The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Adam |
| Last name | Sprot |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 27/486 rex m. 16 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
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| 4086 | John Coggeshall takes possession of the royal manor of Bradwell on the order of John Hende | John Coggeshale of Rivenhall on Thursday 27 June 1381, namely on the order of John Hende, citizen of London, as attorney of the same John, entered into the manor of Bradwell, then being in the hand of the lord King, and took seisin in the aforesaid manor with all its pertinences in the name of the aforesaid John Hende, and seized the revenues and profits of the same manor, for the use of the aforesaid John, from the aforesaid Thursday etc, until the following Michaelmas, it was said to the tenants of the same manor that they were to be intendant and answerable to the aforesaid John Hende as their lord of the aforesaid manor. And they say that the same John Hende made and appointed John Hurt his attorney to have regard for the aforesaid seisin and that the same John Hurt, Henry Stork, John Spencer, John Grigge and John Cogeshale broke down the door of the dovecote and took and carried away the pigeons, and seized all the profits of the said manor for the use of the aforesaid John Hende, from the aforesaid day to the following Michaelmas when Robert de Goldyngton, escheator of the lord King seized back said manor. And they say also that a certain William Golyrone, one tenant of said manor died in the meantime. And that the aforesaid John and the others refused to allow him to be buried until the aforesaid John Hende was seisin of a certain heriot. Hende and Coggeshall plead not guilty; acquitted. | Bradwell juxta Coggeshall,Witham Hundred,Essex | Juror | View Incident page |
