1341-07-18, Tower of London

Appointment date: inferred Regnal year 15 Edward III · Edward III · Patent Rolls · Membrane 37

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Dated in source: “July 18” · Place: Tower of London (Middlesex)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 66, membrane 37 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

Appointment, pursuant to the letters patent whereby the king granted of licence for men of the realm of England and land of Wales to search for gold and silver and hidden treasure, and refine the gold and silver by view and testimony of a clerk to be appointed by him or his heirs for that purpose, of John de Aston as his clerk to survey any mine and treasure found, the extracting of the same, the refining of the gold and silver and the bringing of the gold and treasure to the exchequer and of the silver to the king's exchange at London. By K. & C.

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