John Spanye looks for men of Flanders and threatens Ralph Panton
Details
And that John Spanye of King's Lynn, cordwainer, on Monday 17th June 1381 at the time of the rumour, was a chief leader and supporter of wrongdoers rising up in the country, and he came up to Snettisham with force and arms with thirty unknown men, and incited men of that village to rise up against the king's peace, looking for men of Flanders in order to kill and behead them, and he threatened to kill Ralph Panton so that the same Ralph, despairing of life and limb, paid 10 s. as a pledge to a certain servant of the said John, against the king's peace and law.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
17/06/1381
Location
Snettisham,Norfolk
Type
Warlike array and insurrection,Raising the commons: other,Trespass to chattels: extortion and forcible fine
