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...steres of London. King and lords of parliament. Fragment of a petition making...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9925

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Reference
SC 8/199/9925
Date
[1388]
Description
Petitioners
...steres of London.
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Fragment of a petition making charges against Nicholas Brembre, Mayor of London, and his accomplices, including that he had himself elected Mayor through threats and coercion, that he took gangs of armed men into Cheap to arrest members of their guild; and that he conspired with others to falsely indict good people of London of felony.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Nicholas Brembre, knight, Mayor of London.
Note
Entered as one of several petitions by London companies as part of a process begun in November 1387 and taken up before the Appellants early in 1388, and thus transferred into the 'Merciless Parliament' of February 1388.
Related material

For a related petition from the leathersellers and white tawyers of London, see SC 8/21/1001B

For a related petition from the goldsmiths of London, see SC 8/198/9882

For a related petition from the embroiderers of London, see SC 8/20/1000

For a related petition from the pinners of London, see SC 8/21/1003

For a related petition from the founders of London, see SC 8/21/1002

For a related petition from the mercers of London, see SC 8/20/997

For a related petition from the cordwainers of London, see SC 8/20/998

For a related petition from the painters of London, see SC 8/21/1004

For a related petition from the cutlers, bowyers, fletchers, spurriers, and bladesmiths of London, see SC 8/21/1006

For a related petition from the armourers of London, see SC 8/21/1005

For a related petition from the saddlers of London, see SC 8/20/999

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.225a-227b (editions of two related petitions from the mercers and the cordwainers) & pp.229a-238b (record of judicial process against Nicholas Brembre and others on roll of parliament)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295814/

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