The People of 1381
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Source
| Type | Indictment by jury |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 27/484 rex m. 18 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Published source (may be more than one) | A. Réville, Le Soulèvement des Travailleurs d'Angleterre (Paris: Picard, 1898), pp. 15-6, n.3. |
| Text (English translation) | Hertf. Before Robert Tresilian and his fellows late justices appointed to hear and determine divers felonies and treasons it was presented that John Porel with other malefactors on the Sunday after Corpus Christi year 4 was a rebel and enemy of the king and the same day treasonably threw down the houses of John Clerk, Richard Stryveyn, Robert atte Chambre in St Albans, and that John Baron on the Saturday after Corpus Christi year 4 feloniously and treasonably broke the prison of the abbot of St Albans in St Albans and took away an unknown man who was held in the prison and beheaded him. And said John Porel and others on the same Saturday year 4 helped John Baron break the prison and take away and behead the man. Which indictment the king had made among other things to come to be determined. Writ to sheriff. Now, the Saturday after the feast of St John before the Latin gate in this term John Porel comes before King's Bench at Westminster by virtue of a certain writ of the king to be committed to the Marshalsea. And at once led from the Marshalsea he comes and is questioned how he will acquit himself of the said felonies and treasons. He says that the king by his special grace by his letters patent presented in court had pardoned him of the felonies and treasons he had committed, in these words: [paraphrased] Richard by the grace of God king of England and France and Lord of Ireland to all his bailiffs and faithful men to whom this letter comes, greetings etc... by special grace pardons John Porell of St Albans co Herts. of felonies or treasons during the insurrection from 1 May year 4 to All Saints, provided he is not a principal (rebel) in the said insurrection nor (involved) in the death of the venerable Father Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, or Brother Robert Hales, late prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, then our treasurer, or John de Cavendish late our chief justice, or in the burning of the manor of Savoy, or of the house of Clerkenwell, or the death of the prior of Bury (St Edmunds), and that he is not an approver or appealed of treasons or felonies by an approver etc..; witnessed by me 17 December year 5 [1381]. For this reason, he seeks to be released from the king's prison; and because the charters are within date etc., and by virtue of letters close dated at Westminster 12 May year 5 [1382] directed to the justices not to molest him, he goes without day. |
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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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| 23937 | John | Baron | Male | 4163 | Go to participant page | |||
| 23936 | Robert | atte Chambre | Male | St Albans,Hertfordshire | 4163 | Go to participant page | ||
| 23934 | John | Clerk | Male | St Albans,Hertfordshire | 4163 | Go to participant page | ||
| 23933 | John | Porel | Male | 4163 | Go to participant page | |||
| 23935 | Richard | Stryveyn | Male | St Albans,Hertfordshire | 4163 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4163 | John Porel rises up at St Albans | John Porel with other malefactors on Sunday 16 June 1381 treasonably threw down the houses of John Clerk, Richard Stryveyn and Robert atte Chambre in St Albans, and on Saturday 15 June helped John Baron break the prison, and they took away an unknown man in the prison there and beheaded him. John Porel is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released. | Trespass to land: throwing down of house,Homicide: beheading,Breach of prison | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Baron ( 23937 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Accused | |
| John de Cambridge ( 19937 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Mentioned | |
| John de Cavendish ( 10740 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Mentioned | |
| Robert atte Chambre ( 23936 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Victim | |
| John Clerk ( 23934 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Victim | |
| Robert Hales ( 6778 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Mentioned | |
| John Porel ( 23933 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Accused | |
| Richard Stryveyn ( 23935 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Victim | |
| Simon Sudbury ( 6098 ) | John Porel rises up at St Albans (4163) | Mentioned |
