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Participant

First nameJohn
Last nameNorforde
GenderMale
DomicileChilderditch,Chafford Hundred,Essex
SourceERO D/DP M1099

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
2520Assault on the servants of the lord of the manorJohn Norforde entered the manor house during the rising and threatened the lord's servants, so that they run away and did not perform their duties in the week after the feast of Trinity (9 to 15 June 1381).Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexAccusedView Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
21/04/1378Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde fined 2d for placing a dung heap in front of his house in the King's highway ('Regalis via').ERO, D/DP M1099He is spelled 'Iohannes Norfolk', but it is likely the same person.
13/04/1379Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde fined 1d for reselling ale and breaking the assize; he is also fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099
17/04/1381Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099
09/04/1382Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde presented for making an encroachment on bond land which was once Richard Hierde's and afterwards Robert Hornewold's, by planting a hedge ('sepes') two perches long and 4 feet wide. He was amerced 3d and all chief pledges were ordered to tear out the aforementioned hedge under pain of 40s. He was also presented for felling several trees on his bond land which was once Richard Hierde's and afterwards Robert Hornewold's, without licence, to the disinheriting of the lord. The chief pledges could not say anything about how many trees were cut down and what the damage was. They were ordered to enquire and to certify truthfully to the next court the damage and the quantity under pain of 3s 4d for each of them. ERO, D/DP M1099
09/04/1382Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde to be distrained to be before the court to answer for his trespass that he entered the manor house during the rising and threatened the lord's servants, preventing them from performing their duties in the week after the feast of Trinity (9 to 15 June 1381).ERO, D/DP M1099
27/10/1382Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde essoined [essoin: a valid excuse for not appearing in court when summoned].ERO, D/DP M1099
25/03/1383Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde fined 4d because he did not warrant his essoin. Stephen the messor fined for not distraining John Norforde for his trespass during the rising [as above]. Interlineated above Norforde's name 'po se per plegium messor; misericordia 4d'. ERO, D/DP M1099
25/03/1383Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde fined 3s 4d for cutting down bushes and lopping 3 oak trees and half of another oak tree. Norforde was fined 2d for an encroachment, planting a further hedge on the King's highway next to his tenement called Rolfes, one perch long and 1 foot wide. He was also ordered to uproot the hedge before the next court under pain of 20s.ERO, D/DP M1099
13/04/1384Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexWife of John Norforde [not named] fined 2d for reselling ('regrate') ale.ERO, D/DP M1099
13/04/1384Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexNorforde submitted ('ponit se') to the charge of trespass during the time of the rumor; he was fined 4d by pledge of Stephen the messor.ERO, D/DP M1099
13/04/1384Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexThe chief pledges presented that John Norforde made an encroachment on the bond land of the lord [as above], but because it was testified by all chief pledges that the said John Norforde had a licence and concession from Brother Vincent, the warden of this manor, to make such an encroachment this year (which was confirmed by Brother Vincent). Norforde was therefore pardoned. And he was given time until the next leet to sufficiently restore his premises ('premissa') under pain of 40s, by pledge of Richard Hierde and John Burton. ERO, D/DP M1099
04/04/1385Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexWife of John Norforde [not named] fined 1d for reselling ('regrate') ale. ERO, D/DP M1099
05/04/1385Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde had been given time to remove the encroachment; because the chief pledges do not know if he has complied with the instruction, they are ordered to speak the truth at the next court under pain.ERO, D/DP M1099
25/04/1386Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099
01/04/1388Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexWife of John Norforde fined 3d for reselling ale. John Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099
21/04/1389Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather. His wife fined 3d for reselling ale. ERO, D/DP M1099
21/04/1389Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for planting a hedge. His wife fined 3d for reselling ale.ERO, D/DP M1099
17/04/1392Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099
21/02/1394Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 3d for not attending court; he is also fined 1d for pannage of 1 pig.ERO, D/DP M1099
22/04/1394Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexJohn Norforde fined 1d for collecting heather.ERO, D/DP M1099There is a gap in the court rolls until April 1399. John Norforde does not appear in this or subsequent courts.
22/04/1394Childerditch,Chafford Hundred,EssexWife of John Norforde fined 3d for reselling ale.ERO, D/DP M1099

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