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| Type | Indictment by jury |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 27/482 rex m. 35 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Published source (may be more than one) | Reville p. 272 no. 179 |
| Text (English translation) | Yorkshire The lord king sent Simon de Quyxlay and his companions his writ close in these words: Richard by the grace of God, king of England and France and lord of Ireland, to Simon de Quyxlay and his companions, the keepers of his peace and his justices appointed to hear and determine various felonies, trespasses and other crimes in the city of York, and to each of them, greetings. Wishing for certain reasons that all the indictments made before you on this matter and held by you or any of you, for any felonies, trespasses, forestallings, regratings, misprisions and any other crimes whatsoever, of which John de Gisburn of York, Roger de Morton, John de Eston and Wiliam de Levesham of York, spicer, are indicted, as is said, should be terminated before us and not elsewhere, we order you and each of you to send all the aforesaid indictments, with everything touching them, to us under your seals, clearly and openly, and safely and securely, and this writ, so that we have them on the morrow of All Souls wherever we then are in England, that we may further have done on this matter what is to be done rightly and according to the law and custom of our realm of England. And furthermore you are to halt proceedings in all processes against the same John, Roger, John and William, to be held on the aforesaid indictments, and to have them halted. Witness myself at Westminster, the twelfth day of October, in the fifth year of our reign. The indictments mentioned in the aforesaid writ follow in these words: Presentments and indictments held before Simon de Quixlay, Thomas Gra, John de Berden and Thomas Thurkill, keepers of the peace and the lord king's justices appointed to hear and determine various felonies, trespasses and other crimes committed in the city of York, at York on the Thursday following the feast of St Bartholomew the apostle, in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard the second. Twelve jurors of the city of York, namely John Lambe, Adam de Helperby, William de Rossyngton, William de Aynderby, Willliam de Bedelyngton, John de Wygton, tailor, Henry Chaloner, Walter de Grendon, John de Stodeleye, John de Rudstane, butcher, Edward Glovere and Simon del Castell, tailor, jurors, who say on their oath that John de Gisburn of York feloniously harboured Adam de Wellom at York on the Monday following the feast of Pentecost in the first year of the reign of the present lord king of England, knowing that the same Adam de Wellom, at the aforesaid day, place and year, had feloniously broken into the house of Alan de Braddelay, and knowing that he had feloniously stolen and carried off timber of oak and ash worth six shillings and eight pence, and firewood worth two shillings and a saddle with bridle worth six shillings and eight pence in silver belonging to the aforesaid Alan, found there then etc. And they say that the same John de Gisburn feloniously harboured the same Adam de Wellom at York on the Tuesday following the feast of St Gregory the pope in the first year of the reign of the present lord king of England, knowing that he had feloniously broken into the house of Richard de Cotyngham at the aforesaid day, place and year, and knowing that he had feloniously stolen and carried off hay worth four shillings, firewood worth seven shillings and a stone of wool worth five shillings in silver belonging to the aforesaid Richard found there then etc. And they say that the same John de Gisburn on the Monday following the feast of St Martin in winter in the forty-fourth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, feloniously harboured the same Adam de Wellom at York, knowing that he, at the aforesaid day, place and year, had feloniously stolen a hundred shillings of silver, in coined money, from William de Wellom and knowing that the same Adam de Wellom was a common and notorious thief etc. Item, they say on their oath that the same John de Gisburn, on the Monday following the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the forty-sixth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest, feloniously harboured Richard de Kendale at York, knowing that he had feloniously and with malice aforethought murdered and killed William de Dalton, webster, at the same day, place and year. And they say that the same John, on the Monday following the feast of St Laurence the martyr in the first year of the reign of the present lord king of England, feloniously harboured at York John Coke, lately the servant of the same John de Gisburn, knowing that he feloniously murdered and killed Ellen (Elena) Tunnok at York on the aforesaid day and year. And they say that whereas John Coke, on the Sunday following the feast of St Martin in winter in the forty-eighth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, at Micklegate Bar in York had feloniously stolen a certain horse belonging to the same John de Gisburn, worth a hundred shillings of silver, and that he is a common and notorious thief, the aforesaid John de Gisburn, after the said felony thus feloniously committed at the aforesaid day, place and year, seized his said horse back from the aforesaid John Coke, the lord king's felon, and then voluntarily allowed the same felon to escape. And they say that the same John de Gisburn, on the Monday following the feast of St Martin in winter, in the first year of the reign of the present lord king of England, feloniously harboured Robert de Fordon, lately the servant of the same John de Gisburn, at York, knowing that he had feloniously and with malice aforethought murdered and killed John de Pathorn, shipman, at York, on the aforesaid day and year. And they say that the same John de Gisburn is a common receiver and notorious maintainer of thieves and murderers in the aforesaid city of York. Item, they say that William de Levesham of York, on the Wednesday before the feast of St Thomas de Martyr in the forty-fifth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, at York, with malice aforethought feloniously murdered and killed John Bouchere of Sessay. And they say that John de Gisburn of York, on the Monday following the feast of St Michael the archangel in the forty-third year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, and then for four years following, came to York and there collected and caused to be collected money of the mint of the aforesaid lord king Edward the third, of the greater weights, found and existing within the city of York, up to the sum of ten thousand pounds of silver, from various citizens of the same city, and all those aforesaid coins from the lord king of England's aforesaid mint at York, he feloniously, seditiously and treacherously had made and changed into the coin of King Robert of Scotland that is into groats, half-groats and pennies of the coin of the same Robert King of Scotland, by various Scottish moneyers, hired in Scotland by the same John, to the annulment and deterioration of the coin of the lord king of England, and a great fraud against the people of the lord king of England, and he then traded with the same coins of the coinage of the lord king of Scotland thus made and fabricated within the city of York etc. And they say that the same John de Gisburn, on the Friday following the feast of St Laurence the martyr in the forty-fifth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, at York, maintained John del Loft to steal, feloniously, a certain horse worth five marks of silver from Thomas Deken of York. And likewise, feloniously, he harboured him feloniously at York, on the aforesaid day and year, knowing that he had feloniously stolen the aforesaid horse at the aforesaid day, place and year, and knowing that the same John del Loft was a common and notorious thief. Item, they say on their oath that the aforesaid John de Gisburn, Roger de Moreton of York, junior, and John de Eston, on the Monday following the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul, in the fifth year of the reign of the present lord king of England [1 July 1381], came to York in a warlike manner and with armed force, armed and arrayed with breast-plates, iron helmets and various other arms, and at Bootham in the suburb of York they attacked William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, Adam de Wyghale, John de Stodeley and others of the lord king's people of the same city there, and threatened them there with maiming and killing, if they could meet them in any way; and thus from then on they besieged the aforesaid city of York, outside Bootham Bar in the aforesaid suburb, on the aforesaid day and year, with force and armed might, and lay in wait there for the said William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, Adam and John, and others of the lord king's people of the said city likewise, to kill and maim them, and thus they rode, and still ride, armed, and go about armed and arrayed to the disturbance of the lord king's peace and of all his people. And they were sworn and allied together for this at York on the aforesaid day and year. And they say that John de Gisburn of York, Roger de Moreton and John de Eston, on the Wednesday before the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the fiftieth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, came to York in a warlike manner and with armed force, with breast-plates, iron helmets, swords, bows and arrows, and various other arms, and there they attacked John de Blaktoft, skinner, Peter de Heselyngton, skinner, William de Wetewang, skinner, and Alan de Braddelay, and beat, wounded and ill-treated them, and inflicted other outrages upon them, to the great harm of the same John, Peter, William and Alan, and against the lord king's peace. And they say that they are common malefactors and disturbers of the lord king's peace, and that they still ride armed from day to day, lying in wait for and threatening the aforesaid John, Peter, William and Alan, and others of the lord king's people of the aforesaid city of York, to maim and kill them if they can meet them in any way etc. And they say that the aforesaid John de Gisburn, on the Friday following the feast of the Lord's Epiphany in the fourth year of the reign of the present lord king of England, came to York with force and arms, namely with swords, bows and arrows etc., and there he broke into and entered the chamber of the mayor and community of the citizens of the aforesaid city of York on Ouse Bridge in York, without the permission or the will of the aforesaid citizens, and seized and carried off fifty-four pounds of silver in coined money found there, belonging to the same citizens, and inflicted other outrages upon them, to the great harm of the same citizens, and against the lord king's peace. And they say on their oath that the aforesaid John de Gisburn, on the Monday following the feast of Pentecost in the fifty-first year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England, came to York with force and arms, namely with swords, knives, bows and arrows, and there attacked Thomas de Westhorp, outlawed at the lord king's suit in the county of York on the Monday following the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the aforesaid fifty-first year for various trespasses and extortions committed against the same lord king in the aforesaid county of York, and seized and carried off three hundred pounds of silver in coined money belonging to the aforesaid lord king, as chattels forfeit to the aforesaid lord king because of the aforesaid outlawry, found there then on the same Thomas, by extortion and completely against the will of the same Thomas, and inflicted other outrages upon him, to the great harm of the same Thomas and against the lord king's peace. And they say that the aforesaid John de Gisburn, on the Monday following the feast of Pentecost in the third year of the reign of the present lord king of England came to York with force and arms, namely with swords etc. and there attacked Joanna, lately the wife of Richard de Allerton, and seized and carried off twenty shillings of silver belonging to the same Joanna found [there], by extortion and against her will, and inflicted other outrages upon her, to the great harm of the same Joanna and against the lord king's peace. And they say that the aforesaid John is a common malefactor and disturber of the lord king's peace. For maintaining, supporting and upholding these felonies, trespasses, extortions, injuries and other aforesaid crimes, in the aforesaid manner and form, day, place and year, against William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, Adam de Wyghale and others of the lord king's people of the same city, the same John de Gisburn, Roger de Moreton and John de Eston held various unlawful assemblies in York on the aforesaid days and years, and still hold them from day to day, and by the supervision and for the maintenance of the aforesaid malefactors, against the prohibition and the form of the ordinances and statutes of the lord king made on this, gave and delivered to various men of the country at York, on the Thursday following the feast of St James the apostle in the fifth year of the reign of the present lord king of England, matching hoods and other livery: namely to Thomas Hudson, Thomas Raper, John Carter and Richard de Asseby, to each of them one matching hood, to the disturbance of the peace of the lord king and of all his people of the same city etc. Another indictment held before the aforesaid justices follows in these words: Presentments and indictments held before Simon de Quixlay, Thomas Graa, John de Berden and Thomas Thurkill, keepers of the peace and the lord king's justices appointed in the city of York etc., at Yok on the Thursday following the feast of St Bartholomew the apostle in the fifth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest of England. Twelve jurors of the city of York, namely John de Calthorn, Thomas de Feriby, John Bouche, spicer, John Snaweshill, William de Hillom, Robert Bertrem, smith, John de Munkegate, William de Duresme, Thomas de Myton, Adam del Banke, Thomas de Riggton and John Hunter(?), jurors, say on their oath that William de Levesham of York, spicer, swore and allied together with other malefactors and disturbers of the lord king's peace, at York on the Monday following the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the fourth year of the reign of the present lord king of England, to maintain various false quarrels against William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, John Fysshere, Adam de Wyghale, John de Stodelaye and others of the lord king's people in York, and from then on he rode and went thus in the aforesaid city of York, armed, namely with breast-plates and various other arms, against the lord king's peace and to the disturbance of the lord king's people, and he still goes about armed in this way; and he is a common malefactor and conspirator, and disturber of the lord king's peace. Item, they say on their oath that John de Gisburn of York, together with other malefactors, came to York on the Monday following the feast of the Lord's Epiphany in the fourth year of the reign of the present lord king of England, armed with breast-plates, iron helmets, and various other arms, against the lord king's peace, making threats and lying in wait for William de Aggeland, William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, Adam de Wighale, John de Stodeleye and others of the lord king's people in the aforesaid city of York, against the lord king's peace and to the disturbance of and creation of great dissensions among the lord king's people in the aforesaid city. From the records of the fifth year. For this reason the sheriff was ordered to seize them if etc. Afterwards, namely fifteen days after Easter day, in the fifth year of the present king's reign, the aforesaid William de Levesham appeared before the lord king at Westminster, and surrendered himself to the prison of the lord king's marshal for the aforesaid reason; and he is handed over to the marshal. And immediately, led by the marshal, he appears and is asked how he wishes to acquit himself of the aforesaid felonies. He says that he was previously arraigned before William de Fyncheden and his companions, the justices of the Lord King Edward, grandfather of the present lord king, appointed to deliver the same grandfather's gaol in the city of York of the prisoners in it, on the Friday on the feast of St Peter ad vincula in the forty-fifth year of the aforesaid grandfather's reign, for the death of the aforesaid John Bouchere, on an appeal which Joanna who was the aforesaid John's wife, made before Gerard de Bruneby, one of the same grandfather's coroners of the aforesaid city, by the name of John Bakester of Sessay, her former husband, and afterwards the aforesaid appeal was not pursued, and he was acquitted by a jury of the country in which the aforesaid William at the suit of the lord king, the grandfather etc.; and on this he calls the record of the rolls of the aforesaid William Fyncheden for the aforesaid time. Therefore the administrators of the goods and chattels which belonged to the aforesaid William Fyncheden were ordered that, when they had examined the rolls and other memoranda etc., they were to send what was found in them concerning the acquittance of the aforesaid William Levesham of the death of the aforesaid John Boucher before the lord king on the morrow of St John de Baptist wherever etc. under their seals etc. or that of one of them etc. so that further etc. Whereupon the aforesaid William is dismissed on the mainprise of John de Sadyngton, Stephen del Fall, Thomas Ellerbek and Richard de Levesham, who stand bail for him, to have his body before the lord king at the aforesaid term etc. and thus from day to day until etc. On which morrow of St John the Baptist the aforesaid William de Levesham appeared before the lord king at Westminster through the aforesaid mainprise; and Hugh Wombwell, one of the adminstrators of the aforesaid William de Fyncheden sent the acquittance of the aforesaid William de Levesham of the death of the aforesaid John Bocher, for which he was indicted, under the name of John Bacster, in these words: The delivery of the lord king's gaol of the city of York, made there before William de Fyncheden and his companions, the lord king's justices appointed to deliver that gaol, on the Friday on the feast of St Peter ad vincula in the forty-fifth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest of England. Joanna who was the wife of John Bakester of Sessay appeared at York on the Thursday following the feast of St James the apostle in the forty-fifth year of the reign of King Edward, the third after the conquest, before Gerard de Bruneby, one of the coroners of the city of York, and appealed William de Levesham of York, spicer, that the same William, on the Sunday following the feast of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, in the forty-fourth year of the reign of the said lord King Edward, the third after the conquest, at York in Stonegate feloniously killed the said John her husband. Her pledges to sue: John Chandiler of York and John Bouche, spicer. The aforesaid William now appears before the aforesaid justices here, led by the keeper of the gaol, and the aforesaid Joanna, solemnly summoned, does not appear. Therefore her aforesaid pledges to sue in mercy, and the aforesaid Joanna is to be seized. And the aforesaid William, with regard to the same Joanna's suit, is to go quit on this; but with regard to the king's suit, he is immediately asked how he wishes to acquit himself of the aforesaid felony. He says that he is in no way guilty of it, and on this he puts himself on the country for good and evil. Therefore a jury is to be called on this. The jurors, chosen for this and sworn, appear, and say on their oath that the aforesaid William is not guilty of the aforesaid felony, nor did he ever withdraw himself for that reason. Therefore he is to go quit on this. Whereupon the same William Levesham says that the aforesaid John Bucher, of whose death he is indicted above, and John Bakster, of whose death he is thus acquitted, were one and the same person, and this he is prepared to prove by the country. And Thomas de Chardelowe who sues etc. says that the aforesaid John Bucher of whose death the same William is thus indicted and the aforesaid John Bakster, of whose death he is thus acquitted, were not one and the same person; and this he offers to prove for the lord king by the country etc. And the aforesaid William Levesham likewise. Therefore a jury is to appear on this before the lord king fifteen days after Michaelmas day wherever etc. And who etc. to inquire etc. And in the meantime he is dismissed by the same mainprise as before etc. Afterwards, namely at the octave of Michaelmas in the twelfth year of the present king's reign, the aforesaid John Gisburn and Adam de Wellom, citizens of the lord king's city of York, appeared before the lord king at Westminster and surrendered themselves to the prison of the lord king's marshal for the aforesaid reasons; and they are handed over to the marshall. And immediately, led by the marshal, they appear and are asked, separately, how they wish to acquit themselves of the aforesaid felonies and trespasses. They say, separately, that the present lord king, of his special grace, has pardoned to them the suit of his peace which belongs to him for the aforesaid felonies and trespasses; and they produce a certain writ close of the lord king addressed to the justices here, testifying to the aforesaid in these words: Richard by the grace of God king of England and France and lord of Ireland, to his beloved and faithful Walter Clopton, our chief justice appointed to hold pleas before us, greetings. Whereas on the eighteenth day of October, in the sixth year of our reign, by our letters patent, of our special grace, and with the assent of the magnates and nobles assisting us in a certain parliament of ours, have pardoned to the citizens of our city of York, and to each of them, the suit of our peace and whatever has belonged to us for all manner of insurrections, treasons, seditions, sieges, rapes of women, homicides, murders, felonies, robberies, thefts, arsons, trespasses, misprisions, contempts, rebellions, disobediences, extortions, acts of duress, oppressions, confederacies, conspiracies, champerties, taking of fees from both sides, acts of forestalling, acts of regrating, falsifications, deceptions, illicit gatherings, allegiances, conventicles, maintenances and all other crimes, damages, harassments and excesses done, inflicted or perpetrated in any way against us or our progenitors, or against any of our lieges or those of our progenitors, by the aforesaid citizens or by any of them, both within our aforesaid city and anywhere outside it, before the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross then immediately past, and also for all and each of the articles concerning which an inquisition should be made or can be made henceforth, before our justices in eyre or those of our heirs, for which they are indicted, accused or appealed, or otherwise have proceedings initiated against them or are disturbed in any way, or for which they can be molested or disturbed henceforth, and also outlawries, if any have been pronounced against them or any of them for these reasons, and we have granted to them, and to each of them, our permanent peace on this matter; provided that they stand to right in our court if anyone should wish to speak against them or any of them concerning the aforesaid or any of the aforesaid. We have also pardoned to the same citizens and to each of them all manner of forfeitures that they incurred towards us for the aforesaid reasons in any way, after the said feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, or that they can incur in any way against us or our heirs in future. We have also pardoned to the same citizens and to each of them all manner of transportations of wools, hides, and woolfells, and of any other goods and merchandise, to any overseas regions or to Scotland, without payment of custom or subsidy for them, or contrary to our prohibition and ban, or that of our progenitors, and all manner of transportations or removals of any kind of coin of gold and silver, and of plate, or ore or treasure, to the aforesaid overseas regions or to Scotland, and also any transportation or carrying of any coin of Scotland into our realm of England, contrary to such a prohibition and ban, made before the aforesaid feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and any forfeitures which they incurred towards us for the aforesaid reasons after that feast, or that can belong to us or to our heirs on this in future. Furthermore, we have pardoned to the same citizens and to each of them, any fines, redemptions and amercements before our most dear uncle, John, king of Castille and Leon and duke of Lancaster, and his companions, our justices appointed to hear and determine insurrections, treasons, seditions, sieges, felonies, trespasses and other crimes in the county of York, both within liberties and outside, incurred for any reason after the same feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and also any issues forfeited or adjudged before the same justices for these reasons after the same feast or henceforth to be forfeited or adjudged. And furthermore since various mayors and other citizens of the said city, and their ancestors or predecessors, have been bound to us and to our progenitors before now, in various sums of money, through various recognizances of theirs, both in our chancery and in the chanceries of our progenitors, and elsewhere before our justices and judges and those of our progenitors, both for themselves and for various other persons, under certain conditions, both to bring peace and of