In February 1336-7 12 Drapers lend £30 between them to the King, the Queen, and other magnates. H. Darci, Hugh Le Maberer, £5 each; Hugh de Dedham, Thomas de Swanlonde, £3 each; Rich. Constantyn, Ric. de Berkynge, Ric. de Welleford, Maurice Turgys, John de Keselyngbury, £2 each; Ralph de Upton, John Someresham, £1 10s. each; Geoffrey Le Botiller, 1. Letter Book F, fo. 4 b. 1337. Orders to collectors of the New Custom in the City to pay 200 marks to John de Pulteneye, as the King is bound to him in 100 marks, which he paid to G. de Say, admiral of the King's feet, and also 100 marks which he delivered to the King. Close Rolls, 1337, P. 24. March 1339-40. The following 18 Drapers contribute to a loan of £5,000; part of it being paid to James de Arteveldt, the Flemish burgher, and ally of Edward III: Thomas de Cavendish, £80; Ralph de Upton, £40; H. Darci, £40; John Lovekyn, £30; Rich. de Kyselyngbury, £25; John Peche and his partner, £25; Rich. de Berkynge, 20, Hugh Le Marbrer, 20; Rich. Costantyn, John de Kyselyngbery, Thomas de Northampton, John de Weston, Maurice de Turgeys, £10 each; Walter de Bampton, John Kelyngworth, Geoffrey Le Botiller, John Levelif, Thomas de Canterbury, £5 each. Letter Book F, fos. 33, 33 b. 1340. The pre-emption of 20,000 sacks of wool having been granted to Edward III, he sells it to James Andrew and others not Drapers. They undertake to pay part of the purchase money to the King's wardrobe beyond the sea. Close Rolls, 1340, PP. 534, 538. 1341. Order to Sheriff of Norfolk to pay John de Pulteneye 1,000 marks, in part satisfaction of £1,100, which John lately paid for the King at his request to certain merchants of London, who lent an equal sum to the King in parts beyond the sea. Close Rolls, 1341, p. 288. Order to the same Sheriff to pay another 1,000 marks to Pulteneye, which he promises to pay to the Bardi and Peruzzi creditors of the King. Ibid., p. 294. 1345. Thomas Swanlond and J. Pulteney are granted the 3d. out of the customs in return for a loan. Close Rolls, 1345, PP. 601, 628. 1350. Thomas de Swanlond, and others, allowed I mark out of the customs due by them, in return for £20,000 lent by them to the King. Close Rolls, 1350, p. 159. 1350. Lands of Thomas de Swanlond and of others seized for great sums due to the King; as well of the time when they were farmers of his customs as for other causes. N.B. Swanlond and others had received the Great Crown' in pledge for £4,000. Patent Rolls, 1350, P. 548. 1351. Swanlond is detained in prison for money owed the King. His licence to go to divers parts for evidences relating to this, and to recover money due to him. Patent Rolls, 1351, p. 98. (5) Drapers importing cloth. 1304. Stephen de Abyngdon buys cloth and other necessaries worth £1,100 at Antwerp and Malines, for the King's Wardrobe. Close Rolls, 1304, p. 143. 1338. Thomas Blakeney lades La Paternoster', of London, with salt, wine, and cloth, in Normandy for England. Close Rolls, 1338, P. 455. 1368. John De Bures allowed to import a bale of striped cloths of Ghent, which the servants of John Bures had bought in Flanders. Ibid., 1368, p. 420. (6) Drapers buying and selling cloth and other articles. There are many instances of Drapers being owed large sums of money by influential persons, which was probably for cloth, and of selling cloth to the King's Wardrobe. 1315. Simon de Swanlond buys cloth at Boston Fair and elsewhere. Close Rolls, 1315, PP. 170, 496. 1320. H. Nazard sells cloth to King's Wardrobe, to the Queen, and for men-at-arms at garrisons of King's Castles in Scotland. Close Rolls, 1320, p. 281. 1327. Simon de Swanlond owed £300 for cloth, and Simon de Abingdon 25 marks for cloth, by the King. Close Rolls, 1327, pp. 85, 192. 1328. Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston are robbed near Stowe of cloth of various colours, coverlets, dorsers, canvas, and other chattels value £130. Close Rolls, 1328, p. 302. 1336. Ralph de Upton sells cloth (£18 35. 4d.) to the King. Close Rolls, 1336, p. 564. 1337. John de Pultney is assigned £60 175. 