1346-05-12, Walter Westminster

To the same. Order to adjourn the exchequer and Common Bench of Treland with the rolls, writs and memoranda thereof, by the advice of the_ council there, to a suitable and safe place in that land, more beneficial for the king and for the quiet of others, and to transfer thither the processes pending, seeing that the said rolls, writs and memoranda are taken safely to such place without danger; as the exchequer and Common Bench of Treland have always been held at Dublin, which is in a remote part, wherefore lords of liberties and their ministers often render themselves late in the execution of the king's orders, and answer is seldom made to the king for his money and debts, and those sueing in the king's courts are fatigued by the long distances, travail and expenses. ' By K. and C.