The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Robert |
| Last name | Crothole |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Sutton Valence,Kent |
| Source | TNA E 153/2341 m. 8 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2638 | Insurrection of Thomas Hardyng and others at Linton, 30 September, 1381 | (Flaherty, 1861, items I & II). Thomas Hardyng and 15 others rose at Linton on 30 September 1381, conspiring the deaths of the king, Sir Thomas Cobham, Sir William Septvans (the Sheriff), and others, and to burn Maidstone, and coerced two other men into joining them. They were apprehended on 8 October. Hardyng and nine others were tried, found guilty and sentenced to death on 15 October. One, Robert Munselowe, was found not guilty, but was detained in custody. Two others were remanded to the Tower without being charged. The trial of two others was deferred to 18 Nov, and one of these, John Cote, made a confession on 7 Oct 1381 (see Incident 2639). | Linton,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2639 | Confession of John Cote re. night of 30 September 1381 | (Flaherty, 1861, item III). John Cote confessed that on night of 30 September 1381 he and Hardyng and 25 others, with other unknown malefactors congregated at Boughton Hegh near Melkhous and made insurrection, in that they plotted to force the king to confirm all liberties and pardons lately demanded at Mile End, on pain of death. He acknowledged that strangers from the north had related that John Duke of Lancaster had made all his natives free, and this being so, the aforesaid malefactors plotted to make him king. Cote became approver, and appealed the aforesaid malefactors of this felony and treason. | Boughton Mount,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2687 | Escheator inquisition | Goods confiscated from participants in the attempted rising in Kent in autumn 1381 | Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2739 | Escheator account (Kent) | Valuation of goods and chattels, land and tenements of traitors and fugitives. | Kent | Accused | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| Duplicate person | Comments |
|---|---|
| Robert Crotehole ( 6283 ) | |
| Robert Crotehole ( 6283 ) | |
| Robert Crothole ( 7059 ) | Note: Different domiciles! |