2d. for cloth and horseshoes bought by the King's order for the Earl of Salisbury. Also is paid other sums for various articles, as cups, ewer, and palfreys. Patent Rolls, 1337, P. 416. 1338. John de Pulteney had sold 51 tuns of Gascon wine to the King for £221. Patent Rolls, 1338, p. 125. 1339. Thomas Swanlond sells £200 worth of cloth for King's use. Close Rolls, 1339, P. 10. 1346. John de Hatfield sells London-made cloth to fermor of the Archdeaconry of Craven. Close Rolls, 1346, p. 126. 1351. Licence for the Drapers of the City of London to sell all such cloths as they had at the time of the holding of the last Parliament, which they cannot sell before September 1st, notwithstanding that it is provided that all cloth found by the King's aulnager to measure less by I ell than the assize ordained by the Statute of Northampton shall be forfeited to the King. Patent Rolls, 1351, p. 132. (7) Drapers exporting cloth. Of this we have no instance. But in all probability they were doing this, since a higher duty was imposed on aliens exporting their own denizens. Patent Rolls, 1347, P. 424. (8) Drapers making cloth. 1338. Protection until Easter for servants sent by Thomas de Swanlond, citizen and merchant of London, to bring 10 sacks of wool, bought by him from Master John de Ayleston to make cloth of, from the parts of Lincoln to London, Patent Rolls, 1338, p. 565. 1384. John of Northampton has a Dighouse (Dyehouse) with 2 adjacent tenements in Wendegooselane, near the Great Hall of Estandia (i.e. The Steelyard). Patent Rolls, 1384, P. 581. (9) Drapers following other trades. 1304. Thos. de Kyderminster, Draper and Hosier. B, fo. 64 b. 1310. Morice Turgys, Draper and Woolmonger. fo. 44b; E, fo. 165 b. 1312. Will. de Welleford, Draper and Hosier. fo. 66. Letter Book Letter Book D, Letter Book D, 1318. R. de Welleford (probably a Draper) sells divers victuals and garnitures to H. Nazard for King's use. Close Rolls, 1318, p. 549. 1339. John de Northbury, a Clothier and Draper. Close Rolls, 1339, PP. 96, 226. John de Kelingworth, Draper and Hosier. Close Rolls, 1339, P. 113. 1340. Walter de Baumpton, Draper and Hosier. 1340, p. 613; Letter Book G, fo. 6 b. 1346. Will. de Holbech, Draper and Cordwainer. 1346, p. 69. Close Rolls, Close Rolls, IV ORDINANCES OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF OUR LADY OF BETHLEHEM, 1371 Record Office-Chancery Miscellanea 4. EN hono nře So Jħu Crist & sa douce miere Seinte Marie nře dame de Bethlem en quele Psseinte lieu nře dit So Jħu Crist eslyt estre nees en salvacion de toute sa poeple en 42 20 IN Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ and his Sweet Mother Saint Mary of Bethlehem, in which most holy place our said Lord Jesus Christ elected to be born for the quel lieu de Bethlem lesteylle appust a lez Pasto's & dona & monstra lumere a lez trois Roys de Coloyne qoffrerent en le dit lieu de Bethlem trois dons cestassa or mirre & ensens. Une frite est comonce pr mesme honor en amendement de lo' vies p assent iffrer Willam Tytte ffrere de Hospital nre Dame de Bethlem de Loun@es qest une celle de la lieu de Bethlem & p auts bons gentz Draps de Cornhult et aūts bons homes & femes q voloient estr freres & suers & le mesme ffratnite meynteign a tms de lour vies en touz lez poins que ensuount cestassa le dit ffratnite comense lan de Gace Mill ccc lxjo en le feste de le Pu? nře Dame. Adesomes q chescun q soit ou 3ra entree en la dite ffrite soit il de bon loos & de bons condicions & de bon port issint q pniy sa defaulte null de la dite ffrite soit esclaundre ne deshone. Et in cas q null face a lencountre aps son entree qil soit reconsaille des auts luy amender. Et sil ne se voet amender ne est? adresse p sa dite ffrtee & p lor bon consaill qadonq soit il oustee de la dite ffrite tanq il se voet amender de son mal porte et si il ne se voet amender de son mal porte qadonq soit il ouste de la dite ffrite as touz jo's. Auxint soient ils accordez q Salvation of all his people, in which place of Bethlehem the Star appeared to the Shepherds and gave and showed light to the three Kings