Thomas Juvenal (died 1309) was the first known

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after the

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, acting as deputy to that office, and sitting as a judge in the trial of criminal offences. On 3 May 1291, during the reign of

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, and "...in the presence of Ralph de Sandwych, Warden; Gregory de Rokele, Stephen Aswy, Robert de Basinge, Ralph le Blound, William de Farndon, Richard Aswy, John le Blound, Nicholas de Winchester, William de Bettoyne, Adam de Foleham, John de Canterbury, and Walter Hauteyn, Aldermen; Thomas Romeyn and William de Leyre, Sheriffs, Thomas Juvenal was elected by the assent of the foregoing to the office of Common Serjeant of London, and sworn well and faithfully to perform that office, &c." On his death in 1309

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and his favourite Piers Gavestone requested that the position be given to John Albon; the request not being received in time, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs of the

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instead gave the office to Thomas de Kent, a Serjeant-at-Mace. His widow, Alice, died in 1318, and left property to the church of St Agnes in

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.Hanawalt, Barbara A., ''The Wealth of Wives: Women, Law and Economy in Late Medieval London''

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External links

Juvenal on: 'Calendar: Roll G: 15 February 1305 – 22 October 1305', Calendar of early mayor's court rolls: 1298-1307 (1924), pp. 170-227
Date accessed: 12 January 2012
Juvenal on the Calendar Roll A : 12 May – 30 November 1298 'British History Online' website
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