1341-06-25, William

de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, constable of Dover castle of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place there. to cause William le Clerk of Sandwich to be restored to the office of the wand before the bailiffs of Sandwich, which the king granted on 26 March in the 14th year of the reign to hold during good and William has besought the king to provide a remedy as he held for some time and committed no wrong wherefor he ought rightly therefrom, yet he is amoved from the office under pretext of of privy seal, containing that the king was deceived in granting the him by reason of the death of Richard Godard of Sandwich, who for life by the late king's grant and who is in the enjoyment of health, directed to the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich not long since, is prepared to prove that Richard never had any state in that office of the late king's grant or any other of the king's progenitors, the king ordered the earl to direct Richard to be before the king on Monday after St. Botulph last, which day the king gave to to show cause why Richard should not be amoved from that why William should not be restored thereto, and further to do what the king's court should determine; and the earl returned had directed Richard to be in chancery as aforesaid and that did not come when summoned on that day. treasurer and barons of the exchequer.