The People of 1381
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Source
| Type | Indictment by jury |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA KB 9/43 m. 7 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Kent |
| Published source (may be more than one) | Powell and Trevelyan, 1899, pp. 6-7 |
| Text in Original Language | Hundred de Rouchestre. Item Inquisitio capta apud Maydestane die Iovis proxima ante festum Translationis Sancti Thomae Martyris anno regni regis Ricardi secundi quinto coram Thoma Holand comite Kancie et sociis suis iusticiariis domini Regis ad diversas levaciones et congregationes et felonias perpetratas assignatis per sacramentum Iohannis Southgate Thome Godet Stephani Bakere Benedicti Kyx Ricardi Pelle Iohannis Lamb Iohannis Champeneys Thomae Basely Iohannis Marchant Henrici Peak Willelmi Broun et Iohannis Polleghe qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod Elias Reyner de Strode Escaetor domini Regis in comitatu Kancie tradidit evidencias escaetrie sue et hundredi de Midletone Ricardo Poser de Rouchestre postea venit Iohannes Bawdry de Snodelande et alii ignoti felonice ceperunt et concremaverunt apud Rouchestre die dominica in festo Sancte Trinitatis anno regni regis predicti quarto. Item dicunt quod Stephanus Hosteller de Derteford Willelmus Hosteller serviens Iohannis Sharp de Derteford Willelmus Thresshere Thomas Osbarn de Strode coniunctim et divisim fecerunt diversas levaciones et congregationes apud Derteford die Iovis in Septimania Pentecost contra dominum Regem et populum suum et domum Willelmi Topclyve apud Maidestane cum aliis ignotis prostraverunt die veneris tunc proxima sequente. Et omnes evidencias eiusdem Willelmi felonice combusterunt eodem die contra pacem domini Regis. Item dicunt quod Willelmus atte Broke de Chetham iunior et Hugo Walshman die dominica in festo Sancte Trinitatis anno predicto quarto cum aliis malefactoribus domum Iohannis Glovere apud Rouchestre felonice prostraverunt. Item dicunt quod Thomas serviens Iohannis Shereday de Strode Ricardus Bakere serviens Willelmi Hose Thomas Mathew Matthaeus Delhay Thomas Robynet de ffrendesbury Nicholus Knight Iohannes Bouere Iohannes Taillour serviens Iohannes Spencer de Rochester fecerunt diversas levaciones et congregationes apud Rouchestre die dominica in festo Sancte Trinitatis anno predicto quarto et domum Nicholi Heryng apud Rouchestre felonice prostraverunt et domos Thomae Seyntalbon eodem die et anno felonice apud ffrendesbury prostraverunt contra dominum Regem et populum suum. Item dicunt quod Petrus ffraunceys de Rouchestre die lune proxima post festum Sancte Trinitatis anno regni regis Ricardi predicti quarto apud Bordenne domum Iohannis Godwot felonice cum aliis ignotis felonice prostraverunt et certas evidencias ibidem felonice combustit. Item unam gonnam eiusdem Iohannis et unum cornu eiusdem Iohannis arraiatum cum argentum pretii dimidium marci felonice furatus fuit et abduxit contra pacem. [dorse] Item dicunt quod Ricardus Bocher de Rouchestre die Mercurii proxima ante festum Corporis Christi anno regni regis Ricardi secundi quarto inter villam de Depeford et civitatem London' insultum fecit Episcopo Roffensi et refrenavit eo equum suum contra pacem domini Regis. |
| Text (English translation) | Hundred of Rochester Inquisition held at Maidstone on 4th July 1381 before Thomas Holand earl of Kent and his associates, assigned justices of the king into various risings and assemblies made and perpetrated against the king and his people, by oath of John Southgate, Thomas Godet, Stephen Bakere, Benedict Kyx, Richard Pelle, John Lamb, John Champeneys, Thomas Basely, John Marchant, Henry Peak, William Broun and John Polleghe, who say on their oath that Elias Reyner of Strood, king's escheator in the county of Kent handed over the records of his escheatorship and of the hundred of Middleton to Richard Poser of Rochester, and afterwards John Bawdry of Snodland came with others unknown who feloniously seized and burnt them at Rochester on 9th June 1381. Stephen Hosteller of Dartford, William Hosteller servant of John Sharp of Dartford, William Thresshere and Thomas Osbarn of Strood together and separately were involved in various uprisings and assemblies at Dartford on 6th June 1381 against the king and his people, and with others unknown pulled down the house of William Topclyve at Maidstone on 7th June. And they feloniously burnt all the documents of the said William on that day against the king's peace. William atte Broke of Chatham junior and Hugo Walshman on 9th June 1381 with other wrongdoers feloniously pulled down the house of John Glovere at Rochester. Thomas servant of John Shereday of Strood, Richard Bakere servant of William Hose, Thomas Mathew, Matthew Delhay, Thomas Robynet of Frindsbury, Nicholas Knight, John Bouere, John Taillour, servant of John Spencer of Rochester, were involved in various uprisings and assemblies at Rochester on 9th June 1381, and feloniously pulled down the house of Nicholas Heryng at Rochester and houses of Thomas Seyntalbon at Frindsbury, against the king and his people. Peter Fraunceys of Rochester on 10th June 1381 at Borden with others unknown feloniously pulled down the house of John Godwot, and burnt certain documents. A gown and a horn set in silver worth half a mark belonging to John were stolen and carried away, against the peace. Richard Bocher of Rochester on 12th June 1381 between Deptford and London made an assault on the bishop of Rochester and restrained his horse against the peace. |
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People
| ID | First name | Last name | Gender | Occupation | Domicile | Role in source | Incidents | Go to participant page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6471 | Richard | Bakere | Male | Servant | 2677 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6449 | Stephen | Bakere | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6454 | Thomas | Basely | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6461 | John | Bawdry | Male | Snodland,Kent | 2674 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6483 | Bishop of Rochester | Male | Bishop of Rochester | 2679 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6482 | Richard | Bocher | Male | Rochester,Kent | 2679 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6476 | John | Bouere | Male | 2677 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6467 | William | atte Broke | Male | Chatham,Kent | 2676 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6457 | William | Broun | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6453 | John | Champeneys | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6473 | Matthew | Delhay | Male | 2677 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6480 | Peter | Fraunceys | Male | Rochester,Kent | 2678 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6469 | John | Glovere | Male | Rochester,Kent | 2676 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6448 | Thomas | Godet | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6481 | John | Godwot | Male | Borden,Kent | 2678 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6478 | Nicholas | Heryng | Male | Rochester,Kent | 2677 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6462 | Stephen | Hosteller | Male | Dartford,Kent | 2675 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6463 | William | Hosteller | Male | Servant | Dartford,Kent | 2675 | Go to participant page | |
| 6475 | Nicholas | Knight | Male | 2677 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6450 | Benedict | Kyx | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6452 | John | Lamb | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6455 | John | Marchant | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6472 | Thomas | Mathew | Male | 2677 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6465 | Thomas | Osbarn | Male | 2675 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6456 | Henry | Peak | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6451 | Richard | Pelle | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6458 | John | Polleghe | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6460 | Richard | Poser | Male | 2674 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6459 | Elias | Reyner | Male | Escheator (Kent and Middlesex) | 2674 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6474 | Thomas | Robynet | Male | Frindsbury,Kent | 2677 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6479 | Thomas | Seyntalbon | Male | Frindsbury,Kent | 2677 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6447 | John | Southgate | Male | Juror | Go to participant page | |||
| 6477 | John | Taillour | Male | Servant | Rochester,Kent | 2677 | Go to participant page | |
| 6464 | William | Thresshere | Male | 2675 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6466 | William | Topclyve | Male | Maidstone,Kent | 2675 | Go to participant page | ||
| 6468 | Hugo | Walshman | Male | 2676 | Go to participant page | |||
| 6470 | Thomas | Male | Servant | Strood,Kent | 2677 | Go to participant page |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Type | Go to incidents page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2676 | Attack on house of John Glovere, 9 June 1381 | William atte Broke of Chatham junior and Hugo Walshman on 9th June 1381 with other wrongdoers feloniously pulled down the house of John Glovere at Rochester. | Trespass to land: throwing down of house,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses | Go to incidents page |
