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Sept. 3.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Lincoln for the present or the future. Order to deliver
to William Fraunk what is in arrear to him of 50 marks yearly from
18 February in the 12th year of his reign and to pay him 50 marks henceforth yearly in accordance with the king's grant to him on the said
18 February of 50 marks to be received yearly of the issues of that county. |
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Et erat patens. By p.s. |
Sept. 3.
Westminster. |
To Richard de Marton, escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham,
Derby and Lancaster. Order to pay to Henry de Wytheton, chaplain
celebrating divine service in the chapel of the manor of Clipston, what is
in arrear to him of 5 marks yearly from the time of the escheator's appointment, and to pay those 5 marks yearly henceforth so long as he is escheator
and Henry is chaplain, in accordance with the late king's grant to Henry
on 5 December in the 9th year of the reign of 2 marks yearly to be received
by the hands of the escheator beyond Trent, beyond the 40s. yearly which
he was wont to receive in the said chapel, because he sometimes celebrated
in the chapel of St. Edwin, and with the present king's grant to him on
5 September in the 4th year of the reign of 5 marks yearly of the issues of
the said manor to be received by the hands of the escheator beyond Trent,
during pleasure. |
Sept. 11.
The Tower. |
To William de Kelleseye, receiver of the money of the sale of the king's
wool in parts beyond the sea. Order to receive 5d. current in those parts
for 4d. sterling of England in the sale of that wool, as the king has sold
a certain number of sacks of wool by agreement to certain merchants, of
the wool granted in the last parliament, and it is agreed that 5d. current
in those parts shall be paid for 4d. sterling. By K. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To Walter Prest of Melton Moubray and Geoffrey de Astwyk. Order to
pay to Henry de Lancastr[ia] earl of Derby or to his attorney 2,100l. of the
money which they are bound to pay to the king for wool bought by them
in cos. Leicester and Northampton, to redeem the earl's jewels pledged by
the king in Flanders for 1,500l., now increased to 2,100l., by reason of
certain remunerations which the king has granted by reason of the long
delays in payment. The king wishes William de Northwell, sometime keeper
of the wardrobe, to be charged with the said sum. By p.s. |
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[Fœdera.] |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Cambridge. Repetition of an order to pay William,
marquis of Juliers and earl of Cambridge, or to his attorney what is in
arrear to him of 20l. yearly and to pay the said 20l. to him yearly, in
accordance with the king's grant to the marquis on 7 May in the 14th
year of the reign of 20l. to be received yearly by the lands of the sheriff of
Cambridge. [Ibid.] |
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Membrane 7. |
Sept. 2.
Westminster. |
To the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Norfolk. Order to supersede the demand made upon the prior of St. Edmunds for wool of his
temporalities annexed to his spiritualities, which are taxed at the tenth with
those spiritualities, provided that wool shall be levied of the lands assigned to
the prior and convent acquired after the 20th year of the reign of Edward I,
in accordance with the agreement made in the council, as lately at the
prior's suit, showing that he was not summoned to the last parliament in
which 30,000 sacks of wool were granted to the king in recompence for the
biennial ninth of sheaves, fleeces and lambs, and the prior and convent have
always kept the possessions assigned to their portion separate from the
possessions of the abbot of that place, by virtue of a separation granted by
Edward I by charter, exhibited before the king in chancery, and they paid
the triennial and biennial tenths last granted by the clergy of the realm for
their said portion and all other charges touching the same by themselves
and not in common with the abbot, and the prior was distrained by the
assessors and collectors to pay wool for his said temporalities annexed to his
spiritualities, contrary to the said charter and besought the king to provide
a remedy, the king ordered the prior of Holy Trinity, Norwich, collector of
the said tenths in the diocese of Norwich, to certify him concerning the said
matter; and the prior of Holy Trinity has certified that on inspection of
his registers and memoranda touching receipts and payments of the tenths
it is found that the abbots of St. Edmunds have paid the triennial tenth
and other tenths for the temporalities of their barony to the collectors or
receivers of the tenths in that diocese, and that the prior and convent of
St. Edmunds have paid those tenths by themselves, separately from the
abbot and have done so from time out of mind. By C. |
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The collectors and assessors of wool in the following counties have like
writs, to wit: Suffolk, Hertford and Northampton. By C. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To Reymund Seguyn, the king's butler. Order to cause all the wine
taken by him at Wynchelse for the king's passage, by his order, to be
carried to London with all possible speed and unladed there, and placed in
some safe place until further order. By K. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Somerset. Repetition of an order to pay to William
de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, the residue of 1,008 marks 6s. 8d., as for
120 sacks of wool which the earl sold to the king for that sum at his
request, the king granted that the earl should receive a like sum of the first
money arising from the fines taken by Thomas de Berkele and his fellows,
justices appointed to hear and determine extortions and excesses committed
by ministers and others in co. Somerset, and the king also assigned to the
earl 200l. by which Ralph de Middelnye made fine with the king for excesses
committed by him, in part satisfaction for the said sum, if he were not
satisfied of the issues of the said fines. By C. |
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To Thomas de Berkle and his fellows, justices appointed to hear and
determine divers trespasses and excesses committed in co. Somerset. Order
to deliver to the sheriff of the county the transcripts of all fines, issues and
amercements adjudged before them. By C. |
Sept. 15.
