1338-07-20, Bury St. Edmunds

Order date: inferred Regnal year 12 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 22

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Dated in source: “July 20” · Place: Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 22 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to cause 400 quarters of wheat, quarters of mait, and 5 tuns of wine to be bought and purveyed in fit places in that bailiwick, and taken to Porchester castle without delay, to be delivered to John Haket, constable of the castle, by indenture. By letter of the keeper. . Parr II. 447

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