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John Walpoll, citizen and tailor of London. Walpoll John Commons of parliament. tailor...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7259

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This record is about the John Walpoll, citizen and tailor of London. Walpoll John Commons of parliament. tailor... dating from [c. 1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/146/7259
Date
[c. 1391]
Description
Petitioners
John Walpoll, citizen and tailor of London.
Name(s)
Walpoll, John
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Occupation
tailor of London
Nature of request
John Walpoll, citizen and tailor of London, states that he sued a case of trepass and other things against John Botesham, formerly serjeant of London, in the King's twelfth year, before the Mayor, and because Botesham did not appear on the appointed day, an inquisition was held which found against him, but William Cheyne, Recorder of London, maliciously destroyed Walpoll's bill. John sued to the King to have a letter of the privy seal to the Mayor of London to do justice, but because of maintenance, his counsel could not be heard, and he was thrown into prison until he was released on mainprise. After his release he sued again to the King to have the Mayor and Aldermen appear before the council to answer to him, but at the same time, at Henley Park, the King and other lords told him that six of the best people of the city had affirmed that he was not trustworthy. And when the Mayor and Aldermen came before the King, Nicholas Exton and William Venour affirmed that he was guilty of abetting the raising of armed men to influence the election of the Mayor and Sheriffs: and so his estate is ruined and he is barred from his right. He requests a remedy, and that the Recorder might be discharged from his office.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Henley on the Heath (Henley Park), [Surrey].
People mentioned
John Botesham, serjeant of London
Nicholas Twiford (Twyford), Mayor of London
William Cheyne, Recorder of London
Nicholas Exton
William Venour, Mayor of London.
Note
CPR 1388-92 p.444 is dated 10 June 1391, and is clearly related to this case, although not directly related to the petition.
Related material

For a statement on oath relating to this petition, see SC 8/146/7258

For transcript, see no.58 of PRO 31/7/111

For a related petition, see SC 8/146/7260

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.444 (commission to examine the record and process of the case between the petitioner and John Botesham, to correct any errors, and to do justice)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209442/

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