The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | William |
| Last name | Medmenham |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA JUST 1/400 m. 2 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2512 | Attack on house of William Medmenham | The accused (Henry Foghel, William Munde, John Reade, Henry Whyte) came with force and arms, with others unknown, to the house of William Medmenham, in Canterbury, viz. on Monday on the morrow of Trinity (10th June, 1381), in the fourth year of the foresaid King Richard, and feloniously broke into the said house, and the goods and chattels of the said William Medmenham, to the value of ten pounds, feloniously trampled upon and carried away. | Canterbury,Kent | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 2530 | Attack on house of William Medmenham | Attack on house of William Medmenham and incitement of others to do so, burning of books and muniments | Manston,Ringslow Hundred,Kent | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 2530 | Attack on house of William Medmenham | Attack on house of William Medmenham and incitement of others to do so, burning of books and muniments | Manston,Ringslow Hundred,Kent | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 2541 | Attacks on various locations in Canterbury instigated by John Sales of Malling | Also, the jurors say that John Sales (sic), of Mailing, on the Monday aforesaid (10 June), came to Canterbury, with a great multitude of the enemies of our Lord the King, by him raised and assembled, and feloniously broke open the houses of Thomas Holte, William de Medmenham, John Tebbe, the castle of Canterbury, the Town Hall [Praetorium] of Canterbury, Sir Richard Hoo, knight, Thomas de Garwenton, and Sir Thomas Fogg, knight, and stole and carried away goods, chattels, and muniments, to the value of a thousand pounds, and feloniously set free the prisoners that were in the said Castle and Town Hall; and they say that he was the first and principal originator of the insurrection and levying of all the enemies of our Lord the King. | Canterbury,Kent | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 2555 | Attack on house of William Medmenham | The jurors say that William the Capellan, officiating in the church of St. John, in the Isle of Thanet, and Stephen Samuel, on Thursday in the feast of Corpus Christi in the foresaid year (13th June, 1381), rose and proclaimed, against the peace of our Lord the King, that all and singular ought to unite, and go to the house of William Medmenham, under the penalty of death and the forfeiture of their goods and chattels, and to pull down the house of the said William Medmenham. | Manston,Ringslow Hundred,Kent | Victim | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| Duplicate person | Comments |
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| William Medmenham ( 5743 ) | |
| William Medmenham ( 6060 ) | |
| William Medmenham ( 5743 ) |
