Thomas Clerk burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John
Details
Thomas Clerk of Aldgate Street, butcher, on Thursday 13 June 1381 in the fourth year of the reign of the now king, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of Savoy in the county of Middlesex with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses against the peace of the lord king, etc. He produces a pardon and goes free.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
13/06/1381
Location
Savoy Palace,Middlesex;Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex
