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First name	Robert
Last name	Hales
Gender	Male
Occupation	Prior of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England
Source	TNA KB 9/43 m. 20

Incidents

ID	Summary	Description	Location	Role	View incident
2758	Michael Walde and William Prentis break into various houses and abet killings of Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales, 10 June 1381	Michael Walde of Middleton and William Prentis of Newington on 10th June 1381 feloniously broke into the houses of John Sokelyng, John Catesby, Simon [Haye], John Tebbe and Thomas Garwynton, and afterwards procured and abetted the killing of the archbishop of Canterbury and Robert Hales prior of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England.	Kent	Victim	View Incident page
3288	Exclusions from the General Pardon - Middlesex	Exclusions from the General Pardon - Middlesex	Middlesex	Mentioned	View Incident page
3347	John Bucke agitated in Great and Little Wakering	John Bucke warned the inhabitants of Great and Little Wakering that Robert Hales would come with 100 soldiers to kill all people of the hundred of Rochford.	Great Wakering,Essex; Little Wakering,Essex	Mentioned	View Incident page
3355	Destruction of manor of Hospitallers at Cressing Temple	Destruction of manor of Hospitallers at Cressing Temple	Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,Essex	Victim	View Incident page
3522	Robert Tavell, William Cobbe and John Noble plunder the Prior of St John and others	Twelve jurors say upon their oath that Robert Tavell, William Cobbe of Gazeley and John son of Thomas Noble of Freckenham, along with many others unknown, went to Chippenham on Saturday 15th June 1381 and feloniously took goods and chattels belonging to the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, namely, cows, cloth, linen and wool and other utensils worth £100, and carried them away. And furthermore that the aforesaid Robert and others named above on the same day went to Soham and there they feloniously took £4 in silver from Richard Macwurth. And that on the same day of the aforesaid felonies they feloniously took £4 in silver from Augustus Kellynge and Gilbert Helgeye at Isleham. And that they are common and notorious wrongdoers.	Soham,Cambridgeshire; Chippenham,Staploe Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Isleham,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
3527	John Hanchach tears down the houses of the Prior of St John, Duxford, and other crimes	And the jurors say that John Hanchauch was a ringleader of wrongdoers, and that with his company and a powerful assembly of unknown men on Saturday 15th June 1381 by night he tore down the houses of the Prior of the Hospital of St John in Duxford, and found there various goods and chattels worth £20 belonging to Richard Masterman, tenant-at-farm, and feloniously took and carried them away, to the damage of the king. And by various inquisitions held in various hundreds it is ascertained that the same John Hanchauch was at all times during the uprising riding with the might of an armed assembly with many followers, and that he was commander and leader at the manors of Thomas Haselden, William Bateman, the Hospital of Shingay, Edward Walsyngham, Thomas Torell, Roger Harlaston and John Blauncpayn in Cambridge, and [perpetrated] other thefts and destruction and burning of houses earlier with the said company, in prejudice of the king and the great disturbance of the people.	Shingay,Cambridgeshire; Duxford,Whittlesford Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Cambridge,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
3543	William Vicory and John Peper aid John Hanchach in various crimes	[The jurors] also say that William Vicory of Linton and John Peper of the same were with [John Hanchach] of their own free will during the time that he was leader of the felons who attacked the manors of Thomas de Haselden, Thomas Bradefeld, William Bateman and the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem at Shingay, on Saturday 15th June 1381, and feloniously plundered them and broke into, destroyed, and burnt their houses. And that the said William Vicory and John Peper continued such robberies during the two following days.	Shingay,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
3684	Confirmation of John Saferay's pardon and restoration of his lands	John Saferay of Stow-cum-Quy was pardoned on 22 November 1381 for his involvement in the revolt, on condition he was not a ringleader or involved in the killing of Simon Sudbury, Robert Hales, John de Cavendish or the Prior of Bury, or the burning of the manors of the Savoy or Clerkenwell. Therefore Robert Pays, escheator, is ordered to restore his lands.	Cambridgeshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
3742	Bailiff of East Hanningfield orders rebels to attack Cressing Temple.	John Geffrey, bailiff of East Hanningfield leads rebels in the attack on Cressing Temple.	Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,Essex	Victim	View Incident page
3754	Petition from William Salesbury requesting the recapture of David Calveley, released from prison by Jack Strawe during the recent uprising	Request for the recapture and imprisonment of David Calveley, who is in dispute with the petitioner over the prebend of Blewbury in Salisbury Cathedral, and who was released from the Marshalsea by Jack Straw and his fellow traitors at the time of the recent uprising.	Blewbury,Berkshire; Marshalsea Prison,Southwark,Surrey	Mentioned	View Incident page
4095	Pardon to John Glasene, John Webbe, Robert Piers, John Somenour and William Chaumberleyn	Pardon to John Glasene, John Webbe, Robert Piers, John Somenour and William Chaumberleyn for the crimes committed at Manningtree [see Incidents 4090 and 4092] at the request of Queen Anne.	Mile End,Middlesex; Colchester,Essex; Manningtree,Essex	Mentioned	View Incident page
4147	Thomas Payntour rises up at St Albans	It was presented that Thomas Payntour of St Albans on 14 June 1381 painted a banner with the king's arms and went with various traitors to St Albans and threw down the houses of Richard Stryveyn, John Clerk and Robert atte Chaumbre. Thomas Payntour is led from the Marshalsea and produces a pardon, along with Richard Walyngford of St Albans; they are released and mainprised.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4148	William Berewyk and Richard Walyngford rise up at St Albans	It was presented that William Berewyk and Richard Walyngford on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June 1381 came from London with a banner and rose up at St Albans with the community of that town. They are brought before the king's bench from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produce the king's pardon. They are released and mainprised.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4149	John Wayt rises up at St Albans	John Wayt rose up at St Albans with the community of that town on Friday 14 June 1381, and threw down the manor houses of the abbey of St Albans. He was led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbey and brought before the king's bench. He produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released and mainprised.	St Albans,Hertfordshire; Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4150	Gilbert Taillour rises up St Albans	Gilbert Taillour rose up at St Albans with a wicked company on Friday 14 June 1381, and said that if one man was killed then the manors of the abbot of St Albans would be burnt and the abbey thrown down. He was led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbey and brought before the king's bench. He produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released and mainprised.	Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,Hertfordshire; St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4151	John Tyler rises up at St Albans	John Tyler and others rose up on Friday 21 June 1381 and threw down a house belonging to the abbot of St Albans called 'le Thwerthonerhous', and on Saturday 22 June 1381 they threw down the houses of Robert atte Chaumbre, Richard Screvayne and John Clerk at St Albans, and broke the prison of the abbot of St Albans and led out the prisoners. John Tyler is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire; Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4152	Thomas Bynorthen rises up at St Albans	Thomas Bynorthen was arrested at St Albans on suspicion of treasonable insurrection and was committed to the custody of the bailiffs of the abbot of St Albans. He is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4153	Edmund Cook rises up at St Albans	Edmund Cook of Berkhamsted with about 40 others of the same village on Saturday 15 June 1381 went to St Albans and rode to the house of Robert atte Chaumbre and stayed on their horses while the house was thrown down. Edmund Cook was led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produced a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4154	John Garlek rises up at St Albans	John Garlek and others on Friday 14 June 1381 came from London to St Albans with a banner raised against the king. John Garlek is led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produces a pardon under the genera amnesty; he is mainprised and released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4156	Stephen atte Hethe rises up at St Albans	Stephen atte Hethe was arrested on suspicion of treasonable insurrection against the king at St Albans. He is led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produces a pardon under the general amnesty. He is mainprised and released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4157	John Smyth takes part in burning of the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of Clerkenwell	It was presented that John Smyth of Lewisham together with other traitors on Thursday 13 June 1381 rose up and burnt the Duke of Lancaster's manor of the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of Clerkenwell. John Smyth is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon by request of Queen Anne; he is mainprised and released.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4158	John son of William Clerk, chaplain - no crimes specified	John son of William Clerk, chaplain, captured and detained in the Tower of London - no crimes specified. He is committed to the Marshalsea; he appears and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.		Mentioned	View Incident page
4163	John Porel rises up at St Albans	John Porel with other malefactors on Sunday 16 June 1381 treasonably threw down the houses of John Clerk, Richard Stryveyn and Robert atte Chambre in St Albans, and on Saturday 15 June helped John Baron break the prison, and they took away an unknown man in the prison there and beheaded him. John Porel is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4168	John Northbourne and John Usscher behead Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales, and break the houses of Andrew Brewere and John Botirwyk	On the following day [14 June 1381] they went to the Tower of London and helped [fuerunt adiutores] in the beheading of the Archbishop [Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury], the Master of St John [Robert Hales, Master of the Hospitallers] and others and afterwards broke the houses of Andrew Brewere [also known as Andrew Tettesworth, a brewer and notorious promoter of false lawsuits] at the Strand and John Botirwyk [John Butterwick, under-sheriff of Middlesex] next Knightsbridge.	Tower of London,London; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Strand,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4170	Accounts of William Pakyngton, Keeper of the Wardrobe, 3-5 Richard II	Valuation of goods and chattels of rebels and victims.		Victim	View Incident page