The Tower. |
To Robert de Morle, admiral of the fleet towards the North. Order to
deliver a ship called 'la Seinte Marie,' of Scluse, whereof Tidemannus
Brabard is master, arrested as forfeit by Robert when coming from Abirden in
Scotland towards Flanders with certain wool, hides and wool-fells customed
at Abirden, in the roads of St. Nicholas of Yarmouth, together with the said
wool etc. to the collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth, to be
sold for the king as is fully enjoined upon them. By K. |
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Mandate to the collectors to receive the said ship, wool, hides and woolfells from the admiral, cause them to be sold in the presence of lawful men
of the town and to keep the money until further order. |
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To John de Cokesford, mayor of Lenn. Order to cause those 17 sarplars
of wool not coketted or customed, taken when crossing to parts beyond the
sea by certain men of that town and brought to that town and delivered to
the custody of the mayor, which were arrested by Reymund Guillelmi, the
king's serjeant at arms, to be laded in ships in the port of that town, by the
advice of William de Playford and taken to Flanders and there delivered to
Hugh de Ulseby and his fellows, the king's merchants, whom the king has
deputed to sell them, so that answer for the money shall be made by those
merchants to the king there. By K. |
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Mandate to the sheriff of Norfolk to cause the costs and expenses
incurred in lading and taking the wool by the advice of the mayor and
William to be delivered to the mayor, by indenture. |
Sept. 15.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order
to supersede the exaction made upon merchants taking the king's wool to
parts beyond the sea for finding security of a silver plate worth 2 marks for
each sack so taken and to permit them so to take the wool after paying the
custom due thereon, as the king does not wish such security to be taken from
those who take his wool, although he lately ordered the collectors to take
such security in accordance with the ordinance of the king and the council.
Proviso that if they take any wool but the king's, the collectors shall receive
security from them as aforesaid for such other wool. By K. |
Sept. 13.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit Bernard Esii, lord of le Breto or his attorneys
to lade 1,000 sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple in
Flanders, paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, in accordance with the
king's grant to Bernard, for 10,834l. 15s. 1d., in which the king is bound to
him by bills and letters under the seals of the seneschal of Gascony and the
constable of Bordeaux. By K. |
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To Hugh de Ulseby, Henry Goldbeter, Richard Polkyn, Walter Prest and
John Broun, appointed to sell all the wool sent to the staple at Brugges in
Flanders. Order to sell the said 1,000 sacks in Flanders in the presence of
the merchants or attorneys of Bernard, and to deliver the money thereof by
indenture, up to 1,834l. 15s. 1d. to the said merchants or attorneys, in the
presence of the king's clerk, William de Kelleseye, receiver of the money
arising from the king's wool in those parts, and to inform the king in
chancery of the price for which the wool is sold, as the king has ordered the
said collectors to permit Bernard to take the 1,000 sacks as aforesaid. |
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By K. |
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To William de Kelleseye, receiver of all the money arising from the
king's wool in parts beyond the sea. Order to supervise the selling of
the said wool and deliver all the money up to 1,034l. 15s. 1d. to the said
merchants or attorneys. By K. |
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Membrane 6. |
Sept. 5.
Guildford. |
To John Dymmok, escheator in cos. Lincoln, Northampton and Rutland.
Order to cause Ralph son of Ralph Basset of Weldon and Joan his wife to
have seisin of the manors of Weldon and Weston near Asshele, co.
Northampton, except 11 messuages 6½ virgates of land and 70s. rent in the
manor of Weldon and 76s. rent in the manor of Weston, and the advowson
of the priory of la Launde, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by
the escheator that Ralph the elder at his death held no lands in his demesne
as of fee, in chief, but that he held the said manors in chief by barony for
life with the said exceptions and the advowson by a fine levied in the king's
court, with remainder to Ralph the younger and the said Joan, his wife,
daughter of Richard de la Pole, citizen of London, and the heirs male of
their bodies; and the king has taken Ralph's homage for the premises and
has rendered them to him and to Joan. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to pay to William Stury, 50l. of the
money of fines adjudged before Thomas de Wake of Lydel and his fellows,
justices appointed to hear and determine divers trespasses and excesses
committed by the king's ministers and others in that county, in the name
of Anthony Bache, the king's merchant, as in part payment of debts in which
he was bound to the duke of Brabant, the king agreed to deliver to him a
certain number of sacks of wool in parts beyond the sea, and he ordered
Anthony to deliver to the duke 200 sacks of wool bought by him for the
king, and the king wished Anthony to buy the wool with the money of the
said fines and the king ordered the sheriff to pay 50l. of those fines to
Anthony and afterwards the king revoked the assignment but he wishes
speedy payment to be made to William, to whom Anthony was bound in
50l. paid by William to certain men whom Anthony undertook to satisfy
for that sum, for the king, in parts beyond the sea, as Anthony has
acknowledged in chancery. By p.s. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To John de Perton, escheator in cos. Gloucester, Worcester, Salop,
Stafford, Hereford and the adjacent march of Wales. Order to cause dower
to be assigned to Joan late the wife of Reginald de Abbehale, tenant in
chief, of all the lands which belonged to her husband, in the presence of
the heir, if he choose to attend, upon her taking oath that she will not
marry without the king's licence. |
Sept. 11.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to Gabriel de Monte Magno, the king's merchant,
or his attorneys, 25l. for Easter term in the 14th year of the reign, in
accordance with the king's grant to him for his good service in parts beyond
the sea, on 19th November in the 13th year of the reign, of 50l. to be
received yearly of the said customs in that port, until the king should
provide him with 50l. of land or rent yearly in the realm, and now Gilbert
has besought the king to cause the said 25l. to be paid to him which is in
