1328-10-28, Salisbury

Memorandum, that the king willed and granted that the gaid 300/. shall be allowed to the archbishop out of the tenth granted to the king at Leicester and out of other debts, if any be found to be due to the king from Walter by account to be made at the exchequer, and if nothing be due from Walter, then the excess of the said 3002. over the tenth shall be allowed to the archbishop out of the money that he shall owe to the king for the king's corn and hay in the manors of tho archbishopric, if he buy them from the king. To Thomas de Blaston, chamberlain of Chester.: Robert le Lewyt and Margery, late the wife of William le Lewyt, of the county of Chester, have shewn the king that whereas Robert and William made a fine with him before his accession before Richard Damory, then justice of Chester, in 800/. by reason of trespasses charged upon them, and the said William in his lifetime and Robert and Margery afterwards paid 730J. thereof to the exchequer of Chester, to the impoverishment of their estate, and they have prayed the king to grant that they may pay the remaining 70J. by yearly instalments of 100s.: the king has granted that they may do so, and therefore orders the chamberlain to cause them to have such terms, which he is to cause to be enrolled, By C.