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Participant


First name	Adam
Last name	Michel
Gender	Male
Domicile	Colchester,Essex
Source	TNA KB 27/502 rex m. 4d

Incidents

ID	Summary	Description	Location	Role	Comments on role	View incident
3283	Exclusions from the General Pardon - Essex	Exclusions from the General Pardon - Essex	Essex	Accused		View Incident page
3876	Adam Michel of Colchester killed Flemings in Colchester during the revolt.	Adam Michel of Colchester killed Flemings in Colchester (Essex) during the revolt; although excluded from a obtaining a pardon by parliament he eventually received one.	Colchester,Essex	Accused	Pardoned 31 March 1385; released 'sine die' 6 October 1386.	View Incident page
4615	Pardon to Adam Michel of Colchester for killing Flemings	Pardon, out of regard for Good Friday, to Adam Michel of Colchestre [Colchester], indicted as one of those who in the time of the late insurrection, viz between 1 May 4 Ric. II and All Saints following, killed Flemings in Colchestre [Colchester], for all treasons and felonies by him committed between those dates, and of any consequent outlawries, notwithstanding that he has been excepted in divers Parliaments as one of the ringleaders in Essex.	Colchester,Essex	Accused		View Incident page

Biographical Information

Date	Location	Info	Source	Comment
21/09/1360	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel admitted as burgess. He pays a fee, takes the oath and finds 4 sureties (John Leyre, John Pulham, S. Loutoun, William Mace).	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 124	This means that Michel was a 'foreigner' coming from outside the borough [cf. VCH Essex, ix, p. 48]. He must have been at least in his early 20s when her became a burgess; therefore, in 1381 he would have been in his early 40s. The fee/fine paid in another case was 10s [cf. Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 168]
08/12/1364	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel acts as pledge (surety) in several cases.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 144
1365	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel acts as pledge (surety) in several cases.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 145-7, 150-178
11/06/1365 to 18/06/1365	Colchester,Essex	John Brandestone is destrained for a case of debt brought by Adam Michel and John Welles; Brandestone acknowledges the debt.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 166
18/06/1365 to 20/06/1365	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel acts as surety for the Henry Duale, plaintiff, in a case of trespass against John Baylli, 'Fleming'. Baylli is accused of an assault with knives which he denies. In another case Michel is described as 'serjeant in South Ward'.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 167	Baylli was found guilty later (30/06/1365) and had to pay damages 13s 4d. [CCRC, p. 169]. However, in the next court Henry Duale was accised and found guilty on having assumed on many occasions "regiam potestam" and summoned many Flemish before him and committed them to pecuniary or bodily ounishment; fined 40d [CCRC, p. 171]. - From 1310 Colchester had three serjeants; their duties included collecting toll and making arrests and distraints [VCH Essex, vo. ix, p. 53].
05/10/1366	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 183	The date given in the calendar (2 Oct 1366) seems to be wrong; Monday after Michaelmas in 1366 was 5 Oct.
01/03/1367	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel one of 4 sureties for the admission of John Ponde as burgess.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, ii, 209
1373	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 1
04/03/1373 to 07/03/1373	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel defendant in two debt cases. In the following court the Adam Ferour's debt case is adjourned while in the other case with William de Gaunt it is ordered to distrain Adam Michel.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 23	One of the plaintiffs is called William de Gaunt; he might have been a Fleming.
21/03/1373 to 11/07/1373	Colchester,Essex	While Michel settles his case with Adam Ferour quickly, the case brought by William de Gaunt is adjourned several times; finally, Michel is found guilty and has to pay damages of 40d.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 30, 33, 37, 37, 41(image)
02/10/1374	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 51
06/10/1374 to 08/01/1375	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel, plaintiff, in a plea of debt against Thomas Peeke, who acknowledges a debt of 6s.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 55, 57, 59, 64, 66, 67(image)
01/06/1375	Colchester,Essex	Adam 'Myghel', plaintiff, against Thomas de Roydene, breach of covenant. - John Bertlot acknowledges a debt (bond) of 16s to Adam Michel.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 88
05/01/1377 to 06/04/1377	Colchester,Essex	Isabella Baroun, plaintiff, against Adam Michel, detention of goods. - Order to distrain Adam Michel to reply to Isabel Baroun. - Adam Michel appears 'to do law', but not Isabel; therefore, she is in mercy.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 116, 118, 133
12/01/1377	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 119
16/01/1377 to 26/01/1377	Colchester,Essex	John Beche and John Dober, plaintiffs, against Adam Michel and Joan, his wife, plea of debt. Pledges John Lache and William Ratlesdene. - Order to distrain Adam Michel and Joan, his wife, to reply to John Beche and John Dober.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 121(image), 123
