The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Simon |
| Last name prefix | de |
| Last name | Burgh |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Escheator |
| Source | TNA JUST 1/103 m. 2 |
| Role in source | Escheator |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3509 | Rebellion of John Saffrey | The jurors say that on Saturday 15th June 1381 John Saffrey of Stow -cum-Quy out of malice and of his own free will rode in the society of wrongdoers and gave them his aid and that of his servants in throwing down the house of Thomas de Swaffham in Reach and carried away goods and chattels worth £40 belonging to Thomas. And with his assent his cart was feloniously loaded with the goods and chattels of Thomas Torel, namely, lead, chairs and long benches and other goods and chattels worth 40 s. And they say that on the following Sunday [16th June 1381] after the king's proclamation the said John Saffrey and others under his command broke the houses, gates, doors and windows of John Roger in Little Wilbraham, and feloniously carried away goods and chattels of the said John, to the damage of £10. And they say that the same John Saffrey sent various faithful men to William Margrete, king's bailiff, that he might send to him 26 s. in silver or his houses would be thrown down while he resists his authority, and thus he was threatened. And furthermore in such a way Edward Foster and others who were in the king's inquisition. And they say that the aforesaid John Saffrey was one of the chief organisers and assemblers of wrong-doers seditiously. And they say that the same John and others expelled Simon Andreu of Little Wilbraham and his wife, tenants at farm of Thomas de Swaffham, and placed Margret widow of John Andreu in Little Wilbraham in the free tenement of the said Thomas, to his damage. And because of this the sheriff seizes [John Saffrey] and he is to appear in court before the justices at Newmarket on Wednesday 3rd July 1381 to respond to the king on the charges. On which day the sheriff returns that the aforesaid John Saffrey is not found in his jurisdiction. And it is enquired of the aforesaid sheriff if he can retrieve the aforesaid John or not. And it is testified by the sheriff and other king's ministers as necessary what is required. And furthermore that it was established by the aforesaid assigned and both by examination of good men of the aforesaid John and of other trustworthy men, sworn, that the same John immediately upon the arrival of those assigned fled out of the county on the aforesaid occasion and refused to stand lawfully. And on this a public proclamation is made by the decree of those assigned, that the said John should come and deliver up himself to the king's peace under penalty of forfeit of his goods, chattels, lands and tenements, and he does not come. Thus it is ordered to Ralph atte Wyk, escheator, that possession and forfeiture is carried out as above for the flight of the said John from the king. And that the same escheator should therefore bring this about. And thus is ordered to the sheriff that captured the aforesaid John. And he should appear before the justices on Saturday 24th August 1381 at Cambridge to respond to the king on the aforesaid charges. [On which Saturday he does not appear. The escheator Ralph atte Wyk has seized his possessions, and this has been counter-rolled by Simon de Burgh. It is ordered to the sheriff that he should be outlawed]. | Reach,Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham,Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page |
