William Smyth of Coggeshall and others incited rebellion.
William Smyth, Robert Sadeler Hugo Fuller, John Wynterflood (all of Coggeshall), John Turnour of Stisted, Robert Cardemakere and Geoffrey Bromlie (both of Bocking) and John Rypoun were the first to incite rebellion and gathered the people in Bocking, Braintree, Stisted and Coggeshall.
William Smyth and 15 others assembled at Bocking and took an oath to destroy certain people and do ordain their own laws; they attacked property in Coggeshall and Cressing Temple, killied John Ewell and burnt fiscal documents.
William Smyth and 15 others assembled at Bocking and took an oath to destroy certain people and do ordain their own laws; they attacked property in Coggeshall, assaulted John Sewale and Richard de Segynton, took part in the attack on Cressing Temple, killied John Ewell and burnt fiscal documents, sealed with green wax, in Chelmsford.
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