1343-07-05, Farnham

Order date: inferred Regnal year 17 Edward III · Edward III · Close Rolls · Membrane 2

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Dated in source: “July 5” · Place: Farnham (Dorset)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 54, membrane 2 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

To the mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich. Order to receive 300 stones, the king has ordered the sheriff of Kent to have quarried at Folkestan the king's engines and brought to Southampton, from the said sheriff, keep them safely until further order, as the sheriff has certified the king he has delivered the stones to them.

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