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CARTULAIRE GENEALOGIQUE. — SUPPLEMENT.
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13474 février
» shall receive what is assignet for the King’s household upon the buttery and the great» wardrobe after Tidman de Lymbergh bas been paid the 6,000 marks aforesaid, and» the 20 s. after Henry Picard has been paid his assignment with ail the other customs» and subsidies, petty and great, until they are fully paid the 40,000 marks; and to» make this loan the King grants that the merchants may enter 20,000 lb. of the debts» which he owes to them or the others, which they can buy, and that they shall hâve» assignment for the same upon the tenths and fifteenths, so that the merchants shall» choose in England ten or twelve prelates who shall be receivers of the thents, and» ten or twelve knights and serjeant of counties, who sball be levied in the name of» the merchants and delivered to the receivers upon condition that they make surety» to the merchants to receive the money assignod to them, and the receivers shall hâve» no discharge towards the court by the lallies delivered to them before they bave paid» to the merchants the sums due to them, and the receivers shall hâve no discharge» towards the court by the tallies delivered to them before they hâve paid to the» merchants the sums due to them and hâve received their acquittance, and the» treasurer shall agréé with the receivers what he will pay or allow th them for their» costs; and the King wishes 500 marks to be assigned upon the tenths and fifteenth» to Gilbert de Wendlingburgh , which he will lend to sir William Slury, staying in» Flanders, after the death of James de Artefeld for the charges and needs of the King» in those parts, in part payment of what the King owes to him for his expenses therein,» and, in case the tenths and fifteenths do not suffice for the said 20,000 lb. and» 500 marks, the merchants may levy and receive what is wanting of the customs and» subsidies with the 40,000 marks until they are fully paid for ail, and the merchants» may freely buy wool and take it from the ports of Southampton and Bristuyt whither» they will, rebating the amount of the customs and subsidies thereon in their assign-» ment upon the tenth and fifteenth, and the King promises that no other assignment» shall be made upon the customs and subsidies before they are fully paid ail the said» sums, and ail the assignments shall be made to them before Easter next.; and for» greater surety for the merchants the King wishes his great crown to be delivered to» Walter and Gilbert to keep in England under the seals of the archbishop of Canter-» bury, and the bishop of Winchester, the treasurer, until ail the accomplishments of» ail the aforesaid conditions, and the merchants shall not be bound to pay any of» the 40,000 marks until Walter and Gilbert hâve the said crown, and to assure this» agreement, the King, the archbishop of Canterbury, the chancellor and treasurer of» England, the earl of Northampton, sir Richard Talbot, the King’s steward, sir Bartlio-» lomew de Burghersh, the King’s Chamberlain, and sir John d'Arcy, « le fitz », bind» themselves and hâve set their seals to this. Dated before Caleys as aforesaid. ( French .) »
{Close Roll’s Edward III, VIII, 249.)