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Participant

First nameWalter
Last nameBleche
GenderMale
DomicileGreat Waltham,Essex
SourceTNA CP 40/490 m. 489

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
2864Attack on property of John, Duke of Lancaster (palace of Savoy)John, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster. Forced entry into his close and house in the parish of St Mary-le-Strand (the palace of the Savoy); removal of goods and chattels worth £5,000.St Mary-le-Strand,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4129Attack on property of John of Gaunt at HertfordProperty of John of Gaunt at Hertford attacked by John Coltman and numerous others of Essex and Hertfordshire; they broke the close and stole goods and chattels worth £1000. They do not appear; sheriff ordered to attach them; John Blithe, Nicholas Blake and Walter Lechs of Ware are attached by Laurence Mot and Adam Lot and are in mercy; the others have nothing; on 15 July 1383 Roger Marchal and others appear [remainder illegible].Hertford,HertfordshireAccusedView Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
14/06/1375Great Waltham,EssexJohn Bleche and William Bleche are in a list of 36 chief pledges reporting on John Ireland, chaplain, who broke into Pleshey Castle on 20 July 1374 and took away a box containing court rolls, deeds and other written evidence.TNA, DL 30/66/829Walter is not mentioned, but he was probably a member of the prominent Bleche family. In 1381 John Bleche is described as 'firmarius' of Great Waltham. - For the curious case of the John Ireland taking court rolls away, see Poos, A Rural Society, 248.

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Other Cases of the Same Person

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