The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Thomas |
| Last name | Flecchere |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | East Bergholt,Suffolk |
| Source | TNA E 136/123/5 unnumbered |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2822 | Escheator inquisitions (Suffolk) | Unspecified acts of treason and felonies during the rising. | Suffolk | Accused | Beheaded on 17 August 1381. | View Incident page | |
| 2842 | Escheator accounts (Suffolk and Norfolk) | Valuation of goods and chattels, land and tenements of traitors and fugitives. | Suffolk; Norfolk | Accused | Thomas Flecchere was beheaded 17 August 1381. | View Incident page | |
| 2843 | Escheator accounts (Suffolk and Norfolk) | Valuation of goods and chattels, land and tenements of traitors and fugitives. | Norfolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2969 | Thomas Flecchere threatens William atte Hethe and burns documents of the manor of Bergholt | Suffolk. Thomas Flecchere of Bergholt, arrested on an indictment and brought before the aforesaid justices at Ipswich on Monday 22nd July 1381, that he was a chief supporter and congregator of men at the time of the rising, and that he came in a warlike manner to the village of Bergholt [...] on Monday 17th June 1381 to the bailiff of the manor of Bergholt with many others unknown threatened the life and limb of William atte Hethe, bailiff of the manor of Bergholt, unless he handed over to them all court rolls, rentals, extents and all other records pertaining to the aforesaid manor. And the aforesaid William in fear of his life gave them up to Thomas, and immediately afterwards Thomas with many others unknown feloniously and falsely burnt them next to the church of Bergholt, to the disinheritance of Lady Margaret de Sutton. | East Bergholt,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2970 | Thomas atte Flecchere extorts money from the parson of Stratford St Mary | [The jurors] also say that the aforesaid Thomas on Sunday 16th June 1381 feloniously and against the dignity of the crown entered the rectory of Stratford and there threatened the life and limb of Roger, parson of the church of Stratford, unless he and his associates gave them gold and silver for their expenses, and John atte Brook, chaplain of the said parson, in fear of his life handed over to them 26 s. 8 d. for his deliverance , and that the same Thomas Flechere was a common rebel and chief supporter and congregator of men from village to village in the hundred of Samford at the time of the rising. And upon this the aforesaid Thomas Flechere has been brought before the aforesaid justices by the sheriff, and it was asked of him immediately how he wishes to acquit himself of the felonies and treasons aforesaid, and for good or ill he places himself upon the country. The jurors were ordered to come and with the consent of the said Thomas sworn they say upon their oath that the aforesaid Thomas Flechere of Bergholt is guilty of the aforesaid felonies and treasons. Judgement is therefore given that the aforesaid Thomas Flecchere should be beheaded, and that his head should be placed upon the pillory and remain there, under penalty of forfeiture etc. (Beheaded). | Stratford St Mary,Babergh Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Felony and treason | Beheaded | View Incident page |
