LGreat Britain, Exchequer. ISSUE ROLL OF THOMAS DE BRANTINGHAM, Bishop of Exeter, LORD HIGH TREASURER OF ENGLAND; CONTAINING PAYMENTS MADE OUT OF HIS MAJESTY'S REVENUE IN THE 44TH YEAR OF KING EDWARD III. A. D. 1370. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ROLL NOW REMAINING IN THE ANCIENT PELL OFFICE, IN THE CUSTODY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN NEWPORT, BART., BY FREDERICK DEVON, OF THE CHAPTER HOUSE, RECORD OFFICE, WESTMINSTER. LONDON: JOHN RODWELL, 46, NEW BOND STREET. 1835. ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN NEWPORT, BART. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF HIS MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER. SIR, As the Records from which this translation is taken are in your custody, and as the work has been performed under your immediate direction, I trust that be permitted thus briefly to express my obligations for the uniform kindness and confidence with which you have been pleased to favour me throughout the whole of the undertaking. I may The disinterested and patriotic proposal to publish this work at your own expense (had the Government not been disposed to lend its assistance) ought to be generally known and duly appreciated; for such an example of public zeal is a decisive characteristic of an honourable |