the king is satisfied for 35l. 19s. 11¼d., as Hugh is bound to the king in that sum, to be paid to John at Brugges in Flanders for the custom and subsidy of the said wool, as the collectors of customs in the port of London have testified in chancery, and now the king has learned that numbers of merchants and others, asserting that Hugh is bound to them in divers debts, are proposing to sue against him for the payment of those debts, though the king has not been satisfied, and to cause the wool to be arrested for those debts, to the king's prejudice, and the king wishes the payment of his debts to have precedence of all others by reason of his prerogative heretofore enjoyed. By K. and C.
Sept. 27. Leeds.	To John de Skirbek, escheator in Cornwall. Order to cause William, son and heir of William de Botriaux, tenant in chief, to have seisin of all the lands whereof his father was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee and by the courtesy of England, as he has proved his age before the escheator and the king has taken his homage for all the lands which his father held in chief, both of his own inheritance and by the courtesy of England after the death of Isabel his wife, mother of William the son.
	By K. on the information of Guy de Brian and of John Chandos.
	The like to the following escheators, 'mutatis mutandis,' to wit:
	Simon atte Pitte, escheator in Devon.
	John de Bekynton, escheator in Somerset and Dorset.
	John de Estbury, escheator in the counties of Southampton, Oxford, Berks and Wilts.
	Roger de Wolfreton, escheator in the county of Hertford.
	William de Otteford, escheator in the county of Buckingham.
	John de Wyndesore, escheator in the county of Leicester.
	Henry de Prestwode, escheator in the county of Gloucester.
Sept. 25. Westminster.	To the justiciary of Ireland for the time being, and to all the king's other ministers and lieges in Ireland. Order to permit the men of Bristol and their servants who go to trade in Ireland with their merchandise to sell that merchandise freely and to buy there what victuals and other merchandise they please and take it to England, after paying the customs due thereon, and to remove any undue impediment put in their way, punishing according to their deserts those who impede them, as the mayor and lawful men of Bristol have informed the king that whereas they and their servants used to cross with their merchandise from England to Ireland, sell their merchandise, then buy hides, fells, faldings, fish, flesh, salt and other things there and bring them to England, they are newly hindered from so trading in Ireland, whereupon they have prayed the king to provide a remedy. Et erat patens.
Sept. 10. Leeds.	To John de Bekynton, escheator in Somerset. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Pulle or with the advowson of the church of that manor, delivering the issues thereof to James de Audele of Helee, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margaret late the wife of William Martyn, at her death, held the said manor and advowson for her life in dower of the assignment of her said husband of the inheritance of James, and that the manor and advowson are held of another than the king.
Aug. 3. Westminster.	To John de Bekynton, escheator in Somerset. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage, one carucate of land and 5s. rent in Bodecle, delivering the issues thereof to Elizabeth late the wife of Robert Seyntcler, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Robert at his death held the said messuage, land and rent jointly with Elizabeth, for their lives, and that they are held of another than the king.
Aug. 10. Westminster.	To John de Neubury, the king's clerk, keeper of the great wardrobe. Order to deliver all the drugs made for the king's present passage to parts beyond the sea to Richard de Thorne, clerk of the king's spicery, by indenture containing the number and price of those drugs. By K.
	Membrane 13.
June 27. Westminster.	To Richard de Raveneser, keeper of the hanaper of chancery. Order to deliver to Bertrand de Monte Ferandi, quit of the great fee, a charter by which the king granted to him a fair to be held yearly in a certain place in the duchy of Aquitaine. The king wishes that fee to be allowed to Bertrand in part satisfaction of the wages and fees in which the king is bound to him, and that the constable of Bordeaux shall be charged therewith.
Sept. 7. Leeds.	To the vicar general of the bishop of Ely in the bishop's absence or to the vicar's vicegerent. Order to cause all the goods and chattels of Henry de Tatton, late parson of Bassyngbourn church and fermor of Whaddon church in the diocese of Ely, found at the said churches and elsewhere in that diocese, to be sequestrated and kept safely until further order, certifying the king in chancery before St. Matthew of the nature and value of those goods, as Henry is bound to the king in divers debts and accounts for the time when he was treasurer and receiver of the issues of the duchy of Brittany. By K.
