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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
People of London. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The people of London...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12883
What’s it about?
This record is about the People of London. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The people of London... dating from [c. 1311-c. 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/258/12883
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1311-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]The people of London state that the office of Mayor of the city was taken into the King's hand by the justices lately in eyre at the Tower of London, because John de Gisorz, when he was Mayor, knowingly received a Henry de Braundeston, indicted of a felony, into the franchise of the city. They state that Henry was acquitted of the felony, and ask that the office might be re-granted to them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram domino rege.Coram rege because it concerns . . .
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- John de Gisorz (Gisors), Mayor of London
- Henry de Braundeston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Gisors was Mayor of London between 1311 and 1313, and between 1314 and 1315.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440495/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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