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| Type | Indictment by jury |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 27/486 rex m. 16 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Essex |
| Text in Original Language | Essex. Memorandum quod venerabiles pater Robertus Episcopus Londinensis domini Regis Cancellarius per manus suas proprias liberauit hic in curia quoddam recordum in hec verba: Ricardus dei gracia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus Hibernie dilectis et fidelibus suis Roberto de Veer comiti Oxoniensis Ricardo Waldesgraue Roberto Marny Roberto Gedyngtone Ricardo Wythermersshe et Henrico Spark salutem. Sciatis quod assignauimus vos quinque quatuor tres et duos vestrum quorum vos prefate Ricarde Wythermersshe unum esse volumus ad inquirendum per sacramentum proborum et legalium hominum de comitatu Essexiae tam infra liberates quam extra per quod rei veritas melius sciri poterit que persone manerium de Bradewelle postquam Iohannes Ewelle nuper Escaetor noster in comitatu predicto manerium illud in manum nostram seisiuit pro eo quod per diversas inquisicores coram Roberto Tresilian et prefato Escaetore de mandato nostro capta compertum extitit quod Margareta que fuit uxorem Simonis Long fuit bastarda et obiit seisita de manerio predicto cum pertinencem quod de nobis tenetur in capite in dominico suo ut de feodo sine herede de se super possessione nostra intrauerunt et que persone exitus et proficua manerii predicti medio tempore perceperunt quo colore qualiter et quo modo et ad nos inde in Cancellaria nostra cum omni celeritate qua commode fieri poterit distincte et aperte certificandum. Et ideo vobis mandauimus quod ad certos dies et loca quos vos quinque quatuor tres vel duo vestrum quorum vos prefate Ricarde Wythermersshe unum esse volumus ad hoc prouideritis inquisiconem super premissis faceretis etiam distincte et aperte factam nobis in Cancellaria nostram predictam sub sigillis vestris quinque quatuor tribus vel duobus vestrum quorum vos prefate Ricarde Wythermersshe unum esse volumus et sigilla eorum per quod facta fuerit sine dilacione mittatis et hoc breue mandauimus enim vicecomiti nostro comitati predicti quod ad certos dies et loca quos vos quinque quatuor tres vel duo vestrum quorum vos prefate Ricarde Wythermersshe unum esse volumus ei scire faciatis venire faciatis coram nobis quinque quatuor tribus vel duobus vestrum quorum vos prefate Ricarde Wythermersshe unum esse volumus tot et tales probos et legales homines de balliua sua tam infra libertates quam extra per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit et inquiri. In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium xvi die Iuly anno regni nostri sexto. Inquisico virtute commissionis predicte inde capta sequitur in hec verba: Inquisico capta apud Colne Comitis coram Roberto de Veer Comite Oxonensis et societas suis iusticas domini assignatis die sabati proxima ante festum Sancti Michaelis anno regni Regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum sexto virtute cuisdam commissionis domini Regis huic inquisicioni consuti per sacramentum Willelmi Spore Thome Smyth Iohannis Turner de Colne Nicholi Nowers Walteri Albyn Iohannis Prokenot Iohannis Nichole Ricardi Croucheman Ricardi Quylter Ade Sprot Iohannis Dyn et Willelmi Beche qui dicunt super sacramentum quod Iohannes Coggeshale de Rowenhale die Iouis proxima post festum Natiuitatis Sancti Iohanis Baptiste anno regni nunc quinto videlicet tempore rumoris per praeceptum Iohannis Hende civis Londonensis ut attornatus eiusdem Iohannis intrauit in manerum de Bradwelle tunc in manu domini Regis existens et cepit seisinam in manerio predicto cum omnibus suis pertinentiis nomine predicti Iohannis Hende et exitus et proficua euisdem manerii ad opus predicti Iohannis cepit a predicto die Iouis etc vsque festum Sancti Michaelis tunc proximum sequentum dicendo tenentibus eiusdem manerii quod essent intendentes et respondentes predicto Iohanni Hende ut eorum dominus de manerio predicto. Et dicunt quod idem Iohannes Hende fecit et constituit Iohannem Hurt attornatum suum ad consernandum seisinam predictam et quod idem Iohannes Hurt Henricus Stork Iohannes Spencer Iohannes Grigge et Iohannes Cogeshale disruperunt ostium columbaris et columbas ceperunt et asportauerunt et omnia proficua dicti manerii ad opus predicti Iohannis Hende ceperunt a predicto die vsque ad festum Sancti Michaelis tunc proximum sequentum quod Robertus de Goldyngtone Escaetor domini Regis retro seisiuit dictum manerium. Et dicunt eciam quod quidam Willelmus Golyrone unius tenentis dicti manerii obiit medio tempore. Et quod predicti Iohannes et alii noluerunt permittere ipsum fore sepelitum quousque predictus Iohannes Hende fuit seisitus de quadam herieta. In cuius rei testimonium presentes predicti iuratores sigilla sua apposita data die loco et anno supradictis. Per recorda de anno sexto. Et modo scilicet in crastino Animarum isto eodem termino coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium venerunt Iohannes Hurt et Iohannes Spencer et reddiderunt se etc. Et quia curia nondum avisatur ad ipsos inde arenandos etc predicti Iohannes Hurt et Iohannes Spencer dimittuntur in ballium Iohannis Ewelle et Thome Lenham habendi corpora eorum coram domino Rege de die in diem quousque etc. Et preceptum est vicecomiti quod non omitteret etc quin venire faceret coram domino Rege a die Sancti Martini in xv dies ubicumque etc prefatos Iohannem Coggeshale et alios ad respondendos domino Regi de premissis etc. Postea continuato inde processu coram domino Rege versus prefata Iohannem Hende et Iohannem Cogeshale usque in octabis Sancti Iohannis Baptiste anno regni nunc Anglie septimo. Ad quem diem coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium venerunt predicti Iohannes Hende et Iohannes Cogeshale per Stephanum de Falle attornatum suum et allocuti sunt separatim qualiter de transgressis et contemptibus predictis se velint acquietare, dicunt separatim quod ipsi in nullo sunt inde culpabiles. Et de hoc ponent se super patriam. Ideo venerunt inde juratores coram domino Rege in octabis Sancti Johannis Baptiste ubicumque etc. Et qui etc ad recognoscendum etc. Idem dies datus est prefatis Iohanni Hende et Iohannem Cogeshale etc. Postea continuato inde processu versus prefatos Iohannem et Iohannem per juratores positas in respectum coram domino Rege vsque in octabis Sancti Michaelis anno regni nunc nono. Ad quem diem coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium venerunt predicti Iohannes Coggeshale et Iohannes Hende per attornatum suum predictum. Et similiter juratores venerunt. Et super hoc facta proclamata si quis informare voluerit seruientes domini Regis vel attornatos ipsius Regis de transgressis et contemptibus predictis quod tunc veniret etc et nulli venerunt etc. Et juratores predictis ad hoc electi et trati et juratores dicunt super sacramentum suum quod predicti Iohannes Coggeshale et Iohannes Hende non sunt culpabiles de transgressis et contemptibus predictis. Ideo ipsi eant inde quieti etc. |
| Text (English translation) | Be it remembered that the venerable Father Robert, Bishop of London, Chancellor of the lord King, delivered, by his own hands, here in the court, a certain record, in these words: Richard, by the grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his beloved and faithful Robert de Veer, earl of Oxford, Richard Waldesgrave, Robert Marny, Robert Gedyngtone, Richard Wythermersshe and Henry Spark, greetings. Know that we appointed five four three and two of you, of whom we wish the aforesaid Richard Wythermersshe be one, to examine by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Essex, as well within liberties as without, whereby the truth of the matter may be more clearly known which persons entered the manor of Bradwell, after John Ewelle, recently our escheator in the county aforesaid seized that manor into our hand, because, by diverse inquiries held before Robert Tresilian and the aforesaid escheator by our order, it was discovered that Margaret, who was the wife of Simon Long, was a bastard and died seized of the aforesaid manor with pertinences that is held from us in chief in his demesne as of fee without heir, taken into our possession, and which persons seized the revenues and profits of the aforesaid manor in the meanwhile, how and in what manner, and thence to us in our chancery with all haste, that suitably it will be clearly and openly certified. And therefore we ordered you that, at certain days and places, that you five four three or two of you, of whom we wish Richard Wythermersshe be one, provide the inquiry you made concerning the premises, and furthermore having been done clearly and openly for us in our chancery aforesaid under your seals of five four three or two of you, of whom we wish Richard Wythermersshe be one, and send those seals whereby it was made without delay, and, indeed, by this writ we ordered the sheriff of our aforesaid county that, at certain days and places, you five four three or two of you, of whom we wish Richard Wythermersshe be one, make come and make known so many and such good and lawful men of their bailiwick, as well within liberties as without, whereby the truth of the matter may be more clearly known and inquired into. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patents. Witnessed by myself at Westminster, 16 July 1382. The inquiry thence held by virtue of the aforesaid commission follows in these words: Inquiry held at Earls Colne before Robert de Veer, Earl of Oxford, and his associate lord justices appointed Saturday 27 September 1382 by virtue of a certain commission of the lord King for this inquiry devised by means of the oath of William Spore, Thomas Smyth, John Turner of Colne, Nicholas Nowers, Walter Albyn, John Prokenot, John Nichole, Richard Croucheman, Richard Quylter, Adam Sprot, John Dyn and William Beche, who say under their oath that John Coggeshale of Rivenhall on Thursday 27 June 1381, namely at the time of rumour, by the order of John Hende, citizen of London, as attorney of the same John, entered into the manor of Bradwell, then being in the hand of the lord King, and took seisin in the aforesaid manor with all its pertinences in the name of the aforesaid John Hende, and seized the revenues and profits of the same manor, for the use of the aforesaid John, from the aforesaid Thursday etc, until the following