The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Roger |
| Last name prefix | atte |
| Last name | Wode |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Kent |
| Source | TNA KB 27/487 rex m. 19d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4237 | Roger atte Wode burns the Savoy and steals £1000 | Roger atte Wode of the county of Kent and others came in a great company of wrongdoers, insurgents of Kent, as the principal actor and leader, on Thursday 13 June 1381, at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and burnt down the said manor as an enemy of the king, and took a certain chest, in which there were £1,000 of sterling, of John, duke of Lancaster, and more there, and placed and carried away the said chest in a certain small ship upon the Thames, and brought it as far as Southwark, and there divided the said gold between themselves. Roger produces a pardon and goes free. | Southwark,Surrey; Savoy Palace,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4238 | Roger atte Wode burns the Hospital of Clerkenwell | On Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode and other principal wrongdoers in the said company came to the house of St John of Jerusalem in England and put a fire there and fully burnt down the said house, and loaded two horses there with wool, worth six marks, and carried that away. Roger produces a pardon and goes free. | Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,Middlesex | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4239 | Roger atte Wode orders the beheading of Sudbury and Hales | On Friday 14 June 1381 Roger atte Wode came to the Tower of London as the principal leader and thrust violent hands upon Simon, late archbishop of Canterbury, and brother Robert Hales, late prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, and dragged them out of the Tower of London and ordered them to be beheaded. Roger produces a pardon and goes free. | Tower of London,London | Accused | View Incident page |
