The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Richard |
| Last name | Merston |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Long Marston,Hertfordshire |
| Source | TNA KB 27/486 rex m. 5 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4398 | Hugh the Parsonesprest and others pursue William Brag and burn documents of Edmund Stonore | Hugh the Parsonesprest of Puttenham, William Fordham, Walter Freman, Richard Merston of Long Marston, Richard Baldok, Thomas Baldok and Richard Fordham, and others, on Tuesday 18 June 1381, at the time of the insurrection of the community of the counties of Essex and Kent, came at Long Marston in the county of Hertfordshire and sought out there the aforesaid William Brag, hayward and servant of Edmund de Stonore, and plotted and threatened to kill him, if he would have been found then and there, and the same William Brag having not been found then and there, the same Hugh, William Fordham, Walter, Richard, Thomas Baldok and Richard feloniously and traitorously against their faith and allegiance made an insurrection there and burnt the charters, deeds, rentals and other muniments of the same Edmund and the others. | Long Marston,Hertfordshire | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4399 | Hugh the Parsonesprest of Puttenham and others kill William Brag | Hugh the Parsonesprest of Puttenham and others on Tuesday 10 December 1381, at Gubblecote, made an insurrection feloniously and traitorously, and they came to the house of John Fordham and there the aforesaid Hugh the Parsonesprest of Puttenham feloniously struck the aforesaid William Brag with a certain cannonball on the head, and the aforesaid William Fordham feloniously struck the aforesaid William Brag with one staff then and there on the neck, and the aforesaid Walter Freman feloniously struck the aforesaid William Brag with one staff then and there on the head, and the aforesaid Richard Merston, Richard Baldok, Thomas Baldok and Richard Fordham feloniously struck the aforesaid William Brag with staffs then and there, and feloniously broke his legs and arms, by which wounds and blows the aforesaid William Brag immediately died. | Gubblecote,Hertfordshire | Accused | View Incident page |
