1338-12-11, Byfleet
To the collectors of customs in the port of Kyngeston-upon-Hull. to pay freight, to wit 10s. for each last, for 500 sacks of the which the king has granted that William Dunort shall take to beyond the sea at the king's risk and expense, in part payment a great sum of money in which the king is bound to him. By the keeper and C. The like to the following : The collectors in the port of Boston for 500 sacks. The collectors in the port of Ipswich for 500 sacks. To the treasurer and chamberlains. Order to deliver to the merchants the societies of the Bardi and Peruzzi all the money due to the king wool in the city of London and in cos. Kent, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Hereford, Warwick, Wilts, Bedford, Buckingham, and Essex, by the sheriffs and other receivers of wool there, it has been ordained with the advice of the council that the merchants cause that wool to be bought and purveyed and further do the will therewith. By the keeper and C.
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