1328-10-27, Salisbury

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Michael de Presfen has shewn the king, by petition before him and his council in parliament, that whereas he was the late king's bailiff of the manor of Werk-on-Tweed in the 18th year of his reign, and William de Presfen, who supplied his place there, towards (super) his account of the issues of the manor at the late king's exchequer, collected 132. of the ferms of the manor for the late king's use, and the Scots, during the truce between them and the late king, took and carried away the said 13d, and other goods and chattels of Michael and William at Werk then in William's custody, and that the treasurer and barons nevertheless refuse to allow the said sum to Michael in his account, and intend charging him with the same, wherefore he has prayed the king to provide a remedy: the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to appuint Roger Heron and William de Denum by letters under the exchequer seal to enquire concerning the premises, and if the treasurer and barons find by such inquisition that the premises are true, they are then to cause Michael to be discharged of the aforesaid 13/, in his account at the exchequer, superseding meantime the demand for that sum. By pet. of . [3367.]