Thomas Engilby coerces John Bursy into beheading Hugh Lavenham
Pardon to Thomas Engilby for the following crime: on Friday 21 June 1381 he went to Ivelchestre [Ilchester], made John Bursy, living in his house at Longesutton [Long Sutton], to go with him, broke the gaol and took out Hugh Lavenham, thereunder a charge of felony, and made the said Bursy behead him, carry his head on a spear to Bruggewater [Bridgwater] and place it with that of Walter Baron on Bruggewater [Bridgwater] bridge.
Ilchester,Somerset; Long Sutton,Somerset; Bridgwater,Somerset