Michaelmas, it was said to the tenants of the same manor that they were to be intendant and answerable to the aforesaid John Hende as their lord of the aforesaid manor. And they say that the same John Hende made and appointed John Hurt his attorney to have regard for the aforesaid seisin and that the same John Hurt, Henry Stork, John Spencer, John Grigge and John Cogeshale broke down the door of the dovecote and took and carried away the pigeons, and seized all the profits of the said manor for the use of the aforesaid John Hende, from the aforesaid day to the following Michaelmas when Robert de Goldyngton, escheator of the lord King seized back said manor. And they say also that a certain William Golyrone, one tenant of said manor died in the meantime. And that the aforesaid John and the others refused to allow him to be buried until the aforesaid John Hende was seisin of a certain heriot. In witness whereof the present jurors aforesaid have put their seals, given the day, place and year abovesaid. By record of 6 Rich. II [1382‒3]. And lately, that is to say on 3 November in that same term, John Hurt and John Spencer appeared before the lord King at Westminster and surrendered themselves etc. And because the court is not yet advised to arraign them thenceforth etc the aforesaid John Hurt and John Spencer are sent away in the bail of John Ewelle et Thomas Lenham to have them before the lord King from day to day until etc. The sheriff is ordered that he not omit to produce, before the lord King at the quindene of Martinmas, wheresoever etc, the aforesaid John Coggeshale, and others, to answer the lord King regarding the premises etc. Afterwards this proceeding before the lord King against the aforesaid John Hende and John Cogeshale was delayed until the octave of Saint John the Baptist 1383. At which day the aforesaid John Hende and John Cogeshale appeared before the lord King at Westminster through Stephen de Falle their attorney and, being asked separately how they wish to acquit themselves as regards the trespasses and contempts aforesaid, they say separately that they are not guilty. And regarding this they place themselves on the country. Therefore, thence the jurors appear before the lord King in the octave of Saint John the Baptist, wheresoever etc. The same day is given to the aforesaid John Hende and John Cogeshale etc. Afterwards this proceeding against the aforesaid John and John before the lord King is postponed until the octave of Michaelmas 1385. At which day the aforesaid John Coggeshale and John Hende appear before the lord King at Westminster. And the jurors appear likewise. And hereupon it is proclaimed if any might wish to inform a servant of the lord King of his attorneys regarding the aforesaid trespasses and contempts that he should then appear etc and nobody appears etc. And the aforesaid jurors, elected and tried to this, say under their oath that the aforesaid John Coggeshale and John Hende are not guilty of aforesaid the trespasses and contempts. Therefore, they may thence go free etc. |
People
| ID | First name | Last name | Gender | Occupation | Domicile | Role in source | Incidents | Go to participant page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22885 | Walter | Albyn | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22892 | William | Beche | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22870 | Robert | Braybrooke | Male | Bishop of London,Chancellor | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22893 | John | Coggeshale | Male | Attorney | Rivenhall,Essex | 4086 | Go to participant page | |
| 22888 | Richard | Croucheman | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22891 | John | Dyn | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22877 | John | Ewelle | Male | Escheator | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22901 | Stephen | de Falle | Male | Attorney | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22874 | Robert | Gedyngtone | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22899 | Robert | de Goldyngton | Male | Escheator | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22900 | William | Golyrone | Male | Manorial Tenant | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22898 | John | Grigge | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22894 | John | Hende | Male | Citizen | London | 4086 | Go to participant page | |
| 22895 | John | Hurt | Male | Attorney | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22903 | Richard | II | Male | 4086,4415,4174,4417 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22902 | Thomas | Lenham | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22879 | Margaret | Long | Female | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22880 | Simon | Long | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22873 | Robert | Marny | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22887 | John | Nichole | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22884 | Nicholas | Nowers | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22886 | John | Prokenot | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22889 | Richard | Quylter | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22882 | Thomas | Smyth | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22876 | Henry | Spark | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22897 | John | Spencer | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22881 | William | Spore | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22890 | Adam | Sprot | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22896 | Henry | Stork | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22883 | John | Turner | Male | Earls Colne,Essex | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22871 | Robert | de Veer | Male | Earl of Oxford | 4086 | Go to participant page | ||
| 22872 | Richard | Waldesgrave | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page | |||
| 22875 | Richard | Wythermersshe | Male | 4086 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4086 | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende | John Coggeshale of Rivenhall on Thursday 27 June 1381, namely on the order of John Hende, citizen of London, as attorney of the same John, entered into the manor of Bradwell, then being in the hand of the lord King, and took seisin in the aforesaid manor with all its pertinences in the name of the aforesaid John Hende, and seized the revenues and profits of the same manor, for the use of the aforesaid John, from the aforesaid Thursday etc, until the following Michaelmas, it was said to the tenants of the same manor that they were to be intendant and answerable to the aforesaid John Hende as their lord of the aforesaid manor. And they say that the same John Hende made and appointed John Hurt his attorney to have regard for the aforesaid seisin and that the same John Hurt, Henry Stork, John Spencer, John Grigge and John Cogeshale broke down the door of the dovecote and took and carried away the pigeons, and seized all the profits of the said manor for the use of the aforesaid John Hende, from the aforesaid day to the following Michaelmas when Robert de Goldyngton, escheator of the lord King seized back said manor. And they say also that a certain William Golyrone, one tenant of said manor died in the meantime. And that the aforesaid John and the others refused to allow him to be buried until the aforesaid John Hende was seisin of a certain heriot. Hende and Coggeshall plead not guilty; acquitted. | Larceny: theft of livestock,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses,Trespass to land: forcible ejection of landholder | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Albyn ( 22885 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| William Beche ( 22892 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Robert Braybrooke ( 22870 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| John Coggeshale ( 22893 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| Richard Croucheman ( 22888 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| John Dyn ( 22891 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| John Ewelle ( 22877 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Escheator | |
| Stephen de Falle ( 22901 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Attorney | |
| Robert Gedyngtone ( 22874 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| Robert de Goldyngton ( 22899 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Escheator | |
| William Golyrone ( 22900 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| John Grigge ( 22898 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| John Hende ( 22894 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| John Hurt ( 22895 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| Richard II ( 22903 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Victim | |
| Thomas Lenham ( 22902 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| Margaret Long ( 22879 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| Simon Long ( 22880 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| Robert Marny ( 22873 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| John Nichole ( 22887 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Nicholas Nowers ( 22884 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| John Prokenot ( 22886 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Richard Quylter ( 22889 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Thomas Smyth ( 22882 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Henry Spark ( 22876 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| John Spencer ( 22897 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| William Spore ( 22881 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Adam Sprot ( 22890 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Henry Stork ( 22896 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Accused | |
| Robert Tresilian ( 12573 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| John Turner ( 22883 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Juror | |
| Robert de Veer ( 22871 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| Richard Waldesgrave ( 22872 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned | |
| Richard Wythermersshe ( 22875 ) | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende (4086) | Mentioned |