arrear to him for the said term, as may fully appear by the certificate of
John de Causton and Thomas de Swanlond, late collectors of customs in
that port and of the present collectors, sent into chancery by the king's
order. |
Aug. 6.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Boston. Order to permit the
merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi, or the merchants of
the Bardi or their attorneys to lade 100 sacks of wool in that port and take
them to parts beyond the sea, paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, as the
merchants of the Bardi and Peruzzi lent the king great sums for his affairs
and the king assigned to them all the subsidy of the ninth of sheaves, lambs
and fleeces, the ninth of cities and boroughs and the fifteenth of merchants
and others who do not live by cultivating the fields or by stock, granted
in the parliament held at Westminster on Wednesday after Sunday in
Mid Lent in the 14th year of the reign, in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertford,
Kent, Southampton, Hereford, Berks, Somerset, Leicester, Northampton,
Warwick, Stafford, Bedford, Buckingham and Dorset of the second year,
as is contained in an indenture made between the king and his council and
those merchants, dated 10 June in the said 14th year; and the merchants
could not have the said subsidy because it was agreed in the last parliament
held at Westminster that the said subsidy should be converted into a
subsidy of a certain number of sacks of wool, wherefore the merchants
besought the king to cause satisfaction to be given to them upon the wool
so granted, and for the improvement of their estate which is much depressed
by the large payments they have made and that they may maintain themselves better in the king's service and more easily support the charges
undertaken by them, the king has granted that they shall receive 20,000
marks, and in recompence of 15,000 marks thereof, 1,199 sacks of wool in
divers counties of the realm of the wool granted in the last parliament.
The king has ordered the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and woolfells in the port of London, to permit them to take 779 sacks, the collectors
of customs in the port of Southampton to permit them to take 300 sacks,
and the collectors in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull to permit them to
take the remaining 20 sacks from those ports to the said parts. |
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By K. and C. |
Sept. 13.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause all fines, redemptions and forfeitures taken and adjudicated before Robert Parvyng and his fellows, justices
appointed in that county to enquire concerning wool not coketted or
customed or weighed, and taken out of the realm delivered to him by
extracts of the justices under Robert's seal, to be levied upon sight of those
extracts, and safely kept so that he shall have them at the exchequer on the
morrow of Michaelmas next, to be delivered to the treasurer there. |
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By K. and C. |
Sept. 7.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. Thomas Belechere
and Philip Floryn have shown the king that although they bought 4
dickers and ½ last 5 dickers of hides respectively in Ireland and paid the
custom due thereon in the ports of Waterford and Kerr' in Ireland, as may
appear by letters in their possession, as they assert, under the coket seal
in those ports, yet the collectors unjustly exact custom thereon from them
because they touched at the port of Bristol with the ships containing the
hides, to be taken thence to Flanders or Gascony, and also to pay a subsidy
granted by the merchants, as if they had bought the hides in England
and not in Ireland, whereupon they have besought the king to provide a
remedy; the king therefore orders the collectors to see the said letters of
coket and if they find that the hides are from Ireland and were coketted
there, then to receive those letters of coket from Thomas and Philip and
cause other letters patent for coket of such custom in the port of Bristol to
be made for the said hides, superseding the demand made on them for a
repeated custom and the said subsidy. |
Sept. 2.
Westminster. |
To Hugh de Meygnill and his fellows appointed to assess and collect
247½ sacks 12 pounds 1 quarter of wool in co. Derby of the 30,000 sacks
granted to the king in the last parliament held at Westminster. Order to
cause the said quantity of wool to be assessed upon the men of that county
according to their faculties, not considering the fifteenth or ninth, and to
cause what is assessed to be levied of each man without delay and delivered
to the receivers of wool in that county, so that answer for the entire sum
of wool of that county may be speedily made to the king. By K. and C. |
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Membrane 5. |
Sept. 12.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. Order to permit
James Siralbys, John de Undisani, Mayner de Bold, Gilminus Blancher
andF rancis Lapy, merchants of Florence, to lade 667½ sacks of wool of
787½ sacks in that port after Michaelmas next, when the king's wool has
been taken to Flanders, and take them to Catalonia or Majorca, having
first taken security from them that they will not take the wool to the
king's enemies of France and their adherents, or communicate with them,
and receiving ½ mark a sack for the custom, in accordance with the king's
grant to them to take 787½ sacks from that port and the port of
Southampton. By K. and C. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton for the
remaining 120 sacks. By K. and C. |
Sept. 1.
Westminster. |
To Roger Power, the king's serjeant at arms. Order to deliver by
indenture to the collectors of customs in the port of London, those 7 sacks
of wool which he lately took as forfeit at Greenwich. By K. |
Aug. 25.
The Tower. |
To the receivers in co. Wilts of the wool granted in the last parliament.
Order to cause all the wool received by them to be taken to London with all
possible speed at the cost of Gerard Cork and John Malwayn, to whom the
king has sold it, under a certain form and to be delivered to them as it shall
be ordained by the king and his council. By K. |
Aug. 25.
The Tower. |
To Alexander de Norton, the king's clerk. Order not to intermeddle
further with the office of controller of the custom of wine, wool, hides and
wool-fells and the custom of 3d. a pound and other small customs and
profits due by merchants in the town of Boston, as the king committed that
office to John de Feriby, to hold during good conduct, receiving the accustomed wages, and afterwards, the king not recollecting that commission,
committed the office to Alexander to hold during good pleasure, and the
king has received faithful testimony concerning John's good conduct in that
office and wishes the commission of the same to John to remain in force. |
Sept. 8.