4172	Thomas Faryngdon ringleader in the attacks on the Savoy, the Temple and Clerkenwell.	Thomas Faryngdon is ringleader in the attacks on Gaunt's Savoy palace, the Temple and St John's Clerkenwell.	Middlesex; London	Victim	View Incident page
4173	Thomas Faryngdon ringleader in the attack on Cressing Temple (Essex).	Thomas Faryngdon leads a company of rebels in the attack of on St John's preceptory at Cressing Temple (Essex) and stole goods from there.	Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,Essex	Victim	View Incident page
4174	Thomas Faryngdon demands justice from the king in property dispute; he also takes part in the destruction of Highbury manor.	Thomas Faryngdon demands justice from the king outside Tower Hill in property dispute with Richard Weston; he also takes part in the destruction of Robert Hales' manor at Highbury manor.	Tower of London,London; Highbury,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4187	Thomas Noteman plunders horses from the Prior of the Hospital of St John	Thomas Noteman named in the present writ was arrested at the time of the insurrection in the aforesaid city by John Canynges, constable of the ward of Farringdon Within, London, and others of the same ward, on a charge that at the time of the aforesaid dissension he was a malefactor and plunderer of horses belonging to the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, and he was captured before William Walleworth, then mayor of the aforesaid city, and confessed openly.		Victim	View Incident page
4188	Robert Cave and others burn the manors of the Savoy, Clerkenwell and Knightsbridge	Robert Cave, baker of Dartford, Richard Nevylle of Southwark, Walter Payn Brey, girdlemaker of London, John Hayward of Elmdon in the county of Essex, John Hayward junior of Essex, William Berle of Elmdon, skinner, John Smyth of Elmdon and John Scot, tawyer of London, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381 went to the manors of the Savoy and Clerkenwell and to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge with a multitude of traitors, against the lord king and his people, and feloniously and treasonably burnt and tore down the houses of the aforesaid manors, against the peace.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4201	Joanna Ferrour burns the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and orders the beheading of Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales	On Friday 14 June 1381 the said Joanna went as head of the said company to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England and made a fire there and completely burnt that house, and carried off two horses loaded with wool worth 6 marks. And the same Joanna together with others went as chief leader to the Tower of London, and laid violent hands first on Simon, lately archbishop of Canterbury, and then on Brother Robert Hales, lately Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and she dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered that they be beheaded.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4210	Robert Hales v. Robert Flatbury and others	Prior of St John of Jerusalem [Robert Hales] appears through his attorney against Robert Flatbury and others in a plea that with force and arms they broke his close and houses at Shingay and carried off goods and chattels worth £40. They do not appear; sheriff ordered to distrain; they have nothing; sheriff ordered to seize them.	Shingay,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
4212	Richard Neville burns the Savoy, the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and the manor of John Buterwyk at Knightsbridge	Richard Neville of Southwark, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy, and to the [Hospital of St John] Clerkenwell, and to John Butrewyk's manor at Knightsbridge, with a crowd of traitors against the lord king and his people, and feloniously and traitorously burnt and cast down the aforesaid houses within the aforesaid manors, against the peace etc. He does not appear and is outlawed; he appears and produces a king's writ annulling the outlawry; he is mainprised.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4213	Peter Bolom rises up at St Albans	Peter Bolom and others treasonably and feloniously rose up at St Albans on Saturday 15 June 1381. He appears and produces a pardon.	St Albans,Hertfordshire	Mentioned	View Incident page
4214	William Plomer burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John	William Plomer of Greenwich, at the same time with other traitors of the lord king, feloniously and traitorously made an insurrection against the lord king and his faithful subjects on Thursday 13 June 1381, and set fire to the houses of John, duke of Lancaster, at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and the houses and church of St John of Jerusalem in England at Smithfield, and was the principal actor in the aforesaid insurrection. He produces a pardon, is mainprised and goes free.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4233	John Plot burns the houses of Roger Leget, Andrewe Brewere, the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell	John Plot of London, brewer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the house of Roger Leget in Holborn feloniously and traitorously, and to the house of Andrew Brewere, and to the manor of the Savoy, and to the manor of Clerkenwell, together with other wrongdoers, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses against the peace of the now lord king. He produces a pardon and goes free.	