1343-04-16, Havering Atte Bower

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer and to the chamberlains. atte Order to pay 2,600/. to Bernard Ezii, lord of Lebret, or give him an _ assignment therefor upon the money of the yearly tenth last granted by the clergy of the province of Canterbury of the second term of the grant, if 2,6001. Os. 73d. have not been paid or assigned to him, as the king was lately bound to him in 2,036/. Os. 73d. delivered by him on loan at the receipt of the exchequer for the expedition of the king's most urgent affairs, and the king promised to pay that sum at Hilary in the 15th year of the reign, and Bernard afterwards lent the king 1,000J. in florins de Véseu (de scuto) at 40d, the crown (scuti) and 700/. in sterlings and of the said 83,7861. Os, 74d. 1,1361. have been paid to him at the receipt of the exchequer, and because Bernard surrendered the letters patent for the 2,0361. Os. 73d. at the receipt of the exchequer, to be cancelled, the king promised in good faith to pay him the 2,600/. Os. Tid. at London at Michaelmas last, and Bernard has not yet obtained any payment or assignment for that sum, as the king has learned. By p.s. [15283.] 15.