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John Waldeshof. Waldeshof John King and council. Waldeshof requests remedy as he...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7590

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This record is about the John Waldeshof. Waldeshof John King and council. Waldeshof requests remedy as he... dating from [1321-1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/152/7590
Date
[1321-1327]
Description
Petitioners
John Waldeshof.
Name(s)
Waldeshof, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Waldeshof requests remedy as he has been stripped of his franchise in London and exiled from the city for maintaining a suit concerning the holding of night-time markets at Cornhill without proper legal process.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ containing the effect of this petition be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they should the parties before them and do justice.
Places mentioned
Tower of London
London
Cornhill, [London].
People mentioned
Hamo de Chigwell, mayor of London.
Note
The petition dates to Chigwell's second to fourth terms as mayor of London between 1321 and 1327 as the petition makes mention of Edward II's fifteenth year (1321).
Related material

For transcript, see no.103 of PRO 31/7/98

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209778/

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