1336-02-14, Walsingham

To the same. Whereas the king at divers times ordered William de la to cause to be ground without delay the corn which he had purveyed the king's use, so that the flour thereof might be ready to be sent to the and that he should give satisfaction (gratum faceret) for the king to men of the wapentake of Herthull, co. York, from whom the king 100 quarters of wheat to be taken, and to certain other men of the Riding in that county from whom corn to no small value was taken by John de Barton and Richard Fitz Dieu, by the king's order, for his ; and by virtue of these orders William paid divers sums of money the said men, and he incurred divers expenses in the said grinding, for he had not hitherto been satisfied, as he says: the king therefore the treasurer and barons, if they find that this is so, to cause William have due allowance in his account for the sums which he has so paid and the expenses which he incurred. By K.