of Cologne, who offered in the said place of Bethlehem three Gifts, that is to say, Gold, Myrrh and Incense, and a Brotherhood was begun in honour of the same, for the amendment of their lives by the assent of Brother Wm. Tytte, Brother of the said Hospital of our Lady of Bethlehem of London, which is a Cell of the Place of Bethlehem, and by other good people Drapers of Cornhill and other good men and women who would be Brethren and sisters and maintain the same Brotherhood for the term of their lives in all points which follow, that is to say, the said Brotherhood began in the year of Grace 1361, on the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady. Further, it was agreed that every one who is or shall enter into the said Brotherhood shall be of good fame and good condition and behaviour, so that no one of the said Brotherhood may be slandered or dishonoured by his default. And in case that any one do the contrary after his entry, that he be counselled by the others to amend himself. And if he will not amend nor reform himself according to the advice of the said Brotherhood, that then he shall be ousted from the said Brotherhood until he is willing to amend; and if he will not amend then, he shall be ousted for ever. Also they have agreed that every chescun decy en avant q se voille entrer dest? en la dite ffrite paiera por son entree a meyns xx3 & chescun aan aps son entree il paiera ij cestassav chescun quart vjd queux deniers 3ronnt receux gardez & ministres peux q serront gardeyns ordeynez p tote la dite frite & p lo' come eleccion & issint dan en an. Auxint sonnt ils assentuz q iiij foitz p an quant ils soient garnys qils vendront p' eux assembler ou qils Sront assignez p lo gardeyns p paier lo quarterages & paparler & entrats dez busoignes touchantz a la dite fiftee. Et si ascun se absente ou soit en ville & ne voille venir sil ne soit en 3vice du Roi ou malades qil paie a la dite frite a chescun foitz qil se eist absente vjd. Auxint sonnt ils assentuz q touz les ffreres & soers de la dite ffrite serront chescun an vestur dune soute & ces 3ra encount? la feste de la Purifio nře Dame & q chescun paiera pr sa vestu? demene come affert de paier lendemayn aps la feste tenu sanz delay & q chescun garde sa vesture p deux anz sanz doner a nully. Auxint sonnt ils accordez q si ascun de la dite frite defaille de sa paiement pr sa dite vestur a dit jo Îimite & de son quarterage qil est tenuz de paier de droit il serra oustee de la dite frite tanq il aŵa fait gree de sa dite vesture & de son quarterage & sil ne voet paier & est de poer qadonq il paiera one before he will enter the said Brotherhood shall pay for his entry at the least 20s., and every year after his entry he shall pay 25., that is to say, every quarter 6d., which moneys shall be received, guarded, and administered by those who are Wardens ordained by all the said Brotherhood and by their common election, and so from year to year. Also they are agreed that four times a year, when they shall be warned that they will be assembled, or that they shall be enjoyned by their Wardens to pay their Quarterages and to speak and treat of business touching the said Brotherhood, if any one absent himself or be in the City and will not come, if unless he be in the King's service or sick, that he shall pay to the said Brotherhood each time that he absent himself, 6d. Also they are agreed that all the Brethren and Sisters of the said Brotherhood shall be every year clothed in a suit, and this shall be on the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady, and that each. shall pay for his vesture as belongs to him to pay on the Morrow after the Feast held without delay: and that each one keep his vesture by two years without giving it to any one. Also they are agreed that if any of the said Brotherhood fail in his payment for the said vesture at the said day appointed and of his quarterage that he is bound to pay of right, he shall be ousted from the said Brotherhood until he shall have made satisfaction for his said vesture and his quarterage, and a |