1336-12-08, Bothwell

To the prior of Karmerdyn and John Gogh, clerk. Order to deliver the money arising from the goods and chattels which belonged to Robert de Tanton, late keeper of the wardrobe, in South Wales, and from the debts of Robert then which shall be levied from time to time, to the archbishop of Canterbury or his attorney by indentures, as the king lately by reason of the account which Robert was bound to render to him for the time when he was keeper of the wardrobe and the debts which he owed to the king, ordered all his goods and chattels to be taken into his hands; and because the king was informed that divers goods and chattels which belonged to Robert in South Wales, to wit, those which were taken into his hands and others, were eloigned by divers men of those parts, and that several debts which were owed to him there are detained, the king appointed the prior and John to take an inquisition concerning the goods and chattels of Robert in those parts and concerning the debts which were owing to him, and to take into the king's hands all the goods and chattels which should be found to belong to Robert in whosesoever hands they might be, in South Wales, and to sell those goods and chattels as might seem best, by the view and testimony of lawful men of the places where they should be found, and to levy all the debts which were owing to Robert as might legitimately be done, and to receive the money so arising and keep it until further orders ; and John, archbishop of Canterbury, at the king's wish and the request of William de Northwell, prebendary of Northwell in the collegiate church of Suthwell, who mainperned at the exchequer to render Robert's account and has found security for the king there to satisfy him for what is found to be owing to him by the said account, and to whom the king ordered all Robert's goods to be delivered, by writ of the exchequer, has undertaken to dispose of the said goods and chattels as far as they will suffice, as may seem best for the salvation of Robert's soul.