John Blytone was the first known
sword-bearer of the
City of London
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, a position he resigned in 1395.
In 1384 he was arrested and
King Richard II
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father died ...
wrote to the
Lord Mayor of London
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Nicholas Brembre
Sir Nicholas Brembre (died 20 February 1388) was a wealthy magnate and a chief ally of King Richard II in 14th-century England. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1377, and again from 1384–5,6. Named a "worthie and puissant man of the city" by Rich ...
and the
Sheriffs of the City of London
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on 14 June, and to Brembre again on 15 June, "bidding them deliver
Robert Cumbertone and John Blytone, who had been arrested in London, to
Edmund Tettesworth and
Thomas Hore
Thomas Hore (died 1406) was an English MP for Wells, Somerset September 1388 and 1394.
References
14th-century births
English MPs September 1388
1406 deaths
English MPs 1394
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, the King's
Serjeants-at-arms, to conduct to
Corfe Castle
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, as their continued presence in London was likely to cause a disturbance, as it had done on a former occasion."
He was granted the "Gate of Aldrichgate" (the mansion over
Aldersgate
Aldersgate is a Ward of the City of London, named after one of the northern gates in the London Wall which once enclosed the City.
The Ward of Aldersgate is traditionally divided into Aldersgate Within and Aldersgate Without, the suffix denot ...
) for life when he resigned in 1395.
References
14th century in London
14th-century English people
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