The People of 1381
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Source
| Type | Petition |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA SC 8/199/9922 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Suffolk |
| Published source (may be more than one) | English summary taken from the TNA catalogue entry, compiled as part of the AHRC project 'Medieval Petitions: A Catalogue of Exchequer, Chancery and Gascon petitions in the National Archives', led by W. Mark Ormrod (2006-7) |
| Text (English translation) | The Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds state that the people of Bury St Edmunds are delaying providing the security of perpetual peace demanded of them towards the King and towards the Abbot and convent, after their late rebellion, and ask that an ordinance might be made for this in the present parliament. They ask that the recognisances might be made based on the lands held by the people of Bury at the time of the Lent parliament of 6 Richard II, as many of them have since alienated their lands; that six named people, present in this parliament, might be compelled to make the recognisances before they leave Salisbury, that fifty other people might be summoned to make them in Chancery at the quindene of Trinity next, and that commissioners might be appointed to come to Bury to take them from the rest. They also ask that sufficient punishment might be ordained for those refusing to make these recognisances. Response: Let it be known that the schedule attached to this bill was read in parliament and amended there in the manner shown in the same schedule, and that it was agreed that every single person in the town of Bury should find surety by recognizance to be made in Chancery, both to the King and to the Abbot and convent, according to the form of the schedule and the conditions therein: which conditions the Abbot will grant on record for his part. Item, this bill was granted in parliament in all respects; and to counteract the malice of the alienation of lands, it was agreed that all recognisances shall bind them and their lands in Bury as if they were made on the Monday on which the said parliament of the sixth year was held. And it is agreed that the rebels shall be constrained to find this surety by the threat of the imprisonment of their bodies without bail, and if necessary by the seizure of their goods, chattels and tenements in Bury, notwithstanding the common course of the law of the land to the contrary. |
| General Information | [1384] Enrolled on the roll of the parliament of April 1384 (Rot. Parl. vol. III pp.170b-172a). |
People
| ID | First name | Last name | Gender | Occupation | Domicile | Role in source | Incidents | Go to participant page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18375 | Thomas | Lakforthe | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | ||
| 18376 | John | Osbern | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | ||
| 18378 | Roger | Rose | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | ||
| 18379 | Richard | de Rougham | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | ||
| 18373 | John | of Timworth | Male | Abbot | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | |
| 18377 | John | Tollere | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page | ||
| 18374 | Richard | White | Male | Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk | 3757 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3757 | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising | The Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds state that the people of Bury St Edmunds are delaying providing the security of perpetual peace demanded of them towards the King and towards the Abbot and convent, after their late rebellion, and ask that an ordinance might be made for this in the present parliament. They ask that the recognisances might be made based on the lands held by the people of Bury at the time of the Lent parliament of 6 Richard II, as many of them have since alienated their lands; that six named people, present in this parliament, might be compelled to make the recognisances before they leave Salisbury, that fifty other people might be summoned to make them in Chancery at the quindene of Trinity next, and that commissioners might be appointed to come to Bury to take them from the rest. They also ask that sufficient punishment might be ordained for those refusing to make these recognisances. | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Lakforthe ( 18375 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused | |
| John Osbern ( 18376 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused | |
| Roger Rose ( 18378 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused | |
| Richard de Rougham ( 18379 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused | |
| John of Timworth ( 18373 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Petitioner | |
| John Tollere ( 18377 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused | |
| Richard White ( 18374 ) | Petition from the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds concerning sureties from the townspeople after their uprising (3757) | Accused |