The Tower. |
To the assessors and collectors in co. Wilts of the wool granted in
the last parliament at Westminster. Order to cause wool up to the sum of
6 marks 11¾d., at which 21 stones 5 pounds of wool are extended according
to the price ordained at Nottingham, to be sold, and to deliver 65s. 9¾d. to
William le Clerk of Newenton and 15s. 2d. to John Burgeys of Salisbury
in full satisfaction of 17 stones 5 pounds of wool and 4 stones of wool
taken from them respectively by Richard Daunteseye and his fellows
appointed to take wool in that county of the 20,000 sacks granted to the
king, as fully appears by Richard's certificate sent into chancery, in
accordance with the agreement made in the last parliament concerning the
giving of satisfaction for such wool. |
Sept. 15.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. Order to permit
John Spicer of Bristol to lade 4 lasts of hides in that port and take them
to Gascony, after receiving 1 mark a last from him, in accordance with the
king's grant to him, provided that he take oath that he will take the wool
to Gascony and not to parts warring against the king, and that he will not
communicate with the king's enemies. By C. |
Sept. 15.
The Tower. |
To the sheriff of Derby. Order to give Henry de Briseleye, the king's
merchant, or to his attorneys sufficient carriage for 247½ sacks 12¼ pounds
of wool which the king sold to him of the 30,000 sacks granted by
parliament, of that county, to any port where he wishes to lade them, at his
own cost as often as he is requested by Henry or his attorneys, as Henry is
bound to pay the king for that wool within a month from its being taken
out, and the wool must be taken to parts beyond the sea at the king's risk,
and the king has charged Henry to cause the wool to be taken to the said
parts with all possible speed for the payment of divers creditors of the king
there. By C. |
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The like to the bailiffs of the town of Derby. By C. |
Sept. 18.
Westminster. |
To the receivers in co. Gloucester of the wool granted in the last
parliament. Order to deliver to Hugh de Ulseby, Henry Goldebeter and
Thomas Colle, the king's merchants, or to their attorney 63½ sacks 4 stones
11 pounds 1 quarter of wool which the king ordered to be collected and
levied in the borough of Bristol of the wool granted to him, as the king
assigned that wool to them for a certain price agreed upon between him and
them, and the king has learned that the said wool has been collected at
Cirencester by the lawful men of the said borough, and delivered to the
receivers, and that, by collusion with certain merchants, the receivers
intend to deliver a wool of less value and worse quality to the said Hugh,
Henry and Thomas. |
Sept. 3.
Westminster. |
To the receivers in co. Gloucester of the wool granted in the last
parliament. Order to deliver 63½ sacks 4 stones 11 pounds 1 quarter of
wool to the said Hugh, Henry and Thomas by the same weight as they
received them, as the king sold to them 591 sacks 3 stones 3 pounds
of wool apportioned to that county of the 30,000 sacks granted by
parliament, at 18 marks the sack, beyond the custom of ½ mark the
sack due thereon, so that 40s. a sack should be allowed to them until
they were satisfied for the debts which they could show to be due to
them by the king by letters obligatory and other evidence, after the king's
first passage to Brabant, except wool lately taken at Durdraght for the king,
and because all the wool of the county has been assigned to the merchants
of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi for certain sums of money which
they undertook to pay for the release of Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of
Derby, which the king did not remember at the time of the sale to Hugh,
Henry and Thomas, so that the agreement with them cannot be kept, the
king assigned and sold to them the said 63½ sacks 4 stones 11 pounds 1
quarter of wool at 17 marks the sack, in part payment of the said debts, or
in full payment if they attain thereto, and if they attain to more then Hugh,
Henry and Thomas shall answer to the king for the surplus, so that by
reason of that allowance they shall lend the king 1,000 marks in parts
beyond the sea. By K. |
Sept. 16.
Westminster. |
To the assessors and collectors in co. Cambridge of the wool granted in
the last parliament. Order not to distrain or molest S. bishop of Ely or
the other men of that county for the increment of wool, receiving from
them wool according to the apportionment made in that county, as the king
appointed them to assess, collect and levy 542½ sacks 7 stones 5¾ pounds
of wool of the 30,000 sacks granted by parliament, apportioned
to that county in accordance with the rate of the triennial fifteenth at
14 pounds the stone and 26 stones the sack, without any increment, and
now the bishop and others have shown the king that although they are
ready to pay their wool in accordance with the apportionment made in that
county, yet the assessors and collectors unjustly distrain them to pay such
wool together with an increment, and they have besought the king to
provide a remedy. By C. |
Sept. 22.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of Boston. Order to permit Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of Derby, or his
attorneys to cause 100 sacks of 300 sacks assigned to him in cos. Leicester
and Rutland of the 30,000 sacks granted to the king to be carried to that
port and laded there and taken to Flanders, receiving security from him
that the sacks shall be sold there by the king's merchants deputed for this
in those parts and paying ½ mark a sack for the custom due thereon. |
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By K. |
Sept. 26.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to deliver to Robert
de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, the 1,000l. which the king lately assigned to him
upon the fines made by the community of the king's ministers of co.
