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CXXXI. A Letter from the Queen to the Sheriffs of London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2010

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Letters of Margaret of Anjou
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Camden Old Series , Volume 86: Letters of Queen Margaret of Anjou and Bishop Beckington and others. Written in the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI. , December 1863 , pp. 161 - 162
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1863

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page 161 note a I have, by the kind permission of the Corporation of the City of London, had access to their journals; and in Journal v. folios 48 and 51 I found the two following entries:—

Oct. 7, 29 Hen. VI. 1450. On this day it is considered by the mayor and aldermen abovesaid, that Alexander Mannyng, late Keeper of the gaol of Newgate, by reason of his negligent custody of the prisoners of the aforesaid gaol, &c. to the great disturbance of the city, shall be committed to the prison there, until it be otherwise advised, and shall lose his office aforesaid, &c. (Jour, v, fo. 48.)

Nov. 5, 29 Hen. VI. 1450. On this day it is considered by the mayor and aldermen abovesaid, that Alexander Mannyng, late Keeper of the gaol of Newgate, who, by reason of his negligent custody of the prisoners of the gaol of the Lord the King aforesaid, and other his manifold defaults, was, by the consideration of this court, removed from the office of keeper of the same gaol, &c. shall not hereafter be readmitted, by any future sheriffs of the city, to occupy or exercise the office aforesaid, in any manner howsoever. (Jour. v. fo. 51.)