1297-02-06, Walsingham

the sheriff of Hereford. Order to cause proclamation to be made market towns and other good towns and ports of that county to the form enclosed in the presents, and to cause all men of of the count of Flanders taken by reason of the present war in to be released, as an alliance and bond of friendship has entered into between the king and the count of Flanders to endure and it was agreed on both sides that merchants and other whatsoever of the king's realm and of the lands subject to his and vice versa merchants and others of Flanders and the other of the count and the lands subject to him may freely and securely and ply merchandise and other affairs, the former in Flanders other lands subject to the count's power, and the latter in the realm and the lands subjected to his dominion. [The form referred to in the preceding. ceo que aliance e amisté especiale sont ajfermez entre nostre seignur le Engleterre e le conte de Flandres, pur eux e pur leur heirs, a durer a touz nous comandoms, de par le dit nostre seignur le rey, ge totes gentz de marchantz e autres, peussent desoremes sauvement e seurement en rotaume d Engleterre e par tot ailleurs en son poer, ove totes marchandises e touz leur autres biens, franchement e petsiblement, seurement demorer, aler, e revenir, palr mer e par terre, e marchander nul marchant d Engleterre ow dailleurs, dont qwil soit. EK defendoms sur forfeture de vie e de membre, de terres e de chateux e de quanqwil forfaire, ge nul ne leur die ne face mal ne moleste, damage, grevance ne qwil ne peussent sauvement e seurement venir, demorer, aler, e par mer e par terre, e marchander en la fourme avantdite. EH st nul le dit . . conte soit arestu par acheisun de ceste guerre, ge meintenant queu part qwil sott. like writs with the same schedule are sent to all the sheriffs of and to Stephen de Penecestre, warden of the Cinque Ports. like to Reginald de Grey, justice of Chester, John de Havering, of North Wales, Robert Tybotot, justice of West Wales. like to Master Thomas Cantok, chancellor of Ireland. like to John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, keeper of the realm and of Scotland.