Sanctuary Seekers in England, 1380-1557

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Belowarepresented,intabularform,alltheinstancesofsanctuary-seekinginEnglandthatIhaveuncoveredfortheperiod1380-1557,morethan1800seekersaltogether.Itisacompaniontomybook,SeekingSanctuary:Crime,Mercy,andPoliticsinEnglishCourts,1400-1550(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2017).AsIhavecontinuedtoaddtothedatasincethatbookwenttopress,thechartsheremaybeslightlydifferentfromthoseinthebook.

SeekingSanctuaryexploresacuriousaspectofpremodernEnglishlaw:therightoffelonstoshelterinachurchorecclesiasticalprecinct,remainingsafefromarrestandtrialintheking'scourts.ThisisthefirstbookinmorethanacenturytoexaminesanctuaryinEnglandinthefifteenthandsixteenthcenturies.Lookinganewatthissubjectchallengestheprevailingassumptionsinthescholarshipthatthis'medieval'practicehadbecomeoutmodedandlittle-usedbythefifteenthandsixteenthcenturies.Althoughfordecadesafter1400sanctuary-seekingwasindeedfairlyrare,theevidenceinthelegalrecordsshowsthenumbersoffelonsseeingrefugeinchurchesbegantoclimbagaininthelatefifteenthcenturyandreacheditspeakintheperiodbetween1525and1535.Sanctuarywasnotsomuchamedievalpracticeaccidentallysurvivingintotheearlymodernera,asitwasanorganismthathadcontinuedtoevolveandadapttonewenvironmentsandindeedflourishedinitsadaptedstate.SanctuarysuitedtheearlyTudorregime:itintersectedwithrapidlydevelopingideasaboutjurisdictionandprovidedameansofmitigatingtheharshcapitalpenaltiesoftheEnglishlawoffelonythatwasusefulnotonlytofelonsbutalsotothecrownandthepoliticalelite.Sanctuary'sresurgenceafter1480meansweneedtorethinkhowsanctuaryworked,andtoreconsidermorebroadlytheintersectionsofculture,law,politics,andreligionintheyearsbetween1400and1550.

Thedataispresentedbeloworderedbythesurnamesofthesanctuaryseekers;another.pdfpresentsthesamematerialindateorder.Formorerefinedsearches/ordering,youcandownloadtheExcelspreadsheetwhichallowstheentriestobesortedinanywaytheuserprefers–bydates,names,placesoforigin,sanctuarysought,etc.Ihaveincludedallseekerswithnames–asopposedtoallusionstonamelesspeople,exceptincircumstanceswherethereisagooddeal

ofevidenceexceptforthename(e.g.ID#1262).InordertoplacethoseseekerschronologicallyoverthecenturyandahalfIwasconsidering,intheabsenceofexactdatesIsometimesassignedareasonableyeartoaseeker(alwaysnotedinthesummarysection).Asdefinitionsofspecificfeloniesweresomewhatelasticinthisera,Ihavenotsoughttodistinguishbetweendifferentkindsofasportationoffences(theft,robbery,burglary),andhavenotedinthesummarydifferentformsofhomicideonlyastheywereindicatedintheindictment.Detailsontheoffencesarenotedinthesummariesofthecases;thereisrepetitioninthecaseswhereseveralperpetratorswerenamedinasingledocumentsothatcompleterecordsaremaintainedeveniftherecordsaresortedinawaythatseparatestheentries(e.g.bysurname).

Tocompilethisdata,Ilookedcomprehensivelythroughanumberofarchivalcollections,especiallyNationalArchives[TNA],KB9[King’sBenchindictmentfiles]andotherdocumentclassesatTNAwithonlinecalendars(whichallowedcasesinvolvingsanctuarytobeidentifiedeasily),suchasChancerybills(C1),StarChamber(STAC2),CommonPleas(CP40–calendaratBritishHistoryOnline)andStatePapers(SP);Ialsolookedatmuch(butnotall)oftheRexsideofKB27(theCoramRegerolls),atKB29(King’sBenchcontrolmentrolls),andatnumerousotherrecordsatTNAandotherarchivesthatcametomyattentionthroughreferencesinotherscholars’workorotherresearch.ManyoftherecordsattheNationalArchivesatKewareavailablethroughtheAnglo-AmericanLegalTraditionprojectwebsite(http://aalt.law.uh.edu),includingmostoftheKing’sBenchrecordsonwhichIhavereliedheavily.IalsosearchedthroughanyprintedsourcesfortheperiodthatIthoughtmighthaveinstancesofsanctuaryseeking.TheredoubtlessremainotherinstancesinotherrecordsthatIhavenotuncovered;Iam,ofcourse,alwayspleasedtoreceivefurtherreferencesorcorrections.

GrahamDawson,KristaKesselring,KatherineFrench,andJustinColsonweregenerouswithprovidingmewithreferencestoseekers.Iwasalsoabletofindreferencesinmanypreviouspublications,butIwouldlikeespeciallytoacknowledgethoseofJohnBakerandJessicaFreeman.AliceReiter'sassistanceforproofreadingwasinvaluable.

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DURHAMANDBEVERLEYSANCTUARYREGISTERS

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SeekerID

Surname FirstName

SeekerPlaceofOrigin

SeekerOccupationorStatus

Sex Sanctuary SanctuaryType PortAssigned

Year Date SeekerReason

SeekerReason

Elaboration

Summaryofcase Reference CaseID

570 **** **** Yorkshire,Settrington

painter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-07-31 Debt Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthat[blank],painterofSettrington,soughtsanctuaryon31Jul.1515fordebt.

SDSB,168 503

684 **** **** Yorkshire M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-03-27 Debt Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthat[BlankBlank]of[Blank]inYorkshiresoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon27Mar.1526fordebt;hewasadmittedbeforeRobertCrayk,esquire,andJohnWright,clerkofthecourtthere.

SDSB,190 615

1262 **** **** M Greyfriars,London

Takingchurch 1529 Felony Londonchroniclers,theCity'srepertorybook,andSpelmanallrecordedthecaseofanamelessconvictedfelonwhoescapedaftertrialatNewgateandfledtoGreyfriars;theGreyFriarschroniclerandHolinshedsaythatherefusedtoabjureandthuswasseizedviolentlybythesheriffs'men;"butthelawservednottohanghim"andhewasultimatelysetfree.Spelmaninhisreportnotedthatthelegalquestionathandwaswhetherheshouldbepermittedtoabjureornot,whichisclosertotheLondoncivicrecord.

LMA,Rep.8,fols.34v,62v;JohnGoughNichols,ed.,ChronicleoftheGreyFriarsofLondon,CamdenSocietyOldSeries53(London:CamdenSociety,1852),34;Holinshed,Chronicles,6:906;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:46

1105

1249 **** **** servantofRobertRochester

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1556 Homicide ChroniclerHenryMachynreportedthaton6Dec.1556,theabbotofWestminsterwentonaprocessionwithhisconvent,andprecedinghimwent"allthesanctuarymenwithcrosskeysontheirgarments."Amongstthemwasa"thiefthatdidbelongtooneofMr.Comptroller'sservants,whodidkillRichardEggyllston,thecontroller'stailor,attheLongAcresbacksideCharingCross."Thecomptrollerofthehouseholdfrom1553wasSirRobertRochester.

Machyn,Chronicle,fol.63v 1093

628 **** John Lincolnshire,Lincoln

surgeon M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-07-10 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohn[Blank]soughtsanctuaryon10Jul.1523forfelony.

SDSB,179 559

1312 **** Marmaduke

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Marmaduke[blank]wasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1146

1828 **** Richard M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1510 Debt InaChancerybill,EleanorCotyngcomplainedthatshewasbeingsuedonabondalreadypaidbyasanctuaryman,Richard[surnameillegible]ofSt.Katherine's,aman"oflittlesubstance."Yearapproximate(range1504-1515);debtsurmisedasreasonforsanctuaryfromcontext.

TNA,C1/296/7 1597

604 **** Richard Yorkshire,Wauldby

husbandman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1522 1522-05-05 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichard[Blank]soughtsanctuaryon5May1522forthedeathofRobertHochonson.

SDSB,175 536

1777 **** Thomas("BlackTom")

London tailor M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1513 Homicide Self-defence?

InStarChamberbetween1514and1521,RichardVynes,bailiffofthesanctuaryofSt.John'sAbbeyinColchester,suedSirJohnRaynsfordandhissonJohnJr.,allegingthattheyoungerRaynsford(ID#1775)andseveralofhisservantswereresponsibleforthehomicideofMichaelBrasebrigge(ID#1776).AmongstVynes'sallegationswasthatanothersanctuaryman,"BlackTom,"atailor,wasRaynsford'sretainerandhadbothcommittedcrimesonRaynsford'sbehalfandhadbeenshieldedbyRaynsfordforhisownmisdeeds.Raynsfordandhisfather,conversely,averredthatBlackTomwasnottheirservant,butthathehadbeenadmittedtothesanctuarysomeyearsbeforeforakillinginLondoninself-defence.

STAC2/18/283;2/20/26;2/20/100

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1841 aBarlow Richard Staffordshire,Newborough

tailor M Church-taking,Herefordshire,HerefordSt.Ethelbert

Takingchurch 1495 1495-09-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Sept.1495,BarlowsoughtsanctuaryinthechurchofSt.EthelbertinHereford,confessingtothecoronerthathehadon26Apr.1495atWorcesterstolenagownworth5sandapairofsocksworth2s4dalongwith8dinmoneyfromHughCollyns.Thememorandumindicatesnothingaboutabjuration.ThereportwashandeduptoKing'sBenchinEasterterm1496.

TNA,KB9/408,m.24 1608

1329 aMorgan John Wales M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide nthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,aMorgan(identifiedas"Welshman")wasnamedashavingenteredc.1530for"thedeathofamaninWaleswherehewasp<...>"(1532);the1533censussimplyindicateditwasformurder.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1163


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1872 aMorton William Cheshire,Nantwich

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Newington,St.Mary

TakingchurchAbjuration

Dover 1459 1459-05-19 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton19May1459MortonfledtotheparishchurchofSt.MaryNewington,andconfessedtothecoronerthatinApril1458hehadbrokenintoahouseinWandsworthandstolenahorse,andthatinJune1456hehadassaultedandkilledJohnHoderfeldatSkipton,Yorkshire.Heabjured.AppearedbeforeKing'sBenchinJul.1459,andhadnoanswerwhenaskediftherewasanyreasonwhysentenceshouldnotbeexecuted,andthuswassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB27/793,rexm.41d(GD)

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1746 aParr John Buckinghamshire,"Hardyn"

labourer M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Southampton

1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatParrtookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton26Oct.1526hehadbrokenintothecloseofanunknownmanatHarpenden,Herts.,andstolenahorse.HeabjuredandwasassignedSouthampton.ParrwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.63;KB29/159,m.2d

1524

1118 aPlough John Buckinghamshire,Hambledon

butcher M Church-taking,London,Greyfriars;thenLondon,St.Magnus

Takingchurch 1506 1506-08-25 Asportation AtBuckinghamshiregaoldeliveryatAylesbury,6Mar.1507,PloughwasindictedalongwithHughBradbury(ID#1120)forhavingbrokenintothehouseandcloseofJoanIwardebyatQuaintoninBucks.,stealinggoodsbelongingtoEllenCutlard;andonhisownforhavingstolenahorsefromThomasTripletatWarmeston,Bucks.,on4Aug.1506.BothBradburyandPloughpleadedsanctuary,PloughsayingthathewasbeingledbytheserjeantofthemacefromtheBreadstreetCounter[theLondonsheriffs'prison]toNewgateprisonon25Aug.1506whenheescapedandrantoGreyfriarschurch.Hewasseizedfromthere,butheaskedtoberestoredtothesanctuaryandrefusedotherwisetopleadtothecharge.HewasbroughtbeforeKing'sBenchandeventuallychangedhispleatonotguilty.Hewasbailedtoawaitatrialbyjury,butinthemeantime,on14Jul.1508heagaintooksanctuary,thistimeattheparishchurchofSt.MagnusinLondon,fromwhichhemustagainhavebeenseized.HepleadedsanctuaryagainwhenbroughtbeforeKing'sBenchbutthecourtrefusedtoallowtheplea.HethensuccessfullypleadedclergyandwastakentothebishopofLincoln'sprisonatBanbury.

TNA,KB9/444,m.22;KB27/983,rexm.18;KB29/136,mm.31-31d

985

678 Ableson George Yorkshire,HuttonCranswick

wheelwright M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-01-17 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAblesonsoughtsanctuaryon17Jan.1527fordebt.

SDSB,189 609

1726 Abromell Thomas Hampshire,Lymington

labourer M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,Cropredy


Southampton

1517 1517-09-19 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatCropredy,Oxon.,on19Sept.1517,RichardConstablealiasWalker;WilliamBryggys;ThomasHogeson;andThomasAbromellfledtotheparishchurchatCropredy.TheyconfessedthatthepreviousdaytheyhadtogetherbrokenintothecloseandhouseofThomasDebesonofStanford,Oxon.,andassaultedhim,stealing46s8dinmoney.Theyallabjured,allbeingassignedthesameport.

TNA,KB9/967,m.35 1506

550 Abthorp Robert Nottinghamshire,NorthMuskham

weaver M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1481 1481-11-19 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAbthorpsoughtsanctuaryon19Nov.1481forthedeathofWilliamBartonalsoofNorthMuskham,chapman,killedbyhimon29Aug.1481.

SDSB,164 485

1314 Ackrykis Christopher

capper M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Alsodebt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Ackrykiswasnamedashavingenteredc.1530fordebtandsuspicionofmurder(1532)andformurder(1533).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

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1732 Acres Ralph Warwickshire,Berkswell

tailor M SJJ:BalsallPreceptoryinWarwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1535 1535-11-25 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatBerkswell,Warws.,on25Nov.1535,overthebodyofWilliamCroke.Thejurorsreportedthaton23Nov.1535at9pmAcreshadassaultedCroke,givinghimawoundfromwhichhelanguisheduntilthefollowingday,whenhedied.Crokeimmediatelyfledto"theprivilegeofSt.JohntheBaptistinBalsall,"aHospitallerpreceptory.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatAcreswasoutlawedon2Jun.1537.

TNA,KB9/976,m.55;KB29/169,m.2d

1512

1227 Adam Henry M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire

TakingchurchAbjurationtoCharteredSanctuary

1538 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatAdamabjuredfromBuckinghamshire"forcertainfelonies."

TNA,KB29/171,m.25 1077

914 Adamson John Essex,Colchester

pardoner M Church-taking,Essex,Colne


Harwich 1520 1520-08-07 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatAdamsontooktheparishchurchofColne,Essex,on7Aug.1520.Heaskedforthecoronerandconfessedthaton20Nov.1488[!]hehadassaultedRobertMasonofStangateinHuntingdonshire,hittinghimontheheadwithastaffandkillinghim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/484,m.87 819

1759 Adayll John Yorkshire,Driffield

labourer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-10-24 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatHuttonCranswick,Yorks.,on24Oct.1530overthebodyofWilliamAunderson.ThejurorsreportedthatAdayllhadon23Oct.1530around4pmassaultedhim,withprecogitatedmalice,withanironfork,killinghiminstantly.Adayllimmediatelyfled,withthetownspeopleofHuttonCranswickpursuinghimfromtowntotown,butheescaped"totheprivilegeofBeverley."AdaylldoesnotappearinthesanctuaryregisterforBeverley.

TNA,KB9/975,m.12 1535

922 Adcok Stephen Kent,Boxley yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,BoxleyAbbey

TakingchurchAmbiguous

1517 1517-07-20 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestatBoxley,Kent,on20Jul.1517overthebodyofJohnBukmer.Thejurorsreportedthaton19Jul.1517at4pmRogerLaneassaultedandkilledBukmerwithahazestaff.StephenAdcok,JohnBourne,andRobertNoryshadbeforetheattackfeloniouslyincitedhimtocommitthemurder.Assoonasthefelonywascommitted,theyallfledtothemonasteryoftheBlessedMaryatBoxley.(Itisunclearwhethertheasylumtheysoughtwasmeantasapreludetoabjurationorpermanentsanctuary.)

TNA,KB9/474,m.12 822

1758 Addylsey(aliasHuddylston,More,Horseley,andThomson)

Robert Lincolnshire,LamfordBridge[?]

labourer,aliasyeoman

M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,CambridgeHolySepulchre


Dover 1526 1526-10-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton28Oct.1526RobertAddylsey(withaliasesHuddylston,More,Horseley,andThomson)tookthechurchoftheHolySepulchreinCambridge,withinthelibertyofthetown.On2Nov.heconfessedtothecoronersthaton7Oct.1526ontheking'sroadnearHailesinGloucs.hehadassaultedanunknownmanwithaswordandstole13goldencrownsand4groatsfromhispurse.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/974,m.11 1534

1315 Ade Richard London grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Adewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.On4Feb.1533,anentryintheRepertoryBookoftheLondonCourtofAldermenindicatedthattwoaldermenandthecommonsergeantweretogotoWestminsterto"takeaknowlegge"ofoneAdys,"therebeyngaSeyntwaryma[n],fortheSatisfaccionofhiswyfesparteorporcion."

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73;LMA,Rep.8,fol.271v

1149

293 Akehede Edmund Yorkshire,Leeds

M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1522 1522-12-03 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAkehedesoughtsanctuaryon3Dec.1522fordebtstovariouscreditorsinLondonandYorkshire,andespeciallytoMasterWalwenofLondon.Hepromisestosatisfyhiscreditorswhenheisabletodoso.

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1863 Akeryg George Warwickshire,Merevale

monasticoblate

M Church-taking,Yorkshire,York,St.Leonard'sHospital


Hull 1512 1512-03-05 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumrecordedintheregisterofSt.Leonard'sHospitalinYork,thaton5Mar.1512Akeryg,describedas"lateoblate[ablathie]ofSt.Mary,MerevaleinthecountyofWarwick,"stoleasilvergirdleworth12s.fromanimageoftheBlessedMaryinSt.Mary'smonasteryinYork.HeimmediatelyfledtothechurchofthehospitalofSt.Leonard,andremainedthereuntil10Mar.,whenhecalledforthecoroner.Boththecoroner/clerkofthe"exchequer"ofthehospitalandthecoronerfortheCityofYorkcameandtogetherheardhisconfession.HeaskedtoabjureandtheyassignedhimtheportofHull.Cf.thecaseofEdwinTylwall,ID#1864,whoin1517appearstotakepermanentsanctuaryatSt.Leonard'sHospital.

YorkMinsterArchives,MS2/6e,RegisterofSt.Leonard'sHospital,fol.44v

1629

120 Alan John Yorkshire,Thorpe


1505 1505-05-17 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnBurnell,WilliamBurnell,andJohnAlansoughtsanctuaryon17May1505becausetheystruckJohnSmythontheheadontheking'shighroad,givinghimablowfromwhichhedied.

SDSB,42 101

1222 Alan John London grocer M Beverley(abjurationfromYorkshire,Osborn[?])


1536 1536-05-01 Felony Coroner'smemorandumthaton1May1536AlantookthechurchofOsborn,WestRiding,Yorkshire.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton29Apr.1536atBranholmeintheWestRidinghehadstolenahorse.Hesoughttoabjure,wasbranded,andchoseBeverley.(HisnamedoesnotappearintheBeverleyregister.)

TNA,KB9/1065,m.56;KB29/169,m.26

1072

1316 Albon John goldsmith M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Felony Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Albonwasnamedashavingenteredc.1530forfelony(1532)andfor"receivingstolenplate"(1533).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1150

1317 Albrey Morgan Wales M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Albrey(identifiedas"Welshman")wasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1151

864 AlcokaliasCanapy

Henry London yeoman,coppersmith,gentleman

M Church-taking,London,St.Sepulchre

Takingchurch 1493 1493-05-14 Homicide Coroner'sinquest14May1493intheparishofSt.SepulchrewithoutNewgate,London,overthebodyofWilliamMaryot.JurorsfoundthatAlcokmurderedhim,followingwhichhefledtothechurchofSt.Sepulchre.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatAlcokwasoutlawedinTrinity1496.

TNA,KB9/398,mm.48-49 774

534 Alestre Robert Nottinghamshire,Nottingham

gentleman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-05-03 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAlestresoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon3May1478forthedeathofJohnHillofWestminster,Middlesex,yeoman,killedbyhimatNottinghamon16April.

SDSB,160 470

1810 Aleyn John London hurer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1400 Debt InanundatedChancerybill--likelyveryearly,c.1400,byitsformandlanguage(French)--JohnAleynplaintiffindicateshehadgoneintosanctuaryatWestminsteroverdebttoJohnLudlowe;hecameoutwhenLudlowepromisedhimrespiteofpaymentbutthenwasarrestedanyway.

TNA,C1/69/377 1584

1760 Aleyn John Suffolk,Risby labourer M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,SwaffhamPrior


Orwell 1403 1403-05-15 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton15May1403AleyntooktheparishchurchInSwaffhamPrior.AleynconfessedthattheweekbeforehehadkilledGeoffreyHore,labourer.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/990,mm.43-44 1537

1521 Aleyn Richard Dorset,WimborneMinsterandHampshire,Dibden

yeoman M Church-taking,Hampshire,WinchesterSt.Swithin'sCathedral


Southampton

1481 1481-04-09 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Apr.1481AleyntookthecathedralchurchinWinchesterandconfessedtothecoronerthaton2Apr.1481atGulford,Wilts.,heburglarizedthehouseofJohnNorth.Heabjured.AnoteontheindictmentandtheentryonthecoramregerollindicatethathehadreturnedtotherealmandwashangedinTrinity1481.

TNA,KB9/357,mm.2-3;KB27/884,rexm.7

1339

661 Algood John Yorkshire,Wheldrake[?]

carpenter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-07-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAlgood,of"Wheleryk,"soughtsanctuaryon23Jul.1525fordebt.

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743 AllensonaliasAdamson

William Yorkshire,Whitby

M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-09-30 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatLockington,EastRiding,Yorkshire,on18Jul.1533,overthebodyofRalphAndersonofLockington,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton16Jul.AndersonhadassaultedWilliamAdamsonontheking'sroadatLockington,andthatAdamsonstruckbackinself-defenceandgaveAndersonawoundfromwhichhediedtwodayslater.Forfearofarrestandimprisonment,AdamsonfledtothesanctuaryofSt.JohnofBeverley,whereheremains.BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliam"Allenson"soughtsanctuarythereon30Sept.1534becausehehadfeloniouslykilledRalphAnderson.Itisassumedthesearethesamemen,althoughthesurnamesareslightlydifferent,andmorethanayearseparatesthecoroner'sinquestreportthatAdamson/AllensonfledtoBeverleyfromtheentryintheBeverleyregister.

TNA,KB9/525,m.76;SDSB,203

672

1700 Alyn Richard London haberdasher M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1535 1535-06-29 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofAllHallows,BreadStreet,CityofLondon,on30Jun.1535,overthebodyofRichardRoweofLondon,merchanttailor.Thejurorsreportedthaton29Jun.Rowewasontheking'sroadinBreadStreetaround5am,whenRichardAlynofLondon,haberdasher,sonofRogerAlyn,citizenandhaberdasher,attackedRowewithasword.ThejurorsalsoreportedthatWilliamBettsofGloucester,yeoman,alsoattackedRowewithastaff,andtogethertheygaveRowemortalblowsfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.Bettswasarrestedforthefelony,butAlynfledforthefelonytoSt.MartinleGrand.

TNA,KB9/1065,mm.8-9 1479

1784 Amadas John Devon,Tavistock

gentleman,serjeant-at-arms,MPetc.

M Church-taking,Devon,TavistockAbbey

Takingchurch 1529 Security InquarrelwithJohnFitzinDevoninStarChamber,AmadasclaimedhesoughtrefugeinTavistockAbbeyin1529;althoughhisHistoryofParliamentbiographercallsthisseekingsanctuary,byhisownaccountatleasthewassimplyfleeingforrefugeintheholyplacefrommenintentonkillinghim(asopposedtoformallytakinganoath).AmadashadsatasMPin1515;hewentontoserveasroyalserjeant-at-arms,JP,andmanyotherofficesinthe1530s.Ironically,givenhisrhetoricofthechurchasholyplaceofsafety,heislikelytheAmadaswhobreachedsanctuaryinthecaseofGeorgeBrewce(ID#1159)in1539.

TNA,STAC2/1,fol.148;RogerVirgoe,"Amadas,John,"HPO

1559

578 Ameas Arthur Gloucestershire,Thornbury


1516 1516-05-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAmeassoughtsanctuaryon20May1516fordebt.

SDSB,170 511

1785 Anderson Henry Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne

merchant,sheriff,alderman,mayor,MP

M Takingchurch 1527 Homicide Thiscaseisuncertain:Anderson'sHistoryofParliamentbiographersuggeststhatAndersonmayhavetakensanctuarybeforehewasgrantedapardonin1527forthemurderofWilliamWhite;"suchepisodesweretoocommononthebordersforthisonetohavehadanyseriousrepercussionsonhiscareer."Thereferencestothemurderandpardongiven,however,donotmentionsanctuary.

M.J.Taylor,"Anderson,Henry,"HPO

1560

1019 Anderson James Yorkshire,Malton

tinker M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Nunnington


Scarborough

1528 1528-11-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatNunningtoninYorkshireon28November1528AndersontooktheparishchurchofNunnington.Heconfessedthaton17Nov.atnighthebrokeintothe"domumhospitalem"(inn?)ofJohnHoopeatEastNesseandburgledit.AndersonnamedashisaccompliceJohnBrown(ID#1020),whoalsotookchurchatNunningtononthesamedayandconfessedtothesamecrime.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/509,mm.134,135;KB29/161,m.1d

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1658 Anderson William M SJJ:Islingtonhouse

CharteredSanctuary

1515 Felony InthecasePauncefotev.Savage--whereSirJohnSavage(ID#1650)soughtsanctuaryinahouseinSt.John'sStreetinahouseleasedfromthepriorofSt.JohnofJerusalem--SavagecitedtheprecedentforhisownsanctuarypleaofthecaseofWilliamAnderson,whoaccordingtoSavagehadpleadedsanctuaryatgaoldeliveryatNewgateon24Apr.1515,sayingthathehadtakenasyluminahouseinIslingtonbelongingtothepriorofSt.John's.Andersonwasrestoredtohissanctuary(accordingtoSavage'scitation).

TNA,KB27/1020,pleam.60,transcribedinBaker,Caryll'sReports,714;McSheffrey,SS ,98

1439

1330 Andrewe John tailor M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Andrewwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt,and"recevingeandlodgyngeofsuspectepersones."Hisentryismarkedbyapointinghand.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1164

1152 Andrews Henry London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 1536-03-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquest8Mar.1536intheparishofSt.DunstanintheEast,London,overthebodyofGeoffreyJones,lateofthehouseholdoftheking,yeoman,alsolateservantofHenry[Parker,keeper?]oftheking'schamber.Thejurorsreportedthaton7Mar.1536around8pmJoneswasontheking'sroadcalledTowerStreet,whenHenryAndrewes,servantofJohnDaunsey,knight,feloniouslyassaultedhimwithasword,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhedied.HeimmediatelyfledtoWestminsterforsanctuary.TheyalsosaidthatRichardBayly,servantofArthurDarcy,knight,washisaccessory,andthathealsofledtoWestminster.BothAndrewsandBaylycamebeforeKing'sBenchinTrinity(earlyJuly)1536,andpleadednotguiltytothefelony.TheywerebailedbySirJohnDaunseyandSirArthurDarcyrespectively,eachfor100marks.AndrewspresentedapardoninMichaelmas1536,thepardondated13Nov.1536.Bayly,ontheotherhand,skippedbailandwasoutlawedinduecourse.

TNA,KB,9/977,mm.17-18;KB27/1100,rexm.3;KB27/1101,rexm.1;KB29/169,m.14d,19;L&P,11:490;;McSheffrey,SS,194

1013

407 Androwe Robert Yorkshire,Fishlake

tailor M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1501 1501-10-06 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAndrowesoughtsanctuaryon6Oct.1501forthehomicideofWilliamBull,killedatTreaclewodenearSkirlaugh,Yorks.,"foracertaincause."

SDSB,134 352

1043 Anwick John Essex,Rumford

yeoman M Beaulieu(abjurationfromEssex,Southwold)


1531 1531-02-24 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Feb.1531ThomasHorsey[ID#1041],ThomasHarrys[ID#1042],andJohnAnwick[ID#1043]tookthechurchofSt.PetertheapostleinSouthWeald,Essex.Theyconfessedtothecoroneron25Feb.*1531thattheyhadon24Feb.1531brokenintothecloseofWilliam,thepriorofthenewhospitalofSt.MarywithoutBishopsgateatBicknacre,Essex,andtiedupRichardCressall,amonkthere,andstole20marksinmoney,4silverspoons,andsomeplate.Theyasktoabjure,voluntarilychoosingthesanctuaryofBeaulieuinHants.--thisdespitethefactthatthestatute(22Hen.VIII,c.14)governingabjurersgoingtocharteredsanctuarieshadnotyetbeengivenroyalassent(whichonlyhappenedon31Mar.1531).Theywerebrandedasperthe1529statute.ItislikelythatwhenallthreearrivedatBeaulieu,on1Mar.1531,theywererefusedentrybytheabbot,althoughthereisonlyevidenceonthispointforThomasHarrys,whoappearedbeforeKing'sBenchinHillary1533.Theabbot'sreasonsforrefusingthempresumably-althoughitisnotcertain-relatedtothestatute'snotyetbeinginforce,althoughthatwouldnotseemsufficientreasontorefusesanctuaryseekers.Harryswascaughtandthendiedinprison,butitisnotknownwhathappenedtoHorseyandAnwick.[*Therecordsactuallysay25May,butthesubsequenttimelineindicatesthisissimplyanerrorratherthana3-monthwaitforthecoronertoappear.]

TNA,KB9/517,m.92;KB27/1086,rexm.4;KB29/164,34d;KB29/165,mm.43,45;KB29/166,m.13d;SP1/65,fol.259(L&P,5:117).

934

1361 apDavyapYevanap[Docus]

Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,RichardapDavywasnamedashavingenteredformurderabouttwodaysbefore(i.e.~30May1533).

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1362 apEvans John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnapEvanswasnamedashavingenteredformurderaboutaquarterofayearbefore(i.e.~earlyMarch1533).EnteredatthesametimeasGeorgeapMatthewGogh(ID#1313),andmayhavebeenthesameastheJohnapJevanapTuderwhowasoneoftheotheraccessoriesinDavidVaughanapMatthewGogh'smurderofRogerLloyd.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73;C82/741

1196

1164 apEwyn William Wiltshire,Lydiard

yeoman M Church-taking,Berkshire


1501 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforTrinity1501recordstheabjurationofWilliamapEwyninBerkshire,fordiversefeloniesandtrespasses.

TNA,KB29/131,m.20 1024

1363 apGryffyneapCumyon

Morgan M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,apGryffyneapCumyonwasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1197

1331 apHowell John tailor M WestminsterAbbey

AbjurationtoCharteredSanctuary

1531 Asportation Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,apHowellwasnamedashavingentered"forfelony,apooremane,forstellyngeofhennys,"c.1531.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1165

1364 apHowell John[II] M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-24 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnapHowellwasnamedashavingenteredforfelonyaboutoneweekbefore(i.e.~24May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1198

1132 apHowell ThomasDavid

Middlesex,Westminster

yeoman M SJJ:London,tenementinSt.ClementDanes

CharteredSanctuary

1507 1507-12-20 Asportation AtNewgategaoldeliveryforMiddlesexon12May1508,apHowellappearedtoanswertoanindictmentthathehadrobbedJohnBarellatKnightsbridgeof26s8d.Whenaskedhowhepleaded,heclaimedthathehadbeenseizedfromatenementoftheancienttenureofSt.JohnofJerusalemintheparishofSt.ClementDaneswherehehadtakenprivilege.Theking'sattorneysaidthathehadbeenatlarge.Thejuryconsideringthesanctuarypleafoundthathehadnottakenanyprivilegebuthadbeenatlarge.ApHowellthenclaimedclergy,buttheking'sattorneyarguedthathehadalreadyclaimedthebenefitpreviouslyatBristolon10Aug.1504.Hewasremandedtoprisonpendingverificationofthepreviousrecord,andthenon5Nov.1509heappearedandpresentedapardon.

TNA,KB9/960,m.142;KB27/993,rexm.17d

998

1365 apHowell Walter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-31 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,WalterapHowellwasnamedashavingenteredformurderonedaybefore(i.e.~31May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1199

1366 apJenkyn Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasapJenkynwasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1200

1367 apJohnapRyseapMeredithe

Davy M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-29 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,DavyapJohnapRyseapMeredithwasnamedashavingenteredforfelony,"andoutlaweduponthesame,"threedaysbefore(i.e.~29May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1201

1313 apMatheweGowghe

George M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Goghwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryformurder,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(i.e.~earlyMarch1533).In1536,GoghwrotetoCromwellremindinghimaboutthebillofpardonhiswifehadsubmittedtohim,andindicatedthathehadthenbeeninsanctuaryforfourandahalfyears.On24Jun.1538hewasfinallygrantedhispardon,inwhichthedetailsofhisfelonywereoutlined:GeorgeapMatthewGogh,alongwithnineothermenofWelshpool,wasaccusedasanaccessoryinyeomanDavidVaughanapMatthewGogh’smurderofRogerLloydatWelshpoolon7Sept.1532,VaughanstrikingLloydinthechestwithalance.JohnapEvans(ID#1362),whoenteredWestminsteraroundthesametime,mayhavebeenoneoftheotheraccessories.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73;SP1/105,fol.208r(L&P,11:81);C82/741

1147

1434 apMoriceLloide

John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 Homicide RolandLeewrotetoCromwellsayingthatapMoriceLloidehadmurderedaroyalofficialsentbyLeetoservelettersuponhim,andthenhadfledtoWestminstersanctuary;Leehadheardhis"frendis"weremindedtosueforapardon,"whichaswethinkehitwerepityheshuldatteigne."

TNA,SP1/102,fol.71r(L&P,10:135)

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1461 apPowell James Wales M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Escapefromcustody

In1531,apPowell,oneoftheco-conspiratorsofRhysapGriffithwhohadplottedtokillthekingthatyear,escapedfromtheTowerandtooksanctuaryatWestminster.InMichaelmasterm1531hewasbroughtoutofthesanctuary,inthecustodyoftheabbothimself,togiveevidenceagainstGriffithinKing'sBench.OncePowellhadgivenevidence,thecoramregerollrecords,"theabbothumblyrequestedthejusticestoreturn[James]intothesanctuary;anditwasallowedhim,andtheywentbacktogether"(Bakertrans.).

TNA,KB27/1081,rexm.6;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:47-48

1292

1431 apRichardHokulton

John Wales M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 Homicide RolandLee,presidentofWelshcouncil,wrotetoCromwellaboutLloydandapEichardHokulton,WelshrebelswhohadfledtoWestminster;hewantedCromwelltoextractthemashethoughtthattheyhadpleadedsanctuarybeforeandwouldnotbeabletodosoagain.Cromwellevidentlycomplied,aswithintwoweekstheyweretriedatLudlow.

TNA,SP1/101,fols.18,100(L&P,10:12,43)

1264

1660 apRoger Yevan Gloucestershire,Bristol

tailor M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary

1491 Asportation IndocumentsrecordedinBristol's"GreatWhiteBook"inthecontextofalargerdisputebetweenthetownofBristolandthemonasteryofSt.Augustine's,thetownallegedthatYevanapRoger,tailor,"bycolourofthesaidusurpedandpretendedseyntwary"atSt.Augustine'smonastery,latelyrobbedaparishchurchinWestbury,Gloucs.,andthenbroughtthegoodsintothesanctuaryandclaimedimmunityfromarrestbycityofficials.Theabbot,inresponse,deniedboththatapRoger,histenant,haddoneanysuchthingandthathewasasanctuaryman.

GreatWhiteBookofBristol,31-33

1441

1368 apRyseaMadoke

Davy M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,DavyapRyseapMadokewasnamed(alongwithJohnJohns)ashavingenteredforfelonytwodaysbefore(i.e.~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1202

1369 apRyseVaughan

Evan M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-28 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,EvanapRyseVaughanwasnamedashavingenteredformurder,"andoutlaweduponthesame,"fourdaysbefore(i.e.~28May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1203

204 Apleton John Yorkshire,Langthorne


1514 1514-05-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatApletonsoughtsanctuaryon5May1514becauseon4MayhehadlethallystruckRobertUthwaitewithadaggerinthechest,byWilliamTenaunde'sdoorwayinthetownofBedale.Uthwaiteimmediatelydied.

SDSB,65 170

124 Appleby Cuthbert Yorkshire,Cornepath[HighCornPark?]


1505 1505-06-01 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCuthbertAppleby,JohnApplebyof"Cornepath,"WilliamTaylor,andRalphBellsoughtsanctuaryon1Jun.1505,andthatJohnApplebyofCotherstonecameon16Jun.1505.Theyallsoughtasylumforthesamehomicide,ofChristopherSmythsonaliasWilsonoftheparishofRunmownearHunderthwaitedike,on19Mar.1505,whichwasoccasionedbyhisattackonthem.Theystruckhimontheheadandinthemiddleofthethighwithapikestaffandanarrow,killinghim,JohnAppleby(III)ofCotherstoneadmittingthathestrucktheblowtothehead.ThishomicidemusthavebeenrelatedtothedeathofWilliamWilson,forwhichseveralotherApplebyshadsoughtsanctuaryattheendofMar.1505(seeID#114-117).

SDSB,43 103

114 Appleby John Yorkshire,Hunderthwaite


1505 1505-03-29 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnAppleby,ThomasAppleby,JenkynAppleby,andHenrySnellsoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1505because,followinganattackandWilliamWilsonandhisfriendsmadeonthem,JohnApplebyinhisowndefenceandthatofhisfriends,struckWilsonontheheadwithawelshbill,inafieldatHunderthwaite.Wilsondiedfromtheblow.Thethreeotherswerepresentwithhimandthusfearindictmentasaccessories.

SDSB,41-42,43 100

116 Appleby JohnaliasJenkyn

Yorkshire,Hunderthwaite


1505 1505-03-29 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnAppleby,ThomasAppleby,JenkynAppleby,andHenrySnellsoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1505because,followinganattackandWilliamWilsonandhisfriendsmadeonthem,JohnApplebyinhisowndefenceandthatofhisfriends,struckWilsonontheheadwithawelshbill,inafieldatHunderthwaite.Wilsondiedfromtheblow.Thethreeotherswerepresentwithhimandthusfearindictmentasaccessories.

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125 Appleby JohnII Yorkshire,Cornepath[HighCornPark?]



SDSB,43 103

128 Appleby JohnIII Yorkshire,Cotherstone



SDSB,43 103

765 Appleby Peter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-01-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAppleby(Abpulbye)tooksanctuaryon[blank]Jan.1539fordebt.

SDSB,208 694

115 Appleby Thomas Yorkshire,Hunderthwaite



SDSB,41-42,43 100

466 Appulby William Yorkshire,Ottringham


nd(temp.Hen.VIII)

Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAppulbysoughtsanctuaryon26Nov.[blank]Hen.VIII,fordebt.

SDSB,147 411

230 Arandale Edward Yorkshire,Grinton,Swaledale


1516 1516-09-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatArandalesoughtsanctuaryon5Sept.1516becauseon24Jun.1514inthetownofGrintoninSwaledale,Yorkshire,hehadstruckThomasGallowayintheleftthighwithadagger,fromwhichwoundhediedthefollowingday.

SDSB,72-73 193

1648 Archer John London baker M Church-taking,Somerset,Nunney

Takingchurch 1491 1491-10-05 Asportation InCaryll'sReportsandontheKing'sBenchrecord(pleaside),onanappealofrobberyagainstArcherbroughtbythevictimMargeryMarsshe,ArcherpleadedinresponsetothechargesthataftertherobberyhehadtakensanctuaryatNunneyparishchurch,butthatthecoronerhadrefusedtoassignhimaportwhenheattemptedtoabjure;thecoronerclaimedinresponsethatArcherhadrefusedtoacknowledgefeloniesand/ortospecifywheretheyhadbeencommittedotherthanthroughvagueplacenamesthatthecoronercouldnotattachtoaspecific"vill."Asaresult,thecourtruledthathecouldnotberestoredtothesanctuaryashisacknowledgementofthefelonyhadnotbeencomplete.Hehadalreadybeenconvictedofaseparatefelonyandonthatbasishewashanged,andonthebasisoftheappealthevictimreceivedbackthestolengoods.

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665 Archer Richard Sussex,Poynings


1525 1525-11-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatArchersoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon20Nov.1525fordebt.

SDSB,187 596

805 Arleston Richard Gloucestershire,Gloucester

servant M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,St.Peter

Takingchurch 1426 1426-11-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportedthatArlestonattackedandkilledThomasBruggeatGloucesteron4Nov.1426.JohnRedeofGloucester,brewer,theconstableofthetown,alongwithfiveofRede'sservants,werealsonamedasaccessoriestomurder.ThejurorsreportedthatArleston,withRede'shelp,fledtothechurchofSt.PeterinGloucesterfollowingthekilling.

TNA,KB9/222/1,m.60 731

1238 Armarad Nicholas Worcestershire,Bewdley

merchant M Bewdley CharteredSanctuary

1542 Debt InaChancerybill,JohnDormercomplainedthatNicholasArmaradwasindebtedtoDormerby£1517s6dforcertainmerchandise.DormersuedhiminExchequer,andwhenArmaradfailedtoappear,thesheriffofShropshirewasissuedawrittoarresthimbythefortnightafterEaster,1542.Thesheriff'sservant,hearingthathewasinWribbenhall,Worcs.,wenttoarresthim,buttheconstableofWribbenhallcraftilyarrangedforArmaradtobeconveyedtoBewdley,which(Dormerwrites)"aTowneprivelegedfordett,insuchwisethatnomanbeingwithinthelymytesandprocynctofthesameTowneshalbearrestidforanydett."Armaradremainedinaccessibleinthetown,andthusDormersoughtasubpoenatobeissuedtotheconstabletoanswertothematter.

TNA,C1/980/47 1086

521 Armstraing JohnJr. M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1493 1493-08-22 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatArmstraingsoughtsanctuaryon22Aug.1493fordebt.

SDSB,158 462

1873 Arnold Richard London haberdasher M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1495 Debt Arnold,theauthorofacommonplacebook,includedmodelpetitionstovariousauthorities,includingonepetitiontotheChancellor(likelydatableto1493-1500,althoughnotsurvivingamongsttheextantChancerybills)thatindicatesthatArnoldhadenteredsanctuaryatWestminsterasadebtor.JustinColson,completinganeweditionofArnold'swork,datesthistoc.1495basedonotherevidenceabouthisdebtproblems;thisisanapproximatedatebutthemid-1490sishighlylikely.

RichardArnold,TheCustomsofLondon,OtherwiseCalledArnold’sChronicle(London:F.C.andJ.Rivington,1811),123-124.(ThankstoJustinColson)

1639

1423 Arnolde William M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-02 Escapefromcustody

On29Jul.1533,Arnoldeofferedadepositionfromwithinthesanctuaryof"Beowle,""befforediversmendwellyngintheseidSentary,"regardingaprisonbreakouton2May1533fromIlchester,Somers.;hehadbeenoneoftheprisoners,andfledfromtheretosanctuary.

SP2/o,fol.44-45(L&P,6:391-93)

1258

1659 Arthur Dominic Ireland,Limerick,andBristol

pouchmaker M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary

1496 Trespass InapetitionsubmittedtoChancery,JohnHewis,ThomasHarrys,JohnDountehame,NicholasMasonaliasSporier,RichardPhilippys,RobertLokyar,andDominicArthurcomplainedthattheywerearrestedinJune1496withinthesanctuaryprecinctofSt.Augustine'smonasterybyBristolcivicofficialsinrelationtoatrespasssuitintheciviccourt;itisuncleariftheyhadtakensanctuaryspecificallyinrelationtothetrespassorforsomeotherreason.Arthurresistedarrestandescaped,occasioningariotbetweenabbeytenantsandofficialsandtownofficialsandtownspeople.Hewashandedoverbytheabbottothemayor,perhapsbecausehewasatrespasserandnotafelon(and/orperhapstoendtheriot).Theriotanddispute(anepisodeinlonger-runningdisputebetweentownandmonastery)occasionedaninquiryinStarChamber,withnoknownoutcome.

TNA,C1/207/59;GreatWhiteBookofBristol,43-67;Fleming,"Conflict";McSheffrey,SS,94-95

1440

1710 Arthur William Shropshire,Milston

weaver M CityofWells(AbjurationfromShropshire,Culmington)


1542 1542-07-22 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatCulmington,Shropshire,22Jul.1542,thatArthurtookthecemeteryofthechurchofCulmington.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatinJunehehadstolenahorsefromJohnSmythatWoodhouse,byCleoburyMortimer.HeabjuredandchosethesanctuaryofthecityofWells.

TNA,KB9/554,m.90;TNA,KB29/176,m.3d;McSheffrey,SS,196

1493

560 Arundale Henry Yorkshire,Pontefract


1483 1483-10-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatArundalesoughtsanctuaryon10Oct.1483andacknowledgedthathehadkilledRichardIsotte,shoemaker,withastaff,on21June1483.

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1201 Assherst John Leicestershire,Loughborough

bocher M Beverley(abjurationfromNottinghamshire,SouthwellSt.Mary)


1533 1533-05-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11May1533AsshestsoughtsanctuaryatthechurchofSt.Mary,Southwell,Notts.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton31Mar.1533intheforestofChernwoodnearWoodhouseinLeics.,hebrokeintoacloseandstolefivehorses,takingthemtothetownsofBridgefordandNewarkonTrentandsellingthemfor26s8d.HealsocommittedanotherrobberywithRobertAwmberyon2May1533inthesameforest,stealingninehorsesworth60s.Heabjured,choosingBeverley,andwasbranded.(HeisnotintheBeverleyregister.)

TNA,KB9/525,m.120;KB29/166,m.22d

1056

636 Asshetone John Buckinghamshire,BowBrickhill

butcher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-01-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAsshetonesoughtsanctuary14Jan.1523forthedeathofWilliamJaksoneofBletchley,Bucks.,yeoman.

SDSB,181 567

1798 Astell Henry London fishmonger M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1472 Debt InaChancerypetition,WilliamFerys,mercerofLondon,complainedthatAstellhadfledtosanctuaryatWestminsteroveranobligationof£68,forwhichFeryshadstoodsuretyandforwhichhe,Ferys,hasnowbeenarrestedbythecreditor.FerysinresponsehadinitiatedasuitagainstAstellunderthestatuteof2Ric.IIwhichwouldallowAstell'sgoodstobeseizedafter5proclamations.Yearapproximate(range1467-1472).

TNA,C1/46/284 1573

1747 atWyllaliasDawes

John London capper M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Harwich 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatWylltookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton12Apr.1526,togetherwithothers,5innumberbutunknowntohim,hehadbrokenintothehouseofanunknownmanatCatteram,Kent,andstolenvariousclothes.HeabjuredandwasassignedHarwich.WyllwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.64;KB29/159,m.2d

1525

75 Atkynson Richard Westmorland,Kendal


1496 1496-06-16 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardandWilliamAtkynson,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon16Jun.1496becauseon30May1496RichardhadassaultedJamesWardebetweenKendallandacertainplacecalledGrayrigg,strikinghimontheheadwithaCarlisleaxe,fromwhichwoundheimmediatelydied.Williamdidnotstriketheblowbutwaspresentwithhisbrotherandfearedbeingindictedasanaccessoryalthoughhedidnotstrikeablownorwasheguiltyofthedeed.

SDSB,28-29 66

692 Atkynson Richard Yorkshire,StocktonontheForest


1527 1527-07-29 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardAtkynsonsoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1527fordebt.HemayberelatedtoWilliamAtkynson(ID#693),whosoughtsanctuarythesamedayandwasalsoabutcher.

SDSB,194 623

53 Atkynson Robert Cumbria,NetherCrosby[Crosby-on-Eden]


1492 1492-03-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAtkynsontooksanctuaryon8March1492becauseon10Feb.1492hehadkilledWilliamSkolokealsoofCrosbyattheWarwickBridgewithaclub.Robert"urgently,veryurgently,andmosturgently[instanter,instancius,etinstantissime]"soughtsanctuary.Followingtheentryisacopyofa"letteroftestimonialandcredence"writtenbytheprioroftheDurhamCathedralchurchaddressedto"allCristenpeple"butperhapsspecificallyintendedforthepeopleofCrosby,certifyingthatRobertAtkynson,whohadparticipatedalongwithHenryandChristopherAtkynsoninthehomicideofWilliamSkoloke,hadconfessedthefelonyandhadaskedfor,andreceived,theimmunityandsanctuaryofDurhamcathedralforit.

SDSB,21-22 48

263 Atkynson Robert Northumberland,Tynemouth


1518 1518-09-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertAtkynsonsoughtsanctuaryon20Sept.1518becauseon16Sept.1518,withintheterritoryofthetownofTynemouth,hestruckacertainRolandDenontheheadwithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedwithintendays.

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95 Atkynson William Westmorland,Kendal


1496 1496-06-16 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardandWilliamAtkynson,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon16Jun.1496becauseon30May1496RichardhadassaultedJamesWardebetweenKendallandacertainplacecalledGrayrigg,strikinghimontheheadwithaCarlisleaxe,fromwhichwoundheimmediatelydied.Williamdidnotstriketheblowbutwaspresentwithhisbrotherandfearedbeingindictedasanaccessoryalthoughhedidnotstrikeablownorwasheguiltyofthedeed.

SDSB,28-29 66

1000 Atkynson William Lincolnshire,Hemswell

weaver M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,HemswellAllSaints

Takingchurch 1527 1527-06-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatGlenworth,Lincs.,17Jun.1527,overthebodyofGeorgeTomson.ThejurorssaythatAtkynson,on11Jun.1527about1pm,assaultedTomson,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedon16Jun.1527.ImmediatelyafterthefelonyAtkynsonfledtothechurchofAllHallowsinHenswell.Itisrecordedthathesoughtthecoronerbutnotexplicitlythatheabjured.ThedorseofthebillindicatesthatitwasdeliveredtothejusticesatgaoldeliveryatLincolncastleon26Jul.1527.

TNA,KB9/504,m.141 897

693 Atkynson William Yorkshire,Stainforth


1527 1527-07-29 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamAtkynsonsoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1527fordebt.HemayberelatedtoRichardAtkynson(ID#692),whosoughtsanctuarythesamedayandwasalsoabutcher.

SDSB,194 624

1091 atteElme William Warwickshire,Nuneaton

M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Rothwell


Southampton

1414 1414-04-06 Asportation Incoroner'srollforNorthamptonshire,memorandumthatatteElmetookchurchatRothwellon6Apr.1414.Heconfessedthathehadcommittedathefton1Apr.,andon14Apr.heabjured.

TNA,JUST2/119C,m.3d 963

1165 Atvanne John Middlesex,Westminster

butcher M Church-taking,Surrey,Limpsfield


Southampton

1501 1501-07-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Jul.1501atLimpsfield,Surrey,withinthelibertyofRichard,theabbotofSt.MartininBattle(BattleAbbey),Atvannetooktheparishchurchandconfessedtothecoroneron7Jul.thathehadbrokenintoahouseandcloseinSouthwarkbelongingtoJohnMannyngandrobbedhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB29/132,m.8d 1025

1575 Audley Humphrey

knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar AudleywasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.

