1322-02-28, Coventry

To the sheriff of Oxford and Berks. Order to pursue, arrest, and imprison all tenants of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, and others whomsoever making leagues or assemblies in aid of the earl and other contrariants, and to cause them to be hindered and aggrieved in all manners possible, taking the advice and information of Thomas le Gay, and making search and diligent examination by his advice, the king having lately ordered the sheriff to pursue and arrest all contrariants, and the king now learns that although many tenants of the said earl in the sherifi s bailiwick make leagues and assemblies in his bailiwick and propose going to the earl to aid . 517 against the king, the sheriff has hitherto deterred hindering or aggrievthem. He is to certify the king without delay of the names of those in execution of this order. By K.