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take_v a_o fifteen_o of_o all_o the_o commonalty_n of_o his_o realm_n in_o wool_n the_o price_n of_o every_o stone_n rate_v at_o fourteen_o pound_n per_fw-la stone_n at_o two_o shilling_n and_o yet_o before_o this_o 20._o this_o knighton_n p._n 2570._o n._n 10._o &_o 20._o about_o the_o feast_n of_o all_o saint_n he_o have_v send_v the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n and_o the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n and_o suffolk_n with_o ten_o thousand_o sack_n of_o wool_n into_o brabant_n to_o make_v retainor_n in_o high_a germany_n and_o there_o at_o the_o same_o time_n they_o sell_v all_o their_o wool_n every_o sack_n for_o forty_o pound_n which_o amount_v in_o all_o to_o 400000_o pound_n beside_o all_o this_o he_o be_v say_v about_o this_o time_n to_o have_v seize_v on_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o cluniack_n and_o cistertian_n alien_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n and_o of_o the_o lombard_n 21._o lombard_n odoric_n rainald_n ad_fw-la an._n 1337._o 1337._o 21._o and_o all_o 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