Warkworth,Chronicle,18-19 1122

295 Auston Elias Lancashire,GreatMitton


1523 1523-12-18 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAwstonsoughtsanctuaryon18Dec.1523becausefourdaysbeforehehadstruckEdmundSwynherstwithadaggeronhisfemur,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedtwodayslater.

SDSB,90 244

727 Awodde Thomas Yorkshire,Fadmoor


1531 1531-08-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAwoddesoughtsanctuaryon26Aug.1531forhomicide.

SDSB,200 656

206 Ayray Arthur Westmorland,Kendal

sherman M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-09-12 Asportation Alsodebt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAyraysoughtsanctuaryon12Sept.1514becausearound29Aug.1514heenteredacertainfullingmillcalledSheptmilneintheparishof"Heyrsom"(Heversham?),andtherehefeloniouslystole20sworthofcloth.Hewasalsoindebtedtomanypeople.

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981 Bagnal John yeoman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


1526 1526-03-03 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatHertfordinJuly1526,thecoronerpresentedamemorandumindicatingthaton3Mar.1526BagnalhadtakentheparishofAllHallowsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton17Aug.1522hehadbrokenintothecloseofThomasPeryent,senior,esquire,atDigswell,Herts.,andstolentwohorses.Heabjured(theportassignedisillegible).HeappearedbeforegaoldeliveryinJuly1526havingbeenfoundintherealm,butclaimedclergy.Hereadasaclerk,buttheking'sattorneyallegedthathewasineligibleforclergybecausehewasabigamist.Hewasreturnedtocustody(presumablyawaitingevidenceofthebigamy).NotethatThomasHamlyn[ID#984]tookthesamechurchonthesameday;perhapsanotherbreakoutfromHertfordCastle?

TNA,KB9/502,mm.23-24 879

778 Bagnall Thomas Warwickshire,Coleshill

yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1494 1494-02-04 Treason Fivemen—ThomasBagnall,JohnHeth,JohnSkotte,JohnKenyngton,andAlexanderSynger—wereaccusedbeforeanoyerandterminersession22Feb.1495ofusingthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandasabasefromwhichtowriteanddisseminatetreasonousbillsinsupportofPerkinWarbeckandagainsttheking.AlthoughSynger'snamedropsfromtherecord(perhapsdyinginprison),theotherfourwerebroughtbeforeKing’sBench.Heth,Skotte,andKenyngtonpleadednotguilty,butwerefoundguiltyandsentencedtoatraitor’sdeath.Bagnall,ontheotherhand,pleadedsanctuary(hisplearecordedinEnglishandsubmittedonaseparatedocumenttothecourt):“HesaieththatheisasanctuarymanofSt.Martin’s,thesanctuaryplacebesideCheap,andwastakenoutofSt.Martin’sonAshWednesdayagainsthiswillbyMasterSampsonandothersandMasterDigbybeingpresent,andprayeththeretotoberemitted,restored,andaknowledgesthetreasonwhereofheisarraigned.”Bagnall’spleaevidentlysucceeded:althoughontheKing’sBenchcoramregeroll,nojudgmentisrecorded,inalaterlegaldiscussionrecordedbyJohnPort,ChiefJusticeHusseyremarksthatthemenfromSt.Martin’swhowerebeheadedwereexecutedbecausetheyhadnotpleadedsanctuary,whereastheonewho“pray[ed]theprotectionoftheplace”hadit.ThismustrefertoBagnallandhisassociates.

TNA,KB9/78,mm.8-9,19,20-21;KB27/931,rexm.6;KB15/42,fols.73r-75r;GreatChronicleofLondon,250;McSheffrey,SS,49

706

559 Bagula Bertram Leicestershire,Leicester


1483 1483-07-18 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBagulasoughtsanctuaryon18July1483andacknowledgedthathehadfeloniouslykilledJohnWilliamswithastaffon2July1483.

SDSB,166 493

1149 Bagwell John Somerset,OthillnearCrewkerne

M FordeAbbey,Dorset

AmbiguousCharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-07-01 Homicide Coroner'sinquest5Aug.1532atWinsham,Somerset,overthebodyofWilliamImbleyofWinsham,tanner.Thejurorsreportedthaton1Jul.1532Bagwellattackedhimandkilledhim,andImbleylanguishedforaboutamonthbeforedyingon4Aug.1532.BagwellimmediatelyfledtothesanctuaryatFordeAbbey.HewasindictedatWells,SomersetinJan.1533,buthewasnotincustody(perhapsinsanctuary)andatlengthwasoutlawed.In1535BagwellappearedinKing'sbenchandpresentedapardon,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB27/1094,rexm.2 1010

1003 Bagworth Richard Nottinghamshire,EastBridgeford

labourer M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,EastBridgefordSt.JohntheBaptist


Sandwich 1528 1528-01-22 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton22Jan.1528BagworthtookthechurchofSt.JohntheBaptistatEastBridgeford,Notts.Heconfessedon23Jan.thaton21Jan.hehadstolensomelivestock.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.56 902

933 Bairde Robert Essex,Ardleigh labourer M Church-taking,Essex,Ramsey


1520 1520-02-20 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatArdleigh,Essex,20Feb.1520,overthebodyofChristianBairde,widow.ThejurorsfoundthatRobertBairdehadbrokenintoherhomeandrobbedit,andinthecourseoftherobberyhehitherwithastaffandkilledher.HeimmediatelyfledtotheparishchurchofRamseyinEssexandtooksanctuary.Thereheconfessedthemurderasabovetothecoronerandabjured.

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565 Baker John Lincolnshire,Caistor

chandler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-05-21 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBakersoughtsanctuaryon21May1515fordebt.

SDSB,167 499

1704 Baker John Norfolk,Snettisham

gentleman M Ambiguous 1534 1534-01-02 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatHillington,Norf.,on23Feb.1534,overthebodyofWilliamSmyth,carpenter.ThejurorsreportedthatSmythassaultedBaker,andthatBakerthenkilledhiminself-defence.Anotherinquest,heldbeforeThomasWynfield,chiefstewardofthedukeofSuffolk,inhishundredofFrebridge,indicatesthatBakerhadassaultedSmyth(i.e.refutingself-defence).Onbothbills,notesatthebottom(bothwrittenbythesamehand,distinctfromthehandsthatwrotethetwoindictments)indicatehehasfledtosanctuary(unspecified).

TNA,KB9/527,mm.159,161

1485

1869 Baker Robert (laterahermit)

M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1509 Felony AccordingtotestimonybywitnessGeorgeIsotsongiventotheenquiryonSt.Martin'sboundariesin1535-1537,hehadknownamannamedRobertwhohadbeenaprisonerattheMarshalseaprisonwhoescapedfromthereandrantoSt.Martin'swithironsstillonhislegs.Becausehecouldnotgetintotheprecinctheshelteredinthegateallnightandranintotheprecinctwhenthegateopenedinthemorning.Isotsoncommentedin1537thatRobertwasthenahermitinIslington.RecordsoftheHospitallerorderindicatethatin1511,thepriorgrantedtoRobertBakeroftheOrderofSt.Paul,thefirsthermit,ahermitageinIslington,anditseemslikelythisisthesameman.Hecouldalsobethesamemanwhoreceivedapardonunderthetermsofthe1509generalpardon.Thedateofhissanctuary-takingisaguessbasedonthefoundationofthehermitageandthepardon.

TNA,STAC2/20/323,mm29–30;BL,CottonNeroEVI,HospitallerCartulary,fol.93r,transcribedinThomasEdlyneTomlins,Yseldon:APerambulationofIslington(London,1858),pp143–5;L&P,1:204;McSheffrey,SS,51,130

508 Baker Thomas Devon,Exeter waxchandler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1491 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBakersoughtsanctuaryforthehomicideofWilliamTaillour,killedatDartmouthinMay1491withadagger.

SDSB,155 449

572 Baker William Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull

shoemaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-10-26 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBaker[correctedbyThornleyfromDakerinSDSB]soughtsanctuaryon26Oct.1515forfelony.

SDSB,169;Thornley,"SanctuaryRegistersatBeverley,"396

505

1009 Bale Robert Lincolnshire,Bolingbroke

yeoman M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,LongBennington


Lynn 1528 1528-06-10 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Jun.1528BaletookthechurchofLongBennington,Lincs.,andconfessedthaton21Jun.1526hehadassaultedandmurderedThomasByardandhisservantandrobbedthem.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.69 908

680 Balle John Essex,Walden glover M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1528 1528-01-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBallesoughtsanctuaryon13Jan.1528fordebt.

SDSB,189 611

1655 Banaster Thomas London vintner M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey

Takingchurch 1521 1521-12-19 Homicide InTrinity1522,RobertHopkynsappealedBanasterforthehomicideofhisbrotherJohnHopkynsatGreatMissendenon20Aug.1521;thebillallegedthatBanasterhadlaininwaitandassaultedhimontheheadwithastaffandthencuthisthroatwithadagger.Inresponse,Banasterpleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadbeentakenfromthechurchyardofSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwarkhalfanhourafterhisarrivalthereon19Dec.1521.Inadditiontohissanctuaryplea,healsosaidthat"theking'sgraceandtheEmperorgavemeandallmycompanypardonandbadeopenthegates,andItrusttheking'swordswillstand.AndmoreIwillnotsay."Hispleawasruledinsufficient,likelybecause,asBakersuggests,hedidnotpleadtothefelony.Hewassentencedtobehanged.

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1038 Banks John Worcestershire,Worcester

yeoman M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Towcester


Westchester,Cheshire

1530 1530-05-22 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton22May1530BankstooktheparishchurchofTowcester,Northants.,confessingtothecoronerthaton10May1530atDartford,Kent,ontheking'shighwayhehadassaultedandkilledanunknownman.Heabjured.

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931

1633 Barbour John Gloucestershire,Cirencester

M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Dursley


1437 1437-03-20 Asportation EntryonthepatentrollrecordsthatBarbourfledtothechurchofDursley,Gloucs.andon20Mar.1437confessedthathehadstolenahorseearlierthatyearatTetbury.Heabjured.On25March1439theking,"outofpity,"pardonedhimthefelonyandabjuration.

CPR1436-41,252 1414

1503 Barbour John barber M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1442 1442-03-17 MineheadwasallegedlyanapostateCistercianmonk,subjectofdispute(indictmentandcounter-indictment)betweentheabbotsofSt.MaryGracesAbbey(hisownreligioushouse)andWestminster.HewasallegedlydraggedfromWestminstersanctuaryincourseofanaffraybetweenthesideson17Mar.1442;hewasalsoindictedfortheftandoutlawed.IntherecordsseveralothermenlivinginWestminstersanctuarywerementioned:JohnGagewascitedaslivingin"thesanctuaryofWestminster"andMineheadwasallegedlydraggedoutofhishouseandoutofsanctuary;andJohnBarbour,ofWestminstersanctuary,wasindictedforhelpingtheabbotofSt.MaryGracesextracthimfromWestminster.

TNA,KB9/240,mm.88-89;KB29/75,mm.28d,29,30;KB27/725,rexmm.6d,30;TNA,KB27/726,rexm.2d;Nicolas,ProceedingsPrivyCouncil,5:215

1324

630 Bardenay Nicholas London haberdasher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-08-03 Asportation Seeremarks. BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBardenaysoughtsanctuaryon3Aug.1523forthethe"emptione"(usuallypurchase--??)ofacoverlet,a"bankwere,"andafeatherbed.Presumablysomeformoftheft,orpossiblydebt,wasimplied.

SDSB,179-80 561

450 Barker Robert Yorkshire,Wistow,nearSelby


1498 1498-05-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBarkersoughtsanctuaryon15May1498,admittingthathehadcommittedhomicide,thatisthedeathofJohnTowree,latelykilledatWistow,on9May1498.

SDSB,143 395

216 Barker William Yorkshire,York

butcher M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-09-10 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBarkersoughtsanctuaryon10Sept.1515fordebt.

SDSB,69 181

1318 Barkesdale Thomas clothier M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Barkesdalewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt"todiversepersons"(1532).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1152

1112 Barley John Middlesex,Enfield

husbandman M Church-taking,Middlesex,EnfieldSt.Andrew


Southampton

1502 1502-10-02 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumof2Oct.1502recordedthatBarleytooktheparishchurchofSt.AndrewinEnfield,confessingthathehadon2Oct.assaultedandkilledThomasWestofEnfield,chaplain,withadagger.Heabjured.ByEasterterm1503,however,hewasbackincustody,havingbeenfoundintherealmwithoutlicense,andwashanged.

TNA,KB9/429,m.10;KB27/967,rexm.4d;TNA,KB29/133,m.22,25d

980

1843 Barlowe Richard Gloucestershire,Tewkesbury

tailor M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,St.JohntheBaptist


Southampton

1510 1510-05-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatGloucesteron4May1510,BarlowetooktheparishchurchofSt.JohntheBaptistinGloucester,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Jan.1510hehadbrokenintothehouseofThomasTownesendinTewkesbury,stealing5s4dworthofplateandmoney.Thememorandumhasadeletedsectionindicatingthathestayedinthechurchfor39days,afterwhichheabjured--butthedocumentalsodateshistakingchurchandhisabjurationtothesameday,4May.

TNA,KB9/459,m.54 1610

1035 Barnbye Thomas Buckinghamshire,Aylesbury

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Kellington


Scarborough

1530 1530-05-15 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton15May1530BarnbyesoughtsanctuaryattheparishchurchofKellington,Yorks(thesamedayandchurchasWilliamMulton,ID#1034),confessingtothecoronerthaton13MayhehadstolenahorseatSharleston.Heabjured.NicholasMusgrove(ID#1036)confessedtothesamehorsetheft,takingchurchthesamedayatBirkin,Yorks.

TNA,KB9/514,m.111;KB29/162,m.19

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1474 Barnet Rose F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1424 Debt AtthecourtofCommonPleasinEasterterm1429,JohnShenyfeld,hiswifeJoyceShenyfeld,andRoseBarnet,widowofThomasBarnet,failedtorespondtoasuitoveradebtof£310;thesheriffsofLondonreportedthatthethreecouldnotbetakenbecausetheywereinthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand,aprivilegedplace.Thesheriffsreportedthattheyhadcalledoutfivetimesatthegatesoftheprecinct,asprovidedinthestatute[2Ric.II,stat.2c.3].SMLG'sdeanRichardCaudraycitedthiscaseinhisRegisterin1440asproofofSt.Martin'sprivilegesasasanctuary.

TNA,CP40/653,rot.104;CP40/673,rot.282d;WAM,Book5,fol.39r

1301

1267 Baron John London mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1480 Debt RosserreferstoBaron'slong-termstayinsanctuarywithhiswifeuntiltheirdeathsc.1503.

Rosser,MedievalWestminster,156-57

1110

689 Barowby Robert London vintner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-06-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBarowbysoughtsanctuaryon26Jun.1527fordebt.

SDSB,191 620

1657 BarrettaliasTailour

Philip Herefordshire,Bosbury,Upleadonmanor

M SJJ:TempleCourt,Bosbury,Herefordshire

CharteredSanctuary

1491 Homicide Gaoldeliveryrecordfrom21Jan.1491transcribedintoaHospitallercartulary;Barrett,accusedofmurderingJohnBerneinlateSeptember1490,fledtothemanorofUpleadon,tothehouseknownasTempleCourt,whichwasapossessionoftheDinmoreHospitallerpreceptoryinHerefordshire.HewasseizedfromthepropertytwodayslaterandbroughttoHerefordcastle.Hepleadedsanctuaryatgaoldelivery.HeandtheattorneyfortheHospitallersarguedforthesanctuaryprivilegesatTempleCourt(andallHospitallerproperties);thejuryagreed,andBarrettwastoberestoredtothehouse,underpainof£100finetothesheriffs.CitedinPauncefotev.SavageasprecedentforsanctuaryprivilegesinHospitallerproperties.

CottonNeroE.VI,HospitallerCartulary,fol.60r-61r;TNA,KB27/1020,pleam.60,transcribedinBaker,Caryll'sReports,714

1438

1771 BartelotaliasKaylok

John Oxfordshire,Tetsworth

husbandmanaliasyeoman

M Church-taking,London,St.MichaelBassishaw


1437 1437-09-07 Asportation Inapetitiontotheking'scouncil,JohnBartelotofTetsworth,Oxon.,complainedthaton7Sept1437,hefledfromhis"mortelxenemyes"tosanctuaryinthechurchofSt.MichaelBassishawinLondon,andknowingthathecouldnothavetheprotectionofholychurchunlessheconfessedtoafelony,falselyconfessedtohorsetheftinMiddlesex,andthenabjured.Hedidnot,however,committhatoffence.Soughtapardon,whichhereceivedon11July1439.

TNA,SC8/181/9039;CPR1436-41,298

1546

861 Barthelmewe

William Middlesex,Westminster,St.ClementDanes

gentleman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1491 1491-12-29 Homicide Coroner'sinquest29Dec.1491withinthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminster,overthebodyofFernandodeMolina.ThejurorsfindthatonthatsamedayMolinawasassaultedbyBarthelmeweandBesseley.Barthelmewestabbedhimwithaknifeunderhisarm,andBesseleywithadaggerinthechest,eitherofwhichwoundswouldhavekilledhim,andheimmediatelydied.AfterwardstheyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.Anoteonthecoroner'srecordindicatesthatBarthelmewewasincustodyasofEaster1492,andaflurryofotherrecordsindicatethatBarthelmewealongwithothershadinthefallof1491assaultedanumberofothermen,includingAllonsiusDelatoursandAllonsiusSysnersatTottenham;andHenryFitzherbertintheparishofSt.ClementDanes.

TNA,KB9/393,m.22;KB9/394,mm.19-20

772

1436 Barton **** fletcher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1537 WilliamStapleton,aYorkshiregentlemanwhowouldgoontobeMPandwhoclaimedtohavebeencoercedintohelpingleadtheNorthernRebellion,testified(hisdepositionsurvivingintheStatePapers)thatacertainBartonwasas"anaughtyfellow,asanctuarymanofBeverleyandacommonpicker."StapletonsuspectedBartonofbeinginvolvedinstealingfromthecommonstores,andmadeanexampleofhimbytyinghim"bythemiddlewitharopetotheendof[a]boat,andsohauled[him]overthewater,"severaltimesholdinghisheadunderthewaterwithanoar.Hewasthenbanishedfromtherebels'company.BartonisnotintheBeverleyregister.

L&P,12/1:189 1269

515 Barton Johnjunior

Derbyshire,Tideswell

mercer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-07-17 Homicide Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBartonsoughtsanctuaryon17Jul.1492forthedeathofJamesTurnerofTideswell,andfordebt.

SDSB,157 456

1370 Basset Walter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-31 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,WalterBassetwasnamedashavingenteredformurderonedaybefore(i.e.~31May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1204


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1033 Bauxere Thomas Sussex,Robertsbridge

labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,Robertsbridge,St.Mary'sAbbey


Rye 1529 1529-08-09 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Aug.1529atRobertsbridge,Sussex,inthelibertyofThomas[Boleyn],earlofWiltshireandOrmond,intherapeofHastings,BauxeretookchurchatSt.Mary'sAbbeyinRobertsbridge.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1527atCraysted[?]inCumbriahehadassaultedRichardBoxereandkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/514,m.79 926

1834 Bawdewyn Thomas merchant M Kent,Greenwich(dependencyofSheenpriory?)

CharteredSanctuary

1465 Debt InaChancerypetitionregardingapropertydisputebetweentwomerchantsdealingwithtradewithFlanders,thedefendant,ThomasBawdewyn,issaidbytheplaintiff,ThomasBradwall,Londongrocer,tobe"privileged"ofthesanctuaryatGreenwich.Thedaterangeforthepetitionis1460-65.

TNA,C1/28/496 1603

1371 Bawdryke Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasBawdryke(ID#1371)andWalterGrene(ID#1390)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredformurdertwodaysbefore(i.e.~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1205

884 Baylly Tristan Lincolnshire,Legbourne


1510 1510-10-14 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatLegbourne,Lincs.,20Oct.1510,overthebodyofRichardReynold,weaver.ThejurorsreportedthatBayllyassaultedReynoldon14Oct.1510,andwithabowworth12dgavehimamortalwoundonhisheadfromwhichhedied.Followingthefelony,BayllyfledtothefranchiseofBeverley.[BayllydoesnotappearintheBeverleyregister.]TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthatBayllywasoutlawed11Dec.1514.

TNA,KB9/457,m.75;KB29/143,m.4

794

1153 Bayly Richard London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 1536-03-08 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquest8Mar.1536intheparishofSt.DunstanintheEast,London,overthebodyofGeoffreyJones,lateofthehouseholdoftheking,yeoman,alsolateservantofHenry[Parker,keeper?]oftheking'schamber.Thejurorsreportedthaton7Mar.1536around8pmJoneswasontheking'sroadcalledTowerStreet,whenHenryAndrewes,servantofJohnDaunsey,knight,feloniouslyassaultedhimwithasword,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhedied.HeimmediatelyfledtoWestminsterforsanctuary.TheyalsosaidthatRichardBayly,servantofArthurDarcy,knight,washisaccessory,andthathealsofledtoWestminster.BothAndrewsandBaylycamebeforeKing'sBenchinTrinity(earlyJuly)1536,andpleadednotguiltytothefelony.TheywerebailedbySirJohnDaunseyandSirArthurDarcyrespectively,eachfor100marks.AndrewspresentedapardoninMichaelmas1536,thepardondated13Nov.1536.Bayly,ontheotherhand,skippedbailandwasoutlawedinduecourse.

TNA,KB,9/977,mm.17-18;KB27/1100,rexm.3;KB27/1101,rexm.1;KB29/169,m.14d,19;L&P,11:490

1013

675 Bayne William Yorkshire,Wakefield

tallowchandler


1526 1526-08-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBaynesoughtsanctuaryon20Aug.1526fordebt.

SDSB,188 606

177 Baynton John M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-02-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBayntonsoughtsanctuaryon10Feb.1510becausearound29Sept.1502,ontheking'sroadbetweenAtherstoneandCoventry,hestruckJohnWylkynsonontheheadwithahalberk,andWylkynsondied.

SDSB,56 144

1372 BeadmanaliasLonge


CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Accessory Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Beadmanwasnamedashavingenteredasaccessorytomurderaquarteryearbefore(i.e.~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1206

1618 Beaton John chaplain M CharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous

1439 Debt Thepatentrollrecordsapetitionfromtheking'sservantJohnCookthatBeatonhasbeenoutlawedonsuitsinthecityofLondonfordebts,buthe"preferstobeanoutlawandtokeepinsanctuaries"ratherthanpayhisdebts.AnannuityofBeaton'sfromGodstowabbeythathadcomeintotheking'shandsbyreasonoftheoutlawryisturnedovertothiscreditor.Date10June1439.

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836 Beauchamp John Devon,Lympstone

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.Paul'scathedral

Takingchurch 1467 1467-03-12 Rape Coroner'scertification,inanswerforawritdated21Apr.1467regardingdetailsofanabjuration,thatBeauchamphadmadenoabjurationbeforehim.Beauchampdid,however,takechurchatSt.Paul'scathedralon12March1467andconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Sept.1458atCompton,Devonshire,hehadassaulted,raped,anddefloweredAlicePerow,singlewoman,withaknife.Hethensoughttostayinthechurchforfortydays,accordingtothecustomsandlibertiesoftheEnglishchurch,whichthecoronerallowedhimtodo.Beauchamp,however,didnotabjure.NB:21Apr.,thedateofthewrit,is40daysafterhetooksanctuary.

TNA,KB9/316,mm.3-4 756

1574 Beaufort Edmund dukeofSomerset

M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar BeaufortwasamongsttheleadersoftheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.

Warkworth,Chronicle,18-19;McSheffrey,SS,46,77

1122

540 Beawmont Elizabeth Yorkshire,Hedon

gentlewoman

F Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1480 1480-09-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertBeawmont,"litteratus,"andElizabethBeauwmont,gentlewoman,soughtsanctuaryon26Sept.1480forthedeathofThomasAldirlayofAlmondbury,killedbythemon5Oct.1479.(TherelationshipbetweenthetwoBeawmontsisnotstated,butastheyweresaidtoberesidentintwodifferentplaces,theywerelikelynotmarried--perhapsbrotherandsister,ormotherandson.)

SDSB,162 475

539 Beawmont Robert Yorkshire,Almondbury

"litteratus" M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1480 1480-09-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertBeawmont,"litteratus,"andElizabethBeauwmont,gentlewoman,soughtsanctuaryon26Sept.1480forthedeathofThomasAldirlayofAlmondbury,killedbythemon5Oct.1479.(TherelationshipbetweenthetwoBeawmontsisnotstated,butastheyweresaidtoberesidentintwodifferentplaces,theywerelikelynotmarried--perhapsbrotherandsister,ormotherandson.)

SDSB,162 475

441 Bebe Henry tiler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1498 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHenryBebe,tiler,soughtsanctuaryatBeverleyfordiversereasons.[Undated;lastentrydatedSept.1498.]

SDSB,142 386

1757 Beche John London tailor M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Chippenham


Harwich 1526 1526-10-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon25Oct.1526atChippenham,Cambs.,thatThomasMavys(ID#1755),ThomasWillyams(ID#1756),andJohnBeche(ID#1757)tooktheparishchurchofChippenham.Mavisadmittedtothecoronerthaton29Sept.1526hehadstolenahorseworth26s8dfromanunknownmanatMarkyateinHertfordshire.Willyamsconfessedthaton3Mar.1526hehadbrokenintothehouseandcloseofThomasParkaratSalisburyandstolentwohorsesworth40sapiece.AndBecheadmittedthaton3Oct.1526hehadstolenahorseworth20sfromGravesendinKent.AllabjuredandallwereassignedHarwichastheirport.Astheyweretravellingtogetherbutwerefromdifferentplacesandhadcommittedtheircrimesindifferentplacesanddifferenttimes,itispossibletheyhadallescapedfromprison.

TNA,KB9/974,m.8 1533

974 Bedell Richard Essex,Writtle gentleman M Church-taking,Essex,Writtle


Harwich 1525 1525-07-07 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton7Jul.1525BedelltooktheparishchurchofAllSaints,Writtle,Essex.Heconfessedtothecoroneron27Jul.1525thaton7Jul.hehadassaultedJohnVavasorofWrittlewithclubs,swords,anddaggers,andkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.93 872

1309 Bedford Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1529 Security RichardReynoldwrotealettertoCromwelldated3Jan.1530,nowintheStatePapers,inwhichheoutlinedthecircumstancesinadisputeReynoldhadwitha"Mr.Leder,"forwhichCromwellamongstotherswasactingasanarbitrator.ReynoldindicatedthatLeder'scontentions(regardingaverylargedebtofmorethen£5000)werefraudulent,andthatatLeder'sinstructionReynoldhadpersuadedThomasBedford-bythistimedead-toforgedocumentsinrelationtothedispute.Bedford,thoughveryill,fledtosanctuaryatWestminsterratherthanattempttodefendhisforgery.For"dischargeofhisownsoul"heconfessedallbeforeanotary.

TNA,SP1/56,fol.191(L&P,4/3:2738)

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1442 Beele Laurence Northumberland,Horton(nearWooler)

servant M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1537 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterindicatesthaton25Jul.1517,Beele,GeorgeReveley,WilliamReveley,ArchibaldReveley,andJohnReveleykilledThomasReveleyandThomasBoyndeatWandon(Warenton?)intheterritoryofFowberry,Northumberland.TheReveleys(ID#252,#253,#254,and#249)tooksanctuaryatDurhaminearlyAugustandNovember1517,butina"billofinformation"intheStatePapersreportingtoWolseyonmurdersinNorthumberland,BeelewasnotedashavingfledtoScotland.InSeptember1537BeelereturnedtoEnglandandappearstohavetakensanctuaryatDurham.Enquiriesweremade-survivingintheStatePapers-regardingwhetherhistimeinScotlandconstitutedtreasonandthusjustifiedstrippinghissanctuaryprivilege.

SDSB,78;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822);SP1/132,fol.97(L&P,13/1:373)

1277

865 Beell John London fuller M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1493 1493-08-06 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6Aug.1493intheparishofSt.MaryWolnoth,London,overthebodyofLewisJohnofLondon,tailor.JurorsfoundthatBeellassaultedJohnintheparishofSt.Swithinon4Aug.,andthatJohndiedfromthewoundson6Aug.FollowingthemurderBeellfledtosanctuaryatWestminster.ThomasLokwodeofLondon,baker,wasnamedasaccessory.Awritdated19Nov.1494calledtherecorduptoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/402,mm.14-15 775

224 Beke William Westmorland,Kendal


1516 1516-02-16 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBekesoughtsanctuaryon16Feb.1516fordebt.HesworeanoaththathewouldpaybackthosedebtstothosewhomheowedifGodshouldgranthimworldlygoods.

SDSB,71 189

107 Bekwith Anthony Yorkshire,Clint,Ripley


1504 1504-02-18 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBekwithsoughtsanctuaryon18Feb.1504becausehe,withtwoaccessories,on20Jan.1504,inthewesternpartofMasterYngilsby'spark,"unfortunately"metupwithJohnParker.BekwithstruckandfatallywoundedParkeronthethighwithabaselard.

SDSB,39-40 94

1546 Bell James London yeomanandminstrel

M Church-taking,Huntingdonshire,GreatGidding,St.James


Boston 1498 1498-07-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum16Jul.1498,atGreatGidding,Hunts.,thatJamesBell,JohnGrenewey,andThomasDawsonabjuredforrobbing7s.fromWilliamOsteby,clerk,andRichardColyn,atWittering,Northants.BellwasfoundintherealmandbroughtbeforeKing'sBench23Nov.1507;hepresentedapardon,wentsinedie.Nothingfurtherfoundabouttheothers.

TNA,KB9/419,m.5;KB27/985,rexm.18

1356

1023 Bell John Nottinghamshire,Wigsley

labourer M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Thorney


NewcastleuponTyne

1529 1529-02-21 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton21Feb.1529BelltookthechurchofSt.HeleninThorney,Notts.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Feb.hehadbrokenintoacloseatWiggesleyandstolensomelinenclothworth15s.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/509,m.157;KB29/161,m.1d

919

127 Bell Ralph Yorkshire,[Rumoldkirk?]



SDSB,43 103

774 Bell Thomas London merchant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1538 1538-10-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBellsoughtsanctuaryon4Oct.1538fordebt.

SDSB,210 703

1462 Bellendyne John London M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1509 1509-06-24 Beverleysanctuaryregister[ascorrectedbyThornley]recordsthatBellendynesoughtsanctuaryon24Jun.1509[entryrecordedinEnglishandthencrossedout.]

Thornley,"SanctuaryRegistersatBeverley,"395

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1001 Belyngham Thomas London yeoman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Barley


Dover 1527 1527-11-03 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Nov.1527atBarley,Herts.,Belynghamtooktheparishchurchthere.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton28Oct.1526,onthehighwayatSt.Thomas-a-Watering,Surrey,goingtowardsGreenwich,heassaultedanunknownmanandkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.1 898

1373 Bemonde John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Bemondewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1207

1564 Benet John Shropshire,Ludlow

weaver M Shropshire,Ludlow,AustinFriars

CharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous

1505 1505-04-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatLudlow,Shropshire,on16Apr.1505,overthebodyofJasperHylle.JurorsreportedthatBeneton7Apr.1505hadlaininwaitforHylleandassaultedandmurderedhim.BenetthenimmediatelyfledtotheprecinctandlibertyoftheAustinfriarsinthesametown,andatthetimeoftheinquestresidedthere.Awritdated18Jun.1505calledituptoKing'sBench,andthedorseoftheindictmentindicatesitwasdeliveredinHillary1506.

TNA,KB9/439,mm.15-16 1366

1253 Bennet John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


MinutesofthePrivyCouncilon16Aug.1556recordthataletterwastobesenttothedeanofWestminstertokeepJohnBennetandJohnWilliamsoninsafewardsothattheyshouldbeavailablewhencalledfor;BennetandWilliamsonhadescapedfromprisonandhadtakensanctuaryatWestminster.

ActsofthePrivyCouncil,5:328-29

1097

69 Bennet Robert Yorkshire,Stonegrave


1496 1496-02-22 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBennetsoughtsanctuaryon22Feb.1496becauseinlateSeptember1495intheparishofHovinghaminYorkshireheassaultedChristopherWhithedeofHovingham,inhisowndefence.Hestruckhimontheheadwithastickandkilledhim.

SDSB,27 63

1562 Bennet Thomas Berkshire,Reading

fuller M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Burnham


Dover 1504 1504-06-23 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthaton23Jun.1504BennetsoughtsanctuaryattheparishchurchofBurnhamandconfessedtothecoronerthatatWottonundertheHedgeinGloucestershireon20Oct.1502,togetherwithfiveotherpersonsunknowntohim,hehadassaultedanunknownmanandstolen100sinmoneyinablackleatherpouch.Heabjured.Addedatthebottomofthedocumentwasthisnote:"AndI,theaforesaidcoroner,ledtheaforesaidThomastothedoorofthechurchwithacrossinhisrighthand,andwithacertainpouchattachedtothecrosswiththebillofhisabjurationinside."ThewritcallingthisuptoKing'sBenchisdated20Nov.1504.

TNA,KB9/435,m.3 1364

131 Benson Edward Cumbria,Sedgwick,Heversham


1505 1505-08-12 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBensonsoughtsanctuaryon12Aug.1505becausehestabbedWilliamSandinthethighwithadagger,inafieldcalledWoodhouseintheparishofHeversham,on16Jul.1505.Sanddiedsoonafterfromthewound.

SDSB,44 106

1058 Benson Thomas Yorkshire,York

freemason M Church-taking,Yorkshire,York,St.Peter

Takingchurch 1531 1531-10-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatYorkon19Oct.1531overthebodyofAnthonyMaunsell,gentleman.ThejurorsreportedthatThomasBensonofYork,freemason(ID#1058),andJamesSymcokofYork,freemason(ID#1059),hadassaultedMaunsellon7Oct.1531between9and10pm,"withouthavingGodbeforetheireyes,withmalice."Bensongavehimthewoundfromwhichhedied,withSymcokasaccessory.TheybothfledafterwardstothecemeteryofSt.PeterinYork.AttheYorkassizesinLent1532Symcokwasacquitted.

TNA,KB9/519,m.133-34 945

1799 Bentley Henry London[?] merchant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 Debt InaChancerypetitionabout1471,JohnLynofBristolindicatedthatHenryBentleyhadfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterwhileowinghimabout£8.

TNA,C1/46/336 1574

1519 Bere John Gloucestershire,Bristol

cutler M Church-taking,Surrey,WaterLambeth


Dover 1480 1480-03-26 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Mar.1480BeretookthechurchatWaterLambeth,SurreyandconfessedtothecoronerthatjustbeforeChristmas1476hemurderedacertainRichardHyllesatSampfordPeverell,Devon.Heabjured.HeappearedatKBinTrinity1480havingbeenfoundintherealm,andwassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/353,m.66;TNA,KB27/875,rexm.9d(GD)

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1795 Bernard [John] gentleman,receiveroftheEarlofOxford

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar InaChancerypetition,RobertByby,a"travellingman,"indicatedthatinDec.1470,duringthereadeption,hewasaskedtoconveysomeliquidatedassetsfromthetownofColchestertotheearlofOxford'sreceiver,oneBernard,whowasthen,andwasstillattimeofwriting,insanctuaryatWestminster.BernardistentativelyidentifiedasJohnBernard,whoactedasafeoffeefortheearlinthelate1460s(JamesRoss,*JohndeVere*,55-56).Althoughhisresorttosanctuary,astheearl'sreceiver,wouldappeartobelinkedtothecivilwar,hewasstillinsanctuaryafterEdwardIVrestored,suggestinghemayalsohavehadothercause(debt?).

TNA,C1/46/165 1570

814 Bertram Bartholomew

LondonandHolland

scrivener M Church-taking,London,St.Magnus


Southampton

1432 1432-03-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatBertram(whohadthealiasesJohnClerkofLondonandJohnBartramofHolland,clerk),hadtakensanctuaryatSt.Magnus'schurchinLondon17Mar.1432,confessingthathehadrobbedaLondonpointmaker'sshopin1428.Heabjured.HeseemstohavesoonafterbeenarrestedagainatEnfield,Middlesex,inpossessionoftwochalicesandabook.Anoteonthebackofthecoroner'smemorandumindicatesthatheclaimedbenefitofclergyandwasdeliveredtotheordinaryofWestminster.

TNA,KB9/226,mm.88,110-11

740

132 Berwyk John Lancashire,Halton


1505 1505-08-27 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBerwyksoughtsanctuaryon27Aug.1505because,followinganattackonhimbyChristopherWalyson23Aug.inafieldcalledHaltonMoor,inhisowndefencehestruckWalysontheheadwithadaggerandkilledhim.

SDSB,44 107

1557 Bery Agnes Kent,Sevenoaks

widow F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1503 1503-03-17 PettyTreason

Coroner'sinquestreportatSevenoaks,Kent,on8Jul.1503,overthebodyofRichardBeryofSevenoaks,husbandman.ThejurorsreportedthatAgnesBery,Richard'swife,on17Mar.1503hadgivenRichardrat'sbane(arsenic),inhisfoodanddrink,thusmurderinghim.ThejurorsalsoreportedthatThomasBobyofSevenoaks,fuller,wasanaccessory,harbouringher.BothAgnesandBobyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandfollowingthefelony.InMichaelmas1506,AgnesBeryappearedbeforeKing'sBench,andpleadednotguilty,andwasputtobail.InHillary1507sheappearedandpleadedthattheindictmentwasinsufficientbecauseitdidnotidentifyinwhatplaceorcountryshelived,asrequiredbystatute.Thecourtagreedandshewasreleased(wentsinedie).

TNA,KB9/431,m.28;KB29/136,mm.8,8d;KB27/970,rexm.5;KB27/981,rexm.09d

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891 Bery Richard Kent,Sittingbourne

carpenter M Church-taking,Kent,Kidbrooke


Dover 1512 1512-04-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Apr.1512BeryhadtakenthechurchofKidbrooke,Kent,andon6Apr.confessedtothecoronerthatonPalmSunday[4Apr.]hehadbrokenintothehouseofWilliamMundeatBoxley,Kent,andstolenvarioushouseholditems,clothes,etc.HeabjuredandwasassignedDover.On21Jun.1512,BeryappearedbeforeKing'sBench,havingbeencaughtintherealm.Askedwhyheshouldnotbeexecutedonhisabjuration,heexplainedthatfollowinghisabjurationhewasbeingledbytheconstablefromhundredtohundreduntiltheycametoBoughtonunderBlean,Kent,whentheconstableaccompanyinghimlefthiminthehighroad,tellinghimhewouldsoonbebackwithanotherconstable.Theconstableneverreturned,however,leavingBerystandinginthehighroadalone.Afterthreehours,threemenridingfromCanterburycamealongandoneofthemshoutedathim,"A,thouerrantthefe,artthouhereIshallsleethewithmyowenhonde,"anddrewhisswordandstruckathim.Infearforhislife,Beryranintoanearbywoodandescapedthem.Hewaitedthereforthreedayswithoutfoodorwater,andthenbegantoproceed,makinghiswaytoChislehurst,about45milesfromBoughtonunderBlean[and,notably,inthewrongdirectiontogettoDover].There,bythechurchofSt.MaryCray,hesoughtfoodanddrink,carrying(hesaid)hiscrossandhispurseasabjureropenlyuponhim.There,however,hewastakenbyaburgrave(agovernorofatownorcastle),andfromtherehewasledbyaconstabletotheKing'sBenchprison.Hethussoughttohave"lepasport"asabjureragain.Theking'sattorneyrespondedthatBery'spleawasinsufficientinlaw,andBeryhadnoresponsetothat;thejusticestookitunderadvisement,andtheninMichaelmastermtheyruledthathispleawasindeedinsufficient.Hewasthenaskedifhewasaclerk,herepliedno,andthushewassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/458,mm.109-110;KB29/144,mm.2,5;KB27/1004,m.19

801

1815 Bes[...] Roger London[?] M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

nd Debt InadamagedChancerybill,plaintiffRogerBes...indicatedthathewasasanctuarymanatWestminster,andthathehasbeencitedbeforethemayorofLondonbyWilliamPaston,esq.Daterange1486-1493,or1504-1515.IfthisisWilliamPastonIV(b.1479),thenmorelikelytobethelaterdates.

TNA,C1/120/2 1589

862 Besseley Robert Middlesex,Westminster


1491 1491-12-29 Homicide Coroner'sinquest29Dec.1491withinthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminster,overthebodyofFernandodeMolina.ThejurorsfindthatonthatsamedayMolinawasassaultedbyBarthelmeweandBesseley.Barthelmewestabbedhimwithaknifeunderhisarm,andBesseleywithadagerinthechest,eitherofwhichwoundswouldhavekilledhim,andheimmediatelydied.AfterwardstheyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.Anoteonthecoroner'srecordindicatesthatBarthelmewewasincustodyasofEaster1492,butnothingfurtherisknownaboutBesseley.

TNA,KB9/393,m.22;KB9/394,m.19

772

716 Bettes Thomas Huntingdonshire,Ramsay

fisher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-07-11 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBettessoughtsanctuaryon11Jul.1530fordebt.

SDSB,198 647

892 Bewardy Henry Cornwall,Liskeard

labourer M Church-taking,Berkshire,ColeshillAllSaints


Southampton

1511 1511-04-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton29Apr.1511BewardysoughtsanctuaryatColeshillparishchurchforthehomicideofJohnRichardsatGravesend,Kenton4Oct.1510.BewardywasoneoffourmenwhoabjuredfromAllSaintschurchonthesameday,althoughonlytwowereinvolvedinthesamecrime,andtheabjurationswererecordedseparately.

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906 Bewesbury John Kent,Maidstone

shoemaker M Church-taking,Kent,Maidstone,AllSaints

Takingchurch 1516 1516-01-30 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatMaidstoneon24Feb.1516overthebodyofJohnHudson.ThejurorsreportedthatBewesburyhadassaultedHudsonwithaknifeon30Jan.,givinghimawoundfromwhichHudsondiedon24Feb.Assoonashecommittedthemurderon30Jan.hefledtothecollegiatechurchofMaidstoneandclaimedtheprivilegethere.Afterwards,on[illegibledate],hefledfromthatchurchandescaped.Moreover,thejurorssaythatacertainHumphrey[illegible]ofMaidstone,chaplain,knowingthatBewesburyhadcommittedthemurder,dressedhiminpriest'sclothingandsecretlyledhimoutofthechurchandallowedhimtogoatlarge,andthusheisanaccessorytomurder.

TNA,KB9/471,m.154 814

1649 Bewregard Peter London yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey

Takingchurch 1506 1506-12-20 OnanappealofrobberyinKing'sBenchinTrinity1507,RogerThornedonaccusedPeterBewregard,whomheclaimedhadburgledhishouseintheparishofSt.MagnusinLondonon20Dec.1506,stealingclothworthover£6.Bewregarddeniedtheburglary,andclaimedmoreoverthatonthatsameday,20Dec.,hehadtakensanctuaryatthechurchofSt.MaryMagdaleninSouthwark,for[other]felonies,butwasviolentlytakenoutofthechurchonthesameday.Hesoughttoberestored,andpleadednotguiltytotheburglaryofThornedon.Thesanctuarypleawastobeputtoajury.AlegalissueonwhichtherewascommentaryinCaryll'sreportwaswhetherapleaofsanctuaryhadtobetriedbyjurorswiththesamepropertyqualificationstotryafelony(answeredaffirmatively).AlthoughBewregardwasputintocustodyofthemarshalawaitingtrialandthereisnorecordofthejury'sverdict,theKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatheeitherwasbailedandfailedtoreappearorescaped,ashewasoutlawedon17Jun.1510.

Baker,Caryll'sReports,559-61[transcribingKB27/984,pleam.26];KB29/136,n.33

1430

533 Bilton Robert Yorkshire,HuttonCranswick


1478 1478-05-16 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBiltonon16May1478soughtsanctuaryatBeverleyforthedeathofThomasMathynofCranswicketc.

SDSB,160 469

147 Birkehede George Yorkshire,Sneaton

yeoman M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1507 1507-04-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasKnagsandGeorgeBirkehedesoughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1507becausefivemonthsbeforeKnagshad,inhisowndefence,struckacertainColynsonatWhitbyStrandinWhitby,nearlycuttingoffhisarmwithasword.BirkehedegaveColynsonanotherwoundinthestomach,andfromboththesewoundshediedthesameday.

SDSB,47-48 116

798 Bisshop Edmund Somerset,Glastonbury

brewer M Church-taking,Middlesex,Tottenham


Dover 1416 1416-09-11 Asportation Tworecords-Middlesexjurors'presentmentandcoroner'smemorandum-thatEdmundBisshophadbeenarrestedonsuspicionoftheftinTottenham.TheconstableofTottenhamputhiminthestocks,buttwodayslaterheescapedandfledtotheparishchurch.ThereheacknowledgedtothecoronerhavingburglarizedahouseinHarlow,Essex,andheabjured.

TNA,KB9/208,mm.67,79 724

763 Blackett James Derbyshire,Brampton


1535 Homicide Alsofelony Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecords-withnodate,theentryfallingbetweenentriesdatedDec.1535andJuly1536-thatBlackettsoughtsanctuaryforfelonyandmurder.

SDSB,208 692

1487 Blakbourne ThomasaliasChristopher



Therearetworivalversionsofthesanctuary-seekingofKnight,Rede,Blakbourne,Janyver,andMoreys,asthesubsequentseizureofthefivemenfromSt.Martin'signitedamonths-longquarrelbetweenSMLGandtheCityofLondonbeforethekingandhiscouncil.KnighthadbeenheldinNewgateprisonpriortofacingapleaofdebtintheLondonsheriffs'court,butwiththehelpofhisfouraccomplicesheescapedfromcustodyashewasbeingbroughttocourttofacethesuitandfledintoSt.Martin'ssanctuary.Laterthesameday,thesheriffsofLondonseizedthefivemenfromthesanctuaryandtookthemintocustody.Aftermuchinquiryandclaimsandcounter-claimsmadebySMLGandtheCity,Knightandtheothermenwererestoredtothesanctuarybytheking'sorderinlateOctober1440.

WAM,Book5,fols.41r-64r;LMA,LetterBookK,fol.189r(CLBK,242);McSheffrey,SS,70

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938 Blake Robert Hampshire,Bishop'sWaltham

shoemaker M Church-taking,Hampshire,Bishop'sWaltham

AbjurationTakingchurch

Portsmouth 1520 1520-04-12 Homicide Alsomanyotherfelonies

Coroner'smemorandumatBishop'sWaltham,Hants.,12April1520,thatRobertBlaketooktheparishchurchthere.Heconfessedtothecoroner[hisconfessionrecordedinEnglish]thatalongwithJohnWylliamsofLedbury,Herts.[sic;LedburyisinHerefordshire],ostler,around1May1507,ataplacenearSt.KenelminWorcs.[Romsley],herobbedaWelshmanwhosenamehedidnotknow,stealing26s8dinwhitemoney.On22May1507inGloucs.onahillamilefromWinchcombehekilledamanbythrustingsheepshearsthroughhischest.AgainwithJohnWilliams,aboutMichaelmas1506atabridgecalledNewbridgeinOxfordshire,herobbedastrangemanandstole40sfromhim.On7June1515,withJohnWilliams,inawoodcalledAbbaswoodofRomsey,onthehighwayfromRomseytoWinchester,Hants.,hemurderedastrangerandstolefromhimasword,abuckler,abayhorse,saddleandbridle,and£4inmoney.On26Mar.1520,ataplaceofrunningwaterbetweenShirleyMillandRomsey,Hants.,hestole40s8dfromastranger.HealsostoleahorseoutofaclosebetweenWherwellandWinchester,andsolditinStantonHarcourttothevicarthereon22Jul.1509.Alsoon2Feb.in10HenVII[1495;error,probably,for10Hen.VIII,1519],hebrokeintoJohnTradde'shouseatAschtonintheparishofBishop'sWalthamandstole26s8dworthofplateandothergoods.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/482,m.34 836

1478 Bland **** M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1497 Homicide InaninquiryregardingtheboundsofSt.MartinleGrandsanctuaryundertakeninthemid-1530s,witnessRalphTwynnesaidBlandwasasanctuarymaninSt.Martin'sfor20years,havingbeenpartofthePerkinWarbeckconspiracy,c.1497,andforhavingkilledoneofSirGilbertTalbot'sservants;helivedinCockAlleyandBland'sAlley,whichcouldpossiblyhavebeennamedforhim.

TNA,C24/3,"Abbas,"mm.15-16,16-17;STAC2/23/266,mm.56-60,61-64;STAC2/20/323,mm.19-23;McSheffrey,SS,49,130,133

1305

27 Blande Stephen Middlesex,Stepney[?]


1483 1483-07-18 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBlandesoughtsanctuaryon18Jul.1483becauseon4July1483atStepneynearLondonhehadstruckacertainChristopherRwtherwithadagger,inself-defence,andkilledhim.

SDSB,10 23

1696 BlasealiasBarbara

Derek WestminsterAbbey

yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1485 1485-11-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatWestminster9Nov.1485overthebodyofJohnSpencerofWestminster.ThejurorsreportedthatBlaselayinwaitforSpencerandassaultedhimandmurderedhim.Takinghisswordwithhim,hefledtoWestminstersanctuary.

TNA,KB9/1060,m.91 1475

103 Blesdell Ralph Yorkshire,Ripon


1504 1504-02-05 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertSkafesoughtsanctuaryon5Feb.1504becausewithRalphBlesdell,hisaccessory,on15Jan.1504hehadassaultedReginaldMidiltonontheking'sroadinRipon.HestruckReginaldonthethighwithasword,killinghim.RalphBlesdellalsosoughtsanctuarybecausehewaspresentwhenSkafekilledMidilton.

SDSB,39;Fowler,"SanctuaryRecords,"313

92

1098 Blewet Richard M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-06-04 AChanceryprecedentbooktranscribedarecordofaprocessatKing'sBench,inwhichthesheriffsofLondonreportedthatBlewethadbeenoutlawedbecausehedidnotappeartoanswerasuit;hepleadedthathehadbeenintheprisonofthedean(andbishopofBathandWells,RobertStillington)atSt.MartinleGrandandthuscouldnotanswerthesuit.Asthejudgesadvisedthemselvesontheissue,hewasputtobail.

TNA,KB15/42,fol.140v-141r

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935 Bleyse William Oxfordshire,Eynsham

glover M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,Eynsham


Southampton

1518 1518-03-01 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Mar.1518atEynsham,Oxon.,BleysetookthechurchofthemonasteryofSt.MarytheVirginatEynsham.Heconfessedtothecoronersthaton28Feb.1518hehadmurderedThomasAndersonatEynsham.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/479,m.50 833

1829 Blike John Berkshire M CharteredSanctuary

1510 Debt AwidowJoanKeteandJohnKete(herson?),executorsoftestamentofAndrewKete,suedinChancerybecausethedefendant,WilliamHuls,deputytotheBerkshiresheriff,releasedoneofAndrewKete'sdebtors,JohnBlike,whomtheyhadhadarrested;Blikethenwentintosanctuary"whernooprocesseofthecomonlawecantakeeffectnorbeexecutedayensthym."YearfixedbydateofappointmentoftheBerkshiresheriff(WilliamHarecourt)namedinthebill(L&P,1:354).

TNA,C1/329/50 1598

915 Blomefeld John Suffolk,Beccles

tailor M Church-taking,Essex,Stanway


Harwich 1520 1520-12-04 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatBlomefeldtooktheparishchurchofStanway,Essex,on4Dec.1520andconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Jun.1520hehadassaulted,withmaliceaforethought,RobertSuttonofWestell,Suffolk,labourer,atWestell,killinghim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/484,m.88 820

1374 Blummer George M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Blummerwasnamedashavingenteredforfelony,c.1531.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1208

590 Blyncarn Thomas Yorkshire,York


1517 1517-02-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBlyncarnsoughtsanctuaryon12Feb.1517fordebt.

SDSB,172 523

1558 Boby Thomas Kent,Sevenoaks

fuller M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1503 1503-03-17 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestreportatSevenoaks,Kent,on8Jul.1503,overthebodyofRichardBeryofSevenoaks,husbandman.ThejurorsreportedthatAgnesBery,Richard'swife,on17Mar.1503hadgivenRichardrat'sbane(arsenic),inhisfoodanddrink,thusmurderinghim.ThejurorsalsoreportedthatThomasBobyofSevenoaks,fuller,wasanaccessory,harbouringher.BothAgnesandBobyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandfollowingthefelony.InMichaelmas1506,AgnesBeryappearedbeforeKing'sBench,andpleadednotguilty,andwasputtobail.InHillary1507sheappearedandpleadedthattheindictmentwasinsufficientbecauseitdidnotidentifyinwhatplaceorcountryshelived,asrequiredbystatute.Thecourtagreedandshewasreleased(wentsinedie).BobyhadhimselfappearedtofacetheindictmentinKing'sBenchinHillary1504,buthisprocessasaccessorywassuspendedawaitingtheoutcomeoftheprocessagainsttheprincipal,AgnesBery,andhewasbailed.

TNA,KB9/431,m.28;KB29/136,mm.8,8d;KB27/970,rexm.5;KB27/981,rexm.09d

1360

728 Bocher John Cheshire M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-08-30 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBochersoughtsanctuaryon30Aug.1531foradebtof£100.

SDSB,200 657

161 Bocle James Yorkshire,Heley,Grinton,Swaledale


1508 1508-01-18 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBoclesoughtsanctuaryon18Jan.1508becausehehadstruckRichardClerssonontheheadwithaclubstaff,inself-defence,fromwhichwoundClerssondiedon15Jan.1508.

SDSB,51 128


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1066 Bofeld William London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-04-20 Homicide Accessory Coroner’sinquest20Apr.1532atWestminsterwithinthesanctuaryoftheabbeyoverthebodyofWilliamPennington,knight.ThejurorsfoundthatafterPenningtonhadmetupwithRichardSouthwellinWestminsterHallandtheyexchangedwords,PenningtonangrilychallengingSouthwelltomeethimoutside.Pennington,withsixretainers,metupwithRichardSouthwell,whowasaccompaniedbyhisbrothersRobertandAnthony,MatthewFraunsham,RichardWood,WilliamBofeld,andDavidLloyd,onacausewaybetweenthesanctuaryandTothill.Anaffrayensued,inthecourseofwhichAnthony–comingtothedefenceofhisbrotherRichard,whowasonthegroundwithPennington’sswordathisthroat–gavePenningtonamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.TheSouthwellsthentooksanctuaryattheabbey(eventhoughthefelonytookplaceinsidethesanctuaryprecinct,whichshouldhavebeenabar).Thiswasahighlypoliticalcase,andthisinquestreportwasquitepossiblyafakedstory;diplomaticreportsandothersourcessuggestthatthequarrelrelatedtodisputesontheking'scouncilbetweenthedukeofNorfolk(Southwell'spatron)andthedukeofSuffolk(Pennington'spatron).TheSouthwellsandtheirretainersallpresentedapardon,dated15June1532,inKing’sBenchinEasterterm1533,andRichardSouthwellpaidafineof£1000.Thepardonwasconfirmedbyanactofparliamentin1534(25Hen.VIIIc.32).

TNA,KB9/520,m.12;KB27/1087,rexm.8;otherreferences:McSheffrey,"SlayingofWilliamPennington."

947

1277 Bolle Robert M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1414 1414-02-02 Namedincoroner'sreportoftheconfession(asapprover)ofRichardMakerell(ID#796).MakerellclaimedthatwhenhewasinsanctuaryatWestminster(asadebtor)in1414,thearchdeaconofWestminstertriedtorecruitMakerell,RobertBolle,andWilliamTuttebury(ID#1278)forSirJohnOldcastle'srevoltagainstthecrown.

TNA,KB9/205/1,m.15 722

1862 Bolton,(aliasRasebek?)

Richard Yorkshire,Bolton

tailor M YorkGreyfriars Ambiguous 1392 1392-05-22 Treason Alsofelony AtpeacesessionsfortheEastRidingheldatYorkcastle4July1392,thejurorspresentedthatRicharddeBolton(withperhapsthesurnameRasebek),hadbeenconvictedon22May1392offelonyandtreasonandreturnedtogaol,butwiththehelpofseveralotherprisonersalsoindictedforfelony(RobertClerk,cariourofCokeward;BeatrixWebster;MargaretthewifeofRobertRasebek;JohnScheperdservantofRobertRasebek;Josiana,JohnScheperd'swife;andRobertClerksonofYolton),heescapedandthentooksanctuaryintheGreyfriarschurchatYork.Asof4Julyhewastherestill(43daysafterhisfirsthavingtakenasylumthere).

BerthaHavenPutnam,ed.,ProceedingsBeforetheJusticesofthePeaceintheFourteenthandFifteenthCenturies,EdwardIIItoRichardIII,TheAmesFoundation(London:Spottiswoode,Ballantyne,1938),440.

1628

781 Bone Richard London M Church-taking,Westminster,St.Stephen'swithinthePalace

Takingchurch 1395 1395-11-05 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum5Nov.1395atSt.Stephen'schurchwithinthepalaceatWestminster,thatBonetooksanctuarythere.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatinSeptember1392hehadrobbedamanonhorsebackatCharingCrossof20dinmoney.ThetownspeoplewereenjoinedtokeepBoneundersafewatch(noindicationofabjuration).

TNA,KB9/176,m.170 709

67 Boner John Durham,Gateshead


1495 1495-12-16 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBonersoughtsanctuaryon16Dec.1495becauseinlateJuly14yearsbefore--i.e.c.1481--hehadstabbedAlexanderStevensoninthechestwithadaggerneartheparkofDotlandinHexhamshire,fromwhichwoundStevensonimmediatelydied.

SDSB,26 61

368 Bonfay Thomas Yorkshire,Everingham


1511 1511-01-18 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBonfaysoughtsanctuaryon18Jan.1511fortheftofgoodsandchattelsofNicholasSuttell,gentleman.

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1524 Boole John Suffolk,Westhorpe

mercer M Church-taking,Suffolk,Westhorpe


Ipswich 1487 1487-08-20 Homicide Alsorobberyandburglary

Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Aug.1487BooletookthechurchofWesthorpeforsanctuaryandconfessedtothecoronerthatheandJohnHerwardofBeltham,Essex,tailor,robbedamaninearlyDec.1486atHolkhamMarketinNorfolk,takingclothandvariousotherthingsfromhim.TheyalsobrokeintoahouseinNorfolkandrobbeditin1484,killingtheownerintheprocess.Heabjured.Hemusthavesubsequentlybeencaughtintherealm(thewritisdatedNov.1487),asanoteonthememorandumindicatesthathehadpleadedclergysuccessfuly.

TNA,KB9/375,m.17 1342

33 Borell Thomas Yorkshire,Thornton


1485 1485-06-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBorellsoughtsanctuaryon20Jun.1485forthedeathofWilliamClayphamofWitton,Yorkshire,on15Jun.1485,whenhestruckhimonthebackoftheheadwithabill.

SDSB,12 29

654 Boresley Thomas Warwickshire,Coventry

plumber M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-01-16 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBoresleysoughtsanctuaryon16Jan.1525forfelony.

SDSB,184 585

1375 Borle Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Borlewasnamedashavingenteredformurder,aboutaquarteryearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1209

549 Borow John Yorkshire,Handsworth


1481 1481-10-06 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBorowsoughtsanctuaryon6Oct.1481forthedeathofRichardCrib,alsoofHandsworth,feloniouslykilledbyBorowon14Sept.1481.

SDSB,164 484

86 Borow Roland Cumbria,KirkbyLonsdale


1501 1501-06-02 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBorowsoughtsanctuaryon2Jun.1501,admittingthathehadkilled,inself-defence,HughWylkynsonofthetownof"Acrik"inLupton,Cumbria.HestabbedWylkynsoninthethroatwithadagger,fromwhichblowheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,34 77

440 Borowdale John Yorkshire,Strensall

brewer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1497 1497-09-23 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBorowdalesoughtsanctuaryon23Sept.1497forthehomicideofWilliamWalkerofStrensallon7Aug.1497,inStrensall,withastaff.

SDSB,141 385

1651 Boswell Hugh London gentlemanaliasfriar

M Northamptonshire,Northampton,St.Andrew'sPriory(Cluniacorder)

CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-04-23 Asportation AcaseheardfirstattheNorthamptonshireassizesinLent1513andthenbroughtuptoKing'sBenchinTrinityterm1513,andonwhichtherewascommentarybyPort,Boswellwasindictedforstealingfromachurch.Thiswasafelonyforwhichbenefitofclergyforthosenotinordershadjustrecentlybeenrescinded,andsoBoswellatfirstclaimedthathewasinorders(thathewasafriar),butthenchangedhispleatosanctuary,claimingthathehadtakensanctuaryattheCluniacprioryofSt.AndrewinNorthampton.Explicitly,accordingtoPort'snotes,heindicatedheclaimedsanctuaryforlife,notjustforfortydays.Theprior,summoned,indicatedthathedidnotclaimanysuchprivilegeforhismonastery.Thusitwasjudgedthathewastohang.

Baker,Port'sNotebook,37-41

1432

1533 Boteler John Lincolnshire,Lincoln

bowyer M SJJ:Beaumont-Leys,Leicestershire


1493 1493-01-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport7Jan.1493overthebodyofWilliamThomasofLincoln.ThejurorsfoundthatBotelerhadassaultedandkilledThomaswithadagger,andthenfledforthemurderto"thefranchiseofBeaumontrent."ThisisprobablyBeaumont-Leys,Leics.,anextra-parochialliberty.Ithad,until1482,beenheldbytheHospitallers,butin1482itwastradedtothecrownforanadvowson,anditwasmadeintoaroyaldeerparkbyEdwardIV,whichitremaineduntil1526.Itdoesn'tseemlikelythatanyclaimtosanctuarytherewouldhavebeenrespected.VCHLeics.,4:447-456(http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66595).Nonetheless,Botelerappearstohaveescaped:thecoroner'sreport,whichwascalleduptoKing'sBench10May1493,hasthenote"notinprison,"andthecontrolmentrollindicatesBotelerwasoutlawedinTrinity1496.

TNA,KB9/397,m.23;KB29/123,m.15d

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1656 Bougham William Herefordshire,Garway

labourer M SJJ:Wormbridge,Herefordshire

CharteredSanctuary

1488 Asportation InagaoldeliverycaseatHerefordCastle,3Mar.1488,recordedinaHospitallercartulary,Bougham,anadmittedfelon,tooksanctuaryin"HarryapGuyllym'shouse,"apparentlyasecularpropertyatWormbridge,Herefs.,belongingtotheHospitallerpreceptoryatDinmore.Hewasseizedfromthereandpleadedsanctuaryatgaoldelivery.Thefirstsectionofthegaoldeliveryrecordistranscribedinthecartulary,althoughitbreaksoff(conveniently?)inmid-sentence;thejury'sfindingthatthepropertywassanctuaryisincludedbutnottheirfindingabouttheaccusedhimself.In(about)1519thecasewascitedinPauncefotev.Savage(seeID#1650)asprecedentforsanctuaryprivilegesinHospitallerproperties,andtherethecitationindicatesthatthejuryfoundthatthepropertyhadtheprivilegeofsanctuary,butthatthesanctuary-seekerhadnottakenitforfelony,and"sowashanged."Theindictmentrecordedinthecartularyclearlylaysoutafelonyburglary,sothisisconfusing,butmayindicatethatBoughamhadnotproperlyadmittedhisfelonywhentakingsanctuary.

BL,CottonNeroE.VI,CartularyofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEngland,fol.54rv;TNA,KB27/1020,pleam.60,transcribedinBaker,Caryll'sReports,714;McSheffrey,SS,95-96

1437

767 Boulmer Robert Yorkshire,Malton


1537 1537-03-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBoulmersoughtsanctuaryon12Mar.1537fordebt,forwhichhewasbeingsuedundertheking'slawatWestminsteroverdiversbillsofobligations.

SDSB,208-9 696

923 Bourne John Kent,Boxley labourer M Church-taking,Kent,BoxleyAbbey



TNA,KB9/474,m.12 822

1376 Bowley James M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-24 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnMathison(ID#1404)andJamesBowley(ID#1376)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredforfelony,aboutoneweekbefore(~24May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1210

149 Bowman Nicholas Yorkshire,[Northallerton]


1507 1507-06-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBowman(of"HowstonintheparishofAllenton,Yorkdiocese")soughtsanctuaryonabout20Jun.1507becauseon2Jun.ChristopherHowstonhadassaultedhim,andBowmanstruckbackwithasword,givingHowstonawoundontheheadfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.

SDSB,48 118

171 Bowman William Yorkshire,Allerton


1508 1508-03-25 Homicide Accessory;alsoEscapefromgaol

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBowmansoughtsanctuaryon25Mar.1508becauseatHowstynearAllentonhewaspresentandofferedaidwhenhisfatherNicholasBowman(ID#149)killedChristopherHewetson.Moreover,hebrokeoutoftheHexhamgaolon21Mar.1508.

SDSB,54 138

1736 Bowman William Yorkshire,Sewerby

tailor M Yorkshire,Flamborough

Ambiguous 1519 1519-02-12 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatBridlington,Yorks.,on14Feb.1519overthebodyofWilliamJohnson.ThejurorsreportedthatBowman,afterhavingassaultedandkilledWilliamJohnsonwithastaffontheking'sroadbetweenSewerbyandBridlingtonon12Feb.1519,fledto"sanctuariumvocatumFlaynborgh."TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicateshewasoutlawed27Dec.1519.

TNA,KB9/970,m.80;KB29/151,m.4

1515

20 Bowre Christopher

Cumbria,Sedbergh


1479 1479-12-01 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBowreon1Dec.1479soughtsanctuarybecausehe,togetherwithothers,waspresentandgavehelpatSedberghonthefeastofSt.PeteradVincula(1Aug.)about1470orso,tofeloniouslyslayThomasLupton,thereatthattimefeloniouslykilled.(SeealsoseekersOliverBranthwayt,JohnRiddyng,andRichardRiddyng,seekers#16,#17,and#18.)

SDSB,7 16

1622 BowrealiasBoure

William M TakingchurchAmbiguous

1452 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

PatentrollrecordsthatthekeeperofCambridgecastle,WilliamBury,waspardonedforallowingtheescapeofWilliamBoure,whofeignedillnessandaskedforaconfessor;Bury,believingBourewasdying,allowedhimtogooutintothecastlegardenwiththeconfessorandthefelonescapedoverthecastlewallandrantosanctuary,whereheremainedatthetimeofthepardon.Dated15June1452.

CPR1446-52,551 1403


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301 Bowtone John smith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-11-20 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBowtonesoughtsanctuaryon20Nov.1510forthesecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,112 249

535 Boys John Durham,DurhamCity


1478 1478-05-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBoyssoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon24May1478forthedeathofDomBaxter,monkoftheCistercianorderatJervaulxinYorkshire,killedatDurhamon12AprilbyJohnBoys.

SDSB,161 471

1120 Bradbury Hugh Middlesex,Tottenham

husbandman M WestminsterAbbey/SMLGdependency:Hertfordshire,Hoddesdon

CharteredSanctuary

1506 1506-07-25 Asportation AtBuckinghamshiregaoldeliveryatAylesbury,6Mar.1507,BradburywasindictedalongwithJohnaPlough(ID#1118)forhavingbrokenintothehouseandcloseofJoanIwardebyatQuaintoninBucks.,stealinggoodsbelongingtoEllenCutlard.BothBradburyandaPloughpleadedsanctuary,Bradburystatingthathehadbeentakenbyforceoutof"thesanctuaryofSt.MartinatHoddesdon,"amanorinHertfordshireformerlybelongingtoSt.MartinleGrandandafter1503belongingtoWestminsterabbey(seeVCHLondon ,1:555-66,http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/london/vol1/pp555-566).InTrinity1507,BradburymadethesamepleabeforeKing'sBench,rehearsingthebasisofthetraditionofsanctuaryprivilegesonthemanorasformerlyaholdingofSt.MartinleGrandandnowaspropertyoftheabbotofWestminster.Theking'sattorneydisputedthisclaimandtheAbbotofWestminsterwasrequiredbywrittorespond,whichheeventuallydidinEasterterm1508,whenhedisavowedanysanctuaryprivilegeforHoddesdon.Bradburythenpleadednotguilty;tobeputtojurybutnoverdictonrecord.

TNA,KB9/444,m.22;KB27/984,rexm.8;KB29/136,mm.26,41d;Baker,Caryll'sReports,553-55;McSheffrey,SS,105

987

182 Braderig Henry Yorkshire,Bridlington

tanner M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-08-30 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBraderigsoughtsanctuaryon30Aug.1510becausewithinthewallsoftheabbeyatBridlington,Yorks.,attheendofSeptember1509,hehadstruckanddrawnbloodfromRobertLelomewithadagger,onhisrightear.Thisblow,alongwithothersmadebyRolandHallandRobertYong,alsoofBridlington,tanners,killedLelometwoweekslater.

SDSB,58 149

179 Bradfurth Thomas Derbyshire,Derby


1510 1510-04-08 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBradfurthsoughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1510becausearoundlateSeptember1504or1505,hebrokeintothehouseofRichardTailyour,pewterer,outsideNewgateinLondonandstole£20worthofgoldandsilver.

SDSB,57 146

566 Bradlay Robert Yorkshire,Halifax


1516 1516-05-18 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBradlaysoughtsanctuaryon18May1516fordebt.

SDSB,168 500

980 Bradley John Middlesex,Westminster

gentleman M SJJ:Clerkenwell CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-07-08 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquest8Jul.1526overthebodyofThomasSmyth,lyingdeadinthetownofWestminster.JurorsreportedthatGeorgeTunstall(ID#979)andJohnBradleyon7Jul.at9PMassaultedhimandkilledhim,Tunstallstrikingthemortalblow,withBradleyasaccessory.TunstallfledtoWestminsterAbbeyandBradleytotheprioryofSt.JohnofJerusalematClerkenwell.AlthoughTunstallwasoutlawed2May1527(andpardonedlater,in1530),uponthatoutlawryBradleyasaccessorywasabletopresentapardondated12May1527inEasterterm1527,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/501/2,m.24;KB27/1063,rexm.3;McSheffrey,SS,106

878

1735 Bradshawe Joan Middlesex,Westminster

spinster,aliaswife

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1519 1519-03-26 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestatWestminster,withintheabbot'sliberty,on1Apr.1519overthebodyofJohnBell.ThejurorsreportedthatRobertBradshaweon26Mar.1519between9and10pmassaultedBellatWestminster,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon31Mar.1519.Robert'swifeJoanBradshawewashisaccessory,beingpresentwithhimandabettinghim.TheybothfledimmediatelytoWestminster.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatRobertwasoutlawedon26Sept.1521andJoanwaived17Dec.1523.

TNA,KB9/970,m.10;TNA,KB29/151,m.1d

1514


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1734 Bradshawe Robert Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1519 1519-03-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatWestminster,withintheabbot'sliberty,on1Apr.1519overthebodyofJohnBell.ThejurorsreportedthatRobertBradshaweon26Mar.1519between9and10pmassaultedBellatWestminster,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon31Mar.1519.Robert'swifeJoanBradshawewashisaccessory,beingpresentwithhimandabettinghim.TheybothfledimmediatelytoWestminster.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatRobertwasoutlawedon26Sept.1521andJoanwaived17Dec.1523.

TNA,KB9/970,m.10;TNA,KB29/151,m.1d

1514

1611 Brambylle John Sussex,Etchingham

labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,Ticehurst


1443 Homicide Alsorobbery PatentrollrecordsBrambylle'spardonin1443becausehehadearlier(undated)takenchurchatTicehurstandabjuredbyafalseconfessionofarobberyandhomicide,whichheconfessedonlytoleavetherealmbecauseofhisfearofthreatsandoppressionfromoneJohnPalmer.

CPR1441-46,190-91 1394

479 Bramsgrove Thomas Essex,Colchester


1487 1487-12-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasBramsgroveandLaurencedeWodesoughtsanctuaryon10Dec.1487becausetheyhadbothkilledJamesofOvertonofColchester,fuller,withadagger,on18Nov.1487atColchester.

SDSB,150 423

420 Branbrowe William Warwickshire,Coventry

purser M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-12-31 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBranbrowesoughtsanctuaryon31Dec.1500fordebt.

SDSB,137 365

1101 Brandon SirWilliam

Norfolk knight;marshaloftheMarshalseaprison

M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1484 1484-09-29 Civilwar BrandonpetitionedboththecourtofKing'sBenchandparliamentearlyinHenryVII'sreign,askingtoberestoredtohisofficeasmarshal;inhispetitiontoKing'sBenchon13Feb.1486henotedthathehadbeendeprivedofhisofficebyRichardIIIbecause,hewas"soputindreadofhislifebyRichard,lateindeedbutnotofrightkingofEnglandthethird,thathewasfainforsalvationofhislifetotaketuitionandprivilegeofthesanctuaryatColchester."HestayedtherefromSept.1484untilAugust1485.

TNA,KB27/898,rexm7d;PROME,1485-11,6:291-92;McSheffrey,SS,46

974

181 Bransby Ralph Yorkshire,Kepwick

[gentleman] M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-07-06 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBransbysoughtsanctuaryon6Jul.1510becausefivedaysbeforeatKepwick,Yorkshire,nearastreamcalled"Yngbeke,"hestruckRichardPynkneyontheheadwithastaffandfromthewoundsPynkneydiedwithinfivedays.Hewaspardonedin1514,perhapsforthishomicide(L&P,1:832).

SDSB,58 148

16 Branthwayt Oliver Durham,IreshopburninWeardale


1479 1479-09-18 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton18Sept.1479Branthwaytsoughtsanctuarybecauseon6Jan.1478,atSedbergh,Cumbria,heassaultedacertainThomasLuptonandwithadaggerfeloniouslystabbedhiminthestomach,whenceLuptondied,"asitissaid."SeealsoJohnRiddyng,RichardRiddyng,andChristopherBowre,seekerIDs#17,#18,and#20,whosoughtsanctuaryforthesamehomicideasaccessories.

SDSB,6 13

1776 Brasebrigge Michael servantoftheking;formerlyservantofSirHenryMarney


CharteredSanctuary

1513 Homicide InStarChamberbetween1514and1521,RichardVynes,bailiffofthesanctuaryofSt.John'sAbbeyinColchester,suedSirJohnRaynsfordandhissonJohnJr.,allegingthattheyoungerRaynsford(ID#1775)andseveralofhisservantswereresponsibleforthehomicideofBrasebrigge.VynesindicatedthatBrasebriggehadbeeninsanctuarybetween1511and1513forthehomicideofaservantofGeorgeTalbot,earlofShrewsbury.OneofRaynsford'sservants,MauriceGryffyn[ID#1778and#1779),alreadyasanctuarymaninSt.John's,fledfollowingBrasebrigge'skillingtoanearbyparishchurchandabjured.Raynsford-soVynescomplained-remainedunindictedforthehomicidebecauseofthepowerofhisfather,SirJohnRaynsford.

STAC2/18/283;2/20/26;2/20/100;McSheffrey,SS,185-6

1551

129 Brass Thomas Yorkshire,NetherSilton


1505 1505-07-14 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrasssoughtsanctuaryon14Jul.1505,becauseon9Jul.1505atSiltonhestruckThomasColbyofSiltonontheheadwithapikestaff,fromwhichblowColbydiedthreedayslater.

SDSB,43 104

240 Braythwayt Thomas Yorkshire,Preston,Wensley


1517 1517-06-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBraythwaytsoughtsanctuaryon7Jun.1517becauseon1Jun.1517neartheparkofMiddlehaminYorkshirehewasassaulted,andsohestruckbackatRobertHillery,hittinghimontheheadwithapikestaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhedied.

SDSB,75 201


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621 Breche William London fishmonger M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-06-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrechesoughtsanctuaryon3Jun.[1518]fordebt.

SDSB,178 552

1014 Brereton William Staffordshire,Ranton

labourer M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Biddulph


Southampton

1528 1528-07-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Jul.1528BreretontooktheparishchurchofBiddulph,Staffs.,andon12Jul.confessedthaton3May1528hehadbrokenintoacertainmillbelongingtoJohnWodeatEllaston,Staffs.,andstole3sworthofwheat.LaterinCheshirehestoleablackgownworth2sfromthegoodsofJohnAtkynson.Heabjured.ThecoronerrecordedthecasesofWilliamBrereton(ID#1014),FrancisFreston(ID#1015)andJohnHoughton(ID#1016),allofwhomtookthesamechurchandabjuredonthesameday,onthesamedocument.Allwereassignedthesameport.

TNA,KB9/508,m.143 913

1159 Brewce George London yeoman M SJJ:Clerkenwell CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-10-09 Asportation King'sBenchindictmentfilesandthecoramregerollindicatethatBrewcewasbeingheldinColchesterafterhavingclaimedclergyforaburglarychargeinFeb.1539,apleathathadbeendisputedbyhisvictim,whoclaimedthatBrewcewasabigamistandthuscouldnothavethebenefit.Asthebigamyallegationwasinvestigated,thecasewascarriedovertotheMichaelmastermandBrewceremainedinColchestercastle,butsomehowBrewceescapedcustodyandtooksanctuaryattheHospitallerhouseofSt.JohnofJerusaleminClerkenwell.Heclaimsthathetooksanctuarythereonthemorningof9Oct.,butby9or10o'clockonthatmorninghewasseizedby"acertainAmadas,gentleman,"andothers.BroughtbeforethejusticesatKing'sBenchatWestminster,hemadehissanctuaryplea,buttheattorneygeneral,JohnBaker,saidthatthepleawasinsufficientinlaw.Thejusticestookitunderadvisementbutreturnedon1Dec.withthejudgmentthatthepleawasindeedinsufficient,andBrewcewassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/548,mm.188-89;KB29/172,m.22d,31d;KB27/1113,rexm.5;McSheffrey,SS,135,178

1019

1435 Breyar William M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 1536-06-01 InthewakeofthefirststagesoftheNorthernRebellion,WilliamBreyarwasinterrogatedbySirEdmundWalsingham,SirWilliamSydney,RichardLayton,ThomasLee,andRichardPollard(therecordofhisinterrogationsurvivingintheStatePapers).HeindicatedthathehadbeeninColchester(hereassumedSt.John'sabbey)asasanctuarymanfor14daysbeforeCorpusChristi,thenleftandtravelledaroundfromplacetoplace.Hemayhavepreviouslybeenabjured(orperhapshadabjuredtoSt.John's),ashesaysthathewentintotheNorth"tobeoutofknowledgeofmenforthathewasburnedinthehand."

TNA,SP1/109,fol.36(L&P,11:332-34)

1268

413 Brig Henry Yorkshire,Doncaster

dyer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-01-17 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrigsoughtsanctuaryon17Jan.1500forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,136 358

517 Brigges Christopher

chaplain M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-01-19 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBriggessoughtsanctuaryon19Jan.1502fordiversreasonsconcerningthesafetyofhisbody.

SDSB,157 458

1377 Brigges John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-12-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Briggeswasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryforfelony,about6monthsbefore(late1532orearly1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1211

588 Bristow John Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent


1516 1516-12-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBristowsoughtsanctuaryon30Dec.1516forthehomicideofJamesJaksonofNewark.

SDSB,172 521

1772 BrodeleghaliasBrodeley

Thomas M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Wakefield

Takingchurch 1448 Escapefromcustody

InanswertoacomplaintfromthearchbishopofYork,HenryVIsentawrittothesheriffofYorkshireandthekeeperofYorkcastlegaoltorestoretothesanctuaryofthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofWakefieldanescapedprisoner,ThomasBrodelegh,who,thekinghadheard,hadbeentakenforcefullyfromthereandbacktoprison.

TNA,SC8/236/11757;SC8/236/11761

1547


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262 Brodely Miles Yorkshire,Bradford


1518 1518-08-04 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrodelysoughtsanctuaryon4Aug.1518becauseatBradfordon28May1518hefeloniouslystruckWilliamSmythofManningham,intheparishofBradford,withastaffinself-defence,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.

SDSB,80 215

335 Brodeswurth

William Nottinghamshire,NetherLangwith


1506 1506-11-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrodeswurthsoughtsanctuaryon1Nov.1506fordebt.

SDSB,119 283

1641 Brodham Walter M TakingchurchAbjuration

1491 Felony ThePatentRollrecordsagrant,12May1491,totheking'sservant,RogerStraunge,of10marksthathadbeenowedtoWalterBrodham,whosepropertywasforfeitbecausehehadcommittedfelonyandabjuredtherealm.

CPR1485-94,342 1422

1559 BrokeorBruke

John Lincolnshire,Lincoln

labourer M Lincolnshire,Lincoln,AustinFriary


1502 1502-10-18 Homicide Coroner'sinquest19Oct.1502atthecityofLincoln,parishofSt.NicholastheBishop,overthebodyofAlexanderWilliamsonofLincoln,labourer.JurorssaythatBrokehadassaultedWilliamsoninthesameparish,at4pmon18Oct.,withacrabtreestaff,killinghim.AfterwardsBrokefledtotheAustinFriarsinLincoln(unclearifthiswasmeantasapreludetoabjurationorapermanentsanctuary).

TNA,KB9/431,m.42 1361

81 Bromell Reginald Lincolnshire,Boston

goldsmith M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-02-13 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBromellsoughtsanctuary13Feb.1500,admittingthathehadstolenadaggerfromacertainBaldwin,goldsmith,ofBoston.

SDSB,31-32 72

879 Bromley Robert Lincolnshire,Algarkirk

weaver M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,Sutterton


Lynn 1510 1510-03-24 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Mar.1510atSuttertonparishchurch,Lincs.,Bromleysoughtsanctuary,andon26Mar.heconfessedthathehadmurderedRichardTaillourofSutterton,shoemaker,andsoughttoabjure.DorseindicatesthatitwashandeduptoKing'sBenchinAugust1510.

TNA,KB9/455,m.25 789

439 Broughton Robert Lancashire,Broughton


1497 1497-07-08 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBroughtonsoughtsanctuaryon8Jul.1497forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,141 384

785 Broun John Ireland M Church-taking,London,St.Botulph[notspecifiedwhich]

Takingchurch 1401 1401-03-18 Asportation InapresentmentbyWestminsterjurorsoftwelvemenfortherobberyofEliasHoghamofStepney,oneofthem,JohnBrounofIreland,isnotedtohavefledtothechurchofSt.Botulphfordiversefelonies.Therecordindicatesthathewashanged.

TNA,KB9/185/2,mm.5,6 712

468 Broun Thomas Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull

mariner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-04-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasBrounandGeorgeRicherdsonsoughtsanctuaryon15Apr.1492,acknowledgingthehomicideofJohnSampson,withadagger,atHullon10Apr.1492.

SDSB,148 413

1293 Broun William sherman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Felony A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsWilliamBroun,sherman,assanctuarymanforfelony,lodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1128

696 Broune Henry London servingman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-07-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrounesoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1527forthedeathofAnthonyBarwyk.

SDSB,194 627

720 Broune Richard Norfolk,Walsingham[?]


1530 1530-11-14 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBroune,of"Walshyngham,"soughtsanctuaryon14Nov.1530fordebt.

SDSB,198 649

1761 Brounyng John Gloucestershire,Gloucester

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.JamesintheFields


Dover 1413 1413-07-01 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatBrounyngandPygontookchurchatSt.JamesintheFields,Middlesex,on1Jul.1413.Eachadmittedfelonies,Brounyngthathehadin1412killedWilliamChamberleynat"Gratele,"Herefordshire.PygonadmittedhorsetheftfromJohnGartonatWestminster.Bothabjuredandwereassigneddifferentports.Theywerealso,attheorderoftheking,givengownsandhoods,worth8s6d.

TNA,KB9/993,m.7 1538


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4 Brown Christopher

Yorkshire,Leyburn


1477 1477-07-26 Homicide Unintentionalkilling

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrownsoughtsanctuaryon26July1477,becauseon12Oct.1459,atLeyburnbyMiddlehaminCoverdale,YorkDiocese,heassaultedThomasCarter,whowasridingandholdinghisthree-year-oldsonbeforehim,andasaresultofthisassaultCarterquicklydismountedfromthehorse,whichcausedhissontofalltotheground,andthehorsesteppedonthechildandcrushedhim.Thesondiedtwodayslater.AndthusBrownacknowledgedthathewasguiltyofthedeathofthechild,andthuswishestoseektheimmunityofthechurch.

SDSB,2-3 4

871 Brown John Middlesex,Clerkenwell,St.John'sStreet

capper M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-04-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatSt.John'sStreet,Clerkenwell,Middlesex,on23Apr.1502,overthebodyofGeorgeBrownofSt.John'sStreet,labourer.Thejurorssaythaton8April1502,at9pm,GeorgeBrownwasstabbedinthechestbyJohnBrown,fromwhichwoundBrownlanguisheduntil22April.JohnBrownfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.

TNA,KB9/426,m.62 781

384 Brown John Yorkshire,York


1512 1512-09-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrownsoughtsanctuaryon4Sept.1512fordebt.

SDSB,130 331

1020 Brown John Yorkshire,York

tinker M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Nunnington


KingstonuponHull

1528 1528-11-28 Coroner'smemorandumthaton28Nov.1528JohnBrowntooktheparishchurchofNunnington,Yorks.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton17Nov.atnighthebrokeintothe"domumhospitalem"(inn?)ofJohnHoopeatEastNesseandburgledit(thisisthesamecrimetowhichJamesAnderson,ID#1019,confessed).Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/509,mm.134,135;KB29/161,m.1d

916

1378 Brown John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnBrownwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1212

1379 Brown Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-04-01 Homicide Accessory Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Brownwasnamedashavingenteredasaccessorytomurder,abouteightweeksbefore(~earlyApr.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1213

605 Browne Henry Yorkshire,Ripon

fuller M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-04-26 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrownesoughtsanctuaryon26Apr.1526fortheft.

SDSB,175;Fowler,"SanctuaryRecords,"316-17

537

1749 Browne John Hertfordshire,St.Albans




1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatBrownetookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton20Aug.1526hehadbrokenintothecloseofanunknownmanatBartonatClayinBeds.andstolenahorse.HeabjuredandwasassignedWestchester.BrownewaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.66;KB29/159,m.2d

1527

404 Browne Thomas Lincolnshire,Barrow


1501 1501-06-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrownesoughtsanctuaryon27Jun.1501fordebt.

SDSB,134 349

1056 Browne William Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds

yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,St.Augustine


Dover 1530 1530-12-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum17Dec.1530thatWilliamBrowne[ID#1056]andJamesOlyff,aliasGeorgeGrene[ID#1057],tookchurchatthemonasteryofSt.AugustineoutsidethewallsofCanterbury,Kent.TheyconfessedtothecoronerthatalongwithRichardLucasofLondon,yeoman,ThomasapLuseyofLondon,yeoman,JohnBrowneofLondon,yeomanandacertainmanwhosenameWilliamandJamesdidnotknow,theybrokeintoacloseatSaxham,Suffolk,andstoleplateandotherhouseholdgoods,clothes,andmoney.Theyabjured,werebranded,andassignedDover.Browneisnotheardfromagain,butOlyffwascaughtintherealm(q.v.).

TNA,KB9/519,m.119;KB29/165,mm.2,8d,10;KB27/1083,rexm.4d;KB29/173,m.33d;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:49-50,2:277-78.

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883 Bruer Peter London tailor M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Margaret

Takingchurch 1510 1510-07-04 Asportation RecordofgaoldeliveryatNewgate,17Oct.1510,thaton15Apr.1510Bruerhadstolen"brokensilver"fromMauriceCluneoftheparishofSt.ClementDanesinthewesternsuburbsofLondon.Bruerpleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton4Jul.1510hehadtakentheparishchurchofSt.MargaretinSouthwark,andhadbeenextractedfromthechurchbyforce.ThecasewastakenuptoKing'sBenchHillary1511,butarecordintheKBcontrolmentrollsindicatesthathediedintheMarshalseaprisonin1513.

TNA,KB9/456,m.42;KB29/142,m.35d

793

1281 Bryan William London stockfishmonger

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1420 treason InhisPhDthesis,KightlydocumentsseveralsuspectedLollards--JohnWhitlock,JohnRussell,WilliamBryan,"JohnB"--whoaresaidtohavegoneintosanctuaryatWestminsterbecauseofheresyaccusations.Bryanwasaccusedin1420ofinvolvementin"seditiousplots."

Kightly,"EarlyLollards,"534 1119

1444 Bryant John M Church-taking,Somerset,WithamCharterhouse

Takingchurch 1531 Asportation AmongsttheStatePaperssurvivesacomplaint,March1540,fromThomasAmysofBruham,Somers.,husbandman,thatc.1531JohnWebbealiasSmyth,servanttoWilliamHargyllofKylmylton,Somers.,hadstolenhishorse;Webberemainedunpunished.Namedamongsthisco-conspiratorswasJohnBryant,whotooksanctuaryattheCharterhouseatWithamfollowingthefelony.

TNA,SP1/158,fol.71;L&P,15:152.

1279

1806 Bryce Thomas London[?] M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1475 Debt InaChancerybill,WilliamElmeshaleindicatedthatThomasBryce,asanctuarymanatWestminster,wassuinghimfordebt.Yearapproximate(range1473-75).

TNA,C1/48/126 1580

770 Brye Oswald Yorkshire,Snaith


1538 1538-07-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBryesoughtsanctuaryon1July1538fordebt.

SDSB,209 699

945 Bryggeman Giles Cambridgeshire,Chippenham

brewer M Church-taking,Norfolk,Catton


GreatYarmouth

1522 1522-03-01 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton22Feb.1522BryggemantooktheparishchurchofCatton,Norfolk,andon1Mar.1522thecoronercame,andorderedhimtocomeoutofthechurchandsurrendertoauthorities,butBryggeman"whollyrefused,"andinsteadsoughttoconfessandabjure.HeconfessedthehomicideofJohnThomasofLondon,barber,on2Dec.1521atStewsideinSurrey.Heabjured,swearingonamissalbeforemanytrustworthymentoabjuretherealm.

TNA,KB9/488,m.31 843

1724 Bryggys William Lincolnshire,Bloxholm

pinner M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,Cropredy


Southampton


TNA,KB9/967,m.35 1506

1183 Brygh Gabriel Surrey,Southwark

mariner M Church-taking,Bedfordshire,Lidlington


Lynn 1531 1531-02-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Feb.1531BryghtooktheparishchurchofAllHallowsinLidlington,Bedfordshire.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatwithacertainThomasSawyerofHoniton,Devon,sawyer,hehadon22Feb.1531assaultedThomasSampsonat"Brykehall,"Bucks.,andstolespicesandclothfromhim,worthabout11s.Heabjured,andwasassignedLynnashisport.(Note-incomparisontothecasesofHorsey,Harrys,andAnwick[ID#1041,1042,1043]aboutthesametime-thatinthisperiodbeforethenewsanctuarystatutetookeffect,on31Mar.1531,theoldformofabjurationintoexileisused.)

TNA,KB9/975,m.215;KB29/164,m.6d

1536

1752 Bryght William Yorkshire,Barnsley

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Barnsley


KingstonuponHull

1526 1526-10-24 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Oct.1526atBarnsley,Yorkshire,Bryghttooktheparishchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthatonthatsamedayhehadstolen5s5dfromthepurseofWilliamForsteratBarnsley.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/973,m.81;KB29/159,m.2d

1530

1332 Brymchaunce

Edward M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Brymchauncewasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1166

616 Brynsley John M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-03-08 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBrynsleysoughtsanctuaryon8Mar.1518fordebt.

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1483 Bukke Roger Essex,Waltham

canonofWalthamAbbey


1430 Clericalapostasy

AsrecordedbothinLondonrecordsandtheSt.MartinleGrandcartulary,theflightoftwoapostatecanonsofWalthamAbbey,HenryCiprianandRogerBukke,inauguratedamajorquarrelbetweentheCityandSMLGoverthelatter'ssanctuaryprivileges.InanswertoaroyalwrittothesheriffsofLondontoarresttherunawaycanons,thesheriffsofLondonseizedthetwomenfromtheSMLGprecincton30September1430.ThedeanofStMartin'sprotestedandbothsidespresentedtheircases,forandagainstthesanctuary,totheking'scouncil.Thefinaloutcomeisunknown,asisthefateofthetwocanons.Undiscussedbyeithersideremainedthequestionofwhethersanctuarycouldbeclaimedforapostasy.

LMA,LetterBook,K,fol.72r;WAM,Book5,fols.36rv

1309

1445 Buley Thomas M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1509 InalettertoJohnBregandynintheStatePapers,dated12Mar.1509atBeaulieu,Buleyindicatesthatheisinsanctuary"foryourcause"withoutbelongingsormoney;thecontextisunclear,althoughbothBregandyn(Brigandin)andBuley(Bewley)weretoserveinHenryVIII'snavyintheFrenchwarsofthe1510s(seeL&P,1:1031;2:142).

TNA,SP1/231,fol.8(L&P,Add.1/1:2)

1280

1568 Bulkley Edward Northamptonshire,Potterspury

labourer M Church-taking,Surrey,Ewell

Takingchurch 1507 1507-05-22 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatNewgate,mid-Oct.1507,EdwardBulkleyappeared(alongwithanothersanctuaryclaimant,WilliamRowland,ID#1569)onanindictmentfromTrinity1507thatBulkleyhadrobbedanunknownmanintheparishofSt.AndrewHolborn,stealing19dinmoney,on12May1507.Bulkley,onbeingaskedwhathepleadedatgaoldelivery,saidthathehadbeentakenfromtheparishchurchofEwell,wherehehadtakensanctuaryforvariousfelonies,followingwhichheescapedandthenhidinabarninHolborn,wherehewasarrested.Hesaysthathedoesnotwanttorespondtothefelony.BulkleyandRowlandwerebothreturnedtoprisonwhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves.ThedorseoftherecordofgaoldeliveryindicatesitwasdelivereduptoKing'sBenchinmid-Nov.1507;thesamerecordwascopiedintotheKing'sBenchcontrolmentroll,withtheonlyadditionanindicationthattheywerebothcommittedtotheMarshalseaprison.

TNA,KB9/446,m.31;KB29/137,m.12d

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1177 Bull Maurice Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-09-21 Asportation TheKing'sBenchcoramregerollrecordsthatattheMiddlesexpeacesessionson13May1530MauriceBull[ID#1177]andNicholasRooorRowerealiasCroydon[ID#1178]wereindicted,becausetheytooksanctuaryatWestminsteron30Aug.1529,andthensubsequentlyon20Sept.1529theyleftthesanctuaryandbrokeintoThomasParsons'houseinWestminsterandstolejewelry,plate,andmoneyworthabout70s.Becausethefelonycommittedsubsequenttotheirentrytosanctuarycausedthemtoforfeittheirprivilege,theywereseizedfromthesanctuarybySirThomasWentfordon21Oct.1529andtakenintocustody.TheyappearedbeforeKing'sBenchon28May1530andpleadednotguiltytothefelony,andpleadedsanctuary,claimingthatonthefirstoccasionoftheirtakingsanctuary,30Aug.1529,theyhadclaimeditfordebtandtrespassrespectively,andthenchangedtheirregistrationtosanctuaryforfelonyon21Sept.1529(fordifferentfelonies,notforthetheftintheindictment,towhichtheyhadpleadednotguilty).Theythusarguedthatthesanctuarybreachwasillicitandprayedtoberestored.ThetwowereheldintheKing'sBenchprisonfromOct.1529untilJune1532;betweenOctober1530andMarch1531,BullandRooservedasjurorsonseveralcoroner'sinquestjuriesattheprisonoverthebodiesofprisoners(whodiedofnaturalcauses,thejurorsruled).Twojuriesinduecourseconsideredtheirpleas:thefirst,inJanuary1532,acceptedthattheyhadindeedregisteredfirstfordebtandtrespass,andthenforfelonyonlyaftertheburglaryforwhichtheywereindicted,butfoundthemguiltyonthefelony,afindingthatthecourtwasperhapsnotsurewhattodowith.BullandRoothenchangedtheirpleasonthefelonytoguiltybutcontinuedtopleadsanctuary,andthisnewpleawasputtoanotherjuryinJune1532,whenagainthejurorsfoundthattheirregistrationasfelonstookplaceonlyafterthefelonyandthusthatthesanctuarybreachhadbeenunlawful.Thecourtacceptedthisverdictandtheywererestoredtosanctuary.ItseemslikelythatthetwojurieshadaccesstothesanctuaryregisterforWestminsterasdetailsoftheregistrationsarecited.BothBullandRoowereontheWestminstersanctuarylistfor1533.Bullwasstillthereaslateas1537.

TNA,KB27/1075,rexm.4;KB29/162,mm.3,5d,6d;SP1/238,fols.72-73;SP1/124,fol.204r;SP1/125,fols.40r-41r;KB9/975,mm.134,235-38;McSheffrey,SS,169,174-77

1037

1226 Bulloke John Yorkshire,Swine,Skirlaugh

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire


1538 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatBullokeabjuredfromYorkshire"forcertainfeloniesandtrespasses."

TNA,KB29/171,m.24d 1076

82 Bulman John Yorkshire,Ripon


1500 1500-08-09 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBulmansoughtsanctuaryon9Aug.1500becausehestruck[blank]Wales,cooper,ofStudley,Yorks.,inthethroatwithadagger,on21Mar.1500,fromwhichWalesimmediatelydied.


73

112 Bulman John Northumberland,Shilvinton,Morpeth


1504 1504-11-28 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBulmansoughtsanctuaryon28Nov.1504because,followinganassaultmadeonhimbyRobertSymsonon16Sept.1504inthefieldofShilvinton,hestruckandwoundedSymsonintheloin,inhisowndefence,killingSymson.

SDSB,41 98

189 Bulman John Durham,Blackwell


1512 1512-03-24 Homicide DurhamSanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBulmansoughtsanctuaryon24Mar.1512,becauseatWilliamBulman'shouseinRipontwelveyearsago,hefeloniouslystruckN.Wallezwithadaggerinthechest,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedtwodayslater.


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1654 BurbagealiasBurdewes

William London labourer M SJJ:"St.John'sholde"[?]

Ambiguous 1517 Asportation On6Feb.1518GerardHughesappealedWilliamBurbagealiasBurdewesonarobberyatSt.Albans,allegingthatBurbagestolevariousjewelsincludingagoldcrosswiththe5woundsofChristworth£5,agoldringwithadiamondworth£10,anotherringwith3stones,adiamond,aruby,andaturquoise,worth£5,agoldbook("librumdeauro"),coralbeads,apomanderwithgoldroses,andothergoods.Burbagepleadedsanctuary,claimingthatinDec.1517hewastakenoutof"SeyntJohnsholde"andclaimeditsprivilege.Thepleawasrejectedandhewasfoundguiltyandsentencedtohang.Helikelyusedtheexpression"SeyntJohnsholde"tomeanapropertyof"St.John"(i.eaHospitallerproperty);seeOED,s.v.holdn.1(8),anda17th-centuryexampleofsuchusage:https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/result_details.aspx?DocID=318182.Thevaguenessofhisclaim(nospecificpropertyidentified)mayindicatewhythesanctuarypleawasheldinsufficient.

TNA,KB27/1026,pleam.27;referencefromBaker,Spelman'sReports,intro344;McSheffrey,SS,102-3

1435

1555 Burbridge John Oxfordshire,HenleyonThames

yeoman M Church-taking,Berkshire,Wallingford,AllHallows

Takingchurch 1497 1497-10-04 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.Burbridgehadbeentakenon"suspicionoffelony."

TNA,KB9/419,m.50;TNA,KB27/964,rexm.8d

1358

1475 Burburgh Ralph Esquire M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1411 Debt InadebtsuitintheExchequercourt,thesheriffsofMiddlesexreportedthattheyhavenotbeenabletoattachRalphBurburghtoanswerthesuitbecausehehasbeencontinuallyinthesanctuaryatWestminsterandthusnotintheirbailiwick.Accordingtothetermsofthestatute[2Ric.II,stat.2c.3],theyhaveproclaimedatthegatesofthesanctuarythatBurburghmustanswertothesuit.Ashedidnotrespond,theplaintiffscouldgoontodistrainwhatevergoodsRalphleftbehindtotheamountof£200.

TNA,E13/126,rot.15d 1302

905 Burges Peter Hampshire,Bishop'sWaltham

yeoman M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-04-01 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatBishop'sWaltham,Hampshire,withinthelibertyoftheBishopofWinchester,on2Apr.1515,overthebodyofRichardSewett.ThejurorsreportedthatPeterBurgeson1Apr.1515atabout4pmhadassaultedSewettandkilledhimwithadaggertothechest.Immediatelyafterward,BurgesfledtothesanctuaryatBeaulieu.

TNA,KB9/469,m.96 813

1252 Burley Thomas M SavoyHospital CharteredSanctuary

1556 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol

Minutesoftheprivycouncil11Jan.1555recordthataletterwastobesenttothemasteroftheSavoy,orderinghimtodeliveruponeThomasBurley,aprisonerattaintedforwilfulmurder,whohadlatelyescapedfromNewgateandhadgoneintosanctuaryattheSavoy.HewastobetakenbacktothekeeperofNewgate.

TNA,PC2/7,fol.353;ActsofthePrivyCouncil,5:220-21

1096

118 Burnell John Yorkshire,Thorpe



SDSB,42 101

119 Burnell William Yorkshire,Thorpe



SDSB,42 101

526 Burnlay William Yorkshire,Skipton,Craven[?]


1491 1491-09-05 Falsecoining BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurnlaysoughtsanctuaryon5Sept.1491forcoiningwithoutlicenseoftheking.

SDSB,159 465

455 Burnley John Yorkshire,Halifax

fletcher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1499 1499-01-01 Falsecoining Alsoescapefromgaol

BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurnleysoughtsanctuaryon1Jan.1499forcoiningandforbreakingoutoftheking'sgaol.PresumablyhewasrelatedtoWilliamBurnley(ID#455)whohadearlieralsosoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyalsoforfalsecoining.

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454 Burnley William Yorkshire,Halifax[?]

fletcher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1498 1498-12-06 Falsecoining BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurnleysoughtsanctuaryon6Dec.1498forcoiningwithouttheking'slicenseandotherreasonsforwhichhecouldbeimprisoned.Hisplaceoforigin,Halifax,surmisedfromthefollowingregisterentryofsamecrimebyJohnBurnley,fletcher(ID#455).

SDSB,144 399

1527 Burre Stephen Essex,Barking yeomanandtanner

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1489 1489-02-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquest14Feb.1489atBarkingoverbodyofJohnCursumofBarking,tanner.Jurorssaidthaton10Feb.WilliamandStephenBurreattackedhimwitha"cutrell,"givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon14Feb.ThejurorsnotedthattheBurresimmediatelyfledtosanctuaryatWestminster.TheBurreswereincustodyintheMarshalseabyEaster1489.AlatersubmissiontoKing'sBenchindicatesthattheyweretriedbeforethepeacesessionsatBrentwood,Essex,inOctober1489,andwerefoundnotguilty--thetrialjurorsnotingformulaicallythat"theyhadneverfled"followingthefelony.TheBurresmaysubsequentlyhavebeenarrestedagainforthemurder,astherecordoftheacquittalwascalleduptoKing'sBenchinEasterterm1490;theKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollshowsthatWilliamBurrehaddiedinthemeantime(perhapsinprison?).

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1344

1526 Burre William Essex,Barking yeomanandtanner

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1489 1489-02-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquest14Feb.1489atBarkingoverbodyofJohnCursumofBarking,tanner.Jurorssaidthaton10Feb.WilliamandStephenBurreattackedhimwitha"cutrell,"givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon14Feb.ThejurorsnotedthattheBurresimmediatelyfledtosanctuaryatWestminster.TheBurreswereincustodyintheMarshalseabyEaster1489.AlatersubmissiontoKing'sBenchindicatesthattheyweretriedbeforethepeacesessionsatBrentwood,Essex,inOctober1489,andwerefoundnotguilty--thetrialjurorsnotingformulaicallythat"theyhadneverfled"followingthefelony.TheBurresmaysubsequentlyhavebeenarrestedagainforthemurder,astherecordoftheacquittalwascalleduptoKing'sBenchinEasterterm1490;theKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollshowsthatWilliamBurrehaddiedinthemeantime(perhapsinprison?).

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1344

331 Burrell William London pinner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1507 1507-01-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurrelltooksanctuaryon10Jan.1507fordebt.

SDSB,118 279

173 Burton Edmund Lancashire,Halton


1509 1509-07-11 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurtonsoughtsanctuaryon11Jul.1509becauseon8Jul.1509atHalton,afteranattackhadbeenmadeonhim,hestabbedWilliamDennyinthechestwithadagger,fromwhichwoundDennydied.

SDSB,55 140

1750 Burton John Herefordshire,Wormsley



Rye 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatBurtontookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton25Jul.1526hehadbrokenintothehouseofEdwardSharnebroke,clerk,atWormsley,Herefordshire,andstolen£5inmoneybelongingtoRobertByxson,whichhadbeeninSharnebroke'ssafekeeping.HeabjuredandwasassignedRye.BurtonwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.67;KB29/159,m.2d

1528

24 Burton Robert Cumbria,Dent M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-12-27 Asportation Falseaccusation

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurtonsoughtsanctuaryon27Dec.1479foranindictmentthathe,togetherwithEdwardSmerthwayt,atDent17yearsago,furtivelystoleaway("abduceret")acertaincowfromthegoodsandchattelsofHenryTatham,whencehefearslosingallhisgoodsifhegoesbeforethelaw,eventhoughheisinnocentofthedeed,ashesays.

SDSB,8-9 20

561 Burton William Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds


1484 1484-01-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurtonsoughtsanctuaryon30Jan.1484andacknowledgedthathehadkilledJohnKendaleatHambledoninHampshire.

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217 Burton William Yorkshire,Ayton,PickeringLythe


1515 1515-09-11 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBurtonsoughtsanctuaryon11Sept.1515becauseon26Aug.1515atHacknessnearScarborough,hehadfeloniouslystruckJohnColsonontheheadwithaknife,andhediedfourdayslater.

SDSB,69 182

1333 Busyne John butcher M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Busynewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1167

1811 Bygge Thomas London leatherseller M Kent,Greenwich(dependencyofSheenpriory?)


1470 Debt InaChancerypetition,JohnHanmercomplainedthatThomasByggehadfledtosanctuaryatGreenwich,whereheremained;whenHanmerwenttoGreenwichtotrytocometoanaccord,Bygge"ordained"thebailiffsofthetownandothersanctuarymentoassaultthem.GrantofcertioraridirectedtobailiffsofSheenprioryatEastGreenwich,whichmayindicatethatthisisthesanctuaryfordebtatGreenwich.Yearveryapproximate,aschancerybillhasnoaddress;basedonyearsplaintiffanddefendantfoundactiveinotherrecords:JohnHanmer,mercer,evinced1469and1472:CCR,1468-76,nos.357,934;ThomasBygge,leatherseller,ofLondonoccursinCP40in1466(CP40/818,rot.154);1467(CP40/824,rot144d)(CP40referencesfromcalendaronBritishHistoryOnline).SeeentryforWilliamChapman,#1803,fordiscussionoftheassociationwithSheenpriory.

TNA,C1/71/104 1585

757 Byng Richard Hampshire,Basingstoke


1535 1535-08-10 Homicide Alsofelony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatByngsoughtsanctuaryon10Aug.1535becauseon10Oct.1534hehadfledtothechurchofSt.MichaelatBasingstoke,Hants.,forfelonyandmurder,andthenhadabjuredfromthechurchtoBeverley.(ThisisalonggapbetweenabjurationandarrivalatBeverley.)

SDSB,207 686

172 Bynks Robert Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1509 1509-03-31 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBynkssoughtsanctuaryon31Mar.1509becauseon25Mar.1509hestabbedThomasSandersoninthechestwithadagger,nearthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.NicholasinNewcastleuponTyne;fivedayslaterSandersondiedofthewound.

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1124 Byrd John Surrey,Southwark

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Lambeth


ArecordfromthepeacesessionsatSouthwarkon19Mar.1505broughtuptoKing'sBenchstatedthattwelvemenhadbrokenoutoftheMarshalseaprisonon14Mar.1505,includingByrd.Followingtheescape,hetooksanctuaryatLambethparishchurch,butclaimedthathewasseizedthatsamedayfromthechurch,andpleadedsanctuary.Hewasremittedtoprisonforalmost3years(alongwithanotherprison-breakersanctuaryclaimant,ThomasFyssher,ID#1123),thenbroughttoKing'sBenchon4Feb.1508,presentedapardonandwentsinedie.

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991

100 Byrket George Lancashire,Gressingham


1503 1503-09-12 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatByrketsoughtsanctuaryon12Sept.1503,because,havingbeenassaultedbyJohnRobyns,hehitRobynsovertheheadwithaclubontheking'sroadinGressinghamon22Aug.1503.Robynsdiedfromthewound.

SDSB,38 90

270 Byrkett George Durham,Staindrop


1519 1519-07-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatByrkettsoughtsanctuaryon7Jul.1519because,afteranassaulthadbeenmadeonhimaround24Aug.1504,atGressinghamnearHornbyCastle,Lancs,hestruckoneJohnHogeson,sonofRobertHogesonofEskriggenearGressingham,ontheheadwithastaff.Hogesondiedfromthewoundthreedayslater.

SDSB,82 222

419 Bysshop John Yorkshire,Beverley


1500 1500-12-31 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatBysshopsoughtsanctuary31Dec.1500forthetheftofahorseatSpital-in-the-Street,Lincs.

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1111 Bysshop John Middlesex,Staines

smith M Church-taking,Middlesex,Stepney

Takingchurch 1502 1502-06-26 Asportation AtMiddlesexgaoldeliveryinJuly1502,JohnBysshopwasindictedbecauseon10May1502hehadbrokenthecloseofJohnSomertonatFinchleyandstolentwocowsworth20s.Bysshoppleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadtakentheparishchurchatStepneyon26Jun.1502,buthadbeentakenoutonthesamedaybydiverseunknownmen,andsoughttoberestored.Theking'sattorneyrepliedthathehadnotbeeninsanctuarybuthadbeenatlargewhenhewastaken.Thejurorsfoundthathehadnotbeeninsanctuarywhenhewastakenandhewasmoreoverfoundguiltyontheindictmentandhanged.

TNA,KB27/964,rexm.11;TNA,KB29/132,mm.33,38d

979

1145 Bythewaye John Hampshire,Subberton

labourer M Church-taking,Somerset,Huntspill


LymeRegis 1529 1529-09-28 Asportation TheKing'sBenchcoramregerollforMichaelmas1529recordsthecaseofJohnBythewaye,whoon28Sept.1529hadtakentheparishchurchatHuntspill,Somerset.HeconfessedtothecoronerthathehadbrokenintothehouseandcloseofJohnBurtatSubberton,Hants.,andstolenahorse,andon16Sept.1529hehadstolenanotherhorseatWynbourneMinsterinDorset.HeabjuredandwasassignedLymeRegis.Inmid-November1529hewasbroughtintoKB,havingbeenfoundintherealmnotwithstandinghisabjuration,andhehadnoanswer,andwasthussentencedtohang.

TNA,KB27/1073,m.16;KB29/161,29d,41

1006

1826 Calcott John M Church-taking,London,St.Sepulchre


IntwoChancerybills,thechurchwardensofSt.SepulchrechurchandapriestattachedtotheparishcomplainedthatthegaolerofNewgate,ThomasGodeale,hadsuedthemfortrespasswhentheypreventedhimfromseizingJohnCalcott,anindictedfelonwhohadescapedfromGodeale'scustodyinNewgateprisonandsubsequentlytakensanctuaryinthechurch.Bothanindicationoftheday(aMondayfollowingAshWednesday)andtheidentityoftheLondonsheriffnamed(JohnWarner)allowstheactionsreferencedinthepetitiontobedatedpreciselyto1495.

TNA,C1/226/44,C1/228/35 1595

1334 Calverley William WestminsterAbbey


CharteredSanctuary

1532 Asportation Inthe1532Westminstercensus,Calverleywasnamedashavingentered"forroberyecomyttedeuponthesee";heisnotinthe1533census.In1534,hewasappealedforarobberycommittedthatyear,andpleadedsanctuary--sayingthathehadtakensanctuaryatWestminster,butwasdraggedoutbyPeterMewtas.Jurorsfound,however,thathewasarrestedoutsidethesanctuary,andhewasfoundguiltyandsentencedtohang.ThecontrolmentrollindicatesthatafterhisarresthewasputintocustodyoftheconstableoftheTowerofLondon,whichmightsuggestthathisarrestwassomethingoutoftheordinary?In1539hewasmentioned(stillassanctuaryman)inrelationtothetheftofacrossstolenfromaparishchurchintheWestCountry;thismaybeanallusiontoapasttheftwhilehewasstillalive,assuminghewasinfacthangedin1534.

TNA,KB9/527,m.51;KB27/1091,pleam.35;KB29/167,mm.4,10d;SP1/70,fol.133;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:53-54;SP1/242,fol.289

1168

282 Calvert Thomas Yorkshire,Ripon


1519 1519-08-17 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCalvertsoughtsanctuaryon17Aug.1519because,afterhehimselfhadbeenattackedon7Aug.1519,hefeloniouslystruckJohnLuther,servantofMasterMalyerye,knight,stabbinghiminthesidewithadaggerinalaneinthetownofRiponnearthemonastery.Lutherdiedimmediately.

SDSB,85-86;Fowler,"SanctuaryRecords,"314-15

231

1643 CalwodeleyaliasCalwodelegh

Oliver Cornwall,Padstow

M TakingchurchAbjuration

1506 Homicide Thepatentrollrecordsagrant,17Feb.1506,toRogerHoland,esq.,ofthelandsandtenementsinthecityofExeterthathadbelongedtoCalwodeley,whoselandshadcomeintotheking'shandsthroughforfeitureuponCalwodeley'sabjurationduetoamurdercommittedbyhimatPadstow,Cornwall.

CPR1494-1509,443 1424

1791 Cambrecht Robert Kent,Queenborough[?]

mariner M Kent,Queenborough[franchisallibertyfordebt?]

Ambiguous 1527 1527-06-30 Debt TheQueenborough,Kent,BoroughCourtBookrecordsthatCambrechthadtakensanctuary"forthesafegardeofmybodyandmygoods"on30Jun.1527.Theprecisecontextofsanctuary-seekingunclearforthisandotherQueenboroughsanctuarycases,butthereferencetogoodsindicatesperhapsafranchisalasylumfordebt.

KentHistoryandLibraryCentre,MSQB/JMs/1,QueenboroughBoroughCourtBook,1496-1511,fol.5

1566


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1427 Campucci Giovanni Italy merchant M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt DocumentsrelatedtoanattempttosettleadisputeamongstItalianmerchantsinLondon,nowintheStatePapers,indicatethatCampuccihadspentsometimeinsanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand,c.1533,untilhereachedasettlementwithAntonioDodo.

TNA,SP1/81,fol.149 1261

1513 Campyon William Northamptonshire,Geddington

labourer M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Geddington


1446 1446-04-25 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston25Apr.1446overthebodyofWilliamShirwodeatGeddington,Northants.ThejurorsfoundthathewaskilledbyWalterFreman,JohnIryssh,andWilliamCampyon,allofGeddington,andthatThomasMulshoofGeddington,gentleman,wasanaccessory.CampyonfledfollowingthekillingtotheGeddingtonchurch,wherehewasguardedbythetownspeopleofGeddingtonuntilthecoronercouldarrive.Heconfessedthemurderandabjured.

TNA,KB9/252/2,m.20 1332

1849 Canturcelly Roger Herefordshire,Hereford

weaver M Bewdley(abjurationfromHerefordshire,HerefordGreyfriars)


1533 1533-07-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton16Jul.1533CanturcellysoughtsanctuaryattheGreyfriarschurchinthesuburbsofHereford.CanturcellyconfessedtothecoronerthatonthatsamedayinHerefordhehadbrokenintothehomeofRichardFordeandstolenasilverchaliceworth20sfromthegoodsofJohnUnett,whichwastheninthecustodyofRichardForde,andtwokerchiefsworth12d.Heabjured,seekingtheprivilegeofthesanctuaryof"Beauley"--geographicallymorelikelyBewdley,Shropshire,butperhapsBeaulieu.

TNA,KB9/525,m.43 1616

422 Care Henry Lincolnshire M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1493 1493-09-02 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCaresoughtsanctuaryforhomicide,about2Sept.1493.

SDSB,138 367

811 Caret Ivo Middlesex,Whitechapel

brewer M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George


Orwell 1429 1429-05-27 Homicide Alsorobbery Caret'scasewasnotoriousandgeneratedanumberofrecordsalongwithentriesinLondonchronicles.CaretwasaBretonandhiscaseoccurredintheweeksfollowingtheEnglishdefeatatthesiegeofOrléansduringtheHundredYearsWar,apointofhighanti-FrenchfeelinginEngland.Inaddition,assomeoftherecordsindicate,andasGriffiths'sarticledetails,Caretwasaccused(Griffithsargueswithreason)ofbeingaFrenchspy.Hisspyingwasacollateralissueinregardstohissanctuary-taking,however.Acoroner'smemorandumrecordedhischurch-takinginSt.George's,Southwark,on27May1429,andhisconfessionthathehadbrokenintotheWhitechapelhomeofJoanWynkfeld,widow,andkilledandrobbedher.Althoughthecoroner'sreportofhisconfessiondoesnotindicatethis,otherrecordsstatethathehadbeenWynkfeld'sservant.Heabjuredandtheporthewasassigned--Orwell--mayhavebeendeliberatelychosenbythecoronersothathewouldbetakenbackthroughWhitechapelonhiswayintoexile.Asubsequentcoroner'sreportindicatesthatashewasbeingledbytheconstablesthroughWhitechapelonhiswaytoOrwell,Caretwaswrestedfromtheconstables'custodyandbeatenandstonedtodeathbyagroupofwomen,ledbyMargaretConys,oneofJoanWynkfeld'srelatives,inrevengeforWynkfeld'smurder.

TNA,KB9/224,mm.5,29-30,46-47,54-55;Fabyan,NewChronicles,598-99;JamesGairdner,ed.,TheHistoricalCollectionsofaCitizenofLondonintheFifteenthCentury,CamdenSociety,NewSeries(Westminster:CamdenSociety,1876),163-64;NicolasandTyrell,ed.,ChronicleofLondon,117;RalphAlanGriffiths,“ABretonSpyinLondon,1425-29,”inKingandCountry:EnglandandWalesintheFifteenthCentury(London ;RioGrande,Ohio,U.S.A:HambledonPress,1991),220–25.

737

1679 CarltonorCharleton

George London grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1529 Debt NamedinaChancerybillbecause"byreasonofgreatesummesofmoneywhichheoughttodyverseandsundryparsones[he]fledeouteofLondonandtokeSeyntwaryeinWestm'."Datable1529-32.

TNA,C1/611/29 1461

31 Carlyle Roland Durham(diocese)


1484 1484-07-26 Homicide Alsotheft DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCarlyle,identifiedonlyas"ofDurhamdiocese,"soughtsanctuaryon25July1484becauseon1Feb.1483inthetownofAshbyinLancashirehekilledJohnCowtonofAshbywithawoodaxe,fromwhichblowhefirmlybelievedCowtondied.HealsoconfessedthathestoleCowton'shorsetoescape.

SDSB,11 27


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1550 Carpenter Nicholas Berkshire,Maidenhead

shoemaker M Church-taking,Berkshire,Wallingford,AllHallows

Takingchurch 1497 1497-10-04 Asportation Alsoescapefromgaol

On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.CarpenterhadbeenaccusedofstealingahorseatWallingford.


1358

1517 Carpenter Robert Hampshire,Wherwell

smith M Church-taking,Hampshire,Goodworth


Portsmouth 1470 1470-04-21 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

Coroner'smemorandumthaton21April1470CarpenterfledtotheparishchurchofSt.PeterinGoodworth,Hants.,andconfessedthathehadbeeninthecustodyoftheconstableofthehundredofWherwellonsuspicionoffelonywhenheescapedandranintothechurch.Heabjured.Hepresumablysubsequentlywasfoundintherealmasawritdated10Oct.1474calledtherecorduptoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/336,m.23 1335

1294 Carre John tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsJohnCarre,tailor,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1129

885 Carre Robert Lincolnshire,Sixhills

yeoman M SJJ:Maltby,Lincs.

CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-08-01 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatLongLudforth,Lincs.,6Aug.1510,overthebodyofJohnBrasebrigge.ThejurorssaidthatCarrehadattackedBrasebriggewithadaggeratLongLudforth,feloniouslymurderinghim.FollowingthefelonyCarrefledtothefranchiseofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEnglandatMaltby.TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthatCarrewasoutlawed11Dec.1514.

TNA,KB9/457,m.76;KB29/143,m.4;McSheffrey,SS,97

795

1716 Carter Thomas Cambridgeshire,Cambridge

fishmonger M Church-taking,Kent,Greenwich,ObservantFranciscans

Takingchurch 1507 1507-11-21 Asportation OntherecordofgaoldeliveryatNewgate19May1508,Carterappearedonanindictmentthaton2Dec.1507hehadstolenamareatWexbridge.Heappearedwithanothersanctuary-seekeronadifferentindictmentanddifferentsanctuary-seeking,ThomasWodfeld,ID#1717.Whenaskedtoplead,CartersaidthatJohnMede,abailiffinKent,hadseizedhimfromtheObservantFriarsatGreenwich,wherehehadtakensanctuaryagainsthiswill,andpleadedtoberestoredtothechurch,refusingtopleadtothefelony.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicateonlythatCarterwasputintotheMarshalsea,whileWodfeld'sentryindicateshewaspardonedin1514or1515.

TNA,KB9/960,m.143;KB29/138,m.7

1499

1529 Carteworth John Oxfordshire,Bicester

husbandman M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,BicesterAugustinianPriory

Takingchurch 1490 1490-04-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquestoverthebodyofJohnAbreyofWendlebury[nearBicester],13Apr.1490;thejurorsfindthatAbreywascrossingtheking'sroadatWendleburywhenhesawCarteworthleadingawaythreeofhis(Abrey's)cowsfromthecommonfield,andthisledtoaquarrel.CarteworthpiercedAbrey'sheadwithapitchfork,andhediedfivedayslaterinhishouse.Afterthefelony,CarteworthfledwiththepitchforktoBicesterpriory.(BicesterwasahouseofAugustiniancanons;itisassumedthatCarteworthwas"takingchurch"herepriortoabjuration,althoughhemayhavebeenseekingpermanentasylum.)

TNA,KB9/387,m.60;KB9/393,m.5

1346

609 Cartour Richard Shropshire,Newport


1518 1518-05-31 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardCartoursoughtsanctuaryon31May[1518]fordebt.

SDSB,176 540

1578 Cary William knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar CarywasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.



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1078 Caryon John London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-07-15 Homicide Coroner'sinquest15Jul.1539intheparishofSt.BenetFink,London,overthebodyofJohndeOrdoma,Spanishmerchant.ThejurorsfoundthathehadbeenkilledbyJohnCaryon,yeomanofLondon,aliastheservantofAlvarowedeAstudelio,Spanishmerchant,inthecourtyardofFernandodeVerdesey'shouse,Spanishmerchant,intheparishofSt.Benet.Followingthemurder,CaryonfledtoWestminster.HeappearedatKing'sBenchon12Nov.1539andpresentedapardon,dated1Oct.1539,alongwithlettersclosedated3Nov.1539indicatinghehadgivensufficientsecurity.

TNA,KB9/544,m.157;KB9/548,mm.159-60;TNA,KB27/1113,rexm.6;KB29/172,m.23d;McSheffrey,SS,177

953

1449 Cassewall Henry London grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1519 Debt IntherecordoftheCourtofAldermaninLondon,13Oct.1519,thecourtruledthatWilliamHanford,haberdasherofLondon,andHenryCassewall,agrocerprivilegedfordebtatWestminster,haddefraudedWilliamYongofPetworthinSussexforpaymentforclothbybringingtheclothintothesanctuarywhereitcouldnotbeseizedfornonpayment.ThecourtorderedHanfordpunishedbybeingputinthepilloryandthentostayinthesheriff'sprisonforsomeperiod;CassewallwaspresumablyoutoftheirreachinWestminster.

LMA,Rep.4,fol.26r 1284

442 Castley William London tailor M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1498 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamCastleyofLondon,tailor,soughtsanctuaryatBeverleyforhomicide.[Undated;lastentrydatedSept.1498.]

SDSB,142 387

325 Catton Edmund [?HoltoninBishopric]


1501 1501-12-12 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCatton,"deHoltoninBusshoprik,"soughtsanctuaryon12Dec.1501forthehomicideofWilliamBufeofthesameplace,whomhekilledwithadagger.

SDSB,117 273

573 Catton John Yorkshire,Allerthorpe


1516 1516-01-26 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCattonsoughtsanctuaryon26Jan.1516forfelony.

SDSB,169 506

769 Caunton Richard Yorkshire,Comberthorn[?]


1537 1537-05-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCauntonsoughtsanctuaryon23May1537fordebt.

SDSB,209 698

1017 Cawston JohnJr. Kent,Cudham labourer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1528 1528-09-06 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquest11Sept.1528atCudham,Kent,overthebodyofOliverBurnet.ThejurorsreportedthatBurnetandCawstonweretogetheronacroftworkingforJohnWalleys,themasterofboth,whenBurnetassaultedCawstonwithaclub.Cawstonhimselfwasholdingaquarterhazelstaff,anddefendinghimselfhehitBurnetovertheheadandkilledhim.CawstonthuskilledBurnetinself-defence.Immediatelyfollowingthat,hefledtosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/509,m.42 914

1490 Cayme William Kent,Sittingbourne

mace-bearerforJackCade


1450 Treason CaymewascloselyinvolvedinCade'sRevoltin1450andfledtosanctuaryatSt.Martin'safterwards.Hewassummonedoutofsanctuarybythekingtoanswerchargesoftreason,butthedeanofSMLGwasabletoconvincethekingtoobservethesanctuaryprivilegesandtopardonCayme(thepardongrantedon20May1451).

WAM,Book5,fols.66rv;CPR1446-52,424;McSheffrey,SS,46,77

1312

1173 Chaffyn John Sussex,Webyllifyld[?]

tailor M Church-taking,Sussex


1529 Homicide TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforMichaelmas1529hasarecordthatChaffynabjuredforfelonyandmurder(noindictmentfound).

TNA,KB29/161,m.26d 1033

1052 Chapman Andrew Essex,Thorpe carver M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromEssex,ThorpeSt.Mary)


1531 1531-11-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Nov.1531ChapmantookthechurchofSt.MaryinThorpe,confessingtothecoroner,whocameon21Dec.1531,thaton20Aug.1531hehadbrokenintothecloseofThomasSareatGreatBromleyinEssexandstolensheep,andonotheroccasionshehadstolenotherlivestock.HeabjuredandwasassignedthesanctuaryofSt.JohninColchester.

TNA,KB9/519,m.83 940


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1803 Chapman William M Kent,Greenwich(dependencyofSheenpriory?)

CharteredSanctuary

1473 Debt InaChancerybill,WilliamCowperofLondonindicatesthatChapman,then"dwellingandabidinginsanctuaryinGreenwich,"hadsuedhimforadebt;laterinthepetition,Chapmanisreferredtoasasanctuaryman.ByevidenceofC1/71/104(seeseeker#1811,ThomasBygge),thesanctuaryreferredtoheremaybeatthemanorheldbySheenprioryatGreenwich.Therewasotherwiseinthe1470snoreligioushouseatGreenwich,astheFranciscanObservanthouseatGreenwichwasnotre-establisheduntil1480(seeVCHKent,2:194-98).Yearapproximate(range1473-75).

TNA,C1/48/17 1577

1867 Charley William M SJJ:ParisGarden CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-05-16 TheParisGardenmanorialcourtrollrecordsthatRobertBarton,tenantonthemanor,wasamerced6dbecausehehaskeptandaccommodatedWilliamCharleyinhishouse"asamanreceivingsanctuarythere,"withoutshowinghimtotheconstableorotherofficialtoexaminehim;heremainedthereforthreedaysormore(beforeleaving,presumably).ReferencefromGrahamDawson.

ParisGardenManorialCourtRoll,LambethArchives,ClassVI/2,fol.6d(GD);seealsoGrahamDawson,"Twolatemedievaltithe-listsfromStMargaret’s,Southwark,"SurreyArchaeologicalCollections97(2013):91.

1633

819 Chaumbre Thomas Suffolk,Framlingham


1440 1440-04-27 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol

Middlesexjurorsreportedthaton27April1440,JohnWymondham,gentlemanofFramlingham,Suffolk,brokeThomasChaumbre,ayeomanalsoofFramlingham,outofthecustodyoftheMarshal,bywhomhewasbeingheldforthedeathofJamesAndrewandthesuitofAndrew'swidowMargaret.Followinghisescapefromprison,ChaumbrefledtoSt.MartinleGrand.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesChaumbrewasoutlawedatEasterterm1441.

TNA,KB9/232/1,m.11;KB29/73,m.24

745

1684 Chauncy ****[wifeofGerard]

London wifeofGerardChauncy

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1526 Debt GerardChauncy(astockfishmongerandcitizenofLondon,whodescribeshimselfas"yeomanoftheKing'sChamberandwaiterintheTowerofLondon")wroteaChancerybill,datableto1536-38,inwhichhecomplainedthatJohnStokesley,afterwardsbishopofLondon,hadacceptedfromChauncy'swife(inreturnforpayment,presumably),leasesontenementsintheparishofSt.AndrewHubbard.Chauncyhimselfwas"absent"duetoproblemshehadwithlawsuits,andhiswife,inhisabsence,hadgoneintosanctuaryatWestminster,becoming"aprivilegedperson"thereforsomeeightornineyears.There,inhisabsence,shespentallhismoneyandconveyedawayallhisproperty,withouthispermission.TheyeargivenaboveforherentryintoWestminsterisapproximate,basedontimelinesinthepetition.

TNA,C1/752/63-64 1465

936 Cheselet Thomas Wiltshire,Mere

tailor M Church-taking,Wiltshire,FishertonAnger,Blackfriarspriory


Poole 1519 1519-07-21 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum21Jul.1519thatCheselettookthechurchoftheBlackfriarsprioryatFishertonAnger.Cheseletconfessedtothecoronerthaton21Feb.1519hehadstolensomeplatefromAliceKymer,widow,atFishertonAnger.HeabjuredandwasassignedPoole,Dorset.Hewaslatercaughtintherealm:atgaoldeliveryatIlchester,SomersetinLent1529,askedwhyheshouldnotbeexecutedonhisabjurationhesuccessfullypleadedclergy.InEasterterm1530,hepresentedapardon.Cheseletmayhaveonceagainbeenimprisonedin1532,whenamanofthesamenameapparentlytriedtotradeinformationaboutpossibletreasonstomitigatecharges(unclearhowsuccessfully).

TNA,KB9/480,m.31;KB9/512,m.36;KB27/1075,rexm.6;KB29/162,mm.2,6;L&P,4/3:2709;SP1/237,fols.121-27(L&P,Add.1/1:261);G.R.Elton,PolicyandPolice:TheEnforcementoftheReformationintheAgeofThomasCromwell(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1972),110-12

834

178 Chesman William Northumberland,Bolton


1510 1510-02-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChesmansoughtsanctuaryon20Feb.1510because,on20Jan.1510atForestburne,Northum.,nearWestPark,followinganattackonhim,hestruckWilliamBellyngeham,amputatinghisrighthandwitha"hynger"(shortsword),fromwhichwoundBellyngehamdiedthreeweekslater.

SDSB,57 145


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296 Childers Randolph Lancashire,GreatMitton


1524 1524-09-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChilderssoughtsanctuaryon10Sept.1524because,atthebeginningofAugust1524,inameadownearGreatMitton,inresponsetoanassaultmadeonhim,hestruckJamesRedewithapikestaffonthehead,givinghimawoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,90 245

1335 Chonterell Diggory apprentice M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Asportation Inthe1532Wetsminstersanctuarycensus,Chonterellwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuary"forconveyngeofcertayneofhysmastersgoodis."

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1169

581 Chorkyls Robert Yorkshire,WytoninHolderness


1516 1516-08-31 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChorkylssoughtsanctuaryon31Aug.1516forthehomicideofJohnRotheram.

SDSB,170-71 514

1739 CiamaliasSyonaliasSparowe

Paul Middlesex,Westminster,St.MartinintheFields

beerbrewer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-03-06 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston13Mar.1527inthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminsteratWestminster,overthebodyofJohnHill.ThejurorsreportthatPaulClamaliasPaulSyonaliasPaulSparowe(ID#1739);andJohnVans(ID#1740),on6Mar.1527aroun11pmhadassaultedHillwitha"bongeknyfe,"andClamgivinghimtwowoundsfromwhichhelanguishedforaweekandthendied.Vanswasaccessory.BothfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.BothClamandVans,werelikelyDutch(judgingbothbytheirnamesandtheiroccupationsasbeerbrewers),andtheyfledtoaDutchenclaveinSMLG.Bothwereoutlawedin1528accordingtotheKing'sBenchcontrolmentroll.

TNA,KB9/973,m.42;KB29/159,mm.2,3d

1518

1482 Ciprian Henry Essex,Waltham

canonofWalthamAbbey


1430 Clericalapostasy

AsrecordedbothinLondonrecordsandtheSt.MartinleGrandcartulary,theflightoftwoapostatecanonsofWalthamAbbey,HenryCiprianandRogerBukke,inauguratedamajorquarrelbetweentheCityandSMLGoverthelatter'ssanctuaryprivileges.InanswertoaroyalwrittothesheriffsofLondontoarresttherunawaycanons,thesheriffsofLondonseizedthetwomenfromtheSMLGprecincton30September1430.ThedeanofStMartin'sprotestedandbothsidespresentedtheircases,forandagainstthesanctuary,totheking'scouncil.Thefinaloutcomeisunknown,asisthefateofthetwocanons.Undiscussedbyeithersideremainedthequestionofwhethersanctuarycouldbeclaimedforapostasy.

LMA,LetterBook,K,fol.72r;WAM,Book5,fols.36rv

1309

1380 Clarke Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Clarkewasnamedashavingenteredformurder,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1214

1381 Clemente Roger M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Clementewasnamedashavingenteredforfelony,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1215

721 Clerk John Lincolnshire,Spalding

servant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-06-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatClerktooksanctuaryon16Jun.1530fordebt.

SDSB,198 650

772 Clerk John Derbyshire,Aston

clothier M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1538 1538-05-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatClerksoughtsanctuaryon13May1538foradebtof£85thatacertainJohnPhelyppesowedtoWilliamPenny,gentlemanof"Scyarn,"Dorset,forwhichdebtClerkhadstoodassurety.

SDSB,210 701

1781 Clerk William Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne[?]

hosier M Church-taking,Kent,Faversham,St.Saviour


Dover 1401 1401-04-20 Asportation AnoteintheFavershamtownrecordsthatClerkconfessedtothecoronerthathehadcommittedhiscrime(atheftofgoodsworth2s)inNewcastle-upon-TyneinDecember1400,thentooksanctuaryinFavershamandabjured.

KentHistoryandLibraryCentre,MSFa/LC/1,fol.16r(calendaronTNADiscovery)

1556

1576 Clifton Gervase knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar CliftonwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.



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247 Cloce John Yorkshire,Grinton,Swaledale


1514 1514-03-26 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatClocesoughtsanctuaryon26Mar.1514fordebt.

SDSB,65 169

1589 Cobham Eleanor duchessofGloucester

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1441 1441-05-24 Treason Alsonecromancy

Afterbeingaccusedofimaginingtheking'sdeathin1441,theduchessofGloucestersought,butwasdeniedsanctuaryatWestminsterbyacouncilofbishops,whorejectedherclaimapparentlyonthebasisthatsanctuarywasunavailableforwitchcraftandtreason.

JohnSilvesterDavies,ed.,AnEnglishChronicleoftheReignsofRichardII,HenryIV,HenryV,andHenryVI,CamdenSociety64(London:J.B.Nichols,1856),57-58;Cox,Sanctuaries,58-59;RalphA.Griffiths,“TheTrialofEleanorCobham:AnEpisodeintheFallofDukeHumphreyofGloucester,”BulletinoftheJohnRylandsLibrary51,no.2(1969):388-89

1377

1032 Cockeman William Kent,Middleton


CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-07-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquest8Jul.1530atSittingbourne,Kent,overthebodyofJohnCarter.ThejurorsreportedthatCockemanassaultedandkilledhim,andthenfledtosanctuaryatColchesterabbey.

TNA,KB9/514,m.73 925

1382 Cogan Joan F WestminsterAbbey


1532 1532-12-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Coganwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuary,havingabjuredformurder,about6monthsbefore(late1532orearly1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1216

98 Cok Edmund Cumbria,KirkbyLonsdale


1503 1503-09-04 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCoksoughtsanctuaryon4Sept.1503becauseinself-defencehewoundedacertainAdam,aScot(calledinEnglishAdamScott),underthe"schortribbez,"withadagger,on1Aug.1503.Adamdiedsoonafterfromthewound.

SDSB,37-38 88

1794 Cok Martin priest M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar InaChancerybill,CokexplainedthathewasforcedtotakesanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrandduringthereadeptionofHenryVI,"forsafeguardofhislife";duringthistime,hestayedthere,"attendinguponmylordBourgchieruntothetimethatoursaidsoverieignlordcameinagain."[NeitherHenryBourgchier,earlofEssex,norhisbrotherThomas,archbishopofCanterbury,werethemselvesinsanctuaryduringthisperiod,accordingtotheODNB.]

TNA,C1/46/163 1569

488 Cok Richard Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent


1484 1484-07-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCoksoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1484forthedeathofacertainWilliamatNewark,killedwithastaffon19July1484.

SDSB,152 430

606 Cok Robert Lincolnshire,Winteringham

physician M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-04-26 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertCokandJohnColynesoughtsanctuaryon26Apr.1526forsuspicionoffelony.

SDSB,175 538

706 Cok William London brewer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1519 1519-06-06 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCoksoughtsanctuaryon6Jun.1519fordebt.

SDSB,196 637

365 Coke John Yorkshire,York

chapman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-10-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCokesoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon3Oct.1514fordebt.

SDSB,126 313


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987 Coke Michael Wiltshire,Trowbridge

yeoman M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Babraham


Lynn 1524 1524-07-02 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton2Jul.1524atBabraham,Cambs.,HuchonandCoketooktheparishchurchofSt.PeterinBabraham,andthefollowingdaytheyconfessedtothecoronerthaton24Apr.1524atRochester,Kent,theyhadassaultedanunknownmanandkilledhim.Andthaton2Apr.1524atSalisburytheyhadassaultedWilliamHuse,gentleman,andmurderedhim.Theyabjured.

TNA,KB9/503,m.58 884

946 Cokerell Henry Kent,Leeds labourer M Church-taking,Norfolk,SalhouseAllSaints


GreatYarmouth

1521 1521-08-24 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton19Aug.1521CokerelltookthechurchofSalhouseAllSaintsinNorfolkandon24Aug.whenthecoronercameheconfessedthathehadkilledThomasJowreofLeeds,sawyer,on22Jun.1521.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/488,m.32 844

1698 Coket Edward London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1504 1504-12-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportintheparishofSt.MaryMagdaleninOldFishStreet,London,4Dec.1504,overthebodyofThomasPowerofLondon,mercer.Jurorsreportedthaton3Dec.between9and10pmintheparishofSt.AndrewHolborn,CoketfeloniouslyassaultedPower,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedintheparishofSt.MaryMagdalenthefollowingday.CoketfledfollowingthefelonytosanctuaryatWestminster.TheinquestreportindicatesthatCoketwasincustodyintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/1062,mm.9-10 1477

1292 Cokkis Robert tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Felony A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsRobertCokkis,tailor,as"seintuarymanforfelony,"sayinginCockAlleyatSimonBright'shouse.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1127

237 Cokrell Thomas Yorkshire,Westerdale


1517 1517-05-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCokrellsoughtsanctuaryon10May1517becauseon8May1517ontheWesterdalemoorcalledShaw,hehadbeenassaultedbyChristopherRichardsonaliasRowland,andstruckbackathim,stabbinghimontheleftpartofhisneckwithadagger,fromwhichwoundhediedon10May.

SDSB,74-75 199

1624 Colfyn John Northamptonshire,Northampton


1402 Felony RecordonpatentrollthatColfynwaspardoned18March1402for"allfeloniescommittedbyhim,excepttreason,murder,andrape,andofallabjurationoftherealmmadeonaccountofthese."

CPR1401-1406,51 1405

1668 Colkyn Nicholas Warwickshire,Coventry

tailor M Beverley(abjurationfromWarwickshire,CoventryWhitefriars)


1533 1533-07-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Jul.1533ColkyntooktheprivilegeofthechurchofSt.MaryoftheCarmeliteFriarsinCoventry.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatatBinley,Warws.,hehadstolenahorse.HeabjuredandchoseBeverley.HeisnotinBeverleysanctuaryregister.

TNA,KB9/527,m.109 1451

1602 Colles John Huntingdonshire,Huntingdon

woolmerchant;MP

M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1427 Debt Colleswasnamedinaparliamentarypetitionashavingdefraudedcreditorsinatestamentarydisputeandthenretreatingtosanctuary;hewasallegedtohavejoinedupwithWilliamWawe(ID#807)[thuspresumablyatBeaulieu?].Rawcliffe,hisHistoryofParliamentbiographer,doubtstheseallegations,however,atleastinrelationtoleadinggangsoffelons;hehimselfhadservedasMPinfourparliamentsbetween1421and1425.

PROME,1427-10(4:321-22);CaroleRawcliffe,"Colles,John,"HPO.

1385

223 Collyn John Yorkshire,Reeth,Richmond


1516 1516-02-11 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCollynsoughtsanctuaryon11Feb.1516becauseon3Feb.hehadlethallyandfeloniouslystruckThomasBusserontheneckwithadagger,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedfivedayslater.

SDSB,71 188


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79 Colson **** Durham,Wolsingham

M Durham TakingchurchAbjurationCharteredSanctuary

1497 1497-05-13 Asportation Seeksabjurationoftherealm

Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton13May1497[blank]Colsonwasarrestedfortheftandputinprison.Heescapedfromtheprison,however,andfledtothecathedralchurchatDurhaminordertotakesanctuary,andwhilehestoodnearthetombofSt.Cuthbertheaskedforacoronertobeassignedtohim.ThusacoronercameandColsonconfessedhisfelonyandabjured.ByreasonofthisconfessionandabjurationallColson'sgear[ornamenta]belongedbyrighttothesacristanofthecathedralchurchandhisoffice,forwhichreasonColsonwasenjoinedtoremovehisclothesdowntohisshirtanddeliverthemtothesacristan,whichhedidwillingly,andthenthesacristangavehimbackallhisgear.AfterwardsColsonleftthechurchandwasdeliveredtothenearestconstablesbythesheriff,andthenfromconstabletoconstable,withawhitecrossmadeofwood,asa"profugus,"tobeledtothenearestseaporttotakeashipandneverreturn.

SDSB,30 70

269 Colson Ingram Northumberland,Haltwhistle[?]


1519 1519-07-01 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatColsonsoughtsanctuaryon1Jul.1519becausehehadbeenpersonallypresentinthetownofHaltwhistlearound2Feb.1517,whenGeorgeCrawwasstruckinthestomachbyacertainmanunknowntohim,withalancestaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhedied10dayslater.Althoughhewasnottheprincipal[andapparentlydidnotknowwhotheperpetratorwas]hefearsthat"becauseoftheenvyofhisenemies"hewillbeputintoprison.

SDSB,82 221

358 Colstayne Robert Yorkshire,Howden

tiler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-05-23 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatColstaynesoughtsanctuaryon23May1510forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,124 306

456 Colstone Robert Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1499 1499-01-30 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatColstonesoughtsanctuaryon30Jan.1499fordebt.

SDSB,145 401

214 Colt **** Northumberland,Alnwick

shoemaker M Durham CharteredSanctuary


Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthat[blank]Coltsoughtsanctuaryon5Sept.1515becauseon[blank]dayofthemonth[blank]1515,hebrokeoutofacertainprisoninthecastlecalledNewgateatNewcastleuponTyne,togetherwithothers.

SDSB,68 179

557 Colwell John Essex,Walden M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1483 1483-01-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRogerColwellsoughtsanctuaryon14Jan.1483andacknowledgedthaton13Nov.1482atWaldentheyhadstruckJohnSemar,labourerofWalden,onthehead,JohnwithabillandRogerwithastaff,killinghim.

SDSB,166 492

558 Colwell Roger Essex,Walden shoemaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1483 1483-01-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRogerColwellsoughtsanctuaryon14Jan.1483andacknowledgedthaton13Nov.1482atWaldentheyhadstruckJohnSemar,labourerofWalden,onthehead,JohnwithabillandRogerwithastaff,killinghim.

SDSB,166 492

1875 Coly Henry M CharteredSanctuary

1531 InaChancerybill,HenryGarratson,aDutchmanlivinginSt.MartinleGrand,complainedthatthesanctuary'sconstable,HughPayne,harassedhim,andthatHenryColy,"sanctuaryman,"participatedinroughinghimup.TheChancerypetitiondatesfrombetween1529and1532,withtheearly1530smostlikelyasadate.

TNA,C1/636/18;McSheffrey,SS ,121

1642

447 Colyn Richard Yorkshire,Kingstonupon

barber M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1498 1498-04-21 Homicide Accessory BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatColynsoughtsanctuaryon21Apr.1498,admittingthathehadcommittedhomicide,thatisthathehadbeenpresentatthedeathof[blank]Scotton,recentlykilledatKingstonon18Apr.

SDSB,143 392

607 Colyne John Lincolnshire,Winteringham


1526 1526-04-26 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertCokandJohnColynesoughtsanctuaryon26Apr.1526forsuspicionoffelony.

SDSB,175 538


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1208 Colynson John Yorkshire,Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

yeoman M Ripon(abjurationfromYork,Whitefriars)

TakingchurchAbjurationAbjurationtoChSanctuaryCharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-07-01 Asportation Alsoappealedonamurder,butnotconfessedtocoroner

Coroner'sinquestinthecityofYorkon14Mar.1534overthebodyofAmeryBurdett.ThejurorsfoundthatThomasSavage(ID#1209)andJohnColynson(ID#1208)murderedhim,andotherswereindictedasaccessories.SavageandColynsonweresaidtofleetotheCarmelitefriars(Whitefriars)churchinYork.Coroner'smemorandumdated1Jul.1534(threeandahalfmonthslater?)statedthatColynsontookthechurchoftheCarmelitesinthecityofYork.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Jun.1528hehadbrokenintoacloseandstolenahorse,thesamecrime,andthesamedatealthoughdifferentregnalyear,asintheconfessionofThomasSavage.BothSavageandColynsonabjuredandchoseRipon.BothwereappealedofthemurderofAmeryBurdettbyBurdett'swidowKatherine,althoughshedidnotfollowthroughontheprosecution.SavageandColynsonwerebothoutlawedon20Sept.1535.

TNA,KB9/529,mm.187,194;KB29/167,m.23;KB29/168,Outlawries,m.38d

1061

15 Colynson Robert Lancashire,Lancaster


1480 1480-02-03 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton2Feb.1480Colynsonsoughtsanctuarybecauseon2Sept.1479atLancaster,hefeloniouslybeatacertainEdmundSmerthwaytwithaclubstaffonhishead,whenceSmerthwaytinstantlydied,asitissaid.

SDSB,5 12

1850 Comforth Robert Yorkshire fishmonger M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,CothamAllSaints


Boston 1516 1516-08-22 Homicide Self-defence;alsotheft

Coroner'smemorandumthatatCotham,Nottinghamshire,on22Aug.1516ComforthtooktheparishchurchofAllSaintsinCotham(onthesamedayasWilliamHolred,ID#1687).Heconfessedtothecoroneron26Aug.thaton30Oct.1515hehadstolentwohorsesatDoncasterbelongingtoHenryMaltemanandon9Oct.1512hehadkilledamaninDerbyshireinself-defence;andon22Aug.atGranthamhehadbrokenoutofprison(togetherwithHolred).Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/1002,m.21 1617

788 Comyn John London porter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1401 1401-09-26 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquest25Sept.1401intheparishofSt.MichaelQueenhitheinLondonoverthebodyofWilliamWalden,porter.ThejurorsreportedthatJohnCurteyskilledWaldeninaquarrelatabrewer'shouseinQueenhithewardoveragameof"tabellas."WhenamansoughttoarrestCurteysforthehomicideandtakehimtothesheriff'sprison,thebrewer(RogerRowner)objectedthatnooneshouldinterferewithhishouseandfeloniouslyhidCurteys.SubsequentlyRownerallowedCurteystoescapeinthecompanyofacertainJohnComyn,porter,andbothCurteysandComynrantothesanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/187,mm49-50 714

1200 Con Robert Derbyshire,Chesterfield

brickmaker M Beverley(abjurationfromNottinghamshire,NewarkSt.MaryMagdalen)


1533 1533-01-15 Felony Coroner'smemorandumthaton15Jan.1533ContookthechurchofSt.MaryMagdalenatNewarkandconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Jan.1533hehadbrokenintothecloseofEllenBristoweatMalebeck[Maplebeck?],Notts.,andstoletwoheadofcattleworth30s,andtookthemtoNewarkandsoldthemthere.AbjuredandchoseBeverley.

TNA,KB9/525,m.121;KB29/166,m.22d

1447

683 Connyers John Cambridgeshire,Ely


nd(temp.Hen.VIII)

Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatConnyerssoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.[?]Hen.VIII,fordebt.

SDSB,190 614

761 Constable Richard Lincolnshire,Tealby

yeoman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1535 1535-12-23 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatConstablesoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1535forfelony.

SDSB,207 690

1723 ConstablealiasWalker

Richard Yorkshire,Beverley

baker M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,Cropredy


Southampton


TNA,KB9/967,m.35 1506


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1814 Constantyne Ralph London M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1488 Debt InaChancerybill,RalphConstantyne'swidowJoanindicatesthatherhusband,whileinsanctuaryatWestminster,hadenfeoffedhispropertyinLondonandprovidedherajointureinhiswill,butthatafterRalph'sdeathJoan'sbrotherJohnBrounhadmaliciouslystolenthedeeds.JohnStow(Survey,ed.Kingsford,2:110),indicatesthat"RalphConstantine,gentleman"wasburiedintheChapterHouseofWestminsterAbbey.Yearapproximate,basedonthereferenceintheChancerybilltotherecentdeathofoneofthefeoffees,JohnHawes,ajusticeinthecourtofCommonPleas,whichoccurredin1489,withthesanctuary-seekingprecedingthis.(Baker,Men,838-39.)

TNA,C1/89/23 1588

1501 Conway Nicholas Wales,Caernarfon

knight M Church-taking,Surrey,Bermondsey

Takingchurch 1438 1438-05-03 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumrecordsthatConwayfledtothechurchofSt.SaviourinBermondsey3May1438,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton30April1431hehadkilledRobertBowdonofIreland,gentleman,inBreadStreetinLondon.AnentryintheKing'sBenchControlmentrollindicatesthataroundthistimehehadbeenarrestedinWestminsterHallfortrespassesandfeloniesandwasintheMarshal'scustody,buthadescaped--presumablyfleeingtoBermondsey.On8May1440anentryonthepatentrollindicateshewaspardonedforalloffencescommittedbefore1Feb.1440.Thenon2May1441,acoroner'sinquestoverthebodyofPeterBrouninLondonaccusedConwayofthekilling,sayingthatConwayattackedMasterThomasFrank,aphysician,andwhenPeterBrouncametoFrank'said,Conwaykilledhim.Conwayfledfollowingthatslaying.

KB29/71,m.16d;TNA,KB9/230B,m.145;CPR1436-1441,398;TNA,KB9/236,m.14

1322

1718 Conye John Lincolnshire,Kirkby

labourer M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,Ashby

Takingchurch 1512 1512-01-20 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatKirkby,Lincs.,on20Jan.1512,overthebodyofJohnCokson,agenine.JurorsreportthatJohnConyehadassaultedCoksonwithahandspadeandthrownhimonhishead,killinghimimmediately.ConyefledtothechurchofAshbyandsoughttheprivilegeofsanctuarythere,whereheremainedstillatthetimeoftheinquest.

TNA,KB9/964,m.19 1501

1721 Cook John Yorkshire,Sewerby

yeoman M Yorkshire,Flamborough


1517 1517-10-22 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSewerby,EastRiding,Yorks.,on5Nov.1517overthebodyofThomasStowpesofSewerby,labourer.ThejurorsreportedthatCookassaultedStowpeson22Oct.,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthreedayslater.TheyalsoreportedthatafterthefelonyhefledtosanctuaryatFlaynburgh,presumablynearbyFlamborough.

TNA,KB9/967,m.12 1504

68 Cook Thomas Somerset,Bridgewater


1496 1496-02-06 Homicide Alsotheft DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCooktooksanctuaryon6Feb.1496forthehomicideofDavid[blank],servantoftheLordofAldeley[JamesTuchet,LordAudley?],mutilatinghimandamputatinghisrighthand,forwhichdeedCook,fearingtheverypowerfullordandalsoDavid'sfriends,tookflightonahorsethatwasatthattimestabledwithhismaster,JohnDrew,foracertain[blank]PaynterofYork.Hethusseekssanctuaryforboththehomicideandthehorsetheft.SeealsoThomasCooke,ID#423.

SDSB,27 62

741 Cooke George Lincolnshire M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-07-22 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCookesoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon22Jul.1533formurder.

SDSB,203 670

219 Cooke James Yorkshire,KirkbyRavensworth,Richmond


1515 1515-10-03 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCookesoughtsanctuaryon3Oct.1515becauseon8Sept.1515at"Crakberylez"withinthelordshipofRavensworth,helethallystruckOliverMessengerontheheadwithapikestaff,fromwhichwoundMessengerdiedfourdayslater.

SDSB,70 184


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1652 Cooke John Yorkshire M Ripon CharteredSanctuary

1540 Homicide HelmholzcitesamarriagecaseinthearchiepiscopalcourtofYorkin1540,wheretheveracityofawitnesswasimpugnedbecausehehadtakensanctuaryatRiponformurderinghiswife.(Helmholz'sreference:Malthousc.Sele(1540),BorthwickInstitute,CPG3272)

R.H.Helmholz,TheIusCommuneinEngland:FourStudies(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2001),20n

1433

432 Cooke Thomas Suffolk,MonkSoham


1496 1496-02-12 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCookesoughtsanctuaryon12Feb.1496forthehomicideofHumphreyDalbot.Althoughtheplacesoforiginaredifferentandthevictimshaddifferentnames,itisjustpossiblethatthisisthesameThomasCookasID#68,whosoughtsanctuaryatBeverleysixdaysbefore.

SDSB,140 377

1383 Cooke William M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-12-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Cookewasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryformurder,about6monthsbefore(late1532orearly1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1217

740 CookeorKuke

Thomas Yorkshire,NorthCave


1533 1533-06-23 Homicide Coroner'sinquest21Jun.1533overthebodyofRobertFythe.ThejurorsreportedthatCooke(Kuke)hadattackedFythe,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedonthesameday.CookeimmediatelyfledtothesanctuaryatSt.John's,Beverley.BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCookesoughtsanctuaryon23Jun.1533forthemurder-makingthisararematch-upinthe1530srecordsbetweentheKing'sBenchrecordsandBeverleysanctuaryregisteronasanctuaryseeker.

TNA,KB9/525,m.73;SDSB,203

669

1626 Copeman Alexander M TakingchurchAbjuration

1405 Felony PatentrollrecordsthatCopemanwaspardonedin1405forfeloniesetc.,forabjuration,andforbeinginrealmwithoutlicenceafterabjuration.

CPR1405-08,102 1407

799 Corbet Thomas London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


MiddlesexjurorspresentthatCorbethadbeeninthecustodyofJohnBampton,deputyofWilliamBradwardyn,esq.,marshaloftheMarshalseaprison,toanswerMatthewPreston'strespasssuit,butthataLombardnamedAlexanderJonofLondonmachinatedtoprocureCorbet'sescape,on12July1418,andhefledtosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/211,m.10 725

968 Corbett Peter Oxfordshire,Oxford

tanner M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Dover 1525 1525-11-26 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525CorbetttookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Jun.1524heandothershadassaultedJohnBrangenatBassett'sCrossinLancashire,killinghimandstealinghisgeldingwithsaddleandbridle,alongwithsomemoney.Heabjured.NotethatCorbettwasoneofsevenmenwhotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday,eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies,suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.87 866

723 Corbett William Norfolk,Lynn tailor M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-02-22 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCorbettsoughtsanctuaryon23Jan.1531formurder.

SDSB,199 652

730 Cornevell Gilbert Yorkshire,Beverley

fishmonger M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-08-10 Falsecoining Alsofelony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCornevellsoughtsanctuaryon10Aug.1530forafelonycommittedatKirkelly,Yorks.,andbecauseheengagedinfalsecoining,and"forotherreasons."

SDSB,200 659


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1068 Cornwall George LondonandBerrington,Hereford

gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest4Mar.1533intheparishofSt.Sepulchre,London,overthebodyofJohnOdealiasWode,serjeantofthemace.Thejurorsreportedthaton28Feb.1533,Cornwallassaultedhim,withmaliceaforethought,andgavehimawoundfromwhichOdeperishedon3Mar.JohnStoughtonwasnamedashavingaidedandabettedCornwall.ThejurorsreportedthatbothCornwallandStoughtonfledtosanctuaryatWestminster,andthe1533WestminstersanctuarycensusdulyliststhembothashavingenteredaboutearlyMarch,formurder.Ode'swidowappealedCornwallforthemurderinEasterterm1533,buthersuitevidentlydidnotproceed,asapardonforthemurderwasissuedforCornwallinMay1534.IttookuntilMichaelmas1537,however,forCornwalltopresentthepardoninKing'sBenchforthemurder,indicatingperhapssomedelayinhisgatheringoffundstopayafine.CornwallwentontobeMPforHerefordshirein1539,wassheriffforthecountyin1547-8and1559-60,justiceofthepeace,andservedthecrowninanumberofothercapacities.Hewasknightedin1544-45,followingtheFrenchcampaignof1544.NotethathewasthesonandheirofSirRichardCornwall,forwhomtherewasalsoahistoryofaristocraticviolencemitigatedbypardonandsanctuary:RichardCornwallhewasindictedasaccessoryforamurderin1513,forwhichhereceivedapardon;atleasttwooftheco-accusedinthatcase--JohnRaynsford(ID#1775)andMauriceGryffyn,aliasWalshman(ID#1778),whowereindictedasprincipalsinthefelony--hadsoughtsanctuarybeforetheytooreceivedpardons.

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948

1336 CostrowealiasTrownsloawe

Philip Ireland M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Costrowe(labelled"Iryshmane")wasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1170

1720 Cotenall Richard Hampshire,Bishop'sWaltham

horsekeeper M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-12-17 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatBishop'sWalthamwithinthelibertyofthebishopofWinchesterinHampshireon17Jan.1515,overthebodyofEdmundKylgroffofWaltham,horsekeeper.Thejurorsreportedthaton17Dec.1514Kylgroffhadassaultedand"madeaffray"onRichardCotenall.Cotenallfledfromhimuntilhecametoagreatwallwhichhecouldnotclimb,andthusitwasinselfdefencethathestruckEdmundwithaknifeandgavehimagreatwoundfromwhichEdmunddiedon18Dec.[Notethatittookamonthtoconvenetheinquest.]CotenallfledtoBeaulieuAbbeyinHampshireimmediatelyfollowing.

TNA,KB9/966,m.60 1503

111 Cotes Ralph Yorkshire,Thirkleby


1504 1504-10-01 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCotessoughtsanctuaryon[...]Oct.1504becausehewaspresentwhenRalphFyncheassaultedWilliamSeillofBagby,Yorkdiocese,inearlyMay1503.FynchestruckSeillwithaclubonthearm,andkilledhim.

SDSB,40-41 97

336 Cotese Thomas Warwickshire,Chesterton[?]


1502 1502-05-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCotesesoughtsanctuaryon25May1502fordebt.

SDSB,119 284

110 Couk Henry Westmorland,KendalHolyTrinity


1504 1504-06-30 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWarenerandCouk,on30Jun.1504soughtsanctuarybecause,followinganassaultonthetwomenmadebyChristopherManofWhitwellinKendallat"Petmoss"on10Jun.1504,WarenerstruckManontheheadwithaflatclub,killinghim,Coukbeingpresent.

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1126 CouperorCowper

Richard Sussex,Ticehurst

weaver M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey

Takingchurch 1504 1504-03-22 Felony TwoconstablesintheLondoncityjurisdictioninSouthwark,JohnRogersonofSouthwark,tailor,andJohnLaurenceofSouthwark,cooper,wereindictedforpermittingtheescapeoftwomen,JohnSampyreandRichardCouper,whohadfledtosanctuaryatthechurchofSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwark.On22Mar.1504SampyreandCouperhadtakenthechurch,andthefollowingdaybeforeJohnCouper,coroner,andinthepresenceofRogersonandLaurence,theyhadindicatedthattheysoughtsanctuarybutthattheywouldnotabjureatthatmoment,insteadwaitingfortheirfortydaystoexpire.Theywere,however,infact"schemingtoescape."On24Mar.,theyinfactdidescape,duetothedefectivevigilanceofthetwoconstables.

TNA,KB9/438,m.86;KB27/985,rexm.6

992

1582 Courtenay Walter Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar CourtenaywasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


904 CourtenayaliasEvan

George Hampshire,Romsey

gentleman,merchant

M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,Caistor,SSPeterandPaul


KingstonuponHull

1514 1514-04-11 Asportation Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumatCaistorinLincs.on11Apr.1514,thatCourtenaytooktheparishchurchoftheHolyApostlesPeterandPaulinCaistor.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton9Jan.1513atLongludford,Lincs.,hehadbrokenintoJohnWarner'shouseandstolenahorseand£4inmoney.Healsoadmittedtohavingrobbedamanon13Oct.1512atWalopinHampshireandtaken£8fromhim.Heabjured,butin1516hewascaughtintherealmandpleadedclergy.Accordingtothe1533Westminstersanctuary,hehadremained"intheconvictehouse"forseventeenyears;soonafterthat,however,hereceivedapardon,dated16Oct.1533.

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812

1319 Cowlard John mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Cowlardwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1153

926 Cowley John London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1518 Treason Alsoheresy AtanoyerandtermineratSouthwark,16-19Feb.1518,JohnCowleywaschargedalongwithothersoftreasonousplotsagainstthekingandWolsey,aswellasheresy.Caryllreportedonthiscase,notingthatCowley(namedinCaryll'sreportas"Walter"Cowley)wasextractedfromSMLGandpleadedsanctuary,withoutpleadingtothefelony.AlthoughtheKB27recorddoesnotindicatetheresult,theKB9/475/2recordindicatesthatCowley'ssanctuarypleawasrejectedbecausehewasalsochargedwithheresy,andthosechargedwithopinionsrepugnanttoholychurchcannotclaimtheprivilegeofholychurch.Thushewasgiventhetraitor'sdeathofdrawing,hanging,quartering,withouthiscasebeingputtoajury.

TNA,KB9/475/2,mm.1-2;KB27/1047,rexm.8;Baker,Caryll'sReports,2:693-95.

824

232 CowperorCouper

James Northumberland,Angerton,Hartburn

husbandman M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-09-08 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandJamesCoupersoughtsanctuaryon8Sept.1516becauseJohnLambehadassaultedJohnCouperon20Aug.1516nearthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofHartburn,andJohnCouperthusstruckLambeontherightsideofhischestwithalance,fromwhichwoundLambediedthenextday.JamesCoupersoughtsanctuaryasaccessory.

SDSB,73 194

231 CowperorCouper

John Northumberland,Angerton,Hartburn


1516 1516-09-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandJamesCoupersoughtsanctuaryon8Sept.1516becauseJohnLambehadassaultedJohnCouperon20Aug.1516nearthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofHartburn,andJohnCouperthusstruckLambeontherightsideofhischestwithalance,fromwhichwoundLambediedthenextday.JamesCoupersoughtsanctuaryasaccessory.

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1497 CowperorCouper

Nicholas Warwickshire,Coventry

barber M Church-taking,Warwickshire,Coventry,Cathedral

Takingchurch 1435 1435-06-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum,28Jun.1435,thattwobrothers,GregoryandNicholasCouperaliasBarbour,tookchurchatCoventrycathedralandconfessedtothecoronersthattheyhadburgledthechambersofRobertLaomens[?],suffraganbishopofCoventry.Theyaskedforthechurch'simmunitybuttherecorddoesnotindicateabjuration.Alaterindictment,dated1August1435,oftheCoventrycathedralpriorandmonksofthecathedralchapterbyRobertSaxton,Nicholas'semployer,suggeststhatNicholaswas"imprisoned"bythoseclerics,whohadforciblytakenhimoutofSaxton'sserviceandheldhimfrom18Juneuntilatleast1Aug.1435.

TNA,KB9/227/1,m.31 1318

1138 CowperorCouper

Richard London yeoman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MaryleStrand

Takingchurch 1516 1516-01-30 Asportation MiddlesexjurorspresentedinFebruary1516thatRobertFavell(aliasSavell-seeID#1134),RobertDodde,RichardCowper,andThomasHorneclyff,allyeomenofLondon,commonandpublicthieves,hadon29Jan.1516robbedThomasReedandGeorgeChalcottatBagshotinSurrey,stealingahorseand£20.Theyfledfromthereandon30Jan.cametothechurchofSt.MaryleStrandwiththegoods.ChalcottandothersfollowedthemtoSt.MaryleStrandandseizedthestolengoodsfromthem.Thesheriffswerethuscommandedtoarrestthem.ThefollowingdayDodde,Cowper,andHorneclyffappearedatKing'sBench,andeachpleadedsanctuary,indicatingthattheyhadtakenchurchon30Jan.,confessedtothecoroner,andremainedthereuntiltheywereseizedbythemarshaloftheMarshalseaon8Feb.Theking'sattorneyarguedthattheycouldnothavesanctuarybecausetheywere"commonandnotoriousthieves";thejusticessummonedthebishopofLondontoexplainthe"ecclesiasticallaw"onthecase.Fromtermtoterm,however,thebishopdidnotappear,andinthemeantimeCowperdiedinprison.Thecasehasnoconclusiononrecord.Thequestionofwhethersuchcommonthievescouldhavetheprivilegewasalsodiscussedattheking'scouncilseveraldaysbeforethemenwereseizedfromthechurch.

TNA,KB27/1018,rexm.11;BL,Lansdowne639,King'sCouncilinStarChamber,1516,fols.44v-45r

1002

859 CowperorCouper

Thomas Surrey,Southwark


1491 1491-02-12 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.Olave,Southwark,onLondonBridge,on12Feb.1491,overthebodyofJohnCouper.JurorsfoundthatonthatsamedayJohnLucasaliasGardenerandThomasCouperhadassaultedJohnCouper,eachofthemgivinghimablowthatindividuallywouldhavekilledhim,andfromwhichheimmediatelydied.AfterwardstheybothfledtoSt.MartinleGrandtakingtheirweaponswiththem.Awritdated10Oct.1491calledthisinquestuptoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/391,mm.31-32 770

1664 CowperorCouper

Thomas Kent,Canterbury

butcher M Church-taking,Kent,CanterburySt.MarydeCastro

Takingchurch 1531 1531-03-04 Homicide Self-defence AttheCanterburypeacesessions26Mar.1531,ThomasCowperwasaskedtoanswertoanindictmentforhomicide,andheclaimedthatthekillinghadbeeninself-defencefollowingagameofbowls.ForfearofarresthehadfledtothecemeteryofSt.MarydeCastro,on4Mar.1531.Hepleadedsanctuary.ThecasewentuptoKing'sBenchbutthecontrolmentrollforTrinity1532indicatesthathediedinprisonbeforethecasecouldbeheardthere.

TNA,KB9/520,m.88 1445

1496 CowperorCouperaliasBarbour

Gregory Warwickshire,Coventry

servant M Church-taking,Warwickshire,Coventry,Cathedral

Takingchurch 1435 1435-06-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum,28Jun.1435,thattwobrothers,GregoryandNicholasCouperaliasBarbour,tookchurchatCoventrycathedralandconfessedtothecoronersthattheyhadburgledthechambersofRobertLaomens[?],suffraganbishopofCoventry.Theyaskedforthechurch'simmunitybuttherecorddoesnotindicateabjuration.Alaterindictment,dated1August1435,oftheCoventrycathedralpriorandmonksofthecathedralchapterbyRobertSaxton,Nicholas'semployer,suggeststhatNicholaswas"imprisoned"bythoseclerics,whohadforciblytakenhimoutofSaxton'sserviceandheldhimfrom18Juneuntilatleast1Aug.1435.

TNA,KB9/227/1,m.31 1318

89 Cowpland Richard Cumbria,Egremont


1502 1502-08-12 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCowplandsoughtsanctuaryon12Aug.1502,acknowledgingthatin1490hehadassaultedJohnColtmanalsoofEgremontinself-defence,stabbinghiminthechest,fromwhichwoundColtmanimmediatelydied.

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1514 Coydon John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1463 MiddlesexjurorspresentedthatCoydonwasamongst"diverseotherpersonslivingwithinthesanctuary"whohadheardNicholasBowyerexhortingthemto"riseupagainstbeneficedpriestsandbywartodestroyandkillthemandtakealltheirgoods."BowyerwasindictedforspreadingheresybothwithinthesanctuaryandincountiesaroundLondon(hismobilitysuggestsBowyerwasnothimselfasanctuaryman).

TNA,KB9/306,m.15 1333

47 Cradoke John Yorkshire,Hunderthwaite


1491 1491-03-03 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCradokesoughtsanctuaryon3Mar.1491becauseatHunderthwaitehehadstabbedJohnBalysintherightsidewithadagger,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,18 42

198 Crag William Yorkshire,NorthorSouthCave,Brough


1512 1512-12-16 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCragsoughtsanctuaryon16[Dec.-monthblankinregister]1512because,alongwithothers,hehadfeloniouslystolenmanyhorsesandmares,25altogether,nearCave;inaddition,inacertainparknearAirtonbyYork,hestolethreeotherhorses.

SDSB,63 164

1295 Craker Thomas M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Homicide A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsThomasCraker,insanctuaryformurder,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1130

1534 Crampete Roger Hampshire,Havant

yeoman M Church-taking,Hampshire,BedhamptonSt.Nicholas

Takingchurch 1494 1494-10-06 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatHavant,Hants.,on11Oct.1494overthebodyofThomasKentyshofSouthwick,Hants.JurorsfoundthatCrampetehadassaultedhimon6Oct.1494,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedtwodayslater.FollowingthefelonyCrampeteimmediatelyfledtothechurchofSt.NicholasinBedhampton.AnoteonthereportindicatesitwashandeduptoKing'sBenchinthefirstweekofLent,1495.

TNA,KB9/405,m.8 1350

1176 Crane Roger London smith M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire


1529 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforMichaelmas1529hasarecordthatCraneabjuredforfelonyandtrespass(noindictmentfound).

TNA,KB29/161,m.28d 1036

873 Crayford John Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1503 1503-02-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatWestminster,withintheabbot'sliberty,on10Feb.1503,overthebodyofWilliamSmythofWestminster,waterman.Thejurorsreportedthataround3pmCrayfordstabbedSmythinthechestwithaknife,immediatelykillinghim.CrayfordfledtoWestminstersanctuaryfollowingthedeed,withtheknifeinhishands.

TNA,KB9/431,m.110 783

1802 Creymer John Kent,Canterbury

M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,HolyCross

Takingchurch 1472 InaChancerypetition,ThomasWodellofCanterburyindicatesthatCreymer,whohadbeenimprisonedonseveralplaintsoftrespassanddebt,hadbrokenoutofprisonandthentakenchurchatthechurchofHolyCrossatWestgate,Canterbury.WilliamSaxtonandothermisgovernedpeoplebreachedthesanctuarytodraghimout,but"theparishofthesaidchurch...rescuedthesaidJohn."Yearapproximate(range1467-1472).

TNA,C1/46/471 1576

1708 Crippis William Sussex,Rye fisher M CityofNorwich(AbjurationfromBuckinghamshire,Bledlow)


1541 1541-06-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum23Jun.1541atBledlow,Bucks.,thatCrippishadtakentheparishchurchatBledlow.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Jun.1541hehadstolenahorseatStrattonAudeley,Oxon.,fromoneThomasKyng.Heabjured,wasbranded,andthecoronerassignedCrippis(withhisconsent)thelibertyoftheCityofNorwich.

TNA,KB9/550,m.52;McSheffrey,SS ,196

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1603 Croft Thomas Rangerofking'sforests

M Bewdley CharteredSanctuary

1491 Homicide AbillofforfeiturewaspresentedinparliamentinOctober1491,inwhichitwasstatedthatCrofthadcommittedmurderwhilewiththeking'sprogressthroughWales.Followingthekillinghewassaidtohavefledto"Beaudeley,"whichthePROMEeditorshaveidentifiedastheabbeyofBeaulieu,butBewdley,Shropshire,seemsmorelikelygeographically;heforfeitedhisofficeasrangeroftheroyalforestsasaresultofhisfelonyandflight.

PROME1491-10(6:441) 1386

1013 Crokedaxe Hugh Yorkshire,SandHutton

husbandman M Church-taking,Yorkshire,SandHutton


KingstonuponHull

1528 1528-07-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatSandHutton,Yorks,on3Jul.1528,Crokedaxetooktheparishchurchthere.Heconfessedon7Jul.1528thathehadbrokenintothecloseofJohnHuydandstolenacow[bovem].Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.134 912

1096 Crokker Richard M Church-taking,London,St.AnneAldersgate

Takingchurch 1493 1493-02-09 Felony AprecedentbookrecordsacasewhereRichardCrokkerandJohnParkerappearatthebar,andaskedwhytheyshouldbeacquitted,Crokkerrespondsthaton9Feb.1493hetookthechurchofSt.AnnewithinAldersgateandsoughtsanctuaryfordiversefelonies.Whilehewasinthechurchtheconstablecameandremovedhimforcefully,againsthiswill.Hesoughtrestorationtothechurch.Theking'sattorney,HenryHarman,arguedinsteadthatCrokkerhadbeenatlargeoutsidethechurchwhenhewastaken.Thesanctuarypleawastobeputtoajury,butthereisnorecordoftheoutcome;later,however,bothCrokkerandJohnParker,identifiedasclerksattaint,brokeoutoftheabbotofWestminster'sprisonalongwithanumberofothers,indicatingthatbothhadclaimedbenefitofclergy--andthusthatCrokker'ssanctuarypleadidnotholdgood.Theabbotwasfinedaverylargeamount,£1300,fortheescape.

TNA,KB15/42,fols.31v-32r;42v-43r

968

756 Crole Roger Yorkshire,Wistow,nearSelby


1535 1535-07-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCrolesoughtsanctuaryon10Jul.1535forthemurderofacertainBurtonofWistow,forwhichhewasindicted.

SDSB,206 685

1088 Croppe John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1382 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatWestminster,datedeitherJune1381or1382[iftheformer,rightontheheelsoftheGreatRisingof1381],overthebodyofWilliam,servantofJohnTerlyng.ThejurorsreportedthatCroppestabbedWilliam,servantofJohnTerlyng,andthenfledintothesanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,JUST2/96,m.4 960

486 Croswet William Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1501 1501-12-31 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCroswetsoughtsanctuaryon31Dec.1501fordebt.

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1476 Crowche Michael London servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1538 Security CrowchepetitionedtheCourtofRequestsbecausehetooksanctuaryatWestminsterfor"fere"ofhismaster's"crueltieofimprisonment,"andhismaster--NicholasGibson,aLondongrocerandoneofthesheriffsofLondon--hadcometothesanctuarytonegotiatewithhimtheretosettlewhatCrowcheowedhim,adealarbitratedbyWilliamWebbe,"archedekonofthesaydesanctuaryorcustosofthesame,"whotookafeeof40sforhisservicesasarbitrator.Crowchesayshegavehisassenttotheagreementsothathecouldleavesanctuary,a"placeofmessery,"butnowhewouldliketheagreementrenegotiatedinhisfavourtotakeintoaccountotherthings.

TNA,REQ2/8/254 1303

1122 Cruse Robert Hertfordshire,Shenley


1502 1502-07-15 Asportation AtpeacesessionsatHertfordinOct.1502CrusewasindictedalongwithothersforhavingbrokenintothecloseofRobertTurberbyleatOverweldatSt.Albanson3Jun.1502andstolenahorseandsomeclothing.CrusewasbroughtbeforeKing'sBenchonthisindictmentinMichaelmas1507,andpleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadtakensanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrandon15Jul.1502,andhestayedthereuntil28Jun.1507,whenJohnGyldern,valetofthecrown,andotherunknownmen,violentlyseizedhimfromthesanctuary.Hesoughttoberestored.Theking'sattorneypresentedawarrantfromthekingacknowledgingthatthesanctuarypleasofbothCruseandThomasFissher[ID#1123]weretrueandthattheywerebothtoberestoredtoSt.Martin'sandWestminsterrespectively.

TNA,KB27/985,rexm.3 989

771 Culyng William Yorkshire,York


1539 1539-04-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCulyng[Cwlyng]soughtsanctuaryon1Apr.1539foradebtof£30.

SDSB,209 700

192 Culyng Willlam Yorkshire,Richmond


1512 1512-06-15 Homicide Self-defence Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton15Jun.1512Culyngsoughtsanctuarybecause,havingbeenassaultedfirstbyWilliamSawthouseofRichmondon14Jun.1512atGatherleyMoornearSkeeby,hestruckbackwithadagger,inself-defence,andSawthousediedfromawoundheinflictedonSawthouse'sthigh.

SDSB,61 158

489 Curtas William Lincolnshire,Louth

sherman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1484 1484-07-25 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCurtassoughtsanctuaryon25Jul.1484becausehekilledacertainJamesofthecityofLincolnwithadagger.

SDSB,152 431

1640 Curtes Piers London king'swardrober

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1485 Civilwar ThepatentrollrecordsthatCurtes,keeperoftheking'swardrobeunderEdwardIVandunderRichardIII,inthefinalmonthsofRichardIII'sreignhadfledtoWestminstersanctuaryinfearoftheking;ayearafterHenryVII'saccession,hewasrestoredtohisoffice.

CPR1485-94,26;McSheffrey,SS,48

1421

1733 Curteys Agnes F SJJ:ParisGarden CharteredSanctuary

1484 Debt InaChancerypetition,CurteyscomplainedtothechancellorthatbecauseofJohnMyldredealiasBayllyofSouthwark'svexatiousactionsofdebtagainstherinthecourtofthemanorofBermondseyshewasforcedto"taketheprivilegeofSaintJohn'satParisGarden."Shecontinuedthere,shesaid,"ingreatpoverty,anddarenotgoatherlibertybutsecretlyatthistimetosuetoyourgoodgraceforherremedy."DatednolaterthanendofreignofRichardIII(byaddresstobishopofLincolnaschancellor).

TNA,C1/64/120;C1/37/8;McSheffrey,SS,92

1513

787 Curteys John travellingman

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1401 1401-09-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquest25Sept.1401intheparishofSt.MichaelQueenhitheinLondonoverthebodyofWilliamWalden,porter.ThejurorsreportedthatJohnCurteyskilledWaldeninaquarrelatabrewer'shouseinQueenhithewardoveragameof"tabellas."WhenamansoughttoarrestCurteysforthehomicideandtakehimtothesheriff'sprison,thebrewer(RogerRowner)objectedthatnooneshouldinterferewithhishouseandfeloniouslyhidCurteys.SubsequentlyRownerallowedCurteystoescapeinthecompanyofacertainJohnComyn,porter,andbothCurteysandComynrantothesanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/187,mm49-50;McSheffrey,SS,132

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1613 Curteys Thomas London hosier M WestminsterAbbey?

CharteredSanctuary

1400 Debt ThomasCurteysandThomasGrauntwerepardonedforthecrownportionofafineassessedona"false"suitagainstthemforjuryembracery;thepardonrecordnotesthattheyhadfledtosanctuaryastheycouldnotpaythefineandfearedimprisonment.Thesanctuarywasnotspecified,althoughasthesuitwasheardatnisipriusatSMLG,seemsmorelikelytohavebeenWestminster.

TNA,SC8/248/12394;CPR1399-1401,402-3

1395

816 Curteys Thomas Surrey,Shere,andLondon

priest,parson


1435 1435-11-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquest20Nov.1435intheparishofSt.GregoryinLondonoverthebodyofWilliamBurght,chaplain.ThejurorsfoundthatCurteyslayinwaittokillBurght,intheparishofSt.GregorybySt.Paul'scathedral.Followingthekilling,CurteysfledtoSt.MartinleGrand.On12July1437CurteysappearedinKing'sBenchandpresentedapardon.

TNA,KB9/228/1,mm.26-27;KB27/705,m.24;KB29/69,m.16;McSheffrey,SS,64

742

1554 Curteys Thomas Oxfordshire,Caversham


Takingchurch 1497 1497-10-04 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol

On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.CurteyshadbeenaccusedofthemurderofThomasCarpenterintheking'sroadbetweenCavershamandReadinginBerks.


1358

786 Cusak Nicholas Ireland M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.JamesintheFields

Takingchurch 1403 1403-10-14 Asportation JurorsatWestminsterinOctober1403presentthatCusakstoleahorseat"Woxebrygge"(Uxbridge?)fromanunknownmanandthenfledtoSt.JamesintheFieldswhereheconfessedthefelonytothecoroner.ThecoronerleftthreeconstablestoguardCusakatthechurch,butthenextnightWilliamCave,chaplain,camewithforceandarmsandstatedthat"theaforesaidchurchhassuchlibertythatnoministerofthekingforanyfeloniesofthekingmaycomeintothechurchtokeepwatchorguardanyfelons,onpainofexcommunication."Heassaultedtheconstablesandlockedthemoutofthechurch,andallowedCusaktoescape.AtKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1403,WilliamCavewaspardonedforallowingthefelontoescape.

TNA,KB9/186,mm.44,50;KB27/570,rexm.8d

713

351 Custans John Yorkshire,Hull merchant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1509 1509-01-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCustanssoughtsanctuaryon27Jan.1509fordebt.

SDSB,122-23 299

1384 Dagnall John M WestminsterAbbey


1526 Felony AlistofthoseprivilegedoftheWestminstersanctuarydated1Jun.1533indicatesthatJohnDagnal,clerkconvict,attaintedforfelonyandabjured,hadbeenintheconvicthousefor7years.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1218

664 Dalbenay Thomas Lincolnshire,Scotter


1527 1527-10-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDalbenaysoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.1527fordebt.

SDSB,186 595

185 Dale Roland Yorkshire,Catton


1510 1510-12-23 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPeterSwakeandRolandDaleofCalton[Catton?],Yorkshire,cametoDurhamon23Dec.1510becauseabout25Nov.1510theywerepresentwhenRichardHorsleyofCattonwastakenfromhismother'shouseinCattontoafield,wherehereceivedseveralwoundsfromwhichbloodflowed,andfromthesewoundshediedaboutamonthlater.Theywerepresentwhenhereceivedthefatalwoundsandthusfearindictmentasaccessories.

SDSB,59 151

739 Dalley William Buckinghamshire,Ensham[?]

mason M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-02-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDalleysoughtsanctuaryon12Feb.1533fordebt.

SDSB,202-3 668

992 Dalton Robert Lincolnshire,Stow

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Goodmanham


KingstonuponHull

1527 1527-07-06 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatGoodmanham,Yorks.,on6Jul.1527Daltontooktheparishchurch,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton28Jun.1527hehadstolentwohorses,oneatWighton,Yorks.,theotheratPocklingtonintheEastRiding.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/504,m.90;KB29/159,m.19d

889

277 Damport Robert Yorkshire,Beverley


1519 1519-11-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDamportsoughtsanctuaryon20Nov.1519becauseon24Aug.1519,duetoanassaultmadeonhim,hefeloniouslystruckHughWestowontheleftpartofhisbodywithasword,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,84 228


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1060 Danby Henry London baker M Church-taking,Sussex,Chichestercathedral;thenSJJ:ParisGarden

TakingchurchAbjurationCharteredSanctuary

Portsmouth 1530 1530-05-16 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton16May1530DanbytookthecathedralchurchatChichester,confessingtothecoronerthathehadassaultedandkilledacertainFranciscanfriarunknowntohimon24Aug.1529atGad'sHillintheparishofHigham,Kent.Healsoconfessedtohavingbrokenintoaclose.Accordingtothestatute[21Hen.VIII,c.2],hewasbrandedwiththeletter'a'andheabjured.HelaterappearedinKing'sBenchinTrinity1532,andofferedalongandinvolvedexplanationforbeingintherealm:hesaidthatwhenhewenttoPortsmouth,hisassignedport,afterhisabjuration,thefirstshiphetookwasblownbacktotheportandthesailorsputhimofftheboatandrefusedtohavehimback.HethenwenttoLondontotry,hesaid,tofindanotherchurchtore-abjure,thistimeaccordingtonewstatute(22Hen.VIII,c.14-bywhichabjurersweretoproceedtocharteredsanctuariesratherthanintoexile),buthewastakenintocustodybeforehecouldfindachurch(itistobenotedthattwoyearshadpassed).HeescapedcustodyandrantoParisGarden,amanorbySouthwarkheldbytheHospitallers,wherehe"tooktheimmunityofSt.John,"buttheconstableofParisGardenhandedhimovertotheMarshal.HispleawasruledinsufficientinMichaelmas1532,andhewassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/519,m.147;TNA,KB27/1084,rexm.7;KB29/165,mm.1,10,19d;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:49,2:278-80;McSheffrey,SS,8,92,107

946

990 Danyell Anthony London yeoman M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Edlesborough


Chichester 1526 1526-09-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatEdlesborough,Bucks.,thatDanyelltookthechurchofEdlesboroughon20Sept.1526,confessingthatonthatsamedayhehadstolensomecloth,asword,ashield,etc.fromanunknownmanatEdlesborough.Heabjuredon23Sept.andwasassignedChichester.AnotherabjurationwasmadethesamedayfromthesamechurchbyThomasSulby(ID#989),likelyinvolvingthesamefelony.Theywereassigneddifferentports.

TNA,KB9/504,m.49 887

715 Darby William London,St.Katherine'sbytheTower


1530 1530-04-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDarbytooksanctuaryon4Apr.1530fordebt.

SDSB,198 646

1247 Darcy George gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1556 1556-05-25 Homicide ChroniclerHenryMachynrecordedon25May1556that"myLordDarcy'sson"(GeorgeDarcy)hadslainMr.West,esq.,nearRotherham,Yorks.On6Dec.1556,MachynreportedthattheabbotofWestminsterwentonprocessionwithhisconvent,andprecedinghimwent"allthesanctuarymenwithcrosskeysontheirgarments."AmongstthemwasLordDarcy'sson,whowaspenitentiallywhippedintheprocessionforthekillingofWest.Machyn'slastentryregardingDarcyindicatedthaton10Feb.1558DarcywasarraignedatWestminsterforWest'sdeath:thereMachyngavedetails,indicatingthatDarcyandfortyarmedmensetuponWestandhissixmenashewascomingfromRotherhamFair,andshamefullymurderedhim.Machynsaid"therewerebeforetheKing'sBenchbarcertainmendidwagebattlewithhimtofightwithcombatonadayset."Thissuggestsatrialbybattle?Abidtosettlethefeudprivately?ThemurderofWestbyDarcyinspiredaballad(seenotestothe19th-centuryeditionofMachyn'sdiary,athttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/camden-record-soc/vol42/pp347-355).

Machyn,Chronicle,fols.56r,63v,87v

1091

1556 Dast Richard Lincolnshire,Donington

labourer M Lincolnshire,Swineshead,St.Mary'sAbbey


1498 1498-10-16 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston16Oct.1498atHolland,Lincs.,overthebodyofJohnArkyll.JurorssaythatDasthadhitArkyllovertheheadwithastaffandkilledhim.Followingthefelony,Dastfled,andLambertFeldandWilliamGreve,constables,withthewholetownshipofQuadring,immediatelypursuedhim.DasttooksanctuaryatthemonasteryofSt.MaryinSwineshead,andtherehesoughtandwasgrantedecclesiasticalprivilegeformurder.Itisnotclearifthiswasintendedasapreludetoabjurationorpermanentsanctuary.

TNA,KB9/420,m.76 1359

345 Davage John Wiltshire,Salisbury


1508 1508-04-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDavagesoughtsanctuaryon16Apr.1508fordebt.

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61 Davell William Yorkshire,Richmond


1495 1495-03-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDavellsoughtsanctuaryon7Mar.1495forhavingstruckWilliamNelsonoftheparishofCatterick,townofHudswell,inYorkshire,on3Mar.1495.HestruckNelsonontheheadwithaclub,fromwhichblowhedied.

SDSB,24 56

1854 David Margaret Wales,Monmouth

spinster F Church-taking,Herefordshire,Hereford,St.Ethelbert

Takingchurch 1527 1527-10-19 Asportation Coroner'smemoranduminthecityofHereford,19Oct.1527,thatDavidtookthechurchofSt.Ethelberttheking,andconfessedtothecoroner(themayorofthecity)thatshehadstolen2sinmoneyfromThomasTaylour.Therecorddoesnotindicatethatsheabjured.Shewaswaived(outlawed)inearly1529,andthemayorofthecityofHerefordpaidafineforthedefectiverecordinMichaelmasterm,1528.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.100;KB29/160,m.5d

1621

897 Davy James Berkshire,Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.NicholasShambles

Takingchurch 1512 1512-04-08 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatOxfordcastleon2Jul.1512,DavyappearedtoansweranindictmentforhavingbrokenintoJohnBrounyng'scloseatBrightwell,Berks.,andstealingagreyhorseworth40s.,on12Aug.1511;andforhavingstolenanothergreyhorsefromWilliamBrounyngofBrightwellon12Jan.1512.WilliamBrounyngappealedhimforthetheft.DavyansweredthathehadtakensanctuaryinthechurchofSt.NicholasShamblesinLondon,butthaton9Apr.1512threeunknownmencameandtookhimfromthechurchandledhimtothesheriff'sprison.Hepleadedsanctuary,andnotguiltytothefelony.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthathewascommittedtotheMarshalseaprisonandhiscasewasheardbyajuryinEasterterm1519(noindicationofverdict).

TNA,KB9/462,mm.3-4;KB29/145,m.11

806

1385 Davy Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-24 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Davywasnamedashavingenteredformurder,aboutoneweekbefore(~24May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1219

1653 Davy,aliasApowell

Thomas Middlesex,Westminster


1516 1516-01-06 Homicide ThomasDavyaliasApowellwasappealedbyMargeryBlande,thewidowofhomicidevictimRobertBlande,butcouldnotbefoundandwasoutlawedbyearly1517.On23May1517heappearedbeforeKing'sBenchatWestminsterandpleadedinEnglishthaton6Jan.1516hehadtakensanctuaryatBeaulieu,"accordyngtotheholycanonsandprivilegethatseyntThomasofCaunterberydyedfor,"butthaton1Sept.1516hewasseizedfromtherebyWilliamNevyll,JohnNevyll,andanotherninepersonsappareledinmannerofwar.Thushesoughttoberestored.MargeryBlandearguedthathispleawasinsufficientinlaw;hesaiditwas;thejusticesdeferredtheirdecision(andnoneisrecorded).[Thedatesdonotseemtomakesensehere-ifhewasseizedinSept.1516,wherewashebetweenthenandhisoutlawryinearly1517?]

TNA,KB27/1023,pleam.80v;referencefromBaker,Spelman'sReports,intro344

1434

949 Davyson Nicholas Suffolk,Walberswick

mariner M Church-taking,Norfolk,CleynexttheSea


Lynn 1521 1521-01-08 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton8Jan.1521DavysontooktheparishchurchatCleynexttheSea,Norfolk,forbreakingintoahouseandburglarizingiton1Jan.1521.On19Jan.thecoronerforthelibertythere,whichpertainedtoSirThomasLovell,cametoDavysonandheconfessedandabjured.Afterwardstherewasaninquestwherethejurorsreportedthathehadhad£4inmoneywhichwasnowinthehandsofEdwardEmerson,SirThomasLovell'sbailiff.

TNA,KB9/488,m.109 847

691 Dawson Richard Yorkshire,Pontefract

minstrel M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-07-29 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDawsonsoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1527(noreasonisrecorded).

SDSB,193 622

1548 Dawson Thomas London yeoman M Church-taking,Huntingdonshire,GreatGidding,St.James


Boston 1498 1498-07-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum16Jul.1498,atGreatGidding,Hunts.,thatJamesBell,JohnGrenewey,andThomasDawsonabjuredforrobbing7s.fromWilliamOsteby,clerk,andRichardColyn,atWittering,Northants.Bellwasfoundintherealmandpresentedapardonin1507;nothingfurtherabouttheothersfound.

TNA,KB9/419,m.5;KB27/985,rexm.18

1356


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1179 Dawson Thomas Hampshire,Wickham

yeoman M Church-taking,Hampshire


1531 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforEaster1531listsDawsonashavingabjuredforcertainfeloniesandtrespasses.

TNA,KB29/164,m.4 1038

416 Dawton Thomas Warwickshire,Coventry


1500 1500-11-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDawtonsoughtsanctuaryon12Nov.1500fordebt.

SDSB,136 361

445 Day Richard Derbyshire,Derby


1498 1498-07-25 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDaysoughtsanctuaryontheWednesdayafterthefeastofSt.James[unclearwhichfeastofSt.Jamesmeant,butlikely25Jul.1498],forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,142 390

750 Day Thomas London woodmonger


1534 1534-03-21 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDaytooksanctuaryon21Mar.1534asthepledgeforasumof£100formanyunknownmen.

SDSB,205 679

1070 deLakealiasDelarche

Lucas London gunnerandgunpowdermaker

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-01-24 Homicide Coroner'sinquest24Jan.1534intheparishofAllHallowsBarkinginTowerward,cityofLondon,overthebodyofHermanCooke,beerbrewer.Thejurorsreportedthaton29Nov.1533intheparishofSt.GabrielFenchurchinLangbourneward,around1pm,deLakeattackedCookewithswordsandknives,andgaveCookeawoundonhishandfromwhichhelanguishedbetween29Nov.and22Jan.,whenhefinallydied.DeLakefledtoWestminsterfollowingthefelony.DeLakeappearedinKing'sBenchinTrinity1534andpresentedapardondated12May1534.BailwasprovidedbyEverardEffamat'ofLondon,scrivener,andJohnBartilmeweofLondon,brewer,incaseanyoneappealedthedeath,inwhichcasehewastobeproduced.

TNA,KB9/526,m.1;KB27/1091,rexm.4;TNA,KB29/166,m.39d

949

627 deLebesay Benedict Derbyshire,Houghton


1520 1520-09-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatdeLebesaysoughtsanctuaryon25Sept.1520fordebt.

SDSB,179 558

1459 deLuxembourg

Jacquetta Luxembourg DowagerduchessofBedford

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar AletterfromJohnIIIPastontohismotherMargaretdated12Oct.1470indicatesthatalongwithherdaughterElizabeth,wifeofEdwardIV,thedowagerduchessofBedfordwentintosanctuaryatWestminsteratthebeginningofOctober.

PastonLetters,1:564 1290

1711 deMount Thomas London groom M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George


Southampton

1467 1467-11-10 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Nov.1467deMounttookthechurchofSt.GeorgetheMartyrinSouthwark,confessingtocoronerthaton7Nov.inLondonhehadstolenclothingandothergoodsworth33s4dfromaThomas[surnameillegible].Heabjured.Presumablyfoundagainintherealm,aswritcallingtherecorduptoKing'sBenchdated29Jun1468.

TNA,KB9/944,mm.46-47 1494

1638 deNermont John Guernsey mariner M Church-taking,Guernsey,St.Mary


1455 Homicide Self-defence PatentrollrecordsthepardonofJohndeNermontofthedeathofSimonleCauftheyounger,alsoofGuernsey,gentleman.InhispetitiondeNermontclaimedthatSimonhaddemandedmoneyfromhim,andwhenherefused,Simonattackedhimandherespondedinself-defence.HehadthenfledtoSt.Mary'schurchintheking'scastleandthere"inthepresenceofthebailiffsandthetwelvejuratsheabjuredtheisletosavehislife."(AbjuredonlyGuernsey?ortheking'srealm?)Pardondated18May1455.

CPR1452-61,233 1419

1614 deScoreburgh

Robert inking'sservice

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1406 Thepatentrollrecordstherevocationon29Apr.1406ofaprotectionpreviouslygrantedtodeScoreburgh,becausehewassupposedtobeservingtheking'ssonJohninthenorth,butwasinsteaddelayingwithinthesanctuaryofWestminster.

CPR1405-1408,171 1396

511 deTraun John Yorkshire,Thirsk


1493 1493-02-27 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTraunsoughtsanctuaryon27Feb.1493forthehomicideofRobertHerdatThirsk,York.,on22Aug.1492.

SDSB,156 452

1454 deVere Elizabeth CountessofOxford

F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1471 Civilwar ThechroniclerFabyanreportedthatwhenherson,thethirteenthearlofOxford,wastakenprisonerafterthebattleofBarnetinApril1471,ElizabethcountessofOxfordwentintosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.AletterfromJohnIIPastontohisbrotherJohnIIIreportedhertobetherestillinlateApril1472,butsheemergedsometimeafterthat.Fabyansaidthatinthisperiodshewassopoorthatshehadtomakealivingwithherneedle.

Fabyan,NewChronicles,663;PastonLetters,1:449;S.J.Gunn,"Vere,Johnde,"ODNB;McSheffrey,SS,21,46

1288


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480 deWode Laurence Essex,Colchester


1487 1487-12-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasBramsgroveandLaurencedeWodesoughtsanctuaryon10Dec.1487becausetheyhadbothkilledJamesofOvertonofColchester,fuller,withadagger,on18Nov.1487atColchester.

SDSB,150 423

1587 Delvis James Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar Delvis(identifiedassonandheirtoSirJohnDelvis)wasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


613 Dene Robert Yorkshire,Wakefield


1518 1518-03-08 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDenesoughtsanctuaryon8Mar.1518fordebt.

SDSB,176 544

592 Dennys Thomas Yorkshire,Carleton-in-Craven

sherman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1521 1521-05-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDennyssoughtsanctuaryon15May1521fordebt.

SDSB,173 525

333 Dent John Oxfordshire,Oxford


1507 1507-02-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDentsoughtsanctuaryon15Feb.1507fordebt.

SDSB,119 281

580 Dent John Oxfordshire,Oxford


1516 1516-07-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDentsoughtsanctuaryon23Jul.1516fordebt.

SDSB,170 513

848 Denys John Shropshire,Hopton


CharteredSanctuary

1486 1486-03-12 Homicide Bothacoroner'sinquestreport(dated12Mar.1486)andaMiddlesexindictmentnamedRogerPole,JohnDenys,JohnTerry,andThomasHeyton,allofHopton,Shropshire,forthemurderofOwenapReynoldaliasOwenGlyndouereatWestminsteron12Mar.1486.RichardCorbetofHopton,knight,wasindictedforprocuringthemurderonthatsameday.Thecoroner'sinquestreportindicatesthatthefourprincipalsfledtothesanctuaryofWestminsterimmediatelyfollowingthemurder.TheinquestreportindicatesthatRogerPole,JohnTerry,andRichardCorbetwereintheMarshalseabyMichaelmas1487.TheKing'sBenchrecordsforthattermindicatethatJohnTerry,asof3Apr.1487,hadbeenintheking'sprisonatChesterandheappearedbeforeKing'sBenchinOctoberandNovember1487.Heacknowledgedhisguiltontheindictment,butcalledforthecoronertoturnapprover(togiveevidenceabouthisco-accusedtomitigatehissentence).Theking'sattorneysaidthatthekinghadtoldhimorallytorefuseanyofferbyTerrytoturnapproveronthecharges,andthusTerrywastobehanged.RichardCorbetontheotherhandinthesametermpresentedlettersfromthekingwarrantingthatthechargesagainsthimwerefalseandhewentsinedie.(IhavenotlocatedfurtherrecordsonRogerPole,JohnDenys,orThomasHeyton.)

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762

1386 Derne Anthony M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-06-01 Homicide Self-defence Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Dernewasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryfor"murdreinhysowndefence,"ayearandmorebefore(firsthalfof1532).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1220

668 Derram **** London pewterer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1528 1528-04-15 Debt Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthat[blank]Derramsoughtsanctuaryon15Apr.1528fordebt.

SDSB,187 599

562 Deryll Thomas Yorkshire,York


1515 1515-05-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDeryllsoughtsanctuaryon5May1515fordebt.

SDSB,167 496

361 Deswyke George Yorkshire,Scarborough


1510 1510-09-16 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDeswykesoughtsanctuaryon16Sept.1510forthehomicideofRobertCokrell,killedintheparishofHackney,Midd.,on11Aug.1510.

SDSB,125 309

324 Dey William Derbyshire,KirkIreton


1506 1506-12-12 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDeytooksanctuaryon12Dec.1506forsafetyofhisbodyandhisgoods[debt?].

SDSB,117 272


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243 DeyaliasJohnson

Henry Warwickshire[?]


1517 1517-06-13 Asportation Accessory;alsoDebt

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDeysoughtsanctuaryon13Jun.1517fordebt.HealsoindicatesthathehadreceivedinhishouseatKnowleinWarwickshirepeoplewhohadbrokenintoanunknownman'shouseinElsford,Warws.,inabout1512.[NotethatthetownofKnowleservedasasanctuary,andthehousebreakershadpresumablythuscometothetownlookingspecificallyforasylum.]

SDSB,76;McSheffrey,SS,144

203

312 Dickonson James Westmorland,KirkbyKendal


1505 1505-02-28 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDickonsonsoughtsanctuaryon28Feb.1505fordebt.

SDSB,114-15 260

802 Digelot John Surrey,HolmburySt.Mary;Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey

Takingchurch 1423 1423-04-10 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton10April1423DigelottookchurchatSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwarkandconfessedahorsetheftinSuffolk,andhousebreakingatWhitechapel.Thecoroner'srecorddoesnotindicatethatheabjured,andbymid-JunehewasintheMarshalsea.Heappearedinmid-June1423beforeKing'sBenchandsoughttoturnapprover,perhapshisobjectintakingsanctuary,ratherthanabjuration.Hethenconfessedtoseveralmorecrimes,althoughthecoramregerolldoesnotrecordanydetailaboutaccomplices(hecommittedfurthertheftsandrobberies"withothers");thismayindicateafailedattempttoappealtheaccomplices,leavingonlyhisownadmittedpartsinthesecrimesasrelevant.HewasapparentlykeptintheMarshalseauntilTrinity1426,whenheappearedagainincourt,andwhenaskedhowherespondedhepleadedbenefitofclergy,whichhewasgranted.

TNA,KB9/218/2,mm.2-3;TNA,KB27/661,rexm.5(GD)

728

138 Dikson William Cumbria,Farlam


1505 1505-11-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDiksonsoughtsanctuaryon10Nov.1505becausehestabbedHumphreyBellofEndinthechest,on10Oct.,inFarlamField,givingBellawoundfromwhichhediedsoonafter.

SDSB,45 110

514 Dobynson John Yorkshire,Wellhus[?]


1493 1493-03-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1493forthedeathofThomasLambertofRiccall,Yorks.,labourer.

SDSB,157 455

1137 Dodde Robert London yeoman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MaryleStrand



1002

1387 Doff Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-06-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Doffwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryforfelony,aboutayearbefore.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1221

1089 Domyng Geoffrey M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1386 1386-09-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatWestminsteron9Sept.1386overthebodyofJohnPaynewale.ThejurorsreportedthatDomyngkilledPaynewaleatthechurchofSt.MaryleStrand;afterwardsDomyngfledtothesanctuaryofWestminster.

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1079 DoneorDawne

John Cheshire,Utkinton

knight M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-04-12 Homicide Accessory Coroner’sinquest15Apr.1539intheparishofSt.GileswithoutCripplegate,overRalphHolcrofte,gentleman,ofLondon.ThejurorsreportedthattherewasaquarrelbetweenSirJohnDoneofUtkinton,CheshireandThomasHolcroftofLondon,esquire;thevictimwasThomasHolcroft'sservant.ThejurorssaidthatDonehadbeeninSt.Paul’scathedral,alongwithhisretainersJohnLloyd,RichardHoknellandWilliamRyder,meetingwithLeonardVeale,servantofCharlesBrandon,thedukeofSuffolk(Vealeapparentlyplayednoroleinwhatfollowed).Holcroftandhismenwerealsointhecathedral,andasDoneleft,heandhisretinueconfrontedDoneonthestepsofthecathedral.Intheensuingaffray,RalphHolcroftwasfatallywoundedbyWilliamRyder.Thecoroner’sinquestjurorsindicatedthatDoneandhismenfledtoWestminsterforsanctuary.Thevictim'sbrotherGeoffreyHolcroftappealedthemurderinHillary1540,andhissuittoldadifferentstory:thatRalphHolcrofthadbeenpeacefullywalkingthroughPaul'schurchyardwhenhewassuddenlybesetbyDoneandtheothers,whohadlaininwaitforhimandkilledhim.Preciselywhathappenedfollowingthisquarrelisunclear.InJuly1539SirJohnDone,alongwithThomasHolcroft,wasnamedasJPforCheshire,suggestingthattheindictmentwasnotproceeding.FollowingGeoffreyHolcroft'sappealinHillary1540,Done,Lloyd,andHoknellwerebailed(Rydermayhavebeenatlarge,perhapsstillinsanctuary).FromEastertoMichaelmas1540GeoffreyHolcroft'sappealproceeded,althoughwhentheissuewastobeputtoajuryHolcroftdefaultedonthesuit,atwhichpointtheking'sattorneyindicatedthatthekingacceptedalltheaccused's(includingRyder's)notguiltypleas,andtheywerefreetogo.InNov.1540,therecordsoftheking'scouncilrecordedanarbitratedsettlementbetweenDoneandHolcroft(withnoindicationofthenatureoftheirquarrel).BothHolcroftandDonewentontoserveasMPsandeachwasactiveinroyalservice.AsDonewastheson-in-lawofSirRandallMainwaringofOverPeover,patronofRandallMainwaringofSwanley,itislikelythatthequarrelbetweenDoneandHolcroftrelatedtotheapparentassassinationearlierthatyearofRichardCholmeley,alsoinSt.Paul’schurchyard,bymembersofMainwaring'saffinity(seeseekerIDs#1073-1077),wholikewisefledtosanctuary.

TNA,KB9/545,mm.87-90;KB29/161,m.1d;KB27/1115,pleam.21;LMA,Rep.10,fol.95r;L&P,14/1:584-85;15:348;Nicolas,ProceedingsPrivyCouncil,7:87;N.M.Fuidge,"Done,SirJohn,"HPO;R.J.W.Swales,"Holcroft,SirThomas,"HPO;McSheffrey,SS,170-79,180,182

954

271 Donne Edward Northumberland,Heugh,Stamfordham


1519 1519-07-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDonnesoughtsanctuaryon8Jul.1519becauseon28Jun.1519,inHeugh,afterJohnCookehadassaultedhim,hestruckCookeonthebodywithaspear,givinghimawoundfromwhichCookediedeightdayslater.

SDSB,82 223

737 Doune Robert Derbyshire,Chesterfield

brickmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-01-04 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDounetooksanctuaryon4Jan.1533forfelony.

SDSB,202 666

1822 Dountehame

John M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary

1496 InapetitionsubmittedtoChancery,JohnHewis,ThomasHarrys,JohnDountehame,NicholasMasonaliasSporier,RichardPhilippys,RobertLokyar,andDominicArthurcomplainedthattheywerearrestedinJune1496withinthesanctuaryprecinctofSt.Augustine'smonasterybyBristolcivicofficialsinrelationtoatrespasssuitintheciviccourt;itisuncleariftheyhadtakensanctuaryspecificallyinrelationtothetrespassorforsomeotherreason.

TNA,C1/207/59;GreatWhiteBookofBristol,43-67;Fleming,"Conflict".

1440

1174 Douse John Staffordshire,Wolverhampton

capper M Church-taking,Staffordshire


1529 Homicide TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforMichaelmas1529hasarecordthatDouseabjuredforfelonyandmurder(noindictmentfound).

TNA,KB29/161,m.27 1034

666 Dove John Yorkshire,Stainforth


1526 1526-01-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDovesoughtsanctuaryon15Jan.1526forthedeathofWilliamMappulles,alsoofStainforth.

SDSB,187 597

674 Dove John Yorkshire,Burstwick


1526 1526-08-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDovesoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon20Aug.1526fordebt.

SDSB,188 605


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451 DovealiasBlewet

John Norfolk,Norwich


1498 1498-05-28 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDovesoughtsanctuaryon28May1498forsecurityofhisbody.(Thornleycorrectsthedate.)


396

1337 Dowley Giles fishmonger M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Dowleywasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1171

1695 Downe Thomas Essex,Shenfield

labourer M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Amwell(HertfordPriory)

Takingchurch 1418 1418-07-28 Escapefromcustody

AtpeacesessionsinHertfordshire,jurorsreportthatWilliamGrisco(#1693),JohnMille(#1694),andThomasDowne(#1695)allbrokeoutofHertfordgaolandthentheyfledto"thechurchoftheprioryofHertfordinthetownofAmwell"(AmwellwasamanorbelongingtoHertfordpriory).Theythen,fromnegligenceofthetownspeopleofAmwell,subsequentlyallescapedfromthatchurch.

TNA,KB9/1056,m.38 1474

959 Drakis Nicholas Surrey,Croydon

labourer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-11-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatCroydon,Surrey,14Nov.1523,overthebodyofAgnesStorer,"senior,"wifeofWilliamStorer,"senior."Thejurorsreportedthaton10Nov.1523Drakis,thebailiffofWilliamWyldofCroydon,wentatWyld'scommandtoCroydonaround9amtocollectrentfromWilliamStorer,senior,whowasbehindonhisrent.Storerrefusedtopay.Thedocumentissomewhatdefective,butitappearsasifafightbrokeout,bringinginWilliamStorerjuniorandhiswifeAgnesjunior,alongwithanotherman,WilliamGromell.Inthefray,NicholasDrakishitAgnesseniorinthechestwithahedgebill,andshediedofthewoundon14Nov.DrakisfledtosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/495,m.137 857

631 Draper Henry Yorkshire,Snaith

draper M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-10-14 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDrapersoughtsanctuaryon14Oct.1523fordebt.

SDSB,180 562

1768 Draper John clerk M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1397 ThearchdeaconofWestminsterwrotetothekingtoarguethatDraper,aclerkwhohadtakentheprivilegeofthesanctuary,couldnotbetakenfromthesanctuarywithoutviolatingthesanctuary.

TNA,SC1/56/113 1543

916 Draycotes Richard Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-08-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatWestminsterintheabbotofWestminster'slibertyon7Aug.1516,overthebodyofEdwardWrightaliasMessenger.ThejurorsreportedthatRichardDraycotes,gentleman,andRichardHeydon,WilliamStanwyche,HenryEllys,andAlexanderGrome(aliasAlexanderlateservantofWilliamPykeryng,gentleman),allyeomen,allofWestminster,on30Jul.1516at6pmassaultedWrightat

TNA,KB9/472m.78 821

1231 DraytonaliasapGuyllem

Anne Herefordshire F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1486 Asportation Security? HusbandJohnDraytonallegedinaChancerybillthatshehadfledfromhim,withhisgoods,totheWestminstersanctuary.Daterange1486-93or1504-15.

TNA,C1/130/26 1081

302 Dromer Thomas chaplain M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-11-22 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDromersoughtsanctuaryon22Nov.1510forfelony.

SDSB,112 250

600 Dukson John Lincolnshire,Gainsborough


1517 1517-09-28 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDuksonsoughtsanctuaryon28Sept.1517forthehomicideofRogerCam.

SDSB,174 532

1830 Dunne Thomas Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds

malter M SJJ:ChippenhamManor,Cambridgeshire

CharteredSanctuary

1516 Debt InaChancerybill,JohnElynghamcomplainedthatafterDunnehadacceptedpaymentforsomemaltbuthadnotyetdeliveredit,hefledtosanctuaryatChippenham,Cambs.ElynghamhadafterDunne'sflighthadsomemaltthatwasinDunne'shouseseizedbyanofficerofthetownofBurySt.Edmunds,butthensomeoneelsehadstolenit.Yearapproximate(range1515-18).ChippenhamwasamanorheldbytheHospitallerorder,andthatwaspresumablythebasisofthesanctuaryclaim:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol10/pp374-379.

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1251 Dycon Thomas London M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1499 TheActsofthecourtoftheMercer'sCompanyofLondonincludeanentry,23Jul.1499,inwhichDyconwasdismissedasanalmsmaninWhittingtonCollege(acharityforneedymen)becausehehadtakensanctuaryatWestminster;thereasonforhistakingsanctuarywasnotstated.

LaetitiaLyellandFrankD.Watney,eds.,ActsofCourtoftheMercers’Company,1453-1527(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1936),660-61

1095

978 Dycson William Staffordshire,Lichfield

chaplain M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars


1526 1526-02-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatLichfield,Staffs.,on26Feb.1526,overthebodyofRanulphProctour.ThejurorsreportedthatDycson,frommaliceaforethought,on24Feb.1526struckProctourwithaclubontheleftsideofthehead,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedon26Feb.Afterwards,DycsonfledtotheGreyfriars'churchatLichfield.Thejurorsindicatedthathehad10sworthofgoodsandthattheywereinthehandsofthebailiffofthebishopofChester.TheyalsonamedMargaretEgertonofLichfield,spinster,andWilliamStubbysofLichfield,shoemaker,asaccessories,foraiding,abetting,andcomfortinghim.ItisunclearwhetherDycson'sasylumwasmeanttobepermanentorasapreludetoabjuration.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.115 876

586 Dykart John Hampshire,Lymington

merchant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-10-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDykartsoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.1516fordebt.

SDSB,171-72 519

357 Dykonson Henry Lincolnshire,Hadforgh[Hawthorpe?]


1510 1510-03-28 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDykonsonsoughtsanctuaryon28Mar.1510forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,124 305

1136 Dykson John London yeoman M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Essex,Easterford("TheBell")

CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-05-24 Asportation JohnTayloraliasClerkandJohnDyksonwerebothindictedalnogwithothermeninTrinityterm1513becauseon17May1513theyhadburglarizedthehouseofHughWarbertonofKensingtonandstolegoodsandmoneyworth46s8d.Whenaskedhowtheypleaded,Taylorpleadedthathewasaprivilegedman,becauseon24MayheandDyksonhadsoughttheprivilegeattheBellatEasterford*.TheywereseizedfromthereandtakentoColchestergaol.Dyksonpleadednotguiltytothefelony,butwhenaskedfurtherhowherespondedhesaidthatheheldtohisprivilegeandotherwisewouldsaynothing.Theking'sattorneysaidthesepleaswereinsufficientinlaw.Whentheyinsistedupontheirsanctuarypleas,thecourtruledthattheyweretobetakentotheMarshalseaandgivenpeineforteetdure.*NB:Althoughthereisnoindicationofthisontheplearoll,EasterfordwasapropertyofWestminsterAbbey.

TNA,KB27/1008,rexm.17 1001

433 Dylcok William Yorkshire,Snaith


1496 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatDylcoksoughtsanctuaryfortheassaultandissuingofbloodfromRobertBawym,whoseemedimminentlyabouttodiefromawoundDylcokhadinflictedonhim.Thisentryisundatedandthepreviousentryis12Feb.1496.

SDSB,140 378

1466 Dymmok Thomas knight M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar PolydoreVergilreportedthatin1470RichardWellesandThomasDymmok,whohadbeeninleaguewithWarwickandClarence,wentintosanctuaryatWestminsterfearingEdwardIV'sire;Edwardpersuadedthemtocomeoutofsanctuaryandthenbeheadedthem("totheworstexamplethatmightbe").

Vergil,EnglishHistory,127;McSheffrey,SS,45

1296

64 Easby Christopher

Yorkshire,Ripon

sub-bailiffofRipon


1495 1495-06-01 Homicide Onofficialduties

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChristopherandWilliamEasby,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon1Jun.1495becauseontheprevious22MaytheyhadassaultedJohnDixsonofRipon,Yorks.,astheywerearrestinghim.BecauseJohnwouldnotallowChristopher,whowasthensub-bailiff,toarresthim,ChristopherstruckDixsonontheshoulderwithabillandinflictedagreatwound,fromwhichDixsondied.Christophersoughtsanctuaryasprincipal,andWilliamhisbrotherasaccessory,sincehewaspresentatthetime,eventhoughhedidnothimselfinflictawound.


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65 Easby William Yorkshire,Ripon


1495 1495-06-01 Homicide Onofficialduties

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChristopherandWilliamEasby,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon1Jun.1495becauseontheprevious22MaytheyhadassaultedJohnDixsonofRipon,Yorks.,astheywerearrestinghim.BecauseJohnwouldnotallowChristopher,whowasthensub-bailiff,toarresthim,ChristopherstruckDixsonontheshoulderwithabillandinflictedagreatwound,fromwhichDixsondied.Christophersoughtsanctuaryasprincipal,andWilliamhisbrotherasaccessory,sincehewaspresentatthetime,eventhoughhedidnothimselfinflictawound.


59

1876 Ebesham William M CharteredSanctuary

1468 Debt InalettertoSirJohn(II)PastonwrittenbetweenJulyandOctober1468,heaskedPaston"toseemesumwhatrewardidformylabourinthegretebookewhichIwrightvntoyourseidegodemaistirship."AlthoughhehasaskedSirJohn'sagentformoney,itappearsthatthemessageisnotbeingpassedontoSirJohnhimself."...andGodknowithIlyinseintwaryeatgretecosteandamongesrightvnresonableaskers."Thereisnoindicationwhichsanctuaryhewasin(likelyWestminsterorSMLG),northereason,althoughthecontextmakesdebtbyfarthemostlikelycause.

PastonLetters,2:387;McSheffrey,SS ,43

1643

1092 Edale John M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Stafford,St.Bertram


Southampton

1419 1419-09-11 Asportation Coroner'srollforStaffordshirerecordsthaton11Sept.1419EdaletookchurchatSt.Bertram'schurchinStafford,confessedathefttothecoroner,andabjured.

TNA,JUST2/167,m.5d 964

658 Edell Robert Durham,DurhamCity


1525 1525-02-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEdellsoughtsanctuaryon12Feb.1525fordebt.

SDSB,185 589

970 Edmund Maurice London yeoman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Lynn 1525 1525-11-26 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525EdmundtookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Nov.1523atAngleseyinWaleshehadassaultedDavidapRyceandkilledhim.Heabjured.NotethatEdmundwasoneofsevenmenwhotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday,eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies,suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.89 868

845 Edriche Richard London hackneyman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-05-21 Homicide Coroner'sinquestattheparishofSt.OlaveColmanStreet,London,19June1478,overthebodyofJohnAventryofLondon,gentleman.Jurorsreportedthaton21May1478EdrichefeloniouslylayinwaitforandattackedAventrywithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon19June.Immediatelyafter(21Mayor19June?),EdrichefledtoWestminster.EdrichewasaidedbyaccessoriesJohnRedknappeofLondon,mercer;WilliamMyofLondon,cook;andAgnesThomsonofLondon,housewife,wifeofJohnThomsonofLondon,fuller.AnoteonthebillindicatesthatAventrywasintheMarshalsea;thewritcallingthereportuptoKing'sBenchisdated4Oct.1478.

TNA,KB9/348,mm.1-2 760

1839 Edwards John London servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1456 Asportation TheGreatChroniclereportedthatinApril1456,JohnEdwards,servantofJohnLock,mercer,assaultedanItalianmerchant;Edwardswasarrestedforitbutlaterreleased,andsubsequentlyamobsackedItalianmerchants'housesinLondon.SeveralotherswerecommittedtoNewgateandEdwardsfledtoWestminster"andthereabodeasasanctuaryman,wherebyhesavedhislife."

GreatChronicle,188;J.L.Bolton,“TheCityandtheCrown,1456-61,”LondonJournal12(1986):12-13.

1606


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1835 Edwards John M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1529 Asportation AccordingtoaStarChamberbillsubmittedbySirGeorgeThrockmorton,hewaspreventedin1529fromtakingtemporarypossessionoftheHospitallermanorofBalsall--ashewascommandedtodopendingasuitinChancerybetweenMartinDocwraandWilliamWeston,prioroftheHospitallerorder--byDocwra'ssummoningoffifteensanctuarymenfromKnowlesanctuary,amongwhomThrockmortonnamedtwothieves,JohnEdwardsandWilliamSomer.ThrockmortonindicatesthathewasabletoarrestEdwardsandSomerandtakethemtoWarwickgaoltoanswerfortheirfelonies.

TNA,STAC2/12/236 1604

1076 Edwards William London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-01-31 Homicide Coroner’sinquestconvened10Feb.1539inSt.Gregory’sparishinLondonoverthebodyofRichardCholmeley,gentleman.Thejurorsreportedthaton31Jan.1539at9am,CholmeleyhadbeenattackedandkilledinthechurchyardofSt.Paul’scathedralbyfivemen,JohnMainwaring,RobertJones,ThomasPotter,WilliamEdwards,andHughGriffith.Theygavehimawoundonthebackofhisheadthatpenetratedtohisbrain,fromwhichwoundhediedon9Feb.Followingtheirdeeds,thejurorsreported,theperpetratorsfled.Thejurorsalsoreportedthatthekillinghadbeen

TNA,KB9/541,mm.85-7;KB27/1112,rexm.9

952

1729 Edway Anthony Middlesex,Westminster,St.ClementDanes

fletcher M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-08-23 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.MaryleStrandinMiddlesex,withinthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminster,on1Oct.1518,overthebodyofAnthonyNigeraliasLiegard.ThejurorsreportedthatAnthonyEdwaywoundedAnthonyNigerseriouslyon22Aug.1518,fromprecogitatedmalice,intheparishofSt.ClementDanes.On1Oct.1518,Nigerdiedfromthewound.Onthedayoftheattack,22Aug.,theconstablesoftheparishwenttothehouseofEdway'smaster,GeoffreyLloid,fletcher,intheparishofSt.Clement,tofindsecurityforEdwayconcerningtheaffray,andLloidansweredthathehimself,asconstablefortheparish,wouldguaranteethatEdwaywouldanswerfortheaffray.Thefollowingday,however,EdwaytooksanctuaryatWestminsterAbbeyfortheassault,andwhenNigerdiedEdwaybecameprivilegedthereforthefelonyandmurder,fromLloid'snegligence.

TNA,KB9/969,m.8 1509

1248 Elles John London scholar M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1556 1556-11-05 Homicide Acoroner'sinquest6Nov.1556atWestminsteroverthebodyofJohnObettofWestminster,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton5Nov.between11and12noon,Elles,oneofthescholarsatthecommonschoolofthecityofWestminster,comingfromtheschoolalongwiththeotherpupilsbyWestminsterHall,sawcertainmapsandchartsthatObetthadforsale.Obetttoldtheboystogetaway,andEllesandObettbegantoexchangeopprobriouswords.Obettpickedupasmallrockandthrewitattheboys,andhitEllesonthebackofhisleg,andEllespickeduptherockandthrewitbackatObett,andhithimontheear,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichObettimmediatelydied.ThusthejurorsfoundthatElleshadkilledObettbychancemedley.ImmediatelyEllesfledtothesanctuaryoftheblessedPeteratWestminster,andthereheremained.ThechroniclerMachynalsomentionedthiscase:whenhenotedthaton6Dec.1556theabbotwentinprocessionwiththesanctuarymenprecedinghim,amongstthemwasonewho"killedabigboythatsoldpapersandprintedbooks,withthehurlingofastone,hittinghimundertheearinWestminsterHall.Theboywasoneofthechildrenthatwasattheschoolthereintheabbey.Theboyisahosier'ssonaboveLondonStone"(atCannonStreetinthecity).

WAM,MS64911;LMA,MSMJ/SP/XX/486;Machyn,Chronicle,fols.56r,63v

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919 Ellys Henry Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-08-07 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestreportatWestminsterintheabbotofWestminster'slibertyon7Aug.1516,overthebodyofEdwardWrightaliasMessenger.ThejurorsreportedthatRichardDraycotes,gentleman,andRichardHeydon,WilliamStanwyche,HenryEllys,andAlexanderGrome(aliasAlexanderlateservantofWilliamPykeryng,gentleman),allyeomen,allofWestminster,on30Jul.1516at6pmassaultedWrightatWestminster,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon6Aug.DraycotesandHeydonweretheprincipalsandtheotherswereaccessories.ThejurorsalsosaythatThomasSwaloweofWestminstertriedtocapturethefelonsandchasedthem,andashedidsohesawJohnHaynesofWestminster,cutler,oneoftheconstablesofthetownofWestminster,andinthenameofthekingheorderedhimtocatchandarrestthefelonsandmurderers,butHaynespubliclyrefusedtodothis,sothatthemenwereabletoescapetosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/472m.78 821

170 Elwald James Scotland M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1508 1508-12-22 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatElwald,"bornaScot,"soughtsanctuaryon22Dec.1508becausetogetherwithothershebrokeintothehouseofanunnamedmanatHorsleynearPrudhoeinNorthumberland,inmid-September1506.

SDSB,54 137

305 Elynor Richard Yorkshire,NorthCave,Brough


1511 1511-01-10 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatElynorsoughtsanctuaryon10Jan.1511forfelony.

SDSB,113 253

1307 Elys James M Church-taking,Norfolk


1528 On17Jan.1528,thedukeofSuffolkwrotealettertoCardinalWolseyfromLynne,Norfolk,reportingthathehadexaminedWilliamHusey(ID#1306)andJamesElys(ID#1307),twosanctuary-seekers,"inassharpamannerashecould,beforemostoftheworshipfuloftheshire,"buthecouldnotgetanyfurtherinformationfromhim.Suffolktherefore"orderedthemtoberestoredtosanctuary,swearingtogostraighttotheseaside."

TNA,SP1/46,fol.107(L&P,4/2:1696)

1141

208 Emerson James Northumberland,Lowick[?]


1514 1514-12-14 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEmersonsoughtsanctuaryon12Dec.1514because,afterhehadbeenassaultedhimselfinWilliamRay'shouseatLowickinNorthumberlandon4Dec.114,helethallystruckHenryWalkerovertheheadwithabastardsword,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,66-67 174

352 enFountaliasHarwod

Peter Somerset,Bridgewater


1510 1510-02-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPeterenFountsoughtsanctuaryon26Feb.[noyear-butnextentryis1510],fordebt.

SDSB,123 300

673 Erdy John Yorkshire,PrestoninHolderness


1526 1526-07-30 Felony Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatErdysoughtsanctuaryon30Jul.1526forfelonyanddebt.

SDSB,188 604

808 Ermitage Robert Yorkshire,Wakefield

groom M Church-taking,Surrey,Bermondsey

Takingchurch 1425 1425-02-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatErmitagehadtakenchurchatSt.Saviour'sinBermondseyon1Feb.1425,andconfessedvarioustheftstothecoroner.Thereisnoindicationofabjuration.Awritdated13May1427hadaskedfortherecordtobedeliveredtoKB,andanoteonthememorandumindicateshewasintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/222/2,mm.40-41 734

1680 Erswik Ralph Staffordshire,Stafford

M CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt InChancerybillfrom1533-38,widowElizabethErswikcomplainsthatshehasbeensuedinStaffordforadebtowedbyRalphErswik,herson,whohas"nowfledoutoftheContreytosaintuareasitissaid."

TNA,C1/783/27 1462

211 Erynton William M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-08-08 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEryntonsoughtsanctuaryon8Aug.1515becausehehadstolenahorsefrom[blank]at[blank]on[blank]dayofthemonth[blank]twoyearsago.

SDSB,67 177

375 Eshton John Suffolk,Ipswich


1511 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEshtonsoughtsanctuaryon[blankday,blankmonth],3Hen.VIII[1511-12],forsecurityofhisbody.Followsentrydated4Aug.1511,precedesentrydated11Dec.1511.

SDSB,128 323


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1871 EsteneysaliasSampson

John Surrey,Southwark

weaver M Church-taking,Surrey,ChertseySt.Mary


Portsmouth 1451 1451-10-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum(recordedontheKBcoramregeroll)thaton28Oct.1451EsteneysfledtothechurchofSt.Mary,Chertsey,forsanctuary.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Oct.1451hehadbrokenintothehouseofRichardPratatWaltononThamesandstoleagown,asetofbagpipes,eightlargecheeses,andothergoodsworth6s8d;andhealsobrokeintothehouseofThomasBriggemanatWaltononthesamedayandstolevariousitems.Abjured,assignedPortsmouth.InMichaelmas1452heappearedinKing'sBenchand,whenaskedwhysentenceshouldnotbeexecutedhavingbeenfoundinrealm,hehadnoanswerandwassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB27/766,rexm.38(GD)

1637

1690 EsthamaliasSalter

Richard Norfolk,Estham

M Church-taking,Surrey,CheamSt.Dunstan


Winchelsea 1429 1429-05-28 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton28May1429,havingtakenchurchatCheam,EsthamconfessedtothecoronerthatinOct.1423hehadkilledJohnLangley,sonofWilliamLangley,atGodston,Norfolk.Anoteontheindictment(S')indicateshewashanged,presumablyafterhavingbeencaughtintherealmfollowingabjuration.FreemannotesthatEsthamabjuredfromsamechurchonsamedayasJohnGrene(#1691).

TNA,KB9/1046,mm.27-28;Freeman,"AndHeAbjured,"290

1471

1236 Estwicke Hugh Worcestershire,Bewdley

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1556 1556-01-20 Debt InaChancerysuit,ThomasSmytheofBirminghamallegedEstwicke,awealthymerchantofBewdley,wentintoWestminstersanctuaryfraudulentlyinordertopreventcreditorsfromcollectingdebts;onceinsanctuaryhesignedoverallhisgoodstohisbrother-in-law,HenrySegewickofSuttonColdfield,toconfoundhiscreditors.

TNA,C1/1467/23 1084

797 Eton Ralph London M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Margaret

Takingchurch 1415 1415-04-09 Felony Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Apr.1415EtontookchurchatSt.Margaret'sinSouthwarkandacknowledgedtothecoronerthathewasafelon;becauseofthe"defectofgoodcustody"ofthepeopleofSouthwark,however,hewasabletoescapethefollowingday.

TNA,KB9/207/2,m.35 723

37 Ewbank Adam Westmorland,Stainmore


1487 1487-10-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEwbanksoughtsanctuaryon10Oct.1487becauseinStainmore,co.Westmoreland,ontheprevious4Oct.hekilledaman,ashebelieved.

SDSB,13-14 32

145 Excelby John Yorkshire,Landmonth,Northallerton

gentleman M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1506 1506-12-21 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatExcelbysoughtsanctuaryon21Dec.1506becauseon9Dec.atNorthallertonhekilledRalphTipladywithawinyard,givinghimawoundonhisarmfromwhichhedied9dayslater.

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1151 EyealiasWymyngton

Humphrey

Wiltshire,GreatBedwyn,Stock

yeoman M Bewdley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-03-23 Homicide Coroner'sinquest23Mar.1534atGreatBedwyn,Wilts.,overthebodyofJohnFlory.ThejurorsreportedthatEyeattackedFlorywithacrossbowandforkedarrowandkilledhim;hedidsoattherequestofhismaster,ThomasEssex,gentleman[whosefatherSirWilliamEssexheldthemanoratGreatBedwyn].Theinquestreporttellsadetailedstoryoftheaftermath:atthemanorhouseatnearbyStock,Eyewashedthebloodfromthearrowandleftitandthecrossbowinhismaster'shousewheretheyhadbeenbefore;andthenHumphreyadmittedtoacertainAnneHulcottofStock,oneofThomasEssex'sservants,thathehadkilledJohnFlory,andheaskedhertosaythatshehadnotseenhiminthehouseonthepreviousnight,andaskedherforsomethingtodrink,whichshegavehim.Afterwards,EyefledfromStocktothehouseofacertainWilliamMyldnallatRudgeintheparishofFroxfield,andtherehetookhislongbowandwenttowardsLittlecott,whereheaskedacertainMilesAtkynsonwherehecouldfindThomasEssex.AndthenheleftfromtheretogotoLambourn[Berks.],tothehouseofSirWilliamEssex,knight,whereheaskedtospeakwithThomasEssex.Essex,knowingfromwhatJohnCurrhisservanthadtoldhim,thatHumphreyhadcommittedtheaforesaidmurder,senthimanangelnoble(acoinworth7s6d)andorderedhimtogotoanysanctuary,forhissafety,andsayingtoHumphrey,"sendtomewordwhereyouarestaying,andIwillgiveyousomethingtowardsyoursupport."AndthenHumphreylefttogotothesanctuaryatBewdleyinShropshire,wherehestillremains.InTrinity1536,ThomasEssexappearedbeforeKing'sBench,andpleadednotguilty;onceHumphreywasoutlawedastheprincipalinthefelony,Essex'scasewenttojuryandhewasacquitted.

TNA,KB9/529,m.162;KB27/1100,rexm.1;McSheffrey,SS,181-2

1012

48 Fairbarne Christopher

Northumberland,Fallodon


1491 1491-05-02 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFairbarnesoughtsanctuaryon2May1491becauseon19Nov.1490atthemillatBrompton[Brunton?],Northumberland,hestruckWilliamScottontheheadwithanironforkshaft.AcertainyouthnamedRobertWilkinson,aco-worker,thenstabbedScotttwiceinthechestwithadagger,andfromthesewoundstotheheadandchestheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,18 43

1338 Fartlawe **** M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,[Blank]Fartlawewasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1172

502 Fawall Henry Lincolnshire,Baston[?]

glover M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-03-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFawallsoughtsanctuaryon23Mar.1523fordebt.

SDSB,154 444

956 Fawx Peter Huntingdonshire,Godmanchester

miller M Church-taking,Huntingdonshire,HuntingdonSt.Mary


Dover 1523 1523-10-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum13Oct.1523thatFawxfledtotheparishchurchoftheBlessedMaryinHuntingdon.On25Oct.hecalledforthecoronerandconfessedthathehadbrokenintoacloseatSheltoninNorthants.,andstolentwohorses.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/494,m.74 854

1190 FayerealiasHyll

Robert Hertfordshire,Ware

labourer M SJJClerkenwell(abjurationfromHertfordshire,WareGreyfriars)


1532 1532-03-09 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Mar.1532RobertFayerandRichardStanleytooktheGreyfriarschurchinWare,andseparatelysoughtthecoroner.On10Mar.theyeachseparatelyconfessedthaton15Feb.1532theyhadbrokenintoahouseinStondon,Herts.,andstolensomecloth,andtheyalsoconfessedotherthefts.TheybothsaythatRichardFayerfoxofWadysmyll[Westmill?]inHerts.,yeoman,andAgnesFayerfordeofWadysmill,spinster,aliasAgnesFayerfox,on6Mar.,knowingthemtobefelons,receivedthem.Theyabjured.RobertFayerchosethelibertyofthechurchofSt.JohnofJerusalem,andRichardMortymerchosethesanctuaryofBeverley.

TNA,KB9/521,m.73;KB29/165,m.26

1047

775 Faylles John London merchanttailor


1539 1539-10-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFayllessoughtsanctuaryon13Oct.1539fordebt.

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1820 Fayrecoke Henry Yorkshire,WattonAbbey;Norfolk,Southrepps

sherman M Church-taking,Norfolk,NorwichFriarsMinor

Takingchurch 1500 Felony InaChancerybill,thegaolerofNorwichCastle,WilliamHyrde,indicatesthatHenryFayrecoke,inhiscustodyhavingbeenindictedforfelony,escaped,alongwithfiveothers,unnamed,fromthecastleandintosanctuaryattheFriarsMinorinNorwich.Yearapproximate(range1493-1500).ThepardonrollforHenryVIII'sfirstregnalyearindicatesthatHenryFayrecokeofWattonAbbey,Yorkshire,sherman,andofSouthrepps,Norfolk,waspardonedin1509.

TNA,C1/206/75;L&P,1:227 1594

96 Fechet William Yorkshire,Harpam


1499 1499-02-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFechetsoughtsanctuaryon19Feb.1499becauseheassaultedWilliamFoxon22Oct.1498,strikinghimwithaswordindiversplaces,especiallythehead,fromwhichwoundsheassumedthatFoxdied.

SDSB,31 86

603 Federston Richard Yorkshire,Selby


1521 1521-12-16 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFederstonsoughtsanctuaryon16Dec.1521forfelony.

SDSB,175 535

498 Feldlaw Robert Kent,Kambworth[?]


1489 1489-04-20 Homicide Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton20Apr.1489FeldlawsoughtsanctuaryforthedeathofJohnRobynsofLondon.

SDSB,154 440

1320 Fenton Peter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Felony Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Fentonwasnamedashavingenteredc.1531forfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1154

414 Fereman John Essex,NorthWealdBassett


1500 1500-01-17 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFeremansoughtsanctuaryon17Jan.1500fordebt.

SDSB,136 359

977 Fermor William Kent,Staplehurst

labourer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary


Coroner'sinquest30Nov.1525atStaplehurst,Kent,overthebodyofJamesKyng.JurorsreportthatatStaplehurston30Nov.1525between1and2am,"atdawn,"inaworkhousebelongingtoWilliamScranton,KyngandWilliamFermorwereeatingbreadandcheeseforbreakfast,andFermorhadaknifeinhislefthandtocutthebreadandcheese,andKyng,foolingaround("ludens")withFermor,causedFermoragainsthiswilltocutKyng'sleg,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthenandthere.ThejurorsthusconcludedthatJamesdiedaccidentallyandagainstFermor'swill.Fermornonethelessfled,pursuedthroughthefournearesttownshipsbytheinhabitantsofStaplehurst.ThepeopleofStaplehursthaveknowledgethatFermortooksanctuaryinSt.MartinleGrandinLondon.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.104 875

497 Fernell John Yorkshire,Asselby[?]


1488 1488-11-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFernellsoughtsanctuaryon17Nov.1488andadmittedthathehadkilledThomasRodleywithastaffon9Nov.ofthesameyear.

SDSB,153-54 439

130 Ferror Roland Durham,Frosterley,BishopAuckland


1505 1505-08-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFerrorsoughtsanctuaryon5Aug.1505forthehomicideofAlexanderMarley,whomhestruckontheheadwithapikestaffinafieldnearFrosterley,fromwhichwoundMarleydied8dayslater.

SDSB,43 105

520 Feyndpen Richard Nottinghamshire,Retford


1493 1493-07-09 Homicide Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFeyndpensoughtsanctuaryon9Jul.1493forfearofthedeathofWilliam"oftheIlleexsam"[?],labourer,andfordebts.

SDSB,158 461

943 Feysche Thomas Yorkshire,York

lumberer M Durhamdependency:Crayke,Yorkshire(Durhammanor)

Ambiguous 1521 1521-05-27 Homicide Coroner'sinquestinthecityofYork,28May1521,overthebodyofGregoryHonchonson.Thejurorsreportthatthedaybeforeabout9amatPaynleyCroftsinthesuburbsofthecity,FeyscheattackedHonchonsonandgavehimawoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.Afterhehadcommittedthefelonyhefled"tothetownofCrayke[inYorkshire],whichisasanctuary."CraykewasamanorheldbythebishopofDurham;thebishophadmadeargumentsinthereignofEdwardIabouttheexerciseoflibertiesthere.Thismaybeanotherexampleoftheextensionofsanctuaryrightsbycharteredsanctuariestotheirdependencies.SeeVCHYorks.,NorthRiding,2:119-24;http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp119-124

TNA,KB9/486,m.36 841

547 Fitchett Thomas Nottinghamshire,Alverton


1481 1481-08-19 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFitchettsoughtsanctuaryon19Aug.1481forthedeathofJohnGawdre,alsoofAlverton,killedbyhimon20Jul.1481.

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1388 FitzWilliams Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,FitzWilliamsisidentifiedashavingenteredformurder,c.1531.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1222

1239 Flaget Thomas Berkshire,Newbury


1527 Namedin1526-28StarChambersuit[datedto1527here]broughtbyhiswidow,Maude,whoclaimsthatJohnChery,esq.,wrongfullyoccupiedatenementwhileFlagetwasinsanctuaryatBeaulieu.

TNA,STAC10/1/46 1087

260 FlecheraliasRichardson

Randall Cheshire,Tarvin


1518 1518-06-15 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertMassy,NicholasLeythfote,RandallFlecheraliasRichardson,andRichardKeyrfotesoughtsanctuaryon15Jun.1518becauseon29Jun.4yearsbefore(1514)atHuntingtonParkinCheshire,theywereaccessoriestoThomasMulnesseashestruckThomasHuchenaliasParkar,theparkerofHuntingtonpark,withacrabtreestaff.Huchendiedthreeweekslater.

SDSB,79-80 214

652 Flemmyng John Yorkshire,Crofton


1524 1524-12-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFlemmyngsoughtsanctuaryon5Dec.1524fordebt.

SDSB,184 583

663 Fletcher John London sherman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-10-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFletchersoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.1525fordebt.

SDSB,186 594

734 Fletcher William Yorkshire,GreatHoughton

tanner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-09-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFletchersoughtsanctuaryon16Sept.1532fordebt.

SDSB,201 663

1189 FlextonaliasFlaxton

John London tailor M Beaulieu(abjurationfromSussex,Ichingfield,St.Nicholas)

TakingchurchAbjurationAbjurationtoChSanctuaryCharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-11-14 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton14Nov.1531FlexstontookthechurchofSt.NicholasatIchingfield,Sussex,confessingtothecoronerthathehad,togetherwithThomasFowleofKent,committedamurderinRutland;andthatwithFowleandRandallPlattehehadburgarizedahouse.Heabjured,choosingthesanctuaryatBeaulieu,andwasbranded.

TNA,KB9/521,m.84;KB29/165,m.25d

1046

1583 Florey John Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar FloreywasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


695 Flower John Yorkshire,Burstwick


1527 1527-07-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFlowersoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1527forthedeathofRolandStephenson.

SDSB,194 626

1299 Floyd John tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Debt A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsJohnFloyd,tailor,havingtakensanctuaryfordebt,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1134

1502 Foket William Hampshire,Freshwater[IsleofWight]

labourer M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Thomas

Takingchurch 1439 1439-07-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatFokettookchurchatSt.ThomastheMartyrinSouthwarkon25July1439,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton3Jan.1434hehadbrokenintotheparishchurchofPetersfield,Hampshire,andstolenachaliceandothergoods.Noindicationofabjuration;theindictmentnoteshewasintheMarshalseaandthewritcallingupthememotoKBwasdated18June1449.

TNA,KB9/232/2,m.58 1323

1477 Folses Robert barber M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1533 InapetitiontoCromwellasoneoftheking'scouncil,JamesBaconofLondon,alebrewer,complainedthatRobertFolses,barberandsanctuarymanofSt.Martin's,who"nightlycomethoutintothepartswhere[Bacon]dwells,"hadconvincedHenryGatesfordofLondon,fustianshearer,to"inveigleandcarryaway"a16-year-oldfemaleservant,alongwith25sinmoney,fromBacon.

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875 Forde Robert Berkshire,Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

husbandman M Culham CharteredSanctuary

1507 1507-05-15 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatBrightwellmanor,Berks.,inthelibertyofthebishopofWinchester,16May1507,overthebodyofJohnScolfyld,chaplain.JurorsreportedthatScofyldhadbeeninacertainfieldcalledHeycroft,inBrightwellmanor,on15May1507whenRobertFordeattackedhimwithadagger,stabbinghiminthethroatandinstantlykillinghim.AssoonashecommittedthefelonyhefledtotheprioryofWallingford,and"thentoacertainholyplacecalledCulhaminOxfordshire."AtthepeacesessionsatWallingfordon10Jun.1507,thejurorspresentedsomemoredetails:thatFordestayedatWallingfordprioryuntil19May1507,onwhichdayWilliamHemyngford,amonkofthepriory,alongwithanumberofyeomenofWallingford(ThomasDepdale,ThomasMarten,RichardMorgan),andRichardFordofSotwell,husbandman,ThomasBedfordofClifton,Oxon.,husbandman,andWilliamRoulandofSotwell,labourer,knowingthatRobertFordehadcommittedthefelony,withforceandarmstookhimawayfromthepriorytoaboatwaitingontheRiverThames,andtookhimto"theprivilegedplace"ofCulham,forsanctuary.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthathepresentedapardoninTrinity1510.

TNA,KB9/449,m.46;KB9/452,mm.1-2;KB29/137,m.1d

785

1339 Forde Thomas waterman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Fordewasnamedashavingenteredforsuspicionoffelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1173

1745 Forder William Sussex,Lewes draper M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Ipswich 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatFordertookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton28Apr.1526hehadbrokenintotheparishchurchofSt.MaryatBaddowMagna,Essex,andstolenacopeofsilkandgold,worth£3,andothergoodsbelongingtotheparishioners.HeabjuredandwasassignedIpswich.ForderwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.62;KB29/159,m.2d

1523

1593 Forest Miles M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1483 Civilwar Alsohightreason,homicide

ThomasMore,inhisHistorieofKyngRychardetheThirde,claimedthatForestwasoneofthekillersoftheprincesintheTower,afterwhichhefledtoSt.Martin's,wherehe"piecemealrottedaway."Asthiswasadramatization/fictionalizataionofRichardIII'sreign,itisnotcertainForestwasarealperson(orthathesoughtsanctuary).

ThomasMore,TheHistoryofKingRichardtheThird,CompleteWorks2(NewHaven:YaleUniversityPress,1963),85,87;seealso265

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1167 Forest Thomas Herefordshire,Leominster

tailor M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,HolyCross

Takingchurch 1501 1501-12-20 Homicide Alsotreason TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsforHillary1503containarecordofabjuration(inEnglish)andtwoshortdepositions(alsoinEnglish)relatingtoThomasForest,broughttoKing'sBenchonawritofhabeascorpusbythemayorandsheriffofCanterburybecauseof"treasonouswords"hehadsaidagainsttheking.Theabjurationrecordindicatesthaton20Dec.1501ForesthadtakenthechurchofHolyCrossinCanterburyforsanctuary,confessingtothecoronerthatabout25Sept.1501atWeobley,Herefordshire,hehadstruckJohnFlewellynintheabdomenwithhisswordandkilledhim.Hethusaskedtoabjureforthehomicide,althoughitisunclearwhetherhewasactuallypermittedtoleavetherealm,giventhetestimonyofthewitnessesthatfollowintherecord.Thefirstwitness,RichardSmythoftheparishofHolyCrossinCanterbury,taylor,age60,testifiedthaton18Dec.1501inSmyth'sshop,ForesthadsighedandsaidthathewishedhewerewiththedukeofSuffolk.Thesecondwitness,JohnCurteys,bocher,alsoofHolyCrossparishinCanterbury,age30,saidthatForesthadsaidtohimwhenhewasinthechurchofWestgatethathewishedhehadthecrossinhishandandwasbeyondthesea,[for?]"therhehadamaisterthatshuldberehymowte."WhenCurteysaskedhimwhoitwas,hesaiditwasthedukeofSuffolk,"forthekyngisdayesbebutshort."[Theduke(orearl)ofSuffolk,EdmunddelaPole,whoclaimedtheEnglishthroneasadescendantofthehouseofYork,wasin1501overseasattemptingtoraisesupporttooverthrowHenryVII.]TheentryendsindicatingForestwascommittedtotheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB29/133,m.17d 1027

411 Forge Humphrey

Warwickshire,Coventry

vintner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1499 1499-12-09 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatForgesoughtsanctuaryon9Dec.1499fordebt.

SDSB,135 356

837 Forster William London yeoman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.ClementDanes


Sandwich 1474 1474-04-14 Homicide Memorandum--writtenmostlyinthefirstpersonoftheabjurer,ratherthanfromthepointofviewofthecoronerwhopresumablysubmittedthebill--thaton14Apr.1474ForstertooksanctuaryatSt.ClementDaneswestoftheCityofLondonandconfessedtothecoronerthatinlateSeptember1462atBeverley,Yorks.,hekilledThomasBenetofBoroughbridge,Yorks.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/342,m.53 757

881 Fortescue Adrian Oxfordshire,Stonor

knight M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


IndictmentbeforeagrandjuryofAdrianFortescueon10Feb.1511,allegingthatwhenon1Feb.1511theundersheriffofMiddlesexhadapproachedhiminWestminsterHalltoexecuteawrittoarresthimtoanswerWilliamBotry'ssuitfordebt,hehadextractedadaggerfromhissleeveandrunaway,withthehelpofEdmundStretchyofWhitfeld,Oxon.,gentleman;RichardIryssheofStonor,Oxon,gentleman;andJohnWodwardofLondon,gentleman."Withgreatpowerandviolence"theyconveyedhimoutofthepalaceandheranintothesanctuaryatWestminster.In1514Fortescuepresentedapardonforthisescape,whichispartofalongandcomplicatedcase.SirAdrianFortescuewasverywell-connectedandwouldgoontoimportantrolesinroyalservicebeforebeingexecutedfortreasonin1539(seehisbiographyinODNB).

TNA,KB9/456,m5;KB27/1013,rexm10;BL,Lansdowne639,King'sCouncilinStarChamber,fol.39v,40r

791

1186 Fortune Robert Middlesex,Westminster

yeoman M Bewdley(abjurationfromEssex,HeybridgeSt.Andrew)


1532 1532-06-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton13Jun.1532RobertFortunetookthechurchofSt.AndrewinHeybridge,Essex,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton30Nov.1531hehadbrokenintoahouseandcloseinStoweMarket,Suffolk,andstolemoney,andcommittedotherburglaries.Heabjured,andchosethesanctuary"ofSt.JohninBewdley,Shropshire."(Bewdleywasasecularfranchise,itsimmunitiesproceedingfromambiguityaboutwhichcountyitlayin.TherewasnochurchofSt.JohninBewdley,andthismayrepresentamisapprehensiononthepartofthisparticularEssexcoroner,ThomasSilesden,aboutBewdleyoraconflationofBewdley/BeaulieuandeitherHospitallersanctuariesorBeverley.SeealsothecaseofRobertGlasewright,ID#1193).

TNA,KB9/521,m.77;KB29/165,m.25d

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1544 Foster Edward Derbyshire,Denby

tailor M Church-taking,Derbyshire,Horsley

Takingchurch 1497 1497-01-31 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestreport2Feb.1497atHorsley,Derbs.,overthebodyofWilliamBenett.Thejurorsfoundthaton31Jan.1497FosterwasgoingfromDenbytoHorsleywhenWilliamBenett,leech,assaultedhim.Defendinghimself,FostergaveBenettthreewounds,fromwhichhedied.ImmediatelyFosterfledtothechurchofHorsley.ThereportwassentuptoKing'sBench2May1497.

TNA,KB9/412,m.31 1354

1184 Foteman John Worcestershire,Worcester

glover M Ripon(abjurationfromNotts.,Newark,churchofSt.MaryMagdalen)

TakingchurchAbjurationAbjurationtoCharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-05-05 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatNewark,Notts.,on5May1531,FotemantookthechurchofSt.MaryMagdaleninNewarkandconfessedtothecoronerthaton3Mayhehadstolenapursewith2sfromanunknownmaninNewarkandtwoshirtsandakerchiefworth5s.Heabjured,choosingtogotothesanctuaryofRipon,andwasbranded.

TNA,KB9/517,m.72;KB29/164,m.35

1041

1443 FotemanorFutmanaliasChamberleyn

Thomas Gloucestershire,Coberley


CharteredSanctuary

1537 Homicide Fotemanwasappealedastheprincipalfelon,oneofalargenumberofmenindicted,forthemurderofWilliamJacksonin1537inagentryfeud.OneoftheaccessorieswasindictedforhavingprovidedFoteman(whoallegedlystruckthefatalblow)withahorsetofleefromGloucs.toWestminstertotakesanctuarythere.Fotemanwasallegedlyinservice,atoneremove,fromSirJohnBrydges(seeODNB),lordofthemanorofCoberleyandmanofpowerbothatcourtandinGloucestershire.FotemanwasstillinsanctuaryaslateasOctober1539:SirJohnHuddlestonwrotetoCromwellinJuneandOctober1539regardingthemurderofJackson,oneofhisservants;HuddlestonwantedFotemanextractedfromthesanctuaryandsentintoGloucestershiretostandtrialthere(theothermanindictedhadhadhiscase"removydupuntothekyngisbenchbythekyngiswrytttotheintentthatheschallbesavyd,thewychewheregrettpettye.")Cromwelldidnot(orcouldnot)complywithHuddleston'srequest,however,andinMarch1540,Fotemanwasoutlawed.In1542,aThomasHendleyofWestminster,aliasFotemanwasarrestedandbroughttoKing'sBench,butallegedthathewasnotthesameThomasFoteman.Jackson'swidowarguedthathewasthesameman,andthequestionwastobeputtoajuryinGloucestershire,butnofurtherrecordsfound.

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1278

1796 Fouler Robert London[?] M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1467 Debt InaChancerypetition,FoulercomplainedthathewasseizedfromsanctuaryfordebtatSt.Katherine'sbymenactingforLordWenlock;askedtoberestored.Petitiondaterangeis1467-71.

TNA,C1/46/202 1571

1340 Foulke Morgan fletcher M WestminsterAbbey


1531 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Foulke,"ayong[m]ane,"wasnamedashavingabjuredtosanctuaryformurder,c.1531.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1174

1288 Fowkis servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1519 Ina"Searchforsuspectedpersons"invariousplacesaroundLondonundertakenforthecrownin1519,alistforthesanctuaryinWestminsterincludesseveralspecificallyidentifiedassanctuarymen(perhapstheyallwere,butonlytheseincludedhere).FowkisisindicatedasinservicewithSirHenryGilford,"andsotrustithtobeayenbutnowhesaithhewolleaseyntuaryman."

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1142 Fowler Edward Gloucestershire,Bristol

goldsmith M SJJ:BristolTempleFee

CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-04-10 InJune1516atGloucestershirepeacesessions,threeBristolmen—JohnWhite,labourer;JohnJohnson,smith;andEdwardFowler,goldsmith—wereindictedforthemurderofThomasFynnemourontheking’sroadintheKingswoodforestoutsideBristolon13Mar.1516.WhenbroughtbeforeKing’sBenchonlyweeksfollowingtheindictment,theypleadedsanctuary,usingelaboratewordingpresumablyprovidedbytheHospitallerorder.Thequestionwasnotputtoajury;instead,theking’sattorney,afterrequestsfordefermentsforsixtermsuntilHillary1518,arguedthatthepleawasinsufficientinlaw.Thejusticesdidnotrenderadecision,however,returningtheprisonerstotheMarshalsea.ForeachtermfromHillary1518untilTrinity1522,thejudgesdemurred,andeachtermtheprisonerswerereturnedtotheMarshalsea.Inthemidstoftheseterm-by-termappearancesincourt,Johnson’snamedisappearsfromtherecord—hehadpresumablydiedinprison—andtheninmid-1522therecordjustends,undetermined.

TNA,KB27/1020,rexmm.21-22;McSheffrey,SS,98

1003

362 Fowler John Lincolnshire,Stepyng[?]


1510 1510-10-21 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFowlertooksanctuaryon21Oct.1510fordebt.

SDSB,125 310

1150 Fowler William Lincolnshire,Cowbit

yeoman M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromLincolnshire,CowbitSt.Mary)

AbjurationtoCharteredSanctuaryTakingchurch

1534 1534-06-24 Homicide ChanceMedley

Coroner'sinquestoverthebodyofSimonGrebeofCowbit,fisher,undertakenatCowbiton20Jun.1534,indicatesthatFowlerhadkilledGrevewhentheymetoneanotherbysuddenchance,"calledChauncemell,"at4pmonthatday.ThejurorssaidthatFowlerdidnotkillhimwithprecogitatedmalice,but"excasusubito."Hefledimmediatelyafterwardstotheparishchurch,wherehestayeduntilthecoronercametooverseehisabjuration.Hehad100singoodsonthedayhefled,andtheyarenowinthehandsofthebailiffofthepriorofthemonasteryatSpalding.Thecoroneralsowroteamemorandumon24Jun.1534thatFowlertooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinCowbit,Lincs.Thememorandumindicatesthatheconfessedtothecoroner,butomitstospecifythecrimehecommitted.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchosethesanctuaryatWestminster.AsubsequentprocessatKing'sBenchconcernedthefelonyforfeiture.

TNA,KB9/529,mm.107-8;KB29/167,m.25d;KB27/1098,rexm.12;27/1102,rexm.7;KB29/167,25d

1011

342 Fox Hugh Lincolnshire,Lincoln


1506 1506-11-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFoxsoughtsanctuaryon1Nov.1506fordebt.

SDSB,121 290

1484 Foyle William London yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.Bartholomew'sPriory

TakingchurchCharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous

1440 1440-08-22 Debt AstheCityofLondonrecordsindicate,on22August1440FoylewasextractedfromsanctuaryatSt.Bartholomew'spriorybythesheriffsofLondontoanswerasuitofdebt.HisseizurewaspartofacampaignagainstthesanctuariesandlibertiesinLondonbythesheriffsinthesummerof1440,whichculminatedintheseizureofJohnKnightandhisfellows(ID#1485-1489)fromSMLGinearlySeptember1440.Accordingtoadepositionbyhiscreditor,RichardBaret,preservedamongstChanceryrecords,hewasrestoredtothesanctuarybythecourtofKing'sBench.

LMA,Journal3,fol.54v;TNA,C4/49/8;McSheffrey,SS,64

1310

470 Francis Thomas Norfolk,Pulham


1491 1491-10-17 Homicide Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFrancissoughtsanctuaryon17Oct.1491forthedeathofThomasHefflayofDanson[?],Norfolk,andfordebts.

SDSB,148 414

1727 Franckleyn John Berkshire,Colthrop

fuller M Church-taking,Berkshire,Greenham

Takingchurch 1517 1517-08-30 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatThatcham,Berks.,31Aug.1517overthebodyofRichardCawford.Thejurorsreportedthaton30Aug.1517CawfordwasatThatchamontheking'sroadby"Townfeld"at11am,andassaultedJohnFranckleynwithastaff.Franckleynfledintoaditch,withCawfordfollowing,andFranckleynstruckoutinself-defence,givingCawfordawoundfromwhichhediedlaterthatnight.FranckleynfledtosanctuaryinGreenham,Berks.,thetownspeopleofThatchampursuinghim.

TNA,KB9/967,m.40 1507

355 Franks Thomas Pembrokeshire,Haverfordwest

pewterer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1509 1509-07-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFrankssoughtsanctuaryon2July[noyear-1509?]fordebt.

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1807 Fraunces John M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1480 Debt InaChancerybillWilliamWhitecomplainedthathewasbeingsuedonaforgedbondbyJohnFraunces,sanctuarymanatSt.Katherine's,inthecourtofthestewardofSt.Katherine's,withajuryof12sanctuarymen.Yearapproximate(range1480-83;referencetoobligationdated1479).

TNA,C1/63/5 1581

903 Fraunces John Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-05-06 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestatKnightsbridgeon7May1515overthebodyofJohnRoberds.Thejurorsreportedthaton6Mayabout7PMRoberdswasattackedbyThomasBlowerofLondon,minstrel,andJohnRokewodeofLondon,gentleman;Blowergavehimamortalblowfromwhichhediedwithinhalfanhour;Rokewodewithan"Irissheskeyne"alsogavehimamortalblow-itwasnotclearwhichoftheblowshediedfrom.ThomasBacheofWestminster,labourer,andJohnFrauncesofWestminster,labourer,werepresent,helping,procuring,andcomfortingBlowerandRokewodetocommitthisfelony.FrauncesafterwardsfledtothesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminster.

TNA,KB9/467,m.61 811

1852 Fraunceys Richard Cambridgeshire,CockayneHatley

husbandman M Church-taking,Huntingdonshire[nowCambridgshire],OffordCluny


Lynn 1520 1520-09-07 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum7Sept.1520thatFraunceystookthechurchofOffordCluny,Hunts.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton5Sept.1520hehadbrokentheclose"withforceandarms,thatis,withastaff"ofanunknownanatWellingborough,Northants.,andstolenahorseworth15s.Heabjured.ByLent1521hewascaughtbackintherealm,andatgaoldeliveryatHuntingdonhesuccessfullypleadedclergyandwasdeliveredtothebishopofLincoln.InEaster1526,hepresentedapardon.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.137;KB29/158,m.1

1619

1064 Fraunsham Matthew London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



947

1715 Frayll Christopher

M Church-taking,Sussex,Lewes,CluniacPrioryofSt.Pancras

Takingchurch 1508 1508-03-16 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatSouthoverparish,Sussex,16Mar.1508,overthebodyofJohnLoke.Thejurorsreportedthaton6Mar.1508between9and10pmatLewes,intheprioryofthe[Cluniac]monasteryofSt.Pancras,ina"chamber"calledtheGrange,LokecameinpeaceintoFrayll'schamber,bringingwithhimhis"tenicam"(pincers?),andFrayllattackedhimwiththetineofaharrowandaknifeandgavehimamortalwound,fromwhichhediedon10Mar.Immediatelyafterwards,Frayllfledtothepriorychurch.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatFrayllwasoutlawed1Apr.1512.

TNA,KB9/960,m.100;KB29/138,m.4d

1498

653 Fresby Richard Gloucestershire,Gloucester


1524 1524-12-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFresbysoughtsanctuaryon5Dec.1524fordebt.

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1015 Freston Francis Staffordshire,Biddulph

gentleman M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Biddulph


Southampton

1528 1528-07-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Jul.1528FrestontooktheparishchurchofBiddulph,Staffs.,andon12Jul.confessedthaton3JulyatBuglantoninCheshirehestolethesameblackgownfromJohnAtkynsonasWilliamBrereton,andthaton12Dec.1527atOsseley,Herts.,hestolemorethan20marksinringsandgoldfromacertainSamwell.Heabjured.ThecoronerrecordedthecasesofWilliamBrereton(ID#1014),FrancisFreston(ID#1015)andJohnHoughton(ID#1016),allofwhomtookthesamechurchandabjuredonthesameday,onthesamedocument.Allwereassignedthesameport.

TNA,KB9/508,m.143 913

1673 Frognall Thomas Kent gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 AllowingEscapefromcustody

InaChancerybillsubmittedbyAlexanderFrognall,fatherofThomasFrognall,inthereignofEdwardVI,itwasclaimedthatThomasFrognallhadtakensanctuaryatWestminsterc.1532afterheallowedtwocondemnedprisonerstoescapefromtheking'sprisonatWestminster.TheexpenseofsanctuarywassogreatthathewaspressuredintoconveyinghisrightsinthemanorofFrognalltoSirThomasWyatt,eventhough(ashisfatherAlexanderclaimed)hehadnopossessionofthatmanor,itbeinginsteadinhisownhands.Accordingtohisfather'sChancerypetition,ThomaswasgreatlymenacedbothbyWyattandbyCromwell,whothreatenedtohanghimandsaidthat"nosanctuarywouldholdhim"againstwhatAlexanderFrognallcalledtheir"extortionatepowerandmight."Thebillemphasizesthe"miserableestate"intowhichThomasFrognallwasbroughtduetohisstayinsanctuary,sothat"heconsumedandspentupallthateverhehadorcouldmakeinthisworld,"thenecessityofhisstaytheretosafeguardhislife(nopardonatthattimebeingforthcomingfromtheking),andthearbitrarypowerthatCromwellandWyatthadevenoverthoseinsanctuary.ThomasFrognallwaspresumablylaterpardonedorsettledthecharge(althoughIhavenotfoundarecordofeither),ashewaslivinginWestminsterbythe1540s.

TNA,C1/1218/49;L&P,8:160,361;McSheffrey,SS,43

1455

610 Frost John Yorkshire,Twing-on-the-Wold


1518 1518-01-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFrostsoughtsanctuaryon16Jan.1518fordebt.

SDSB,176 541

1606 Fuller Thomas Essex,Halstead

weaver M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1454 Debt ThecivicrecordsofColchestercopyamessagefromHumphreyBohun,sheriffofEssex,tothebailiffsofColchester,relayingtheking'swritregardingthearrestofThomasFuller,whowastoanswerasuitinCommonPleasforadebtofabout£50.AsFullerwasinsanctuaryatSt.John'sAbbey,thesheriffscouldnotarresthim,andsotheywereenjoinedtomakeproclamationatthesanctuarygatefivetimes,whichtheyreportthattheydiligentlydid.Theking'swritisdated6Nov.1454;BohunforwardedittotheColchesterbailiffs18Dec.1454.

W.GurneyBenham,ed.,TheRedPaperBookofColchester(Colchester:EssexCountyStandardOffice,1902),56-57

1389

546 Fydde Richard Yorkshire,Fylingdales


1492 1492-12-12 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFyddesoughtsanctuaryon12Dec.1492forthedeathofThomasPorretofGuisborough,Yorks.,andforotherfelonies.

SDSB,163 481

410 Fyrth Richard Essex,Awnyllay[?]


1501 1501-10-27 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFyrthsoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.[1501]forthehomicideofGeorgeTrygotatKirkbybyDoncaster,Yorkshire.

SDSB,135 355

428 Fyshe Richard Northamptonshire,Braybrooke


1496 1496-01-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFyshetooksanctuaryon17Jan.1496,acknowledgingthataroundPentecost1494or1495hehadkilledJamesYresonatBraybrooke.NotethatFyshetakessanctuaryagain,atDurham,forthesamehomicideinSeptember1496(seeID#78).

SDSB,139 373

78 Fyshe Richard Northamptonshire,Braybrooke


1496 1496-09-15 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFyshesoughtsanctuaryon15Sept.1496because,inPentecostweekbeforethefeastoftheTrinitytwoyearsago(aboutJune1494or1495),inhisowndefence,hestruckacertainJamesYreson,alsoofBraybrooke,ontheheadwithaclub,andkilledhim.NotethatFyshehadsoughtsanctuaryforthesamefelonyatBeverleyearlierthesameyear,on17Jan.1496(ID#428).

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180 Fyshe Thomas Warwickshire,Coventry[?]


1510 1510-06-04 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatFyshesoughtsanctuaryon4Jun.1510becausearound1Aug.1502atCoventry,hehadrespondedtoanassaultonhimbystrikingHumphreyCorbettintheleftsidewithadagger,killinghim.

SDSB,57 147

1123 Fyssher Thomas Surrey,Southwark


CharteredSanctuary

1505 1505-03-15 Treason Alsoescapefromgaol,otherfelonies

ArecordfromthepeacesessionsatSouthwarkon19Mar.1505broughtuptoKing'sBenchstatedthattwelvemenhadbrokenoutoftheMarshalseaprisonon14Mar.1505,andthatothers,includingFyssher(beingheldonsuspicionoftreason),hadaidedandabettedtheirescape(andheappearsalsotohaveescaped,althoughthisisnotstated).Fyssher,askedhowhepleadedtotheaccessorycharge,claimedthaton15Mar.1505hehadtakensanctuaryatWestminsterbutthatsamedayhadbeenseized.Hewasremittedtoprisonforalmost3years(alongwithanotherprison-breakersanctuaryclaimant,JohnByrd,ID#1124),thenbroughttoKing'sBenchon4Feb.1508,pleadedsanctuaryagain,andonthisoccasiontheking'sattorney(insamewarrantfromkingasRobertCruse,ID#1122)acknowledgedthesanctuarypleatobetrue,andhewasrestoredtosanctuary.

TNA,KB9/447,m.30;KB27/986,rexm.15;KB29/137,m.15d

990

1561 Fyssher William Hampshire,OldAlresford

yeoman M SJJ:BaddesleyPreceptory,Hants.

CharteredSanctuary

1503 1503-09-06 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatAlresford,Hants.,on13Sept.1503,overthebodyofWilliamWodowsonofAlresford,labourer.JurorsreportedthatatOldAlresfordinsidetherectoryinthemiddleoftheafternoonthatsameday,FyssherhadassaultedWodowsonwitha"dongpyke,"strikinghimonthefrontofhishead.Wodowsondiedimmediately,andFyssherfledtosanctuaryatthelordshipofSt.JohnofJerusalemcalledGodsfield(theBaddesleyHospitallerPreceptory).InTrinity1505,FyssherappearedatKing'sBenchandpleadednotguiltytothefelonycharge(thesanctuary-seekingwasnotmentioned).Hewasbailed,andappearedagaininMichaelmas1505andHillaryandEasterterms1506,butineachcasenojurywasempanelled--andthentherecordceases.

TNA,KB9/434,m.9;K27/976,rexm.9;KB29/134,m.28

1363

1210 Gadbure Thomas Staffordshire,Birmingham

yeoman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromYorkshire,Harewood)


1534 1534-03-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton17Mar.1534,ThomasGadbure[#1210],JohnRussell[#1211],andJohnPloghe[#1212]alltookthechurchatHarewood,Yorks.Theyconfessedthaton27Jul.1533atAdwick,Yorks.,theyhadrobbedanunknownmanontheking'shighway,andon30Jul.theyrobbedanotherman.Theyabjuredandwerebranded.GadburewasassignedColchester;Russelwasassigned"Bewdley"(likelyBewdley,Shropshire,bygeography);andPloghwasassignedBeverley.

TNA,KB9/529,m.186;KB29/167,m.23

1063

1504 Gage John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1442 1442-03-17 MineheadwasallegedlyanapostateCistercianmonk,subjectofdispute(indictmentandcounter-indictment)betweentheabbotsofSt.MaryGracesAbbey(hisownreligioushouse)andWestminster.HewasallegedlydraggedfromWestminstersanctuaryincourseofanaffraybetweenthesideson17Mar.1442;hewasalsoindictedfortheftandoutlawed.IntherecordsseveralothermenlivinginWestminstersanctuarywerementioned:JohnGagewascitedaslivingin"thesanctuaryofWestminster"andMineheadwasallegedlydraggedoutofhishouseandoutofsanctuary;andJohnBarbour,ofWestminstersanctuary,wasindictedforhelpingtheabbotofSt.MaryGracesextracthimfromWestminster.


1324

203 Gaill Ralph Yorkshire,Rydmar[?],Co.Richmond


1513 1513-07-08 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGaillsoughtsanctuaryon8Jul.1513because,afterhimselfhavingbeenattackedandinself-defence,hestruckJamesAldersonontheheadwithaswordatMoraminSwaledaleside,on30Jun.1513.Aldersondiedwithintwodaysfromthewound.

SDSB,64-65 168

669 Galand William Yorkshire,York

girdler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-02-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGalandsoughtsanctuaryon20Feb.1526fordebt.

SDSB,187 600

732 Galland Robert Lincolnshire,Goxhill[?]

baker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-03-01 Debt BeverleysantuaryregisterrecordsthatGallandsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon1Mar.1532fordebt.

SDSB,201 661

617 Galyn Gregory "Master,"MA?


1518 1518-03-14 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGalyn(identifiedas"MasterGregoryGalyn")soughtsanctuaryon14Mar.1518fordebt.

SDSB,177 548


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1100 GamagealiasPayne

Thomas M Church-taking,Middlesex,Chelsea


Southampton

1410 1410-07-21 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton21Jul.1410Gamagewaschasedfrom"Knottynghill"tothechurchatChelsea,wherehesoughtsanctuary.AdmittedtocoronerthatatNottingHillhadstolenhorsesandothergoods.Heabjured.InTrinityterm1411heappearedatKing'sBench,discoveredintherealmdespiteabjuration;successfullyclaimedbenefitofclergy.

TNA,KB27/602,rexm.4d 973

398 Gamilly John Worcestershire,Woleastre[?]


1513 1513-04-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGamillysoughtsanctuaryon29Apr.1513forthehomicideofNicholasTwyforth.

SDSB,132 343

907 Gamlyn John London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-12-02 Felony IntheKing'sBookofPayments,threeentriesindicatethatHenryVIIIhadgiventoHughPayne,thekeeperofthesanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand,100sinDecember1514,December1515,andJune1516forthesupportoftwo"prisoners,sanctuarymen,"inSt.Martin's,JohnGamlynandThomasPorter.Acoroner'sinquestwasheldon25Jul.1516insidethesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandoverthebodyofJohnGamlyn.Thejurorsreportedthaton1Jun.at10o'clockatnightPorterassaultedGamlynwitha"penyknyfe,"givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon24Jul.1516.

L&P,2/2:1466,1469,1471;TNA,KB9/472,m.73;TNA,KB27/1029,rexm.17;McSheffrey,SS,122-23

815

644 Gamlyn John London grocer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1524 1524-07-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGamlynsoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1524fordebt.

SDSB,182 575

417 Gammwell John Lincolnshire,Saltfleetby

woolman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-11-30 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGammwellsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon30Nov.1500fordebt.

SDSB,137 362

1615 Garner Richard merchant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1413 Felony Patentrollrecordscommission,6May1413,toinvestigatedisputeovergoodsbetweenthemayorandtownspeopleofPlymouthontheonehandandthemastersofseveralshipsfromSpain,oneofwhich,"TriniteofSpain,"isladenwithGarner'smerchandise.GarnerhadfledtothesanctuaryofWestminster"forcertainoffencesandmisprisions."TheshipsandtheirgoodsweretobebroughttoLondonandkeptthereuntilenquiryaboutthemerchandisecouldbeproperlymade.

CPR1413-16,36 1397

826 Garnet William Westmorland,KirkbyKendalandLondon

soldier M Church-taking,Middlesex,IsleworthAllSaints


Southampton

1454 1454-04-19 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton19Apr.1454WilliamGarnetofLondonandofKirkbyKendalfledtotheparishchurchofIsleworth.HeconfessedtothecoronerbecauseonthesamedayhehadlaininwaitatKingstonuponThamesandattackedJohnFryseandrobbedhimof3s7d,andabjured.AnoteonthememoindicatesthathewaslaterincustodyattheMarshalseaandthenwashanged.

TNA,KB9/273,m.85 752

443 Garnet William Yorkshire,York[?]


1498 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamGarnetsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyforthehomicideofJohnBewe,killedatYork.[Undated,lastdatedentrySept.1498]

SDSB,142 388

688 Garstell Thomas Yorkshire,York


1527 1527-06-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGarstellsoughtsanctuaryon26Jun.1527fordebt.

SDSB,191 619

415 Garthorn Thomas Yorkshire,Eston


1500 1500-11-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGarthornsoughtsanctuaryon12Nov.1500fordebt.

SDSB,136 360

1195 Gawkeroger Thomas Yorkshire,Methley

labourer M Ripon(abjurationfromYorkshire,Rothwell)


1532 1532-10-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Oct.1532atRothwell,Yorks.,GawkerogertookthechurchatRothwell,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton23Aug.1532atnighthehadbrokenintoahouseatAstley,Yorks.,andstolemoneyandthreegirdlesfromachest.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchosethesanctuaryofSt.WilfridinRipon.

TNA,KB9/523,m.38;KB29/166,m.3d

1051

1801 Gaye Thomas London[?] M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1470 WilliamSampsonandThomasGayecomplainedinaChancerypetitionthattheyhadbeenseizedoutofsanctuaryatSt.KatherinebytheTowerbyservantsofthesheriffsofLondon.Datesfromeither1433-43or1467-72,thelattermorelikely(1470dateassignedforsortingpurposes).

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1677 GaynesorGynys

Andrew London pouchmaker M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1518 InaChancerybillGaynes,as"pouchmakerandsanctuarymanofSt.Martin'sleGrand,"wasnamedbyKatherineHarbard,wifeofaMiddlesexgentlemanwhowasthenawayfromhome;shecomplainedtothechancellorthathehadfalselysuedherfordebtintheLondonsheriff'scourt.GynysorGaynesisknownthroughotherrecordsasanalienresidentofSMLGfromatleast1517until1543;itisunclearwhetherHarbard'scallinghima"sanctuaryman"meanttodesignatehimasprivilegedfordebtorfelonyorwhetherthiswasaloosedesignationmeaningsimplythathelivedinSMLGasanalien.Datableto1518-29.

TNA,C1/525/66;McSheffrey,"ResidentsofStMartinleGrand"

1459

822 Geffrey Peter M Church-taking,London,St.LawrenceOldJewry


Sandwich 1440 1440-03-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatPeterGeffreytookthechurchofSt.LawrenceOldJewryinLondonon16Mar.1440andthereconfessedthaton4Mar.1436atWestminsterhehadstolenIvoHamond'shorse,andon11Dec.1440hehadstolenamaserfromRichardBrokeratActon,Middlesex,andon4March1440apieceofsilver.Heabjured.Subsequentlycaughtintherealm,theKing'sBenchcontrolmentroll(onamembranemistakenlyfiledinthe1530-31roll)indicatesthathepleadedclergyandwasdeliveredtotheordinaryofWestminsterin1444.

TNA,KB9/245,mm.65-66;KB29/163,m.34d

748

1594 Gelle William fisher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1428 Beverleytownrecordsindicatethatin1428the"community"ofBeverleyruledthatGellecouldnotbecomeaburgessofBeverleysincehewasa"grithman."

ArthurFrancisLeach,BeverleyTownDocuments,SeldenSociety14(London:B.Quaritch,1900),20.

1382

201 Gelsthorp William Yorkshire,Leeds

sherman M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-04-04 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGelsthorpsoughtsanctuaryon4Apr.1513fordebt;heowesmoneyinparticulartoIsabelStaynsfeldofLothleyintheparishofOtley,Yorkshire,andshehassuedhiminCommonPleas.

SDSB,64 166

1011 Gent William Leicestershire,Harwick[?]

yeoman M Church-taking,Essex,RayleighHolyTrinity


Dover 1527 1527-09-13 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumon30Sept.1527thaton13Sept.1527GenthadtakenthechurchoftheHolyTrinityinRayleigh,Essex.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatwithRichardStafford,yeoman,hehadassaultedGeorgeGarrett,weaver,on15Aug.1526,andkilledhim,stealingmoney,aclub,andaknifefromhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.112 910

1018 GenyngaliasJenyng

John Devon,Mollesden[?]

yeoman M Church-taking,Essex,MaldonAllHallows


Harwich 1528 1528-09-01 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Sept.1528GenyngtookthechurchofAllHallowsinMaldon,Essex.On5Sept.heconfessedtothecoronerthaton12June1520,togetherwithJohnStrangmanofMitcheldean,Devon[?-Gloucs.?],gentleman,JohnDanyellofMollesden,Devon[Meldon,Devon?],JohnRoweofStockleigh,Devon,tailor,heassaultedacertainRichardWhitlackeatBeltnam,Devon[?],andgavehimamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/509,m.44;KB29/161,m.5

915

1666 Gerbrey Alice London widow F CharteredSanctuary

1480 Debt InChancerybill,Gerbreycomplainedthatharassmentoverexecutionofherhusband'swillbyco-executorforcedhertofleetosanctuaryforfearofarrestfor(trumped-up)debt.Date1475-85;doesnotindicatewhichsanctuary.

TNA,C1/64/208 1449

817 Gerveys Robert London skinner M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Olave


Winchelsea 1437 1437-11-19 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Oct.1437RobertGerveysfledtoSt.Olave'schurchinSouthwarkandconfessedtothemurderofJohnGodfreyofLondon,soldier,atBatterseainearlyOctober.Heabjuredfortydaysafterhissanctuary-seeking,on19Nov.1437.AppearedinKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1438,havingbeenfoundintherealm,and,askedtorespond,hepresentedapardonforboththehomicideandtheabjuration,dated11July1438.

TNA,KB9/229/3,mm.47-48;KB27/710,rexm.5d(GD);CPR1436-41,181

743

1055 Gervys William Nottinghamshire,Clopwell

husbandman M Beverley(abjurationfromNorthamptonshire,Harringworth)


1531 1531-11-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1531GervystooktheparishchurchofHarringworth,Northants.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatalongwithfiveWelshmenunknowntohimhehad,on25Nov.1531,stolenahorsefromanunknownmaninBarkby,Leics.HeabjuredandwasassignedBeverley.(HisnamedoesnotappearinBeverleysanctuaryregister.)

TNA,KB9/519,m.92;KB29/165,m.3

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289 Gibson Christopher

Yorkshire,Gilling


1521 1521-08-25 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGibsonsoughtsanctuaryon25Aug.1521becauseatGilling,Yorks.,around15Aug.1521,hewasattackedbyHenryJohnsonandstrikingbackhehithimontheheadwithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedfivedayslater.

SDSB,88 238

1492 Giffard John Devon M Church-taking,London,St.MarySomerset

Takingchurch 1402 1402-02-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Feb.1402GiffardtookthechurchofSt.MarySomersetinLondon.Heconfessedtothecoronerthathehad,withfiveothermen,brokenintothecloseofthemanorofJohnStavertonatIpswichandstolen80marksofgoodsandmoney.Therecorddoesnotindicateifheabjured.

TNA,KB9/187,mm.36-37;KB9/189,mm.40-41

1314

1303 Gilbank William M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey,thenColchester,CrouchedFriars

Takingchurch 1526 Felony AletterfromJohnVeertoCardinalWolsey,dated9Aug.1526,reportedonhisattempttoseizeafelon,WilliamGilbank,whohadtakensanctuaryfirstatSt.John'sAbbeyinColchesterandthenhadfledtotheCrouchedFriarsinthesametown.VeerandSirGeoffreyhadgonetospeaktothepriorandconventattheCrouchedFriars,askingtheminWolsey'snametodelivertheprisonersothathemightbeexamined,butthepriorwouldnot"breaktheirprivilege,thewhichastheysayisasgreatasSt.John's."VeeralsoindicatedthatGilbankwasinthechoirnearthehighaltar,andthushe(Veer)"durstnotenterprise"toseizehim.Veerindicatedthathesetawatchtoguardhimfromescaping.On9Aug.JusticeBrokeandhe,SirRichardFitzlewis,SirGeoffreyGates,andVeeragainspoketotheprior,askinghimtoprovideevidenceofthehouse'ssanctuaryprivilege;hehadapapalbull,butonbeingaskedforgrantsfromthekingheansweredthathesupposedsuchrecordswereheldattheheadhouseoftheirorder.Gilbankwasaskedwhyhehadtakensanctuary,andhesaidforfelony,andaskedforacoronerandconfessedhisfelonytohim.Veerandtheothersadvisedthecoroner,however,todefertheabjurationuntilWolsey'spleasurewasknowninthecase.ThustheyaskWolseytosendhisinstructions.[ItisnotclearwhythisparticularcasegarneredthiskindofattentionfromWolsey.]

SP1/39,fol.41(L&P,4/2:1065)

1138

1030 Gillco John Yorkshire,Painsthorpe

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,KirbyUnderdale

Takingchurch 1530 1530-02-15 Homicide Coroner'sinquest15Feb.1530atPainsthorpe,EastRiding,inthelibertyofthemonasteryoftheBlessedMaryinYork,overthebodyofJohnNotyngham.ThejurorsreportedthatGillcoon14Feb.at4pmassaultedandkilledJohnNotynghamwithintheliberty.ImmediatelyafterwardshefledtotheparishchurchofKirbyUnderdaleintheEastRiding.

TNA,KB9/512,m.40 923

625 Gilson John Yorkshire,Garton


1519 1519-02-07 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGilsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Feb.1519fordebt.

SDSB,178-79 556

54 Gilson William Yorkshire,Whitby

sailor M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-09-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGilsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Sept.1492,forhavingkilledJohnEbston,sailor,atWhitby,inhisowndefence,on2Sept.1492.HestruckEbstonontheheadwithaclub,fromwhichwoundheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,22 49

1193 Glasewright Robert Suffolk,GreatWaldingfield

tailor M Bewdley(abjurationfromEssex,HeybridgeSt.Andrew)


1532 1532-12-05 Homicide Alsorobberyandburglary

Coroner'smemorandumthaton5Dec.1532GlasewrighttookthechurchofHeybridge,Essex,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton27Aug.[yearunclear]he,alongwithRichardBrewsterandHenryKechyn,hadassaultedanrobbedanunknownmanontheking'shighwayatNewmarketHeath,Suffolk,andthatthemandied.HealsorobbedthehouseandcloseofRogerGlasewrightatGreatWallingfield,Suffolk,alongwithotherfelonies(detailed).Heabjured,andchosethesanctuaryofSt.JohntheEvangelistat[illegible]inShropshire.ThishasbeenreadasBewdley,assixmonthsearlier,anotherabjurationfromsameparishchurchinHertfordshire,samecoroner,wasmadeto"St.John's"BewdleyinShropshire(RobertFortune,ID#1186).TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatGlasewrightalsoturnedapprover(i.e.gaveevidence)onhisco-conspiratorsBrewsterandKechyn,whowereoutlawedinTrinity1534.

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1748 Glover John Hertfordshire,Hertford



Dover 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatGlovertookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton14Aug.1526hehadbrokenintothecloseofRobertWheleratHertfordandstolenahorse.HeabjuredandwasassignedDover.GloverwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.65;KB29/159,m.2d

1526

1180 Glover Robert Hertfordshire,Ware

ploughwright

M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,WareGreyfriars


Dover 1530 1530-12-15 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton15Dec.1530RobertGloverofWaretooktheGreyfriarschurchinWareforsanctuary.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton13Dec.hehad,withprecogitatedmalice,assaultedhiswifeJoycewithadaggerand,stabbingherintheabdomen,gaveherfivewoundsfromwhichsheinstantlydied.Heabjured,wasassignedDover,andwasbranded.Acoroner'sinquestatWare,Herts.,tookplaceon16Dec.1530,overthebodyofJoyceGlover;thisisnotablythedayfollowingGlover'sabjuration,suggestingthathisconfessionledtothediscoveryofthebody.ThejurorsreportedthatJoycehadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking's,andpregnant,whenbecauseofthechildinherwomb,ofprecogitatedmalice,andof"greatdiabolicalmindandtheinstigationofmanydemons,"around4pmon13Dec.hestabbedherwithadagger,andhitherontheheadwithastaff.Joyceimmediatelydiedofthewounds.AfterwardshetooksanctuaryattheGreyfriars'houseinWare.

TNA,KB9/975,m.125;KB29/164,m.4d

1039

1809 Godelok Thomas London pewterer M Kent,Greenwich(dependencyofSheenpriory?)

CharteredSanctuary

1475 Debt InaChancerypetition,RichardMantonindicatedthatGodeloktooksanctuaryatGreenwich,andstillatthetimeofthepetitionwasabidingthere,concerningadebt.ByevidenceofC1/71/104(seeseeker#1811,ThomasBygge),thesanctuaryreferredtoheremaybeatthemanorheldbySheenprioryatGreenwich.Therewasotherwiseinthe1470snoreligioushouseatGreenwich,astheFranciscanObservanthouseatGreenwichwasnotre-establisheduntil1480(seeVCHKent,2:194-98).Yearapproximate(range1475-80or1483-85),althoughearlyintherangeislikelyasreferenceinthebilltodeathofThomasVaux,whosewillwasdated1473(TNA,PROB11/6/193).

TNA,C1/67/152 1583

995 Goffe Thomas Sussex,Chichester

capper M Church-taking,Sussex,ChichesterBlackfriars


Portsmouth 1527 1527-03-28 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton28Mar.1527GoffefledtotheBlackfriars'churchinChichester,andconfessedtothecoronerthatonthatsamedayinthemiddleofthenighthehadattackedRichardBarborandkilledhim.Heabjuredon5Apr.

TNA,KB9/504,m.110 892

941 Gogen William Sussex,Chichester

labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,Chichestercathedral


InquiryatHorsham,Sussex,19July1520,whichfoundthatinApril1520atthepeacesessionsatChichester,Gogenwassentencedtobehangedfortheft,butwhentheexecutionwasbeingcarriedouttheropebroke.SeveralmenwhowerethereforciblypreventedtheexecutionerfromstringinghimupagainandtheytookhimawaytothecathedralchurchatChichester.Therecorddoesnotindicateexplicitlythatheclaimedsanctuary.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatthosewhohelpedhimescapeweretried,oneofthembeingoutlawedwhiletheotherswentsinedie.ItisnotstatedwhathappenedtoGogenhimself.

TNA,KB9/486,mm.9-10;;KB29/153,m.18d

839

838 Gogh John Middlesex,Westminster;andEssex,TheydonGarnon


CharteredSanctuary

1476 1476-01-06 Homicide MiddlesexjurorsenjoinedtoenquirewhetherGoghhadkilledWilliamChadworth,jr.,esquireatEastSmithfield,on25Oct.1475,andwhetherJohnPrynce,gentleman,ofTheydonGarnon,Essex,Gogh'semployer,andThomasClyffordofLondon,scrivener,hadreceivedhimatEastSmithfieldand"withinthesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminster"on5-6January1476.

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1722 Goighe Richard Shropshire,Bausley

labourer M Church-taking,Shropshire,Shrewsbury,ShrewsburyAbbey


Dover 1517 1517-11-30 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatShrewsbury,30Nov.1517,thatGoighehadtakensanctuaryatthechurchofthemonasteryoftheapostlesPeterandPaulofShrewsbury.Heconfessedtothecoronersthaton4Jul.1517hehadbrokenintothecloseofRichardTolpynatWelshPooleandstolenahorse.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/967,m.24 1505

583 Goldesburgh John Lincolnshire,Boston

cooper M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1522 1522-03-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGoldesburghsoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1522fordebt.

SDSB,171 516

1738 Goldryng Thomas Gloucestershire,Bristol

wiredrawer M Church-taking,Berkshire,ReadingSt.Mary


Southampton

1527 1527-03-27 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon27Mar.1527GoldryngfledtothechurchofSt.MarytheVirginatReading,Berks.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton25Mar.1527hehadbrokenintothehouseofJohnParsons(or,Johntheparson)atChalvey,Berks.,andstole24sinmoneyfromalittlechest.Heabjured.AnoteonthebackoftheindictmentindicatesthathehadbeentakenandarrestedatSalisbury-presumablyhavingbeenfoundintherealmafterabjuration-andthenescaped.Thecontrolmentrolldoesnotindicateanoutcome.

TNA,KB9/973,m.41;KB29/159,m.2

1517

1813 Goldsmyth John M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

nd Debt Inanundatedchancerybill(withnoaddress),ahusbandandwife(nameunclearduetodamage)complainedthatJohnGoldsmyth,executorofthewife'sfather'swill,hadnotdeliveredherinheritance,buthadtakenallthefather'sgoodsintosanctuarywithhimatSt.John'sAbbeyinColchester.HewasoutofsanctuaryrecentlyinColchesterandwasarrested.

TNA,C1/74/105 1587

83 Goldthwate Richard Yorkshire,Ripon


1500 1500-10-18 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGoldthwatesoughtsanctuaryon18Oct.1500,because,asanaccessoryofacertainRichardMore,around3May1500,heenteredalongwithRichardMore,andathisurging,intoanenclosurecalledSuttonLeys,wherethetwoassaultedWilliamBradethwateofAzerley,inthe"county"ofKirkby[Malzeard].MorestruckBradethwateonthekneewithasword,fromwhichwoundhediedon1Aug.following.Goldthwatehimselfdidnotinflictanywoundbuthadbeenpresent,andthushefearshewillbeindicted.


74

878 Goldyng John Lincolnshire,Barrow

shoemaker M SJJ:Horkstow,Lincs.(Willoughtonpreceptory)

CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-06-02 Homicide Coroner'sinquest3Jun.1510atBarrow,Lincs.,overthebodyofJohnGray.Thejurorsreportedthaton2Jun.1510GoldynghadattackedGraywithastaffworth1d,givinghimaheadwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.Followingthis,Goldyngfled"tothefranchiseofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEnglandatHorkstow."TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthatGoldyngwasoutlawedin1515.


788

1321 Gonne John tailor M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1512 Homicide Inboththe1532and1533Westminsterlists"ofthoseprivileged,"Gonnewasnamedasthelongest-residentsanctuaryman;in1532heislisted"forthedetheofamaninWestminsterallmostexxyerspaste"andin1533"xxyereandmorpaste"[hence,here1512].Thesanctuary'srentalindicatesherentedasubstantialpropertyinthesanctuaryintheearly1530s,andhewasstillinsanctuaryin1537,whenhewasamongthosewhowereallegedtohavespreadrumoursaboutthekinginanenquirymandatedbyCromwell(whenheisidentifiedashavingthetradeoftailor).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73;TNA,SP1/125,fol.41r;WAM,MS33299,RentCollector'sNoteBook,1529-30,fol.45v;WAM,MS19807,Sacrist'sObedientiaryRoll,1531-32;McSheffrey,SS,42

1155

961 Goodale William Kent,Woolwich

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-01-25 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSt.GilesintheFields,Middlesex,20Jan.1525,overthebodyofWilliamCarter.ThejurorsreportedthatGoodalegavehimamortalblowon19Jan.,fromwhichhediedon20Jan.Afterwards,GoodalefledasafelontothesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminster.Thejurorslistedhisgoods,whichincludedahorse,inthecustodyofthecoroner.

TNA,KB9/496,m.26 859

671 Goodbarne Thomas Yorkshire,Beverley


1526 1526-03-19 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGoodbarnesoughtsanctuaryon19Mar.1526beforeJohnScargill,receiverofthelordofBeverley,andJohnWright,fisher,andJohnWebstser.ThisisarareinstanceinwhichaBeverleyresidentsoughtsanctuarythere.

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614 Goodbody John Norfolk,Menyngham[?]


1520 1520-01-30 Debt Bevereleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton30Jan.1520Goodbodysoughtsanctuaryfordebt.

SDSB,177 545

1206 Goodman John Essex,Okyngdown[?]

yeoman M Beverley(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,Barrington)


1534 1534-02-09 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Feb.1534JohnGoodman(ID#1206)andWalterHeyte(ID#1207)tooktheparishchurchofBarrington,Cambs.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton7Feb.atBarringtontheyhadstolenahorse.Theyabjured,werebranded,andGoodmanchoseBeverley,andHeytethemonasteryofSt.JohnatColchester.

TNA,KB9/527,m.148;KB29/167,m.1d

1483

1663 Gore John Hampshire,Broughton

M SJJ:Hampshire,Broughton(?)

CharteredSanctuaryAmbiguousTakingchurch

1409 Asportation GaoldeliveryrecordtranscribedinaHospitallercartulary:Gorepleadedthathetooksanctuaryatacertain"Spitelhous"in"Burghton"[*],whichwasapossessionoftheHospitallerorder,andthatafterhewasextractedbyforceandaskstoberestored.WilliamofWakefeld,fortheHospitallerorder,appearedbeforethejusticesandproferredvariousproofsthatanypossessionoftheorderhadthesameprivilegesofsanctuaryasanychurch,andthatthosewhobreachitaretobeexcommunicatedandanathematized(accordingtopapalbulls,showntothecourt).Puttoajury,whofoundthatthishousehadbeenusedassanctuary,andthoseseizedfromitbytheking'sofficers,hadbeenrestored,fromtimeoutofmemory,andthatthiswassoforalltheHospitallers'properties.Afterconferringwithjusticesofbothbenches,membersoftheking'scouncilandotherlearnedmen,thejusticesatgaoldeliveryrestoredGoretothesanctuary.[Note,thisdoesnotindicatearighttostaythereindefinitely,butthatthe"spitalhouse"hadthesamesanctuaryrightsasaparishchurch.][*]Regardinglocation:tentativelyidentifiedasBroughton,Hants.,whichisnearHoughton(thelocationoftheallegedrobbery).VariousotherBurtons,Bartons,etc.arealsopossible.

BL,CottonNeroE.VI,HospitallerCartulary,fol.57v;McSheffrey,SS,92-93

1444

647 Gornarr Peter Yorkshire,Bridlington

tanner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1524 1524-07-03 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGornarrsoughtsanctuaryon3Jul.1524forthemurderofRobertSkeltonofBridlington,tailor.

SDSB,183 578

991 Goslyng Thomas London mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-08-17 Homicide Coroner'sinquest18Aug.1527intheparishofSt.MartinintheVintryinLondon,overthebodyofThomasGarlond,cooper.ThejurorsreportedthatGoslyng,citizenandmercerofLondonandvintneroftheboroughofSouthwark,on17Aug.1527around4pmhadattackedGarlandwithdaggersandknives.Garlondreceiveda

TNA,KB9/504,mm.64-65;KB29/160,m.13;KB27/1066,rexm.14d

888

1389 GougheFleweEllyne


CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnGougheFleweEllynewasnamedashavingenteredformurder,abouttwodaysbefore(~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1223

1586 Gower James Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar GowerwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


1341 Gowere Richard tailor M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Gowere(labeled"apooremane")wasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1175

166 Gowland John Cumbria,Skirwith,Kirkland


1508 1508-08-23 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGowlandsoughtsanctuaryon23Aug.1508becauseon13Apr.1506,withothers,hebrokeinthehouseofthevicarofKildwickinCraven,Yorkdiocese,stealingmoneyandsilverjewelry.

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1259 Grasseford Reginald London tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1427 Debt TheLondonPleaandMemorandaRollrecordsthereleaseofapprenticeJohnHolamfromhiscontractwithReginaldGrasseford,tailor,becauseGrassfordhadwithdrawntosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.ThatdebtwasthereasonforGrasseford'ssanctuaryissurmisedfromcontext.

CPMR,4:206 1102

1612 Graunt Thomas London chaplain M WestminsterAbbey?

CharteredSanctuary

1400 Debt ThomasCurteysandThomasGrauntwerepardonedforthecrownportionofafineassessedona"false"suitagainstthemforjuryembracery;thepardonrecordnotesthattheyhadfledtosanctuaryastheycouldnotpaythefineandfearedimprisonment.Thesanctuarywasnotspecified,althoughasthesuitwasheardatnisipriusatSMLG,seemsmorelikelytohavebeenWestminster.

TNA,SC8/248/12394;CPR1399-1401,402-3

1395

950 Gravener Thomas London servingman M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lapley


Bristol 1522 1522-03-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11Mar.1522,GravenertooktheparishchurchofLapley,Staffs.,andconfessedtothecoronerthefollowingdaythatonThursdayfollowingthefeastofCorpusChristi(May-June)1520,hestoletwocowsatPrestoninShropshirefromRichardTitley,gentleman,alongwithmanyotherfelonies.Heabjured(thememorandumrecordinginfulltheoaththeabjurerswore).

TNA,KB9/489,m.26 848

1518 Gray Andrew Bedfordshire,Southill

M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Royston,HospitalofSt.JohnandSt.Thomas

Takingchurch 1476 1476-12-29 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatRoyston,Cambs.,30Dec.1476,overthebodyofThomasBrygeysof"Stencley"or"Steucley,"Hunts.,gentleman.ThejurorsreportedthatGraykilledBrygeyswithawynyardandthathefledimmediatelytothechapelcalled"leOspitall"inRoyston,Herts.RoystonsatonthecountylinebetweenHerts.andCambs.ThehospitalontheHerts.side(thereweretwoinRoyston)wasthehospitalofSt.JohnandSt.Thomas.SeeVCHHerts.,3:253-65;http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43614.

TNA,KB9/343,m.50 1336

1520 Gray George London gentleman M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Marsworth,AllHallows


Southampton

1478 1478-02-20 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Feb.1478GraytookchurchatAllHallowsinMarsworth,Bucks.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton5Dec.1476atSt.MartinintheFieldsbyCharingCrosshekilledJohnSkynnerwithhisdagger.Heabjured.ThememorandumhasanotationindicatingthatGraywasintheMarshalseaandthatinMichaelmas1480hepleadedclergysuccessfully.AlaterMiddlesexindictmentindicatesthathavingbeenhandedoverasclerkattainttoRalphLangley,monkandarchdeaconoftheabbotofWestminster,heescapedfromtheabbot'sprisononon30Dec.1484andwasstillatlarge.

TNA,KB9/354,m.46;KB9/952,m.41;Freeman,"AndHeAbjured,"290-91

1338

266 Gray Robert Northumberland,Warkworth


1519 1519-03-22 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAnthonyHeronandRobertGraysoughtsanctuaryon22Mar.1519becausetheyhadbeenpresentatBiltonMoor,intheparishof"Lesbery,"on5Mar.1519whenGeorgeMayllofWarkworth(ID#267)struckAlanElderwithaswordbecauseElderhadassaultedhim.Hegavehimawoundfromwhichhedied23dayslater[althoughapparentlytheysoughtsanctuarybeforethedeathactuallyoccurred].Grayisnotnamedinalaterbillofinformationfrom1521senttoWolseyonNorthumbrianmurderers,whichdoesmentionAnthonyHeron.

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218

1218 Graye John Bedfordshire,OldWarden

husbandman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromBedfordshire,NorthillSt.Mary)


1534 1534-07-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Jul.1534JohnGrayetooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryofNorthill,Beds.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatwithRobertBaylleofEatoninBeds.,yeoman,hehadbrokenintoacloseatSuttonon20Jun.1534andstolentwohorses.Heabjured,wasbranded,andwasassignedColchesterAbbey.

TNA,KB9/531,m.92;KB29/168,m.3

1069

1804 Gregge John Essex,TolleshuntDarcy

clothier M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1473 Debt InaChancerybill,plaintiffJohnCoverleyindicatedthatJohnGregge,withwhomhewasindisputeregardingdebts,hadtakensanctuaryatColchesterandcontinuedto"abide"there.Yearapproximate(range1473-75).

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844 Grendell William London chaplain M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1476 1476-02-08 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.GilesCripplegate,London,15Mar.1476overthebodyofWilliamDuglasofLondon,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton8Feb.1476JohnWalkerattackedDuglaswithapitchfork,fromwhichwoundDuglasdiedon14March.JohnWemme,JohnVyvyan,ThomasWyrall,RobertRycherd,andWilliamGrendellwereaccusedasaccessories.ThejurorssaidthatafterthefelonytheyfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.TheinquestreportindicatesthatWemme,Vyvyan,Wyrall,Rycherd,andGrendellallwentsinediewhentheycametotrial.

TNA,KB9/343,mm.94-96 759

1691 Grene John Ireland labourer M Church-taking,Surrey,CheamSt.Dunstan


Dover 1429 1429-05-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton28May1429GrenehadtakenchurchatCheamandconfessedthat,togetherwithanumberofothermen(whomhenames),hehadassaultedandrobbedagentlemanandachaplain.Heabjured,butmusthavelaterbeencaughtintherealm.WhenhelaterappearedatKing'sBench(asanoteonthebackoftheindictmentindicates)heclaimedbenefitofclergy,readasaclerk,andwasdeliveredtotheordinaryofWestminster.AsFreemannotes,heandEstham[#1690]tookthesamechurchandabjuredonthesameday.

TNA,KB9/225,mm.27-28;Freeman,"AndHeAbjured,"290

1472

1022 Grene John Warwickshire,Rowington

labourer M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1529 1529-02-18 Homicide Coroner'sinquest24Feb.1529atRowington,Warwickshire,overthebodyofRobertOrgell.TheJurorsreportedthaton18Feb.1529around7amGrenelayinwaittoattackOrgellonacroftcalledBusshebrokeinRowington,andhithimontheheadwithaclub,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingFriday(19Feb.1529).Immediatelyafterward,GrenefledtothetownofKnowle,"whichisatownhavingthelibertyofsanctuary"andthustheycouldnottakenorextractGrenefromthelibertyandsanctuary["villalibertatemsanctuariihabentem,itaquodextraeademlibertateetsanctuarioidemJohannescapinecextrahipotuit."]ThecontrolmentrollindicatesthatGrenewasoutlawed4July1531.

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918

1636 Grene Richard Lincolnshire,Wainfleet

M Church-taking,Lincolnshire?



1457 1457-07-25 Homicide Accessory PatentrollrecordsapardonforGrene,dated15August1457;hispetitionindicatedthaton25Jul.1457hehadescapedtoanunnamedsanctuarywhilefleeingfromastrangerwhothreatenedhislife,andwhenhisenemiesattemptedtodraghimoutofsanctuary,heconfessedandabjured,concerningthefelony(byimplicationinvented)ofhavingbeenpresentatahomicide15yearsbefore.Sanctuary-takinglikelyinLincolnshire,asGreneindicatedhewastravellingfromthe"fairofLouthe,"presumablyLouth,Lincs.,to"Conam,"presumablyCovenham.

CPR1452-61,361 1417

942 Grene Richard Warwickshire,Radford

labourer M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Warkworth


Dover 1521 1521-03-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11Mar.1521GrenetooktheparishchurchofWarkworth,Northants.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton9Mar.1521atWarkworthhehadstolenahorseandsomeclothfromanunknownman.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/486,m.21 840

976 Grene Richard Kent,Frenersby[?]

labourer M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-08-23 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatChatham,Kent,on23Aug.1525overthebodyofRogerBlake.Thejurorsreportedthaton23Aug.atabout10am,BlakehadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'satChathamwhenGreneattackedhim,stabbinghiminthethroat.Greneimmediatelyfled,theinhabitantspursuinghimthroughthefournearesttownships,andthejurorsknowforcertainthatGrenetooksanctuaryatColchester.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.102 874

1301 Grene Richard M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Homicide A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsRichardGrene,insanctuaryformurder,aslodginginBland'sAlley.

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1136

57 Grene Robert Durham,SouthShields


1493 1493-08-24 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGrenesoughtsanctuaryon24Aug.1493becauseon1Aug.1493inNewcastle-upon-TyneinalanecalledtheClose,acertainRobertNicholsonofWinlaton,whohadrecentlybeenofGrene'sownhousehold,hadattackedhimwithdiversemenofhisretinue.InthefrayGrenehadstruckNicholsonwithaScottishaxe[Scotteȝaxe]twiceinthechest,killinghim.HeseeksimmunityforhisbodyandprotectionofhisgoodsbetweenTyneandTees.

SDSB,23 52

1342 Grene Simon collier M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Grenewasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

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338 Grene Thomas Yorkshire,Leeming


1503 1503-02-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGrenesoughtsanctuaryon26Feb.1503forthehomicideofJohnPereson,latelykillednearBedale,Yorks.

SDSB,120 286

1390 Grene Walter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasBawdryke(ID#1371)andWalterGrene(ID#1390)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredformurdertwodaysbefore(i.e.~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1224

1054 Grene William Northamptonshire,Northampton

tanner M Beverley(abjurationfromNorthamptonshire,NorthamptonBlackfriars)


1532 1532-02-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Feb.1532GrenetooktheBlackfriarschurchinNorthampton,confessingtothecoronerthatonacertainnightinSeptember1528atNorthamptonhehadburgledashopandhouseofWilliamGoughe,andstolesomelinens;healsoburgledothershopsinNorthamptoninDecember1529.HeabjuredandwasassignedBeverley.(HisnamedoesnotappearintheBeverleyregister.)

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942

687 Greneall Thomas Norfolk,Norwich


1527 1527-06-06 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGreneallsoughtsanctuaryon6Jun.1527fordebt.

SDSB,191 618

274 Grenehede William Westmorland,Burton-in-Kendal


1519 1519-10-28 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMilesWryghtsonandWilliamGrenehedesoughtsanctuaryon28Oct.1519,becauseon11Oct.1519atPrestonintheparishofBurton-in-Kendal,theywereattacked,andWryghtsonasprincipalandGrenehedeasaccessorystruckOliverSyllontheheadwitha"sparestaffe."Sylldiedninedayslater.

SDSB,84-85 225

1547 Greneway John London yeoman M Church-taking,Huntingdonshire,GreatGidding,St.James


Boston 1498 1498-07-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum16Jul.1498,atGreatGidding,Hunts.,thatJamesBell,JohnGrenewey,andThomasDawsonabjuredforrobbing7s.fromWilliamOsteby,clerk,andRichardColyn,atWittering,Northants.Bellwasfoundintherealmandpresentedapardonin1507;nothingfurtherabouttheothersfound.

