The People of 1381
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Source
| Type | Trespass action |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 27/489 rex m. 2 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Middlesex |
| Text in Original Language | Midd': Juratores diversorum hundredorum comitatus predicti alias scilicet termino sancte Trinitatis anno regni regis nunc quinto coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium presentaverunt quod Thomas Clerk de Algatestrete Bocher die Jovis in festo corporis Christi anno regni Regis nunc quarto venit apud manerium de Clerkenwell et ad manerium de Sauvoye in comitatu Midd' cum magna multitudine insurgencium felonice et proditorie domos predictas combusserunt contra pacem domini Regis et cetera - Per quod preceptum fuit vicecomiti quod non omitteret et cetera quin capiat eum si et cetera - Et modo scilicet die Sabbati proximo post Octab' sancte Trinitatis isto eodem termino coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium venit predictus Thomas Clerk postquam positus fuit in exigend' et reddidit se prisone marescall' domini Regis occasione predicta qui committitur marescall' Et statim per marescall' ductus venit et protulit quoddam breve domini Regis clausum justiciariis hic directum in hec verba - Ricardus dei gratia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus Hibernie dilectis et fidelibus suis Roberto Tresilian et sociis suis justiciariis ad placita coram nobis tenend' assignatis salutem Cum de gratia nostra speciali et ad supplicacionem communitatis regni nostri Anglie et de assensu Prelatorum Ducum Comitum et Baronum eiusdem regni in ultimo parliamento nostro apud Westmonasterium die Lune in Octab' sancti Michaelis proximo preterito convocato pardonaverimus et remiserimus omnibus et singulis ligeis et regnicolis nostris cuiuscumque status gradus seu condicionis fuerint exceptis illis omnibus quorum nomina alias in parliamentis nostris annis regni nostri quinto et sexto ab omni gratia per nos tunc facta excipienda liberata fuerunt tanquam videlicet principalium inceptorum abbettatorum et procuratorum insurreccionis nuper infra regnum nostrum predictum proditorie suborte unde rettati sunt necnon tribus aliis personis Civibus London' qui in dicto ultimo parliamento nostro de certis articulis prodicionibus in dicta insurreccione factis in speciali eciam rettati fuerunt ac omnibus aliis in eodem casu dictorum trium civium vel alicuius eorumdem plene existentibus ac eciam omnibus et singulis personis ville de Bury sancti Edmundi similiter exceptis sectam pacis nostre et quicquid ad nos pertinet vel pertinere poterit pro omnimodis prodicionibus et felonijs in dicta insurreccione inter videlicet primum diem Maij anno regni nostri quarto et festum Nativitatis sancti Johannis Baptiste extunc proximum sequens qualitercumque factis sive perpetratis unde indictati rettati vel appellati fuerint ac eciam utlagarias si que in ipsos vel ipsorum aliquem hiis occasionibus fuerint promulgate et firmam pacem nostram eis et eorum cuilibet inde concesserimus Ita tamen quod stent recto in curia nostra si quis vel qui inde versus eos seu eorum aliquem loqui voluerit vel voluerint de premissis vel aliquo premissorum prout in statuto inde edito plenius continetur vobis mandamus quod Thomam Clerk de London' Bocher si unus de nominibus et personis preexceptis non existit contra formam statuti gratie et remissionis predictorum non molestetis in aliquo seu gravetis Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium xxiij die Februarii anno regni nostri sexto - Pretextu cuius brevis viso rotulo de nominibus que in dicto parliamento sic excepta fuerunt in curia hic liberato pro eo quod idem Thomas Clerk in dicto rotulo inter nomina sic excepta non continetur consideratum est quod idem Thomas quo ad felonias et prodiciones predictas virtute gratie et remissionis predicte eat inde sine die et cetera [Margin]: Sine die |
| Text (English translation) | Middlesex: The jurors of diverse hundreds of the aforesaid county at another time, namely in the term of Holy Trinity in the fifth year of the reign of the now king, before the lord king at Westminster, presented that Thomas Clerk of Aldgate Street, butcher, on Thursday on the feast of Corpus Christi in the fourth year of the reign of the now king, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of Savoy in the county of Middlesex with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses against the peace of the lord king, etc. By which the sheriff was ordered that he does not omit, etc, from taking him, if, etc. And now, namely on Saturday next after the octave of Holy Trinity in this same term before the lord king at Westminster, there came the aforesaid Thomas Clerk, after he was placed in exigence and handed himself over to the prison of the marshal of the lord king by the aforesaid occasion, who is committed to the marshal. And immediately having been brought by the marshal, he came and produced a certain writ of the lord king of close, directed to the justices here, in these words: Richard, by the grace of God king of England and France, and lord of Ireland, to his beloved and faithful Robert Tresilian and his fellow justices assigned to hold pleas before us, greetings. Whereas, out of our special grace and at the entreaty of the commonalty of our realm of England, and with the assent of the prelates, dukes, earls and barons of the same realm in our last Parliament, assembled at Westminster on Monday in the octave of St Michael last past, we pardoned and remised to all and singular our subjects and inhabitants of the realm, of whatever status, grade or condition they may be, excepting all those, whose names, at another time in our Parliaments in the fifth and sixth years of our reign, were delivered to be excepted from all grace then made by us, as if, namely, the principal starters, abettors and procurers of the insurrection that lately had arisen within our aforesaid realm traitorously, whereof they are charged, and also three other persons, citizens of London, who in our said last Parliament were also especially charged of certain articles of treason, made in the said insurrection, and all others being fully in the same case of the said three citizens or any one of the same men, and also all and singular persons of the vill of Bury St Edmunds similarly excepted, the suit of our peace and whatever pertains to us or could pertain, for all kinds of treasons and felonies, howsoever made or perpetrated in the said insurrection, viz between the first day of May in the fourth year of our reign and the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist then next following, whereof they are indicted, charged or appealed, and also outlawries, if any have been published against them or any one of them by these occasions, and we have thereupon granted our firm peace to them and to each one of them. In such a way that they are to stand trial in our court, if anyone wishes to speak against them or any one of them about the premises or any of the premises, just as is more fully contained in the statute thereupon issued. We command you that you do not trouble or harm in any way Thomas Clerk of London, butcher, if he is not one of the names and persons, before excepted, contrary to the form of the aforesaid statute, grace and remise. Witnessed by me, myself, at Westminster on the 23rd day of February in the sixth year of our reign. By pretext of which writ, the roll of names, which were so excepted in the said Parliament, having been seen and delivered here in court, on account that the same Thomas Clerk is not contained in the said roll among the names so excepted, it is considered that the same Thomas, as regards the aforesaid felonies and treasons, by virtue of the aforesaid grace and remise should go thereupon without day, etc. [Margin]: 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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| 24327 | Thomas | Clerk | Male | Butcher | Aldgate Street,London,Middlesex | 4230 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4230 | Thomas Clerk burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John | Thomas Clerk of Aldgate Street, butcher, on Thursday 13 June 1381 in the fourth year of the reign of the now king, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of Savoy in the county of Middlesex with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses against the peace of the lord king, etc. He produces a pardon and goes free. | Arson: burning of houses | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Clerk ( 24327 ) | Thomas Clerk burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St John (4230) | Accused |
