1386-09-20, Westminster

Writ de intendendo, directed to Richard Waldegrave, John de Sutton, Robert de Swynbourne, the sheriff of Suffolk and others of that county, for William de Nevill and John Clanevowe, knights of the chamber, whom the king, on learning that Charles [IV] of France and his allies are intending with a great fleet to land at Orewell or the parts adjacent, has appointed to survey that port and the neighbouring ports where a landing might be effected. They are to communicate with the said William and John, and follow their oral instructions for the safety of those parts. By K. & C.