The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Richard |
| Last name prefix | de |
| Last name | Middelton |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Alderman |
| Domicile | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding |
| Source | TNA SC 8/225/11231 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3712 | Petition from John Gervais complaining of theft and forcible fine | Gervais requests remedy because the said trouble-makers came on the Monday after the Ascension and took wine from the tavern and spices from the shop and stayed in his other buildings which were not sealed until he made them an obligation for 100 marks under duress and against his will, and they assessed Middleton and his chamberlains, of which the petitioner is one, to pay £20, and because he would not pay the £20 again, they sealed up the buildings to the number of 400. Response: [None]. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3714 | Bond of Adam Coppendale for £200 to be paid to Richard de Midilton | Bond of Adam Coppendale binding himself in the sum of £200 to Middleton, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3715 | Indenture binding Adam Coppandale to pay £200 to Richard de Midilton | Indented writing witnessing that Coppandale is bound in £200 to Middleton to be paid at a certain day and place, and that it would be void if Coppandale stood to the judgment of the archbishop concerning all the things that the community of Beverley can reasonably and legally show. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3716 | Petition from the people of Beverley | [The petition is badly stained and difficult to follow].The petitioners request remedy as the rebels have caused raised the commons against the wealthy of the town and assaulted the houses of the great of the town, and taken ransoms. In addition they have taken the common seal and sealed obligations in great sums, and imprisoned Buddeby who had sued a bill against them though he was under the king's protection. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3722 | Writ to Thomas de Manby, Simon Cartwryght and William Ithoun, townsmen of Beverley | Writ of Richard II to Manby, Cartwright and Ithoun commanding them to send certain bonds which are in their possession which the late alderman and chamberlains of the town forced Coppendale and others to make following an assembly made against the peace, and to make the late alderman and chamberlain to come before the king. Response: The response of Manby and the others: Concerning the bonds, they are not in their possession, and nor have they been in their possession so that they cannot send them. Concerning Middleton and the others, they were not in the liberty of Beverley at the time that the writ was received, so they have not been able to make execution. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3773 | Appointment of attorneys in case of John Rigdon et al versus Richard de Middelton et al | Rigdon and others put in their place Beverley, Butby and Dudhill as their attorneys jointly or singularly against Middleton and others in a plea of taking and unjustly detaining many sums of money. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3775 | Writ to Richard de Bostan concerning bonds in Beverley | Writ of Richard II to Bostan commanding him to obtain certain bonds which are in the common chest of the town of Beverley and take them with Manby, Ithoun and Richard and Thomas White and appear before the king in the octave of Easter. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3776 | Writ to Henry Newark concerning bonds made under duress in Beverley | Writ of Richard II to Newark to be before the king in Chancery to answer upon the matter of the bonds that Coppendale and others of the good men of Beverley were forced to make. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3777 | Writ to Thomas Whyte concerning bonds made under duress in Beverley | Writ of Richard II to Whyte to attend to the common chest of the town of Beverley with Manby and others and to be before the king in Chancery with the writings to answer upon the matter of the bonds that Coppendale and others of the good men of Beverley were forced to make. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3780 | Bond for £400 between Thomas de Beverley, Thomas White and Henry de Newark | Indented writing witnessing that Thomas de Beverley is bound in the sum of £400 to Middleton, White and Newark, to be paid at certain place and time, and that Middleton, White and Newark grant that the bond be void if Beverley stands to the judgment of the archbishop of York for certain things that the community of Beverley are reasonably and by law able to prove and show. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3781 | Bond for £200 between Thomas de Beverley and Richard de Midilton | Bond of Thomas de Beverley binding himself in the sum of £200 to Middleton, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3782 | Bond for 100 marks between Thomas Gervays and Richard de Midilton | Bond of Thomas Gervays binding himself in the sum of 100 marks to Middleton, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist next. Response: This bond is to be void if Gervays stands to the judgment of the archbishop of York in all things which the community of Beverley is reasonably and legally able to show. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3783 | Bond for 100 marks between Walter Walchef and Richard Midilton | Bond of Walter Walchef binding himself in the sum of 100 marks to Middleton, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3785 | Bond for 100 marks between Walter Walchef and Richard Midilton | Indented writing witnessing that Walter Walchef is bound in the sum of 100 marks to Middleton to be paid at certain place and time, and that Middleton, White and Newark grant that the bond be void if Walchef stands to the judgment of the archbishop of York for certain things that the community of Beverley are reasonably and by law able to prove and show. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3787 | Writ to Richard de Middelton concerning the taking of bonds under duress in Beverley | Writ of Richard II commanding Middleton to appear before the king on Monday next after the feast of St John before the Latin Gate to answer concerning the taking of bonds in large sums of money from Coppendale and other good people of Beverley. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3789 | Writ to the provost of Beverley ordering the arrest Thomas Whyte, Henry de Neuwark and Richard de Bostan | Writ of Richard II to the provost of Beverley ordering him to take White, Newark and Boston, and have them before the king before the Latin Gate on the Monday next after the feast of St John. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3790 | Writ to Robert de Thornton ordering him to take Thomas White, Henry de Newark and Richard de Bostan | Writ of Richard II to Thornton ordering him to take White, Newark and Boston, and have them before the king on the Monday next after the feast of St John 'ante portam latinum'. Response of Robert de Thornton, bailiff of the liberty of St Peter of Beverley:White, Newark and Boston were not found in the bailiwick after the reception of the writ. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3791 | Writ to Robert de Botemond ordering him to arrest Thomas Whyte, Henry de Neuwerk and Richard de Bostan | Writ of Richard II to the bailiff of the liberty of the chapter of Beverley, ordering him to arrest Whyte, Neuwerk and Bostan, and have them before the king in Chancery on Monday after the feast of St John before the Latin Gate next (5 May 1382). The king understands that Coppendale, Beverle, Gerveys, Dudhill and other men of Beverley have been forced, by fear of death, to make bonds with Middelton, Whyte and Neuwerk in large sums of money, and therefore they, and Bostan, who has custody of those bonds, have been ordered by writs of precipimus to bring them into Chancery and show reason why they should not be annulled. However, Whyte, Neuwerk and Bostan have maliciously and deliberately left the town, and thus the messenger could not deliver the writs. Response: Response of Robert de Botemond, bailiff of the liberty of the church of St John of Beverley that he is not able to take them for fear of death. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3793 | Bond for 100 marks between John Gervays, Richard de Midilton, Thomas White and Henry de Newerk | Bond of John Gervays binding himself in the sum of 100 marks to Middleton, White and Newark, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3794 | Bond for 100 marks between John de Erghom, Richard de Midilton, Thomas White and Henry de Newark | Bond of John de Erghom binding himself in the sum of 100 marks to Middleton, White and Newark, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3795 | Bond for 100 marks between Paul de Bitby, Richard de Middelton, Thomas White and Henry de Newerke | Bond of Paul de Bitby binding himself in the sum of £100 to Middleton, White and Newark, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of St Peter ad Vincula next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Creditor | View Incident page | ||
| 3797 | Bond for 100 marks between William de Dudhille, Thomas White and Henry de Newark | Bond of William de Dudhille binding himself in the sum of 100 marks to White and Newark, to be paid at Beverley at the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul next. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3798 | Writ to William de Erghom ordering the arrest of Thomas Whyte, Henry de Neuwerk and Richard de Bostan | Writ of Richard II to the sheriff ordering him to take Whyte, Neuwerk and Bostan, and have them before the king on the Monday next after the feast of St John ante portam latinum. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3800 | List of names of those forced to pay money to Richard de Middilton, Henry de Newerk, Thomas White and Richard Bostan | List of names of those forced to pay sums by force and duress to Richard de Middilton, lately alderman of Beverley, Henry de Newerk and Thomas White, tiler, lately chamberlains of Beverley, Richard Bostan and other rebels who are now fled to Westminster, by good men of the same town. Item the aforesaid burgesses and others paid 100 marks to the aforesaid Middilton, Newerk, White, Bostan and others for the king's marriage and 24 marks as costs whereof none was paid to the king. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3805 | Memorandum concerning those involved in the disturbance in Beverley | Memorandum detailing part of the process of the complaint of Adam Coppendale and others. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3806 | Writ to Thomas de Manby and others ordering the appearance of Richard Middelton and others in Chancery | Writ of Richard II to Manby, Cartwryght and Ithoun to have Middelton, White and Neuwark and the writings that they have in their possession before the king in Chancery on 3 March next to answer to the king for the contempts made to the king and the damage done to his lieges. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3808 | Writ to the Archbishop of York ordering him to arrest Thomas Whyte, Henry Neuwerk and Richard Bostan | Writ of Richard II to the archbishop commanding him to take and arrest Whyte, Neuwerk and Bostan wherever they can be found in the archbishop's liberty of Beverley, and have them before the king at Monday next after the feast of St John before the Latin Gate to answer concerning the taking of bonds from Coppendale and other good people of Beverley. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4629 | Order concerning disturbances in Beverley | Order to Thomas de Manby and chamberlains of Beverley to cause Richard de Middelton, Thomas White, Henry de Neuwerk and Richard de Bostan to be in Chancery with the bonds they extracted by threats of violence from Adam Coppendale, Thomas de Beverley, John Gerveys, William Dudhill and other true men of the town of Beverley. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4630 | Order concerning disturbances in Beverley | Order to Thomas Whyte, tiler and late chamberlain of Beverley concerning forced bonds taken from Adam Coppendale, Thomas de Beverley, John Gerveys, William Dudhille and other men of Beverley during the recent disturbances in the town, which are kept in the common chest. Thomas Whyte, Thomas de Manby, William Ithoun, Richard de Middelton and Henry Newarke are ordered to appear in Chancery with the said bonds. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4632 | Order to Richard Middelton and others to be in Chancery | Order to Richard Middelton and others to be in Chancery on Thursday after St Peter's Chains to answer touching the matters hereinafter mentioned and others then to be laid before them; as the king is informed that John Rigton, butcher, Walter Walthef and great number of other lieges of the town were by duress compelled for fear of their lives to pay them great sums, which they year withhold in contempt of the king. | Beverley,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page |
