1339-12-01, Byfleet

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. Whereas the king granted Thomas de Drayton, admiral of the fleet from the mouth of the Thames towards the north, permission to load 10 sacks of lamb s wool in the port of Great Yarmouth, and take them to the staple at Andewerp in Brabant, and wishes 20/. of the 40 marks which are in arrear to him of the 100 marks which the king granted to him for his good service, to be allowed in the custom and subsidy due on that wocl, and the remaining 10 marks to be paid to him; the king orders the treasurer, barons, and chamberlains to make such allowance by the king's writ under the exchequer seal, to the collectors of customs in the said port, to permit Thomas tc take the wool as aforesaid and to cause 20/. to be allowed to the collectors in their account, and the treasurer and barons shall pay 10 marks to Thomas as aforesaid. By letter of the keeper.