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Participant

First nameRobert
Last nameHales
GenderMale
OccupationPrior of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England;Treasurer
SourceTNA KB 27/483 rex m. 26
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Incidents

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2758Michael Walde and William Prentis break into various houses and abet killings of Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales, 10 June 1381Michael Walde of Middleton and William Prentis of Newington on 10th June 1381 feloniously broke into the houses of John Sokelyng, John Catesby, Simon [Haye], John Tebbe and Thomas Garwynton, and afterwards procured and abetted the killing of the archbishop of Canterbury and Robert Hales prior of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England.KentVictimView Incident page
3288Exclusions from the General Pardon - MiddlesexExclusions from the General Pardon - MiddlesexMiddlesexMentionedView Incident page
3347John Bucke agitated in Great and Little WakeringJohn Bucke warned the inhabitants of Great and Little Wakering that Robert Hales would come with 100 soldiers to kill all people of the hundred of Rochford.Great Wakering,Essex; Little Wakering,EssexMentionedView Incident page
3355Destruction of manor of Hospitallers at Cressing TempleDestruction of manor of Hospitallers at Cressing TempleCressing Temple,Witham Hundred,EssexVictimView Incident page
3522Robert Tavell, William Cobbe and John Noble plunder the Prior of St John and othersTwelve jurors say upon their oath that Robert Tavell, William Cobbe of Gazeley and John son of Thomas Noble of Freckenham, along with many others unknown, went to Chippenham on Saturday 15th June 1381 and feloniously took goods and chattels belonging to the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, namely, cows, cloth, linen and wool and other utensils worth £100, and carried them away. And furthermore that the aforesaid Robert and others named above on the same day went to Soham and there they feloniously took £4 in silver from Richard Macwurth. And that on the same day of the aforesaid felonies they feloniously took £4 in silver from Augustus Kellynge and Gilbert Helgeye at Isleham. And that they are common and notorious wrongdoers. Soham,Cambridgeshire; Chippenham,Staploe Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Isleham,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
3527John Hanchach tears down the houses of the Prior of St John, Duxford, and other crimesAnd the jurors say that John Hanchauch was a ringleader of wrongdoers, and that with his company and a powerful assembly of unknown men on Saturday 15th June 1381 by night he tore down the houses of the Prior of the Hospital of St John in Duxford, and found there various goods and chattels worth £20 belonging to Richard Masterman, tenant-at-farm, and feloniously took and carried them away, to the damage of the king. And by various inquisitions held in various hundreds it is ascertained that the same John Hanchauch was at all times during the uprising riding with the might of an armed assembly with many followers, and that he was commander and leader at the manors of Thomas Haselden, William Bateman, the Hospital of Shingay, Edward Walsyngham, Thomas Torell, Roger Harlaston and John Blauncpayn in Cambridge, and [perpetrated] other thefts and destruction and burning of houses earlier with the said company, in prejudice of the king and the great disturbance of the people. Shingay,Cambridgeshire; Duxford,Whittlesford Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Cambridge,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
3543William Vicory and John Peper aid John Hanchach in various crimes[The jurors] also say that William Vicory of Linton and John Peper of the same were with [John Hanchach] of their own free will during the time that he was leader of the felons who attacked the manors of Thomas de Haselden, Thomas Bradefeld, William Bateman and the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem at Shingay, on Saturday 15th June 1381, and feloniously plundered them and broke into, destroyed, and burnt their houses. And that the said William Vicory and John Peper continued such robberies during the two following days. Shingay,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
3684Confirmation of John Saferay's pardon and restoration of his landsJohn Saferay of Stow-cum-Quy was pardoned on 22 November 1381 for his involvement in the revolt, on condition he was not a ringleader or involved in the killing of Simon Sudbury, Robert Hales, John de Cavendish or the Prior of Bury, or the burning of the manors of the Savoy or Clerkenwell. Therefore Robert Pays, escheator, is ordered to restore his lands.CambridgeshireMentionedView Incident page
3742Bailiff of East Hanningfield orders rebels to attack Cressing Temple.John Geffrey, bailiff of East Hanningfield leads rebels in the attack on Cressing Temple.Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,EssexVictimView Incident page
3754Petition from William Salesbury requesting the recapture of David Calveley, released from prison by Jack Strawe during the recent uprisingRequest for the recapture and imprisonment of David Calveley, who is in dispute with the petitioner over the prebend of Blewbury in Salisbury Cathedral, and who was released from the Marshalsea by Jack Straw and his fellow traitors at the time of the recent uprising. Blewbury,Berkshire; Marshalsea Prison,Southwark,SurreyMentionedView Incident page
4095Pardon to John Glasene, John Webbe, Robert Piers, John Somenour and William Chaumberleyn Pardon to John Glasene, John Webbe, Robert Piers, John Somenour and William Chaumberleyn for the crimes committed at Manningtree [see Incidents 4090 and 4092] at the request of Queen Anne.Mile End,Middlesex; Colchester,Essex; Manningtree,EssexMentionedView Incident page
