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John Northampton, merchant, former Mayor of London. Northampton John King and Council...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6417

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Reference
SC 8/129/6417
Date
[1384-1386]
Description
Petitioners
John Northampton, merchant, former Mayor of London.
Name(s)
Northampton, John
Addressees
King and Council in Parliament.
Occupation
merchant; Mayor of London
Nature of request
John Northampton, former mayor of London, requests that he, his brother and Blyton be released from prison in order to defend themselves against allegations made by their enemies. He states that he was convicted before the present mayor of false accusations, and imprisoned in Corfe Castle, while his brother and Blyton were sent to Newgate.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Corfe Castle, [Dorset]
Newgate prison, [London].
People mentioned
Robert Northampton, brother of the petitioner
John Blyton.
Note
Dated on the guard to? c.13891, with reference to Northampton's eventual pardon. However, Northampton, mayor of London in 1381-3, was arrested by his successor, Nicholas Brembre, on 7 February 1384, and tried and convicted before the King and Council at Reading in August 1384. He received a partial pardon in 1388 and a full pardon in December 1391. However, since he refers in the petition to the mayor who convicted him (Brembre) as 'the present mayor', presumably the petition was presented to one of the parliaments held between his conviction at Reading (which he mentions) in August 1384 and the end of Brembre's mayoralty in November 1386.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6046
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.14 (grant of pardon)
  • The Turbulent London of Richard II, R. Bird, (, 1949), p.142 (edition of petition, incorrectly referenced)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208596/

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