1318-10-16, Burstwick

Order to supersede entirely the exaction of a year's fruits of priories in this realm when they happen to be void, and to revoke any sentences made by him on this account, and to restore anything that may have been collected or levied in this behalf by him and his ministers, as grievous complaint has been made by the earls, barons, and magnates of the realm in the parliament at York that he exacts a year's fruits or the value thereof upon voidance from priories of their patronage, and in which regular observance exists, divine services are continuously celebrated, and divers works of charity are done for the health of the souls of the funoders, the custody whereof pertains to them in time of voidance, and tbat he exercises grievous . 27 against the convents of the said priories on this account ; for which prayed the king to provide remedy ; wherefore the king, having with his council, issues this order, because it is found that the redounds not only to the prejudice of the patrons aforesaid, but also depression and wasting of their priories, especially as the burdens inupon the priories do not cease during voidance, such as divine hospitality, alms, and other works of charity, which could not be if Master Rigaud collected such fruits. By the whole C.