The People of 1381
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Source
| Type | Gaol delivery |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA JUST 3/167 m. 48 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Text (English translation) | Warwickshire John Bocher of Wormleighton was arrested because on the Wednesday following the feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross in the third year of the reign of King Richard the second, he feloniously stole a bullock belonging to John Peche, worth six shillings and eight pence, at Fenny Compton. And also because, on the Monday following the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard the second, at Wormleighton, he prepared to travel to St Albans to treat with the company of those who rose up against the lord king's peace, so that [they might] come to the county of Warwick, and he removed all his goods from the said county of Warwick in order to rise up with the said insurgents. And the same John is a common thief, for which he has been indicted before the keepers of the peace in the aforesaid county. He appears, led by the keeper of the gaol, and is asked by the justices how he wishes to acquit himself of the aforesaid charges against him. He says that the present lord king, out of reverence for God and at the special request of Anne, queen of England, his most dear consort, and from consideration of the good and faithful conduct of his subjects towards his progenitors and towards him, which he has experienced before the insurrections of certain rebels of his, which have lately taken place against him and his peace, and so that his individual subjects might have happier hearts to remain faithfully in faith and love towards him, has of his special grace pardoned to the same John Bocher, by the name of John Elys, butcher of Wormleighton in the county of Warwick, the suit of his peace which belonged to him from him, for all manner of treasons and felonies done or perpetrated in any way by him in the aforesaid insurrections, from the first day of May last until the feast of All Saints then following, for which he has been indicted, accused or charged, and also outlawries, of any have been pronounced against him for these reasons, and he has granted him his permanent peace on this etc., by letters patent of the same king which the same John Bocher produces here, whose date is at Westminster on the twenty-eighth day of January in the fifth year of his reign. By reason of these letters, the aforesaid John Bocher requests that he might be delivered from the lord king's prison, and exonerated of the aforesaid charges against him. And because it is attested by many trustworthy people that John Bocher of Wormleighton and John Elys, butcher of Wormleighton, are one and the same person, it is decided that the aforesaid John Bocher, by virtue of the lord king's aforesaid letters, should go from here quit of the aforesaid charges against him etc. |
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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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| 25710 | John | Bocher | Male | Butcher | Wormleighton,Warwickshire | 4383 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4383 | Rebellion of John Bocher alias Elys | On the Monday following the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard the second, at Wormleighton, he prepared to travel to St Albans to treat with the company of those who rose up against the lord king's peace, so that [they might] come to the county of Warwick, and he removed all his goods from the said county of Warwick in order to rise up with the said insurgents. And the same John is a common thief, for which he has been indicted before the keepers of the peace in the aforesaid county. He produces a pardon and goes free. | Raising the commons: other | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bocher ( 25710 ) | Rebellion of John Bocher alias Elys (4383) | Accused | |
| Anne of Bohemia ( 5717 ) | Rebellion of John Bocher alias Elys (4383) | Pardon at their request |
