1388-08-14, Westminster

Order date: inferred Regnal year 12 Richard II · Richard II · Close Rolls · Membrane 42

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Dated in source: “Aug. 14” · Place: Westminster (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 42 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff of Sussex. Order to cause a knight of the shire to be elected instead of William Percy knight, lately elected, to come to the parliament which the king has appointed to be holden at Cantebrigge ; as the king has appointed him one of the arrayers of Sussex, to resist the enemy who are minded to invade those parts.

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