| Description | From: Henry IV, king of England
To: William Esturny, knight; Mgr John Kyngton, canon of Lincoln Cathedral
Negotiations for settling disputes between the king's subjects and Conrad Jungingen, late Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, and his subjects, by William, John and William Brampton, citizen of London, deceased, on the king's behalf and by Conrad Lichtenstein, Grand Commander of the Teutonic Knights, Warnherus de Tettingen, Hospitaller of the Teutronic Knights in Elbing [Poland] and Arnold de Hekken, Treasurer of the Teutonic Knights, as ambassadors and proctors for their order, were not completed before the Master General's death.
The king, wishing to prevent disputes between his subjects and those of the Grand Master, gives William and John the power to settle all disputes between them and between the king's allies, especially Eric VII, king of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and their subjects and the Grand Master's subjects. He also empowers them to seek an oath from the Grand Master or his representatives, to declare the privileges the king has granted to the merchants of the Hanse and do anything else necessary to conclude this matter. Sent patent. By the king himself and the council. The clerk is Waker'.
Given at Westminster [Middlesex]. |