The People of 1381
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| Type | Trespass action |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA CP 40/495 m. 340 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Bedfordshire |
| Text in Original Language | Bed'. Robertus Cook de Esthattele Galfridus Lepere Iohannes Lucas de Chestertone Robertus Trumpe Iohannes Skreyche Iohannes Manwod Thomas Roger de Arthyngtone Iohannes Coo de Arthyngtone et Simon atte Lane attachiati fuerunt ad respondendum Willelmo Croyser chivaler de placito quare ipse simul cum Richardo Brampton Iohanne Goffe de Stapilford Iohanne Brewys Thoma Burtone Iohanne Northerne Willelmo Webbe de Arthyngtone Iohanne Michael de Suttone Waltero Clement Willelmo Iuwel de Pottone Iohanne Clement Roberto Clogone Iohanne Kirkeby de Suttone Iohanne Robyn Iohanne Wyse de Suttone Willelmo Ropere de Melrethe et Waltero Rous de Abyndone vi et armis clausum et domos ipsius Willelmi apud Wrastlyngworth fregerunt et octo equos octo boues sexaginta porcos suos precii quadraginta marcarum ibidem inuenta ceperunt et abduxerunt et bona et catalla sua ad valenciam ducentarum librarum ibidem inuenta ceperunt et asportauerunt et alia enormia ei intulerunt ad graue dampnum ipsius Willelmi Croyser et contra pacem Regis. Et vnde idem Willelmus Croyser per Richardum Carltone attornatum suum queritur quod predicti Robertus Cook Robertus Lepere Iohannes Lucas Robertus Trumpe Iohannes Skreyche Iohannes Manwod Thomas Rogere Iohannes Coo et Simon simul etc die Lune proxima post festum Corporis Christi anno regnorum domini regis nunc quarto vi et armis scilicet gladiis arcubus et sagittis clausum et domos ipsius Willelmi Croyser apud Wrastlyngworth fregerunt et octo equos octo boues et sexaginta porcos suos precii etc ibidem inuenta ceperunt et abduxerunt et bona et catalla sua videlicet pannos lineos et laneos vasa lignea erea et enea frumentum ordeum saliginem fabas pisas et auenas hostia fenestras ac alia domorum vtensilia ac maeremeum de domibus predictis vidilicet postes et trabes ad valenciam etc ibidem inuenta ceperunt et asportauerunt. Et alia enormia etc. Ad graue dampnum etc. Et contra pacem Regis. Vnde dicit quod deterioratus est et dampnum habet ad valenciam centum librarum. Et inde producit sectam etc. Et predicti Robertus Cook Galfridus Iohannes Lucas Robertus Trumpe Iohannes Creyche Iohannes Manwod Thomas Roger Iohannes Coo et Simon in propriis personis venerunt. Et defenderunt vim et iniuriam quando etc. Et dicunt quod per narracionem predicti Willelmi supponitur transgressionem predictam fieri tempore insurrectionis rebellionem contra domini Regem nunc et fideles suos et separatim dicunt quod per statutum domini Regis nunc editum in parliamento suo apud Westminster tentum ibidem die Lune proxima post medium Quadragesime anno regnorum domini regis nunc sexto ordinatum est et concessum quod si aliqua persona de aliqua transgressiones in eadem insurrectione fieri supportam implacitetur vel impetatur si ille qui sic placitatris vel impetitris fuerit per tres quatuor vel plures homines fidedignos coram iusticiarios coram quibus huiusmodi placitum inuentum fuerit se purgare vel excusare possit quod ipse in nulle de huiusmodi transgressione culpabilis sic vel quod ipse ad huiusmodi transgressionem faciendo per rebellos predictos coactus et compulsus extitit contra voluntatem suam ad hoc admittatur. Et singillatum dicunt quod ipsi per Iohannem Hauchache principalem insurrectorem proditorem et malefactorem ac rebellem domini Regis tam in partibus predictis quam in comitatu Cantebrigiae tempore supradicto et per plures alios malefactores et insurrectores ac rebelles domini Regis de communia sua coacti et compulsi fuerunt in comitatu Cantebrigia contra voluntatem suam eundi cum eisdem rebellibus usque Wrastlyngworth vbi supponitur transgressionem predictam fieri et hoc per inurias et sub periculo decollacionis et incendii domorum suorum et destructionis omnium mobilium suorum et licet ibidem sic venissent per cohercorem et contra voluntatem suam ipsi tamen nullum malum transgressionem sine dampnum eidem Willelmo Croyser ibidem perpetrarunt Et inde quilibet eorum paratus est se purgare et excusare per homines fidedignos iuxta formam statuti predicti et prout hic curia considerauerit. Ideo consideratum est quod quilibet eorum purget et inde excuset se iuxta formam statuti predicti et venerent in propriis personis suis et cum hominibus fidedignis hic in octabis Sanctis Hillarii ad purgandi et seperatim se inde excusandi secundum formam statuti predicti periculo quod imcumbit etc idem dies datus est prefato Willelmo Croyser hic etc. Et super hoc Iohannes Spenser de Hungrhattele Willelmus Gosselyn Iohannes Coulyngs et Iohannes Segen de comitatu Cantebrigia manuceperunt predictiis Robertum Cook Galfridum Iohannem Lucas Robertum Trumpe Iohannem Screyche Iohannem Manwode Thomam Roger Iohannem Coo et Simonem habendi corpora eorum hoc ad prefatum terminum etc videlicit quilibet eorum corpus pro corpore etc. Ad quem diem venit tam predictus Willelmus Croyser per attornatum suum predictum quia predicti Robertus Cook Galfidus Lepere Iohannes Lucas Robertus Trumpe Iohannes Skreyche Iohannes Manwode Thomas Roger Iohannes Coo et Simon atte Lane in propriis personis suis. Et super hoc quilibet predictorum Roberti Cook Galfredi Lepere Iohannis Lucas Roberti Trumpe Iohannis Skreyche Iohannis Manwod Thome Roger Iohannis Coo et Simonis atte Lane excusauit et purgauit se per quatuor probos et fidedignos homines quod ipsi in nullo sunt culpabiles de transgressione predicta iuxta formam statuti predicti. Ideo consideratum est ipsi eant inde sine die et quod prefatus Willelmus Creyser quoad doctrina nichil capiat per breue suum set sit in misericordia pro falso clamore suo etc. |
