1295-09-28, Wingham
Writ of aid, directed to sheriffs, bailiffs and others of the counties of Sussex, Southampton, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Gloucester, within liberties and without, for William de Thorntoft and Thomas Alard of Wynchelee, appointed to take and make ready all ships they can find in those counties, and to bring them on a certain day and to a certain place as they are instructed by word of mouth.
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