William Hilgere plunders the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Chippenham
Details
William Hilgere of Dalham, on Friday 14 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously rose up against the lord king and his lieges, and feloniously and treacherously broke into the close and houses of the prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Chippenham, and seized three hundred quarters of malt found there, worth sixty pounds, and sold it to various men of the country, and carried off the money arising from this. He produces a pardon and goes free.
Date of incident (or "date from" if range)
14/06/1381
Location
Chippenham,Staploe Hundred,Cambridgeshire
Type
Larceny: theft of goods,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses,Trespass to chattels: removal of goods
