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Participant

First nameJohn
Last nameSmyth
GenderMale
DomicileLewisham,Kent
SourceTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (g)

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
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.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4198William Gardener and others burn the Savoy and the Hospital of St John, ClerkenwellThe jury say that William son of Nicholas Gardener and other malefactors, namely Thomas Bedford of Holborn, John Loveliche, Edmund Weston, Thomas Brembele, Matilda his wife and Isabella daughter of the same Thomas, John Foke 'meriell', William Shepherd of Tothill, Thomas Taillour of Charing Cross, William Capon, labourer, John Nevell, barber, Richard Bristowe, innkeeper, John Smyth of Lewisham, John servant of the same John and John Huntyndon, butcher, on Thursday 13 June 1381, along with other malefactors rising up against the king, feloniously burnt the manor of John Duke of Lancaster called the Savoy and the manor of the Prior of St John of Jerusalem in England called Clerkenwell in the county of Middlesex.Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexMentionedView 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,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page

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Relationships

person 1 relationship with person 2person 2 relationship with person 1CertaintySourcesComments
John ( 24150 )ServantJohn Smyth ( 24149 )MasterCertain
John ( 26848 )ServantJohn Smyth ( 26847 )MasterCertain

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