Oct. 20. Sandwich.	To William de Nessefeld, escheator in the county of York. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to John de Halden in Depedale, Osgodby, Cayton and Kylwardby, delivering up the issues thereof, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why he had taken those lands into the king's hand, and the escheator returned that he had not so taken any lands which belonged to John, but that he had found by inquisition of office that Thomas de Anlaghby, who held in fee 2 bovates of land in Depedale, a toft and 3 bovates of land in Osgodby and 2 tofts and one bovate of land in Cayton in that county, gave them to a chaplain and his successors to celebrate in the chapel of Osgodby for the soul of the said Thomas, his ancestors and heirs, after the publication of the statute of mortmain, without obtaining the king's licence, wherefore he took that land into the king's hand, and afterwards William de Cayton, now tenant of those lands, informed the king that the said tenements or parcel thereof were never alienated by Thomas de Anlaghby to any chaplain at mortmain, but were granted by Thomas to John de Halden, and Thomas afterwards took again an estate in fee of those tenements, and John, his kinsman and heir, granted them to William to hold for life, the reversion being reserved to John, wherefore William has prayed the king to order his hand to be amoved therefrom, and the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that Thomas de Anlaghby, who held in fee two bovates of land in Depedale, a toft and 3 bovates of land in Osgodby and 2 tofts and one bovate of land in Cayton, gave them to John de Halden and not to any chaplain in mortmain, or any parcel thereof that those tenements were given to John de Halden as aforesaid in the first week of Lent, 1261, that William de Cayton, chaplain, now tenant of those lands, holds them for life with reversion to the said John, kinsman and heir of Thomas, and that they are held of Robert son of Thomas Warde of Osgodby by the service of 9d. a year and by fealty.
Oct. 26. Sandwich.	To the justiciary, chancellor and treasurer of Ireland. Order to call to their assistance the archbishop of Dublin, in whose fealty and circumspection the king reposes full confidence, and to endeavour so prudently to dispose the government of Ireland by their mutual counsel and aid that it may remain safe during the king's absence from England, and the people thereof may be preserved from harm and enjoy peace, assembling if necessary the prelates, magnates and others of that land whom they see fit, on a day and at a place appointed by them, and to set forth the present urgent necessity to them, so acting that the king may be able to commend their diligence, as the king is about to cross the sea with his army for the furtherance of his French war, and he has taken with him chiefs, magnates and others in no small numbers from England and also the money which he could conveniently collect, leaving the realm empty of armed power and destitute of lords, whereby there is no room to send men or money to Ireland at present, although it is said that they are needed there, without great expense, hindrance of his passage, disbandment of his army and desolation of the realm. By K.
Oct. 26. Sandwich.	To J. archbishop of Dublin. Order and request to assist the king's ministers in Ireland with counsel and aid so that the said land may be well governed in the king's absence and peace may be maintained there, as the king is about to set out as aforesaid, and has ordered the justiciary etc. to summon the archbishop to their counsels.
Sept. 30. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of York. Order to cause hay, oats, beans, peas, litter and all other necessaries to be bought and purveyed by the view and testimony of Thomas de Bothe, keeper of the king's horses and stud beyond Trent, for the maintenance of the said horses and stud in his custody, at the best season of the year where such purveyance can be best made for the king with least damage to his people, the fee of the church excepted, and to cause the same to be delivered to Thomas together with wages and robes for himself, one farrier and all other keepers of the said horses and stud, to wit for Thomas 8d. a day for wages and 20s. a year for his robe, and for the wages of the farrier 3d. a day, and for his robe and shoes as much as other farriers, yeomen of the king's household, receive of the king, and for each of the other keepers 2d. a day for wages and 10s. a year for their robes, so that those from whom such provisions are bought and purveyed should be promptly satisfied in the presence of Thomas or of him who supplies his place, at the Purification, the gule of August, and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and that public proclamation shall be made thereof in the country; also to cause the king's peel of Haywra called Skirgill with a brattice (bretagio) about the parapet (barbettam) thereof to be maintained and repaired from time to time as may be necessary, by the advice of Thomas, and an old house of Haywra in the park del Haye to be removed and to be renewed there for a stable, and a certain enclosure within the said park del Haye to be rebuilt, and another within the park of Haywra, in which the king's mares may be covered (saliri et seisonari), and also a certain wall of earth about le Horshous within the park of Brustwyk, and an enclosure within that park in which the king's mares there may likewise be covered, and all the other old houses and closes in those parks to be repaired, and indentures to be made between him and Thomas testifying all the payments made for such purveyances, wages, robes, repairs and other necessaries, which are to have precedence of all other payments by reason of any assignment upon the issues of that bailiwick, by which indentures and the present order the king will cause allowance to be made to the sheriff in his account. By K. on the information of John de Wynwik.
