Close Rolls, Edward III: June 1344

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1904.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: June 1344', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 7, 1343-1346, (London, 1904) pp. 401. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol7/p401 [accessed 27 March 2024]

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June 1344

Membrane 26.
June 2.
Westminster.
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lenn. Like order of allowance in favour of William de Melchebourn and his fellows, certain merchants of the realm newly associated, to whom the king granted all the customs and subsidies in the realm, for 236l. for certain wool of John de Wylton of Beverle and Robert de Shirebourne, taken at Durdraght for the king, as John and Robert granted the said sum to those merchants because they do not suffice to have allowance for the same by taking of wool on account of their poverty, in accordance with the king's grant in the last parliament held at Westminster. By C.
The following have like writs of allowance in the following ports to wit:—
Walter Prest, merchant, one of the said society, and his fellows for 206l. 17s. 6d. by the grant of Thomas de Dunfowe of Shrewsbury, in the port of London.
June 13.
Westminster.
William de Melchebourn and his fellows, merchants of the said society for 1,436l. 17s. 5d. of the grant of Nicholas son of Nicholas de Pichefor and William his brother, executors of the will of Nicholas de Picheford, to whom the king was bound in the aforesaid sum.