| Description | Suits could be removed from the pentice to the portmote court by means of a petition to the mayor. If the mayor allowed the petition, he signed it. Petitioners were normally those against whom an action had been commenced in the pentice court. In arguing their case, they often referred to the frequency of the pentice court, the simplicity of the common jurors there and the difficulty of being represented by learned counsel in term time. There are gaps in the series. |