The People of 1381
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Participant
| Title | King |
| First name | Richard |
| Last name | II |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 27/486 rex m. 16 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4174 | Thomas 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,Middlesex | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4415 | Walter Sybyle prevents aid reaching the king at Smithfield | On Saturday 15 June 1381, when the king and mayor were surrounded by rebels at Smithfield, Walter Sybyle left them and rode to Aldgate and West Cheap, and with John Horn he prevented men of those areas from going to the aid of the king, spreading malicious rumours that the king and mayor had been killed. | Aldgate Ward,London; Cheap Ward,London; Smithfield,London | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4417 | Thomas Farndon burns the manor of Highbury, accosts the king at Mile End, enters the Tower and throws down the tenement of John Knot | On 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,London | Victim | View Incident page |
