The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Stokwyth |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | TNA KB 27/500 rex m. 12 |
| Role in source | Juror |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4493 | Rising of Robert Galoun and others in Scarborough | The jurors say that Robert Galoun, William Marche, Robert Hunter, John Cant, Thomas Symmeson senior, John Broun and many other malefactors whose names are unknown, hearing of the uprisings in the south, rose up in a similar manner at Scarborough on Sunday 23 June 1381, gathering together to the number of 500 men, taking oaths and handing out hoods, and laying siege to the houses of many loyal men, namely Robert de Aclem, John de Aclom, William de Shropham, Alan Waldyf, John de Stokwyth and many others, dragging them from their houses, imprisoning them and forcing them to swear an oath, and stealing goods from John Stokwych and John de Aclom. | Scarborough,Yorkshire North Riding | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4496 | Rising of Robert Galoun and others in Scarborough | The jurors say that on Sunday 23 June 1381 Robert Galoun and others rose up at Scarborough in various gatherings and assemblies against the lord king and his lieges, both with force and arms and against the lord king's peace, and removed Robert de Aclom, one of the bailiffs of the town of Scarborough, from his office, and besieged the same Robert and many other lieges of the lord king, namely Robert Paa, John Stokwyth, William Scot, William Semer, William Person, William Manby, John Bonde, Henry Baunburgh, John Cartere and many others whose names are not known, in their houses there, and afterwards dragged them from the same houses and otherwise wished to kill or burn them in the aforesaid houses, feloniously and treacherously; and they afterwards took them to prison and held them in prison there until they had made fines and redemptions with them at their will. | Scarborough,Yorkshire North Riding | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4497 | Assault on John Stokwyth at Scarborough | William Marche and Robert Hunter and many other malefactors of their faction, on the eve of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in the aforesaid year, came with a great crowd of men called 'rowtes' to the house of John Stokwyth of Scarborough, where he was living, feloniously and treacherously, and with force and arms and against the lord king's peace, and they dragged the same John out of his house and took him through the aforesaid town from street to street with a great cry called 'houtays' to the prison there, and there they held him until the next day. And they then took ten pounds of gold and silver from him there, which they held and still hold. And on the same next day they made the said John come before them where they were gathered, and some of them advised that the same John should be beheaded, and some of them advised that he should be hanged, and afterwards they made him, together with other upright men, bind themselves in writing to them in a hundred pounds, to await the judgment of the said malefactors on the following Saturday; and notwithstanding the said bond they took him back to prison and held him there for three or four days until a certain Henry de Roofton, junior, who had married the same John Stokwyth's daughter, made a general proclamation through the whole town that if anyone should wish to make complaint against the said John, he should come and he would compensate them at their will, although he had to sell any of his lands and tenements, goods and chattels whatsoever; which Henry, to save the said John Stokwyth's life, paid the sum of fully three pounds to the complainants. | Scarborough,Yorkshire North Riding | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4498 | William Marche extorts money from John Stokwyth | The jurors present that William Marche was the leader of the said malefactors. And the aforesaid John Stokwyth came to him at the aforesaid day, year and place, begging him for the love of God and for charity to grant him his life; which William, for himself and his companions, thus gathered into unlawful assemblies, refused to grant him this unless the same John was willing to give forty shillings, which he gave him there to the salvation of his life and to carry out the said William's will. | Scarborough,Yorkshire North Riding | Victim | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| person 1 | relationship with person 2 | person 2 | relationship with person 1 | Certainty | Sources | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stokwyth ( 27063 ) | Father-in-law | Henry Roofton ( 27112 ) | Son-in-law | Certain |
