1338-10-11, Kennington
Order to cause Tower. 1,000 sacks of the king's wool in cos. Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Hertford, Southampton, and Wilts to be delivered with all possible speed to John Cole of Malyns, John Waybon of Malyns, and Levinus de Loveine, attorneys of William Dunort, by the view and testimony of Master John Wawayn, the king's clerk, and to cause the wool to be loaded in ships in that port to be taken to Andewerp, as the king hag granted William, for great sums which he has lent and will lend to him, that he shall take 2,500 sacks of the king's wool from that port and the ports of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, Boston, and Bishop's Lynn . Parr IL. 507 at the king's expense, to Andewerp for his own use, and it has been ordained by the council that William shall take 1,000 sacks at London and 500 in each of the other ports. The king has sent like orders the collectors in these ports.
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