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Participant

First nameWilliam
Last namePecche
GenderMale
OccupationClerk
SourceTNA KB 145/3/5/1 (q)

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
4301William Pecche and others burn the houses of John BoterwykRichard ..., minister, William Pecche, clerk, and Simon Tylere, living in the parish of Giles Cripplegate, London, were insurrectors, together with the other felons and traitors of the lord king, and they made an insurrection against the lord king and his loyal subjects on Friday 14 June 1381, and they feloniously and traitorously burnt down the houses of John Boterwyk at Knightsbridge, Ebury and Tothill in the county of Middlesex.Ebury,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Tothill,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4351William Pecche attacks the property of John BoterwykWilliam Pecche, clerk, was an insurgent, together with other felons and traitors of the lord king's, and rose up against the same lord king and his faithful lieges on Friday 14 June 1381, and feloniously and treacherously burnt the houses of John Boterwyk at Knightsbridge, Ebury and Tothill in the county of Middlesex. Ebury,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Tothill,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4352William Pecche kills Richard ImworthWilliam Pecche, together with other felons and traitors of the lord king's, rose up against the lord king and his faithful lieges on Friday 14 June 1381, and feloniously and treacherously entered the abbey of St Peter, Westminster, and feloniously and treacherously seized Richard de Imworth, the lord king's marshal, in front of the same king, while he was lying in his prayers at the tomb of St Edward, Westminster, and took him outside the aforesaid church and feloniously and treacherously killed him.Westminster Abbey,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4396William Pecche burns the houses of John BoterwykWilliam Pecche, clerk, was an insurrector, together with other felons and traitors of the lord king, and he made an insurrection against the same lord king and his loyal subjects on Friday 14 June 1381, and he feloniously and traitorously burnt down the houses of John Boterwyk at Knightsbridge, Ebury and Tothill in the county of Middlesex. He produces a pardon and goes free.Ebury,Middlesex; Knightsbridge,Middlesex; Tothill,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
4397William Pecche kills Richard ImworthWilliam Pecche, together with other felons and traitors of the lord king, made an insurrection against the said lord king and his loyal subjects on Friday 14 June 1381, and feloniously and traitorously entered the abbey of St Peter, Westminster, and feloniously and traitorously took Richard de Imworth, marshal of the lord king, before the same king lying in his prayers at the tomb of St Edward, Westminster, and brought him out of the aforesaid church and feloniously and traitorously killed him. He produces a pardon and goes free.Westminster Abbey,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
14/06/1381Westminster,MiddlesexPresumably to be identified with William Pecche, 'clerk', and Agnes his wife who made a fine with William Wheteleye of London, and Joan his wife conc a messuage in the parish of St Clement Danes, 47 Edw III. William Pecche, clerk, and Agnes his wife made a further fine with Richard Wilmot 'garderoper' and Alice his wife in the same year, also conc. premises in St Clement Danes Hardy, Cal of Feet of Fins in London and Middlesex (1892), vol. 1, p. 149, nos. 505 and 507
Westminster,MiddlesexProbably also to be identified with the William Pecche recorded as holding land near Shoe Lane in the late 1390s: SC 8/126/6266

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