Joan Brenle, widow of Lawrence Brenle, knight. Brenle Joan King and council in parliament....

Petitioners

Joan Brenle, widow of Lawrence Brenle, knight.

Name(s)

Brenle, Joan

Addressees

King and council in parliament.

Nature of request

Joan, widow of Lawrence Brenle, knight, states that she is owed £200 by statute merchant, and that, although the terms of payment for this are past, William Venour, Mayor of London and John Parys, clerk, are refusing to inform Chancery of this recognisance, although she has often asked them to, but say that they have no rolls of such recognisances from the time of John de Norhampton, Mayor, when it was made; although previous certifications have been made from these rolls by Nicholas Exton, Mayor, and by John Parys. She asks that the Mayor might be brought before the council, and that a remedy might be ordained for her by the advice of justices and others learned in the law.

Nature of endorsement

The King wills it.

Places mentioned

Chalk, Kent.

People mentioned

Lawrence Brenle, knight

John de Norhampton (Northampton), Mayor of London

Helmyng Leger, clerk

William Venour, Mayor [of London]

John Parys (Paris), clerk

Nicholas Exton, Mayor of London.

For transcript, see no.3 of PRO 31/7/111