Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1363 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: January 1363', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364, (London, 1909) pp. 379-380. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol11/pp379-380 [accessed 19 April 2024]

January 1363



Jan. 20. Westminster.	To Roger Rotour mayor of the staple of Westminster and William de Herlaston bailiff of the abbot of Westminster. Order to cause Richard de Perham to be set free from the prison of the said staple; as on receiving information that the said Richard counterfeited the seal of the said staple, and thereby committed manifold offences to the contempt and prejudice of the king and the damage of the merchants of the staple and others, the king appointed the said mayor and bailiff to make inquisition thereupon by true men of the county of Middlesex within the liberty of the staple or elsewhere; and by inquisition by them so made it is found that Richard never counterfeited the said seal, nor committed deceptions to the prejudice of the king, the said merchants or any other person by impressing the right seal upon any letter.