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Participant

First nameWilliam
Last nameGardener
GenderMale
OccupationServant
DomicileWestminster,Middlesex
SourceTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (h)

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
3288Exclusions from the General Pardon - MiddlesexExclusions from the General Pardon - MiddlesexMiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4263William Gardener burns the SavoyWilliam Gardener of Westminster, late servant of John, duke of Lancaster, was accused of having been one of the chief leaders in the burning of the palace of the Savoy and the house of the Hospitallers. He was acquitted by the jury.Savoy Palace,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4368William Gardener burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St JohnWilliam Gardener of Westminster, formerly the servant of John, duke of Lancaster, was a principal insurgent with other traitors of the lord king's, and he rose up against the same king and his faithful lieges on the Thursday on the feast of Corpus Christi in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard, the second after the conquest, and he feloniously and treacherously burnt the aforesaid duke's houses at the Savoy in the county of Middlesex, and the houses and church of St John of Jerusalem in England at Smithfield. He pleads not guilty; acquitted.Savoy Palace,Middlesex; Hospital of St John,Clerkenwell,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4369William Gardyner destroys the houses of Andrew Tettesworth and Roger LegetWilliam the son of Nicholas Gardyner of the town of Westminster, on Thursday 13 June 1381, feloniously and treacherously, with many other felons and traitors, cast down the houses of a certain Andrew Tettesworth situated in the town of Westminster, to the value of a hundred pounds, and feloniously seized and carried off the said Andrew's goods and chattels found there to the value of forty pounds. And that the aforesaid William son of Nicholas, on the same day and year, together with other felons, feloniously cast down the houses of a certain Roger Leget in the parish of St Andrew of Holborn, outside the Old Temple Bar of London, to the value of forty pounds. And that the aforesaid William was one of the principal insurgents against the lord king in the meantime.Westminster,Middlesex; Holborn,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4370William Gardyner burns the Savoy and the Hospital of St JohnWilliam, son of Nicholas Gardener, and other malefactors, rising up against the lord king on Thursday 13 June 1381 feloniously burnt the manor of lord 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,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4371William Gardyner threatens Christina Fresshawe and damages property of William FresshaweWilliam Gardyner, called the son of Nicholas Gardyner, was one of those who treacherously and feloniously rose up against the lord king and his people, and that he, together with other unknown malefactors of his faction, came on the Thursday on the feast of Corpus Christi in the fourth year of the reign of King Richard the second, to the house of William Fresshawe at the Strand in the county of Middlesex, and threatened Christina, the same William's wife, with decapitation; and he feloniously entered the same house and there feloniously broke the doors and windows and chests of the same William Fresshawe etc.Strand,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page

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Relationships

person 1 relationship with person 2person 2 relationship with person 1CertaintySourcesComments
William Gardyner ( 11807 )SonNicholas Gardyner ( 12200 )FatherCertain
William Gardener ( 24491 )ServantJohn Gaunt ( 5695 )MasterCertain
William Gardener ( 25597 )ServantJohn Gaunt ( 5695 )MasterCertain
William Gardyner ( 25598 )SonNicholas Gardyner ( 25599 )FatherCertain

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