[1] Thus the king recouered those things for the which he had receiued great summes of monie, without making any recompense, where the most part of the occupiers had not receiued scarselie a third part of the principall which they had laid foorth. For no suffi|ciencie of grant, patent, or other writing to any of them before made, did any thing auaile them. More|ouer,K. Richards practises. where he had borrowed a great summe of mo|nie of the merchants of the staple, he wrought a feat with the moonks of the Cisteaux order to discharge that debt.The moonks Cisteaux. He told these moonks that being constrei|ned with vrgent necessitie, he had borowed that mo|nie of the merchants beyond the sea, vpon confi|dence of their good beneuolence, and therefore he re|quired them to extend their liberalitie so farre to|ward him, as to deliuer so much wooll in value, as should discharge that debt. To be short, the moonks being ouercome with the kings words, threatning kindnesse vpon them, fulfilled his request. Moreouer not satisfied herewith, he leuied a taske throughout the realme, exacting of euerie hide of land two shil|lings, according to the grant made to him at No|tingham: and the same was generallie gathered, as well of the spirituall mens lands as of the temporall.