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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Munden. de Munden John King and council. Munden requests remedy and that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3052
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This record is about the John de Munden. de Munden John King and council. Munden requests remedy and that... dating from [c. 1372] 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 8/62/3052
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1372]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Munden.
- Name(s)
- de Munden, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Munden requests remedy and that he is able to have suit against Wroth of a writ to make the record and process be brought before the mayor of the city of London so that justice can be done to him for Wroth sued several pleas of account against him, and he has been imprisoned for 21 years because of this. There are errors in the record and process and he has unsuccessfully sued to bring the record and process before the mayors because of Wroth's influence.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue in Chancery and right will be done to him on this.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- John Wroth, late one of the sheriffs of London
- Joan [de Munden], widow of John de Munden
- William [de Munden], son of John de Munden
- John de Chichestre (Chichester), late mayor of London
- John de Beernes (Bernes), late mayor of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to c. 1372 by the reference to Wroth as sheriff, and to the terms of Chichester and Bernes as mayors of the city of London. Wroth served as sheriff from 1351-2, and Chichester and Bernes were mayors from 1369-70 and 1370-2 respectively.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition on this same matter by the same petitioner see SC 8/61/3046
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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 5799
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106815/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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