1386-03-07, Westminster

To the collectors of the subsidy upon wool and woolfells in the port of Suthampton. Order to pay by indentures to William Lescrope or his deputies 2 marks upon every sack of wool and every 240 woolfells now or hereafter shipped in that port until he has so taken 500/., according to tallies levied in the exchequer, forbidding the collectors without the assent of the said William or his attorneys to give any days or terms for payment of the said subsidy until he shall be fully contented ; as on 10 February last the king appointed the said William keeper of the castle and town of Chirburgh for three years from 20 April next, assigning to him for the first year by advice of the council 500/. of the said subsidies in the port of Suthampton in part of the sum which he shall take for that year, in order that he be promptly contented thereof.