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Participant

First nameJohn
Last nameSpicer
GenderMale
DomicileChelmsford,Essex
SourceTNA CP 40/490 mm. 458-458d

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
2864Attack on property of John, Duke of Lancaster (palace of Savoy)John, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster. Forced entry into his close and house in the parish of St Mary-le-Strand (the palace of the Savoy); removal of goods and chattels worth £5,000.St Mary-le-Strand,Middlesex; Savoy Palace,MiddlesexAccusedView Incident page
3634Attack on the manor of Henry de Grey de Wilton at Sandon.Attack on the manor of Henry de Grey de Wilton at Sandon. Goods worth £40 taken and carried away.Sandon,EssexAccusedView Incident page
3703Attack on the manor of Henry de Grey de Wylton at Sandon.Attack on the manor of Henry de Grey de Wylton at Sandon. Goods worth £20 stolen and servants of Henry assaulted, beaten and wounded.Sandon,EssexAccusedView Incident page
3883Attack by John Spicer of Chelmsford (Essex) on Ralph atte Halle, parson of the collegiate house of Thele (Herts).Attack by John Spicer of Chelmsford (Essex) on Ralph atte Halle, parson of the collegiate house of Thele (Herts). Ralph is beaten wounded and threatened with beheading if he would not release a messuage and land in Chelmsford to John.Thele (Stanstead St Margarets),HertfordshireAccusedView Incident page
4129Attack on property of John of Gaunt at HertfordProperty of John of Gaunt at Hertford attacked by John Coltman and numerous others of Essex and Hertfordshire; they broke the close and stole goods and chattels worth £1000. They do not appear; sheriff ordered to attach them; John Blithe, Nicholas Blake and Walter Lechs of Ware are attached by Laurence Mot and Adam Lot and are in mercy; the others have nothing; on 15 July 1383 Roger Marchal and others appear [remainder illegible].Hertford,HertfordshireAccusedView Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
18/02/1385Thele (Stanstead St Margarets),HertfordshireJohn Buk, warden of the collegiate church of Thele leases two messuages to John Spicer of Chelmsford and his heirs for 200 years.Calendar of the Close Rolls, 1381-85, pp. 618-19
16/11/1392Chelmsford,EssexJohn Spicer, a London citizen, sold Laurence Isbrond 2 acres of inclosed meadow without lincence; the meadow is therefore taken into the lords hand.ERO, D/DM M1It is not certain if the John Spicer here is identical with the John Spicer of Chelmsford. However, Laurence Isbrond was also a retired tailor and citizen of London living in Chelmsford; John Spicer might have acquired London citizenship sometime between 1381 and 1392; cf. Hilda Grieves, The Sleepers and the Shadows (Chelmsford 1988), vol. 1, p. 67.
29/05/1393Chelmsford,EssexThe 2 acres of enclosed meadow in 'Tonnemanmade' sold by John Spicer, London citizen, to Laurence Isbrond without licence are still in the hands of the lord.D/DM M1
03/06/1406Chelmsford,EssexWilliam, son and heir of Robert Savage surrenders a garden(?) with 2 acres next to the rectory of Chelmsford for the benefit of John Spicer and Isabella, his wife. The land is held at the will of the lord; the entry fine is 2s.ERO D/DM M2
03/06/1406Chelmsford,EssexJohn Spicer one of 30 chief pledges.ERO, D/DM M2

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