Holborn,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4234	John Plot agrees to behead Robert Hales	John Plot was one of the principal men, who rose up against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and was the first who agreed to behead Robert de Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, etc. He is pardoned.	Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4235	John Ferrour and others burn the Hospital of Clerkenwell and steal a horse	On Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and placed a fire there, and fully burnt down the said house, and they loaded and carried away two horses there with wool, worth six marks. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4236	John Ferrour and others order the beheading of Sudbury and Hales	On Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the Tower of London, as if the principal leaders, and first of all thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments.	Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4238	Roger atte Wode burns the Hospital of Clerkenwell	On Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode and other principal wrongdoers in the said company came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and put a fire there and fully burnt down the said house, and loaded two horses there with wool, worth six marks, and carried that away. Roger produces a pardon and goes free.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4239	Roger atte Wode orders the beheading of Sudbury and Hales	On Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode came to the Tower of London as the principal leader and thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. Roger produces a pardon and goes free.	Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4240	Robert Hynkele burns the Savoy, the Hospital of Clerkenwell and the manor of John Butterwyk	Robert Hynkele and others, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of St John of Jerusalem in England, and afterwards to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and the houses within the aforesaid manors in the county of Middlesex against the peace. He pleads not guilty and is committed to prison.	Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4243	John Halyngbury burns documents of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem	The prior by his attorney appears against John Halyngbury of Wandsworth in the county of Surrey, concerning a plea, whereby, by force and arms, he broke into the close and houses of the same prior at Highbury and Clerkenwell ... ... and burnt his deeds, rolls of courts and other muniments found there, and took and carried away his goods and chattels to the value of £40 found there, and inflicted other outrages on him, to the serious damage of the same prior and against the peace of the king. He does not appear.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Highbury,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4244	John Halyngbury burns documents of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem	The prior by his attorney appears against John Halyngbury of Wandsworth in the county of Surrey concerning a plea whereby, by force and arms, he broke into the close and houses of the same prior at Highbury and Clerkenwell, and burnt his charters, deeds, rolls of courts and other muniments found there, and took and carried away his goods and chattels to the value of £40 found there, and inflicted other outrages on him, to the serious damage of the same prior and against the peace of the king.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Highbury,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4247	William Osebarn and others rise up at Kingston	William Osebarn, Robert Sutton, John Surpyton and William Crisp, were those who firstly made an insurrection with diverse other wrongdoers, whose names they do not know, traitorously against the lord king and his people in the vill of Kingston upon Thames, aforesaid, and the adjacent places in the county of Surrey, aforesaid, and were leaders of others so insurging with them. They produce pardons and go free.	Kingston Upon Thames,Surrey	Mentioned	View Incident page
4260	William Buttermore burns the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell	The jurors present that William Buttermore, on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and traitorously made an insurrection against the lord king and his loyal subjects, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the house and church of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England of Clerkenwell at Smithfield in the county of Middlesex, together with other traitors of the lord king.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4264	John Clerk and others burn the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell	John Clerk and others made an insurrection against the king and were the leaders in the burning of the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell on Thursday 13 June 1381.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4270	Philip Shakell burns the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell	Philip Shakell of the county of Southampton, on Friday 14 June 1381, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of the Savoy with a multitude of other traitors, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors against the peace of the now lord king, and that he is a common robber.