[To the sheriffs of London.] Contrabreve to let John the
chaplain, the king's almoner, have 150 pairs of shoes at West minster
for the king and queen four days before Easter against
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the feast, and 21 pairs for the king's children , for distribution
to the poor, one-half to be worth 5d. the pair and the other half
to be worth 4!£l.