1285-01-28, Canterbury

To J. archbishop of Canterbury. The king reminds him how the king's progenitors put down many wars and disturbances in Wales, and nevertheless owing to the snake lurking in the grass the scars of the wounds inflicted became corrupt, and would, if they had not been bound up, have penetrated to the very heart of the whole realm, concerning which God not only applied the remedy of mitigation, but cut away the rotten portion, and extinguished the poison, and healed the disease that had so long endured, lately granting undisturbed peace to the king and the archbishop and the whole realm. The king contracted an almost infinite multitude of debts in connexion with the settlement, and moreover, after victory had been given to the king over his rebels, the pressing necessity of directing, strengthening and preserving the state of those parts, which for so long a time has been contrariant and rebellious to the king's progenitors and to him and holy church and to his entire realm, has induced him to beseech the clergy of his realm to grant a subsidy to him graciously ; and they, favourably acceding to his prayers, have granted to him a twentieth of their ecclesiastical goods for two years for the discharge of his said debts, for which he thanks the archbishop and them. As the first term of the grant was at Martinmas last, he requests the archbishop to cause the money coming from the clergy for Martinmas term last to be collected and carried to the New Temple, London, on the morrow of the close of Easter, to be paid to certain of the king's subjects and to those from whom the king has received loans in this behalf, in the presence of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Concerning this the archbishop is to give credence to Henry de Ledis, king's clerk, the bearer of the presents, who shall, with those whom the archbishop shall depute, execute and cause to be done the said matter by the king's order in . 351 with what the king has enjoined upon him by word of mouth. archbishop is desired to certify the treasurer and barons by Mid-Lent he shall decree to be done in this matter, the king having ordered and barons to intermeddle with this matter and with all its together with those to be deputed by the archbishop for this and with the king's clerks appointed for this purpose, and that they see and provide that all things shall be done duly and honestly, and they shall diligently put their hands to this by the king's orders as seem most fitting for his use. [Prynne, Records, iii. 847. like to the bishops of Rochester and Chichester, to give credence to said Henry. like to the bishops of Worcester and Hereford, to give credence to de Bereford. like to the bishop of Bath and Wells, to give credence to Roger de like to the bishops of Winchester and Salisbury to give credence to Adam de Botingdon. like to the bishops of London and Norwich, to give credence to Hugh like to the bishops of Lincoln and Ely to give credence to Thomas de hke to the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield, to give credence to de Clare. like to the archbishop of York or his vice-gerent to give credence to de Beverlaco. like to the bishops of Durham and Carlisle to give credence to de Mar. like to the bishops of Bangor and St. Asaph to give credence to Richard de Abyndon. like to the bishops of St. Davids and Llandaff to give credence to de Plumpton. Alwy of Colton acknowledges that he owes to Peter de Grenham to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co.