1373-05-03, Westminster

To the treasurer and the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause the arrears of 20]. a year of the farm or issues of the county of Suffolk since December in the 43rd year of the reign, on which date the king commanded livery of the lands of Robert de Ufford earl of Suffolk to be given to William de Ufford now earl his son and heir, to be paid to the said William, and the same to be yearly paid him henceforward by the hands of the sheriff for the time being, allowing to the sheriff all sums which they shall be assured that he has so paid provided that a he shall upon his account deliver acquittances for the same ; as willing to honour the said Robert's person the king lately gave him the name and honour of earl of Suffolk, preferring him to that earldom and girding him with the sword, and for support of that honour granted to him and his heirs by charter 201. to be taken every year as aforesaid at Easter and Michaelmas by even portions. Et erat patens.