1296-11-24, Bury St. Edmunds

The like to the following : William de Bovill, keeper of the parts about the sea in co. Suffolk. Henry de Cobham, keeper of the parts about the sea in co. Kent. William de Malteby, keeper of the parts about the sea in co. Norfolk. Adam Gurdun, keeper of the parts about the sea in co. Southampton. yee de Sancto Claro, keeper of certain parts about the sea in co. Ssex. The keepers of the parts about the sea in co. Cornwall. . 75 keepers of the parts about the sea in co. Devon. keepers of the parts about the sea in co. Dorset. Fillol, keeeper of certain parts about the sea in co, Essex. John de Haveryng, keeper of North Wales. It is shown to the king of the men and whole community of Snaudon and Anglesey that been told that certain things have been suggested to the king them by reason whereof the king ought to hold them suspect, are much disturbed and aggrieved thereby. As the king does that their minds shall be further vexed or disturbed by the lying of such speakers of evil, he has intimated to them by his letters that nothing at all of sinister rumour concerning their estate or has come to his notice at the present time, and that he has not against them any suspicion, as is more fully contained in his For these reasons the king orders John to so chastise any such shall be found henceforth in his bailiwick that the punishment strike terror into others saying the like things.