1329-07-17, Farnham

To the sheriff of Kent. Order to sepersede entirely his distresses of the men and tenants of the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, of his manors of Menstre in the Isle of Thanet, Chistelet, Stureye, Litleburn, Northburne, Lenham, and Plomstede to come to the sheriff's tourns by the borsholders (borghesaldri) and four men of each tithing (4orgha) of those manors to bring a rent called the sheriffs tourn, provided that the rent be paid to the king in full at the tourns by one man, in accordance with the late from the complaint of the men and tenants that the sheriff distrains them to come to this tourn by the borshoiders and four men of each tithing, contrary to the said order, and they have prayed the king to provide a remedy, and the king, having consideration to the fact that it is contained in the record and process in the aforesaid matter that view of frankpledge in the said manors was allowed to the abbot in the court of his progenitors and in the late king's court, and that it was agreed by the late king and his council that the sheriff should be ordered to supersede distraining the men and tenants to come as aforesaid, wills that the men and tenants shall not be aggrieved contrary to the allowances, consideration, and order aforesaid.