The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Thomas |
| Last name | Gyles |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Loose,Kent |
| Source | TNA KB 27/482 rex mm. 1-2 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2638 | Insurrection of Thomas Hardyng and others at Linton, 30 September, 1381 | (Flaherty, 1861, items I & II). Thomas Hardyng and 15 others rose at Linton on 30 September 1381, conspiring the deaths of the king, Sir Thomas Cobham, Sir William Septvans (the Sheriff), and others, and to burn Maidstone, and coerced two other men into joining them. They were apprehended on 8 October. Hardyng and nine others were tried, found guilty and sentenced to death on 15 October. One, Robert Munselowe, was found not guilty, but was detained in custody. Two others were remanded to the Tower without being charged. The trial of two others was deferred to 18 Nov, and one of these, John Cote, made a confession on 7 Oct 1381 (see Incident 2639). | Linton,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2739 | Escheator account (Kent) | Valuation of goods and chattels, land and tenements of traitors and fugitives. | Kent | Accused | Thomas Gyles, weaver, of Loose received a pardon 23 April 1382 [TNA C 67/29 m. 29]. | View Incident page | |
| 3496 | Pardon for the rebels | Pardon for the rebels, granted under the terms sanctioned by parliament in November 1381 | Pardoned | View Incident page | |||
| 4060 | Confession of William Delton | William Delton describes the meeting of Thomas Hardyng and others at Linton and how they conspired to kill Thomas Colepepir, Thomas Trevet and John Freningham. They planned to be joined by Nicholas Bekes who would bring with him 32 armed men and 60 archers from Romney Marsh, and 18 more armed men were expected from Charing, near Ashford. The same Nicholas Bekes was also intended to be sent as a spy into the courts of noble men, in order to create dissent between the king and his lords, with the intent to 'destroy the party of the king'. Finally, they planned to send a man called Roger Sprynger of Cobham into Essex to foment revolt in that county. | Charing,Kent; Romney, Old Or New ,Kent; Linton,Kent; Cobham,Kent | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 4060 | Confession of William Delton | William Delton describes the meeting of Thomas Hardyng and others at Linton and how they conspired to kill Thomas Colepepir, Thomas Trevet and John Freningham. They planned to be joined by Nicholas Bekes who would bring with him 32 armed men and 60 archers from Romney Marsh, and 18 more armed men were expected from Charing, near Ashford. The same Nicholas Bekes was also intended to be sent as a spy into the courts of noble men, in order to create dissent between the king and his lords, with the intent to 'destroy the party of the king'. Finally, they planned to send a man called Roger Sprynger of Cobham into Essex to foment revolt in that county. | Romney, Old Or New ,Kent; Linton,Kent; Cobham,Kent; Charing,Kent | Accused | View Incident page |
