The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Geoffrey |
| Last name | Lestan |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Hackford,Eynsford Hundred,Norfolk |
| Source | TNA KB 9/166/1 m. 44 |
| Comments | Beheaded |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2839 | Escheator inquisitions (Norfolk) | Unspecified acts of treason and felonies during the rising. | Norfolk | Accused | 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 | ||
| 3211 | Geoffrey Lestan plunders goods and livestock from John Brakene | Norfolk. Geoffrey Lestan of Hackford, arrested on an indictment before William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk and his associates, king's justices, on Saturday 6th July 1381, for the reason that on Tuesday 18th June 1381, with force and arms, with many others unknown, at the time of the rising, he feloniously broke into the close of John Brakene at Bracon Ash and took and carried away 28 cows, 3 workhorses and other goods and chattels worth £20 he found there. And he was brought before the aforesaid justices by the sheriff, and it was immediately asked of him how he wishes to acquit himself of the of the felonies and treasons aforesaid, and he declares that he is not guilty. And upon this the chief jurors of the king are sworn and they say upon their oath that Geoffrey Lestan is guilty of the felonies and treasons of which he is accused. Judgement is therefore given that the aforesaid Geoffrey should be decapitated and that his head should be placed upon Norwich Castle and should remain there, under condition that it must not be taken down under pain of losing life and limb. (Beheaded). | Bracon Ash,Norfolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3255 | Geoffrey Lestan steals livestock from John de Brakene | Also the aforesaid jurors say that on Tuesday 18th June 1381 Geoffrey Lestan of Hackford, beheaded, with others unknown feloniously stole from John de Brakene at Bracon Ash 28 oxen, three horses and other goods and chattels found there worth £20 and took them and carried them away. | Bracon Ash,Norfolk | Accused | View Incident page |
