1314-11-19, Northampton

Order date: inferred Regnal year 8 Edward II · Edward II · Close Rolls · Membrane 30d

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Dated in source: “Nov. 19” · Place: Northampton (Northamptonshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 30d (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the mayor and bailiffs of Northampton. Order to choose twenty crossin that town, and to arm them with aketons, hauberks or breast- (loricis vel platis), bacinets, and other arms, to be ready to set out at the king's wages on the morrow of St. Andrew towards Berwick, stay there in munition of that town, certifying the king by the bearer of their proceedings. By K.

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