	Membrane 12.
Oct. 1. Westminster.	To John atte Wode, escheator in Salop. Order not to intermeddle further with a messuage and one virgate of land in Routhale taken into the king's hand by the death of Hamon de Routhale, delivering up the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Hamon at his death held no lands in that county in chief in his demesne as of fee or in service, but that he held the premises of another than the king.
Aug. 23. Westminster.	To the bailiffs and lawful men of Derlyngton and Ragenhull, co. Nottingham, for the time being. Order to pay to Queen Philippa or to her attorney 14l. of the ferm of those towns yearly and to be answerable to her therefor, as the king has granted that ferm to her for life among other lands, rents and ferms in aid of the charges which she has to support for the needs of her household and of her chamber, over and above the lands granted to her to hold in dower and otherwise for her life. By K.
	Et erat patens.
Sept. 6. Westminster.	To Richard de Eccleshale, the king's clerk. Order to take an oath of John de Medburn concerning the days in which he has been on the king's service, and to pay him his wages for so many days as he shall be found to have so spent, upon his petition to be satisfied for his expenses, as he was lately sent as the king's envoy with letters to the towns of Bruges, Ghent and Ipre, remained there for some time to receive an answer and afterwards returned with it to England. By K. and C.
Oct. 1. Westminster.	To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to pay to Edward de Balliolo, late king of Scotland, 250l.; for Michaelmas term last of the first issues of the customs and subsidies in that port, after paying to Queen Philippa the assignments made to her thereof, as for his grant of the crown of Scotland the king granted to provide Edward with 2,000l. yearly, for life, to be received in that port and in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. [Fœdera.]
	The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull to pay 250l. to Edward for the same term. [Ibid.]
Oct. 28. Sandwich.	To William de Nessefeld, escheator in the county of York. Order not to intermeddle further with the manors of Stayngreve and Nonyngton, with certain tenements in Estnonyngton, Muscotes, Estnesse and Westnesse and the advowsons of the churches and chapels thereto pertaining taken into the king's hand by the death of William de Pateshull, delivering the issues thereof to Henry Grene, knight, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that William at his death held no lands in that county in his demesne as of fee of the king or of others, but that he held the premises for life, by a fine levied in the king's court, with remainder to the said Henry, and that the manors, tenements and advowsons aforesaid are held of others than the king.
Oct. 26. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to pay to Hugh de Styvyngton, the king's falconer, 3¼d. a day for his expenses and the shoeing of a horse of the king in his custody, and 2d. a day for the wages of a groom, keeper of that horse, the first payment beginning on Michaelmas last and thenceforward until further order. By K.
	Membrane 11.
Oct. 23. Sandwich.	To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London. Order to permit Cosmas Spyser to take freely to parts beyond all the merchandise he pleases from the said port, receiving from him such custom as the merchants of the Hanse of Almain pay for their merchandise, without taking any other custom from him. By K.
	The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Boston.
Oct. 22. Sandwich.	To William de Otteford, escheator in the county of Buckingham. Order not to intermeddle further with the manor of Shobynton, delivering the issues thereof to John son of John de Grey of Rotherfeld, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John de Grey of Rotherfeld at his death held the said manor jointly with John his son of the gift and feoffment of Richard de la Coppe, parson of Oxeburgh church, and of Richard de Gardinis, parson of Somerton church, and that the manor is held of another than the king.
