The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Wrawe |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Chaplain |
| Source | TNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2881 | Uprising of John Wrau and others in hundred of Stow, Suffolk | [The jurors] also say that John Wrau, chaplain, Geoffrey Parfey, vicar of the Church of All Souls, Sudbury and Adam Bray, barker of Sudbury, were chief congregators, supporters and maintainers feloniously and treacherously at the time of the rising and against the dignity of the crown in the hundred of Stowe, and thus from the village of Sudbury to the village of Thetford, and also in various locations in the county of Suffolk. | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk; Sudbury,Stow Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3029 | Martin Mannyngh sends letters to men in East Dereham to regain a tenement | [The jurors] also say that a certain Martin Mannyngh, dwelling in Sudbury, sent letters on the aforesaid day and year to East Dereham by Robert Egge of Yaxham and John Brung senior of East Dereham to John de Longham, William Ibry and Rodoland Lucas of the same on behalf of John Wrawe, that they should restore a certain free tenement to the aforesaid Martin, the which letters are in that village [i.e. East Dereham]; those Robert and John confessed to have been where Thomas atte Ook was killed. | Dereham,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3147 | Robert atte Snales and William Pooryng enlist John Wrawe to plunder Adam de Clyfton, knight, and John Methwold, and make the commons of Hilgay rise up | Also that Robert atte Snales and William Pooryng of Ryston at Thetford on Tuesday 18th June 1381 procured John Wrawe, chief leader, in order to plunder Adam de Clyfton, knight, and thus threatened the said Adam until he paid a fine of 40 s. at Wenerde, and furthermore despoiled goods and chattels worth £40 belonging to John Methwold at the Abbey of West Dereham, and furthermore made the commons of Hilgay rise up and assemble against the king. | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk; West Dereham,Norfolk; Hilgay,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3155 | Roger Bakon, Geoffrey Lyster et al attack Great Yarmouth and tear up their charter | Roger Bakon, knight, Geoffrey Lyster, William Kybyt, John Tronch, John Kek and William Belsted rose up against the king's peace with a great company and came to the aforesaid Great Yarmouth on Tuesday18th June 1381 with force and arms in a warlike manner and made an assault on the aforesaid town, and compelled the burgesses to hand over their royal charter of liberties, and after the charter was given to them despoiled it, and, in contempt of our lord king, cut and tore it into two parts, of which one part they sent to John Seynesbyry, John Wraw, chaplain, Robert Garneys, William Coupere, Edmund Hemmyng, William Lacy senior, Geoffrey Barker and many others in the county of Suffolk. And thus the aforesaid wrongdoings, all and singular, came to pass by the abetment, counsel and support of the said John Seynesbyry, John Wraw and their associates. | Great Yarmouth,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3161 | Roger Bakoun, Geoffrey Lister et al attack Great Yarmouth and tear up their charter | Roger Bakoun, knight, Geoffrey Lister, John Trunch, William Kibit, John Kek, Thomas Sket and William Belstede were leaders of various wrongdoers of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk against the peace of the said king at Great Yarmouth, and with a multitude of people rose up and came to Great Yarmouth with force and arms on Tuesday 18th June 1381 and made an assault on the aforesaid royal town, and wickedly forced the burgesses of the same town to hand over the king's charter of liberties, the which charter they despoiled at once in contempt of the king, and they tore it into two parts, and handed over one part to John Seynsbury, Robert Gerneys, John Wrawe, chaplain, William Lacy junior, Thomas ate Tonne, Edmund Hemmyng, William Coupere and many others of Suffolk, and thus all and singular aforesaid was done by the abetment, permission, judgement and support of the said John Seynesbury and Robert Gerneys and their associates. | Great Yarmouth,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3165 | Roger Bakon, Geoffrey Lyster et al attack Great Yarmouth and tear up its charter | Roger Bakon, knight, Geoffrey Lyster, William Kybit, John Tronch, Thomas Sket and John [...] an assembly of the people with force and arms against the king's peace came to the town of Great Yarmouth on Tuesday 18th June 1381 and assaulted the burgesses of that town, and made them hand over their royal charter of liberties [...] in contempt of the lord king wickedly broke it into two parts, and sent one part of the said charter to John Wrawe, chaplain, Robert Garneys, [...] [Edmund] Hemmyng, John Seynesbyry and others of the county of Suffolk, thus by the abetment and counsel of the said John Wrawe [...] and his aforesaid [associates] all the aforesaid things were done. | Great Yarmouth,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3168 | Roger Bakon, Geoffrey Lister et al. attack Great Yarmouth and tear up their charter | Roger Bak[oun], Geoffrey Lister, Thomas Sket, William Kibit, John Trunge, William Belsted and John Keek, leaders of various wrongdoers in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk against the king's peace, rose up [in rebellion] at the said Great Yarmouth with a great company against the said king's peace, and came on Tuesday 18th June 1381 with force and arms and in a warlike manner to Great Yarmouth and made an assault on the said royal town, and they wickedly forced the burgesses of the said town to hand over their royal charter