| 2678 | Attack on house of John Godwot by Peter Fraunceys, 10 June 1381 | Peter Fraunceys of Rochester on 10th June 1381 at Borden with others unknown feloniously pulled down the house of John Godwot, and burnt certain documents. A gown and a horn set in silver worth half a mark belonging to John were stolen and carried away, against the peace. | Larceny: theft of goods,Arson: burning of documents,Trespass to land: throwing down of house | Go to incidents page |
| 2675 | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 | Stephen Hosteller of Dartford, William Hosteller servant of John Sharp of Dartford, William Thresshere and Thomas Osbarn of Strood together and separately were involved in various uprisings and assemblies at Dartford on 6th June 1381 against the king and his people, and with others unknown pulled down the house of William Topclyve at Maidstone on 7th June. And they feloniously burnt all the documents of the said William on that day against the king's peace. | Arson: burning of documents,Trespass to land: throwing down of house,Joining rebel company,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses,Warlike array and insurrection | Go to incidents page |
| 2677 | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 | Thomas servant of John Shereday of Strood, Richard Bakere servant of William Hose, Thomas Mathew, Matthew Delhay, Thomas Robynet of Frindsbury, Nicholas Knight, John Bouere, John Taillour, servant of John Spencer of Rochester, were involved in various uprisings and assemblies at Rochester on 9th June 1381, and feloniously pulled down the house of Nicholas Heryng at Rochester and houses of Thomas Seyntalbon at Frindsbury, against the king and his people. | Joining rebel company,Trespass to land: throwing down of house,Trespass to land: forcible entry of close and houses,Warlike array and insurrection | Go to incidents page |
| 2674 | Burning of escheator's records, 9 June 1381 | Elias Reyner of Strood, king's escheator in the county of Kent handed over the records of his escheatorship and of the hundred of Middleton to Richard Poser of Rochester, and afterwards John Bawdry of Snodland came with others unknown who feloniously seized and burnt them at Rochester on 9th June 1381. | Arson: burning of documents | Go to incidents page |
| 2679 | Richard Bocher assaults the bishop of Rochester, 12 June 1381 | Richard Bocher of Rochester on 12th June 1381 between Deptford and London made an assault on the bishop of Rochester and restrained his horse against the peace. | Trespass to person: ambush,Trespass to person: assault | Go to incidents page |
Incidents and People
| Person | Incident | Role | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| William atte Broke ( 6467 ) | Attack on house of John Glovere, 9 June 1381 (2676) | Accused | |
| John Glovere ( 6469 ) | Attack on house of John Glovere, 9 June 1381 (2676) | Victim | |
| Hugo Walshman ( 6468 ) | Attack on house of John Glovere, 9 June 1381 (2676) | Accused | |
| Peter Fraunceys ( 6480 ) | Attack on house of John Godwot by Peter Fraunceys, 10 June 1381 (2678) | Accused | |
| John Godwot ( 6481 ) | Attack on house of John Godwot by Peter Fraunceys, 10 June 1381 (2678) | Victim | |
| Stephen Hosteller ( 6462 ) | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 (2675) | Accused | |
| William Hosteller ( 6463 ) | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 (2675) | Accused | |
| Thomas Osbarn ( 6465 ) | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 (2675) | Accused | |
| William Thresshere ( 6464 ) | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 (2675) | Accused | |
| William Topclyve ( 6466 ) | Attack on house of William Topclyve, 7 June 1381 (2675) | Victim | |
| Richard Bakere ( 6471 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| John Bouere ( 6476 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Matthew Delhay ( 6473 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Nicholas Heryng ( 6478 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Victim | |
| Nicholas Knight ( 6475 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Thomas Mathew ( 6472 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Thomas Robynet ( 6474 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Thomas Seyntalbon ( 6479 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Victim | |
| John Taillour ( 6477 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| Thomas ( 6470 ) | Attack on properties of Nicholas Heryng and Thomas Seyntalbon, 9 June 1381 (2677) | Accused | |
| John Bawdry ( 6461 ) | Burning of escheator's records, 9 June 1381 (2674) | Accused | |
| Richard Poser ( 6460 ) | Burning of escheator's records, 9 June 1381 (2674) | Accused | |
| Elias Reyner ( 6459 ) | Burning of escheator's records, 9 June 1381 (2674) | Escheator | |
| Bishop of Rochester ( 6483 ) | Richard Bocher assaults the bishop of Rochester, 12 June 1381 (2679) | Victim | |
| Richard Bocher ( 6482 ) | Richard Bocher assaults the bishop of Rochester, 12 June 1381 (2679) | Accused |
