1299-08-25, Waverley

To the guardians of the archbishopric of York, the see being void. Whereas the king granted to Edmund, earl of Cornwall, for a sum of 2,000 marks that he lent to the king by the hands of John de Drokenesford, keeper of the wardrobe, for the expedition of certain of the king's arduous affairs, the euardianship of the archbishopric or bishopric first falling void in the realm, to hold until he should have levied from the issues thereof the total of the money aforesaid, as is contained in the king's letters patent to the earl, and the earl has requested the king to cause the said sum to be paid to him by the hands of the guardians: the king orders them to pay to the earl or his attorney money from the issues aforesaid in full satisfaction of the said sum.