1343-05-26, Hertford

To William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, constable of Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Dover. Order to permit the prior of Barnstaple, co. Devon, to cross from that port with a moderate household and reasonable expenses in gold, not silver, provided that he take no sterlings, silver in plate or gold or silver vessels except a sum in florins for his expenses, as at the request of John Darcy, the chamberlain, the king has given licence to the prior to cross to Flanders to celebrate the chapter general of his order there and to discuss with his superior certain affairs touching him. By p.s.