1328-10-27, Salisbury

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. The abbot and convent of Glastenbury have shewn the king, by their petition before him and his council, that the abbey has been much impoverished and wasted in times of voidance by the duress of the ministers who have had the custody thereof heretofore, from which no benefit accrued to the king's progenitors, and they have prayed the king to grant to the prior and convent, for the indemnity of the abbey, that they and their successors shall have the custody of the abbey and all things pertaining thereto in all voidances for a fixed sum (certo) to be rendered to the king for the time of the duration of the voidance; the king, in order that he may grant their request, wishes to be certified of what was answered to the late king and to his other progenitors for each voidance of the abbey, whether by fine made therefor or otherwise, and for what time, and how, and in what manner [answer was made], and whether the abbot has acquired any lands since the last voidance for which answer was not made to the king's progenitors, and what such lands are worth: he therefore orders the treasurer and barons to search the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer touching the premises, and to take information by inquisition or otherwise in this behalf, and to certify him under the exchequer seal of what they find. By pet. of C.