1342-06-10, Edward Westminster

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to audit the account of Thomas de Hampton, to whom on 20 March in the 15th year of the reign the king committed the custody of the islands of Gernereye, Gereseye, Serk and Aureneye to hold as William de Monte Acuto and Henry de Ferrar [iis] previously held it, for what he could levy of that custody from the time of his commission and for his costs and expenses upon the safe custody of the islands and works carried out there by him, and for his wages and those of his men for the munition of the islands, and further to do what pertains to the final issue of the account if they find that he has not been able to levy so much as William and Henry by reason of the war with France, whereby, as he asserts, the islands are wasted and are partly occupied by the king's enemies, and the money there is depreciated for a third part, and yet the treasurer and barons have charged him for as much as William and Henry, who held the custody in time of peace. [Feedera.] By K. and C, 25.