The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Thomas |
| Last name | Sampson |
| Gender | Male |
| Domicile | Harkstead,Suffolk |
| Source | TNA KB 9/166/1 m. 16 |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2831 | Escheator inquisition (Suffolk) | Unspecified acts of treason and felonies during the rising. | Suffolk | Accused | Thomas Sampson was sentenced to death, imprisoned in Ipswich gaol and eventually pardoned (Cal. Pat. R. 1381-85, 226). Orders were issued on 24 July 1381 to the Sheriff of Essex and the Sheriff of Suffolk to take into the king's hands without delay all the goods belonging to Sampson on the day when he perpetrated the treasons and felonies for which he is adjudged to death, and to cause the same to be appraised in detail by inquisition and by the survey of John Orwell, the King's sergeant-at-arms, who is charged to receive the goods: Calendar of Fine Rolls 1377-83, p. 264 | View Incident page | |
| 2842 | Escheator accounts (Suffolk and Norfolk) | Valuation of goods and chattels, land and tenements of traitors and fugitives. | Norfolk; Suffolk | Accused | Thomas Sampson of Harkstead was sentenced to death, imprisoned in Ipswich gaol and eventually pardoned (Cal. Pat. R. 1381-85, 226). Orders were issued on 24 July 1381 to the Sheriff of Essex and the Sheriff of Suffolk to take into the king's hands without delay all the goods belonging to Sampson on the day when he perpetrated the treasons and felonies for which he is adjudged to death, and to cause the same to be appraised in detail by inquisition and by the survey of John Orwell, the King's sergeant-at-arms, who is charged to receive the goods: Calendar of Fine Rolls 1377-83, p. 264. | View Incident page | |
| 2906 | John Battesford and John Whippe coerce Thomas Sampson | Also they present that John Battesford and John Whippe the next night rode to the house of Thomas Sampson at Harkstead, to associate the said Thomas with them and take him with them. | Harkstead,Suffolk | Victim | View Incident page | ||
| 2910 | Proclamation of John de Batesford | On Saturday 15th June 1381 John de Batesford, clerk, with many people gathered and associated with him, came to Ipswich with force and arms against the peace and dignity of the crown, and made a proclamation that all men should be ready and prepared to rise and depart with him and his associates and to do what he commands them to in his name. And that night he went with his associates to the house of Thomas Sampson at Harkstead, and to associate the said Thomas with him. | Harkstead,Suffolk; Ipswich,Suffolk | Mentioned | View Incident page | ||
| 2911 | John de Batesford and Thomas Sampson steal goods from John Gerard | Also they present that on the following Sunday 16th June 1381 the same John de Batesford and Thomas came to Ipswich and broke into the house of John Gerard, and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels they found there worth £40. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2912 | John de Batesford and Thomas Sampson steal goods from the archdeacon of Suffolk | Also they present that the same John and Thomas and their associates the same Sunday broke into the house of the archdeacon of Suffolk in the same town, and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels they found there worth £40. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2913 | John de Batesford and Thomas Sampson steal goods from John Cobat | And similarly, they broke into the house of John Cobat at Ipswich and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels they found there worth £100. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 2949 | Uprising led by Thomas Sampson | Also that Thomas Sampson of Harkstead led a great company in the county of Suffolk to raise the people against the peace and will of the king, rising in oppression of the people in the fourth year of King Richard's reign, in tarnishment of the crown. | Suffolk | Accused | View Incident page | ||
| 3221 | Thomas Sampson plunders William Fraunceys | Suffolk. Jurors of various hundreds and the town of Ipswich in the aforesaid county present that Thomas Sampson, along with others who have not been captured, namely of the hundreds of Samford, the town of Ipswich, the hundreds of Carlford, Wilford and Loes, on Sunday 16th June 1381 at the time of the rising, feloniously and in a warlike manner and against the peace and dignity of the crown, came to the village of Melton and feloniously and fraudulently broke into and ravaged the close and house of William Fraunceys at Melton, and feloniously plundered and carried away gold and silver, silver pieces, spoons, maple bowls, belts, rings, linen and woolen cloths , domestic utensils, namely pewter vessels, wash-basins, wool , malt, corn, various kinds of animals and other goods and chattels he found there worth 100 marks. | Melton,Wilford Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3222 | Thomas Sampson makes a proclamation in Ipswich ordering the people of Samford, Colneis and Bosmere and Claydon to rise up | They also present that the aforesaid Thomas Sampson along with others on Saturday 15th June 1381 feloniously and treacherously came to the town of Ipswich with others of their associates and made a public proclamation instructing and strongly ordering each and everyone in the town of Ipswich and the hundreds of Samford, Colneis and Bosmere and Claydon to be ready and prepared to depart with the aforesaid Thomas and his associates on their business, just as they had been ordered, and this around the hour of midday on the following Sunday, under penalty of the loss of their heads. | Ipswich,Suffolk; Samford Hundred,Suffolk; Colneis Hundred,Suffolk; Bosmere and Claydon Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3223 | Thomas Sampson plunders Roger de Wolfreston | They also present that the aforesaid Thomas Sampson together with others at the time of the rising in a warlike manner and against the peace and dignity of the crown was a chief congregator, and came to the village of Culpho on Sunday 16th June 1381 and feloniously entered the close and houses of Roger de Wolfreston, and feloniously plundered linen and woollen cloths, grain, malt, wool, sheep, cows, horses and other goods and chattels of the said Roger found there worth 100 marks. | Culpho,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3224 | Thomas Sampson plunders John Gerard | They also present that the aforesaid Thomas Sampson together with others on Sunday 16th June 1381 came to the town of Ipswich and broke into the house of John Gerard, and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels found there worth £40. