1289-09-19, Bury St. Edmunds

Order date: inferred Regnal year 17 Edward I · Edward I · Close Rolls · Membrane 8

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Dated in source: “Sept. 19” · Place: Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 8 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff, of Stafford. Order to release on bail William le Fevre, imprisoned at Stafford for the death of Alice Whitfax, wherewith he is charged, as the king learns by the record of William Bagot and his fellows, justices appointed to deliver Stafford gaol, that William is not guilty of the said death.

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