of liberties, the which charter they at once in contempt of the lord king despoiled, cut and tore into two parts, and one part they sent to John Seynsbury, Robert Gernays, John Wraw, chaplain, William Lacy junior, Thomas ate [Tonne], Edmund Hemmyng, William Coupere and many others of Suffolk, and so all and singular aforesaid was done by the abetment, consent and support [of the said John] Seynesbury and Robert Gernays and their aforesaid associates. | Great Yarmouth,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3243 | Those named in Indictments for St Edmunds liberty - re. death of John Cavendish | Those named in Indictments for St Edmunds liberty - re. death of John Cavendish (see m. 1d) | Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3291 | Exclusions from the General Pardon - Suffolk | Exclusions from the General Pardon - Suffolk | Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3414 | William Disse, John Wraw and five others made proclamations and stole money and goods of Henry English in Birdbrook. | William Disse, John Caunt from Suffolk, Robert Cardemaker, John Hauberk, Edmund Taillour, William Dich and John Wraw were chief instigators and leaders of the rebels; they broke into Henry English's house Birdbrook and stole money and goods. | Birdbrook,Essex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3664 | John Michel, chaplain, joins John Wraw and makes proclamations | [The jurors] also say that John Michel, chaplain, went out of the Isle of Ely into the company of John Wraw, chaplain and ringleader of the rebels, and became one of his deputies, and returned to the aforesaid Isle of Ely, and was there for three days at the time of the disturbance and rumour, whilst many felonies and evil deeds were perpetrated there and at Witcham and at Wentworth by himself and unknown others, to the prejudice of the Crown, and he made proclamations. | Witcham,Cambridgeshire; Wentworth,Cambridgeshire; Ely,Cambridgeshire | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4286 | John Wrawe and others plunder houses in Bury St Edmunds | John Wrawe, chaplain, entered the vill of Bury St Edmunds on Friday 14 June 1381, against the peace of the lord king in the absence of the people of the said vill of Bury, and broke into the houses of John de Bury, [and] lord John Cavendisshe, the gaol of Bury, the houses of the prior, John Smyth, Nicholas de Fornham, Edmund Heryng and others, with other conspirators and unknown men from his company, and feloniously took and carried away their goods. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4287 | John Wrawe kills John Lakynghyth | John Wrawe with his company entered the abbey of Bury St Edmunds and took John Lakynghith, monk, and abducted and killed him against the peace of the lord king, and did and procured other outrages and serious damages to the said abbey and people of the said vill against the peace of the lord king, etc. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4342 | Roger Bacon destroys the charter of Great Yarmouth | Roger Bacon, knight, a captain of various men, together with other malefactors from the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, rose up against the lord king's peace at the said Yarmouth with a great company, against the said lord king's peace, and came on Tuesday 18 June 1381 with force and arms and in a warlike manner, to the said Yarmouth. He made an attack on the king's aforesaid town, and he wickedly forced the burgesses of the same town to hand over to them the king's aforesaid charter of the liberty of the aforesaid town. Immediately this charter was handed over to them, he despoiled it, in contempt of the said lord king, cut it and broke it into two parts; of which he sent one part to John Seynesbury, Robert Garveys, John Wrawe, chaplain, William Lacy, junior, Thomas atte Tunne, Edward Hemmyng, William Cuper and many others from the county of Suffolk. | Great Yarmouth,Norfolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 4447 | Richard Lyons's manor at Liston attacked on 12 June 1381 | Band led by John Wrawe attack manor of Richard Lyons of London at Liston | Liston,Essex | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4448 | John Wrawe orders the men of Bury St Edmunds to rise on 13 June 1381 | John Wrawe arrives in Bury St Edmunds and orders all the men of Bury to go to the south gate of the town and join the rebels. | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | Felony | View Incident page | |
| 4449 | John Cambridge, Prior of Bury, killed at Mildenhall Heath on 15 June | John Cambridge, Prior of Bury, killed by rebels at Mildenhall Heath near Mildenhall | Mildenhall,Suffolk | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4450 | John Lakenheath, monk of abbey of Bury St Edmunds, killed at Bury, 15 June 1381 | John Lakenheath, monk of abbey of Bury St Edmunds, killed by rebels at Bury, 15 June 1381 | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4451 | Buildings belonging to Prior of Bury attacked, 14 June 1381 | A tenement and adjacent buildings belonging to the Prior of Bury in Bury attacked and goods taken on 14 June1381 | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4455 | Rebels enter Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, 15 June 1381 | Rebels entered the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds and stole a horse belonging to the Prior of Bury, 15 June 1381 | Approver | Felony | View Incident page | ||