Oct. 18. Sandwich.	To Walter de Kelby, escheator in the county of Lincoln. Order to amove the king's hand from the manor of the abbot of Kirkestede of Covenham and from the advowson of the church of St. Mary, Covenham, and not to intermeddle further therewith, restoring the issues of the manor to the abbot, as the king ordered the escheator to certify why he had taken that manor into the king's hand, and the escheator returned that it was found by inquisition of office that the abbot of St. Calais (de Sancto Karilefo), who held the said manor and advowson of the bishop of Durham, alienated them without the king's licence to the abbot of Kirkestede, and he after the publication of the statute of mortmain, purchased and entered them contrary to the said statute and has occupied them for more than thirty years, wherefore the escheator took them into the king's hand, and that the manor is worth 20l. yearly, and it appears by inspection of certain letters patent of Edward I in the 31st year of his reign, shown in chancery, that the said king by those letters gave licence to the abbot and convent of St. Calais in the diocese of Le Mans to assign the said manor with the lands, rents, advowsons, homages, services and all other appurtenances to the abbot and convent of Kyrkstede, to hold in frank almoin, and to the abbot and convent of Kyrkstede to receive the same from them and to hold it as aforesaid.
Oct. 28. Sandwich.	To the sheriff of Wilts. Order to expend up to 20l. in repairing the king's chapel of Holy Cross within his castle of Old Sarum and the king's mills below that castle, by the view and testimony of Roger Godefray, one of the coroners in that county. By K.
Oct. 1. Leeds.	To the mayor and sheriffs of London. Order to admit Henry de Sutton of London, the substitute appointed by John de Stodeye, the king's butler, to execute the office of coroner in that city which pertains to him, when required by John, after taking Henry's oath to behave well in that office, as John is attendant upon business of the king in divers parts of England.
	By K.
Oct. 22. Westminster.	To the knights, free men, and all other the tenants of the manor of Warmyngton and of 16s. rent in Daventre which are parcel of the priory of Toftes, in the king's hands by reason of the war with those of France. Order to be answerable for their rents and services due to the manor, homage and fealty excepted, to John de Herdwick, to whom the king has committed the keeping of the said manor and rent to hold so long as they are in the king's hand, rendering a certain ferm yearly.
	Et erat patens.
Oct. 8. Leeds.	To William de Nessefeld, escheator in the counties of York and Northumberland. Order to take an oath of Joan late the wife of William baron of Creystok, tenant in chief, that she will not marry without the king's licence, and to deliver to her in dower the tenements hereinafter named, as of the lands which belonged to her husband, taken into the king's hand by his death and by reason of the minority of his heir, the king assigned to Joan in dower, with the assent of Ralph Spigurnel, attorney of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, to whom the king granted the wardship of two thirds of the lands which belonged to William, to hold until the said heir comes of age, the following lands and rents, to wit: the castle and manor of Morpath, co. Northumberland, and all the tenements in Tranewell, Horseley, Benton and Kylyngworth, together with foreign rents for castle ward and for cornage and perquisites of courts pertaining to the said manor and tenements in that county, and the manor of Welbery, co. York, the manor of Butterwyk with its members of Shireburn, Boythorp, Flixton, Folyton and Fletemanby, the manor of Crosthwayt and 4l. 6s. 2d. of rent in Skakelthorp in the same county.
Oct. 16. Sandwich.	To Richard de Ravenesere, the king's clerk, receiver of the issues of the lands which belonged to Queen Isabel. Order to account with John de Neubury, keeper of the great wardrobe, for the costs and expenses incurred by him in regard to the celebration of the anniversary of the said queen.
	[Fœdera.] By K.
Aug. 22. Westminster.	To John de Estbury, escheator in Wilts. Order to deliver to Edward, prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall, the castle and manor of Meere, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Queen Isabel at her death held the said castle and manor for life of the demise of the prince, with reversion to him.
	To John de Bekynton, escheator in Dorset. Order to deliver to Edward prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall the manor of Fordyngton, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Queen Isabel at her death held that manor for life of the demise of the prince, as parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, with reversion to him.
	To Philip de Lutteley, escheator in the county of Derby. Order to deliver to the said prince a fifteenth part of the manor of Repyndon, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Queen Isabel at her death held that part for life with reversion to the prince of the king's grant, as parcel of his manor of Cheylesmore, co. Warwick.
