1323-01-07, Cowick

Order date: inferred Regnal year 16 Edward II · Edward II · Close Rolls · Membrane 16

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Dated in source: “Jan. 7” · Place: Cowick (Yorkshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 16 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Order to cause all the castles and fortlets of Elizabeth, late the wife of Roger Damory, the king's niece, in his bailiwick to be taken into the king's hands and kept safely until further orders, as Elizabeth has gone away from the king without his licence. By p.s. [6337.]

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