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Mayor and Commons of London. King and Council. [The right edge of this petition is...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6060

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This record is about the Mayor and Commons of London. King and Council. [The right edge of this petition is... dating from [1379] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/122/6060
Date
[1379]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and Commons of London.
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
[The right edge of this petition is missing]The Mayor and Commons of London request that the king order his justices and sergeants to proceed with a case pending between the Westons and Farndon, judgment on which had been delayed due to uncertainties as to whether trying such a case before justices appointed by the King was against the privileges of the city.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
St Martin le Grand, London
People mentioned
Richard de Weston of London, goldsmith
Roese [de Weston], wife of Richard de Weston
[Thomas] de Farndon
Robert Belknap, justice
William Skipwith, justice
Henry [III], King of England
John, King of England.
Note
An order to the justices to proceed to judgment was issued on 18 January 1379 (CCR 1377-81, pp.177-8), citing decisions made at the Gloucester parliament of October-November 1378. This petition appears to be the response to the proviso included in that order, stating that the justices should go ahead if the city officials do not present further reasons for delay. Thus this petition must have been presented to the following parliament, held in April and May 1379. Details lost from the petition have been supplied from the Close Roll entry.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5092
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.177-8 (order to the justices to proceed to judgment in this case, unless the mayor and sheriffs of London have further grounds for dispute)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208229/

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