1387-05-14, Westminster

Order date: inferred Regnal year 10 Richard II · Richard II · Close Rolls · Membrane 5

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Dated in source: “May 14” · Place: Westminster (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 5 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the constable or warden of the Tower of London or to his lieutenant. Order this instant Wednesday to have in chancery the bodies of Thomas de Metham knight, John Massam chaplain, John Deyville, John Pereson, Robert Clere and William Dalton, all imprisoned in the Tower, to answer touching what shall be laid against them.

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