The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Simon |
| Last name | Wylymot |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 9/166/1 m. 79 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3086 | Roger Loksmyth assaults and extorts goods from Simon Wylymot | And that Roger Loksmyth, dwelling in Snettisham, on Tuesday 18th June 1381, was a chief wrongdoer and supporter of wrongdoers at the time of the rumour, and assaulted Simon Wylymot at Snettisham with force and arms, and wounded him in the shoulder with a dagger, asking from the same Simon 15 quarters and 4 bushels of malt and threatening him that if he would not give him the said malt he would lead a certain band of wrongdoers to the said Simon's home to plunder the said Simon's goods and chattels, so that the said Simon, despairing of his life, handed over the said malt. | Snettisham,Norfolk | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3091 | Roger Loksmyth assaults and extorts Simon Wylymot | Also that Roger Loksmyth of Snettisham on Tuesday 18th June 1381 at the time of the rumour assaulted Simon Wylymot' with force and arms at Snettisham, and wounded him in the shoulder with a dagger, asking from the same Simon 15 quarters and 4 bushels of malt, saying that if he would not give him the said malt he would lead several wrongdoers to plunder the said Simon's goods and chattels, so that the said Simon, despairing of his life, handed over to the said Roger the said malt. And he is a chief wrongdoer and maintainer of wrongdoers at the time of this rumour. | Snettisham,Norfolk | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3127 | Roger Loksmyth threatens and extorts Simon Wylymot | [The jurors] also say that Roger Loksmyth of Snettisham along with others unknown at the time of the insurrection and rumour, namely on Tuesday 18th June 1381, with force and arms and against the king's peace came to Snettisham and openly threatened the life and limb of Simon Wylymot with a drawn dagger, and if he did not want to give him 15 quarters of malt he would lead a certain society of men risen [in rebellion] against the peace to throw down his houses and destroy his goods and chattels, and if the same Simon happens to be found he would be killed and beheaded, and thus he [Roger] feloniously took and carried away the aforesaid 15 quarters of malt worth 45 s. | Snettisham,Norfolk | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3267 | Rebellion of John Spanye and others of King's Lynn - various men abducted | Inquisition held at Walsingham before William de Elmham and his associate king's justices, in order to keep the peace etc., by oath of Alexander Godwyne and his associate jurors , who say upon their oath that John Spanye of Norfolk Street, King's Lynn , shoemaker, Thomas son of Thomas Paynot of the same, Thomas Colyn of the same, tailor, a certain John Whetewonge of the same, webber , Henry Cornish of the same, glover, Walter Prat of the same, glover, a certain [space] Pynchebeke of the same, tailor, a certain [space] Sadelere of the same, dwelling in 'le Cokerowe' next to 'Bokenhames place' , and a certain John Snaylewelle of the same, taking part in the last uprising along with John Bokelerpleyer of the same, they rose up with others unknown and congregated together and came to Wolferton on Monday 17th June with force and arms and against the king's peace, and seized John Sibilye by the body (i.e. personally) and led him up to King's Lynn as if he was a traitor to be beheaded, and by the grace of God he escaped unharmed, and after they returned to King's Lynn the king's peace was proclaimed on Tuesday 18th June 1381. And notwithstanding this proclamation immediately afterwards the aforesaid John Spanye and the aforesaid others on the same Tuesday seized Richard de Walton as if he was a traitor and led him to be beheaded, which he escaped uninjured through the great supplication of good men, and forthwith they killed a certain Haukyn Flemmyng on the order of the said John Spanye, and made at that time a common proclamation that all men will make themselves ready for riding on the day after on Wednesday 19th June 1381, by order of which proclamation the said John Spanye and his other associates named above came to Snettisham on the same Wednesday in order to capture Simon Wylymot as if he were a traitor, falsely and wrongfully, and proceeded up to East Rudham to capture Nicholas Maupas, and from there up to Coxford and seized Simon de Snytirton and threatened to behead him unless he made a fine with them of 40 s. 8 d., and from there they advanced up to Barwick, and there dispossessed Nicholas Maupas of his free tenement and placed a certain [John] Coventre, bowyer, in seisin. And afterwards on Saturday 22nd June 1381 John Spanye and his other associates named above ambushed Edmund de Reynham, knight, in a wood at Castle Rising and threatened him unless he made a fine with John Spanye of 40 s. which he paid with 14 quarters of wheat. And that the same John Spanye and his other associates named above were common leaders and plunderers in the country against the crown of the lord king. | Little Barwick,Norfolk; King's Lynn,Norfolk; East Rudham,Norfolk; Coxford,Norfolk; Castle Rising,Norfolk; Snettisham,Norfolk; Wolferton,Norfolk | Victim | View Incident page |
