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Edmund Thorp (Thorpe), Mayor of Bordeaux. Thorp (Thorpe) Edmund King. Mayor of Bordeaux...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1087
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This record is about the Edmund Thorp (Thorpe), Mayor of Bordeaux. Thorp (Thorpe) Edmund King. Mayor of Bordeaux... dating from [? 1402] 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 8/22/1087
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund Thorp (Thorpe), Mayor of Bordeaux.
- Name(s)
- Thorp (Thorpe), Edmund
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Mayor of Bordeaux
- Nature of request
- Edmund Thorp, Mayor of Bordeaux, states that he has been deprived of his office as a result of false accusations made by Hugh Crane, his servant, and others. He requests that a proclamation be made in the present parliament that these people are to come forward to prove their intent, and, if no-one comes forward, that Hugh and the others should be considered disloyal persons, and have such a judgment as the case requires. He also requests that in that case he might publicly be declared loyal, and might have his office back for a reasonable term. He also requests an audience of the king, or of some of the lords of the council to be assigned for this, in the present parliament, to make a declaration concerning his governance, and the city, which is on the point of ruin, and the other parts overseas, so that the king can ordain a remedy for the problems there.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king, in the presence of the lords spiritual and temporal in this parliament, has declared Edmund Thorp, the petitioner, to be his loyal liege, notwithstanding any accusations made against him by Hugh Crane or any other, as is contained in this petition, which accusations seem to the king and lords to be false. Furthermore, the king wills that his Lieutenant to be chosen for Guyenne, when he comes to those parts, is to summon before him the parties between whom the disputes are pending there, and, when he has heard their arguments, he is to do justice to them, and he is to ordain for the office of Mayor as seems appropriate to him at his discretion.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- Guyenne, [France].
- People mentioned
- Hugh Crane, servant of Edmund Thorpe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.512b (no. 2) to 4 Henry IV (30 September 1402 - 29 September 1403). It is clear from the petition that it was presented in parliament, and the parliament that year was held from September - November 1402.
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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 8136
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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), p.516a-b (no.12) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061253/
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