1323-07-25, Cowick

To the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Whereas at the comof John Vanele and Claisus Hourel of Brugge, merchants of Flanders, after the-truce lately made between the king's subjects and the men of count of Flanders until Michaelmas next and proclaimed at Easter last, and certain of their fellows loaded a ship in Flanders with wine, cloth, and other wares, to the value of 900/., in order to bring the same to John le Little, Roger Catour, Cokkus atte Wose, and others with them entered the ship by force on her voyage in the water of Tyne between Tynemuth and Newcastle, on before St. George last, and assaulted the men and mariners of ship, and arrested certain of them with the ship and goods, and them and the ship and a great part of the goods to the aforesaid and baililfs to be detained under arrest, taking away with them a great part of the goods, the king ordered the mayor and if they found the premises to be true, to release the said men and ship and goods, and the king caused the ship and goods in the possesof the mayor and bailiffs to be delivered to the aforesaid merchants ; the king now understands that the aforesaid Roger and Cokkus have to Newcastle; he therefore orders the mayor and bailiffs to arrest said Roger and Cokkus, and to cause them to be kept under safe cusuntil the aforesaid merchants have been satisfied for all their goods came into the possession of Reger and Cokkus. By K. on the information of Master R. de Baldok. To Richard de Bermyngham, constable of Bernard castle.