The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Walter |
| Last name | Sybyle |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Fishmonger |
| Source | TNA KB 27/488 rex mm. 6-6 ter |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4411 | John Horn takes a standard to the rebels and brings them into London | On Wednesday 12 June 1381 John Horn led chief rebels into the city and entertained them at his house. On Thursday 13 June he borrowed a standard from John Marchaunt, one of the city's clerks, and rode with it to Blackheath, where he contradicted the message to the rebels of John Blyton, the king's envoy. With the standard openly displayed on a long lance, he treacherously brought Walter Tylere, Robert de la Warde, Thomas Hauk, Alan Thredere and many of the other principal leaders of the rebels into the city, where they broke into the prison of Newgate, burnt and destroyed houses, executed the archbishop, and other atrocities. Horn's fellow-conspirator and principal colleague was a certain Walter Sybyle, stockfishmonger. | Blackheath,Blackheath Hundred,Kent; London; Newgate Prison,Farringdon Without Ward,London | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4414 | Walter Sybyle allows the rebels to pass over London Bridge into the city | On Thursday 13 June, disregarding the commands of the mayor William Walworth, Walter Sybyle allowed the rebels to pass over London Bridge, and defended their actions. He rejected the aid of Thomas Cornewalys in defending the bridge and left the city gates open, in conspiracy with John Horn. | London Bridge,Bridge Ward,London | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4415 | Walter Sybyle prevents aid reaching the king at Smithfield | On Saturday 15 June 1381, when the king and mayor were surrounded by rebels at Smithfield, Walter Sybyle left them and rode to Aldgate and West Cheap, and with John Horn he prevented men of those areas from going to the aid of the king, spreading malicious rumours that the king and mayor had been killed. | Cheap Ward,London; Smithfield,London; Aldgate Ward,London | Accused | View Incident page |