Norfolk before Thomas Wake of Lidell and his fellows, justices appointed
to hear and determine the trespasses and excesses committed by the king's
ministers and others in that county, by reason of a sum which it will behove
the earl to pay for his release, as he was lately taken in war by the
king's enemies of France, in part payment of the debts in which the king
is bound to him. By p.s. |
Oct. 1.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich. Order to permit
William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, or his attorneys, to lade 40 sacks
of the earl's wool in that port, having first paid ½ mark a sack, and take
them to the staple in Flanders, in accordance with the king's grant to the
earl, in aid of acquitting the debts in which the earl is bound to divers
creditors by reason of his expenses in maintaining himself and his men in
parts beyond the sea in the war of France. By K. |
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Membrane 4. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to pay to Reginald duke of Guelders and count of
Zutphen or his attorneys 250l. for Michaelmas term next, without delay, in
accordance with the king's grant to him for his homage on 21 September
in the 13th year of the reign of 1,000l. to be received yearly for life of the
customs in the following ports, to wit, in the port of that city 500l.,
in the port of Boston 250l., and in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull 250l.
[Fœdera.] |
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The like to the following, to wit:— |
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The collectors in the port of Boston for 125l. |
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The collectors in the port of Kyngeston for 125l. [Ibid.] |
Aug. 25.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. Order to permit Hertwinus de Affleu, Daniel de Tright, Giles
de Ryver and Conrad de Affleu, attorneys of William, marquis of Juliers and
earl of Cambridge, to lade 100 sacks of wool apportioned in cos. Cambridge,
Huntingdon and Bedford in that port, and take them to parts beyond the
sea, paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, the king ordered the assessors
and collectors in those counties of the wool granted in the last parliament
to deliver to those attorneys all the wool collected by them, by indenture,
as the king is bound to the marquis in 30,000l. for his fees and wages and
for other causes, and he assigned to the marquis all the money of the ninth
of sheaves, lambs and fleeces granted by the community of the realm, the
ninth granted by citizens and burgesses, the fifteenth granted by merchants
and the tenths granted by the clergy in the said counties, for two years,
until the 30,000l. should be fully paid, and afterwards, because the levying
of the ninth for the second year was revoked, the king granted to the
marquis in recompence thereof all the wool of the said counties apportioned
to be levied for the present year, at 10l. the sack, and the king has ordered
the collectors of customs in the port of Lenn to permit the attorneys to lade
the remaining 1,045 sacks 11 stones 2½ pounds 1 quarter of wool apportioned
in those counties, in the said port and take them to parts beyond the sea in
the form aforesaid. By C. |
Sept. 6.
The Tower. |
To the same. Order to pay 250l. to Queen Isabella or her attorney from
Michaelmas term next in accordance with the king's grant to her of 1,500l.
yearly of the customs, to wit, in the said port 500l. in the port of Boston
500l. and in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull 500l., for her life, the
indenture between the king and certain merchants of Almain containing
that assignments made upon the customs to magnates and others shall be
paid. By C. |
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The like to the collectors in the following ports, to wit:— |
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The collectors in the port of Kyngeston for 250l. |
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The collectors in the port of Boston for 250l. |
Sept. 1.
The Tower. |
To the receivers in co. Lincoln of the wool granted by the community
of the realm. Order to deliver 300 sacks of wool to the men of Ipre in
Flanders without delay, as the king lately ordered them to deliver 300
sacks to those men or to Master John Berenger, clerk, their attorney,
[as at page 223 above], but they have not hitherto done so, as the king
has learned. By K. |
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The like to the receivers of wool in co. Norfolk for 400 sacks. By K. |
Sept. 10.
The Tower. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to assign to Terricus
de Mauny 90l. 18s. of the increment of wool in co. Cambridge and 48l. 8s. of
the increment of wool in co. Huntingdon adjudged by them in the exchequer, in part satisfaction of 340l. in which the king is bound to him, as
may fully appear by letters patent under the great seal and by bills under
the seal of William de Northwell, sometime keeper of the wardrobe, in
Terricus's possession, as he asserts, notwithstanding the king's order to
them not to make such assignments without his express command. |
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By p.s. [14315.] |
Sept. 18.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. Order to
pay to David le Mareschall or to his attorney, 20l. of the subsidy of 80 sacks
in their hands, in accordance with the king's grant to him, as for 20l. which
William de Lethum paid down for the king to William de Ravendale,
clerk of the hanaper, the king granted that he should lade 80 sacks of old
wool in that port and take them to the staple at Bruges in Flanders, paying
40s. a sack to the collectors for the custom and subsidy, so that ½ mark a
sack should be paid to the merchants of Almain to whom the king granted
such a custom under a certain form, and the king directed that the residue
of the 40s. a sack should be retained in the collectors' hands until further
order, as is found by inspection of the chancery rolls. By K. and C. |
Sept. 22.
Westminster. |
To William de Kelleseye, receiver of the money arising from the sale of
the king's wool to be taken to Flanders. Order to certify the king from
time to time concerning the names of all merchants who have taken to
parts beyond the sea the wool sold to them by the king by agreement, of
the wool granted in the last parliament, upon condition that they pay for
it within a month from the time when it reached the said parts, who have
not so paid the price, and of the number of sacks so taken by them. |
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By K. and C. |
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Membrane 3. |
Sept. 20.
