1319-06-08, York

the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to enquire whether in the hospital (Bederna) of Beverley is of the prebend of the of York, and whether it is and was of the archbishopric at the the archbishopric was taxed in spiritualities and temporalities in at 2,000 marks, so that it ought to be comprehended under that taxation no other, and, if they find that it is so, to acquit William, archof York, of all the sums of money that are exacted from him by of the aforesaid corrody because of the taxation thereof, and to cause the taxation of the corrody to be extracted from the rolls of the exchequer and annulled, as the archbishop has shewn to the king that divers sums of money are exacted for divers grants and contributions imposed upon the clergy of that province because the corrody, which is annexed to the archbishopric, and whereof the prebend and canonry eanonia) of the archbishop in St. John's church, Beverley, consist and have consisted time out of mind, has been erroneously taxed as the portion of Walter le Botiller because it was in his hands when the taxation was made, Walter Gyffard, late archbishop, having assigned it to him during pleasure. By K.