1329-04-18, Wallingford

Order date: inferred Regnal year 3 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 25

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Dated in source: “April 18” · Place: Wallingford (Berkshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 25 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff of Nottingham. Order to cause the king's gaol at Notingham and the hall of pleas of that county to be repaired by the view and testimony of the mayor of that town, as the king is given to understand that the gaol and hall are so insecure (debiles) and ruinous that prisoners cannot be kept safely in the gaol, or pleas of the county held in the hall, unless they be speedily repaired. By . 1.

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