The Tower. |
To the collectors in co. Lincoln of wool granted in the last parliament
at Westminster. Order to deliver 100 sacks of wool to Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of Derby, notwithstanding any order to the contrary, in accordance with the king's assignment to him, in aid of his release, of 100 sacks
in co. York, 100 sacks in the parts of Lyndeseye and Kesteven, co. Lincoln,
100 sacks in cos. Southampton and Wilts and 100 sacks in co. Norfolk,
to be received by the hands of the receivers of wool in those parts, as the
king, wishing the affair to be accelerated, ordered the collectors to
deliver those 100 sacks to the earl without delay, but they have delayed to
do so by pretext of the king's order to them and the said receivers to supersede
the livery of any wool to magnates or others for their wages and those of the
men about to set out to parts beyond the sea on the king's passage, which
is now prorogued for certain causes, and the assignment aforesaid is for the
debts in which the king is bound to divers men in parts beyond the sea and
for the earl's release and not for such wages. By K. |
Sept. 24.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to pay to
Otto lord of Cuyk and to Joan his wife 125l. and 1,500 florins of Florence
for Michaelmas term next, or the value of the florins, in accordance with
the king's grant to Otto on 22 December in the 13th year of the reign for
his homage, of 250l. to be received yearly for life of the issues of the
customs in that port and to Otto and Joan of 3,000 florins of Florence, at
3s. the florin, to be received yearly of the said customs in recompence for
their lands and rents in France, lost by their joining the king, until the
king provides them with lands and rents in England in recompence, or
until those lands and rents are restored to them, and the agreement made
with Conrad Clippyng and other merchants of Almain provides that
assignments on the customs made to magnates and others before the
agreement with those merchants shall be paid to them. |
Sept. 24.
Westminster. |
To the same. Repetition of a previous order to permit John de Bello
Monte or his attorneys, to lade in that port 200 sacks of wool of the 1,500
sacks reserved to the king in his agreements with certain merchants of the
realm, and after paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, to take them to the
staple at Bruges in Flanders without finding security of a plate of silver
for each sack according to the ordinance, as the king granted that John
should so take the said 200 sacks after bringing them in the realm, when
he should please, so that 43s. 4d. a sack of the 50s. due for the custom and
subsidy should be allowed to him, in part payment of 500l. in which the
king is bound to him by bills of the wardrobe for his wages for the time
when he was in the king's service in the war in parts beyond the sea and
for other causes, and that he should pay the remaining 6s. 8d. a sack to
the collectors. By K. |
Sept. 25.
Westminster. |
To the assessors, vendors and receivers in co. Westmorland of the subsidy
of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces, the ninth of cities and boroughs
and the fifteenth of forinsec merchants and others dwelling in solitary
places, lately granted by the community of the realm. Order to pay to
William de Threlkeld and Robert de Threlkeld 81l. of the ninths and
fifteenth in Kendale, Shap and Newebiggyng, co. Westmorland, in accordance with the king's grant to them, in part satisfaction for 15 sacks 20 stones
of William's wool and 6 sacks of Robert's wool of the sort of Aynesty and
Rydale, co. York, taken from them in the 14th year of the reign by reason
of the grant of 20,000 sacks of wool to the king, as is found by the certificate
of Nicholas de Langeton, mayor of York, William de Grantham, John
Randman and John Haunsard, late bailiffs of that city, and Nicholas de
Scorby and Walter de Kelsterne, late collectors of customs there, and the
wool was delivered to John de Bernem, attorney of John Cokelere of Bruges,
with other wool contained in that certificate, and William and Robert
besought the king to cause them to be satisfied for that wool in accordance
with the agreement made in parliament, and the king ordered the assessors
and collectors of wool in co. York to give them satisfaction, but they could
not by reason of divers assignments upon the wool in the city and county
of York to magnates and others; and the wool is extended at 130l. 11s. 8d.
in accordance with the price ordained at Notingham, to wit: 9 marks the
sack, and the king has considered the damage sustained by William and
Robert by the taking of their wool, and the long delay of payment, and
their costs and labours in prosecuting for the recovery thereof, and because
they have surrendered the king's writs under wax to chancery, to be
cancelled, he wishes to show favour to them. By K. and C. |
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Mandate to the receivers of wool in co. Westmorland to deliver to William
and Robert 7 sacks 10 stones of wool in full satisfaction for the residue of
the said 21 sacks 20 stones. |
Sept. 28.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king is
bound to Eleanor de Bello Monte in 100l. to be received yearly at the
exchequer for her life, he granted her in part payment of 50l. thereof
due at Michaelmas term next 50 sarplars of wool found in the port of
Boston by the collectors of customs there and arrested by them as forfeit to
the king, because they were laded in a ship in that port and were not
customed or coketted; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons
to direct the said collectors by writ of the exchequer to cause that wool to
be appraised according to its price and quality and to be delivered by
indenture to Eleanor or her attorney, although the king has previously
ordered them not to make any payment or assignment without his special
command, and in case the wool does not amount to 50l., the king wishes
Eleanor to be satisfied for the residue of the sale of the ship, forfeited for
the cause aforesaid, and if the price of the wool exceeds the 50l. she shall
answer to the king for the surplus. By p.s. |
Sept. 29.
Westminster. |
To Thomas de Bever, escheator in cos. Somerset, Dorset, Devon and
Cornwall. Order to receive security from Thomas son of John de la Tour
for rendering his relief at the exchequer and to give him seisin of all the
lands whereof John was seised at his death in his demesne as of fee, saving
to Joan, late John's wife, her reasonable dower from the said lands,
assigned to her by the king, as the king has learned by inquisition taken
by the escheator that John at his death held in his demesne as of fee in
chief of Roger, heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, a minor in the king's
wardship, a messuage, 6 bovates of land, 10 acres of meadow and 20s. rent
in Frome Voghechurce, co. Dorset, by the service of a fourth part of a
knight's fee, and divers lands of other lords by divers services, and that
Thomas is his next heir and of full age, and the king has taken Thomas's
fealty for the said messuage, land, meadow and rent. |
Sept. 24.
