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

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.

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