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furnish) he will be satisfied with twenty-five for the Scottish war.

1307, 26 Sept.—The king to Dionysius, king of Portugal, respecting the restitution of an English ship recovered by the Portuguese from some pirates.

" 25 Nov.—The king orders the mayor and sheriffs of London to provide a ship for the conveyance of his tents [into France].

1308, 20 March.—The king orders Robert de Kendale, warden of the Cinque Ports, to take care that the merchants of France have liberty to trade in England.

1309, 12 May.—The king complains to Robert, count of Flanders, that an English ship had been plundered off Portsmouth by Flemish pirates.

1312, 28 July.—The king orders the keepers of the passages of the port of Dover to permit the abbots of seventeen houses of the Cistercian order to cross on their way to Citeaux.

1313, 15 Feb.—The king asks Robert, count of Flanders, to prevent the export of victuals, arms, &c., from Flanders into Scotland.

" 22 May.—The king asks the pope to send to him certain Florentine merchants arrested at his suit in the papal court for having defrauded the English revenue.

1314, 1 April.—The king orders the barons of the Cinque Ports to send to him for the Scottish war the service of ships which they are bound to provide.

" 26 July.—Robert, count of Flanders, asks the king to permit his subjects to trade with Flanders, and to consent to the establishment of a staple at Bruges.

1315, 13 April.—Robert, count of Flanders, complains to the king of the pillage of a Flemish ship in the port of Orwelle.

1315, 18 Sept.—The king orders the captains of his fleet to do all possible injury to the Flemish shipping.

1316, 18 June.—The king complains to the city of Genoa that the Genoese furnish the Scotch with ships and arms.