1326-02-05, Walsingham

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Joan de Bohun, daughter heiress of Alan Plukenet, the elder, has shewn the king that whereas in the 16th year of the late king's reign, when he was the late king's of Drosselan castle in Wales, received 518/. 13s. 4d. from the as imprest by the hands of Richard Gudichoun and his fellows, of Luca, and expended the money in repairing the castle aforeby the late king's order, and he accounted at the exchequer, in the year of the late king's reign, for the money thus received, and the was allowed to him in his account for the repairs of the castle, as appear by his account in the exchequer, the treasurer and barons exact the aforesaid sum from Joan as if her father had not it in repairing the castle and had not accounted at the exchequer and as if the money had not been allowed to him, because de Luda, keeper of the late king's wardrobe, in the 16th year of late king's reign, in his account of the wardrobe charged Alan with 13s. 4d. as received from the wardrobe as imprest for the works in which sum Alan asserted in his account that he had received only from the aforesaid Richard and his fellows and not from any one else: king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to view the accounts of said William for the time when he was keeper of the wardrobe, and of aforesaid Alan for the works of the said castle, and to search the rolls other memoranda of the exchequer, and to discharge the said John of above sum if they find that Alan received that sum only once, and that accounted therefor, and that the money was allowed to him for the of the said castle, notwithstanding that Alan did not charge himself the said sum received by the hands of the said William as by the of the keeper of the wardrobe.