1284-09-25, Chester

Order date: inferred Regnal year 12 Edward I · Edward I · Close Rolls · Membrane 2

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Dated in source: “Sept. 25” · Place: Chester (Cheshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 2 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Hugh de Babington, the late king's sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, to be acquitted of 12 marks that he levied from the township of Ekenton for the escape of John Weng from the custody of the township, as he paid this money to William de Steynesby of the late king's gift, as appears to the king by the late king's writ to him and by Willam s letters patent testifying the receipt, which are in the chancery.

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