1381-06-08, Westminster

Order date: inferred Regnal year 5 Richard II · Richard II · Close Rolls · Membrane 4d

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Dated in source: “June 8” · Place: Westminster (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 4d (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriffs of London. Order by mainprise of John de Thorp of Repoun, Thomas Daleman of Disford of Yorkshire, Richard Spicer and John de Wrauby of London to set free John Hulkoc clerk, imprisoned in Neugate gaol upon an information that he purposed to pass to foreign parts in order to prosecute many things to the prejudice of the king and many of the people.

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