1336-11-28, Bothwell

Order date: inferred Regnal year 10 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 7d

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Dated in source: “Nov. 28” · Place: Bothwell (Lanarkshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 7d (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to supersede until Michaelmas next the exaction made on the goods and chattels which belonged to John, earl of Cornwall, the king's brother, in that county, for a certain fine which the earl ought to have made with the king for the custody of the land and heir of John de Benham, tenant in chief, and the marriage of the heir, unless the king orders otherwise in the mean time. By K.

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