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Founders of London. King and lords of parliament. The founders of London make various...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1002
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This record is about the Founders of London. King and lords of parliament. The founders of London make various... dating from [1387-1388] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/21/1002
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1387-1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Founders of London.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The founders of London make various accusations of intimidation, corruption, misgovernment, and usurpation of royal power, against Nicholas Brembre, formerly Mayor of London. They request a remedy for these abuses, and to that end that the current Mayor be ordered to bring all indictments of felony made by Nicholas Brembre before the king, together with those who made them. They also request the statute made in the parliament held at Westminster in the sixth year of the king's reign, forbidding victuallers from holding office in cities, boroughs, towns and ports, unless there is no other sufficient person, and then only if they cease to be victuallers while in office, might be in force and put into execution in London as elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Brembre, knight, Mayor of London
- Nicholas Exton, Mayor of London.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A similar petition from the painters is SC 8/21/1004
A similar petition from the cordwainers is SC 8/20/998
A similar petition from the cutlers, bowyers, fletchers, spurriers and bladesmiths is SC 8/21/1006
A similar petition from the mercers is SC 8/20/997
A similar petition from the goldsmiths is SC 8/198/9882
A similar petition from the armourers is SC 8/21/1005
A similar petition from the leathersellers and white tawyers is SC 8/21/1001B
A similar petition from another guild is SC 8/199/9925
A similar petition from the pinners is SC 8/21/1003
A similar petition from the embroiderers is SC 8/20/1000
A similar petition from the saddlers is SC 8/20/999
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 3425
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.225a-227b (full edition of two related petitions, with mention of this one) & pp.229a-238b (record of judicial process against Nicholas Brembre and others on roll of parliament)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061162/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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