Thomas de Breccham, Richard Loder, Thomas Bernard and John Holt imprison Nicholas he is freed by the Prior of Ely
[The jurors] also say that on the next Tuesday [18th June 1381] Thomas de Breccham, Richard Loder, Thomas Bernard of Littleport and John Holt, servant of the same Nicholas [de Massyngham] came in possession of the same Nicholas and took him and led him to Littleport along with goods and chattels worth £20. And there they imprisoned and detained him, and said to him that he would be beheaded until he was freed by the Prior and good men of Ely, and further they took and carried away goods and chattels they found there belonging to John Lucas worth £20.
John de Holt, Thomas Bernard junior, Richard Ledere and Thomas Breccham plunder Nicholas de Massyngham and John Lucas
[The jurors] also say that John de Holt of Hilgay, Thomas Bernard junior of Littleport, Richard Ledere of the same, Thomas Breccham of the same together with other unknown wrongdoers with force and arms and against the lord king's peace, namely on Wednesday 19th June 1381 at the time of the uprising and rumour, came to Hilgay and took and carried away goods and chattels they found there worth 100 marks belonging to Nicholas de Massyngham and John Lucas, against the peace of the lord king.
