William atte Ree, William Shepherde, John Cook and John Prat break the close of John Walter
Armingford. The jurors say that William atte Ree of Steeple Morden and William Shepherde servant of Geoffery Cobbe, together with others unknown, and with John Cook of Barton, leader of felons, and John Prat servant of Geoffery Cobbe, on Monday 17th June 1381, with force and arms feloniously broke into the close of John Walter at Croydon, and seized and carried away his goods and chattels to the value of 40 s. And that the same John Prat assaulted the wife of the said John Walter, and seized the keys of his chamber, and entered it; and that he is a common malefactor. And that the said William atte Ree organised the aforesaid wrongdoers and others to burn the buildings of the said John Walter, but they were not burnt.
