Attack on property of Ralph Osberne by Richard Eir and others
Details
Commission to inquire into insurrection in Cornwall; Richard Eir, William Godman, chaplain, and Peter Aude heard of the rising in Essex and Kent and the killing of Sudbury and Hales, and assembled many men with force and arms; on Friday 5 July 1381 they set out from Trelissick with John Stabba, and with the procurement of John Tremayn, to behead Ralph Osberne, Ralph his son, Thomas, son of the same Ralph, where they were working with their servants on their land at Lelant; and there they beat, maimed and left them there for dead, and they took and carried away their horses and their other goods from them feloniously and traitorously. And as to all the abovesaid felonies, the same Richard Eyr is a receiver and maintainer.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
05/07/1381
Location
Lelant,Cornwall
Type
Trespass to person: assault,Trespass to person: battery,Larceny: theft of livestock,Trespass to person: wounding,Larceny: theft of goods,Warlike array and insurrection,Trespass to chattels: removal of goods