many and various other conditions designated for this, we have pardoned and remitted to the same citizens and to each of them all and each of such sums by the same mayors and citizens, or any of them, their ancestors or predecessors, acknowledged in any way to us or our progenitors before the twenty-seventh day of February then immediately past, and the executions of the same recognizances, whether those recognizances were made under conditions or simply, and also any conditions, mainprises and undertakings which they or any of them should have made or have been bound by for those recognizances and by reason of the same recognizances, or that they owe or are bound by; and by the tenor of the present we acquit and exonerate in perpetuity the same citizens and each of them, and their heirs, executors and the holders of their lands of all and each of the sums thus simply or conditionally acknowledged before the said twenty-seventh day of February, and all conditions, mainprises and undertakings which are made or designated concerning these in any way towards us and our heirs. And furthermore, we determine that the same recognizances made before the same twenty-seventh day of February, as has been said above, and each of them, wherever they are found, or are alleged in future against the said citizens or any of them, in court or elsewhere, will henceforth, be of no force or virtue; and furthermore, for the greater peace and security of the same citizens and each of them, we have willed and granted, for ourselves and our heirs, that the aforesaid citizens or each of them, by reason or pretext or cause of any of these insurrections, treasons, seditions, sieges, rapes of women, homicides, murders, felonies, robberies, thefts, arsons, trespasses, misprisions, contempts, rebellions, disobediences, extortions, acts of duress, oppressions, confederacies, conspiracies, champerties, takings of fees from both sides, acts of forestalling, acts of regrating, falsifications, deceptions, gatherings, allegiances, conventicles, maintenances, or any other crimes, injuries, harassments or excesses made or perpetrated in any way against us or our progenitors or our lieges or those of our progenitors before the aforesaid feast both within our aforesaid city or anywhere outside it, or of any of the aforesaid forfeitures or any articles to be enquired into before our justices in eyre or those of our heirs, or by reason of any transport of wools, hides or woolfells, or of any other goods or merchandise, or of coin, plate or ore of gold or silver, or of treasure, to any overseas regions or to Scotland, or the transport or carrying of coin of Scotland into our realm of England, or also by reason of the aforesaid fines, redemptions, amercements or issues, or also by reason of any recognizances for any sums of money made by the same citizens or any of them, or their ancestors or predecessors, or any mayors or citizens of the same city, living or dead, before the said twenty-seventh day of February, or of any conditions, mainprises or undertakings, whether such conditions, mainprises or undertakings had been completed or not - or the heirs or executors or holders of the lands of the same citizens, living or dead, or any of them - will henceforth in no way be accused, harassed, molested or oppressed in any way by us or our heirs, or brought to answer or to judgment for these reasons in our court before us, or our chancellor, or that of our heirs, or before any justices or other judges or ministers of ours, or of our heirs, but are to be utterly quit and exonerated of these things, and each of them is to be quit and exonerated in perpetuity. And that it might be quite clear concerning all and each of the aforesaid to all and each of our lieges and faithful subjects whom it might concern, and that each of the citizens of the same city and each person of them, might safely and clearly enjoy our present pardon for himself, we of our special grace and with the consent and assent and will of the aforesaid magnates and nobles, have willed and granted, for ourselves and our heirs, that our aforesaid general pardon, concerning all and each of the things contained in our aforesaid letters, will be or such and so great a vigour, power and strength and will benefit and profit all and each of our aforesaid citizens and each particular and individual person of them for himself, as if each particular or individual person of the aforesaid citizens had with him or obtained for himself our particular and individual letters of the aforesaid grace. We do not however wish, nor has it been our intention, that the persons whose names were specially excepted in our parliaments in the fifth and sixth years of our reign, nor any of these persons, should be included in our aforesaid pardon, nor receive grace from it by pretext of our said letters in any way, as is more fully contained in our aforesaid letters. We order you not to molest or harass in any way John de Gisburn and Adam de Wellom, citizens of our aforesaid city, who are not specifically excepted from this grace in our said parliaments in the aforesaid fifth and sixth years, contrary to the tenor of our aforesaid letters. Witness myself at Westminster, the twenty-third day of