A. D. 1280. 



435 



fitted out fourteen or more vefTels of the kind called cogs, in which they 

 cruifed againfl the Englifh trading vefTels. King Edward thereupon or- 

 dered, that the property of all merchants of Zeland, found in any of the 

 ports of England, or upon the fea, ihould be feized. And fo a petty 

 warfare was kept up for about five years, till the earl of Zeland offered 

 to make fatisfadion for the damages done by his fubjedls : whereupon 

 King Edward now ordered that the merchants of that country fhould 

 have their property reftored, and be allowed to trade in England as be- 

 fore. \_Fadera, V. ii, pp. 59, 156, 177 — Rot. pat. 8 Edw. I, m. 7.] 



November 17^'' — The king confirmed to the merchants of Germany, 

 occupying the Teutonic gildhall in London, the privileges and liberties 

 granted to them by his father, and promifed that he would not himfelf 

 do any thing, nor permit others to do any thing, to infringe them. 

 l^Foedera, V. ii, p. 161. J There is fliil no mention of the appellation of 

 merchants of the Hanfe. The privileges, &c. were again confirmed to 

 them by the fame king in his twenty-ninth year. \^Rot, pat. 29 Edw. J, 

 a tergo.'\ 



1 28 1, November 20'" — ^The commercial intercourfe of the Chrifl:Ians 

 with the Saracens having been interrupted for fome time in compliance 

 with an order iffued by the pope, Pedro III king of Aragon, finding 

 that his fubjedls were very great fufferers thereby, now gave them per- 

 miflion to export all kinds of merchandize, excepting wheat and barley, 

 and alfo horfes, unlefs for the relief of the Holy land, to all nations, 

 whether Chrifl:ians or Saracens. But he added that it was not in his 

 power to difpenfe with the pope's particular prohibition againft carry- 

 ing iron, arms, and fome other articles, to the Saracens. [Capmany, 

 MejTi. hijl. de Barcelona, V. ii. Col. dipl.p. 37.] 



It was, no doubt, chiefly for the fake of the flieep and the wool pro- 

 duced by them, that King Edward commiflloned Peter Corbet to dellroy 

 the wolves in the fliires of Gloucefier, Worcefl:er, Hereford, Salop, and 

 Stafford, \Fa:dera, V. ii, p. 168] and ordered John Gifford to hunt them 

 in all the forefi:s of England : \Rot. pat. 9 Edw. I, m. 2] and fome time 

 after John Engayne got an eftate on condition of defl:roying wolves and 

 other vermin in Huntingdon-fliire *. {Blount's Tenures, p. 60.] 



While Edward was coUeding his army for the invafion of Wales, he 



* The foreft of Cliikern was infcfted by wolves Thomas Engaine for the feivice of deftroyin j 



and wild bulls in the time of Edward the Con- wolves and other vermin in that and four otlier 



fefTor. IM. Paris, Fit. p. 4.^.2 William the Con- (liire?. \_Blount, pp. 15,71.] Yet we are told, 



queror granted the lordlhip uf Riddefdale in North- that all the wolves in Wales were extirpated by 



umberland to Robert de Umfraville on condition order of Edgar king of England, as if there could 



ot defending that part of the country againft: ene- be wolves in England without being in Wales ; 



mics and wolves. [^Blount's Tenures, p. 15, ed. and the ftory, though evidently falfe, has met with 



1679.] ■'^'"g John gave a premium of ten (liil- general belief. I wifli we had proofs, equally 



lings tor catching two wolves. \_Rymer''s Coll. ftrong, to deniolifh the other wonders in the hif- 



manufcr. V. i, n". 62.] John and Edward III tory of that king of the monks, 

 gave lands in Northampton-fhire to Joliu and 



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