1402-09-12, Hereford

Commission to John Cheyny, William Beauchamp of Powyk and the mayor and sheriffs of Bristol to take 42 quarters and 4 bushels of wheat, 5 tuns of wine, 18 tuns of ale, 1,070 fishes called hakes and 380 quarters of oats within the town of Bristol and the hundreds of the county of Gloucester adjoining and bring 85 quarters of wheat, 8 tuns of wine, 9 tuns of ale, 800 fish and 250 quarters of oats to the castle and town of Kardyf, and 7 quarters and 4 bushels of wheat, 2 tuns of wine, 4 tuns of ale, 270 fish and 80 quarters of oats to the castle and town of Neuport, for the sustenance of the men at arms and archers there. Payment shall be made either from the customs and subsidies or from the tenth and fifteenth lately granted to the king, according to choice. By K.