The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Adam |
| Last name | Bray |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Sudbury,Stow Hundred,Suffolk |
| Source | TNA KB 27/486 rex m. 10 |
| Role in source | Accused |
| Comments | Described by John Wraw as being from the parish of All Saints Sudbury |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2881 | Uprising of John Wrau and others in hundred of Stow, Suffolk | [The jurors] also say that John Wrau, chaplain, Geoffrey Parfey, vicar of the Church of All Souls, Sudbury and Adam Bray, barker of Sudbury, were chief congregators, supporters and maintainers feloniously and treacherously at the time of the rising and against the dignity of the crown in the hundred of Stowe, and thus from the village of Sudbury to the village of Thetford, and also in various locations in the county of Suffolk. | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk; Sudbury,Stow Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2967 | Rebellion of Nicholas Ropere, William Pykard and Adam Bray | Suffolk. Nicholas Ropere of Sudbury, William Pykard of Sudbury and Adam Bray of Sudbury, barker, arrested on suspicion and brought before the justices by the sheriff and immediately accused by John de Reveshale, then the mayor of Sudbury, and the bailiffs and other faithful lieges of the king of the same town, that at the time of the rising they were chief rebels and leaders and made various men of the aforesaid county rise up against the king. And that the aforesaid Nicholas, William and Adam were chief breakers ... of houses and common plunderers throughout the liberty of Bury St Edmunds. And it was asked of them how they wished to acquit themselves of the charges of felonies and treasons aforesaid, and Nicholas, William and Adam admitted the charges separately, freely and without force. Judgement is therefore given that the aforesaid Nicholas, William and Adam should be beheaded, and their heads placed upon the pillory of the town of Sudbury, and that an inquiry be made into their lands and chattels. (Beheaded; beheaded; beheaded). | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | Felony and treason | Beheaded | View Incident page |
| 4459 | Rebels extort money from Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford, 14 June 1381 | Geoffrey Parfeye and others threaten Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford with destruction of town by John Wrawe and extort twenty marks from them to save the town, 14 June 1381 | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk | Accused | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4467 | Rebels extort money from the Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford, 14 June 1381 | Rebels extort twenty marks from the Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford by threatening that John Wraw and his company will burn and destroy the town | Accused | Treason and felony | View Incident page |
