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Incident

Id3165
Short DescriptionRoger Bakon, Geoffrey Lyster et al attack Great Yarmouth and tear up its charter
DetailsRoger Bakon, knight, Geoffrey Lyster, William Kybit, John Tronch, Thomas Sket and John [...] an assembly of the people with force and arms against the king's peace came to the town of Great Yarmouth on Tuesday 18th June 1381 and assaulted the burgesses of that town, and made them hand over their royal charter of liberties [...] in contempt of the lord king wickedly broke it into two parts, and sent one part of the said charter to John Wrawe, chaplain, Robert Garneys, [...] [Edmund] Hemmyng, John Seynesbyry and others of the county of Suffolk, thus by the abetment and counsel of the said John Wrawe [...] and his aforesaid [associates] all the aforesaid things were done.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)18/06/1381
LocationGreat Yarmouth,Norfolk
TypeTrespass to person: assault,Larceny: theft of documents,Trespass to chattels: destruction of documents,Warlike array and insurrection
SourceTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85

Victims

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Accused

First NameLast NameRoleCommentsSourcesView participant page
John[...]AccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
RogerBakonAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
WilliamKybitAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
GeoffreyLysterAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
ThomasSketAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
JohnTronchAccusedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page

Other People

First NameLast NameRoleCommentsSourcesView participant page
RobertGarneysMentionedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
EdmundHemmyngMentionedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
JohnSeynesbyryMentionedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page
JohnWraweMentionedTNA KB 9/166/1 m. 85 View participant page

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