1318-10-10, Burstwick

To the bailiffs of the liberty of Ravenesrod. Whereas Adam le Clerk of merchant, caused a ship of his called La Plente, of Lenne, price 1002. sterling, to be laden in the parts of Poitou (Peytow) with salt of lampreys of Nauntes, and certain bales of Bugeye, and other his to the value of 20U/., in order to take the same to St. Johnstown of in Scotland, to make his profit thereon and in aid of the mainof the king's men garrisoning that town, Henry de Rikelynghous and certain other malefactors of the towns of Grippeswald, Strallesound, and Lubyk robbed the aforesaid ship on her voyage on the sea coast between Great Yarmouth and Blakeneye, and slew many men found in her, and carried her away with them to Aberden in Scotland, and there sold the goods, robes, and cloths of the aforesaid men, and afterwards took the ship With them to Strillesound (sic); whereupon the king requested the schéffen and men of the towns of Grippeswold, Strallesound, and Lubyk to hear the complaint of the said merchant, and to cause satisfaction to be made to him, s0 that it should not behove the king to provide him with another remedy; but although Geoffrey atte Feld, Adam's attorney in this behalf, delivered the king's letters to them, and diligently prayed for justice, they did nothing im the matter, as appears by letters patent shewn to the king under the