1325-05-06, Winchester

Order date: inferred Regnal year 18 Edward II · Edward II · Close Rolls · Membrane 6

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Dated in source: “May 6” · Place: Winchester (Hampshire)

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

Order to take sufficient for the roofing (coopertura) and repair of the houses Odiham castle in the king's foreign wood there, by the view and of the constable of the castle and of two men of those parts, and sufficient timber for this purpose cannot be found there, he is ordered to as many leafless oaks in the king's park as shall be needed by the view the said constable and men, and to cause the houses to be roofed and by their view, as the king understands that the houses are uncovered greatly need repair. By K. on the information of the treasurer, To the treasurer and chamberlains.

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