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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Drapers of the city of London. King and Lords of the present parliament. [Petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4664
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/94/4664
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Drapers of the city of London.
- Addressees
- King and Lords of the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 4 parts]1) They requests remedy as Brembre with others of his assent have procured the election of the mayor against their charter of liberties.2) They request remedy as Brembre and other of his assent with a multitude came to Cheap and seized several of their mystery and imprisoned them so that they were in fear of their lives and lost their goods against their charter.3) They request remedy and that the king have the mayor bring the indictments that Brembre out of malice procured against many, and also make to come the indictors who Brembre and others of his assent procured.4) They request that the statute made in the parliament held at Westminster in the 6th year of the reign that stated that no victualler should hold office in towns, cities and ports unless there is no alternative be observed, as Brembre and his accomplices have behaved contrary to this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Brembre, knight
- Nicholas Exton, mayor of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the guard to 1384 on the guard note with reference to History of the Worshipful Company of Drapers, vol. I, p.208.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.45 of PRO 31/7/126
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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 791
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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)
- The History of the Worshipful Company of the Drapers of London, vol. I, A.H. Johnson, (, 1914), pp.208-12 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149215/
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