The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Reyner |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Little Canfield,Dunmow Hundred,Essex |
| Source | TNA CP 40/485 m. 33 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3727 | Attack on the close and houses of Richard de Northampton at Little Canfield. | Attack on the close and houses of Richard de Northampton at Little Canfield. Goods worth £40 and charters, deeds and other documents taken and carried away. | Little Canfield,Dunmow Hundred,Essex | Accused | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/04/1405 | Little Canfield,Dunmow Hundred,Essex | John Reyner junior comes and acknowledges that he holds of the lord a messuage, a garden and 20 acres of land formerly open field ('campys'?) for which he owes homage, fealty and 2(!) suits of court; rent is 8s. - John Reyner senior comes and acknowledges that he holds of the lord holds a free croft ('croftum terre libere') formerly of Regnery Smyth containing 3 acres of land for which he owes homage, fealty and suit of court; rent is 3s; he swears fealty. The same John (Reyner senior) holds one croft of moleland (form of unfree tenure) containing 3 acres formerly of the said Regnery for which he owes homage, fealty and suit of court; rent is 2s; and he has to stack, turn and place hay on 8 acres of the lord's meadow and one day of boon-word in the autumn and he has to enclose the lord's wood from sunrise until the ninth hour (noon) on the eve of Epiphany. The same John holds a croft containing 1 acre of free land, called 'Longgate' formerly of the aforesaid Regneri for which he owes homage, fealty, suit of court; rent is 2d a year; he swears fealty. | ERO, D/DMg M29 | ||
| 23/04/1405 | Little Canfield,Dunmow Hundred,Essex | John Reyner junior and John Reyner senior are chief pledges. John Reyner senior amerced 3d for not conducting his office of ale-taster properly. Thomas Beneyt is elected ale-taster to replace John Reyner senior. | ERO, D/DMg M29 | It is not clear if John Reyner senior or junior took part in the rising in 1381. However, is more likely that if was John Reyner senior. Pre 1400 court rolls of Little Canfield have not survived. |
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