1343-05-26, Hertford

To William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, constable of Dover castle and of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Order to permit the prior of Barnstaple, co. Devon, to cross from port with a moderate household and reasonable expenses in gold, not provided that he take no sterlings, silver in plate or gold or silver except a sum in florins for his expenses, as at the request of John the chamberlain, the king has given licence to the prior to cross to to celebrate the chapter general of his order there and to discuss his superior certain affairs touching him. By p.s.