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3 HENRY III (28 October 1217–27 October 1218) C 60/9
200b
20 March. Caversham. Order to the bailiffs of the Earl Warenne in the same fair that, together with the aforesaid, they are to take into the king’s hand all chattels and merchandise of Hugh of Basing, citizen of London , that may be found in the same fair, and cause all that is recorded accordingly in writing to be delivered to three or four of the more law-worthy merchants of London who will be found in the same fair and who are to cause them [the chattels and merchandise] to come safely to London, and they are to hold them there in the king’s hand, concerning which the same Hugh is to satisfy the king for his account from the time at which he was a bailiff of King John, the king’s father, in the city of London and, similarly, for the debts which he owed to King John and to King Henry. They, along with the aforesaid bailiffs, are to see what merchandise and chattels will have been taken and delivered and to cause the names of those to whom they will be delivered to be recorded. Witness the earl. By the same. |