LONDON. Letters patent of Sir John Whyte, Lord Mayor of London, given in the Guildhall, London, 5 July 1564

LONDON. Letters patent of Sir John Whyte, Lord Mayor of London, given in the Guildhall, London, 5 July 1564

In Latin. On vellum, 57 lines on one membrane, 480 x 555mm. Seal of the mayor of the City of London pendant in red wax on a vellum tag.

A document with the seal of the Lord Mayor of London. An exemplification of a royal letters patent settling in favour of Thomas Browne and Humphrey Wells a dispute at the hustings (or court) of the mayor at the Guildhall concerning the ownership of two messuages, two cottages and a wharf called 'Brudges Key alias Thurstones Key' in Thames Street in the parish of St Dunstan's in the East.

The lord mayor's seal is the second mayoralty seal, as adopted on 17 April 1381, depicting the figures of St Peter and St Paul above the arms of the City of London.