The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | William |
| Last name | Walworth |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Mayor |
| Domicile | London |
| Source | TNA KB 27/488 rex mm. 6-6 ter |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3303 | Walter West, smith, arrested on suspicion of joining revolt, mainprised, 19 June 1381 | Walter West, smith, arrested on suspicion of joining the revolt by Sir William Walworth's commission, mainprised to keep the peace and not form illegal congregations, 19 June 1381 | London | Justice | View Incident page | ||
| 3304 | Prisoners taken in London by William Walworth's commission on suspicion of joining the revolt mainprised, 19 June-23 July 1381 | Prisoners taken in London by William Walworth's commission on suspicion of being connected with the insurrection of the men of Kent and Essex mainprised, 19 June-23 July | London | Justice | View Incident page | ||
| 3817 | Petition from Margery Tany concerning the death of her son | Margery, widow of Thomas Tany and executrix of his testament, states that on Corpus Christi during the last insurrection, a proclamation was made that anyone with an action, title or right to recover any debts or inheritances should come to the King at the Tower of London with their evidence, and justice would be done to them: so she and her eldest son went to claim the debts owed to her through her husband's testament; and Walter Almaly, Dean of the College of Windsor was ordered to pay her. However, he had both her sons arrested, and beat the elder so badly that he died, and is now lying in wait for her, so that she has fled to sanctuary. She asks that the parties be ordered to come before the King, and also John Chirch, sergeant of London, who arrested her elder son, to confess the truth of the matter on oath, and that the King might do justice to the parties without delay, on the evidence obtained by this examination. | Tower of London,London | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4198 | 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 | Justice | View Incident page | ||
| 4215 | John Ferrour burns the Savoy and steals £1000 | John Ferrour of Rochester came with a great company of insurgent wrongdoers of Kent, as the principal actors and leaders, on Friday 14 June 1381 at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and burnt down the said manor as enemies of the king, and took a certain chest, in which there were £1,000 of sterling of John, duke of Lancaster, and more there, and placed and took away the said chest in a certain small ship upon the Thames, and brought it to Southwark and there divided the said gold among themselves. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments. | Southwark,Surrey; Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4235 | John Ferrour and others burn the Hospital of Clerkenwell and steal a horse | On Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and placed a fire there, and fully burnt down the said house, and they loaded and carried away two horses there with wool, worth six marks. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments. | Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4236 | John Ferrour and others order the beheading of Sudbury and Hales | On Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the Tower of London, as if the principal leaders, and first of all thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments. | Tower of London,London | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4246 | John Bonefaunt and others rise up at Kingston and threaten John Hunt | John Bonefaunt and others made insurrection at the time of the first disturbance at Kingston and other places in Surrey, and came to the house of John Hunt at Kingston on Saturday 15 June 1381 and threatened to burn it and behead the same John Hunt if he did not make a fine with him for 8s. 4d. | Kingston Upon Thames,Surrey | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4410 | John Horn, Adam Carlyll and John Fresch incite rebels of Kent and Essex to enter London | William Walworth, mayor of London, having heard rumours of the planned uprising by the men of Kent and Essex, sent John Horn, Adam Carlyll and John Fresch, citizens and aldermen of London, into Kent on 12 June 1381 to negotiate with the rebels. They met the rebels at Blackheath, and John Horn, against the command of William Walworth, incited the rebels of Kent and Essex to enter the City of London and to break the prison of the Marshalsea. | Blackheath,Blackheath Hundred,Kent; Marshalsea Prison,Southwark,Surrey; London | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4414 | Walter Sybyle allows the rebels to pass over London Bridge into the city | On Thursday 13 June, disregarding the commands of the mayor William Walworth, Walter Sybyle allowed the rebels to pass over London Bridge, and defended their actions. He rejected the aid of Thomas Cornewalys in defending the bridge and left the city gates open, in conspiracy with John Horn. | London Bridge,Bridge Ward,London | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4415 | Walter Sybyle prevents aid reaching the king at Smithfield | On Saturday 15 June 1381, when the king and mayor were surrounded by rebels at Smithfield, Walter Sybyle left them and rode to Aldgate and West Cheap, and with John Horn he prevented men of those areas from going to the aid of the king, spreading malicious rumours that the king and mayor had been killed. | Cheap Ward,London; Aldgate Ward,London; Smithfield,London | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4418 | William Tonge opens the gate of Aldgate | William Tonge opened the gate of Aldgate to the men of Kent and Essex against the will of the mayor on 12 June 1381. | Aldgate Street,London,Middlesex | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4634 | Order to free Thomas Wombe taverner of London falsely indicted as a rebel | To William Walleworth mayor of London. Order to set free Thomas Wombe of London 'taverner', if he shall find mainpernors to have him before the mayor and his fellows the justices of gaol delivery at the next day for delivery of Newgate gaol after Michaelmas or elsewhere to stand to right touching whatsoever shall be laid against him; as it is shown the king that at the procurement of certain his enemies he is indicted for certain evildoings lately committed by certain lieges of the commons of the realm in the city of London during the late disturbance, and is imprisoned in Newgate gaol although innocent; and the king is informed that at the time he was dwelling with Dame Giffard. | Mentioned | View Incident page | |||
| 4636 | Order not to release tenants of Kennington | To William Waleworth mayor of the city of London. Order not to proceed to the delivery of any of the king's tenants of Kennington co. Surrey and the neighbouring parts who are indicted for the recent insurrection, but to keep them in prison until further order without mainprise or other deliverance. To the sheriff of Surrey. Order to cease every excuse, and not to set free the king's tenants (above mentioned) by mainprise or otherwise, taking again and imprisoning until further order any who have been set free. | Kennington,Surrey | Mentioned | View Incident page |
