The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Richard |
| Last name | Lyons |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 145/3/6/1 m. 3d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3400 | John Turnour and three others were chief leaders in the killing of John Ewell and the destruction of houses. | John Turnour, Daniel Mous, Robert Cardemaker and Robert Chapman were chief leaders in the killing of John Ewell and the destruction of houses at Cressing Temple, at the manor of John Gildesburgh, at the manor of Richard Lyons and the house of John Sewale; they also burned court rolls and other muniments. | Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,Essex; Coggeshall,Essex | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3406 | John Wynterflood and Thomas Sweyn were congregators of rebels, drew down houses stole goods from Richard Lyons'. | John Wynterflood and Thomas Sweyn of Coggeshall were congregators of rebels. They drew down and plundered several houses stole goods from Richard Lyons' house worth 100 s. | Liston,Essex | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3407 | William Trot and four others were coerced to steal livestock from the houses of Richard Lyons and Henry Englissh. | William Trot, Thomas Hunte, Roger de Pulteria, John Passener and John atte Haldris were coerced to take part in the attacks on Richard Lyons' and Henry Englissh's manors and to steal livestock from their houses; they brought the livestock and other goods back to Earls Colne and left it with the constable for safekeeping. | Liston,Essex; Birdbrook,Essex | Victim | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/10/1381 | Patent Roll, 5 Ric. II, Part 1, m. 13 28 Oct 1381 Westminster Pardon - reciting the arraignment in the Parliament of 51 Edward III, of Richard Lyons, now deceased, for divers malpractices whilst he was farmer of the subsidies and customs and one of the said king's council, his submission and committal to prison, the seizure of his possessions and his subsequent pardon and release from imprisonment, which pardon the king, in consideration of a fine of 2,000 marks paid by his executors, ratifies and confirms - of the acquisition, in fee simple, from the said Richard by Alesia de Neville [of] the county of Essex, John Ward and Thomas Cornwaleys, citizens of London, John de Midelton, John, parson of Drynkston, John, parson of St Peter's, Cornhull [St Peter Cornhill], London, Henry Vanner, William More and Gilbert Bonet, citizens of London, of the manor of Great Delse [Great Delce] and a carucate of land in Chetham [Chatham], Kent, the manor of Gossefeld [Gosfield], formerly John Lyston's, and the manor of Netherhalle in Lyston [Liston], 300 acres of land, 40 of meadow, 40 of pasture and 30 of wood in Foxherd [Foxearth] and Pentelowe [Pentlow] and the advowson of Netherhalle in Essex, four messuages, two shops and seven gardens in Suthwerk [Southwark] in Surrey, thirty messuages, a toft, sixty shops and seven gardens in Suthwerk [Southwark] in Surrey, thirty messuages, a toft, sixty shops, twelve cellars and six gardens in London and the suburbs (all the manors, lands and possessions of the said Richard in the said city, suburbs, and counties, except the manor of Lyston [Liston]); of the subsequent enfeoffment of William Rikyll, John Reche, Thomas Medlane, and John Sandwich, of the premises, and of their entry thereon without licence; and restitution of the premises to the feoffees, notwithstanding that the premises were held in chief, or that the said Richard was a bastard or died without heirs, or that any seizure thereof was made by William de Walleworth, mayor, or any other escheator for the king, or any intrusion by the feoffors or otherwise. By p.s. | CPR 1381-1385, p. 52 |
