1305-02-02, Walsingham

To the sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. As the king wishes to provide corn for the expenses of his household in his next parliament at Westminster Sunday after St. Matthias, he orders the sheriff to cause 200 quarters of wheat to be bought from the richer men who are most sufficient for this purpose in his bailiwick by a certain price and by tallies to be made between the sheriff and them, and to cause the wheat to be carried to Westminster before the said Sunday at the latest. The king wills that the men shall be satisfied for their money for the corn in his wardrobe so soon as it shall come to the hands of the keeper of his store. [Parl. Writs.] The like to the sheriff of Kent for 200 quarters. [Jbid.]