1338-09-21, Kennington

Order date: inferred Regnal year 12 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 20

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Dated in source: “Sept. 21” · Place: Kennington (Surrey)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 20 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the collectors of customs in the port of London. Order to permit the wool of the merchants of the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi laded in that port by the king's licence and coketted by the collectors, to be laded in ships by the same weight by which they were weighed before the first lading, and taken to parts beyond the sea, according to the agreement made with the king, as their ships returned to that port after the first lading for fear of the king's enemies, and their wool was unloaded and has become damp, whereby its weight is greater than before. By C.

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