Forced labour and threat of imprisonment, 1396

Translation

Appointment of John Cook of Wykehamm, Peter Geveyn, Walter Walton, mason, Walter Weston and Thomas Clevere, carpenter, to arrest the masons, carpenters, sawyers, artificers and labourers necessary for the repair and fortification of the castle of Porchestre and set them to work at the king’s chargers, also to provide the necessary stone, lime, lead, boards, tiles, cinders, timber and materials, with power to imprison contrariants.  By bill of treasurer. The like of John Grenford, John Wrythoke and Thomas Clopton, for the works at Calais. 1396. April 29. Westminster.