Thomas Longe steals royal documents from John Lodewyk, king's justice
Details
Thomas Long of Watford was voluntarily with the evil company that rose up against the lord king and his people on Saturday 15 June 1381, and he came to the house of John Lodewyk, the lord king's justice appointed to keep the peace in the county of Hertfordshire, at Digswell, and there he treacherously and feloniously broke into the close and houses of the same John Lodewyk there, and seized and carried off the record, processes and indictments of the said lord king, which were in the same John's keeping there.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
15/06/1381
Location
Digswell,Hertfordshire
Type
Larceny: theft of documents,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses