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| Type | Escheator inquisitions |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA E 153/1167 m. 7 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Suffolk |
| Published source (may be more than one) | Edgar Powell, The Rising in East Anglia in 1381 (Cambridge, 1896), 143-5. Edith Rickert et al., Chaucer's World (Oxford, 1948), 199-200. |
| Text in Original Language | Inquisitio capta apud Gippewicum viii die Augusti anno regni regis Richardi secundi quinto coram Willelmo Berad escheatore domini regis in comitatu Suffolchie virtute cuiusdam brevis domini regis eidem Willelmo directi et huic inquisition consuti per sacramentum Johannis Dextero etc. qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod Thomas Sampson qui pro quibusdam proditionibus et feloniis per ipsum contra ligeanciam suam perpetratis morti adjudicatus est habuit die quo dictas proditiones et felonias fecit bona et catalla in dicto comitatu Suffolchie videlicet in primis apud Kersey in dicto comitatu vi stottos, pretium xxx s.; iiii boves, pretium xl s.; v boviculos, pretium xv s.; iii pullanos, pretium x s.; viii porcellos, pretium viii s.; xx ancas, pretium iii s. iiii d.; ii quarteria frumenti in granario, pretium x s.; ii quarteria brasii, pretium viii s.; xvi acras frumenti, pretium xl s.; viii acras drageti, pretium xi s. viii d.; xxiiii acras pisi et avene, pretium xxxii s.; ii carectatias feni, pretium iiii s.; i tumbrellum cum i cartebonke, pretium ii s.; vetus meremium, pretium ii s. Item dicunt quid idem Thomas habuit eodem die apud Herkested in eodem comitatu in camera sua iii lectos cum linthiaminibus et aliis necessariis, pretium liii s. iiii d.; ii peluvia cum lavatore; iii ollas eneas et alia vasa enea, pretium xxx s.; I discum argenti cum vi cocleariis argenti, pretium 12 s.; ii mappas cum ii manutergiis, pretium iii s. iiii d.; ii duodena vasa de peutre, pretium vi s. viii d.; ii ollas de peutre ii sellers de peutre, pretium xvi d.; ii plumba, pretium x s.; vas utensilia lignea, pretium vi s. viii d.; vi boves, pretium lx s.; viii stottos, pretium xl s.; viii vaccas, pretium xl s.; ii tauros, pretium vi s. viii d.; ii boviculos, pretium vi s.; vi vitulos, pretium vi s.; ccc multones oves matrices et agnos, pretium xv libr.; vi porcos, pretium vi s.; vi ancas, pretium xii d.; x capones, pretium xx d.; xviii acras frumenti, pretium xl s.; xvii acras siliginis, pretium xxxiiii s.; xxii acras ordei, pretium lvii s. vi d.; xxvi acras pisi et avena, pretium xxxiii s. viii d.; viii carectatas feni, pretium xvi s.; ii carectas unde i ferri, pretium xiii s. iiii d.; ii tumbrella, pretium iii s. iiii d.; ii carucas cum toto apparatu, pretium ii s. Item dicunt quod idem Thomas habuit eodem die apud Freston iiii stottos, pretium xx s.; ii boves, pretium xx s.; xv vaccas cum i tauro, pretium iiii libr.; c hogastres, pretium lxxv s.; ii acras frumenti, pretium v s.; v acras siliginis, pretium x s.; xxii acras pisi et avene, pretium xxix s. iiii d.; ii carectatas feni, pretium iiii s.; I carectam debilem, pretium ii s. vi d.; I carucam cum apparatu, pretium xii d. Item dicunt quod idem Thomas habuit eodem die octavam partem cuiusdam navis vocate Waynpayn de Herewich, pretium liii s. iiii d. In cuius regi testimonium huic inquisition predicti jurati sigilla apposuerunt. Datum die et anno supradicto. Summa particularum de Kersey x libr. xvi s. Summa particularum de Herkested xxxix libr. xvi s. vi d. Summa particularum de Freston xv libr. ii d. |
