Roger Bakon, Geoffrey Lyster et al attack Great Yarmouth and tear up their charter
Roger Bakon, knight, Geoffrey Lyster, William Kybyt, John Tronch, John Kek and William Belsted rose up against the king's peace with a great company and came to the aforesaid Great Yarmouth on Tuesday18th June 1381 with force and arms in a warlike manner and made an assault on the aforesaid town, and compelled the burgesses to hand over their royal charter of liberties, and after the charter was given to them despoiled it, and, in contempt of our lord king, cut and tore it into two parts, of which one part they sent to John Seynesbyry, John Wraw, chaplain, Robert Garneys, William Coupere, Edmund Hemmyng, William Lacy senior, Geoffrey Barker and many others in the county of Suffolk. And thus the aforesaid wrongdoings, all and singular, came to pass by the abetment, counsel and support of the said John Seynesbyry, John Wraw and their associates.
Edmund Hemmynge purloins the king's customs in Great Yarmouth
[The jurors] also say that Edmund Hemmynge, aforesaid, under his own authority, in a certain location called Kirkley Road in Lowestoft near to the port of Great Yarmouth, against the liberty of the aforesaid town and the maintenance of the king's rights, collected the customs, according to the proclamation made by Roger Bakon and his aforesaid associates. In witness whereof the aforesaid jurors have placed their seals.
