Exchequer case concerning the property of Richard Leicestre, thought to be in the hands of the Prior of Spinney
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The accounts of Ralph Wykes, escheator, show that he did not answer to the king for £4 11 s. for the value of 14 bullocks belonging to Richard Leicestre of Ely, traitor, who rose up on 14 June 1381 and was hanged. A previous inquiry found the bullocks to be in the hands of the Prior of Spinney, but he disputes this, saying that 5 of the bullocks had been killed by Leicestre, and that he released the other 9 to Wykes. Ralph Wykes is ordered to appear; he does not come, and is distrained of his lands.