Sept. 26. Westminster.	To Henry de Walton, keeper of the wardrobe of the king's household. Order to allow to Henry Picard, the king's butler, in his account for the issues of the buttery, 14½ sesters of Gascon wine and 5½ sesters of Rhine wine consumed by the chancellor, treasurer and others of the council at divers times when upon the king's business at Westminster, receiving from him the tally levied thereof at the receipt of the exchequer.
	Membrane 10.
	Here the king crossed with his army to the parts of France, to wit on 28 October, as appears by a memorandum on the dorse of the Close Roll for this year.
Nov. 18. Woodstock.	To S. archbishop of Canterbury. Request to convoke the bishops and clergy of his province as quickly as possible in a suitable place, and to appoint between them a remedy for the defence of Holy Church and the realm against the perils by invasions by the Scots and other enemies of the king while he is out of England, so that the king may be specially bound to them in future. The king does not wish what they so do at his request to be to their prejudice or the injury of their ecclesiastical liberty in the future. By the guardian and C. (fn. 1)
	[Fœdera.]
	The like to the archbishop of York. [Ibid.]
Nov. 22. Woodstock.	To the mayor and bailiffs of Dover. Order, under pain of forfeiture, upon sight of these presents, to choose two lawful men of that town, with the assent of the community of the town, to levy and collect the following subsidy in the port of Dover from 1 December next until Michaelmas following, receiving their oath of office, and enjoining them upon pain of forfeiture to be diligently attendant upon their duties, taking or sending the money arising therefrom to the mayor and sheriffs of London every six weeks, and to notify the mayor and sheriffs of the names of those men so soon as they are elected and the king in chancery of the day of the receipt of this order and by whom it was delivered, as the damage and peril by pirates and other enemies to be feared at sea by merchants crossing with their goods to and from England were shown before the king and his council before his last passage, and to avoid the same it was ordained that a fleet of ships of war should be made ready to sail safely to conduct and defend ships crossing to and from England with goods and merchandise, to inflict all possible harm on the said enemies, and to bring back to the council in England news of the king and his army, and for finding such ships the magnates, with the consent of merchants both native and alien assembled for the purpose, granted the following subsidy to wit, 6d. the pound, to wit of every 20s., upon all merchandise brought to the realm and taken thence until Michaelmas, which should be levied by two lawful men to be chosen by the mayor, bailiffs and community of each port, and should be by them delivered by indenture to the mayor and sheriffs of London, who were deputed by the magnates and merchants to pay and distribute the same by advice of the council to the masters and mariners of the said ships of war for their expenses and those of the armed men and archers in those ships, so that all the money arising from that subsidy may be kept safely by the mayor and sheriffs for finding such shipping, and not be converted to other uses, and that all merchants be compelled faithfully to pay that subsidy to the two men, who shall take an oath before the mayor and bailiffs faithfully to receive the subsidy. The king does not wish the said two men to be accountable for the said subsidy save to the mayor and sheriffs of London, nor that the mayor and sheriffs be charged therewith save as aforesaid. By K. and C.
	[Fœdera.]
	The like to the following, to wit:—
	The mayor and bailiffs of Chichester and of twelve other ports.
	The bailiffs of Maldon and of forty other ports.
	The mayor and bailiffs of Bristol and in all places thence to Brigewater on the one side and to Gloucester on the other. [Ibid.]
	To the mayor and sheriffs and aldermen of London. Like order to choose two lawful men of that city to levy and collect that subsidy in the port of London. The king does not wish the said two men to be bound to render account to any but the mayor and sheriffs, or that they be charged to render account for that subsidy in the exchequer or elsewhere, but that the indentures testifying the receipt and delivery of the moneys thence arising be shown by the mayor and sheriffs before John Lovekyn, Henry Picard, Adam Franceys, John de Stodeye and John Wroth, aldermen of London, four, three or two of them, by whom the king wishes full allowance and acquittance to be made for payments so found to have been made to the masters and mariners for the cause aforesaid, whereby they shall be discharged towards the king and others whatsoever. By K. and C.
	[Ibid.]