1338-03-06, Westminster

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Whereas the late king Heury le Scrop and his fellows, justices appointed to hold before the king, to discharge and acquit the mayor and comof Bristol of the price of the goods and chattels of John le of Bristol, Robert Martym of Bristol, Richard Colpek and de Clyf, who were outlawed for felony before Henry le Spyand his fellows, justices of oyer and terminer [as in thas 11 Edward Il, paye 507], and although Henry and his caused the mayor and community to be discharged of 5U0/. at . Parr I. 333 the goods of Richard were appraised, and of 100/. at which the of William were appraised, and it was afterwards found by of the men of Bristol and of cos. Gloucester and Somerset, in the presence of Richard de la Rivere, sheriff of Gloucester, certain goods and chattels which belonged to John in Bristol, to value of 7/. 16s. 2d., and goods of Robert to the value of 9d. were found by the sheriff seised into the late king's hands; and goods and chattels of John in the manor of Wroxhale, co. Somerset, the value of 100s., were likewise found and were seised into the king's hands by the escheator this side Trent, and that no goods chattels of John and Robert came into the hands of the mayor and wherefore it was considered before the late king that the and community should be discharged of the goods and chattels John and Richard; and it was ordered by the late king's writ under testimony of Henry le Scrop to the treasurer and barons of the to discharge the mayor and community of the said chattels, afterwards by another writ to the treasurer and barons at the of the mayor and community, that the treasurer and barons had to do the premises because the writ was directed to them the testimony of Henry le Serop, it was ordered that they should the mayor and community as aforesaid, yet the said goods chattels are now exacted of the mayor and community, whereupon have besought the king to provide a remedy; the king therefore the treasurer and barons to view the said writ under the testiof Henry and his fellows, and the other writ sent afterwards, if they find the matters to be as aforesaid, then to discharge the and community of the goods and chattels, according to the of the late king's writs, and to inform the king if there is any why they should not do this.