The People of 1381
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Participant

First nameWilliam
Last nameChepynham
GenderMale
SourceTNA E 153/2197 m. 10
Role in sourceMentioned

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
3638Attack on the manor of the Abbot of Westminster at Moulsham (Essex).Attack on the manor of the Abbot of Westminster at Moulsham (Essex). Charters, deeds and other muniments burnt.Moulsham,EssexAccusedView Incident page
3921John de Butterwyk v William Chepenham and other on a plea of trespass.John de Butterwyk v William Chepenham and other on a plea of trespass; burning down his houses in Ebury, Knightsbridge and Westminster and stealing goods and chattels worth £40.Ebury,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Westminster,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
3922John de Butterwyk v William Chepenham and other on a plea of trespass.John de Butterwyk v William Chepenham and other on a plea of trespass; burning down his houses in Ebury, Knightsbridge and Westminster and stealing goods and chattels worth £40.MiddlesexAccusedChepenham is reported dead by Trinity term 1383.View Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
25/09/1381Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham charged with trespass in the lord's oats with 2 pigs; he is distrained to answer at the next court.ERO, D/DM M30
20/12/1381Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham submits to a charge of trespass in the lord's oats with 2 pigs; he is fined 2d.ERO, D/DM M30Although William Chypenham is listed as 'of Chelmsford' in two indictments, he was a brewer from Moulsham. Moulsham was a hamlet in the town of Chelmsford; cf. H. Grieve, The Sleepers and the Shadows (Chelmsford, 1988), vol. 1, pp. 39-40.
20/12/1381Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 20d for 10 brewing offences.ERO, D/DM M30This is a comparatively high fine; he seems to be a well-to-do brewer.
17/05/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham is re-granted several tenements: a cottage with garden at the will of the lord; a piece ('pecia') of land containing 4 'daywerkacre'. at the will of the lord; a rod of meadow, at the will of the lord; a parcel of land in 'Westfeld', containing 12 acres, called 'Larkelase', at the will of the lord; a croftland at 'Tanneresgrene', at the will of the lord. Also his wife, Johanna, is granted a croftland containing 3 acres and a rod of meadow. They swear fealty and pay 40d entry fine.ERO, D/DM M30
27/05/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham one of a dozen tenants fined 3d for giving lodging to Stephen Pays who is not in the tithing.ERO, D/DM M30
27/05/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham one of 5 chief pledges who make default. His fine is pardoned.ERO, D/DM M30
27/05/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 12d for 6 brewing offences.ERO, D/DM M30
19/12/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 20d for 10 brewing offences. The presentment is made by the ale-taster John Ffleccher.ERO, D/DM M30
19/12/1382Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 4d for default of court.ERO, D/DM M30
12/05/1383Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 16d for 8 brewing offences.ERO, D/DM M30
09/06/1383 to 31/07/1383William Chepenham is reported dead by the sheriff in the Trinity term of the Court of Common Pleas.TNA, CP 40/490 m. 529d
30/09/1383Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 16d for 8 brewing offences.ERO, D/DM M30Contrary to what the sheriff tested in the Court of Common Pleas [see above] Chipenham seems to be alive in the second half of 1383.
30/09/1383Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chepenham in a list of tenants fined for not attending court ('defalta curie') despite owing suit of court. Chipenham's fine is cancelled because he eventually came to the court ('postea ire').ERO, D/DM M30
20/12/1383Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chepenham fined 12d for pannage of 6 pigs.ERO, D/DM M30
31/05/1384Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 4d because he is a chief pledge and makes default.ERO, D/DM M30
31/05/1384Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 14d for 7 brewing offences.ERO, D/DM M30
31/05/1384Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham fined 1d for giving lodging to Stephen Pays.ERO, D/DM M30
28/05/1387Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham one of the chief pledges.ERO, D/DM M30
19/05/1388Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham one of the chief pledges.ERO, D/DM M30
26/09/1388Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham granted ('dimisit') a croft called Larkeslese to John Lynch without licence. The croft is seized by the lord.ERO, D/DM M30
08/06/1389Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham has bought two free croftlands ('ii croft' terr' libere') containing 5 acres from the executor of Margery Lyghtfoot's estate (her death was reported in court dated 26 Sept 1388); he pays 2s entry fine and swears fealty.ERO, D/DM M30
08/06/1389Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham one of the chief pledges. ERO, D/DM M30
08/06/1389Moulsham,EssexWilliam Chipenham surrenders a parcel of a field containing 12 acres of land, called Larkelese,, into the hands of the lord; the land is then granted to John Shorbred at the will of the lord; John pays 2s entry fine and swears fealty.ERO, D/DM M30

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