The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | John |
| Last name | Hales |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | East Malling,Kent |
| Source | TNA JUST 1/400 m. 20 |
| Comments | Flaherty has 'John Hales (sic), of Malling |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2616 | Assault on William Septvantz, sheriff of Kent, by ?Wat Tyler and others | The Jurors, as within, say that John Hales (sic), of Malling, ... Walter Teghelere, of Essex, John ... of Stansted, John Abel, together with unknown malefactors, on Monday next after the feast of the Holy Trinity (10th June, 1381), in the foresaid ... of our Lord King Richard, came to Canterbury, ... made assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent, and dragged the said Sheriff to prison, and forced the said Sheriff to go to his manor of Milton, in custody of the foresaid Walter, and made him swear that he would deliver to the foresaid Walter, all the rolls and writs that were in his custody, ... he, under the fear of death, delivered up all the rolls and writs of our Lord the King that were in his ... as beforesaid; and the said Walter, with consent of the foresaid John Hales and his conventicles [conventiculis], burnt those rolls and writs. | Milton,Kent; Canterbury,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2619 | Assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent and breach of prison at Canterbury Castle | [The jurors] also say upon their oath, that John Halis, of Malling, Walter Teghelere, of Essex, William Hauker, and John Abel, on Monday next after the feast of the Holy Trinity, in the fourth year, made insurrection against our Lord the King, and his people, and came to Canterbury, and made an assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent, and made the said Sheriff take an oath to them and compelled the said Sheriff, under fear of death, to deliver up the books, viz. the rolls of the Pleas of the County and of the Crown of our Lord the King, and whatever writs of our Lord the King were in custody of the said Sheriff, and they burnt fifty rolls and the said writs on the same day at Canterbury, in contempt of our Lord the King, and to the prejudice of his Crown, and feloniously and traitorously broke into the Castle of our Lord the King at Canterbury, and made to go out, John Burgh, an approver, Richard Derby, clerk, a convict, Agnes Jekyn, and Joan Hampcok, prisoners fettered and manacled in the said Castle, in contempt of our Lord the King, and to the prejudice of his Crown. | Canterbury,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2709 | Julia Pouchere involved in the destruction of Maidstone Gaol [partly illegible] | Julia wife of Richard Pouchere of Maidstone went on 11th June 1381 to meet with men of Canterbury and of the county of Essex who had arisen [...] Alan Deghere keeper of Maidstone gaol and John Graye his servant so that they led them from the said Alan and John by which the said sustainers and wrongdoers threw down and destroyed the said gaol, similarly threatening to throw down and destroy the house of Alan himself. And so [....] to punish by death until Alan made a fine with the said maintainer and disturber of the peace viz. John Hales of Malling [...] wrongdoer and disturber of the peace of the said lord King. | Maidstone,Kent | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 2713 | Walter Tyler and others named as first in the Rising | Walter Tyler of Colchester, John Abel of Dartford, John Hales and William Apouldre of Malling and William Heneke were the first maintainers of wrongdoers and disturbers of the peace of the said lord King together with many others whose names the aforesaid jurors do not know. | Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2733 | Insurrection of John Baudry and John Hales | John Baudry of Snodland aided the people in the rising and himself rose, and confessed that against the peace a certain [blank in MS] Clobbe made a fine of half a mark, and John Hales of Malling was a leader of the wrongdoers and rose up against the peace. | Kent | Accused | View Incident page |
