1338-10-17, Kennington

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the pirates of certain galleys which invaded Southampton have carried off the greater part of the seal for recognisances of debts there, so that merchants and others to whom recognisances were made, cannot procure the execution thereof, and others cannot be made according to the statute of Acton Burnell, whereupon the king has been besought to provide a remedy, he orders the treasurer and barons to cause another seal to be cut, with differences, and send it to chancery without delay, so that the king may cause what is necessary to be done according to the said statute. By the keeper. To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause proclamation to be made that no one shall give credence to any letters or obligations under the previous seals, since the king has ordered the treasurer and barons to cause a new seal to be made. By the keeper. 18. To Edmund de la Beche, late keeper of the great wardorobe. Order o audit the account of Thomas Ughtred and Henry de Haveryngton for 1074 quarters of wheat and 20 quarters of oats which they received from John de Aslakeby, clerk, upon the wages of the men in garrison at Perth, charging them with 6s. 8d. for each quarter of wheat, 3s. 4d. for each quarter of oats, as although they are ready to account with the keeper, he refused because the wheat and oats were not appraised, and: they besought the king to cause an appraisement to be made and the account to be audited. 23: To Walter de Gerwardeby, and Nicholas de Sutton, taxers and collectors in the Hast Riding, co. York, of the triennial tenth and fifteenth last granted by the community of the realm.