William Gardener and others burn the Savoy and the Hospital of St John, Clerkenwell
The jury say that William son of Nicholas Gardener and other malefactors, namely Thomas Bedford of Holborn, John Loveliche, Edmund Weston, Thomas Brembele, Matilda his wife and Isabella daughter of the same Thomas, John Foke 'meriell', William Shepherd of Tothill, Thomas Taillour of Charing Cross, William Capon, labourer, John Nevell, barber, Richard Bristowe, innkeeper, John Smyth of Lewisham, John servant of the same John and John Huntyndon, butcher, on Thursday 13 June 1381, along with other malefactors rising up against the king, feloniously burnt the manor of John Duke of Lancaster called the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England called Clerkenwell in the county of Middlesex.
Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex
