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Type	Indictment by jury
Unique Identifying Text	TNA KB 145/3/10/1
Archive name	The National Archives (London)
County	Hampshire
Published source (may be more than one)	Hinck, Helmut. (2010). The Rising of 1381 in Winchester. English Historical Review. 125. 112-131.
Text in Original Language	Indictamenta capta coram Johanne de Monte Acuto, Laurencio Dreu et sociis suis, Justiciariis domini Regis ad diversas proditiones, felonias, transgressiones et alia malefacta in Comitatu Suthamptonie perpetrate audienda et terminanda assignatis, apud Aulton' die Lune in festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto. Sutht'. xij Juratores, scilicet Ricardus atte Crouche, Henricus atte Faune, Willelmus Potard', Johannes Selvere, Edwardus Chepman, Johannes Clerk' de Wordelham, Henricus Froyll', Johannes Spore, Nicholaus Astiler, Johannes atte Thorne, Edwardus Horsman et Willelmus Wolwane, dicunt super sacramentum suum quod Willemus Wygge et alij die Martis proximo ante festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni domini Regis nunc quarto inceperunt insurexionem in civitate Wyntonie et ibidem interfecerunt felonice Walterum Hogyn et Stapulam domini Regis ibidem felonice et prodicialiter fregerunt ac rotulos et recorda domini Regis ibidem inventa ceperunt et asportaverunt et sunt principales surectores et proditores etc. Sutht'. Inquisitio capta coram prefatis Justiciariis apud Wyntoniam die Martis proximo post festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto per sacramentum Hugonis Cran, Willelmi Inge, Ricardi le Frye, Marci le Fayre, Roberti Mayhu, Johannis Haywode senioris, Johannis Mourton', Walteri Holeweye, Simonis Taillour, Willelmi Rous, Ricardi Bempthe et Roberti atte Rok', iuratorum; qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod, cum plures rumores, insurectiones et clamationes sunt in diversis partibus regni, qua de causa venit quidam Thomas Faukener in Civitatem Wyntonie die Lune proximo ante festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni domini Regis nunc quarto, falsa ymaginatione et causa quod communes eiusdem Civitatis insurgerent, dixit pluribus ibidem convocatis quod magna societas esset apud Guldeford', veniendo versus Civitatem predictam. Et quod ipse fuit de eadem societate et nuncius eiusdem missus ad communes dicte Civitatis ad certiﬁcandos eos quod ipsi insurgerent. Et si aliquis illorum voluerit laborare usque Guldeford' ad querelam faciendam socie[ta]ti predicte, quod ipse totam voluntatem suam in omnibus optineret. Virtute quarum allocutionis et ymaginationis predictus Thomas simul cum alijs pluribus dicte Civitatis, videlicet Henrico Clerk', Waltero atte Brugge, Johanne Fyssh', Gilberto Forster, Jurdano Fullere, Willelmo Morene, Johanne Bette et Galfrido Talbot, ignorantibus Maiore et principalibus eiusdem Civitatis, falsa conspiratione inter eos et ymaginatione prehabitis, equitavit de Wyntonia usque Farnham eodem die eadem intentione ad faciendos communes dicte Civitatis insurgere, et ibidem fecerunt congregations et interlocuti fuerunt et proposuerunt dictam insurexionem. Et postea revenerunt Wyntoniam et fecerunt suggestiones suas quod ipsi omnes erunt tracti et suspensi nisi insurgerent. Et super hoc surexerunt et pulsaverunt communem campanam et sonaverunt commune cornu Civitatis predicte prodicialiter in preiudicium domini Regis et corone sue. Et super hoc/ ipsi predicti sic congregati cum alijs subscriptis insurexerunt, inceperunt et continuarunt dictam insurrectionem et populi perturbationem per duos dies sequentes, levato vexillo modo guerre; set dicunt quod dictus Johannes Bette nullam perturbationem nec aliquid se intromisit reveniendo Wyntoniam. Item dicunt quod Willelmus Wygge et alij obviaverunt apud Farnham, veniendo de Londoniis usque Wyntoniam die Lune proximo ante dictum festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste 6 et ibidem concordarunt cum predicto Henrico Clerk' et alijs predictis et inter eos conspiraverunt insurectionem predictam et postea, itinerando apud Hanepyng', adinvicem iuraverunt et composuerunt insurectionem predictam. Et ab inde perexerunt Wyntoniam et fecerunt in omnibus ut predictum est. Sutht'. Inquisitio capta apud Wyntoniam die Martis proximo post festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto coram prefatis Justiciariis etc. per sacramentum Thome de Hampton', Ricardi Tistede, Johannis Chamﬂour, Thome Canteshangre, Ricardi Edeneye, Johannis Piperwhit, Johannis Bernard', Thome Kenne, Johannis Payn, Henrici Holte, Johannis Tank et Johannis Rigge; qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod Willelmus Wygge et alij die Martis proximo ante festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni domini Regis nunc quarto in Civitate Wyntonie surexerunt, Stapulam domini Regis fregerunt, munimenta ibidem inventa ceperunt et asportaverunt et in Alto Vico arserunt necnon et Walterum Hogyn felonice interfecerunt; quod ipsi sunt principales insurectores et communes pacis perturbatores et proditores domini Regis. Sutht'. Inquisitio capta apud Wyntoniam die Mercurii proximo post festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum quinto coram prefatis Justiciariis per sacramentum Thome Lecford', Alani Sampson', Johannis Emery, Johannis Danel, Johannis Power, Johannis Iryssh', Willelmi Bonenger, Johannis Beek', Thome Bluet, Henrici Smyth', Thome Coleman et Johannis Mourghard'; qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod Willelmus Wygge et alij die Mercurii proximo ante festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis nunc quarto in Villa de Romesy surexerunt contra dominum Regem et populum suum prodicialiter et perexerunt cum magna societate et pluria mala fecerunt in contemptum domini Regis, corone et dignitatis sue et quod ipsi sunt principales surectores et communes proditores domini Regis etc. [Order to forward the indictments] Ricardus dei gratia Rex Anglie et Francie et Dominus Hibernie Vicecomiti (sic) Dilecto et Fideli suo Laurencio Dreu, salutem. Cum in parliamento nostro apud Westmonasterium nuper tento inter nomina quarundam personarum que in eodem parliamento per communitatem regni nostri Anglie exhibita fuerunt ut ea que ab omni gratia et pardonatione pro quibusdam insurrectionibus et proditionibus per easdem personas, rebelles eiusdem regni, contra ﬁ dem et ligeanceam suam factis exciperentur nomen Willelmi Wigge exhibitum fuerit, idemque Willelmus ea occasione postmodum captus et prisone Marescalsie nostre coram nobis commissus fuerit et in eadem moratur, ac iam intellexerimus quod idem Willelmus de huiusmodi insurrectionibus et proditionibus coram vobis et socijs vestris, nuper ad huiusmodi rebelles et insurrectores in Comitatu Suthamptonie castigandos et puniendos assignatis, indictatus existit, ac nos super indictamento illo, si quod fuerit, adeo plene et integre sicut coram vobis et socijs vestris predictis captum fuerit antequam ad deliberationem ipsius Willelmi in hac parte procedatur certiorari volentes, vobis mandamus quod omnia indictamenta predictum Willelmum Wigge tangentia, si que fuerunt, cum omnibus ea tangentibus coram nobis sub sigillo vestro in Octabis Puriﬁ cationis beate Marie ubicumque tunc fuerimus in Anglia distincte et aperte mittas et hoc breve, ut ulterius inde ﬁ eri faciamus quod de iure fore viderimus faciendum. Teste Roberto Tresilian apud Westmonasterium x die Octobris anno regni nostri decimo. Brud' [in dorso] Virtute istius brevis vobis mitto indictamenta de quibus in brevi isto ﬁt mentio, presentibus consuta iuxta formam huius brevis. Responcio Laurencii Dreu.
Text (English translation)	Indictments held at Alton on the Monday on the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, before John de Montagu, Laurence Dreu and their companions, the lord king's justices appointed to hear and determine various treasons, felonies, trespasses and other crimes perpetrated in the county of Southampton. Hampshire Twelve jurors, namely Richard atte Crouche, Henry atte Faune, William Potard, John Selvere, Edward Chepman, John Clerk of Worldham, Henry Froyll, John Spore, Nicholas Astiler, John atte Thorne, Edward Horsman and William Wolwane, say on their oath that William Wygge and others, on the Tuesday before the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the present lord king's reign, began an insurrection in the city of Winchester, and feloniously killed Walter Hogyn there, and feloniously and treacherously broke into the lord king's staple there, and seized and carried off the lord king's rolls and records found there, and are the principal insurgents and traitors etc. Hampshire The inquisition held before the aforesaid justices at Winchester on the Tuesday following the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, on the oath of Hugh Cran, William Inge, Richard le Frye, Mark le Fayre, Robert Mayhu, John Haywode senior, John Mourton, Walter Holeweye, Simon Taillour, William Rous, Richard Bempthe and Robert atte Rok, jurors; who say on their oath that, whereas there are many murmurings, uprisings, and uproars in various parts of the realm, a certain Thomas Faukener came for this reason into the city of Winchester on the Monday before the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the present lord king's reign, with the false plan and purpose that the commons of the same city should rise up. He said to many people gathered there that there was a great company at Guildford, who were coming towards the aforesaid city, and that he was of the same company and the messenger of the same, sent to the commons of the said city to convince them that they should rise up; and if any of them should wish to travel to Guildford to make a complaint to the aforesaid company, he would obtain all he wished for in everything. Because of this speech and plan the aforesaid Thomas, together with many others of the said city, namely Henry Clerk, Walter atte Brugge, John Fyssh, Gilbert Forster, Jordan Fuller, William Morene, John Bette and Geoffrey Talbot, without the knowledge of the mayor and the principal citizens of the same city, having made a false conspiracy and plot among themselves, rode from Winchester to Farnham on the same day, with the same intention of making the commons of the said city rise up. And there they held meetings and discussions, and planned the said insurrection. And afterwards they returned to Winchester, and suggested to them that all of them would be drawn and hanged unless they rose up. Whereupon they rose up and treacherously rang the common bell and sounded the common horn of the aforesaid city, to the prejudice of the lord king and his crown. Whereupon those aforesaid people thus assembled together with others named below rose up, and began and continued the said insurrection and disturbance of the people for the two following days, raising their banner in a warlike manner; but they say that the said John Bette did not take part in any disturbance or anything in returning to Winchester. Item, they say that William Wygge and the others met at Farnham, coming from London to Winchester on the Monday before the said feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and there they came to an agreement with the aforesaid Henry Clerk and the others aforesaid, and plotted the aforesaid insurrection among themselves; and afterwards, travelling to Hampage, they took an oath to one another and planned the aforesaid insurrection. And from there they proceeded to Winchester and acted in all things as has been said above. Hampshire The inquisition held at Winchester on the Tuesday following the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, before the aforesaid justices etc., on the oath of Thomas de Hampton, Richard Tistede, John Chamflour, Thomas Canteshangre, Richard Edeneye, John Piperwhit, John Bernard, Thomas Kenne, John Payn, Henry Holte, John Tank and John Rigge; who say on their oath that William Wygge and others, on the Tuesday before the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the present lord king's reign, rose up in the city of Winchester, broke into the lord king's staple, seized and carried off the muniments found there, and burnt them in the High Street, and also feloniously killed Walter Hogyn; and that they are the principal insurgents, and common disturbers of the peace, and the lord king's traitors. Hampshire The inquisition held at Winchester on the Wednesday following the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, before the aforesaid justices by the oath of Thomas Lecford, Alan Sampson, John Emery, John Danel, John Power, John Iryssh, William Bonenger, John Beek, Thomas Bluet, Henry Smyth, Thomas Coleman and John Mourghard; who say on their oath that William Wygge and others, on the Wednesday before the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the fourth year of the present king's reign, treacherously rose up in the town of Romsey against the lord king and his people, and travelled with a great company and did many evil things in contempt of the lord king, his crown and dignity; and that they are the principal insurgents and the lord king's common traitors etc. [Order to forward the indictments] Richard by the grace of God king of England and France and lord of Ireland, to his beloved and faithful sheriff Laurence Dreu, greetings. Whereas in our parliament lately held at Westminster, the name of William Wigge was shown among the names of certain persons which were shown in the same parliament by the community of our realm of England so that they might be excepted from all grace and pardon for certain insurrections and treasons committed by the same persons, rebels of the same realm, against their faith and allegiance, and the same William was afterwards captured for that reason and handed over before us to our prison of the Marshalsea, and remains in the same, and we have now understood that the same William is indicted of such insurgencies and treasons before you and your companions, lately appointed to chastise and punish such rebels and insurgents in the county of Southampton, and we, wishing to be informed about that indictment, if there was one, as fully and wholly as it was held before you and your aforesaid companions, before we proceed to the delivery of the same William on this matter, order you to send all indictments touching the aforesaid William Wigge, if there were any, with everything touching on them, before us under your seal at the octave of the Purification of the Blessed Mary wherever we then are in England, clearly and openly, and this writ, so that we may further do on this what seems to us to be rightly to be done. Witness Robert Tresilian at Westminster, the tenth day of October in the tenth year of our reign. Brudenell. [On dorse] By virtue of this writ I send you the indictments mentioned in this writ, sewn to the present letters according to the form of this writ. The answer of Laurence Dreu.
General Information	Edition taken from Hinck, 2010, with minor adjustments.

