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Incident

Id4342
Short DescriptionRoger Bacon destroys the charter of Great Yarmouth
DetailsRoger Bacon, knight, a captain of various men, together with other malefactors from the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, rose up against the lord king's peace at the said Yarmouth with a great company, against the said lord king's peace, and came on Tuesday 18 June 1381 with force and arms and in a warlike manner, to the said Yarmouth. He made an attack on the king's aforesaid town, and he wickedly forced the burgesses of the same town to hand over to them the king's aforesaid charter of the liberty of the aforesaid town. Immediately this charter was handed over to them, he despoiled it, in contempt of the said lord king, cut it and broke it into two parts; of which he sent one part to John Seynesbury, Robert Garveys, John Wrawe, chaplain, William Lacy, junior, Thomas atte Tunne, Edward Hemmyng, William Cuper and many others from the county of Suffolk.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)18/06/1381
LocationGreat Yarmouth,Norfolk
TypeRaising the commons: other,Larceny: theft of documents,Trespass to chattels: destruction of documents
SourceTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d

Victims

None found

Accused

First NameLast NameRoleCommentsSourcesView participant page
RogerBaconAccusedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page

Other People

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ThomasBereJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
ThomasBurellJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
WilliamCuperMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
RobertDavyJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
WilliamEcclesJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
RobertGarveysMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
SimonHastyngJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
EdwardHemmyngMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
WilliamIveJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
WilliamLacyMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
RalphMangheldJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
JohnRykkynghaleJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
HughRystonJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
RogerRysyngJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
PeterSelbyJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
JohnSeynesburyMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
RobertTopcroftJurorTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
ThomasTunneMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page
JohnWraweMentionedTNA KB 27/483 rex mm. 19-19d View participant page