1297-11-27, Westminster

Order date: inferred Regnal year 26 Edward I · Edward I · Close Rolls · Membrane 17

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Dated in source: “Nov. 27” · Place: Westminster (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 17 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

Order to cause dower to be assigned from the of Rolandrith, which Adam le Despenser held of the king in chief serjeanty, and which the sheriff took into the king's hands because Burnell, lately deceased, entered it without the king's licence, and is still in the king's hands for this reason, to Joan, late the wife of as she has taken oath before the king that she will not marry his licence. The usual title of the roll, for which space has been left at the head of the has never been filled in. The date of the roll is established by the title at the foot of . . 189 Malcolm de Harleye, escheator this side Trent.

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