The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name prefix | de |
| Last name | Berden |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | York,Yorkshire |
| Source | TNA SC 8/103/5143 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3498 | Pardon to the 'good and loyal commons' | Pardon to the 'good and loyal commons', granted under the terms sanctioned by parliament in November 1381: | Pardoned | View Incident page | |||
| 3736 | Petition from William Tykhill accusing Simon Whixley and others of false accusation, imprisonment and taking of bonds | The petitioner complains that Whixley, Agland, Pomifreit, Golding, Cotingham, and the most part of the commons of the city of York, after the rising of the commons of Kent and Essex, accused the petitioner that he was assistant to John de Guisborough in the prosecution made to the king of various insults made to them in the time that he was mayor of the city. By colour of this and without cause or due process of the law, they imprisoned the petitioner on Wednesday 19th June 1381 until 26th June, along with other worthy men of the city, until they agreed to pay great sums of money, and forced them to make bonds of statute merchant against their will. He asks that these bonds be cancelled, and that he be able to return to the city without fearing for his life. | York,Yorkshire | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3737 | Petition from Richard del See accusing Simon Whixley and others of false accusation, imprisonment and taking of bonds | The petitioner complains that Whixley, Agland, Pomifreit, Golding, Cotingham, and the most part of the commons of the city of York, after the rising of the commons of Kent and Essex, accused the petitioner that he was assistant to John de Guisborough in the prosecution made to the king of various insults made to them in the time that he was mayor of the city. By colour of this and without cause or due process of the law, and though the petitioner had letters of protection for the voyage of the king and Thomas de Felton to Gascony, which he showed to Whixley in the city tollbooth, they imprisoned the petitioner on Wednesday 10th April 1381 for ten weeks, along with other worthy men of the city, until they agreed to pay great sums of money, and forced them to make bonds of statute merchant against their will. He asks that these bonds be cancelled, and that he be able to return to the city without fearing for his life. | York,Yorkshire; Hull,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3738 | Petition from William Bell accusing Simon Whixley and others of false accusation, imprisonment and taking of bonds | The petitioner complains that Whixley, Agland, Pomifreit, Golding, Cotingham, and the most part of the commons of the city of York, after the rising of the commons of Kent and Essex, accused the petitioner that he was assistant to John de Guisborough in the prosecution made to the king of various insults made to them in the time that he was mayor of the city. By colour of this and without cause or due process of the law, they imprisoned the petitioner on Thursday 20th June 1381 until 29th June, along with other worthy men of the city, until they agreed to pay great sums of money, and forced them to make bonds of statute merchant against their will. He asks that these bonds be cancelled, and that he be able to return to the city without fearing for his life. | York,Yorkshire; Hull,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3739 | Petition from Roger de Burton accusing Simon Whixley and others of false accusation, imprisonment and taking of bonds | The petitioner complains that Whixley, Agland, Pomifreit, Golding, Cotingham, and the most part of the commons of the city of York, after the rising of the commons of Kent and Essex, accused the petitioner that he was assistant to John de Guisborough in the prosecution made to the king of various insults made to them in the time that he was mayor of the city. By colour of this and without cause or due process of the law, they imprisoned the petitioner on Thursday 20th June 1381 until 30th June, along with other worthy men of the city, until they agreed to pay great sums of money, and forced them to make bonds of statute merchant against their will. He asks that these bonds be cancelled, and that he be able to return to the city without fearing for his life. | York,Yorkshire; Hull,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3743 | Petition from John de Eston accusing Simon Whixley and others of false accusation, imprisonment and taking of bonds | The petitioner complains that Whixley, Agland, Pomifreit, Golding, Cotingham, and the most part of the commons of the city of York, after the rising of the commons of Kent and Essex, accused the petitioner that he was assistant to John de Guisborough in the prosecution made to the king of various insults made to them in the time that he was mayor of the city. By colour of this and without cause or due process of the law, they imprisoned the petitioner on Tuesday 18th June 1381 until Saturday 22nd June, along with other worthy men of the city, until they agreed to pay great sums of money, and forced them to make bonds of statute merchant against their will. He asks that these bonds be cancelled, and that he be able to return to the city without fearing for his life. | York,Yorkshire; Hull,Yorkshire East Riding | Accused | View Incident page |
