1296-09-24, Alnwick

Order date: inferred Regnal year 24 Edward I · Edward I · Close Rolls · Membrane 6d

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Dated in source: “Sept. 24” · Place: Alnwick (Northumberland)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 6d (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

the citizens and men of Canterbury. Order to cause two citizens to who shall best know how to dispose and order a new town for advantage of the king and of the merchants coming thither others who shall reside there, and to cause the two citizens to come king at Bury St. Edmunds, so that they shall be there -on the of All Souls at the latest, ready to set out thence for such matter as shall be then enjoined upon them on the king's behalf.

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