The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Base |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 27/482 rex m. 39d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4200 | Joanna Ferrour leads rebels who burn the Savoy and steals £1000 from John of Gaunt | Joanna wife of John Ferrour of Rochester in the county of Kent went as the chief perpetrator and leader of a great society of rebellious wrongdoers from Kent on Thursday 13 June 1381 to the Savoy in the county of Middlesex and, as an enemy of the king, burned the said manor; she seized a chest containing £1000 and more belonging to John, Duke of Lancaster, and then she put the said chest into a boat on the Thames and made off with it, all the way to Southwark, where she divided the gold between herself and others. | Southwark,Surrey; Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Mainpernor | View Incident page | ||
| 4201 | Joanna Ferrour burns the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and orders the beheading of Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales | On Friday 14 June 1381 the said Joanna went as head of the said company to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England and made a fire there and completely burnt that house, and carried off two horses loaded with wool worth 6 marks. And the same Joanna together with others went as chief leader to the Tower of London, and laid violent hands first on Simon, lately archbishop of Canterbury, and then on Brother Robert Hales, lately Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and she dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered that they be beheaded. | Tower of London,London; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex | Mainpernor | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/08/1386 | John Bradfeld citizen and grocer of London to Sir Thomas Bradfelde clerk his brother, his heirs and assigns. Grant and quitclaim of all the lands, rents and services in Leesne and Earde co. Kent, sometime of John son of John Garton citizen and mercer of London, which they and John Chyngforde citizen and grocer of London lately had by feoffment of John Basse, Thomas Weylond, James Snow, Simon Ingerham and Geoffrey Bircham citizens of London of all those in Lesnes, Erhithe and Bixlee which they the said brothers had by feoffment of John Difford, Walter Potyn clerks, John Hadle, John Hothom, John Norwych and Thomas Evesham citizens of London; of the tenement in Southwerke in the parish of St. George with houses thereupon built which they had by gift of John Essex clerk and Robert Kyng of London 'chaundeller'; and of the two houses in the city of Roucestre which they and Walter Norhampton had by gift of John Marchall otherwise Ferrour of Rouchestre and Joan his wife. Witnesses: John Hadlee, John Cosyn, William Chichely, John Taddelowe, John Basse. Dated London, 3 February 9 Richard II. John Bradfeld (as above) to Sir Thomas Bradfeld clerk his brother. Quitclaim of the messuage in the parish of St. Clement in the city of Rochester called the Hevene with garden adjacent between the city wall to the northward and St. Clements lane to the southward, which they and Walter Norhampton had by feoffment of John Marchal otherwise Ferrour of Roucestre and Joan his wife. Witnesses: John Hadelee, John Hoo, Fulk Horwode, John Tadelowe, John Cosyn. Dated (as the last). | Calendar of Close Rolls, 1385-1389, pp. 248-9 | Witness in property transaction involving John and Joanna Ferrour |
