Catalogue description Petitioners: People of London. Addressees: King and council. Nature of...

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Details of SC 8/258/12883
Reference: SC 8/258/12883
Description:
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.
Note: John de Gisors was Mayor of London between 1311 and 1313, and between 1314 and 1315.
Date: [c. 1311-c. 1315]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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