Assault on William Septvantz, sheriff of Kent, by ?Wat Tyler and others
The Jurors, as within, say that John Hales (sic), of Malling, ... Walter Teghelere, of Essex, John ... of Stansted, John Abel, together with unknown malefactors, on Monday next after the feast of the Holy Trinity (10th June, 1381), in the foresaid ... of our Lord King Richard, came to Canterbury, ... made assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent, and dragged the said Sheriff to prison, and forced the said Sheriff to go to his manor of Milton, in custody of the foresaid Walter, and made him swear that he would deliver to the foresaid Walter, all the rolls and writs that were in his custody, ... he, under the fear of death, delivered up all the rolls and writs of our Lord the King that were in his ... as beforesaid; and
the said Walter, with consent of the foresaid John Hales and his conventicles [conventiculis], burnt those rolls and writs.
