1337-07-09, Tower of London

Order date: inferred Regnal year 11 Edward III · Edward III · Fine Rolls · Membrane 27

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Dated in source: “July 9” · Place: Tower of London (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 60, membrane 27 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

Order to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands late 6f Eleanor late the wife of Hugh le Despenser, deceased, tenant in chief.

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