| 4456 | Rebels break into Cavendish church and seize goods of John Cavendish stored there, 13 June 1381 | Rebels led by John Wrawe break into the church at Cavendish and take and carry off goods belonging to John Cavendish, lately justice of the king, and shared the goods, 13 June 1381 | Cavendish,Suffolk | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4457 | Rebels drink wine at Melford Green and leave stolen goods to cover bill, 13 June 1381 | Rebels led by John Wrawe go to tavern in Melford Green and drink pipe of wine worth 3s 4d. Leave stolen goods of John Cavendish as pledge with taverner for bill. | Melford Green,Babergh Hundred,Suffolk | Approver | Treason and felony | View Incident page | |
| 4459 | Rebels extort money from Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford, 14 June 1381 | Geoffrey Parfeye and others threaten Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford with destruction of town by John Wrawe and extort twenty marks from them to save the town, 14 June 1381 | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk | Approver | Treason | View Incident page | |
| 4466 | Rebels break into Cavendish church and seize goods of John Cavendish, 13 June 1381 | Rebels break into Cavendish church and seize goods of John Cavendish stored there | Cavendish,Suffolk | Approver | Treason and felony | View Incident page | |
| 4467 | Rebels extort money from the Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford, 14 June 1381 | Rebels extort twenty marks from the Mayor and Burgesses of Thetford by threatening that John Wraw and his company will burn and destroy the town | Approver | Treason and felony | View Incident page | ||
| 4470 | Rebels plunder goods of John Cavendish from belltower of Cavendish church, 13 June 1381 | Rebels enter belltower of Cavendish church and seize gold nobles worth one thousand pounds and jewels and other goods belonging to John Cavendish, the King's Chief Justice worth one hundred pounds, 13 June 1381 | Cavendish,Suffolk | Accused | Treason and felony | View Incident page | |
| 4471 | John Wraw and Geoffrey Parfeye lead a band to Mildenhall, 14 June 1381 | John Wraw and Geoffrey Parfeye arrive at Mildenhall with a band of 400 men, 14 June 1381 | Mildenhall,Suffolk | Accused | Treason and felony | View Incident page | |
| 4472 | John de Cambridge, Prior of Bury St Edmunds, killed at Mildenhall, 15 June 1381 | John Wraw and Geoffrey Parfaye with 200 others go to Mildenhall 15 June 1381 and kill John de Cambridge, Prior of Bury St Edmunds | Mildenhall,Suffolk | Accused | Treason and felony | View Incident page | |
| 4473 | House of John Banne at Mildenhall attacked and money and goods taken, 15 June 1381 | John Wrawe with many others entered close of John Banne at Mildenhall, 15 June 1381, and broke into chests of said John in his chamber and took ten marks of silver and household goods worth one hundred pounds | Accused | Treason and felony | View Incident page | ||
| 4475 | Gaol broken open at Bury St Edmunds and prisoners released, 15 June 1381 | Gaol broken open at Bury St Edmunds and prisoners released, 15 June 1381 | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4476 | Rebels break into houses of John Cavendish and John Peke at Cavendish, 13-15 June 1381 | John Wrawe together with others unknown broke into the houses of John Cavendish, lately Chief Justice of the King, and John Peke at Cavendish and took sheep and other goods and chattels from them worth ten pounds | Cavendish,Suffolk | Accused | Felony | View Incident page | |
| 4477 | John Wraw spreads rising in Melford | John Wraw procured and incited insurgency in Melford | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4478 | John Wrawe makes proclamation at Bures St Mary | John Wrawe made a false proclamation in the name of the king and himself at Bures St Mary that unless the men of Bures St Mary joined the rising and helped plunder the goods of John Cavendish, their houses and goods would be burnt. | Bures St Mary,Babergh Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | |
| 4479 | John Wraw made proclamations at Clare and elsewhere in Suffolk | John Wraw made false and fraudulent proclamations in the name of the king at Clare and elsewhere in Suffolk ordering men to join him under threat of loss of life and members | Clare,Risbridge Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | |
| 4480 | House of Gilbert de Bury at Bury St Edmunds attacked, 15 June 1381 | House of Gilbert de Bury at Bury St Edmunds attacked and goods and chattels teken and carried away, 15 June 1381 | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | Felony | View Incident page | |
| 4481 | Fines taken from John Rokewode | John Wraw took a fine by force fromJohn Rokwode | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4482 | Goods taken from William de Hanyngfeld, 14 June 1381 | John Wrawe and others take goods and chattels from William de Hanyngfeld, 14 June 1381 | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4483 | Mayor and burgesses of Thetford pay fine to rebels, 14 June 1381 | Mayor and burgesses of Thetford threatened by Geoffrey Parfey with destruction of town by John Wrawe and pay fine of twenty marks to save town, 14 June 1381 | Thetford,Shropham Hundred,Norfolk | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | |
| 4484 | John Wraw pursues death of John Cavendish | John Wraw pursues death of John Cavendish, Chief Justice | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4485 | William Picard forced to join John Wraw's band | William Picard was forced to ride with John Wraw | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | ||
| 4486 | Thomas atte Ook killed at Bury St Edmunds, 14 June 1381 | Thomas atte Ook, monk, killed at Bury St Edmunds, 14 June 1381 | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | Not specified | View Incident page | |
| 4487 | House of Thomas Godard at Bury St Edmunds attacked, 14 June 1381 | House of Thomas Godard at Bury St Edmunds attacked, 14 June 1381 | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | Accused | Felony | View Incident page |
