The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | William |
| Last name | Bateman |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Harlton,Cambridgeshire |
| Source | TNA CP 40/490 m. 374d |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3527 | John Hanchach tears down the houses of the Prior of St John, Duxford, and other crimes | And the jurors say that John Hanchauch was a ringleader of wrongdoers, and that with his company and a powerful assembly of unknown men on Saturday 15th June 1381 by night he tore down the houses of the Prior of the Hospital of St John in Duxford, and found there various goods and chattels worth £20 belonging to Richard Masterman, tenant-at-farm, and feloniously took and carried them away, to the damage of the king. And by various inquisitions held in various hundreds it is ascertained that the same John Hanchauch was at all times during the uprising riding with the might of an armed assembly with many followers, and that he was commander and leader at the manors of Thomas Haselden, William Bateman, the Hospital of Shingay, Edward Walsyngham, Thomas Torell, Roger Harlaston and John Blauncpayn in Cambridge, and [perpetrated] other thefts and destruction and burning of houses earlier with the said company, in prejudice of the king and the great disturbance of the people. | Cambridge,Cambridgeshire; Duxford,Whittlesford Hundred,Cambridgeshire; Shingay,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3529 | Crimes of John Peper, John Northampton, John Maddy and Richard Cote | Twelve jurors say that John Peper of Linton (more on John Peper in roll 6), John Northampton of Linton, John Maddy of Orwell and Richard Cote of Babraham are common robbers, and they followed John Hanchach, at that time captain of other robbers at present unknown, voluntarily without coercion in any way, and plundered William Bateman of various goods and chattels worth £40, and feloniously and treacherously burnt his houses at Harlton, namely on Sunday 16th June 1381, and at that time plundered other loyal subjects of the king in the aforesaid county. | Harlton,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3543 | William Vicory and John Peper aid John Hanchach in various crimes | [The jurors] also say that William Vicory of Linton and John Peper of the same were with [John Hanchach] of their own free will during the time that he was leader of the felons who attacked the manors of Thomas de Haselden, Thomas Bradefeld, William Bateman and the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem at Shingay, on Saturday 15th June 1381, and feloniously plundered them and broke into, destroyed, and burnt their houses. And that the said William Vicory and John Peper continued such robberies during the two following days. | Shingay,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 3620 | Robert Petycunte, Walter Aleyn and Thomas West plunder William Bateman | Wetherley. The jury say that Robert Petycunte of Royston, Walter Aleyn of Haslingfeld and Thomas West treasonably rose up with many others against their allegiance, and on Sunday 16th June 1381 feloniously burnt and destroyed the houses and buildings of William Bateman at his manor of Harlton, and feloniously stole his goods and chattels to the value of 100 s. namely, linen and woollen cloth and other domestic utensils. They have not been arrested, but withdrew themselves on the aforesaid occasion. Therefore it is ordered that they be arrested. | Harlton,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 4010 | William Bateman trespass action for burning his house in Harlton (Cambs) | William Bateman trespass action against rebels from Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Bedfordshire for burning down his house in Harlton. | Harlton,Cambridgeshire | Victim | View Incident page |
