A. D. 1338. 



521 



wool he had taken, by giving his own obligations to their creditors in 

 exchange for thofe of the merchants ; and he fixed the prices, payable 

 in two years, at which the befl wool of the feveral fhires fhould be fet- 

 tled for per fack, as follows. 



Hereford 1 2 marks, or j(^S 

 Salop 107 - 7 



Lincoln 10 - - 6 

 Glocefter, Worcefter, 



Chefter, FUnt 

 Leicefler, Stafford, Ox- 

 ford, Somerfet, York 

 (except Craven) 

 Northampton, Notting- 

 ham 

 Warwick 

 Dorfet 



o 

 o 



13 



o 

 o 

 4 



6 6 8 



13 

 6 



4 



8 



13 4 



Cambridge, Huntington, 

 Bedford , Buckingham , 

 Eflex, Hertford, Rut- 

 land, Berks, Wilts, 

 Southampton, Derby ^^5 



Kent, Surrey, Sufl"ex,Mid- 

 dlefex, London, Nor- 

 folk, Suffolk, Lancafter 4 



Craven in York-fhire 3 



Durham - - q 



13 

 6 



o 



4 

 8 



All inferior wool, as they could 



agree. 



London, Ipfwich, Yarmouth, Lynne, Bofton, Kingfton upon Hull, 

 Newcaflle, Sandwich, and Southampton, were the ports appointed for 

 fhipping the wool for the continent. [^R}'?;ier^s Acia mamifcr. Ediv. Ill, 

 V. iii, n'. 7-9-] 



At the fame time the king ordered the (hirrefs to arrefl all veflels, 

 however fmall, that were able to fland the fea, to equip them with 

 men, arms, and provifions, and alfo with accommodations for horfes, 

 and to fit up feventy of the largefl of them for the reception of the no- 

 bility. He alfo ordered the following llores to be carried to the ports 

 of Yarmouth and Orewell, at which he propofed to embark his army 

 for the invafion of France, viz. 



and empty cafks for packing the corn and flour. 



* ' Multones,' latinized from the French word 

 muton or moutoii, which fome explain to mean only 

 a wether, but it is alfo applied to a ram, [_Gagu'm, 

 Bijl. f. 152 b] and is moft commonly ufed for 

 Jheep in general, as It evidently was during this 

 reign, (fee Fadera, V. v, p. 520) and as the Eng- 

 iilh word formed from it is for the flefli of any 



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fheep. If the king had been aware of the danger 

 of Icfing the fuperiority of EnglilTi wool (for fure- 

 ly, out of a flock of 8,100, lome muft have fallen 

 into the hands of the French or Flemings, if they 

 defired to have them) he would have exprcfsly 

 forbidden the exportation of rami, as indeed he 

 did fooii after. 



