1338-10-04, Kennington
To the collectors of customs in the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Order deliver to William de la Pole, the king's serjeant, or to his attorney, sacks 8 stones of the king's wool, by indenture, to be taken to the to parts beyond the sea, as the king ordered William to cause sacks of such wool to come from England to the said parts with possible speed, to be sold and to make certain payments there for king, and it has been ordained by the council that 349 8 stones shall go from Newcastle, 1,3944 sacks 74 stones from the of Great Yarmouth, Lynn and Ipswich; 102 sacks from the port Boston and 572 sacks 4 stone from Kyngeston-upon-Hull. By ps. Like order to the collectors in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull, mutatis mutandis, and the king does not wish the assignment made to William Dunort of wool in that port to be delayed. By the same writ. Like order to the collectors in the port of Boston, mutatis mutandis, provided that 1,000 sacks which the king ordered to be loaded in that port and sent to him, and the assignment made to William Dunort are in no wise delayed. By the same writ. 24. To William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon and constable of Dover castle.
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