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Incident

Id4271
Short DescriptionTheobald Elys beheads Sudbury and Hales, and burns the Savoy
DetailsTheobald Elys of the county of Kent, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, was one of the principal men, with a multitude of other traitors, who made an insurrection against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and that the same Theobald was the one who first assented and advised in the county of Middlesex to behead Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, then chancellor of the lord king, and similarly they afterwards feloniously and traitorously beheaded the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England on the abovesaid day and year. And also that the same Theobald, on the abovesaid day and year, was one of the principal men, who feloniously and traitorously burnt down the manor of the Savoy and the house of St John of Jerusalem in England as an enemy of the lord king, and that he is a common robber.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)13/06/1381
Date To ( only when a range)14/06/1381
LocationSavoy Palace,Middlesex;Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex
TypeArson: burning of houses,Homicide: beheading
SourceTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (j)

Victims

First NameLast NameRoleCommentsSourcesView participant page
JohnGauntVictimTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (j) View participant page
RobertHalesVictimTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (j) View participant page
SimonSudburyVictimTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (j) View participant page

Accused

First NameLast NameRoleCommentsSourcesView participant page
TheobaldElysAccusedTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (j) View participant page

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