People

ID	First name	Last name	Gender	Domicile	Role in source	Incidents	Go to participant page
25833	Nicholas	Astiler	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25867	John	Beek	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25823	Richard	Bempthe	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25854	John	Bernard	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25846	John	Bette	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25868	Thomas	Bluet	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25866	William	Bonenger	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25841	Walter	atte Brugge	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25851	Thomas	Canteshangre	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25850	John	Chamflour	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25829	Edward	Chepman	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25840	Henry	Clerk	Male			4405,4406	Go to participant page
25830	John	Clerk	Male	Worldham,Hampshire	Juror		Go to participant page
25870	Thomas	Coleman	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25813	Hugh	Cran	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25825	Richard	atte Crouche	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25863	John	Danel	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25852	Richard	Edeneye	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25862	John	Emery	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25839	Thomas	Faukener	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25826	Henry	atte Faune	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25816	Mark	le Fayre	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25843	Gilbert	Forster	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25831	Henry	Froyll	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25815	Richard	le Frye	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25844	Jordan	Fuller	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25842	John	Fyssh	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25848	Thomas	de Hampton	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25818	John	Haywode	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25838	Walter	Hogyn	Male			4404	Go to participant page
25820	Walter	Holeweye	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25857	Henry	Holt	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25835	Edward	Horsman	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25814	William	Inge	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25865	John	Iryssh	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25855	Thomas	Kenne	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25860	Thomas	Lecford	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25817	Robert	Mayhu	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25845	William	Morene	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25871	John	Mourghard	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25819	John	Mourton	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25856	John	Payn	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25853	John	Piperwhit	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25827	William	Potard	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25864	John	Power	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25859	John	Rigge	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25824	Robert	atte Rok	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25822	William	Rous	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25861	Alan	Sampson	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25828	John	Selvere	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25869	Henry	Smyth	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25832	John	Spore	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25821	Simon	Taillour	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25847	Geoffrey	Talbot	Male			4405	Go to participant page
25858	John	Tank	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25834	John	atte Thorne	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25849	Richard	Tistede	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25836	William	Wolwane	Male		Juror		Go to participant page
25837	William	Wygge	Male			4407,4406,4404	Go to participant page

Incidents

ID	Summary	Description	Type	Go to incidents page
4405	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham	The jurors say that on Monday 17 June 1381 Thomas Faukener came to Winchester from Guildford, saying that he was the messenger of a great company of rebels there, and caused men of Winchester to rise up and take part in a plot, and they travelled to Farnham to make the commons of that town to rise; and afterwards they returned to Winchester, and threatened the people that they would be drawn and hanged unless they rose up. Whereupon they rose up and treacherously rang the common bell and sounded the common horn of the aforesaid city, to the prejudice of the lord king and his crown. Whereupon those aforesaid people thus assembled together with others named below rose up, and began and continued the said insurrection and disturbance of the people for the two following days, raising their banner in a warlike manner.	Raising the commons: riding ,Making flags and banners,Treason: plotting against the King and his subjects,Raising the commons: forcing others to join company,Trespass to person: threats,Raising the commons: ringing bells	Go to incidents page
4406	William Wygge plots insurrection in Farnham	William Wygge and the others met at Farnham, coming from London to Winchester on Monday 17 June 1381, and there they came to an agreement with Henry Clerk and others [travelling from Winchester], and plotted insurrection among themselves; and afterwards, travelling to Hampage, they took an oath to one another and planned the insurrection. And from there they proceeded to Winchester and took part in the rising there.	Threats to raise commons,Treason: plotting against the King and his subjects,Raising the commons: riding	Go to incidents page
4407	William Wygge rises up at Romsey	William Wygge and others, on Wednesday 19 June 1381, treacherously rose up in the town of Romsey against the lord king and his people, and travelled with a great company and did many evil things in contempt of the lord king, his crown and dignity; and that they are the principal insurgents and the lord king's common traitors etc.	Raising the commons: other	Go to incidents page
4404	William Wygge rises up at Winchester	William Wygge and others, on Tuesday 25 June 1381, began an insurrection in the city of Winchester, and feloniously killed Walter Hogyn there, and feloniously and treacherously broke into the lord king's staple there, and seized and carried off the lord king's rolls and records found there, and are the principal insurgents and traitors etc.	Homicide: unspecified,Larceny: theft of documents,Raising the commons: other	Go to incidents page

Incidents and People

Person	Incident	Role
John Bette ( 25846 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Walter atte Brugge ( 25841 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Henry Clerk ( 25840 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Thomas Faukener ( 25839 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Gilbert Forster ( 25843 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Jordan Fuller ( 25844 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
John Fyssh ( 25842 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
William Morene ( 25845 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Geoffrey Talbot ( 25847 )	Thomas Faukener raises the commons of Winchester and Farnham (4405)	Accused
Henry Clerk ( 25840 )	William Wygge plots insurrection in Farnham (4406)	Accused
William Wygge ( 25837 )	William Wygge plots insurrection in Farnham (4406)	Accused
William Wygge ( 25837 )	William Wygge rises up at Romsey (4407)	Accused
Walter Hogyn ( 25838 )	William Wygge rises up at Winchester (4404)	Victim
William Wygge ( 25837 )	William Wygge rises up at Winchester (4404)	Accused