1295-10-04, Canterbury

Appointment date: inferred Regnal year 23 Edward I · Edward I · Patent Rolls · Membrane 5

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Dated in source: “Oct. 4” · Place: Canterbury (Kent)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 66, membrane 5 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

Appointment of David le Graunt, king's clerk, to the custody, during pleasure, of the priory of Lewesham, as the number of foreigners staying there constitutes a danger to the realm in these days, on account of the situation of the priory on the river Thames, which leads to the sea; and he is to render an account of the issues at the Exchequer.

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