1392-01-23, Westminster
To the abbot and convent of Bukfast co. Devon. Order and request to take again letters under the common seal of their house concerning a maintenance for life in that abbey which William Wescote . dd1 the king's serjeant one of the yeomen of his squillery has at ;the late king's command, to admit to their house John Hastynges the king's serjeant one of the yeomen aforesaid, and grant him that maintenance for life, making and delivering to him letters concerning it under the said seal, and writing again by the bearer what they will do; as the said William is minded to demise his estate therein to the end that the said John may have it, and with his assent the king has granted the same to the said John. By p.s. [7857.]
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