1345-11-08, Richard Westminster

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to direct the taxers and collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted in co. Hertford, to supersede until the quinzaine of Michaelmas next, the demand made upon the prioress and nuns of Chesthunte for the tenth and fifteenth, so that in the meantime the king may be able to do what seems good to the council, as the prioress and nuns have shown the king that although their house is so poor that its possessions do not suffice for their maintenance without the alms of the faithful, and it has not been assessed or taxed at such aids in times past, yet the said taxers and collectors distrain them to pay their portion, whereupon they have besought the king to provide a e y C.