| Text (English translation) | Inquisition held at Ipswich on the eighth day of August 5 Richard II (8 August 1381) before William Berard, escheator of the lord king in the county of Suffolk, by virtue of a certain writ of the lord king directed to the said William, and this inquisition was conducted on oath of John Dextere [and others] who said upon their oath that Thomas Sampson who was sentenced to death for certain treasons and felonies committed by him against his allegiance, had on the day he committed those said treasons and felonies, goods and chattels in the county of Suffolk, namely firstly in Kersey in the said county six work-horses, worth 30 s.; four oxen, worth 40 s.; five bullocks, worth 15 s.; three foals, worth 10 s.; eight piglets, worth 8 s.; twenty geese, worth 3 s. 4 d.; two quarters of wheat in the granary, worth 10 s.; two quarters of malted barley, worth 8 s.; sixteen acres of wheat, worth 40 s.; eight acres of 'dredge' (a mixture of barley and oats), worth 11 s. 8 d.; twenty-four acres of peas and oats, worth 32 s.; two cart-loads of hay, worth 4 s.; a tumbrel (dung-cart) with bench seats, worth 2 s.; old timber, worth 2 s. Item they say that the same Thomas had on the same day in Harkstead in the same county in his chamber three beds with linen sheets and other necessities, worth 53 s. 4 d.; two washbasins with a jug, three brazen pots and other brazen vessels, worth 30 s.; a silver plate with six silver spoons, worth 12 s.; two table cloths with two towels, worth 3 s. 4 d.; two dozen pewter vessels, worth 6 s. 8 d.; two pewter pots and two salt-cellars, worth 16 d.; two leaden vessels, worth 10 s.; a wooden vessel, worth 6 s. 8 d.; six oxen, worth 60 s.; eight work-horses, worth 40 s.; two bulls, worth 6 s. 8 d.; two bullocks, worth 6 s.; six calves, worth 6 s.; three hundred wethers, ewes and lambs, worth 15 li.; six pigs, worth 6 s.; six geese, worth 12 d.; ten capons, worth 20 d.; eighteen acres of wheat, worth 45 s.; seventeen acres of rye, worth 34 s.; twenty-three acres of barley, worth 57 s. 6 d.; twenty-six acres of peas and oats, worth 33 s. 8 d.; eight cart-loads of hay, worth 6 s.; two carts whereof one has iron (wheels), worth 13 s. 4 d.; two tumbrels (dung-cart), worth 3 s. 4 d.; two ploughs, fully equipped, worth 2 s. Item they say that the same Thomas had on the same day in Freston in the same county four work-horses, worth 20 s.; two oxen, worth 20 s.; fifteen cows with one bull, worth 4 li.; hundred sheep (in their second year), worth 75 s.; two acres of wheat, worth 5 s.; five acres of rye, worth 10 s.; twenty-two acres of peas and oats, worth 29 s. 4 d.; two cart-loads of hay, worth 4 s.; a broken cart, worth 2 s. 6 d.; a plough, fully equipped, worth 12 d. Item they say that the same Thomas had on the same day the eighth part of a ship called Waynpayn in Harwich, worth 53 s. 4 d. In testimony whereof the jurors have affixed the seal on the aforementioned inquisition. Given at the abovementioned day and year. Sum of the items of Kersey 10 li. 16 s. Sum of the items of Harkstead 39 li. 16 s. 6 d. Sum of the items of Freston 15 li. 2 s. [including the 53 s. 4 d. for his share in the ship at Harwich] |
People
| ID | First name | Last name | Gender | Occupation | Domicile | Role in source | Incidents | Go to participant page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7802 | William | Berard | Male | escheator (Suffolk and Norfolk) | Escheator | Go to participant page | ||
| 7803 | John | Dextero | Male | Suffolk | Juror | Go to participant page | ||
| 7801 | Thomas | Sampson | Male | Harkstead,Suffolk | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2831 | Escheator inquisition (Suffolk) | Unspecified acts of treason and felonies during the rising. | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Sampson ( 8695 ) | Escheator inquisition (Suffolk) (2831) | Accused | Thomas Sampson was sentenced to death, imprisoned in Ipswich gaol and eventually pardoned (Cal. Pat. R. 1381-85, 226). Orders were issued on 24 July 1381 to the Sheriff of Essex and the Sheriff of Suffolk to take into the king's hands without delay all the goods belonging to Sampson on the day when he perpetrated the treasons and felonies for which he is adjudged to death, and to cause the same to be appraised in detail by inquisition and by the survey of John Orwell, the King's sergeant-at-arms, who is charged to receive the goods: Calendar of Fine Rolls 1377-83, p. 264 |
