John, vicar of Fordham and others plunder Elena Makworth
Elena Makworth through John Kyrkeby, her attorney, complains that John, vicar of Fordham and others on Sunday 16 June 1381, with force and arms, namely with swords, sticks etc. broke into the same Elena's close and houses at Soham, and took and carried off her goods and chattels found there, namely linen and woolen cloth, vessels of brass, wood and lead, barley, wheat, peas and oats, gold and silver and other utensils of the house to the value etc. and other outrages etc. against the peace etc.; concerning which she says that she has been injured and has damages to the value of one hundred pounds.
