The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | William |
| Last name | Gardener |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Servant |
| Domicile | Westminster,Middlesex |
| Source | TNA KB 27/483 rex m. 15d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3288 | Exclusions from the General Pardon - Middlesex | Exclusions from the General Pardon - Middlesex | Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4263 | William Gardener burns the Savoy | William Gardener of Westminster, late servant of John, duke of Lancaster, was accused of having been one of the chief leaders in the burning of the palace of the Savoy and the house of the Hospitallers. He was acquitted by the jury. | Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4368 | William Gardener burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John | William Gardener of Westminster, formerly the servant of John, duke of Lancaster, was a principal insurgent with other traitors of the lord king's, and he rose up against the same king and his faithful lieges on the Thursday on the feast of Corpus Christi in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, and he feloniously and treacherously burnt the aforesaid duke's houses at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and the houses and church of St John of Jerusalem in England at Smithfield. He pleads not guilty; acquitted. | Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4369 | William Gardyner destroys the houses of Andrew Tettesworth and Roger Leget | William the son of Nicholas Gardyner of the town of Westminster, on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously, with many other felons and traitors, cast down the houses of a certain Andrew Tettesworth situated in the town of Westminster, to the value of a hundred pounds, and feloniously seized and carried off the said Andrew's goods and chattels found there to the value of forty pounds. And that the aforesaid William son of Nicholas, on the same day and year, together with other felons, feloniously cast down the houses of a certain Roger Leget in the parish of St Andrew of Holborn, outside the Old Temple Bar of London, to the value of forty pounds. And that the aforesaid William was one of the principal insurgents against the lord king in the meantime. | Westminster,Middlesex; Holborn,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4370 | William Gardyner burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John | William, son of Nicholas Gardener, and other malefactors, rising up against the lord king on Thursday 13 June 1381 feloniously burnt the manor of lord John, duke of Lancaster, called the Savoy, and the manor of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England called Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex. | Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4371 | William Gardyner threatens Christina Fresshawe and damages property of William Fresshawe | William Gardyner, called the son of Nicholas Gardyner, was one of those who treacherously and feloniously rose up against the lord king and his people, and that he, together with other unknown malefactors of his faction, came on the Thursday on the feast of Corpus Christi in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard the second, to the house of William Fresshawe at the Strand in the county of Middlesex, and threatened Christina, the same William's wife, with decapitation; and he feloniously entered the same house and there feloniously broke the doors and windows and chests of the same William Fresshawe etc. | Strand,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| person 1 | relationship with person 2 | person 2 | relationship with person 1 | Certainty | Sources | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Gardyner ( 11807 ) | Son | Nicholas Gardyner ( 12200 ) | Father | Certain | ||
| William Gardener ( 24491 ) | Servant | John Gaunt ( 5695 ) | Master | Certain | ||
| William Gardener ( 25597 ) | Servant | John Gaunt ( 5695 ) | Master | Certain | ||
| William Gardyner ( 25598 ) | Son | Nicholas Gardyner ( 25599 ) | Father | Certain |
