1338-11-04, Kennington

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause 1601. be allowed to Walter Neel, and Nicholas Cran, sheriffs of London Middlesex, for a year from Michaelmas, in the 11th year of the in their account as they have besought the king to provide for indemnity, by their petition before him and his council, as they to have received greater profits from the customs of the port of in aid of the payment of their ferm, and for the maintenance the ministers of the city, and others, and for preserving the peace and they have received no stich profits by reason of the king's forbidding the exportation of merchandise, and by reason the motion upon sea, whereby merchandise does not come from parts ; and by the examination and information of Henry Darcy, mayor I1. Parr III. 561 London, and of six aldermen before the council, it is found that they lost 1602. of the profits which they ought to have received, without fault. By the keeper, and by pet. of C.