| Text (English translation) | Bedfordshire. Robert Cook of East Hatley, Geoffrey Lepere, John Lucas de Chesterton, Robert Trumpe, John Skreyche, John Manwod, Thomas Roger of Arthyngtone, John Coo of Arthyngtone, and Simon atte Lane attached to answer Sir William Croyser on a plea that, together with Richard Brampton, John Goffe of Stapleford, John Brewys, Thomas Burtone, John Northerne, William Webbe of Arthyngtone, John Michael of Sutton, Walter Clement, William Juwel of Potton, John Clement, Robert Clogone, John Kirkeby of Sutton, John Robyn, John Wyse of Sutton, William Ropere of Meldreth and Walter Rous of Abington with force and arms they broke the close and houses of the said William at Wrestlingworth, and took and led away eight horses, eight oxen and sixty pigs of his found there, price 40m, and took and carried away goods and chattels of his found there to the value of £200, and inflicted other enormities on him to the grave damage of the same William Croyser and against the King's peace. And whence the same William Croyser complains through Richard Carltone, his attorney, that on 17 June 1381 the aforesaid Robert Cook, Robert Lepere, John Lucas, Robert Trumpe, John Skreyche, John Manwod, Thomas Rogere, John Coo and Simon, with force and arms, namely swords, bows and arrows, broke the close and houses of the said William Croyser at Wrestlingworth and took and led away eight horses, eight oxen and sixty pigs of his found there, and took and carried away goods and chattels of his found there, namely linen and woollen cloth, wood, bronze and brass vessels, wheat, barley, rye, beans, peas and oats, the doors, windows and other necessaries of the homes, as well as the timber from the aforesaid houses, namely the posts and beams, and other enormities to the grave damage and against the King's peace, whence he says that he suffered damages to the value of £100. And thereof he produces suit. And the aforesaid Robert Cook, Geoffrey, John Lucas, Robert Trumpe, John Creyche, John Manwod, Thomas Roger, John Coo and Simon appear in person and say that the aforesaid trespass, supposed by the account of the aforesaid William, was at the time of the rising up of rebels against our lord King and his loyal subjects, and separately they say that, according to the statute of the lord King enacted in his parliament held there at Westminster on Monday 23 February 1383, it is ruled and conceded that, if any person be implicated or impeached as a supporter of any trespasses in the same uprising, if he who was implicated or impeached thus himself provide three, four, or more, trustworthy men before the justices who plead likewise in their presence, he would be able to clear or excuse himself that he is not guilty of such a trespass or that he was forced and compelled to make such a trespass by the aforesaid rebels against his will. And they say one by one that they were forced and compelled by John Hauchache, the principal insurgent, traitor and evildoer, and also rebel, of the lord King, both in the aforesaid parts and in the county of Cambridgeshire at the above stated time, to go against their will with the same rebels as far as Wrestlingworth, where the aforesaid trespass is supposed to take place, and there, through injury and under threat of beheading and the burning of their houses and destruction of all their movables, and granted that they came there thus by coercion and against their will, they nevertheless perpetrated there no evil trespass without damage against the same William Croyser. And henceforth each of them is prepared to clear and to excuse himself by means of trustworthy men, according to the form of the aforesaid statute, and just as this court adjudged. Therefore, it is considered that each of them should clear and then excuse himself, according to the form of the aforesaid statute, and they should appear here in person, and with the trustworthy men, in the octave of Hilary 1385, to clear and then separately excuse themselves according to the form of the aforesaid statute, with the peril which would be incumbent. The same day is given to the aforesaid William Croyser. And hereupon John Spenser of Hungry Hatley, William Gosselyn, John Coulyngs and John Segen of the county of Cambridgeshire, mainprised the aforesaid Robert Cook, Geoffrey, John Lucas, Robert Trumpe, John Screyche, John Manwode, Thomas Roger, John Coo and Simon, to have them here at the aforesaid term. At which day both the aforesaid William Croyser appeared through his aforesaid attorney and the aforesaid Robert Cook, Geoffrey Lepere, John Lucas, Robert Trumpe, John Skreyche, John Manwode, Thomas Roger, John Coo and Simon atte Lane appeared in person. And hereupon each of the aforesaid Robert Cook, Geoffrey Lepere, John Lucas, Robert Trumpe, John Skreyche, John Manwod, Thomas Roger, John Coo and Simon atte Lane excused and cleared himself by means of four good and trustworthy men, that they are not guilty of the aforesaid trespass according to the form of the aforesaid statute. Therefore, it is considered that they should go hence without day and that the aforesaid William Croyser as to doctrine should take nothing by his writ but is in mercy for his false claim. |
