Thomas Sampson was sentenced to death, imprisoned in Ipswich gaol and eventually pardoned (Cal. Pat. R. 1381-85, 226). Orders were issued on 24 July 1381 to the Sheriff of Essex and the Sheriff of Suffolk to take into the king's hands without delay all the goods belonging to Sampson on the day when he perpetrated the treasons and felonies for which he is adjudged to death, and to cause the same to be appraised in detail by inquisition and by the survey of John Orwell, the King's sergeant-at-arms, who is charged to receive the goods: Calendar of Fine Rolls 1377-83, p. 264
