The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Church |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Sergeant |
| Domicile | London |
| Source | TNA SC 8/103/5111 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3817 | Petition from Margery Tany concerning the death of her son | Margery, widow of Thomas Tany and executrix of his testament, states that on Corpus Christi during the last insurrection, a proclamation was made that anyone with an action, title or right to recover any debts or inheritances should come to the King at the Tower of London with their evidence, and justice would be done to them: so she and her eldest son went to claim the debts owed to her through her husband's testament; and Walter Almaly, Dean of the College of Windsor was ordered to pay her. However, he had both her sons arrested, and beat the elder so badly that he died, and is now lying in wait for her, so that she has fled to sanctuary. She asks that the parties be ordered to come before the King, and also John Chirch, sergeant of London, who arrested her elder son, to confess the truth of the matter on oath, and that the King might do justice to the parties without delay, on the evidence obtained by this examination. | Tower of London,London | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 3822 | Petition from Margery Tany concerning the death of her son | The petitioner asks the king to bring John Church before his council to confess to the truth of her accusations, and to order remedy for the same. She states that on Thursday before Corpus Christi in the last parliament a declaration was made that all grievances be brought to the king, then established in the Tower of London, to show their indentures and obtain justice. On Wednesday following the petitioner and Thorp (upon the said proclamation) went to the tower with a bill to show the king and to recover debts due to her by virtue of the testament of her husband, but she was unable to do so and on the morrow she gave her bill to the king's master of the wardrobe in London. The said debts were awarded to the petitioner by due process and the archbishop of Canterbury sequestered all the goods once of William Mugg and now of Walter Almaly, until she recovered her debts. For this Thorp sought an order from the chancellor summoning Almaly and Metford to answer to the points contained in the order. Almaly and Metford were arrested and held for three days in contempt of the king and for obstructing the petitioner's rights. From his great malice, Almaly falsely accused her and her son of being at the tower when the chancellor was killed, which they were not as can be averred by the good people of Southwark and others, by which false suggestion Thorp was arrested in Southwark by John Church, and Almaly then beat Thorp on his head and in other parts of his body and John Church took him to Newgate where he died of his injuries. Now Almaly has procured an inquest to acquit him of these wrongs. | Southwark,Surrey; Tower of London,London | Mentioned | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| Duplicate person | Comments |
|---|---|
| John Chirch ( 18978 ) |
