Close Rolls, Edward II: December 1321

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1895.

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'Close Rolls, Edward II: December 1321', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 3, 1318-1323, (London, 1895) pp. 416. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw2/vol3/p416 [accessed 13 April 2024]

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December 1321

Dec. 24.
Cirencester.
To Edmund de Wodestok, earl of Kent, warden of the Cinque Ports, or to him who supplies his place in the port of Dover. Order to cause watch and search to be made in the port of Dover to prevent the introduction into the realm of letters citing the king's clerks engaged in his service and others of the realm to appear in person outside the realm to answer concerning anything touching the king's rights and privileges, or for other things, the cognisance whereof pertains to the king within the realm, and to no other, or of any letter otherwise prejudicial to the king, and to arrest the bearers of such letters and to imprison them in Dover castle, and to cause the letters under whose seal soever they may be and the instruments to be sent to the king. By p.s. [5923.]