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First name	John
Last name	Mors
Gender	Male
Domicile	Helions Bumpstead,Essex
Source	TNA KB 27/489 m. 52

Incidents

ID	Summary	Description	Location	Role	Charges	Comments on role	View incident
3839	William Benyngton and others attack the property of Andrew Cavendyssh	Suffolk. Andrew Cavendyssh, knight, by his attorney versus William Benyngton, Robert Warnere of Gestingthorpe, Walter de Burton of Helions Bumpstead, Henry son of Walter de Burton, John Pappe of Helions Bumpstead, John Bride of Helions Bumpstead, John Mors of Helions Bumpstead, Simon Cook of Hempstead, William Colman of Finchingfield, Walter Cartere of Finchingfield, John Sexteyn of Stambourne, John Fynch of Stambourne, John Fraunceys of Helions Bumpstead, Richard Hempstede of Helions Bumpstead, John Coupere of Helions Bumpstead, Richard Webbestere of Finchingfield, John Moor of Hempstead, Stephen Northay of Wethersfield, junior, William son of Roger Selonge of Wethersfield, Thomas Roberd of Hempstead, Robert the parish priest of Hempstead, William Swete of Hempstead and John Symond of [Otton/St Paul's/Walter] Belchamp, on a plea that with force and arms they broke the close and houses of the said Andrew at Bury St Edmunds, and cut down his new trees, and took and carried away other goods and chattels worth £100, and also a certain chest containing six wallets of charters, writings and other muniments, and other injuries, to great harm and against the peace.	Bury St Edmunds,Suffolk	Accused			View Incident page

