194. John Paternoster killed Nicholas le Paternoster in Nicholas' house in the ward of Anketin le Mercer [Farringdon ward]. He at once fled to the church of St. Mary Magdalene and afterwards escaped from there; he has now absconded and is suspected, so let him be exacted and outlawed according to the custom of the City. Chattels *22s. for which Walter Hervi is to answer. He was harboured in the ward of Aketin [sic] le Mercer outside
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frankpledge, so the alderman and the whole ward are in mercy. The four neighbours come and are not suspected. [cf. 646]
Nota [68]. Warda in misericordia pro defectu franci plegii [cf. 524 no. 681.