John Cool is fined half a mark (13s 4d) for his part in the burning of the Stebbing court rolls, but because he is poor he is ordered to pay 40d on Wednesday before Christmas and a further 40d on Sunday in Lent.
BL Add. Ch. 65983
18/12/1383
Stebbing,Essex
John Brigthman pays 4d yearly for a messuage and 3 roods of land formerly John Cool's.
BL Add. Ch. 65957
The wording 'nuper Iohannis Cool' might indicate that John Cool was dead by December 1383.
