Detailed Results for Robert * de Cornhill

Name	Guild	Held Office
de Cornhill, Robert *		1245-46 ¹ Sheriff (replaced John Gisors²) 1258-59 Sheriff 1268-69 Sheriff (from 3-6 May 1269³) 1269-70 ⁴ Sheriff (until 6 or 18 July)
Notes Stow/K II.155 n. 16: Michael Tovi was elected mayor (and Beaven I.372 lists him as mayor 1244-46, although only 1244-45 at I.374 n. 3) but the king refused to admit him and John Gisors was sworn in his place on 12 Jan. 1246 [11 Jan., Mayors and Sheriffs p. 16]; Nicholas Bat was chosen sheriff but rejected [14 Dec., Mayors and Sheriffs p. 12], and was succeeded first by John Gisors and then by Robert de Cornhill. See Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 12-13. Elected 22 Jan. 1246: Mayors and Sheriffs p. 13. Replacements of sheriffs and the warden in 1268-69 are listed in Stow/K II.158 nn. 5 and 6, which specify 3 May for the sheriffs' change date; Mayors and Sheriffs p. 114 (and see also Mayors and Sheriffs [Additions] p. 191) has 4-6 May for Robert de Cornhill and Thomas de Basinge. Hughes p. 201 includes Hugh fitz-Otho in his list of sheriffs (from 17 Feb. 1269) and has all four of Walter Hervi, William de Durham, Thomas de Basinge, and Robert de Cornhill as "custodes" from 17 Feb. 1269. Replacements of sheriffs and the warden, effective 6 July (the date also used by Hughes p. 201), are listed in Stow/K II.158 n. 7; but see also Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 120 and 129-30 (new mayor and sheriffs chosen at the beginning of June; mayor presented to king and admitted 16 July, sworn before king 18 July; sheriffs presented and admitted at Exchequer 18 July). Beaven on I.235 lists Walter le Poter as sheriff 1270-71, but on I.375 as sheriff only in 1270. Note Sources Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13. Mayors and Sheriffs: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863. Stow/K: John Stow, A Survey of London, ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. Mayors and Sheriffs (Additions): Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863. Additional material from Liber de Antiquis Legibus. Hughes: A. Hughes, Public Record Office: Lists and Indexes, #9. London: Public Record Office, 1898; rpt. 1963. (Copy annotated by hand in the former Public Record Office [now National Archives].)

Name

Guild

Held Office

de Cornhill, Robert *

1245-46 ¹ Sheriff (replaced John Gisors²)
1258-59 Sheriff
1268-69 Sheriff (from 3-6 May 1269³)
1269-70 ⁴ Sheriff (until 6 or 18 July)

Notes

Stow/K II.155 n. 16: Michael Tovi was elected mayor (and Beaven I.372 lists him as mayor 1244-46, although only 1244-45 at I.374 n. 3) but the king refused to admit him and John Gisors was sworn in his place on 12 Jan. 1246 [11 Jan., Mayors and Sheriffs p. 16]; Nicholas Bat was chosen sheriff but rejected [14 Dec., Mayors and Sheriffs p. 12], and was succeeded first by John Gisors and then by Robert de Cornhill. See Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 12-13.
Elected 22 Jan. 1246: Mayors and Sheriffs p. 13.
Replacements of sheriffs and the warden in 1268-69 are listed in Stow/K II.158 nn. 5 and 6, which specify 3 May for the sheriffs' change date; Mayors and Sheriffs p. 114 (and see also Mayors and Sheriffs [Additions] p. 191) has 4-6 May for Robert de Cornhill and Thomas de Basinge. Hughes p. 201 includes Hugh fitz-Otho in his list of sheriffs (from 17 Feb. 1269) and has all four of Walter Hervi, William de Durham, Thomas de Basinge, and Robert de Cornhill as "custodes" from 17 Feb. 1269.
Replacements of sheriffs and the warden, effective 6 July (the date also used by Hughes p. 201), are listed in Stow/K II.158 n. 7; but see also Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 120 and 129-30 (new mayor and sheriffs chosen at the beginning of June; mayor presented to king and admitted 16 July, sworn before king 18 July; sheriffs presented and admitted at Exchequer 18 July). Beaven on I.235 lists Walter le Poter as sheriff 1270-71, but on I.375 as sheriff only in 1270.

Note Sources

Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13.
Mayors and Sheriffs: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863.
Stow/K: John Stow, A Survey of London, ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
Mayors and Sheriffs (Additions): Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863. Additional material from Liber de Antiquis Legibus.
Hughes: A. Hughes, Public Record Office: Lists and Indexes, #9. London: Public Record Office, 1898; rpt. 1963. (Copy annotated by hand in the former Public Record Office [now National Archives].)

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