Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1338

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1900.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1338', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 4, 1337-1339, (London, 1900) pp. 594-595. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol4/pp594-595 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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January 1338

Jan. 15.
Berkhamp-stede.
To the sheriff of Gloucester. Order to cause a coroner for that county to be elected in place of Richard de Panes, who is so weak and broken by age that he cannot travail to perform the duties of the office.
Membrane 8.
Jan. 7.
Windsor.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull. Order to cause 200 sacks of wool of Master Paul de Monte Florum, the king's clerk, packed in canvas, to be delivered to him or his attorney without delay, according to the king's previous orders to the collectors to permit him to take 400 sacks to Andewerp [as at page 507 above], as the king ordered the collectors of wool in the East Riding, co. York, to cause the 200 sacks, so packed, to be taken to that port and to deliver them to the collectors. The king does not, however, wish the assignments made to Paul and to William Dunort of wool in the port of Boston to be delayed by reason of such orders. By C.
Jan. 5.
Windsor.
To the collectors of wool in the East Riding, co. York. Order to cause the wool to be taken to Kyngeston and delivered to the collectors there by indentures, to be delivered by them to Paul or his attorney.
By C.
Jan. 10.
Windsor.
To Henry de Percy and his fellows, surveyors of the taking and purveying of wool in co. York, or to their deputies or those who supply their places. Order to use all diligence that the said 200 sacks shall be delivered to Paul or his attorney. By C.
The like to the sheriff of York. By C.
To the collectors and receivers of wool in co. Lincoln. Order to cause all the king's wool of that county to be taken to the port of Boston with all possible speed to be delivered to the collectors of customs there by indenture, as Master Paul de Monte Florum, the king's clerk, and others to whom the king has assigned his wool of that county, have agreed to load such wool in the said port. And this, notwithstanding any orders to take the wool to the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, and they shall certify the king of the number of sacks received by them of those to whom they were delivered and to what ports they were taken. By C.
Jan. 4.
Windsor.
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Order to cause those 51 sacks, 7 stones of wool which Simon, bishop of Ely, is bound to pay according to the grant made in the last parliament at Westminster, to be taken to the port of Lynn, with all possible speed to be delivered to the collectors of customs there, whom the king has ordered to receive them. By C.
Jan. 10.
Windsor.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lynn. Order to receive the said wool, and deliver it to Master Paul de Monte Florum, the king's clerk, or his attorney by indenture, to be taken to Andewerp, in part satisfaction of 2,000 sacks which the king granted that he should take to parts beyond the sea, in part satisfaction of the great sums which he lent to the king, who promised to pay him 1,000 sacks of his wool in divers ports of the realm, 29 sacks of the 25 sacks, 40 cloves of wool which R. bishop of Chichester granted, and of the 3 sacks, 34 cloves of wool which the abbot of Westminster delivered to the king in part payment of a certain sum in which he was bound, and the king wishes Paul to be satisfied for the residue. By C.
Jan. 3.
Windsor.
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides, and wool-fells in the port of London. Order to deliver to Paul or his attorney, the aforesaid wool of the bishop of Chichester, and abbot of Westminster, by indenture, in part satisfaction of the residue of the 1,000 sacks which the king granted that he should take to parts beyond the sea, and to permit him to take them to Andewerp. By p.s.
Jan. 3.
Windsor.
To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to pay to Richard de Hakeneye, citizen of London, the sum contained in a writ of privy seal directing them to pay him a certain sum which he lent for the king's affairs if it be so, as although he has besought them to make payment, he has not hitherto obtained any, and the king wishes him to be satisfied speedily, because William de Northwell, keeper of the wardrobe, is obliged to him in double the said sum, and the king is bound to William in the greater sum, if Richard make default in payment. By C.