Westminster. |
To John de Thyngden, receiver of the money reserved for the war of
Scotland. Order to pay to John de Moubray, to whom the king is bound
in 1,093l. 16d. for the time when he had the custody of Berwick upon
Tweed, as may appear by two bills under the seals of William de Northwell, the late keeper of the wardrobe, and of William de Cusancia, the
present keeper, the said 1,093l. 16d. of the money of the ninth beyond
Trent of the first year, reserved for the said war or of the wool granted in
place of that ninth of the second year and ordained for the same war, if he
cannot be satisfied of the ninth, after viewing the said bills, notwithstanding
any order to the contrary. By p.s. [14327.] |
Sept. 28.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the king lately
ordered the collectors of customs in the port of London to deliver to
John fitz Water 28 sarplars of his own wool, arrested by them as forfeit because
they were found laded in a ship with some non-coketted wool, of the king's
special favour, and afterwards, because John could not have any livery
thereof, because the wool had been delivered at another place for the king's
behoof, the king sent divers letters patent to chancery directing that
satisfaction should be given to John in money or otherwise; but as the
letters were lost by the negligence of those to whom they were directed
nothing has yet been done, as John has informed the king, who therefore
orders the treasurer and barons to treat with John upon the premises and
so ordain that speedy payment shall be made to him for the said wool, in
money, wool or some other suitable manner, notwithstanding that the
previous letters are lost, so that he may not have cause to complain again
to the king for lack of satisfaction. By p.s. [14337.] |
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Membrane 2. |
Sept. 18.
The Tower. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Lenn. Order to permit
Queen Isabella or her attorneys to lade in that port what is in arrear of 180
sacks, having first paid ½ mark a sack, and to take them to parts beyond
the sea, to be sold there by the king's merchants and hers, as the king was
bound to the queen in 1,577l. 11s. of the 2,877l. 11s. in arrear to her of
the 1,500l. granted to her to be received for life of the customs in the ports
of London, Kyngeston upon Hull and Boston, as fully appears by the
certificate of William de Edyngton, the king's clerk, receiver of all the
money of the ninth this side Trent, by whom the king ordered the said
2,877l. 11s. to be paid, and the king assigned to the queen 240 sacks of the
first wool in co. Norfolk to be taken to parts beyond the sea and there sold
by the merchants deputed for this, and although the king ordered those
collectors to permit the queen so to take 240 sacks from that port
receiving from her ½ mark a sack for the custom, yet for the quiet of the
queen and to save the attorneys their expenses and labours the king has
granted that the queen shall lade 180 of those sacks in that port and the
remaining 60 in the port of Great Yarmouth. |
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To the collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth. Like order
with respect to the said 60 sacks. |
Sept. 25.
Westminster. |
To William Talemache, escheator in cos. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford. Order not to intermeddle with the
liberties, possessions or other things of the priory of St. Etheldreda, Ely,
void by the death of John de Crauden, the late prior, restoring the issues
thereof to the sub-prior and convent, saving the king's right of collation of
offices and other things which may pertain to him by reason of the present
voidance, and the custody of any lands acquired by the priory after
26 October in the 27th year of the reign of Edward I, as on that day the said
king granted for a fine of 1,000 marks made by John, then prior and the
convent there when the priory was in the king's hand by reason of the
death of William de Luda, sometime bishop of Ely, that they should have
the priory with its possessions and the issues thereof separate from the
bishopric without impediment of sheriffs, escheators or other royal bailiffs,
saving only the collation of offices and other things; and the present king
has confirmed the said letters. |
Sept 18.
Westminster. |
To the receivers in co. Dorset of the wool granted in the last parliament. Order to deliver to the duke of Brabant or to John le Clerk and
John Waybom his attorneys 260 sacks of wool in accordance with the king's
grant to him with the advice of the council, notwithstanding the assignment to William de Cusancia, the king's clerk, or to others, in part
satisfaction of 700 sacks in co. Kent, which the king assigned to the duke
in part satisfaction of debts in which he is bound to the duke, and owing to
certain impediments the said attorneys have not been able to have that wool,
as the king is informed. By K. and C. |
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Mandate to the sheriff of Dorset to cause the said 260 sacks to be packed
and sacked without delay and carried to the port of Southampton at the
king's cost. By K. and C. |
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Mandate to the assessors and collectors of wool in co. Dorset to deliver
the said 260 sacks to the duke or to his said attorneys. By K. and C. |
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Mandate to the collectors of customs in the port of Southampton to cause
the said 260 sacks to be placed in ships in that port and taken to parts
beyond the sea at the king's cost, without payment of the custom or subsidy
thereon. |
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To the collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth. Order to
cause 447½ sacks of wool of the duke of Brabant to be placed in ships in
that port and taken to parts beyond the sea at the king's cost, without payment of the custom or subsidy thereon, notwithstanding any assignment or
order to the contrary, as the king assigned to the duke, in part satisfaction
of certain debts, 895 sacks of the first wool received in that county (sic),
and ordered the collectors, assessors and receivers of wool in that county to
deliver those sacks to the duke or to John le Clerk and John Weybom, his
attorneys, notwithstanding the assignment to William de Cusancia, the
king's clerk, or to others, and the king ordered the sheriff of the county to
cause that wool to be packed and to cause 447½ sacks thereof to be taken to
the said port, and the remaining 447½ sacks to the port of Lenn, at the
king's cost. By K. and C. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in the port of Lenn, for 400 sacks. |
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Mandate to the collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich to cause 959
sacks of wool in co. Suffolk to be placed in ships in that port and taken to
parts beyond the sea. |
