The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Prentys |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex |
| Source | TNA KB 27/496 m. 30d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3528 | Attack on the Princess of Wales' close at North Weald Bassett. | Attack on the Princess of Wales' close at North Weald Bassett. Goods worth £40 and 52 marks in cash stolen. Documents taken away. | North Weald Bassett,Essex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3837 | John Sewale v. William Revekyn and others on a plea of trespass | John Sewale by his attorney versus William Revekyn of Ongar, John 'þat was Jones servaunt diere' of Ongar, John Prentys of Navestock, John Auncel tailor, William Kentyssh of Stisted, Michael Taillour of Bocking, John Clyfford of Doddinghurst, John Rede, carter, of North weald Bassett, Robert Chapman of Dunmow, Geoffrey Reve of Boreham, Thomas Smyth of Boreham, Richard Cheve of Writtle, Walter Cook of Writtle, John Sharp, William Charlet of 'Brouneburgh' and Thomas Olyve on a plea of trespass. It was ordered to the sheriff to attach them, and the sheriff returns that they have nothing; he is ordered to arrest them and they are to appear before the king in the octave of St Michael. | Essex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3847 | John Boterwyk v. William Snoute and others on a plea of trespass | John Boterwyk v. William Snoute and others on a plea of trespass | Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3861 | John Boterwyk v. William Snoute and others on a plea of trespass | John Boterwyk v. William Snoute and others on a plea of trespass | Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3956 | John Boterwyk trespass action. | King's bench action brought by John Boterwyk for unspecified trespasses against people from Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex, Kent and Essex. | Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/11/1383 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentis pays 11d pasturage for 3 pigs and 5 piglets (at a rate of 2d per pig and 1d per piglet). His (unamed wife) pays 2d for brewing and breaking the assize. John Prentis serves as juror. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 12/11/1383 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | It was found by the court that John Prentys took a bond tenement ('de bondag') called 'Levours' containing 10 acreware of land and undertook to repair and maintain a house and to rebuilt a grange. However, John did not do this and he is therefore expelled. He is also accused of cutting down trees on the land of the lord. John, present at court, puts himself on the mercy of the lord and pays 6s 8d for his trespass; by pledge of John Dikot. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 15/03/1384 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentys serves as juror. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 21/09/1385 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentys serves as chief pledge. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 10/07/1386 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentys fined 1d for trespass with 2 horses in the lord's oats. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 12/11/1386 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentys one of several tenants who owe a hen (called 'Wodehennes') for fattening their animals in the lord's wood between Michaelmas and St Martin. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 17/06/1387 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | John Prentys senior who held a cottage and a further cottage and 3 acres of bond land the day he died which Avis, his wife, was enfeoffed at the last court. And because John Prentys junior, his son and heir did not come forward to ask to be admitted to the first cottage, this cottage is seized into the hands of the lord. The lord claims that he is due a draught animal ('jumentum') at the value of 6s 8d as heriot for the cottage and the 3 acres of land, but Avis disputes this. A jury shall decide at the next court. In the meantime Avis provides surety (John Gyppe and John Dycot) for the sum of 6s 8d. | ERO, D/DWg M15 | ||
| 21/09/1387 | Navestock,Ongar Hundred,Essex | The jury finds that the cottage and 3 acres of land which John Pretys senior held are not heriotable (i.e. not subject to a payment of death duty) and Avis is released from her bond. | ERO, D/DWg M15 |
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