1338-11-01, Kennington

To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich and the collectors of customs there. Whereas at the plea of Alan Eliot, John Lok and Amicia Copale of Ireland, showing that they had loaded a ship called la Maryote, of Respounte, with 18 great sacks and 24 stones of wool of Ireland, placed in 26 sarplars, in the port of Waterford in Ireland, and had paid custom thereon by Robert Larcher and John de Bristoll, their serjeants and merchants, and have coket, and they wished to carry the wool to Seland or Brabant, and the ship in sailing to Seland was driven to the port of Sandwich by the admiral of the fleet towards the south, and the wool is arrested by the mayor, bailiffs and collectors by pretext of the king's prchibition to take wool out of the realm, the king ordered the mayor and others by writ of privy seal that if they could show that the wool was from Ireland and custom was paid there, they should cause it to be delivered to them by finding security not to communicate with any not in the king's friendship, and now the merchants have besought the king to cause the wool to be dearrested, as when it was dearrested by virtue of his order it was again taken by Ralph le Sauvage and Stephen le Blount by reason of their commission to take wool in co. Kent, the king therefore orders the mayor and others to permit the merchants to do their.pleasure with the wool by the said security. The king has ordered Ralph and Stephen to dearrest the wool. By C. 4. To William Trussel, escheator this side Trent. Order not to internyeddle further with the lands which belonged to Thomas de Saundervill, having viewed a previous order to this effect, because it was found by inguisition taken by him that Thomas held no lands in chief in that bailiwick at his death, but that he held lands of other lords by divers services, and that Thomas de Saundervill, his son, is his next heir and of full age, restoring the issues thereof, and afterwards at the suit of Thomas the son, showing that he held the lands quietly for some time, and certain persons asserting that Thomas the elder held in chief, the truth being concealed at the time of his death, demanded a writ of diem clausit extremum, by pretext. whereof the escheator took the lands into the king's hands, and Thomas beseeching the king to order his hand to be amoved, the king ordered the escheator to take an inquisition upon the matter, by which it is found that Thomas died in April, in the 6th year of the reign, and his lands are not held of the king, and they were delivered to Thomas as aforesaid. 25. To Henry de Frowyk and William Martyn.