Joanna Ferrour leads rebels who burn the Savoy and steals £1000 from John of Gaunt
Details
Joanna wife of John Ferrour of Rochester in the county of Kent went as the chief perpetrator and leader of a great society of rebellious wrongdoers from Kent on Thursday 13 June 1381 to the Savoy in the county of Middlesex and, as an enemy of the king, burned the said manor; she seized a chest containing £1000 and more belonging to John, Duke of Lancaster, and then she put the said chest into a boat on the Thames and made off with it, all the way to Southwark, where she divided the gold between herself and others.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
13/06/1381
Location
Savoy Palace,Middlesex;Southwark,Surrey
Type
Arson: burning of houses,Larceny: theft of money,Raising the commons: other
