1325-05-02, Chertsey

To Richard de Betoigne, mayor of the merchants of the staple of wool and Order to transfer himself and the said merchants to Bruges, to hold the staple there, in accordance with the king's grant aforesaid, that security be made to them for the enjoyment of the liberties, customs, and all immunities that they have been wont to enjoy in the there and elsewhere, and that he and all the other merchants coming the staple may come thither, stay there, and return thence safely. He is that William le Doyne, burgomaster of Bruges and envoy of the of that town, who lately came to the king with other envoys of land, has promised before the king and his council that such security be made to the said Richard, and that the said liberties and immunishall be preserved unharmed. The king wills that the aforesaid grant not prejudice Richard or the other merchants of the staple contrary to tenor of the charter of that staple, and shall not be drawn into a prehereafter, By K. . 379