The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Saferay |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Stow cum Quy,Cambridgeshire |
| Source | TNA E 153/530 m. 17 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2854 | Escheator inquisition (Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire) | Unspecified acts of treason and felonies during the rising. | Suffolk | Accused | John Saferay received a pardon 22 November 1381 [TNA C 67/29 m. 41]. | View Incident page | |
| 3497 | Early Pardons to rebels | Early Pardons to rebels, granted before parliament met to sanction the general pardon. Paid for by the recipients | Pardoned | View Incident page | |||
| 3497 | Early Pardons to rebels | Early Pardons to rebels, granted before parliament met to sanction the general pardon. Paid for by the recipients | Pardoned | View Incident page | |||
| 3509 | Rebellion of John Saffrey | The jurors say that on Saturday 15th June 1381 John Saffrey of Stow -cum-Quy out of malice and of his own free will rode in the society of wrongdoers and gave them his aid and that of his servants in throwing down the house of Thomas de Swaffham in Reach and carried away goods and chattels worth £40 belonging to Thomas. And with his assent his cart was feloniously loaded with the goods and chattels of Thomas Torel, namely, lead, chairs and long benches and other goods and chattels worth 40 s. And they say that on the following Sunday [16th June 1381] after the king's proclamation the said John Saffrey and others under his command broke the houses, gates, doors and windows of John Roger in Little Wilbraham, and feloniously carried away goods and chattels of the said John, to the damage of £10. And they say that the same John Saffrey sent various faithful men to William Margrete, king's bailiff, that he might send to him 26 s. in silver or his houses would be thrown down while he resists his authority, and thus he was threatened. And furthermore in such a way Edward Foster and others who were in the king's inquisition. And they say that the aforesaid John Saffrey was one of the chief organisers and assemblers of wrong-doers seditiously. And they say that the same John and others expelled Simon Andreu of Little Wilbraham and his wife, tenants at farm of Thomas de Swaffham, and placed Margret widow of John Andreu in Little Wilbraham in the free tenement of the said Thomas, to his damage. And because of this the sheriff seizes [John Saffrey] and he is to appear in court before the justices at Newmarket on Wednesday 3rd July 1381 to respond to the king on the charges. On which day the sheriff returns that the aforesaid John Saffrey is not found in his jurisdiction. And it is enquired of the aforesaid sheriff if he can retrieve the aforesaid John or not. And it is testified by the sheriff and other king's ministers as necessary what is required. And furthermore that it was established by the aforesaid assigned and both by examination of good men of the aforesaid John and of other trustworthy men, sworn, that the same John immediately upon the arrival of those assigned fled out of the county on the aforesaid occasion and refused to stand lawfully. And on this a public proclamation is made by the decree of those assigned, that the said John should come and deliver up himself to the king's peace under penalty of forfeit of his goods, chattels, lands and tenements, and he does not come. Thus it is ordered to Ralph atte Wyk, escheator, that possession and forfeiture is carried out as above for the flight of the said John from the king. And that the same escheator should therefore bring this about. And thus is ordered to the sheriff that captured the aforesaid John. And he should appear before the justices on Saturday 24th August 1381 at Cambridge to respond to the king on the aforesaid charges. [On which Saturday he does not appear. The escheator Ralph atte Wyk has seized his possessions, and this has been counter-rolled by Simon de Burgh. It is ordered to the sheriff that he should be outlawed]. | Reach,Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham,Cambridgeshire | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3623 | Order to sheriff to issue writs of exigent for Thomas Furbour and numerous other Cambridgeshire rebels | They are ordered to appear before the justices at Cambridge on Weds 9th January 1382. Regarding Richard Martyn, John Refham, William Smyth of Waterbeach, John Beverage, Thomas Stowe, cordwainer, Henry Rande, John Barbour, John Saffrey, John Kempe, John Staunford, John Norhampton, John Cook, John Prat, Geoffrey Cobbe and Robert Brygham, the sheriff returns that his predecessor Henry Englyssh, released to him a signed writ of exigent, therefore no further action is taken against them. And regarding Henry Refham, Lorkyn Bernard and Almaric Fede, the same sheriff returns that his aforesaid predecessor released to him a signed indenture made between them stating that those indicated gave themselves up and remain in custody. The others do not appear and are outlawed. | Cambridgeshire | Accused | 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 | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4646 | Order to return lands, goods and chattels of John Saferay | Order John Parys, escheator in Cambridgeshire, to return lands, goods and chattels of John Saferay of Stow cum Quy, as he was pardoned on 22 November 1381, provided he was not one of the principal insurgents. | Pardoned | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
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| Swaffham Bulbeck,Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire: The sheriff was ordered that he does not omit, etc, from causing to come before the lord king at this day, namely in the octave of St Michael, wherever, etc, John Saffrey of Stow cum Quy, and John Welles, his servant, William Malt, the prioress of the church of Swaffham Bulbeck, the vill of Longstowe, the vill of Swaffham Bulbeck, John Kynne, master of the house of the college of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Nicholas, servant of the same master, John Sweyn, late bailiff of the hundred of Wetherley, Thomas de Swafham, William de Kyrkeby and John his son, John Rogger, John Burgoyne, John Freysell, John Walter, John Weston, son of Walter Weston of Meldreth, John Dyne, vicar of the church of St Edward, Thomas, son of Ralph de Wykes, and William de Wyggemere, beadle of the university of Cambridge, to answer to the lord king about diverse trespasses, extortions, oppressions, damages and grievances, whereof they are indicted before the lord king. And they have not come. And the sheriff returned that John Saffrey is attached by John Rote and William Vale. And the aforesaid William Malt is attached by John Scot and William Leche. And the aforesaid prioress of Swaffham is attached by John Rome and William Dawe. And the aforesaid vill of Longstowe is attached by John Roberd and William Lech. And the aforesaid vill of Swaffham is attached by John Moll and William Best. And the aforesaid John Kynne is attached by William Best and John Rome. And the aforesaid John Sweyn is attached by John Mot and William Leche. And the aforesaid Thomas de Swafham is attached by John Rudde and William Brid. And the aforesaid William de Kyrkeby is attached by John Moll and Richard Scot. And the aforesaid John Rogger is attached by John Milnere and William Tele. And the aforesaid John Burgoyne is attached by John Beme and John Notte. And the aforesaid John Freysell is attached by John Notte and John Brond. And the aforesaid John Walter is attached by John Scot and William Leche. And the aforesaid Thomas, son of Ralph, is attached by John Motte and William Lade. Therefore they are in mercy. And the sheriff is ordered that he does not omit, etc, from distraining the aforesaid John Saffrey and the others, who are attached by all lands, etc. And that from the issues, etc. And that he should have their bodies before the lord king in the octave of St Hilary wherever, etc. And as for the aforesaid John Welles, Nicholas, servant of the master of the house of the college, John, son of William de Kyrkeby, John Weston, John Dyne and William Wyggemere, the sheriff returned that they have nothing, etc, by which, etc. Therefore the sheriff is ordered that he does not omit, etc, from taking the aforesaid John Welles and the others, if, etc, and saving, etc, in such a way that he is to have their bodies before the lord king at the aforesaid term, etc. | TNA KB 27/490 rex m. 18d | Order to make various people, including known rebels John Saffrey and his servant John Welles, appear before the King's Bench, probably deriving from the 'superior eyre' of the King's Bench to Cambridgeshire in 1383. |
