John Aynel and Pagan Chilterne steal documents from Philip Bluwet
Philip Bluwet of Wall, esquire, came before John Rote and John Hinde, sheriffs of London, and John Charnoye, coroner of the same city, on Friday next after the feast of St John before the Latin Gate in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard II after the conquest, and appealed John Aynel of the county of Hertfordshire and Pagan Chylterne of the same county, on account that the aforesaid John Aynel and Pagan Chilterne with others unknown to the aforesaid Philip, on Saturday 15 June 1381, feloniously entered at night the lodgings of the same Philip at the manor of More in the parish of Rickmansworth in the county of Hertfordshire, and there broke diverse chests, ... and hampers of the same Philip, and feloniously took and carried away one small chest and one hamper with charters and other muniments concerning the lands and tenements of the said Philip and Katherine his wife, to the value of £20, found there enclosed in the said small chest and in the said one hamper, whereof he appeals them, and he found pledges to prosecute against the said felons, viz Maurice de Apdavit and John Madoke.