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3225 | Thomas Sampson plunders the archdeacon of Suffolk | They also present that the same Thomas together with others on the same Sunday in the aforesaid year broke into the house of the archdeacon of Suffolk in the same town, and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels found there worth £40. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3226 | Thomas Sampson assembles men of Samford, Ipswich, Colneis, Bosmere and Claydon | They also present that the same Thomas together with others on the same Sunday in the aforementioned year at the time of the rising was one of the chief maintainers and congregators of various men in the hundreds of Samford, Ipswich, Colneis, Bosmere and Claydon, fraudulently and falsely against the peace and dignity of the crown. | Colneis Hundred,Suffolk; Ipswich,Suffolk; Samford Hundred,Suffolk; Bosmere and Claydon Hundred,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3227 | Thomas Sampson accused of rising up by the villages of Barking, Bramford and Needham | It is also presented by the villages of Barking, Bramford and Needham that the aforesaid Thomas Sampson, together with others, was a chief supporter, maintainer and congregator of the people at the time of the rising, from village to village, falsely and treacherously, against the peace and dignity of the crown, in the hundreds of Bosmere and Claydon and Ipswich and in many other places, on the aforesaid day and year. | Bramford,Suffolk; Bosmere and Claydon Hundred,Suffolk; Needham Market,Suffolk; Ipswich,Suffolk; Barking,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3228 | Thomas Sampson appeals John de Batisford; withdraws it; is sentenced to death and granted a royal reprieve | And upon this the aforesaid Thomas has been arrested by the sheriff and brought before William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, and his associate justices, assigned to chastise and punish certain rebels, on Tuesday 23rd July 1381, and it was immediately asked of him how he wishes to acquit himself of the felonies and treasons aforesaid, and he acknowledges all the aforesaid felonies and treasons before the aforesaid justices. And he asks for the king's coroners for the town of Ipswich (to come). And upon this come John Goldyng and Thomas de Leigham, coroners for the town of Ipswich assigned to the aforesaid Thomas, and a day is set for him forthwith by the aforesaid justices, namely this same Tuesday, and Thomas before the aforesaid coroners on Tuesday 23rd July 1381 freely turns king's approver at Ipswich, and appeals John de Batisford, clerk, that on Sunday 16th June 1381 the same Thomas, together with the aforesaid John, feloniously broke into the house of John Cobat at Ipswich, and feloniously took and carried away goods and chattels found there worth £10, at the time of the rising and the rumour in the counties. Afterwards, namely on Saturday 27th July the aforesaid Thomas was brought before the aforesaid Earl and his fellow justices etc. by the warden of the king's gaol at Ipswich, considering the aforesaid appeal and indictments, and it is inquired of the aforesaid Thomas whether he wished to maintain his appeal against the aforesaid John de Batisford or not, who says he does not, whereupon it is inquired of the aforesaid Thomas if he knows anything to say or for himself to consider wherefore the indictment over the aforementioned should not proceed, whereupon Thomas denied all the aforesaid and also the contents of his appeal. And because the court considered that the aforesaid Thomas denied the aforesaid despite the acknowledgement he made before, and his aforesaid appeal is dismissed without obligation. Judgement is therefore given that the aforesaid Thomas Sampson should be beheaded. And upon this the Lord King on the same day by his writ of privy seal ordered the aforesaid Earl sitting in court in the following words: 'Most beloved and loyal [servant], we wish for certain reasons and command you on this to stay the execution to death of Thomas Sampson, until our next council that will be held on the 5th August. Given under our privy seal at our manor of Chiltern Langley on the 25th of July. And we wish that you certify the wording of those indictments with your good (legal) opinion in these matters as given above.' And after examining the king's letter and understanding it, the aforesaid Earl and his associates grant a stay of execution to death of the said Thomas Sampson. And the Earl placed him in the king's prison in the custody of Geoffrey Starlyng and Hugo Walle, bailiffs of the town of Ipswich, for safe keeping under penalty which pertains to etc. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Approver | Appeal withdrawn; sentenced to death; reprieve granted by king | View Incident page | |
| 3229 | Thomas Sampson plunders John Cobat | They also present that on the same Sunday in the aforementioned year, the aforesaid Thomas together with others feloniously broke into the house of John Cobat at Ipswich, and took and carried away goods and chattels found there worth £100. | Ipswich,Suffolk | Accused | Stay of execution granted by king | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
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| person 1 | relationship with person 2 | person 2 | relationship with person 1 | Certainty | Sources | Comments |
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| John ( 8700 ) | Employee | Thomas Sampson ( 8695 ) | Employer | Certain |
