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Participant


First name	John
Last name	Geffrey
Gender	Male
Occupation	Bailiff
Domicile	East Hanningfield,Essex
Source	ERO D/DP M833

Incidents

ID	Summary	Description	Location	Role	Charges	Comments on role	View incident
3740	Bailiff of East Hanningfield sent his servant to compel his neighbours to come to Great Baddow.	John Geffrey bailiff of East Hanningfield sent his servant John Devenys to compel his neighbours to come to Great Baddow and resist the Earl of Buckingham.	Great Baddow,Essex; East Hanningfield,Essex	Accused			View Incident page
3741	John Geffrey of East Hanningfield ordered the inhabitants of East and South Hannigfield and Woodham Ferrers to rise.	John Geffrey of East Hanningfield ordered the inhabitants of East and South Hannigfield and Woodham Ferrers to rise and come to Rettendon wood.	Rettendon,Essex; East Hanningfield,Essex; Woodham Ferrers,Essex; South Hanningfield,Essex	Accused			View Incident page
3742	Bailiff of East Hanningfield orders rebels to attack Cressing Temple.	John Geffrey, bailiff of East Hanningfield leads rebels in the attack on Cressing Temple.	Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,Essex	Accused			View Incident page
4062	Bailiff of East Hanningfield leads attack on Bishop of London's park at Crondon	John Geffrey, Bailiff of East Hanningfield, makes men to go to the park of the Bishop of London at Crondon, where they throw down the King's banner and seize the Bishop's enclosures.	Crondon Park,Stock,Chelmsford Hundred,Essex	Accused			View Incident page
4164	John Filloll and John Geffrey, both of East Hanningfield (Essex) indicted and executed for treason.	John Filloll, miller, of East Hanningfield, and John Geffrey, bailiff of East Hanningfield (Essex) indicted and drawn and hanged at Chelmsford before the king for unspecified acts of treason.		Accused		He was drawn and hanged at Chelmsford.	View Incident page

Biographical Information

Date	Location	Info	Source	Comment	Image
28/07/1380	East Hanningfield,Essex	John Geffrey and his wife Margery obtain the reversion of 15 acres of land; the fine is 10s. They also receive a piece of land which John Denys surrendered, containing around ('sine plus sit sine minus') half an acre; they pay 6d entry fine and swear fealty.	ERO, D/DP M833
24/07/1381		Order to sheriff of Essex to find by inquisition what goods John Geffrey, bailiff of East Hanningfield, who was lately drawn and hanged for certain treasons and felonies, had as his own property in the county of Essex, and to take them into the king's hands without delay, as the king has learned that certain persons are falsely claiming a property in the said goods. The inquisition so taken is to be sent to the Exchequer without delay.	Calendar of Fine Rolls 1377-83, p. 264
09/01/1382	East Hanningfield,Essex	The bailiff is ordered to summon 12 jurors for the next court in a suit between Margery Geffrey, plaintiff, and John Rybode, defendant, to establish if the said John Rybode owes to the said Margery dye ('tynctura') for one bed-cloth which he had made jointly with her former husband, John Geffrey.	ERO, D/DP M833
30/01/1382	East Hanningfield,Essex	The suit between Margery Geffrey [superscript: 'non presens'] and John Rybode postponed until next court.	ERO, D/DP M833	In the entry immediately above all tenants of the lady 'by the rod' are ordered to present all trespasses and contempt against the lady at the next court.
26/05/1382	East Hanningfield,Essex	Margery Geffrey fined 3d for brewing and selling ale against the assize; she and the other brewers also accused of not presenting their measures for inspection. They are distrained to bring their measures to the next court.	ERO, D/DP M833
26/05/1382	East Hanningfield,Essex	Margery Geffrey fined 2d for not presenting her case against John Rybode who is therefore released from the charge 'sine die'.	ERO, D/DP M833
25/09/1382	East Hanningfield,Essex	Margery and four other women fined 2d each for not bringing their measures to court as ordered in previous court.	ERO, D/DP M833
12/03/1383	East Hanningfield,Essex	The jury presents that John Phippe of Burnham[-on-Crouch] is betrothed to Margery Geffrey who was the wife of John Geffrey, and who holds a messuage and 15 'akirware' [customary land that was liable for geld] of native land called 'Michelis'. She is ordered to answer at the next court.	ERO, D/DP M833
24/08/1383	East Hanningfield,Essex	A messuage and 15 'akirware' of native land with appurtenances is to be seized together with all goods and chattels found in this tenement.	ERO, D/DP M833	The name Margery Geffrey is not mentioned, but it is clearly her and her former husbands John's tenement.
19/01/1384	East Hanningfield,Essex	The pledges of John Phippe and Margery his wife, formerly the wife of John Geffrey ('nuper uxoris Iohannis Geffrey') are in mercy (2d), because they don't have them in court to answer Ralph atte Ree in a plea of debt, namely 12s 4d. The pledges are admonished to do better and to bring John and Margery before the court.	ERO, D/DP M833	Apparently, Margery has married John Phippe between March 1383 and January 1384.
23/11/1385	East Hanningfield,Essex	John Phypp de Burnham and Margery, his wife, in mercy (4d) because they are not present [in court] in a plea of trespass against Ralph atte Ree.	ERO, D/DP M833
11/06/1386	East Hanningfield,Essex	John Fyppe comes to court and provides pledges, namely William Newman and John Humfrey, that he is going to repair his tenement, called 'Michelys', by the time of Christmas under pain of 40s.	ERO, D/DP M833
27/05/1387	East Hanningfield,Essex	John Fyppe and Margery, his wife, come to the court and, after being examined separately, surrender 1/2 acre of land to the benefit of William Newman and his wife Alice. The latter swear fealty and pay 6d entry fine.	ERO, D/DP M833	After this entry Margery disappears from the court rolls.
06/02/1392	East Hanningfield,Essex	In the first court of Richard, 4th earl of Arundel, and his wife Philippa, formerly countess of Pembroke, John Fyppe is one of 54 tenants who not appear to swear fealty; they are distrained to appear at the next court.	ERO, D/DP M833

Relationships

person 1	relationship with person 2	person 2	relationship with person 1	Certainty	Sources	Comments
John Devenys ( 18251 )	Servant	John Geffrey ( 18250 )	Master	Certain
Margery Geffrey ( 23942 )	Widow	John Geffrey ( 23939 )	Husband (deceased)	Certain

Other Cases of the Same Person

Duplicate person	Comments
John Geffrey ( 18250 )

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