4147Thomas Payntour rises up at St AlbansIt was presented that Thomas Payntour of St Albans on 14 June 1381 painted a banner with the king's arms and went with various traitors to St Albans and threw down the houses of Richard Stryveyn, John Clerk and Robert atte Chaumbre. Thomas Payntour is led from the Marshalsea and produces a pardon, along with Richard Walyngford of St Albans; they are released and mainprised.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4148William Berewyk and Richard Walyngford rise up at St AlbansIt was presented that William Berewyk and Richard Walyngford on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June 1381 came from London with a banner and rose up at St Albans with the community of that town. They are brought before the king's bench from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produce the king's pardon. They are released and mainprised.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4149John Wayt rises up at St AlbansJohn Wayt rose up at St Albans with the community of that town on Friday 14 June 1381, and threw down the manor houses of the abbey of St Albans. He was led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbey and brought before the king's bench. He produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released and mainprised.St Albans,Hertfordshire; Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4150Gilbert Taillour rises up St AlbansGilbert Taillour rose up at St Albans with a wicked company on Friday 14 June 1381, and said that if one man was killed then the manors of the abbot of St Albans would be burnt and the abbey thrown down. He was led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbey and brought before the king's bench. He produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released and mainprised.Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,Hertfordshire; St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4151John Tyler rises up at St AlbansJohn Tyler and others rose up on Friday 21 June 1381 and threw down a house belonging to the abbot of St Albans called 'le Thwerthonerhous', and on Saturday 22 June 1381 they threw down the houses of Robert atte Chaumbre, Richard Screvayne and John Clerk at St Albans, and broke the prison of the abbot of St Albans and led out the prisoners. John Tyler is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.St Albans,Hertfordshire; Abbey of St Albans,St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4152Thomas Bynorthen rises up at St AlbansThomas Bynorthen was arrested at St Albans on suspicion of treasonable insurrection and was committed to the custody of the bailiffs of the abbot of St Albans. He is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4153Edmund Cook rises up at St AlbansEdmund Cook of Berkhamsted with about 40 others of the same village on Saturday 15 June 1381 went to St Albans and rode to the house of Robert atte Chaumbre and stayed on their horses while the house was thrown down. Edmund Cook was led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produced a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4154John Garlek rises up at St AlbansJohn Garlek and others on Friday 14 June 1381 came from London to St Albans with a banner raised against the king. John Garlek is led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produces a pardon under the genera amnesty; he is mainprised and released.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4156Stephen atte Hethe rises up at St AlbansStephen atte Hethe was arrested on suspicion of treasonable insurrection against the king at St Albans. He is led from the Marshalsea by the bailiffs of the liberty of the abbot of St Albans and produces a pardon under the general amnesty. He is mainprised and released.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4157John Smyth takes part in burning of the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of ClerkenwellIt was presented that John Smyth of Lewisham together with other traitors on Thursday 13 June 1381 rose up and burnt the Duke of Lancaster's manor of the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of Clerkenwell. John Smyth is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon by request of Queen Anne; he is mainprised and released.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4158John son of William Clerk, chaplain - no crimes specifiedJohn son of William Clerk, chaplain, captured and detained in the Tower of London - no crimes specified. He is committed to the Marshalsea; he appears and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is mainprised and released.MentionedView Incident page
4163John Porel rises up at St AlbansJohn Porel with other malefactors on Sunday 16 June 1381 treasonably threw down the houses of John Clerk, Richard Stryveyn and Robert atte Chambre in St Albans, and on Saturday 15 June helped John Baron break the prison, and they took away an unknown man in the prison there and beheaded him. John Porel is led from the Marshalsea before the king's bench and produces a pardon under the general amnesty; he is released.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4168John Northbourne and John Usscher behead Simon Sudbury and Robert Hales, and break the houses of Andrew Brewere and John BotirwykOn the following day [14 June 1381] they went to the Tower of London and helped [fuerunt adiutores] in the beheading of the Archbishop [Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury], the Master of St John [Robert Hales, Master of the Hospitallers] and others and afterwards broke the houses of Andrew Brewere [also known as Andrew Tettesworth, a brewer and notorious promoter of false lawsuits] at the Strand and John Botirwyk [John Butterwick, under-sheriff of Middlesex] next Knightsbridge. Tower of London,London; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Strand,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4170Accounts of William Pakyngton, Keeper of the Wardrobe, 3-5 Richard IIValuation of goods and chattels of rebels and victims.VictimView Incident page
