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Mayor and community of London. King. The mayor and community of London request that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12496

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This record is about the Mayor and community of London. King. The mayor and community of London request that... dating from [1386] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/250/12496
Date
[1386]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and community of London.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The mayor and community of London request that whereas the walls and other fortifications of the city are old and weak for lack of repair and the ditches full of dung and rubbish, especially in times of war, that for ten years they be permitted to levy fine on all victuals and other merchandises coming to the city by land or water to be sold, for repairing the walls, fortifications and ditches according to the bill attached to this petition.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1386, with reference to CPR 1385-9, p. 210, a grant of murage to the petitioners. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/493 no.4075).
Related material

For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.4075 of C 81/493

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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.210 (grant of murage to petitioners)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440102/

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