1343-05-26, Hertford

Order date: inferred Regnal year 17 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 8

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Dated in source: “May 26” · Place: Hertford (Hertfordshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 8 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the same. Order to supersede the demand made upon the prioress sisters of the house of St. James without Canterbury for the wool them for the 15th and 16th years of the reign, discharging both and the collectors of wool, as the king has learned by inquisition by John de Vieleston, sheriff of Kent, that the lands, goods and pertaining to that house are worth nothing beyond the maintenance the prioress and sisters and their serjeants and the other charges upon the house. By p.s. [15471.]

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