04/03/1377 to 06/04/1377	Colchester,Essex	List of residents of Colchester for the first poll tax: Adam Michel pays tasx for himself, his wife and three servants ('famuli').	TNA, E 179/107/54 m. 4, col, 2
03/10/1378	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 160
10/01/1379	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel in mercy for raising hue and cry unjustly on a certain John.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 176
21/02/1379	Colchester,Essex	John Stanstede, chaplain, plaintiff, in a plea of debt against Aham and Joan Michel.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 181	John Stanstede is the rector of Copford who was attacked by the rebels in 1381.
09/03/1379 to 21/03/1379	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel involved in several debt cases: plaintiff against John Godard; Godard (from Peldon) answers to Adam 'Michelmer', who claims 20s for a thousand faggots of wood sold to him in the village of Rivenhall; Godard is not pleading; Adam to recover the amount plus 20d damages. John Freyre, plaintiff, against Adam Michel in plea of debt. Also, John Godard, plaintiff, against Adam Michel and Thomas Martel, defendants, in a plea of debt.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 183, 185(image)	Adam 'Michelmer' might be a different person, but this name does not occur again in the court rolls and it likely a scribe's mistake for 'Michel'.
25/04/1379 to 27/06/1379	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel attached to answer to John Froysel (Freyre?), who claims 11s 4d, saying that Adam became his debtor to that extent for Walter de Braham, denies the liability, and will prove, etc. - Adam pays fee for licence to come to terms with John Freysel.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 188(image), 194
06/06/1379 to 04/07/1379	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel, attached to reply to John Godard, who claims faggots to the value of 21s 8d, which he unjustly detains. Has a day to prove his charge. And on the charge of a violent assault and robbery from Godard of a certain acquittance of payments, Michel pleads not guilty. - An inquiry into the case of John Godard of Peldon against Adam Michel finds Adam not guilty; Godard in mercy.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iii, 194(image), 197
25/06/1380	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's servant fined for being a common brawler.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iv, 36
25/06/1380	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel attached for trespass committed by his wife [Joan] on Nicholaa, her servant, 6d.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iv, 34
30/09/1381	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined 3d with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	ERO, D/B 5 Cr21 m. 1
30/12/1381	Colchester,Essex	Walter Baker, attached to reply to Laurence Cobeler, who charges him with a violent assault at "le Southsherde", said that he was instigated to do the same by Adam Michel and John Wright, and is prepared to prove.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iv, 66	This is the first time Adam Michel appears in the court rolls after the rising.
20/01/1382	Colchester,Essex	Johanna, the wife of Adam Michel, is fined 3d for collecting huge amount of dung from the privy causing a big stench for all neighbours when it rains.	ERO, D/B 5 Cr21 m. 16d
20/01/1382	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined 3d with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	ERO, D/B 5 Cr21 m. 16
28/04/1382 to 13/04/1383	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel's wife (not named) fined with numerous other people for selling beer contrary to the assize.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iv, 88, 126, 165, 148	1383 is the last year in which Johanna appears as a brewer in the borough court rolls. There is no trace of her or her husband in the courts after 1383.
19/01/1383	Colchester,Essex	Johanna, wife of Adam Michel, is presented because she blocks a privy ('obstupat garderobam') till it rains when a great stench goes out opposite Thomas Fraunceys' dwelling.	Calendar of the Court Rolls of Colchester, iv, 147
27/06/1386	West Donyland,Essex	Isabella Warman, a hereditary bondswoman ('nativa de sanguine') pays marriage fine of 12d to marry Adam Mychel de la Hethe. - Thomas Adecok surrenders a cottage and three rod unfree land ('terra nativa') to the benefit of Adam Mychel and Isabella his wife and their heirs; they swear fealty and pay 40d entry fine.	ERO, D/DHt M145	The manor of West Donyland, East Donyland and Greenstead was an outlying part of the liberty of Colchester. Lord of the manor was St John's abbey [VCH Essex, vol. ix, pp. 409-14]. There is no direct evidence that the Adam Mychel de la Hethe is identical with Adam Michel of Colchester. The latter was a burgess of Colchester, married to Johanna (in 1383) and had three servants in 1377 [TNA, E 179/107/54 m. 4]. It is not very likely that at an advanced age he married an unfree woman. It might, however, explain Adam Michel's disappearance from the Colchester borough court rolls for several years after 1383.
02/04/1388	Colchester,Essex	Adam Michel and Richard Petresburgh charged with affray against the peace of Richard Undirwood in 'Frere strat in Estward'; Adam and Richard plead not guilty. Adam's surety is William Sampton.	ERO, D/B 5 Cr26 m. 43d
14/04/1388	Colchester,Essex	William Sampton fined 6d for not having Adam Michel at court to answer in as trespass case.	ERO, D/B 5 Cr26 m. 46

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