The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Ralph |
| Last name prefix | atte |
| Last name | Wyk |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Escheator |
| Source | TNA JUST 1/103 m. 9 |
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 | ||
| 3583 | John Coggeshall assaults Roger Blaunkgren | And that the same John on Saturday 15th June 1381, in Bridge Street in Cambridge, with many other unknown rebels, came with malice aforethought to the house of Roger son of Richard Blaunkgren, and sought to kill him, and he did not find him there, but immediately went to the church of St. Giles, Cambridge, and there assaulted the said Roger, and would have beheaded him if it had not been for the parishioners in the church at the same time preventing him. And upon this continuing in his malice, he went back to Roger's house to pull it down, when the wife of the said Roger, on her knees, offered him a fine for having his peace and favour, in contempt of the King and to the pernicious example of others. [Witnesses testify against him, he is found guilty, hanged and his possessions are forfeit]. | Bridge Street,Cambridge,Cambridgeshire; St Giles Church,Cambridge,Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page | ||
| 3623 | Order to sheriff to issue writs of exigent for Thomas Furbour and numerous other Cambridgeshire rebels | They are ordered to appear before the justices at Cambridge on Weds 9th January 1382. Regarding Richard Martyn, John Refham, William Smyth of Waterbeach, John Beverage, Thomas Stowe, cordwainer, Henry Rande, John Barbour, John Saffrey, John Kempe, John Staunford, John Norhampton, John Cook, John Prat, Geoffrey Cobbe and Robert Brygham, the sheriff returns that his predecessor Henry Englyssh, released to him a signed writ of exigent, therefore no further action is taken against them. And regarding Henry Refham, Lorkyn Bernard and Almaric Fede, the same sheriff returns that his aforesaid predecessor released to him a signed indenture made between them stating that those indicated gave themselves up and remain in custody. The others do not appear and are outlawed. | Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page | ||
| 3626 | William Bokenham and others put in exigent | Also the same sheriff returned at the aforesaid term that William Bokenham, John son of Richard atte Hache, cutler, William Gore, John Clerk of West Wratting, William Smyth of [Great or Little Bradley, Suffolk], John Everard and Thomas Torneye named in the writ of exigent were summoned five times at the session held at Cambridge on Thursday 2nd January 1382, and did not appear. And on the fourth occasion they were summoned and did not appear, therefore it is the judgement of the crown and their decision that they should be outlawed. Thus it is ordered to the escheator, namely Ralph atte Wyk, that he should diligently inquire into their lands, tenements, goods and chattels, and make execution on behalf of the king. | Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page | ||
| 3644 | John Buk aids Richard de Leycestre in his crimes | Further the aforesaid jurors say that John Buk of Ely was a fellow of the aforesaid Richard Leycestre all the time of the insurrection and tumult at Ely in the accomplishing of all the felonies, treasons and misdeeds, whereof the said Richard was indicted. And specially that the same John, of his malice, at the time when Edmund de Walsyngham was adjudged to death, feloniously came to him and feloniously snatched a purse of Edmund attached to his tunic containing 42½d., and violently assaulted the said Edmund, dragging him to the place of his beheading, and carried away the said money except 12d. thereof which he gave to John Deye of Willingham, who there feloniously beheaded Edmund, for his labour. [He confesses to committing these acts under influence of the devil, is found guilty and hanged, and his possessions are forfeit.] | Ely,Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page | ||
| 3649 | Adam Clymme raises the commons | Further that the same Adam the day and year aforesaid at the time of the insurrection was always wandering armed with arms displayed, bearing a standard, to assemble insurgents, commanding that no man of whatsoever condition he were, free or bond, should obey his lord to do any services or customs, under pain of beheading, otherwise than he should declare to them on behalf of the Great Fellowship. And so he traitorously took upon him royal power. [He is found guilty and hanged, and his possessions are forfeit]. | Cambridgeshire | Escheator | View Incident page | ||
| 4359 | Simon vicar of Mildenhall threatens Ralph atte Wyk | Simon, vicar of Mildenhall, otherwise arrested by Henry English, sheriff of Cambridgeshire, on suspicion of insurrection during the time of the rumour and disturbance, and at the complaint of Ralph atte Wyk, king's escheator in the aforesaid county, for the reason that [Simon], with many other malefactors by him congregated and arrayed in a warlike manner, on Friday 14th June 1381, came to the house of the aforesaid Ralph at Newmarket in the county of Cambridgeshire, and insulted him, and threatened him with beheading, and destruction of his dwelling, if he did not deliver up to him the daughter of Ralph de Walsham at Mildenhall, lately abducted by others and alleged to have been received by Ralph atte Wyke, as the aforesaid Simon the vicar asserted, and of which accusation the same Ralph atte Wyke is not guilty. And the aforesaid vicar continued in his malicious and iniquitous purpose until the same Ralph and his friends paid him a fine to stand in his favour, to the great injury of Ralph, his wife and family, and manifest affright and disturbance of the whole town, and in contempt of the King's peace. | Newmarket,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4679 | Concerning lands formerly belonging to Geoffrey Cobbe, rebel | Concerning lands in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire formerly belonging to Geoffrey Cobbe, traitor, who has fled. | Escheator | View Incident page |