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4271	Theobald Elys beheads Sudbury and Hales, and burns the Savoy	Theobald Elys of the county of Kent, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, was one of the principal men, with a multitude of other traitors, who made an insurrection against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and that the same Theobald was the one who first assented and advised in the county of Middlesex to behead Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, then chancellor of the lord king, and similarly they afterwards feloniously and traitorously beheaded the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England on the abovesaid day and year. And also that the same Theobald, on the abovesaid day and year, was one of the principal men, who feloniously and traitorously burnt down the manor of the Savoy and the house of St John of Jerusalem in England as an enemy of the lord king, and that he is a common robber.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4272	Richard Mony and others burn the manors of Highbury and Clerkenwell and abet the murder of Robert Hales	Richard Mony of the county of Essex, late servant of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, John Webbe, servant and palfrey-man of the said prior, and Thomas Notman, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of Highbury in the county of Middlesex and to the manor of Clerkenwell with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses there. And afterwards they went to Tower Hill and there were present, aiding, procuring and helping to kill the aforesaid prior, then treasurer of the lord king, and against the peace of the lord king and his people.	Tower of London,London; Highbury,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4273	Thomas Clerk and John Norman burn the Savoy and the Hospital of St John	Thomas Clerk of Aldgate Street, butcher, and John Norman of Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of the Savoy in the county of Middlesex with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses against the peace of the lord king, etc.	Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4276	John Plot burns the houses of Roger Leget and others	John Plot of London, brewer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the house of Roger Leget in Holborn feloniously and traitorously, and to the house of Andrew Brewere, and to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of Clerkenwell, together with other wrongdoers, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses in the county of Middlesex against the peace of the now lord king.	Holborn,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4277	John Plot aids in beheading Robert Hales	John Plot was one of the principal men, who made an insurrection against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and was the first, who consented to behead Robert de Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.		Victim	View Incident page
4278	Geoffrey Hadham burns the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell	Geoffrey Hadham of London, spicer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of Clerkenwell with a multitude of traitors, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors, and that he is a common robber and disturber of the peace of the lord king.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4280	Robert Hynkele and others burn the Savoy, the Hospital of Clerkenwell and the manor of John Butterwyk	Robert Hynkele, John Brewere of Hoxton and Thomas Burgeys of Holborn in the county of Middlesex, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the aforesaid manor of the Savoy and to the manor of St John of Jerusalem in England, and afterwards to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses within the aforesaid manors in the county of Middlesex against the peace, etc.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4298	John and Joanna Ferrour and others burn the Hospital of St John and instigate the murders of Sudbury and Hales	On Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour of Rochester, Joanna his wife, David Calvelei, clerk, and Roger atte Wode came as the principal actors to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and placed a fire there, and they fully burnt down the said house, and loaded and carried away two horses there with wool, worth six marks, and that the same John, David, Joan and Roger came at the Tower of London as the principal leaders and thrust violent hands firstly upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, abovesaid, and made the aforesaid insurrections, burnings and felonies feloniously and traitorously on the aforesaid day and year, etc.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4300	John Gamelyn and Thomas, chaplain of William Stowe, burn the Hospital of St John	John Gamelyn, servant of the late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, Thomas, late servant and chaplain of William Stowe, were the principal wrongdoers, who feloniously and traitorously, on Thursday 13 June 1381, burnt down the house of St John of Jerusalem in England, and they burnt down the aforesaid house together with the other aforesaid wrongdoers on the same day, and burnt down the aforesaid house at Clerkenwell in the aforesaid form, as the other leaders and captains, indicted of the said felonies above.	Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4330	John Haras steals malt from the houses of the Prior of St John at Chippenham	John Haras of Herringswell, on Friday 14 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously rose up against the lord king and his lieges, and feloniously and treacherously broke into the close and houses of the prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Chippenham, and seized three hundred quarters of malt found there, worth sixty pounds, and treacherously sold it to various men and carried off the money resulting from that. He produces a pardon and goes free.	Chippenham,Staploe Hundred,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