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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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| 20867 | Richard | Bramptone | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20869 | John | Brewys | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20870 | Thomas | Burtone | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20858 | Richard | Carltone | Male | Attorney | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20851 | John | Clement | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20849 | Walter | Clement | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20852 | Robert | Clogone | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20865 | John | Coo | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20841 | Robert | Cook | Male | Hatley,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20862 | John | Coulyngs | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20864 | William | Croyser | Male | Knight | Wrestlingworth,Bedfordshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | |
| 20868 | John | Goffe | Male | Stapleford,Thriplow Hundred,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20861 | William | Gosselyn | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20859 | John | Hanchache | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20850 | William | Juwel | Male | Potton,Bedfordshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20853 | John | Kirkeby | Male | Sutton,Bedfordshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20866 | Simon | atte Lane | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20842 | Geoffrey | Lepere | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20843 | John | Lucas | Male | Chesterton,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20846 | John | Manwod | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20848 | John | Michael | Male | Sutton,Bedfordshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20871 | John | Northerne | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20854 | John | Robyn | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20847 | Thomas | Roger | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20856 | William | Ropere | Male | Meldreth,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20857 | Walter | Rous | Male | Abington,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20863 | John | Segen | Male | Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20845 | John | Skreyche | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20860 | John | Spenser | Male | Hatley,Cambridgeshire | 3920 | Go to participant page | ||
| 20844 | Robert | Trumpe | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20872 | William | Webbe | Male | 3920 | Go to participant page | |||
| 20855 | John | Wyse | Male | Sutton,Bedfordshire | 3920 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3920 | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others | Property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth attacked with force and arms; close and houses broken; livestock, goods and chattels worth £200 stolen; damages of £100. They appear and plead not guilty on grounds of coercion by John Hanchache, citing statute of Westminster 23 February 1383 re. pledges. Acquitted; William Croyser in mercy for false claim. | Larceny: theft of livestock,Larceny: theft of goods,Raising the commons: forcing others to join company,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses,Warlike array and insurrection,Trespass to chattels: removal of goods | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bramptone ( 20867 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Brewys ( 20869 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Thomas Burtone ( 20870 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Richard Carltone ( 20858 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Attorney | |
| John Clement ( 20851 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Walter Clement ( 20849 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Robert Clogone ( 20852 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Coo ( 20865 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Robert Cook ( 20841 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Coulyngs ( 20862 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Mainpernor | |
| William Croyser ( 20864 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Victim | |
| John Goffe ( 20868 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| William Gosselyn ( 20861 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Mainpernor | |
| John Hanchache ( 20859 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| William Juwel ( 20850 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Kirkeby ( 20853 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Simon atte Lane ( 20866 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Geoffrey Lepere ( 20842 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Lucas ( 20843 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Manwod ( 20846 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Michael ( 20848 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Northerne ( 20871 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Robyn ( 20854 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Thomas Roger ( 20847 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| William Ropere ( 20856 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| Walter Rous ( 20857 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Segen ( 20863 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Mainpernor | |
| John Skreyche ( 20845 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Spenser ( 20860 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Mainpernor | |
| Robert Trumpe ( 20844 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| William Webbe ( 20872 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused | |
| John Wyse ( 20855 ) | Attack on property of Sir William Croyser at Wrestlingworth by Robert Cook and others (3920) | Accused |