Biographical Information

Date	Location	Info	Source	Comment
10/01/1380	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morse and John Sparwe senior do fealty for a tenement they bought from William Launcelyn, and they acknowledge that they hold a messuage and 8 acres of land and pasture for 1/2d per year.	ERO, D/DTh M19
12/12/1381	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morys serves as affeerer.	ERO, D/DTh M19
07/01/1384	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morse excused ('essoin') for absence at court.	ERO, D/DTh M19
10/12/1386	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morce pays 2d for pannage for 1 sow and 5 piglets.	ERO, D/DTh M20
14/11/1387	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morse fined 3d for default of court.	ERO, D/DTh M20
14/11/1387	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morse submits to a charge of trespass in the lords wheat with 2 bulls; fined 4d.	ERO, D/DTh M20
26/06/1396	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror.	ERO, D/DTh M23
04/06/1398	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror.	ERO, D/DTh M24
05/11/1398	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror. He is fined 2d for making damage with his pigs in the lord's pasture.	ERO, D/DTh M24
05/11/1398	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors submits to a charge of trespass in the lord's private pasture ('separalis pastura') with 200 sheep; fined 6d.	ERO, D/DTh M24
1399 to 1400	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	In a list of those owing suit of court, John Mors is listed as owing suit for 4 acres of land in 'Cherchefeld'.	D/DTh M29	The list is dated in the first year of Henry IV (i.e. 30 September 1399 to 29 September 1400).
14/01/1399	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror.	ERO, D/DTh M24
14/01/1399	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	The lord grants to farm ('concessit et ad firmam tradidit') to John Mors 10 1/2 acres; for 2 acres he has to pay 20d rent and for the remaining acres 7d per acre annually, payable at the usual terms in equal portions, for three years beginning last Michaelmas. And the lord grants John Mors 5 1/2 acres of meadow in 'le Slyppe'; rent is 4s for each acre per year payable at the usual terms.	ERO, D/DTh M24
14/01/1399	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as affeerer.	ERO, D/DTh M24
1400 to 1401	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors holds 2 acres of land in 'Cherchefeld' (once Henry Burton's) for which he pays rent of 1d and 1/4d at Easter and 1d 1/4d at Michelmas. He holds a messuage with a croft(land) for which her pays rent of 1/4d each at the two terms; he holds a further 2 acres of land in 'Cherchefeld' for which he pays rent of 2d each at the two terms; he holds a small meadow for which he pays rent of 3/4d each at the two terms.	ERO, D/DTh M48
03/06/1400	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors acknowledges that he owes suit of court for 4 acres of land in 'Cherchefeld'.	ERO, D/DTh M25
23/09/1400	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors ordered to appear at the next court to answer Gace(?) Pappe in 3 suits of detention of cattle and trespass, and also to answer Roger Mumbray in a suit of detention of cattle. A day is given to John Mors to present evidence that he had certain rights of way(?) under pain of 2s. The jury present that John Mors entered the house of Katerine Sage and took away goods; he is fined 6s 8d.	ERO, D/DTh M25
16/06/1401	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror. He is presented that he unjustly detained livestock from several people; fined 15d for multiple offences.	ERO, D/DTh M25	The date is not entirely clear.
23/10/1402	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors, plaintiff, had been given a (court) date in 20 trespass suits against William Selong, defendant. Four neighbours, including John Bryd, have been summoned to decide ('ad abitramendum'). They try to settle the suits by common accord, but John Mors does not want to abide by this; he is fined 1/2 marc to the benefit of the church of Helions Bumpstead. William is fined the same amount.	ERO, D/DTh M25
03/07/1403	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors one of 8 tenants who do fealty to the new farmers, Henry, parson Wethersfield and his associates.	ERO, D/DTh M25
26/11/1403	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors pays 3d according to the custom of the manor for pannage for 9 pigs; he is fined 3d for making an illegal way across the lord's private pasture with a cart.	ERO, D/DTh M25
13/11/1404	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror.	ERO, D/DTh M25
11/06/1405	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morise serves as chief pledge.	ERO, D/DB M1	John Mors was a tenant of Helions manor and Bumpstead Hall manor of the earl of Oxford ('Bumpstede Comitis'); the earls manor held the view of frankpledge.
03/06/1406	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morice surrenders a messuage and a croftland ('crofta'), which previously belonged to Robert Bygge and after that to John Multon, into the hands of the lord to the benefit of John Spugg.	ERO, D/DB M1	Not clear if John Morice is identical with John Mors.
14/06/1406	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	William Selong incurs 5s penalty by judgement of 4 jurors in 20 suits of trespass against John Morice, plaintiff.	ERO, D/DTh M28	cf. entry 23 Oct 1402.
14/06/1406	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morce fined 3d for trespass in the lord's pasture with 6 beasts ('bestis'; farm animals) and 6 pigs.	ERO, D/DTh M28
14/06/1406	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as juror.	ERO, D/DTh M28
14/06/1406	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	The lord grants John Mors 2 acres of unfree land ('terra nativa') in Cherchefeld to hold at will from from last Easter for his and his son John's life ('et Iohannis filius eiusdem' superscripted); rent is 20d per year payable at Easter and Michaelmas; he does fealty. ... Order to distrain John Morse to inquire his claim that he holds the tenement 'Waleys'. He also serves as affeerer.	ERO, D/DTh M28
19/05/1407	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as chief pledge.	ERO, D/DB M1
19/05/1407	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors fined 12d for assaulting John Meysaunt, beating him and drawing blood against the peace. Thomas, son of John Meysaunt fined 1d for assaulting John Mors.	ERO, D/DB M1
04/07/1407	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors (and several others) do fealty for all lands and tenements he holds of the manor of Bumpstead Comitis.	ERO, D/DB M1
11/06/1408	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors serves as chief pledge.	ERO, D/DB M1
11/06/1408	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors one of 18 jurors charged with presenting truthfully the extent of the waste to the manor of Bumpstead Comitis while in the hands of Johanna de Bohun, countess of Hereford, who had farmed the manor out to Thomas Bendyssh and John Newton. The jury declare that the waste amounted to 33s 4d.	ERO, D/DB M1
18/04/1409	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Mors one of the jurors in a case of legal age.	ERO, D/DTh M29
04/06/1409	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	John Morys serves as chief pledge.	ERO, D/DB M1
15/05/1410	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	'mort' superscripted John Moris' name in the list of chief pledges.	ERO, D/DB M1	John Mors seems to have died between June 1409 and May 1410. The rest of the court and leet of 1410 is faded.
09/12/1411	Helions Bumpstead,Essex	The jury presents that John Mors has alienated before his death a messuage and a parcel of land and meadow to a John Watevyle and Robert Louncely. They come to court and do fealty; they are ordered to produce proof about the nature of their tenure until the next court. Both men are also ordered to show proof about the nature of their tenure of a croftland called 'Waleys' which John Mors recently held for services of 6d a year.	ERO, D/DTh M30

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