4172Thomas Faryngdon ringleader in the attacks on the Savoy, the Temple and Clerkenwell.Thomas Faryngdon is ringleader in the attacks on Gaunt's Savoy palace, the Temple and St John's Clerkenwell.Middlesex; LondonVictimView Incident page
4173Thomas Faryngdon ringleader in the attack on Cressing Temple (Essex).Thomas Faryngdon leads a company of rebels in the attack of on St John's preceptory at Cressing Temple (Essex) and stole goods from there. Cressing Temple,Witham Hundred,EssexVictimView Incident page
4174Thomas Faryngdon demands justice from the king in property dispute; he also takes part in the destruction of Highbury manor.Thomas Faryngdon demands justice from the king outside Tower Hill in property dispute with Richard Weston; he also takes part in the destruction of Robert Hales' manor at Highbury manor.Tower of London,London; Highbury,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4187Thomas Noteman plunders horses from the Prior of the Hospital of St JohnThomas Noteman named in the present writ was arrested at the time of the insurrection in the aforesaid city by John Canynges, constable of the ward of Farringdon Within, London, and others of the same ward, on a charge that at the time of the aforesaid dissension he was a malefactor and plunderer of horses belonging to the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, and he was captured before William Walleworth, then mayor of the aforesaid city, and confessed openly. VictimView Incident page
4188Robert Cave and others burn the manors of the Savoy, Clerkenwell and KnightsbridgeRobert Cave, baker of Dartford, Richard Nevylle of Southwark, Walter Payn Brey, girdlemaker of London, John Hayward of Elmdon in the county of Essex, John Hayward junior of Essex, William Berle of Elmdon, skinner, John Smyth of Elmdon and John Scot, tawyer of London, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381 went to the manors of the Savoy and Clerkenwell and to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge with a multitude of traitors, against the lord king and his people, and feloniously and treasonably burnt and tore down the houses of the aforesaid manors, against the peace.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4201Joanna Ferrour burns the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and orders the beheading of Simon Sudbury and Robert HalesOn Friday 14 June 1381 the said Joanna went as head of the said company to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England and made a fire there and completely burnt that house, and carried off two horses loaded with wool worth 6 marks. And the same Joanna together with others went as chief leader to the Tower of London, and laid violent hands first on Simon, lately archbishop of Canterbury, and then on Brother Robert Hales, lately Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and she dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered that they be beheaded. Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4210Robert Hales v. Robert Flatbury and othersPrior of St John of Jerusalem [Robert Hales] appears through his attorney against Robert Flatbury and others in a plea that with force and arms they broke his close and houses at Shingay and carried off goods and chattels worth £40. They do not appear; sheriff ordered to distrain; they have nothing; sheriff ordered to seize them.Shingay,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
4212Richard Neville burns the Savoy, the Hospital of St John at Clerkenwell, and the manor of John Buterwyk at KnightsbridgeRichard Neville of Southwark, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy, and to the [Hospital of St John] Clerkenwell, and to John Butrewyk's manor at Knightsbridge, with a crowd of traitors against the lord king and his people, and feloniously and traitorously burnt and cast down the aforesaid houses within the aforesaid manors, against the peace etc. He does not appear and is outlawed; he appears and produces a king's writ annulling the outlawry; he is mainprised.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4213Peter Bolom rises up at St AlbansPeter Bolom and others treasonably and feloniously rose up at St Albans on Saturday 15 June 1381. He appears and produces a pardon.St Albans,HertfordshireMentionedView Incident page
4214William Plomer burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St JohnWilliam Plomer of Greenwich, at the same time with other traitors of the lord king, feloniously and traitorously made an insurrection against the lord king and his faithful subjects on Thursday 13 June 1381, and set fire to the houses of John, duke of Lancaster, at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and the houses and church of St John of Jerusalem in England at Smithfield, and was the principal actor in the aforesaid insurrection. He produces a pardon, is mainprised and goes free.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4233John Plot burns the houses of Roger Leget, Andrewe Brewere, the Savoy and the Hospital of ClerkenwellJohn Plot of London, brewer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the house of Roger Leget in Holborn feloniously and traitorously, and to the house of Andrew Brewere, and to the manor of the Savoy, and to the manor of Clerkenwell, together with other wrongdoers, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses against the peace of the now lord king. He produces a pardon and goes free.Holborn,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4234John Plot agrees to behead Robert HalesJohn Plot was one of the principal men, who rose up against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and was the first who agreed to behead Robert de Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, etc. He is pardoned.Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4235John Ferrour and others burn the Hospital of Clerkenwell and steal a horseOn Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and placed a fire there, and fully burnt down the said house, and they loaded and carried away two horses there with wool, worth six marks. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4236John Ferrour and others order the beheading of Sudbury and HalesOn Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour and others came to the Tower of London, as if the principal leaders, and first of all thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. John appears and pleads not guilty; the jury acquit him. Order to William Walleworth to determine whether John is indicted of any crimes in the City of London, as he is one of those exempted from the general pardon; Walleworth returns that there are no indictments.Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4238Roger atte Wode burns the Hospital of ClerkenwellOn Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode and other principal wrongdoers in the said company came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and put a fire there and fully burnt down the said house, and loaded two horses there with wool, worth six marks, and carried that away. Roger produces a pardon and goes free.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4239Roger atte Wode orders the beheading of Sudbury and HalesOn Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode came to the Tower of London as the principal leader and thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. Roger produces a pardon and goes free.Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4240Robert Hynkele burns the Savoy, the Hospital of Clerkenwell and the manor of John ButterwykRobert Hynkele and others, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of St John of Jerusalem in England, and afterwards to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and the houses within the aforesaid manors in the county of Middlesex against the peace. He pleads not guilty and is committed to prison.Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4243John Halyngbury burns documents of the Prior of St John of JerusalemThe prior by his attorney appears against John Halyngbury of Wandsworth in the county of Surrey, concerning a plea, whereby, by force and arms, he broke into the close and houses of the same prior at Highbury and Clerkenwell ... ... and burnt his deeds, rolls of courts and other muniments found there, and took and carried away his goods and chattels to the value of £40 found there, and inflicted other outrages on him, to the serious damage of the same prior and against the peace of the king. He does not appear.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Highbury,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4244John Halyngbury burns documents of the Prior of St John of JerusalemThe prior by his attorney appears against John Halyngbury of Wandsworth in the county of Surrey concerning a plea whereby, by force and arms, he broke into the close and houses of the same prior at Highbury and Clerkenwell, and burnt his charters, deeds, rolls of courts and other muniments found there, and took and carried away his goods and chattels to the value of £40 found there, and inflicted other outrages on him, to the serious damage of the same prior and against the peace of the king.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Highbury,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4247William Osebarn and others rise up at KingstonWilliam Osebarn, Robert Sutton, John Surpyton and William Crisp, were those who firstly made an insurrection with diverse other wrongdoers, whose names they do not know, traitorously against the lord king and his people in the vill of Kingston upon Thames, aforesaid, and the adjacent places in the county of Surrey, aforesaid, and were leaders of others so insurging with them. They produce pardons and go free.Kingston Upon Thames,SurreyMentionedView Incident page
4260William Buttermore burns the Hospital of St John at ClerkenwellThe jurors present that William Buttermore, on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and traitorously made an insurrection against the lord king and his loyal subjects, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the house and church of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England of Clerkenwell at Smithfield in the county of Middlesex, together with other traitors of the lord king.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4264John Clerk and others burn the Savoy and the Hospital of ClerkenwellJohn Clerk and others made an insurrection against the king and were the leaders in the burning of the Savoy and the Hospital of Clerkenwell on Thursday 13 June 1381.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4270Philip Shakell burns the Savoy and the Hospital of ClerkenwellPhilip Shakell of the county of Southampton, on Friday 14 June 1381, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of the Savoy with a multitude of other traitors, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors against the peace of the now lord king, and that he is a common robber. Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4271Theobald Elys beheads Sudbury and Hales, and burns the SavoyTheobald Elys of the county of Kent, on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June 1381, was one of the principal men, with a multitude of other traitors, who made an insurrection against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and that the same Theobald was the one who first assented and advised in the county of Middlesex to behead Simon, archbishop of Canterbury, then chancellor of the lord king, and similarly they afterwards feloniously and traitorously beheaded the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England on the abovesaid day and year. And also that the same Theobald, on the abovesaid day and year, was one of the principal men, who feloniously and traitorously burnt down the manor of the Savoy and the house of St John of Jerusalem in England as an enemy of the lord king, and that he is a common robber.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4272Richard Mony and others burn the manors of Highbury and Clerkenwell and abet the murder of Robert HalesRichard Mony of the county of Essex, late servant of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, John Webbe, servant and palfrey-man of the said prior, and Thomas Notman, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of Highbury in the county of Middlesex and to the manor of Clerkenwell with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses there. And afterwards they went to Tower Hill and there were present, aiding, procuring and helping to kill the aforesaid prior, then treasurer of the lord king, and against the peace of the lord king and his people.Tower of London,London; Highbury,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4273Thomas Clerk and John Norman burn the Savoy and the Hospital of St JohnThomas Clerk of Aldgate Street, butcher, and John Norman of Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of Clerkenwell and to the manor of the Savoy in the county of Middlesex with a great multitude of insurgents, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid houses against the peace of the lord king, etc.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4276John Plot burns the houses of Roger Leget and othersJohn Plot of London, brewer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the house of Roger Leget in Holborn feloniously and traitorously, and to the house of Andrew Brewere, and to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of Clerkenwell, together with other wrongdoers, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses in the county of Middlesex against the peace of the now lord king.Holborn,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4277John Plot aids in beheading Robert HalesJohn Plot was one of the principal men, who made an insurrection against the lord king in the county of Middlesex, and was the first, who consented to behead Robert de Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.VictimView Incident page
4278Geoffrey Hadham burns the Savoy and the Hospital of ClerkenwellGeoffrey Hadham of London, spicer, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the manor of the Savoy and to the manor of Clerkenwell with a multitude of traitors, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors, and that he is a common robber and disturber of the peace of the lord king.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4280Robert Hynkele and others burn the Savoy, the Hospital of Clerkenwell and the manor of John ButterwykRobert Hynkele, John Brewere of Hoxton and Thomas Burgeys of Holborn in the county of Middlesex, on Thursday 13 June 1381, came to the aforesaid manor of the Savoy and to the manor of St John of Jerusalem in England, and afterwards to the manor of John Butterwyk at Knightsbridge, and feloniously and traitorously burnt down the aforesaid manors and houses within the aforesaid manors in the county of Middlesex against the peace, etc.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4298John and Joanna Ferrour and others burn the Hospital of St John and instigate the murders of Sudbury and HalesOn Friday 14 June 1381 John Ferrour of Rochester, Joanna his wife, David Calvelei, clerk, and Roger atte Wode came as the principal actors to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and placed a fire there, and they fully burnt down the said house, and loaded and carried away two horses there with wool, worth six marks, and that the same John, David, Joan and Roger came at the Tower of London as the principal leaders and thrust violent hands firstly upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, abovesaid, and made the aforesaid insurrections, burnings and felonies feloniously and traitorously on the aforesaid day and year, etc.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4300John Gamelyn and Thomas, chaplain of William Stowe, burn the Hospital of St JohnJohn Gamelyn, servant of the late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, Thomas, late servant and chaplain of William Stowe, were the principal wrongdoers, who feloniously and traitorously, on Thursday 13 June 1381, burnt down the house of St John of Jerusalem in England, and they burnt down the aforesaid house together with the other aforesaid wrongdoers on the same day, and burnt down the aforesaid house at Clerkenwell in the aforesaid form, as the other leaders and captains, indicted of the said felonies above.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4330John Haras steals malt from the houses of the Prior of St John at ChippenhamJohn Haras of Herringswell, on Friday 14 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously rose up against the lord king and his lieges, and feloniously and treacherously broke into the close and houses of the prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Chippenham, and seized three hundred quarters of malt found there, worth sixty pounds, and treacherously sold it to various men and carried off the money resulting from that. He produces a pardon and goes free.Chippenham,Staploe Hundred,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