4358	Robert de Lynton and John Golofre in company of John Hanchach	Robert de Lynton of Horseheath and John Golofre of Linton, otherwise arrested on suspicion of insurrection at the time of the disturbance and rumour, and because they were seen in the society of John Hanchach, leader of wrongdoers, at the manor of the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Duxford and the house of John Sybile at Horseheath, whilst many wrongdoings with destruction of houses, were done in that place by the aforesaid John Hanchach and his company, namely on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June 1381. They plead not guilty on grounds of coercion and are acquitted.	Duxford,Whittlesford Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Horseheath,Cambridgeshire	Victim	View Incident page
4416	Thomas Farndon attacks the Temple in Fleet St, the priory of Clerkenwell and the Savoy	On Thursday 13 June 1381, Thomas Farndon came from Essex and led rebels to the tenement of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem called the Temple in Fleet Street, and they threw it down. They then proceeded to the Savoy, and burnt it down, and the priory of Clerkenwell, which they looted, despoiled and burnt. That night Farndon entertained many of the principal insurgents, including Robert la Warde, and conspired with them, creating a schedule of intended targets.	Inner Temple,London; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4417	Thomas Farndon burns the manor of Highbury, accosts the king at Mile End, enters the Tower and throws down the tenement of John Knot	On Friday 14 June 1381 Thomas Farndon with his accomplices went to the manor of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem at Highbury and burnt it down. They then went to Mile End, where he seized the reins of the king's horse and demanded justice for the seizure of his tenements by the said Prior. Farndon then proceeded to the Tower of London and entered it treasonably. He then proceeded through London seeking those who he wished to ransom or whose tenements he wished to throw down, and he was captured whilst throwing down the tenement of John Knot in Staining Lane and taken to prison.	Highbury,Middlesex; Mile End,Middlesex; Tower of London,London; Staining Lane,London,London	Victim	View Incident page
4452	Stephen Sonday present at the destruction of the manor of Highbury and the houses of Stephen Maynard	The jurors say that Stephen Sonday, in the company of very many malefactors rising up in this way against the lord king on Friday 14 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously, together with the aforesaid malefactors, was present at the burning of the manor lately belonging to Robert Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England called Highbury in the county of Middlesex, and at the destruction of the houses of Stephen Maynard in West Smithfield in the suburb of London. And he likewise feloniously robbed William Salman of a hundred shillings there.	Highbury,Middlesex; Smithfield,London	Victim	View Incident page
4453	John Kyrkton alias Echard present at the burning of the Savoy, the manor of Highbury and the houses of Stephen Maynard	The jury say that John Kirkton, named in a certain writ of the lord king sewn to the present document, together with Thomas Mortymer and many others listed in the present indictment, and together with very many other malefactors, rising up against the lord king on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously was present, consenting and aiding at the burning of all the houses of the manor of John duke of Lancaster called the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, and likewise at the burning of the houses of the manor of Highbury, and the houses of Stephen Maynard near Highgate in the aforesaid county. Jury finds not guilty; he is excluded from the general pardon; excused from appearing in court due to illness; again fails to appear; order to seize him and mainpernors.	Savoy,Middlesex; Highgate,Middlesex; Highbury,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4469	Edward Weston, Thomas Bedforth and others burn the Savoy and the manor of Clerkenwell	Edward Weston, Thomas Bedforth and others rose up in Middlesex, and on Thursday 13 June 1381 feloniously and treacherously burnt the lord duke of Lancaster's manor called the Savoy and the prior of Clerkenwell's manor in the same county of Middlesex.	Savoy,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex	Victim	View Incident page
4504	Horses formerly belonging to Robert Hales stolen in Smithfield, 15 June 1381	Five horses formerly belonging to Robert Hales taken from the premises of Henry Boseleye, a dealer in horses, at Smithfield, 15 June 1381	Smithfield,London	Victim	View Incident page
4625	Order concerning Thomas Farndon	To Alan de Buxhull constable of the Tower of London, and to his lieutenant. Order to deliver to John Morewelle serjeant at arms Thomas Farndon imprisoned in the Tower prison for manslaughter of brother Robert Hales late prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England the treasurer, to be brought to la Vyse [Devizes] castle and there kept in custody until the king shall take order for his deliverance. To Nicholas de Sharnesfeld constable of la Vyse [Devizes] castle, and to his lieutenant. Order to receive Thomas Farndon, whom John Morewelle shall deliver to him, and to keep him etc.	Tower of London,London	Victim	View Incident page

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John Gamelyn ( 11835 )	Servant	Robert Hales ( 6778 )	Master	Certain
John Webbe ( 24520 )	Servant	Robert Hales ( 6778 )	Master	Certain
John Gamelyn ( 24640 )	Servant	Robert Hales ( 6778 )	Master	Certain
Richard Masterman ( 16316 )	Tenant	Robert Hales ( 6778 )	Lord	Certain
Richard Mony ( 24519 )	Servant	Robert Hales ( 6778 )	Master	Certain

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