 On the fall of John of Gaunt and his partisans at the close of Edward III's reign (1377), Adam Stable, the then Lord Mayor, was deposed and replaced by Brembre, who belonged to the opposite party.He took his oath at the Tower on 29 March 1377, and was also re-elected for the succeeding year (1377–8).His ""Proclamacio ... ex parte ... Regis Ricardi"" in this mayoralty (as shown by the sheriffs' names) is given in the Cottonian manuscripts.