The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Usscher |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Kent |
| Source | TNA KB 145/3/5/1 (c) |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4166 | John Northbourne and John Usscher break the king's gaol at Southwark | John Northbourne of Kent and John Usscher of Kent were chief malefactors in the time of the insurrection of the people, namely from Wednesday before Corpus Christi [12 June 1381] when they broke the King's gaol [carcerem regis] at Southwark and delivered the robbers and prisoners kept there. | Southwark,Surrey | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4167 | John Northbourne and John Usscher attack the Savoy and the Hospital at Clerkenwell | On the Thursday of Corpus Christi [13 June 1381] John Northbourne and John Usscher with other malefactors of their company went to the Savoy and the place of St John [i.e., the headquarters of the Hospitallers at Clerkenwell] and there broke attacked and burnt the houses. | Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4168 | John Northbourne and John Usscher behead Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales, and break the houses of Andrew Brewere and John Botirwyk | On the following day [14 June 1381] they went to the Tower of London and helped [fuerunt adiutores] in the beheading of the Archbishop [Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury], the Master of St John [Robert Hales, Master of the Hospitallers] and others and afterwards broke the houses of Andrew Brewere [also known as Andrew Tettesworth, a brewer and notorious promoter of false lawsuits] at the Strand and John Botirwyk [John Butterwick, under-sheriff of Middlesex] next Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Strand,Middlesex; Tower of London,London | Accused | View Incident page |
