1338-11-28, Byfleet

To R. bishop of Salisbury. Order to direct the collectors of wool and triennial tenth granted by the clergy in that diocese, to supersede exaction made on the abbot of Oseneye and the other clergy of the for paying the last tenth granted by the clergy, and the triennial of the second year at the anticipated terms, as he was not present the parliament where these were granted, and he is ready to pay tenth granted by the clerey of the province of Canterbury at the of St. Bride, London, on the morrow of St. Jerome last, at the terms, as the king has compassion on the estate of the abbey, is so depressed that the abbot and convent and serjeants of the hardly have wherewith to live. By C.