. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "55613434"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sir Nicholas Exton (died 1402) was a medieval English merchant. A leading member of the Fishmongers' Company and citizen of the City of London, he was twice elected Mayor of that city during the troubled years of the reign of King Richard II. Little is known of his personal background and youth, but he became known at some point as a vigorous defender of the rights of his Guild. This eventually landed him in some trouble for attacking the then-current Mayor, and he was fined and imprisoned as a result. The situation soon reverted to his favour with the election as Mayor of Nicholas Brembre, a close ally of his. During this period Brembre was a loyal supporter of the King, who at this time was engaged in a bitter conflict with some of his nobles (known collectively as the Lords Appellant). "@en . . . . . "#FFFFCC"@en . . . "It was not simply the intention that existing aldermen should be re-elected, rather there was to be a complete turnover of aldermen every year, although a man could be brought back to the aldermanic bench after a year's absence. The new system was fraught with difficulties and introduced an unwelcome instability in city government."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "First of all, there were the chevauch\u00E9s-the Ridings-of the newly-elected Mayors. In these great processions... the Companies turned out, court members, prentices, and servingmen, the first on horseback, the rest on foot, in their colours and with their banners; they were preceded by minstrels, and the streets were hung with tapestry...Next there were the usual Companies' festivities, and then the extraordinary ceremonies."@en . . "Justin Colson"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "\u041D\u0456\u043A\u043E\u043B\u0430\u0441 \u0415\u043A\u0441\u0442\u043E\u043D"@uk . . . . . . . . . . . "Nicholas Exton"@en . . . . . . . . "\u041D\u0456\u043A\u043E\u043B\u0430\u0441 \u0415\u043A\u0441\u0442\u043E\u043D (\u0430\u043D\u0433\u043B. Nicholas Exton; \u0434/\u043D \u2014 1402) \u2014 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0456\u044F\u0447 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043D\u044C\u043E\u0432\u0456\u0447\u043D\u043E\u0457 \u0410\u043D\u0433\u043B\u0456\u0457, \u043A\u0443\u043F\u0435\u0446\u044C."@uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "It was said that they learned that those who had gone to treat with the King would have been fallen upon by armed men and slain... but that Nicholas Exton, the Mayor of London, having refused to countenance the evil, a deep and wicked plot was spread about and the scandal gradually uncovered."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u2013 Caroline Barron"@en . . "The leading men of this prestigious company enthusiastically exercised their right as citizens to deal wholesale in any goods, especially cloth, rather than dirtying their hands with fish."@en . . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . . . . . . . . "left"@en . "Sir Nicholas Exton (died 1402) was a medieval English merchant. A leading member of the Fishmongers' Company and citizen of the City of London, he was twice elected Mayor of that city during the troubled years of the reign of King Richard II. Little is known of his personal background and youth, but he became known at some point as a vigorous defender of the rights of his Guild. This eventually landed him in some trouble for attacking the then-current Mayor, and he was fined and imprisoned as a result. The situation soon reverted to his favour with the election as Mayor of Nicholas Brembre, a close ally of his. During this period Brembre was a loyal supporter of the King, who at this time was engaged in a bitter conflict with some of his nobles (known collectively as the Lords Appellant). They managed to manoeuvre the King into surrendering some of his authority, and this, in turn, weakened Brembre, who was eventually executed by the Appellants for his support of the King. By then, Exton had in turn been elected Mayor. Although for a while he and Brembre worked together in running London, when his predecessor fell from influence, Exton effectively deserted him, even to the point of being partially responsible for Brembre's eventual hanging. Exton's primary policy throughout his two periods as Mayor was probably based on a desire to maintain the city's neutrality between the feuding parties. On the other hand, he appears to have personally profited from the Appellants' period of rule, and it seems that there was some dissatisfaction with him in London, even if he was subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing by parliament. His later years are as obscure as his youth; known to have married at least twice, he seems to have had no children and died in 1402 at an unknown age."@en . "25"^^ . . . . . . . "30"^^ . . . . . . "\"...At the beginning of the parliament certain mercers, goldsmiths, drapers, and other restless elements in the city of London presented in the parliament bills of complaint against the fishmongers and the vintners, whom they described as victuallers, unfitted in their judgement to control a city so illustrious... they petitioned that their mayor, Nicholas Exton, be deposed\"."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "\"...Divisions within the city itself, between citizens and the unenfranchised, the merchants and artisans, and the bitter economic rivalry between the different guilds, all destroyed the possibility of a united front\" against the 1381 rebels."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1118454572"^^ . . . "83423"^^ . "\"Though Exton and his fellow aldermen acted in a craven manner, they may have saved the City from repression by the appellant lords, for the divisions since Northampton could have given a good excuse for interference; Exton had been close enough to the government of Richard II for the lords appellant to have taken action against him if he had not capitulated\"."@en . . . . . . . . "center"@en . . . . . . "\u041D\u0456\u043A\u043E\u043B\u0430\u0441 \u0415\u043A\u0441\u0442\u043E\u043D (\u0430\u043D\u0433\u043B. Nicholas Exton; \u0434/\u043D \u2014 1402) \u2014 \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0430\u0432\u043D\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0456\u044F\u0447 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043D\u044C\u043E\u0432\u0456\u0447\u043D\u043E\u0457 \u0410\u043D\u0433\u043B\u0456\u0457, \u043A\u0443\u043F\u0435\u0446\u044C."@uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\u2013 The Westminster Chronicle"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "true"@en . . . . . . . . . "\u2013 A. R. Myers"@en .