1303-01-10, Odiham

To the sheriff of Lincoln. Whereas the king at the suit of William de Waynflet, merchant of the realm of England, suggesting that John, duke of Brabant, had taken wool and other merchandise to the value of 781. 6s. 8d. from him in Brabant, and had bound himself and all his merchants and the communities of his land and all their goods and chattels to the king's distraint for the full payment of the said sum to William at certain terms long past, and at the complaint of certain other merchants likewise complaining to him for their goods thus taken by the duke ordered the sheriff to cause all goods and wares of the merchants of the duke's land and power found within that county to be arrested and kept safely until William should be satisfied for the said sum and until the other complainants should be satisfied for their goods in which the duke was likewise bound by his letters patent ; and the duke has not yet satisfied William for the aforesaid sum wholly or in part: the king, wishing to provide William with a speedy remedy for the recovery of his debt, orders the sheriff to cause the goods and chattels thus arrested by him to be appraised without delay and to cause them thus appraised to be delivered to William to the value aforesaid. It is provided that the remainder of the goods and wares shall be kept safely until the other merchants shall be satisfied for their goods aforesaid or until the king shall otherwise ordain. 7. To the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. Order to pay to the abbot of Middelton 50/. for the repair of the bridge of the king's castle of Corf. By K. on the information of W. bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. 7.