4358Robert de Lynton and John Golofre in company of John HanchachRobert de Lynton of Horseheath and John Golofre of Linton, otherwise arrested on suspicion of insurrection at the time of the disturbance and rumour, and because they were seen in the society of John Hanchach, leader of wrongdoers, at the manor of the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England at Duxford and the house of John Sybile at Horseheath, whilst many wrongdoings with destruction of houses, were done in that place by the aforesaid John Hanchach and his company, namely on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June 1381. They plead not guilty on grounds of coercion and are acquitted.Duxford,Whittlesford Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Horseheath,CambridgeshireVictimView Incident page
4416Thomas Farndon attacks the Temple in Fleet St, the priory of Clerkenwell and the SavoyOn Thursday 13 June 1381, Thomas Farndon came from Essex and led rebels to the tenement of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem called the Temple in Fleet Street, and they threw it down. They then proceeded to the Savoy, and burnt it down, and the priory of Clerkenwell, which they looted, despoiled and burnt. That night Farndon entertained many of the principal insurgents, including Robert la Warde, and conspired with them, creating a schedule of intended targets.Inner Temple,London; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4417Thomas Farndon burns the manor of Highbury, accosts the king at Mile End, enters the Tower and throws down the tenement of John KnotOn Friday 14 June 1381 Thomas Farndon with his accomplices went to the manor of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem at Highbury and burnt it down. They then went to Mile End, where he seized the reins of the king's horse and demanded justice for the seizure of his tenements by the said Prior. Farndon then proceeded to the Tower of London and entered it treasonably. He then proceeded through London seeking those who he wished to ransom or whose tenements he wished to throw down, and he was captured whilst throwing down the tenement of John Knot in Staining Lane and taken to prison.Highbury,Middlesex; Mile End,Middlesex; Tower of London,London; Staining Lane,London,LondonVictimView Incident page
4452Stephen Sonday present at the destruction of the manor of Highbury and the houses of Stephen MaynardThe jurors say that Stephen Sonday, in the company of very many malefactors rising up in this way against the lord king on Friday 14 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously, together with the aforesaid malefactors, was present at the burning of the manor lately belonging to Robert Hales, prior of St John of Jerusalem in England called Highbury in the county of Middlesex, and at the destruction of the houses of Stephen Maynard in West Smithfield in the suburb of London. And he likewise feloniously robbed William Salman of a hundred shillings there.Highbury,Middlesex; Smithfield,LondonVictimView Incident page
4453John Kyrkton alias Echard present at the burning of the Savoy, the manor of Highbury and the houses of Stephen MaynardThe jury say that John Kirkton, named in a certain writ of the lord king sewn to the present document, together with Thomas Mortymer and many others listed in the present indictment, and together with very many other malefactors, rising up against the lord king on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously was present, consenting and aiding at the burning of all the houses of the manor of John duke of Lancaster called the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, and likewise at the burning of the houses of the manor of Highbury, and the houses of Stephen Maynard near Highgate in the aforesaid county. Jury finds not guilty; he is excluded from the general pardon; excused from appearing in court due to illness; again fails to appear; order to seize him and mainpernors.Savoy,Middlesex; Highgate,Middlesex; Highbury,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4469Edward Weston, Thomas Bedforth and others burn the Savoy and the manor of ClerkenwellEdward Weston, Thomas Bedforth and others rose up in Middlesex, and on Thursday 13 June 1381 feloniously and treacherously burnt the lord duke of Lancaster's manor called the Savoy and the prior of Clerkenwell's manor in the same county of Middlesex.Savoy,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexVictimView Incident page
4504Horses formerly belonging to Robert Hales stolen in Smithfield, 15 June 1381 Five horses formerly belonging to Robert Hales taken from the premises of Henry Boseleye, a dealer in horses, at Smithfield, 15 June 1381Smithfield,LondonVictimView Incident page
4625Order concerning Thomas FarndonTo Alan de Buxhull constable of the Tower of London, and to his lieutenant. Order to deliver to John Morewelle serjeant at arms Thomas Farndon imprisoned in the Tower prison for manslaughter of brother Robert Hales late prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England the treasurer, to be brought to la Vyse [Devizes] castle and there kept in custody until the king shall take order for his deliverance. To Nicholas de Sharnesfeld constable of la Vyse [Devizes] castle, and to his lieutenant. Order to receive Thomas Farndon, whom John Morewelle shall deliver to him, and to keep him etc.Tower of London,LondonVictimView Incident page

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John Gamelyn ( 11835 )ServantRobert Hales ( 6778 )MasterCertain
John Webbe ( 24520 )ServantRobert Hales ( 6778 )MasterCertain
John Gamelyn ( 24640 )ServantRobert Hales ( 6778 )MasterCertain
Richard Masterman ( 16316 )TenantRobert Hales ( 6778 )LordCertain
Richard Mony ( 24519 )ServantRobert Hales ( 6778 )MasterCertain

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