The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Osbern |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk |
| Source | TNA E 159/163 Communia (Michaelmas 1386) unnumbered |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3016 | George de Dounesby raises up the people of Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk. George de Dounesby of the county of Lincoln accused by John Osebern, alderman of the aforesaid town, and by many good men of the same town, that on the same day he came to Bury St Edmunds and advised various men of the same village to rise up against the king and his faithful followers, ordering and commanding them to rise up under penalty of forfeiting life and limb. And furthermore, they say that he is a messenger of a great company and was sent to the town of Bury St Edmunds to make the people of that town rise up. Because of this he has been arrested, and brought before the justices by the sheriff, it was asked of him how he wishes to acquit himself of the charges of felony and treason aforesaid, and George before the said justices freely and without force admits and upholds well and clear all felonies and treasons he was charged with. Judgement is therefore given that George de Dounesby should be beheaded, and his head placed upon the pillory, and that an inquiry be made into his lands and chattels. (Beheaded). | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Witness | View Incident page | ||
| 3757 | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising | The Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds state that the people of Bury St Edmunds are delaying providing the security of perpetual peace demanded of them towards the King and towards the Abbot and convent, after their late rebellion, and ask that an ordinance might be made for this in the present parliament. They ask that the recognisances might be made based on the lands held by the people of Bury at the time of the Lent parliament of 6 Richard II, as many of them have since alienated their lands; that six named people, present in this parliament, might be compelled to make the recognisances before they leave Salisbury, that fifty other people might be summoned to make them in Chancery at the quindene of Trinity next, and that commissioners might be appointed to come to Bury to take them from the rest. They also ask that sufficient punishment might be ordained for those refusing to make these recognisances. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3864 | Exchequer case concerning fine of 2000 marks levied on Bury St Edmunds for role in rising | Concerning the fine of 2000 marks demanded from Roger Rose and other men of Bury St Edmunds, payable in instalments, given in return for pardon for their role in the uprising. They ask that 500 marks of this fine be reserved for the use of the prior and convent of Bury for the damages they suffered during the rising. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4074 | Exchequer case concerning the fine levied on the town of Bury St Edmunds | Suffolk. Concerning Roger Rose of Bury and other men of the same town, to be discharged regarding 500m remaining from their 2000m fine, and the same 500m to be allocated to the abbot, prior and convent of Bury, by the charter of the lord King etc. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Mentioned | View Incident page |
