This copy of a London record (the translation above being a reconciliation of the two versions) was entered into Winchester's book of memoranda in the context of a later document, likewise originally a London record, concerning renewed complaints in 1408 made by the Winchester authorities before the London authorities of distraints made on Winchester citizens to obtain payment of tolls on goods they had bought at London and were carting out. The complaint was of course that this exaction was contrary to the agreement of 1304. In 1407 Winchester had procured a royal writ addressed to the mayor and sheriffs of London stating that Winchester has possessed liberties granted by kings since Henry I, including that "they be exempt from toll, lastage, pesage, passage, cheminage, murage, pavage, quayage, picage, and all other kinds of tolls and customs in perpetuity" [Black Book, p.13], and ordering the London authorities not to harass Winchester men on this matter without first presenting their case to the king. In October 1408 a further writ from the king, issued in response to arguments presented to him by lawyers engaged by Winchester, repeated the tenor of the city liberties and ordered the London sheriffs to appear before him to explain why they had not respected Winchester's exemptions.

The London authorities responded to this situation in November 1408 by ordering that any distraints taken by the sheriff or his officers from Winchester gildsmen should be restored, and no such further action taken in the future unless specifically ordered by the mayor. They reserved the right to make future distraints related to toll-taking in cases where Winchester citizens could not demonstrate that they were exempt; the expectation appears to have been that a citizen present proof of being a member of the merchant gild.