1340-02-29, Westminster

Order date: inferred Regnal year 14 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 85

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Dated in source: “Feb. 29” · Place: Westminster (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 85 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

the bailiffs and lawful men of the city of Norwich. Order to release le Waghter, Alard Ryere and John de le Heede of Bruges from prison without delay, according to the tenor of a previous order, at page 355 above] as the bailiffs and men have not cared to execute because Edmund Kenyng asserted before them that he and several men the king's lordship were lately plundered by Henry Piil and Lanisuus on the sea coast near Scardeburgh, and that he was taken to Calais (Kalesia) and that John, Alard and John were in the comof Henry and Lanisuus at that time. By K.

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