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 1216, 2 June.—The king requests the jurats of Bayonne to employ their galleys in annoying his enemies.

1217, 10 Oct.—The king to the king of Norway; will gladly promote commercial intercourse with that realm.

1236, 26 May.—Proclamation respecting the goods of persons escaping from shipwreck on the coasts of England, Poitou, Gascony, and Oleron.

1242, 8 June.—The king to the barons of the Cinque Ports and the men of Dunwich, to fit out shipping to ravage the coasts of France.

" 7 July.—The king directs that the galleys of Bristol and all the galleys of Ireland shall harass the coasts of France.

1243, 12 July.—Men of the Cinque Ports to make reprisals upon John, duke of Brittany.

1259, July.—The king permits Henry of Castile to engage ships at Bordeaux and Bayonne for his expedition into Africa.

1275, 23 Sept.—The king instructs Stephen de Penecastre, constable of Dover, relative to the contentions between the merchants of London and Seland (Zealand).

1280, 17 July.—Writ of protection for the merchants of Seiland trading with England.

1285, 15 May.—Regulations by the king and his council as to the compulsory unloading of ships in the Cinque Ports in time of danger.

1298, 14 Feb.—The king orders shipping (100 vessels) to be provided at Sluys for his return into England from Flanders.

1301, 14 Feb.—The king orders the bailiffs of Yarmouth and forty-one other ports in England and Wales and six in Ireland to supply him with shipping for the expedition against Scotland.

" 4 Oct.—Proclamation to be made cautioning masters of ships and other sailors to be on their guard in their voyage towards Gascony and other ports of France.

1302, 7 Nov.—The king informs the warden of the Cinque Ports that instead of fifty-seven ships (which the barons of those ports are bound to