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Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs of London. King and Lords. The Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6040
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This record is about the Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs of London. King and Lords. The Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs... dating from [? 1394] 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 8/121/6040
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs of London.
- Addressees
- King and Lords.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs of London request amendments to a statute passed in 1354 regarding punishments due for failures by officials to ensure good governance in towns and cities. They recite the terms of the statute, whereby they would be fined 1000 marks for the first breach, 2000 marks for the second, and that the city would be taken into the king's hands for any further breaches. However, they claim that, if a given official incurs the first fine, and a different man then incurs the second, he would be unfairly punished with a higher fine, contrary to common law, which states that the punishment should only be applied according to the crime committed. They also state that the city charters prevent the city as a whole being punished for the personal misdemeanours of officers.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1394, but no evidence cited. However, such a date would seem consistent with the difficulties between Richard II and the city of London at this time, and it would seem to have been written by the same scribe as SC 8/121/6041, which can be dated to the 1394 Parliament, and clearly relates to the same matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on this same matter see SC 8/121/6041
For a related petition see SC 8/121/6036
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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 5063
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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)
- Statutes of the Realm, vol. I, ed. A. Luders, T.E. Tomlins, J. France, W.E. Tauntin and J. Raithby, (, 1963), pp.346-7 (original statute mentioned in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208209/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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