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Description
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Petitioners:
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Mayor and
Commons of London.
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Addressees:
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King and
Council.
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Nature of
request:
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[The right
edge of this petition is missing]The Mayor and Commons of London request
that the king order his justices and sergeants to proceed with a case
pending between the Westons and Farndon, judgment on which had been delayed
due to uncertainties as to whether trying such a case before justices
appointed by the King was against the privileges of the city.
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Nature of
endorsement:
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[None]
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Places
mentioned:
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London; St
Martin le Grand, London
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People
mentioned:
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Richard de
Weston of London, goldsmith; Roese [de Weston], wife of Richard de Weston;
[Thomas] de Farndon; Robert Belknap, justice; William Skipwith, justice;
Henry [III], King of England; John, King of England.
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Date
derivation:
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An order to
the justices to proceed to judgment was issued on 18 January 1379 (CCR
1377-81, pp.177-8), citing decisions made at the Gloucester parliament of
October-November 1378. This petition appears to be the response to the
proviso included in that order, stating that the justices should go ahead
if the city officials do not present further reasons for delay. Thus this
petition must have been presented to the following parliament, held in
April and May 1379. Details lost from the petition have been supplied from
the Close Roll entry.
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