1384-05-11, Salisbury

Order date: inferred Regnal year 7 Richard II · Richard II · Close Rolls · Membrane 7

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Dated in source: “May 11” · Place: Salisbury (Wiltshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 7 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the mayor and bailiffs of Lym. Order to suffer Philip de Derneforde of London vynter and William Horwych of London draper by their own mainprise to take the fee farm of Lym from Michaelmas last and every year so long as Walter de Merston shall be a prisoner, and writ of aid in their favour in regard to the levy thereof ; as by their mainprise on 1 January last the king committed the same to the said Walter for ten years from Michaelmas last, rendering 7l. 4s. a year at the exchequer and bearing all charges ; and now it is shewn the king that he is taken prisoner of war by the king's enemies of Scotland, wherefore he may not make prompt payment.

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