Joanna Ferrour burns the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and orders the beheading of Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales
Details
On Friday 14 June 1381 the said Joanna went as head of the said company to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England and made a fire there and completely burnt that house, and carried off two horses loaded with wool worth 6 marks. And the same Joanna together with others went as chief leader to the Tower of London, and laid violent hands first on Simon, lately archbishop of Canterbury, and then on Brother Robert Hales, lately Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and she dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered that they be beheaded.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
14/06/1381
Location
Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex;Tower of London,London
Type
Arson: burning of houses,Larceny: theft of livestock,Larceny: theft of goods,Homicide: beheading