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To the assessors and collectors in co. Norfolk of the wool granted in the
last parliament. Order to collect the 895 sacks of wool assigned by the
king of the first wool levied in that county, to the duke of Brabant in part
satisfaction of certain debts, and deliver them by indenture to the duke or
to John le Clerk and John Weybon, his attorneys, without delay, notwithstanding the assignment to William de Cusancia, the king's clerk or others,
knowing that if they are lax or negligent in the execution of the premises,
the king will punish them in an exemplary manner. By K. and C. |
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The like to the assessors and collectors in co. Suffolk for 959 sacks. |
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To the receivers of wool in co. Norfolk. Like order to deliver 895 sacks
of wool to the duke or his attorneys when they have been levied and
delivered to the receivers by the assessors and collectors. By K. and C. |
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Like order to the receivers of wool in co. Suffolk for 959 sacks. |
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To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to cause the 895 sacks to
be packed and to be sent, one moiety to the port of Great Yarmouth and
the other moiety to the port of Lenn, and the 959 sacks of co. Suffolk to
be taken to the port of Ipswich, at the king's cost. By K. and C. |
Sept. 24.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the
port of London. Order to permit Berard de la Bret or his attorneys to
lade 80 sacks of wool in that port and take them to the staple at Flanders,
paying ½ mark a sack for the custom, as the king assigned to him 80 sacks
of the wool granted in the last parliament at Westminster, to be received
by the hands of the receivers of wool in co. Southampton in recompence
for 700l. of a greater sum in which the king is bound to Berard for divers
causes. By K. |
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To the same. Order to supersede the demand made on Bernard Ezii,
lord of le Breto, for the petty custom of 40d. a sack, as for 10,834l. 15s. 1d.
in which the king is bound to Bernard by bills and letters under the seals
of the seneschal of Gascony and the constable of Bordeaux, the king assigned
to him 1,000 sacks of the wool granted in the last parliament of divers
counties of the realm, for a certain price contained in the king's letters
patent. By K. |
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To the same. Like order, 'mutatis mutandis,' as the king assigned to
Berard de la Bret 80 sacks of the wool granted in the last parliament at
Westminster, to be received by the hands of the receivers of wool in co.
Southampton, in recompence for 700l. of a greater sum in which the king
is bound to him for divers causes. By K. |
Sept. 25.
Westminster. |
To John de Thyngden, receiver of the money reserved for the war of
Scotland. Order to pay to John, bishop of Carlisle, 200l. of the money
of the ninth beyond Trent, of the first year, reserved for the said war, or of
the wool granted in place of the ninth, of the second year, ordained for that
war, if the ninth does not suffice, notwithstanding any order to the contrary,
as the king was lately bound to the bishop in 529l. 4s. for his wages and
those of the men lately staying with him upon the safe custody of the march
of Scotland, as might appear by two bills of the wardrobe, and he besought
the king to order 200l. to be paid to him to enable him the better to stay in
the king's service in that march with his power, in aid of its defence.
[Fœdera.] By p.s. [14341.] |
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Membrane 1. |
Sept. 26.
Westminster. |
To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains.
Order to cause John fitz Wauter to have payment or assignment for 26 sacks
of wool, as he has besought the king to cause him to be satisfied, as 28
sarplars of his wool, extended it is said at 27 sacks, were taken from him for
the king, without his receiving satisfaction therefor, as he asserts, and the
king has considered his good service and the fact that he has remitted one
of the said sacks. |
Sept. 30.
Westminster. |
To William de Kelleseye, receiver of the king's money in Flanders.
Order to pay to James de Artefeld 500l. in accordance with the payment
now current in those parts of the first money received for the king, for the
behoof of the lawful men of Ghent, in part payment of the debts in which
the king is bound to them, notwithstanding any order to the contrary. |
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By K. |
Sept. 25.
Westminster. |
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Although the king lately assigned to Henry Muddepenyng and his fellows,
merchants of Almain, in part satisfaction of certain debts, all the money of
the customs and subsidies in all the ports of the realm until they should be
satisfied for those debts, and afterwards it was ordained by the common
council of the realm that native merchants should pay ½ mark and foreign
merchants 10s. on every sack taken to parts beyond the sea for the custom
due to the king without any other subsidy, yet because certain merchants
and others have freely granted divers sums of money beyond the said
customs for wool taken by them to the said parts, for the king's affairs,
the king wishing those sums to be collected and reserved, orders the
collectors, after paying the said customs of ½ mark and 10s. to the
merchants of Almain of wool taken to the said parts from St. James last,
and thenceforward until further order, to reserve for the king all the sums
beyond the said customs of ½ mark and 10s. received by them after that
feast and not yet delivered to the said merchants, so that they may be able
to answer for the same at the king's order. By K. |
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The like to the collectors of customs in the following ports, to wit:— |
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The collectors of the custom of wool, hides and wool-fells in the port
of London. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Sandwich. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Southampton. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Chichester. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Exeter. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Melcombe and Weymuth. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Bristol. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Ipswich. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Bishops Lenn. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Great Yarmouth. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Boston. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of York. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull. |
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The collectors of customs in the port of Hertilpol. |
