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| Type | Indictment by jury |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 27/502 rex m. 4d |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Essex |
| Published source (may be more than one) | A. Réville, Le Soulèvement des Travailleurs d'Angleterre (Paris, 1898), p. 217-8 No. 61 [summary] |
| Text in Original Language | Essex. Memorandum quod in parliamento domini Regis nunc apud Westminster' in crastino animarum (dies) anno regni sui quinto tento communitas dicti regni Anglie predicto domino Regi in eodem parliamento liberavit nomina certarum personarum ut nomina illorum malefactorum qui nuper in diversis partibus eiusdem regni contra fidem et ligeanciam suam dicte domino Rege debitas ac pacem ipsius domini Rege se una cum aliis malefactoribus levaverunt prodiciones felon' et alia malefactam plurima perpetraverunt et qui de huismodi prodicionibus insurrecionibus feloniis malefactis principales ductores abbettatores procuratores et inceptores notorie per comitatem predictam rettati fuerunt ad officum ut ipse persone et eorum quelibet ab omnia gratia per ipsum dominum Rege populo suo in eadem parliamento factam et concessa exciperentur et omnio excluderentur et quod processus versus easdem personas ad accusacionem ipsius comitatis in hac parte ac si inde prius legatie indictati fuissent fieret quod postmodum per predictam domini Rege de assensu procerum et magnatum sibi in parliament' suo predicto assistencium concessum fuit et ulterius ordinatum quod eadem nomina ex hac causa coram ipso Rege in bancum Rege mitterentur ibidem executionem debit' demandand' iuxta ordinacionem predictam que quidem nomina coram ipso Rege in bancum suum predictum postmodum per breve dicti domini Rege missa fuerunt ad processum versus eos in hac parte faciend' iuxta ordinacionem superdictam inter quorum nomina nomem Ade Michel per comitationem predictam et specialiter per milites qui pro comitate et com' predicti as parliamentum predictum ven' in eodem parliamento exhibitum et liberatum fuit per quod preceptum fuit vicecomiti quod non omitt' et co. quin cap' prefat' Adam si et co. Et modo scilicet die sabati proxima post octabis Sancti Michaelis isto eodem termino coram domino Rege apud Westminster venit predictus Adam et treddidit se prisone mar' domini Reg' pro prodicionibus et feloniis predictis qui committitur mar' Et statim per mar' ductus venit et allocutus est qualiter de prodicionibus et feloniis predictis se velit acquietare dicit quod dominus Rex nunc de gratia sua specialiter perdonavit ei sectam pacis sue que ad ipsum pertinet pro omnimodis prodicionibus et feloniis per ipsum factis per litteras suas patentes quos profert hic in curia in hoc verba. Ricardus dei gratia Rex Anglie et Ffrancie et dominus Hibernie omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis ad quos presentes littere pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod cum Adam Michel de Colchestre indictatus sit ut accepimus de eo quod ipse fuisse debuit unius illorum qui Fflandrenses in Colchestre tempore rumoris, videlicet inter primum die maii, anno regni nostri quarto, et festum Omnium Sanctorum extunc proxime sequens interfecerunt. Nos dei gratia nostra speciali et pro devocionem quam habemus ad passionem domini nostri Ihesu Christi perdonavimus hac instanti die parasceves eidem Ade omnimodas prodiciones et felonias per ipsum inter predictum primum diem maii et dictum festum Omnium Sanctorum perpetratis. Unde idem Adam sit indictatus rettatus vel appelatus existit ac eciam utlagarias si que in ipsum hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgate et firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus. Non abstante quod idem Adam in diversis parliamentis nostris sicut unius principalium insurrectorum et conspiratorum omnimodo malicie que factam fuit in insurrectionem per coes' regni nostri factam qui contra pacem nostram in comitatu Essex insurrexerunt excipiebatur. Ita tamen quod stet recto in cur' cur' [sic] nostra si qui versus eum loqui voluerint de promissis in cuius rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste ipso apud Westminster tricesimo primo die marcii anno regni nostri octavo. Profert eciam quoddam breve domini Reg' clausum Iustic' hic direct' de non molestando predictum Adam contra tenorem litterarum domini Reg' predictarum cuius dat' est apud Westminster viii die Octobr' anno regni regis nunc decimo. Quarum pretextu idem Adam petit ipsum a prisona domini Regis deliberari et co. Et inspectis litteris domini Reg' predictis cons' est quod predictus Adam eat inde sine die et co. |
| Text (English translation) | Essex. Let it be remembered that in the parliament of our king at Westminster the day after All Souls in the 5th year of his reign (3 Nov 1381) ... [paraphrase] that the commons had drawn up lists containing the names of the chief rebels and perpetrators in the past rising who were to be excluded from a pardon. Adam Michel one of the excluded and the sheriff had been ordered to arrest him. And now, namely on Saturday after the week of Michaelmas in this term (6 Oct 1386), the said Adam comes before the King's Bench at Westminster and renders himself to the Marshalsea prison of the king for his said treasons and felonies to which Marshalsea he is committed. And at once lead from the Marshalsea he comes and is questioned how he will acquit himself of the said treasons and felonies, he says that the king of his special grace pardoned him and extended his peace to him for the said felonies and treasons by his letters patent which are recited here in court: Richard by God's grace king of England and France and lord of Ireland to all his bailiffs and faithful subjects to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. May it be known that Adam Michel of Colchester has been indicted as we have learned about that he himself was one of the people who have killed in Colchester people from Flanders during the time of the rumour, namely between the 1st day of May in the 4th year of Richard II (1 May 1381) and All Saints in the 5th year of Richard II (1 Nov 1381). ... [paraphrase] Adam Michel is pardoned by the king notwithstanding that he was one of the rebels named in the parliament list of exclusions. The pardon is dated at Westminster, 31 March 1385. A writ de non molestando [not to be molested] to the justices, dated Westminster, 8 Oct 1386, is also presented in court. Therefore under the authority (of this pardon) Adam pleads to be liberated from the king's prison etc. And on inspection of the aforesaid king's writs it is agreed that the said Adam may hence go without a day etc. [i.e. he is discharged]. |
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People
| ID | First name | Last name | Gender | Occupation | Domicile | Role in source | Incidents | Go to participant page |
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| 20053 | Adam | Michel | Male | Colchester,Essex | 3876 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3876 | Adam Michel of Colchester killed Flemings in Colchester during the revolt. | Adam Michel of Colchester killed Flemings in Colchester (Essex) during the revolt; although excluded from a obtaining a pardon by parliament he eventually received one. | Homicide: unspecified | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Michel ( 20053 ) | Adam Michel of Colchester killed Flemings in Colchester during the revolt. (3876) | Accused | Pardoned 31 March 1385; released 'sine die' 6 October 1386. |