October, in the twelfth year of our reign. By reason of which pardon, the same John Gisburn and Adam de Wellom ask that they might be delivered from the lord king's prison etc. And when the indictment and also the aforesaid pardon and writ had been examined, it was decided that the aforesaid John Gisburn and Adam de Wellom should go from here without day 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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| 26582 | Richard | de Asseby | Male | 4444 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26564 | William | de Aynderby | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26565 | William | de Bedelyngton | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26581 | John | Carter | Male | 4444 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26572 | Simon | del Castell | Male | Tailor | Juror | Go to participant page | ||
| 26567 | Henry | Chaloner | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26575 | John | de Eston | Male | 4444,4443 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26573 | John | de Gisburn | Male | 4443,4444 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26571 | Edward | Glovere | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26568 | Walter | de Grendon | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26562 | Adam | de Helperby | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26576 | William | de Horneby | Male | 4443 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26579 | Thomas | Hudson | Male | 4444 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26561 | John | de Lambe | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26574 | Roger | de Moreton | Male | York,Yorkshire | 4444,4443 | Go to participant page | ||
| 26580 | Thomas | Raper | Male | 4444 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26563 | William | de Rossyngton | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 26570 | John | de Rudstane | Male | Butcher | Juror | Go to participant page | ||
| 26577 | Thomas | de Santon | Male | 4443 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26569 | John | de Stodeleye | Male | 4443 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26578 | Adam | de Wyghale | Male | 4443 | Go to participant page | |||
| 26566 | John | de Wygton | Male | Tailor | Juror | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
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| 4443 | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York | The jurors say that John de Gisburn, Roger de Moreton of York, junior, and John de Eston on Monday 1 July 1381 came to York in a warlike manner and attacked William de Horneby, Thomas de Santon, Adam de Wyghale, John de Stodeley and others of the lord king's people of the same city at Bootham Bar, and threatened them there with maiming and killing, and thus they rode, and still ride, armed, and go about armed and arrayed to the disturbance of the lord king's peace and of all his people. | Trespass to person: assault,Trespass to person: threats,Warlike array and insurrection,Raising the commons: riding | Go to incidents page |
| 4444 | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries | John de Gisburn, Roger de Moreton and John de Eston held various unlawful assemblies in York on the aforesaid days and years, and still hold them from day to day, and by the supervision and for the maintenance of the aforesaid malefactors, against the prohibition and the form of the ordinances and statutes of the lord king made on this, gave and delivered to various men of the country at York, on Thursday 25 July 1381, matching hoods and other livery: namely to Thomas Hudson, Thomas Raper, John Carter and Richard de Asseby, to the disturbance of the peace of the lord king and of all his people of the same city etc. | Raising the commons: other | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| John de Eston ( 26575 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Accused | |
| John de Gisburn ( 26573 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Accused | |
| William de Horneby ( 26576 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Victim | |
| Roger de Moreton ( 26574 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Accused | |
| Thomas de Santon ( 26577 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Victim | |
| John de Stodeleye ( 26569 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Victim | |
| Adam de Wyghale ( 26578 ) | John de Gisburn and others attack William de Horneby and others at York (4443) | Victim | |
| Richard de Asseby ( 26582 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Mentioned | |
| John Carter ( 26581 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Mentioned | |
| John de Eston ( 26575 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Accused | |
| John de Gisburn ( 26573 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Accused | |
| Thomas Hudson ( 26579 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Mentioned | |
| Roger de Moreton ( 26574 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Accused | |
| Thomas Raper ( 26580 ) | John de Gisburn and others hold unlawful assemblies and hand out liveries (4444) | Mentioned |
