Richard Neville burns the Savoy, the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and the manor of John Buterwyk at Knightsbridge
Details
Richard Neville of Southwark, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy, and to the [Hospital of St John] Clerkenwell, and to John Butrewyk's manor at Knightsbridge, with a crowd of traitors against the lord king and his people, and feloniously and traitorously burnt and cast down the aforesaid houses within the aforesaid manors, against the peace etc. He does not appear and is outlawed; he appears and produces a king's writ annulling the outlawry; he is mainprised.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
13/06/1381
Date To ( only when a range)
14/06/1381
Location
Savoy Palace,Middlesex;Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex;Knightsbridge,Middlesex
Type
Arson: burning of houses,Trespass to land: throwing down of house
