In 1381 the abbot's see was vacant after the death of the incumbent 1379 (the new abbot, John Tymworth, was only finally confirmed in 1383). The 'caretaker', the prior John de Cambridge had just been killed by the rebels in Mildenhall (Suffolk).
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Robert Tuwe, Thomas de Breccham, John de Estcroft and Richard Lodere plunder the houses of the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds and burn documents
Robert Tuwe of Littleport, Thomas de Breccham of the same, John de Estcroft of the same and Richard Lodere of the same along with others unknown went to Southery on Monday 17th June 1381 at the time of the uprising and rumour, and broke into the manor there and the houses of the abbot and Convent of Bury St Edmunds and feloniously took and carried away 100 silver shillings and other precious objects worth 40s. And they burnt rolls and muniments of the said abbot they found there, against the lord king's peace.
