1289-03-01, Bury St. Edmunds

To the collectors of the king's new custom at Sandwich. Whereas the king appointed by letters patent Gregory de Rokes ley and Baroncinus Galteri to cause to be proclaimed and observed the remedies provided before the king and his council against clippers and forgers of his money and against those who use forged or clipped money in the city of London and adjoining parts, and against those bringing forged or otherwise bad money, and against their abettors, in such wise as Gregory and Baroncinus should deem fit by the counsel of the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and the justices of the Bench and according to the form provided by the king in this matter, and by other means, saving to the king the amercements and other things that ought to pertain to the king according to the articles sent to them; which remedies the king wills shall be observed throughout his whole realm; and Gregory and Baroncinus have appointed the collectors to execute the premises under them in that town: the king orders them to execute the premises there in form aforesaid and according to the articles that the king sends to them under his seal, until otherwise ordered. The king has ordered the bailiffs and men of the said town to aid them in the premises. Witness: EKidmund, earl of Cornwall. The like to the collectors of the new custom at Shorham, Southampton, Weymue, Yarmouth, Ipswich, Lynn, Boston, Hull, N ewcastle-on-Tyne, and Bristol. To the bailiffs and men of the aforesaid towns and to Peter de la Mare, constable of Bristol castle. Order to aid the aforesaid collectors in form aforesaid.