TNA,KB9/419,m.5;KB27/985,rexm.18

1356

1133 Grice George Surrey,EastHorsley

gentleman M Church-taking,London,St.Magnus

Takingchurch 1517 1517-02-12 Asportation AtMiddlesexgaoldeliveryatNewgateon15Apr.1510,Gricewasindictedbecauseon14Dec.1509hehadstolenweaponsandhorsesfromseveralmenatWexbridge,Middlesex.Hepleadednotguiltybutthejuryfoundhimguilty;hepleadedclergy,butwasdeniedforbigamy,althoughheremainedinprison.Proceedingscontinuedfromtermtotermwithoutresolutionuntil9Feb.1518,whenhepleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton12Feb.1517hetooktheparishchurchofSt.MagnusinLondon-presumablyhavingescapedfromcustodyintheMarshalseaprison-butwasdraggedoutbyhis"adversariesandkeepers."Hispleawasheldinsufficientandhewassentencedtohang.

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1077 Griffith Hugh London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-01-31 Homicide Coroner’sinquestconvened10Feb.1539inSt.Gregory’sparishinLondonoverthebodyofRichardCholmeley,gentleman.Thejurorsreportedthaton31Jan.1539at9am,CholmeleyhadbeenattackedandkilledinthechurchyardofSt.Paul’scathedralbyfivemen,JohnMainwaring,RobertJones,ThomasPotter,WilliamEdwards,andHughGriffith.Theygavehimawoundonthebackofhisheadthatpenetratedtohisbrain,fromwhichwoundhediedon9Feb.Followingtheirdeeds,thejurorsreported,theperpetratorsfled.Thejurorsalsoreportedthatthekillinghadbeencommissionedbyanotherparty,RandallMainwaring,gentleman,ofSwanley,Cheshire.TheKing’sBenchcoramregerollrecordstheappearanceatLondongaoldeliveryon15Feb.1539ofthefiveperpetrators.JohnMainwaringpleadedsanctuary,indicatingthatfollowingthekillingheandtheothershadfledtoWestminster,butthatshortlybeforetheirappearanceattheLondongaoldeliverytheyhadallbeenseizedontheordersofThomasCromwellandbroughtbeforethecourt.Mainwaringprayedtoberestored;hisfellowsallmerely“trustedtoGod”thattheywouldhavetheirprivilege.AsCromwellwasamongstthejusticesatgaoldeliverytowhomMainwaringandtheothersmadethisplea,itisnosurprise–althoughcontrarytotheestablishedlawofthetime–thatMainwaringandtheotherswererefused(theirpleasruledinsufficientinlaw).Theyweresummarilypronouncedguilty(theircaseswerenotputtoajury)andtheywerehanged.WhenRandallMainwaringfacedhischargeasaccessoryinMichaelmas1539,hewasacquittedbyajury.Cholmeley’sdeathcameaspartofaCheshirefeud,bothfactionalandpersonal:CholmelywasRandallMainwaring’sbrother-in-law,andtheywereonoppositesidesinaviolentdisputeinthatcountyinthelater1530s.SeeMcSheffrey,SS ,ch.7,forafulldiscussionofthiscaseandthesignificanceofthisbreachofsanctuary.

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952

1868 Griffith M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1528 Asportation AccordingtothesubmissionfromtheCityofLondonintheenquiryintoSt.Martin'sboundsin1535,in1528-1529amannamedGriffithwasforciblyremovedfromahouseinSt.Martin'slanetostandtrialatNewgate.Hepleadedsanctuary,butthejuryfoundthatthehousefromwhichhewastakenwasnotsanctuary,andhewashanged.Anotherwitnessreferredperhapstothesamecase,althoughhegavenonameordate;hesaidthatasanctuarymanwhohadtakentheprivilegefortheftfromtheSunTavernatCripplegatewasdrinkingintheback"parlour"ofatavern(theBull'sHead)atthesouthwesterncornerofSt.Martin'slane.Hewasdraggedfromthatparlourbythesheriff'smenandlaterhanged.Thesanctuarystatusofthatbackdrinkingroomwasdisputedasitstoodontheboundary(seeMcSheffrey,SS ,ch.5).

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1634

869 Griggys Giles Middlesex,Westminster,St.MartinintheFields


CharteredSanctuary

1497 1497-12-18 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportintheparishofSt.ClementDaneson21Dec.1497,overthebodyofRobertBoys.JurorsfindthatGriggysassaultedhimwithmaliceaforethought,withasword,andgavehimawoundfromwhichhedied.BriggysimmediatelyafterthefelonyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminster.

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1453 Grimaldi JohnBaptist

Italy merchant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1509 Asportation AccordingtotheGreatChronicler,GrimaldiwasaretainerofEmpsonandDudley,andfledtosanctuaryfollowingHenryVIII'saccession;heremainedthere"longafftyr."Hehimselfcomplainedc.1513inStarChamberthathehadbeenunjustlyaccusedandcondemnedbycorruptjuries,whileWilliamHussey,thedefendant,answeredthatGrimaldiwasjustlycondemnedforembezzlementandthatheescapedcustodyandfledtoWestminstersanctuary.Uncleariftheseareseparateresortstosanctuaryorthesame.

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1287


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1577 Grimsby William knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar GrimsbywasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


467 Grisby Robert Scalby,Yorkshire


1521 1521-01-14 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGrisbysoughtsanctuaryon14Jan.1521forfelony.

SDSB,147 412

1693 Grisco William Ireland chaplain M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Amwell(HertfordPriory)



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920 Grome Alexander Middlesex,Westminster

groom,servantofWilliamPykeryng

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


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634 Grovell John Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1523 1523-12-21 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGrovellsoughtsanctuaryon21Dec.1523forfelony.

SDSB,180 565

1115 Gryffyn James Kent,Tunbridge

yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,Tunbridge

Takingchurch 1497 1497-11-03 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatMaidstone,Kent,inFebruary1498,MoresseandGryffynappearedonanindictmentthaton3Nov.1497theyhadlaininwaitforThomasGrigbyofTunbridge,Kent,ataplacecalledReverhill,nearTunbridge,andassaultedandrobbedhimofmoneyandgoodsworthabout29s.BothMoresseandGryffynpleadedthattheyhadtakentheporchofthechurchatTunbridge,claimingsanctuary,butthatThomasGrigbyalongwithNicholasWerall,WilliamFrelond,ThomasDurbarreandothersviolentlyseizedthemfromthechurch.Theythuspleadedtoberestored.Theywererecommittedtoprisonwhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves.Thenin1505,theyappearedandpleadednotguilty;theywererecommittedtoprisonforanothertwoyears,andthenin1507thejuryruledontheircasesandacquittedthem.

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1778 GryffynaliasGryffythaliasWalshman

Maurice servant M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-01-03 Homicide Samemanenteredtwiceastwicesoughtsanctuary.InFebruary1512,JohnRaynsford(ID#1778),hisservantGryffyn,andanumberofothermenwereindictedforthemurderon3Jan.1512ofJohnBurgesofEastGreenwich,insidetheprecinctoftheking'spalaceatGreenwich.LaterrecordsinStarChamberindicatethatRaynsfordandGryffyntooksanctuaryatSt.John'sAbbeyinColchesterforthehomicide.Whileinthesanctuary,bothRaynsfordandGryffynwereimplicatedinanotherhomicideinsidethesanctuary,thedeathofMichaelBrasebrigge,anothersanctuaryman;Raynsfordwasnevercharged,althoughheadmittedinhisownStarchambersubmissionsthatGryffynhadcommittedthehomicide,forwhichGryffynfledfromtheprecinctandtookchurchandabjured(enteredseparately;seeID#1779).GryffynwaspardonedalongwithRaynfordfor"allfelonies"inJuly1513.

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1553

1779 GryffynaliasGryffythaliasWalshman

Maurice servant M Church-taking,Essex,Colchester


1513 Homicide Samemanenteredtwicesincehetwicesoughtsanctuary(seealsoID#1778).InStarChamberbetween1514and1521,RichardVynes,bailiffofthesanctuaryofSt.John'sAbbeyinColchester,suedSirJohnRaynsfordandhissonJohnJr.,allegingthattheyoungerRaynsford(ID#1775)andseveralofhisservants(includingGryffyn,whowasthemanwhoactuallystrucktheblow,accordingtoRaynsforth'sownaccount)wereresponsibleforthehomicideofBrasebrigge.AlreadyinsanctuaryinSt.John'sabbey,Colchester,foranothermurder(seehisotherentry),GryffynfledtheabbeysanctuaryforaparishchurchinColchester,andthenabjured.Gryffynwaspardonedfor"allfelonies"inJuly1513,thusthesecondhomicidewaswellasthefirst.

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1554

1004 Gryffyth Owen Wales,Powys yeoman M Church-taking,Warwickshire,RugbySt.Lawrence


Boston 1528 1528-01-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11Jan.1528atRugby,Warws.,GryffythtookthechurchofSt.LawrenceinRugby.Heconfessedthaton20Aug.1527hehadstolensomecattleandsomemoneyatTamworthfromWilliamRepyngton.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.61 903

222 Grymshawe Christopher

Lancashire,Bispham,Amounderness


1516 1516-02-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGrymshawesoughtsanctuaryon8Feb.1516becauseon24Jan.1516atPoultoninAmounderness,nearKirkham,hestruckGeorgeSandyforthontheheadwithapikestaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedfourdayslater.

SDSB,70-71 187

500 Gusterd George Yorkshire,BishopBurton


1489 1489-12-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGusterdsoughtsanctuaryon26Dec.1489forthehomicideofacertainunknownservantofEdwardBarnaby,gentleman,withalancestaff,on26Jan.1488atKillingholme.

SDSB,154 442

378 Gwitby William Yorkshire,Cottingham


1512 1512-02-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGwitbysoughtsanctuaryon16Feb.1512fordebt.

SDSB,129 326

846 Gwynnyth Geoffrey London yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George


Dover 1481 1481-04-28 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton28Apr.1481GwynnythtookthechurchofSt.George,SouthwarkandconfessedtothecoronerthemurderofJohnSanderinTottenham,Midd.,on8May1478.Heabjured.Writdated4May1482,andanoteontheindictmentindicateshewassentencedtobehangedinEasterterm1482,somusthavebeencaughtintherealm.Hewas,however,notactuallyhanged;heappearedinKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1482,andthemarshaloftheMarshalseaprisonexplainedthatasGwynnythwasbeingtakeninacarttotheplaceofexecution,amessengerarrivedwithapardonfromtheking.Spelmanmayhavereportedonthiscase,butwithadifferentname(GeoffreySmith)andadifferentdate(1461);seeseeker#1856.

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761

183 Gy Thomas Yorkshire,Wistow,nearSelby


1510 1510-10-23 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGysoughtsanctuaryon23Oct.1510becauseon12Oct.1510atWomersley,Yorks.,hestruckWilliamPynchebekwithadaggerinthechest,fromwhichblowhediedten[days]later.ThismanmaybethesameastheThomasGyeofWistow(ID#188)whosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamfordifferentfeloniesin1511.

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194 Gybson Robert Yorkshire,Masongill,ThorntoninLonsdale


1512 1512-07-24 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGybsonsoughtsanctuaryon24Jul.1512becausewhenon2Jul.1512JohnWhittyngtonhadassaultedhimataplacecalledMortestaneintheparishofThornton,hestruckback,woundinghimintheneckwithadagger,fromwhichwoundWhittyngtondiedthesameday.

SDSB,62 160

1192 Gydlowe John Staffordshire,Forton

labourer M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromStaffordshire,Forton)


1532 1532-06-07 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton7Jun.1532GydslowetooktheparishchurchofForton,Staffs.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton5JunehehadbrokenintothecloseofWilliamGydsloweatMadeley,atnight,andstolecattle.Heabjured,andwasassignedWestminster.

TNA,KB9/521,m.46;KB29/165,m.26d

1048

188 Gye Thomas Yorkshire,Wistow,nearSelby


1511 1511-01-12 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGyesoughtsanctuaryon12Jan.1511becauseon17May1510hehadstolentwentyheadofcattlefrom"Gawtryce"ForestnearEasington,Yorks.,andtookthemtoBridlingtonmonastery,wherehesoldeighteenofthecattletotheprior,havingsoldtheothertwoashewentalongtheroadtounknownpeople.On29Nov.1509hehadalsostolenfourheifersfromthesameforestandtakenthemtoWaltonundertheWald,Yorkshire,wherehesoldthemtoGilbertGye.HemaybethesameastheThomasGyofWistow(ID#183)whosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamfordifferentfeloniesin1510.

SDSB,59 152

1509 Gyles John Lincolnshire,Bourne

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,StokebyGuildford


Southampton

1444 1444-05-30 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatGylessoughtsanctuaryattheparishchurchofStokebyGuildfordon30May1444,confessingthaton14MayhehadstolenahorseatStow,Cambridgeshire.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/246,m.31 1328

403 Gypson Wililam Yorkshire,Holme-on-Spalding-Moor


1492 1492-05-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGypsonsoughtsanctuaryon26May1492fordebt.

SDSB,133 348

1714 Habage William Somerset,Taunton

capper M SJJ:PreceptoryofMinchinBuckland,Somerset

CharteredSanctuary

1508 1508-06-14 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatTaunton,Soomerset,14Jun.1508,overthebodyofJohnWilliams,"touker"(tuckerorfuller),whomHabageattackedandkilledon14Jun.1508about4pm.HabageimmediatelyfledafterwardstothesanctuaryofSt.JohnofBuckland.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollshowshewasoutlawedon16Apr.1515.

TNA,KB9/960,m.42;KB29/138,m.2d;McSheffrey,SS,97

1497

525 Hale Geoffrey Yorkshire,Sheffield

cutler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-01-18 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohn,William,andGeoffreyHale,allcutlersofSheffield,tooksanctuaryon18Jan.1502fortherobberyofRichardAlanalsoofSheffield.

SDSB,158-59 464

523 Hale John Yorkshire,Sheffield



SDSB,158-59 464

524 Hale William Yorkshire,Sheffield



SDSB,158-59 464

1549 Hall John Lincolnshire,Swineshead

labourer M Lincolnshire,Swineshead,St.Mary'sAbbey


1498 1498-03-22 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport,28Mar.1498,atSwineshead,Lincs.,forThomasStrakerofSwineshead.ThejurorssaythatHallandRichardMay,alsoofSwineshead,labourer,on22Mar.1498hadassaultedStrakerandgivenhimawoundfromwhichhediedon28Mar.BothfledfromSwineshead,thepeopleofthetownchasingthem.TheycaughtMayandputhimintothestocksofthetowninsafecustody.Hall,withhisbowandarrowsdefendedhimselfandthenranintothesanctuaryofthemonasteryofSt.MaryofSwineshead,whereheremainedstillatthetimeoftheinquest.St.Mary'sabbeywasaCistercianhouse;VCHLincs.,2:145-46(http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/pp145-146).

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225 Hall John Northumberland,[Twizel,Morpeth,]


1515 1515-03-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHallsoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1515andsoughtimmunitybecauseinMorpethparish,Northumberland,around3May1514,hewashimselfassaultedandthenstruckback,lethallywoundingJohnWaillezwithastaff,killinghiminstantly.

SDSB,71 190

1676 Hall John London brewer[?] M CharteredSanctuary

1518 Debt InChancerybill,explainsthatwhenhewasinsanctuary(unspecifiedwhich)fordebt,thelandlordwholeasedhimthebrewhouseoftheCrossKeysoutsideCripplegatehadhimcondemnedforagreaterdebtthanwhatheowedinbackrentandhasseizedallhisgoods.Datableto1518-29.

TNA,C1/523/31 1458

948 Hall John Bedfordshire,Bedford

M Church-taking,Suffolk,Ingate


GreatYarmouth

1521 1521-08-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Aug.1521HalltookthechurchatIngate,Suffolk,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton15Aug.1521withJamesJarerdofHoddesden,Herts.,pardoner,hebrokeintoacommonfenandmarshat"Wygon"(Wicken?),Cambs.,andstoleseveralpeople'sanimals.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/488,m.103 846

835 Hall Vincent Middlesex,Clerkenwell,St.John'sStreet

bakerandbrewer

M SJJ:Clerkenwell AbjurationTakingchurch

Sandwich 1461 1461-11-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6Oct.1461inSt.John'sStreet,Clerkenwell,inthelibertyofthehospitalofSt.JohnofJerusalem,overthebodyofWilliamLyng.ThejurorsfoundthatVincentHallonthatsamedayhadattackedandkilledLynginSt.John'sStreet.Thejurorsreportedthatimmediatelyafterwards,Hallwasarrestedandputintothe"king'sprisonwithintheliberty"inthecustodyoftheking'sconstableandoneoftheprior'sservants.Alatercoroner'smemorandum,dated25Nov.1461,indicatesthaton4Nov.HallclaimedsanctuaryinahouseinClerkenwellwithinthe"ambit"ofthepriory(presumablyinStJohn'sStreet,althoughpossiblywithintheprioryprecinct).Controversymusthaveissuedaboutwhetherthepriorychurch'sambithadthesamerightsofsanctuaryasdidparishchurches.On20Nov.1461,thekingissuedawritindicatingthatthepriorhadproventotheking'ssatisfaction,byapostolicbulls,thatthe"priorymayaccordthesamesanctuaryasisavailableinanyparishchurchinanypartofitslands."ThereforethekingmandatedthecoronertogotoHalltorecordtheacknowledgementofhiscrime.On25Nov.,thecoronerwenttoHall,"directedbyawritoftheking,"andHallconfessedtohimthemurderofLyng,andabjured.Hallwasfoundintherealmagainby3Nov.1462,whenhereceivedapardonforhisfeloniesandforbeingfoundintherealmfromtheking,recordedonthepatentrollandpresentedatKing'sBenchTrinity1463.

TNA,KB9/297,mm.2-3,67;KB29/92,m.11;CPR1461-67,214;McSheffrey,SS,93

755

1290 Hall Walter Middlesex,Westminster

barber M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsWalterHall,"lateofthekyngisbarbary,"aslodgingwithThomasMorehousinBland'sAlley.Alatercourtcasefrom1532namedWalterHall,barber,ofWestminsterasdefendantinatrespasscase.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473);TNA,KB27/1083,pleam59d

1125

519 Hall William Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1493 1493-06-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHallsoughtsanctuaryon30Jun.1493forthedeathofThomasHarwedofKingston,glover.

SDSB,158 460

72 Hall William Yorkshire,EgglestoneAbbey

canonofEgglestoneAbbey


1496 1496-04-11 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatthreecanonsofEgglestoneAbbeyinYorkshire--JohnWakefeld,ThomasWalkar,andWilliamHall--alongwithoneoftheabbot'sservants,RobertWalkar,soughtsanctuaryon11Apr.1496becauseon29Mar.1496,inafieldcalledLartingtonFieldnearStartforth,theywereattackedbyRichardAppelbyofCotherstoneandhisretinue.RobertWalkarstruckAppelbyonthebackoftheheadwithawelshbill,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedtwelvedayslater.RobertWalkarsoughtsanctuaryasprincipal;thecanonsasaccessories,becausetheywerepresentwithhimandtheyfeartheywillbeindictedaswell.In1503,JohnWakefeldwaselectedpriorofEgglestoneAbbey,thusheatleastpresumablywasnotprosecutedorwaspardoned.http:--www.british-history.ac.uk-report.aspx?compid=36276

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329 Hall William Yorkshire,York


1503 1503-11-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHallsoughtsanctuaryon30Nov.1503forthehomicideofMargaretHall,hiswife.

SDSB,118 277

215 Halle Roland Northumberland,Whickham


1515 1515-09-09 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHallesoughtsanctuaryon9Sept.1515because,onthe"feastoftheLadyMary"[perhapshernativity,8Sept.],afteranassaulthadbeenmadeonhim,hestruckThomasHerysbyofWhickham,at"ClaceYate"withinthetownofNewcastleuponTyne,givinghimamortalwoundinthestomachfromwhichhediedthesameday.

SDSB,68-69 180

544 Halman Robert Yorkshire,HuttonRudby


1480 1481-02-01 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHalmansoughtsanctuaryon1Feb.1481forthedeathofRichardPeirsonofMiddletoninHuttonRudbyparish,husbandman,killedbyhimon7Jan.1481.

SDSB,163 479

1540 Halpeny Robert Staffordshire,Lichfield

fletcher M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars


1496 1496-04-27 Homicide Coroner'sinquest27Apr.1496atAlrewas,Staffs.,overthebodyofJohnHunt.JurorssaythatEdwardPury,ThomasHarper,JohnHarper,WilliamHarper,RobertHalpeny,JohnSharpcliff,andRobertPewterer(servantofNicholasCokkesofLichfield,pewterer),hadon25Apr.1496laininwaitnearHunt'shouseandfeloniouslymurderedhim.AfterthefelonytheyfledtotheFranciscanfriaryinLichfield.Itisuncleariftheymeantotakechurchpriortoabjuration,oriftheysoughtpermanentasylumatthefriary.AnoteonthereportindicatesthattherecordwashandeduptoWestminsterinMichaelmas1496.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatallthemenwereoutlawedinMichaelmasterm1497,soitappearsthatinanycasetheyescapedprosecution.

TNA,KB9/410,m.90;KB29/127,m.1

1352

429 Halyday John Yorkshire,Watton

carrier M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1495 1495-07-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHalydaysoughtsanctuaryon20Jul.1495forthehomicideofAgnesLathe,killedatWatton.

SDSB,139 374

984 Hamlyn;aliasLowry

Thomas London;andRedingham[Remenham?],Berkshire

yeoman;weaver

M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Dover 1526 1526-03-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Mar.1526HamlyntooktheparishchurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton14Jan.1526hehadbrokenintoacloseatGravesend,andmoreoverthaton24Feb.hehadbrokenintoJohnEllys'shouseinLondonintheparishofSt.Bride.Heabjured.NotethatJohnBagnal[ID#981]tookthesamechurchonthesameday;perhapsanotherbreakoutfromHertfordCastle?

TNA,KB9/502,m.119 882

1037 Hammon John Hampshire,Winchester

horsekeeper M Church-taking,Hampshire,WinchesterSt.Swithin'sCathedral

Takingchurch 1530 1530-05-29 Homicide Coroner'sinquest30May1530inthesokeofWinchesteroverthebodyofThomasWayte.ThejurorsreportedthatWaytehadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenHammonassaultedhim,withprecogitatedmalice,andmurderedhim.ImmediatelyHammonfledtothechurchofSt.SwithininWinchester.

TNA,KB9/514,m.120 930

863 Hampton Richard London dyer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-07-20 Homicide Coroner'sinquest21Jul.1492intheparishofHolyTrinity,KnightriderStreet,overthebodyofRobertScoleyofLondon,plumber.Thejurorsfoundthaton20Jul.1492ScoleywaspeacefullyinHolyTrinityparishwhenHamptonattackedhim,stabbinghimwithaknife,fromwhichwoundScoleydiedinstantly.Immediatelyafter,HamptonfledtoSt.MartinleGrand.ThejurorsalsosaythatacertainAliceGoodwynofLondon,knitster,hadabettedHamptoninthefelony,andshewastakenafterthekillingandputintothesheriffs'custody.AnoteonthereportindicatesthatHamptonwasalsoincustodyintheMarshalseaandawritdated24Nov.1492calledtherecorduptoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/395,mm.20-21 773

399 Hamys John Gloucestershire,Thornbury


1513 1513-05-16 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHamyssoughtsanctuaryon16May1513forfelony.

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1219 Hancokis William Derbyshire,Ashbourne

shoemaker M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromWarwickshire,Coventry,St.Mary'sCathedralPriory)


1535 1535-05-29 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton29May1535HancokistooksanctuaryinthechurchofthemonasteryofSt.MaryinCoventry.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatatPocklingtoninYorkshirehehadstolenahorse.HesoughttoabjuretothesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminsterandthiswasgrantedtohim.

TNA,KB9/533,m.140;KB29/168,m.26

1070

791 Hannam Gregory M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MaryleStrand

Takingchurch 1407 1407-12-22 Asportation Onthecoroner'srollforMiddlesex,amemorandumthatHannamtookchurchatSt.MaryleStrandon22Dec.1407becauseinearlyNov.1406heandotherfelonshadbrokenintotheking'scellaratWestminsterpalaceandstolenfourcoffers,elevenpiecesofsilver,andagooddealofotherplate(specified)belongingtotheking.Further,inSeptember1407,HannambrokeintothevicarageofthevicarofStepneyandstoleamissal,a"portiforio,"andvariouspiecesofclothingandmoney,worthaltogether17marks.Soughtimmunityofchurch;thecoronerissuedordertoconstablesandtownspeopleofWestminstertoguardhiminthechurch.Norecordofabjuration.

TNA,KB9/195/2,m.25 717

637 Hanserd Richard Yorkshire,Felyngham[?]


1529 1529-10-18 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHanserdsoughtsanctuaryon18Oct.1529forthedeathofHenryCrichty,alsoofFelyngham[?],Yorks.,alsoahusbandman.

SDSB,181 568

1391 Harbarde Philip M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-29 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasHarbarde(ID#1392)andPhilipHarbarde(ID#1391)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredformurder,aboutthreedaysbefore(~29May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1225

1392 Harbarde Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-29 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasHarbarde(ID#1392)andPhilipHarbarde(ID#1391)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredformurder,aboutthreedaysbefore(~29May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1226

1859 Hardewyn Andrew Huntingdonshire,OrtonLongueville

husbandman M SJJ:Botolphbridge,Huntingdonshire

CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-04-28 Homicide InMichaelmas1510,HardewynappearedbeforeKing'sBench;hehadbeenindictedinHuntingdonshireseparatelyfortwomurders,bothcommittedonthesameday,28Apr.1510:hekilledJohnWylondaliasSmythandLionelWyllan,bothatOrtonLonguevillebyhittingthemontheheadwithastaff.Whenheappearedbeforegaoldeliveryon26Jul.1510,thejusticesdemurredandinMichaelmas1510HardewynappearedbeforeKing'sBench.Whenaskedhowhepleaded,hepleadedsanctuary,rehearsingindetailthehistoryofahouseandmessuageatBotolphbridge[withinOrtonLonguevilleparish],whichhadbeenaTemplarpropertyuntilthatorderwasdissolved[inthefourteenthcentury]andthenitpassedtotheHospitallers.Hehad,hesaid,soughtsanctuarythereon28Apr.1510,andremainedthereuntil6MaywhenhewasviolentlyseizedbyJohnBursey,HenryHynton,HenryHeryng,WilliamAndrewe,andothers.Hethusseekstoberestored.Theking'sattorneyJohnErneleyrepliedthatwhenhewastaken,hewasnotinthehouseandmessuageofBotolphbridgebutatlargeandthushadnotbeenseizedfromsanctuary.ThequestionwasputtoajuryinEaster1511,andthejurorsfoundthatHardewynhadinfacttakensanctuaryandhadbeenviolentlyseized,ashealleged.Itwasthusruledthathewastoberestored.OnBotolphbridge(spelled"Botelbrigge"ontherecord),apropertypertainingtotheHospitallers--butwithnochurchbuilding,asfarasIhavefound--seeVCHHuntingdon,3:190-98(http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hunts/vol3/pp190-198).

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1626

543 Hardygrave William M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1490 1490-04-21 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHardygravesoughtsanctuaryon21Apr.[1490]forthedeathofGeoffreyDrive,whomhefeloniouslykilledon17Apr.1490.

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1632 Hardyng Johntheyounger

M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Wick


Bristol 1413 1413-03-22 Homicide PatentrollrecordspardontoHardyng,whohadbeenindictedforkillingRichardBillyngofBurtoninGloucestershireandthentakingchurchatWick,whereheabjuredbeforetheGloucestershirecoroner22Mar.1413.Pardoned16May1416.

CPR1416-22,13 1413

1143 Hardyng Richard London labourer M Church-taking,London,St.DunstanintheWest


Southampton

1520 1520-05-23 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthaton23May1520RichardHardyngtookthechurchofSt.DunstanintheWest,London,andconfessedtothecoronerthatinMay1517hehadassaultedandkilledanunknownmanatWarkworth,Northumberland;andthaton7May1520atWestminsterhehadassaultedanotherunknownmanwithswordsandknivesandstolen20sfromhim.HeabjuredandwasassignedtheportofSouthampton.On7June1521hewasbroughtbeforethejusticesofgaoldeliveryatNewgate,London,presumablyhavingbeenfoundintherealm,andhetoldthecourtthatinthemeantimehehadbeentriedandfoundguiltyatNorwichoffelonyatWalsingham,Norfolk,wherehehadpleadedclergyandbeenbrandedanddeliveredtotheOrdinary.ThejusticesputhimintheMarshalseaprisontoawaitrecordfromNorwich,anditwasnotuntilthreeyearslaterinTrinity1524thattheNorwichjusticescertifiedthattherewasnorecordofthatconvictionandclergy.HewasreturnedtotheMarshalseawhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves.InasecondappearanceatKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1527,theNorwichepisodewasomittedfromtherecordandhewasaskedtoanswerforhisabjuration;hepleadedclergy,butwasfoundnottoreadasaclerk,andsowassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB27/1052,rexm3d;TNA,KB27/1065,rexm.3d

1004

585 Harford John London salter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-09-19 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHarfordsoughtsanctuaryon19Sept.1516fordebt.

SDSB,171 518

1848 Harpam John Nottinghamshire,Laxton

tailor M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,LaxtonSt.Michael


Boston 1523 1523-09-08 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton8Sept.1523HarpamtooktheparishchurchofSt.MichaeltheArchangelinLaxton,Notts.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Sept.1522withforceandarmshestoleawhitehorseworth2sfromanunknownmaninthefieldofMinskip,Yorks.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/493,m.45 1615

1538 Harper John Staffordshire,Lichfield

draper M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



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1352

1537 Harper Thomas Staffordshire,Lichfield

dyer M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



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1352


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1027 Harper Thomas Hampshire,Woolton

yeoman M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Balderton


NewcastleuponTyne

1528 1528-10-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatBalderston,Notts.,on13Oct.1528RobertPlumpton(ID#1024),JohnPlumpton(ID#1025),AldelmusWilliamson(ID#1026),andThomasHarper(ID#1027),alltookthechurchofSt.GilesinBalderton.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1528theyhadbrokenintoacloseatStukeley,Hunts.,andstolenahorse.Theyabjured(eachassignedadifferentport).

TNA,KB9/509,m.159;KB29/161,m.1

920

1539 Harper William Staffordshire,Lichfield

pewterer M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



TNA,KB9/410,m.90;KB29/127,m.1

1352

1588 Harry John Oxfordshire,Oxford[?]

tailor M SJJ:Oxford,BroadgatesHall

CharteredSanctuary

1463 1463-08-25 Trespass Alsosecurity TheActsofthechancellor'scourtatOxfordUniversityrecordthatHarryhadfledtoBroadgatesHall,whichclaimedimmunitiesasaHospitallerproperty,followinganassaultin1463;theUniversityproctoratfirstdidnotknowaboutthisprivilege,butafterwardsfullyrecognizedit,andindicatedhewasparticularlydesiroustokeepthoselibertiesunsullied.

HenryAnstey,ed.,MunimentaAcademica,or,DocumentsIllustrativeofAcademicalLife,2vols.,RollsSeries50(London:Longmans,Green,Reader,andDyer,1868),2:702-4;Cox,Sanctuaries,46-47

1376

735 Harryngton Martin Lincolnshire,Partney


1532 1532-11-20 Homicide Alsofelonyanddebt

BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHarryngtonsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon20Nov.1532fordebt,felony,andmurder.

SDSB,202 664

812 Harrys Thomas Warwickshire,Coventry


CharteredSanctuary

1428 1428-10-16 Asportation MiddlesexjurorspresentedthatHarrys,withotherunknownpeople,on16Oct.1428intheparishofSt.MartinintheFields,Westminster,stolemanygoods(itemized),worth£400,fromtheresidenceofThomas,bishopofDurham;and£63ofgoodsandmoneyfromRichardClayton.Immediatelyfollowing,hefledtothesanctuaryatWestminster.AnoteontheindictmentindicatesthathewasincustodyattheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/224,m.122 738

1821 Harrys Thomas M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary



1440


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1042 Harrys Thomas Gloucestershire,DownAmpney

yeoman M Beaulieu(abjurationfromEssex,Southwold)

AbjurationtoCharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-02-24 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Feb.1531ThomasHorsey[ID#1041],ThomasHarrys[ID#1042],andJohnAnwick[ID#1043]tookthechurchofSt.PetertheapostleinSouthWeald,Essex.Theyconfessedtothecoroneron25Feb.*1531thattheyhadon24Feb.1531brokenintothecloseofWilliam,thepriorofthenewhospitalofSt.MarywithoutBishopsgateatBicknacre,Essex,andtiedupRichardCressall,amonkthere,andstole20marksinmoney,4silverspoons,andsomeplate.Theyasktoabjure,voluntarilychoosingthesanctuaryofBeaulieuinHants.--thisdespitethefactthatthestatute(22Hen.VIII,c.14)governingabjurersgoingtocharteredsanctuarieshadnotyetbeengivenroyalassent(whichonlyhappenedon31Mar.1531).Theywerebrandedasperthe1529statute.ItislikelythatwhenallthreearrivedatBeaulieu,on1Mar.1531,theywererefusedentrybytheabbot,althoughthereisonlyevidenceonthispointforThomasHarrys,whoappearedbeforeKing'sBenchinHillary1533.Theabbot'sreasonsforrefusingthempresumably-althoughitisnotcertain-relatedtothestatute'snotyetbeinginforce,althoughthatwouldnotseemsufficientreasontorefusesanctuaryseekers.WhenHarrysappearedbeforeKing'sBenchinHillary1533,heexplainedthataftertheabbothadrefusedhimentrytoBeaulieusanctuary,hethen(hesaid)triedtoreturntothechurchinSouthWealdtodiscussthiswiththecoroner,butashecametoWinchesteronhiswaybacktoEssex,hemetupwithacertainThomasBertonandothers,whoarrestedhimandimprisonedhimintheking'sgaolatWinchesterforalongtime.ThejusticesatKing'sBenchreturnedhimtotheMarshalseaprisonwhiletheyconsideredthematter.InTrinity1533,itwasindicatedthathediedinprisonbeforehiscasecouldbedecided.[*Therecordsactuallysay25May,butthesubsequenttimelineindicatesthisissimplyanerrorratherthana3-monthwaitforthecoronertoappear.]


934

1217 Harryson Christopher

Bedfordshire,Cranfield

M Bewdley(abjurationfromBedfordshire,Cranfield)


1534 1534-07-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6Jul.1534overthebodyofJohn,alabourer,servantofRichardRobynsatCranfield,whowaskilledbyHarryson;anoteinadifferenthandatthebottomindicatesthatHarrysonabjured.Coroner'smemorandum(samecoroner,RobertStokeley)thaton11Jul.1534HarrysontooktheparishchurchofCranfield,Beds.,andconfessedtheabovehomicide.Heabjured,wasbranded,andwasassignedBewdleyinShropshire.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthathewasoutlawedinHillaryterm1536.

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1287 Hart Henry servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1519 Ina"Searchforsuspectedpersons"invariousplacesaroundLondonundertakenforthecrownin1519,alistforthesanctuaryinWestminsterincludesseveralspecificallyidentifiedassanctuarymen(perhapstheyallwere,butonlytheseincludedhere).HenryHartisindicatedas"inservicewithMasterKnevett,andthatWilliamKnevetandGeorgeAudeleghpayethforhisbord."

TNA,SP1/18,fol.254;McSheffrey,SS,181

1123

955 HartfyldaliasHartwyll

Brian Devon,OtterySt.Mary

gentleman M Greyfriars,Exeter

Ambiguous 1523 1523-04-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquest10Apr.1523atExeter,Devon,overthebodyofJohnThomas,fisher,aliasJohnYane.ThejurorsreportedthatHartfyld,on9Apr.1523around6pm,attackedThomas,stabbinghimandkillinghim.AfterwardsHarftylffledtothesanctuaryoftheGreyfriarschurchoutsidethesouthgateofExeter.

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1441 Harvey Hugh London servant M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1537 1537-11-17 Asportation AttheendofMarch1538thekinggaveacommissiontoSirAnthonyFitzherbert,justiceofthecourtofCommonPleas,andReginaldDigby,Warwickshiregentleman,bothJPsforWarwickshire,todeterminewhathadhappenedtomoneystolenthepreviousNov.fromDr.RichardCroke,chaplaintotheking.ThecommissionindicatedthatHughHarvey,servantoftheinnkeeperattheGoatInnontheStrand,nearWestminster,hadrobbedDr.Croke'sservantofsome£8,andthathehadalsorobbedhisemployer,theGoatlandlord.HehadthenescapedfromMiddlesextothesanctuaryatKnowle(amanorofWestminsterabbey).Harvey,accordingtothetestimonytothecommissioners,hadarrivedthereinNovember1537butdidnotimmediatelyclaimsanctuary,takingtheprivilegeonlyaftermenactingforDr.Croketriedtoplacehimunderarrest.ThoseactingforDr.Crokeclaimedhewasineligiblefortheprivilegeofsanctuaryashewasindictedforhavingstolenfromhismaster,acrimewhichhadrecentlybeendefinedbythe1536statute27Hen.VIII,c.17asineligibleforsanctuary.HarveyadmittedtherobberyofDr.Croke'sservantbutdeniedstealingfromhisownemployer.Afteragooddealofdiscussion,Dr.Croke'sfriendsdepartedandHarveybecameasanctuaryman.HestayedinKnowleforabouttwoweeksandthenleft,andwasnotheardfromagain.Theevidencegatheredforthecommissionrevealsagooddealabouttheworkingsofthissmallsanctuaryinthelater1530s(seeMcSheffrey,SS ,ch.6,foradetaileddiscussionofthiscase).

TNA,SP1/130,fols.154r-189v(L&P,13/1:228);McSheffrey,SS,140-64

1276

493 Harvy Thomas ?[Doresham] shoemaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1486 1486-03-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHarvysoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1486becausehekilledacertainThomasFlatalsoof"Doresham,"withadaggeron24June1485.

SDSB,153 435

1232 Haselwood John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1553 Debt InaChancerysuit,JohnMonnesorMundesofLondon,ironmonger,complainedthatHasilwoodhadcheatedhimandhispartnerHenryRigbyovera£40purchaseofwine,1Jun.1553;HasilwoodhadthenfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterandhiddenhimselfthere,sothattheycouldhavenoremedy.Followingthat,Hasilwoodfledtopartsunknown.

TNA,C1/1369/71-73 1082

911 Hastyngis Robert Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1520 1520-10-30 Felony InHillaryterm1521,WestminsterjurorspresentedatKing'sBenchthatWyx,Loksmyth,Stone,andHastyngis,on30Oct.1520tooksanctuaryas"theking'sfelons,"beingregisteredthereforthosefelonies.Theystayedthereuntil11Nov.1520,whenwiththeintentionofcommittingrobberyandmurdertheyleftthesanctuaryandon12Nov.atnighttheybrokeintothehouseofJohnBisshop,chaplain,atKingsbury,Midd.,stealingalargerangeofhouseholdobjects,includingamissal,twobowsandtwoarrows,andagooddealoflinenandplate,worth33sd,alongwith50sinmoney.GeorgePepperofKingsbury,chaplainandWilliamWrencheofKingsbury,yeomanhadon11Nov.atWestminsterfeloniouslyprocuredthemtocommitthefelony.ThomasWrexhamofWestminster,yeoman,andWilliamBrounofWestminster,smith,receivedthemafterwards,knowingthattheyhadcommittedthefelony.(Wrexham,ID#912,appearedatKing'sBenchandpleadedsanctuary,andwasrestored;norecordfoundforfateofWyx,Loksmyth,Stone,andHastyngis,althoughasWrexhamwasdraggedfromthesanctuarytofacethischargeitdoesnotseemlikelytheyreturnedtoWestminster.)

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973 Haton Richard Yorkshire,Hayton

gentleman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Southampton

1525 1525-11-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525HatontookthechurchofSt.MarynexttoHertfordpriory.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton18Oct.1525at"WevamMagna"[Wivenhoe?],Essex,hebrokeintotheparishchurchandstoleasilvergiltchalice;andon6Jan.1525hebrokeintothecloseofanunknownmanatChalfontSt.Peter,Bucks.,andstolejewelryandmoney.Heabjured.NotethatHatonwasoneofsevenmenwhotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday(HatonwastheonlyseekeratSt.Mary,theothershavingtakenchurchatAllSaints),eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies(withtheexceptionofthehorsethefttowhichbothShaweandSkryvenerconfessed),suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.92 871

38 Hawden Richard Durham,Wickham


1488 1488-08-23 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHawdensoughtsanctuaryon23August1488becausehe,togetherwiththreeofhisbrothers,nearthestreamcalledDryburninAllendalewithinthefranchiseofHexham,around18yearsago(c.1470),beganaquarrelwithacertainJohnBetson,andstruckJohnintheheadandthelegandotherplaces,sothatfromtheseblowstheykilledhimandheimmediatelydied.RichardHawdenwasthebrotherofEdwardHawdenorHayden(ID#46),whosoughtsanctuaryforthesamefelonyin1491.

SDSB,14 33

46 HawdenorHayden

Edward Durham,Wickham


1491 1491-02-20 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton20Feb.1491Hawdensoughtsanctuarybecause,nearafieldcalledDryburninAllendale,heandtwoofhisbrothersfeloniouslystruckandkilledJohnBetsonwiththeirswords,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhedied.EdwardHawdenwasthebrotherofRichardHawdenofWickham(ID#46),whosoughtsanctuaryforthesamefelonyin1488.Ashisbrother'sconfessionmakesclear,thishadoccurredabout1470.

SDSB,17 41

646 Hawlay Edward Middlesex,Stepney


1529 1529-11-22 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHawlaysoughtsanctuaryon22Nov.1529fordebt.

SDSB,183 577

26 Hawll Richard Yorkshire,LowWorsall


1483 1483-07-08 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHawllsoughtsanctuaryon8July1483becausehekilled,inhisowndefence,WilliamKenrwthofWorsall,withaKendallclub.

SDSB,9 22

676 Hawmond William Yorkshire,WitherwickinHolderness


1526 1526-08-20 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHawmondsoughtsanctuaryon20Aug.1526forfelony.

SDSB,189 607

163 Hayeley Roger Lancashire,Samlesbury


1508 1508-02-11 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHayeleysoughtsanctuaryon11Feb.1507or1508,becauseinself-defencehekilledRogerSharphouseon29Jan.last,nearSamlesbury,hittinghimonthefrontoftheheadwithapikestaff,fromwhichwoundhediedfourdayslater.

SDSB,52 130

306 Hayton John Lincolnshire,Immingham


1511 1511-02-16 Felony Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHayton*soughtsanctuaryon16Feb.1511forfelonyanddebt.*ThornleycorrectstheSDSBrenderingofthesurnameasHowton.


254

639 Hayton William Cumbria,Carlisle

fishmonger M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1524 1524-02-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHaytonsoughtsanctuaryon23Feb.1524fordebt.

SDSB,181 570

1838 Haywarden Richard M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1450 AccordingtoananonymouschronicleaccountofJackCade'sRevolt,1450,acertainRichardHaywardenwasbeheadedinthecourseoftherevoltattheTabardinninSouthwark,having"cometherefromthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand."

RalphFlenley,ed.,SixTownChroniclesofEngland(Oxford:ClarendonPress,1911),106.

1605


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1623 Hebbull Thomas Kent,EastPeckham


1400 Felony PatentrollnotesHebbull'spardon24Apr.1400forhis(unspecified)felonies,robberies,homicides,andmurdersandhissubsequentabjuration.

CPR1399-401,273 1404

1322 Hede Joan F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Hede(labeledin1533as"acaste[condemned]woman")wasnamedashavingentered"undersuspicionofmurdre."Althoughbothentriesindicatethatshewassuspected,theadjective"caste"suggeststhatshehadbeenfoundguilty.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1156

19 Heg Gilbert Surrey,Lambeth


1479 1479-11-04 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHegsoughtsanctuaryon4Nov.1479becauseon15Oct.1479atLambethbyThames,hefeloniouslyassaultedacertainconstableinthechest,indefenceofhisbody(ashesays),withadaggercalledawynyard,fromwhichthesaidconstablewithin5daysdied.

SDSB,6-7 15

530 Heghfeld John gentleman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-04-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamSalvan,Heghfeld,JohnSalvan,Walker,andHuntwereallreceivedatBeverleyon14April1478forthedeathofHenryHardewyk,killedbythem.

SDSB,160 468

220 Hellard Christopher

Yorkshire,RustonParva.


1515 1515-10-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHellardsoughtsanctuaryon5Oct.1515becauseon23Jun.1515hestruckNicholasDaniellwithanarrow,althoughhedoesnotknowinwhatpartofthebody.Danielldiedfromthewound.

SDSB,70 185

250 Helme Robert Cheshire,Northwich


1517 1517-09-27 Homicide Alsodebt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHelmesoughtsanctuaryon27Sept.1517becauseon14Aug.1517atTranmere,Cheshire,hestruckGriffinAnvellinself-defenceafterAnvellhadassaultedhim,givinghimamortalwoundinthestomachwithadagger.Anvelldied8dayslater.Healsohasdebtstomanypeople.

SDSB,77 208

353 Henisle John Yorkshire,Northallerton


1509 1509-07-18 Debt Alsosecurity BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHenislesoughtsanctuaryon18Jul.1509fordebtandotherthingstouchinghisbodilysafety.

SDSB,123 301

1104 Henley William Surrey,Bermondsey

smith M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey

Takingchurch 1501 1501-10-25 Asportation King'sBenchcoramregerollrecordsthatinearlyNovember1501Henleypleadedsanctuaryinresponsetoanindictmentforthethefton3Oct.1501oflargequantitiesofcloth,valuedat£30,takenfromPeterHalloftheparishofSt.ClementDanesinMiddlesex.Heclaimedthaton25Oct.1501hehadtakensanctuaryinthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MaryMagdaleninSouthwark,butthatonthesamedayhewasviolentlyseizedfromtherebyservantsoftheabbotofBermondsey.Theking'sattorneyrepliedthathehadinfactbeentakenwhenhewasatlargeoutsidethechurchyard.Thesanctuarypleawasputtoajury,whichfoundthathehadnotbeeninsanctuary.Hethenpleadednotguiltytotheindictment,buttheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicatethathewashangedinMichaelmasterm1504.

TNA,KB27/961,rexm.7;KB27/963,rexm.13;KB29/132,mm.3d,4,10d,28

977

1203 Henour Thomas Herefordshire,Leominster

shoemaker M Bewdley(abjurationfromHerefordshire,LeominsterSt.Peter)


1533 1533-04-21 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton21Apr.1533HenourenteredthechurchofSt.PetertheApostleatLeominster,confessingon22Apr.thathefeloniouslyslewEmelyne,latethewifeofHughCosyn;hetoldthecoronerthat21Apr.hehadbeeninhisownhousebeatinghisownwife,andaccidentallystruckEmelyne.Shediedthefollowingday[?22Apr.,thedayafterhesoughtsanctuary?],andhedoesnotwanttosayorconfessanythingelse.Heabjured,choosing"theprivilegeofthesanctuaryofBeaudeley,"presumablyBewdley,Shropshire,althoughpossiblyBeaulieu.

TNA,KB9/525,m.42;KB29/166,m.26

1058

1770 Henrikson PiersMayn

Netherlands M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


Inapetitiontotheking'scouncil,AlardFunk,tailor,complainedthathehadbeenunjustlyaccusedofhelpingHenriksonescapefromcustodyashewasbeingbroughttocourtatWestminster.Henrikson,hesaid,"wentoutoftheChanceryintothesanctuaryofWestminster."NorecordofwhathappenedtoHenriksonafterthat.

TNA,SC8/85/4218 1545

308 Henrison Thomas Yorkshire,Skipsea


1504 1504-10-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHenrisonsoughtsanctuaryon2Oct.1504fordebt.

SDSB,114 256

389 Henry Edmund Suffolk,Stradbroke


1514 1514-02-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandEdmundHenrysoughtsanctuaryon13Feb.1514forthehomicideofThomasGudewyn,alsoofStradbroke.

SDSB,131 335


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388 Henry Robert Suffolk,Stradbroke


1514 1514-02-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandEdmundHenrysoughtsanctuaryon13Feb.1514forthehomicideofThomasGudewyn,alsoofStradbroke.

SDSB,131 335

50 Henryson Robert Northumberland,Berwick


1491 1491-09-04 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHenrysonsoughtsanctuaryon4Sept.1491becauseon16Aug.1485inthetownofBerwickhehadstruckJohnWalleraliasJohnsonwithaknife,killinghim.

SDSB,19 45

1028 HeppeorHoppe

Randolph Essex,Wytham

weaver M Church-taking,Essex,Braintree


Harwich 1529 1529-09-16 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton16Sept.1529HeppetookthechurchofSt.MichaeltheArchangelinBraintree,Essex.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton5Aug.1528ontheking'sroadbetweenLeedsandSuttoninKenthehadassaultedacertainJohnFoxe,labourer,andkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/512,m.24;KB29/162,m.2d

921

703 Hereson Guy Durham,Stanhope


1527 1527-03-27 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHeresonsoughtsanctuaryon27Mar.1527forfelony.

SDSB,195 634

265 Heron Anthony Northumberland,Warkworth


1519 1519-03-22 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAnthonyHeronandRobertGraysoughtsanctuaryon22Mar.1519becausetheyhadbeenpresentatBiltonMoor,intheparishof"Lesbery,"on5Mar.1519whenGeorgeMayllofWarkworth(ID#267)struckAlanElderwithaswordbecauseElderhadassaultedhim.Hegavehimawoundfromwhichhedied23dayslater[althoughapparentlytheysoughtsanctuarybeforethedeathactuallyoccurred].Alaterbillofinformationfrom1521senttoWolseyonNorthumbrianmurderersindicatesthat"AnthonyHeron,second-begottensontoJohnHeron,ofChipches,withothers,"layinwaitandmurderedAlanElder,ofWarkworth,forwhichheis"indicted,andthepele[appeal]entered."Hewas"insanctuarywithinthebishopricofDurham."AsElderwasafraidofJohnHeronandhissons,theearlofNorthumberlandhadboundJohnHerontokeepthepeace.AfterthemurdertheearldischargedHeronfromhisservice.

SDSB,81;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

218

238 Heron John Northumberland,Warkworth


1517 1517-05-24 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnHeronandClementLedyllsoughtsanctuaryon24May1517because,afterRobertWylson,HenryWylson,RobertSmyth,andEdwardArnaldassaultedthemon22May1517atWarkworth,nearthecastlethere,HeronstruckRobertWylsoninthestomachandinotherpartsofhisbodywithadagger,killinghim.Heronseekssanctuaryforhomicide,andLedyllasaccessory.A"billofinformation"intheStatePapers-areporttoWolsey-in1521namedJohnHeroninrelationtoanotherhomicide:AlanElderofWarkworthhadbeenafraidofJohnHeronandhissons,andthustheearlofNorthumberlandhadboundHeronovertokeepthepeace;butsubsequentlyAnthonyHeron,JohnHeron'ssecondson,murderedhim,andwasindicted,buthadhimselffledtosanctuary.JohnHeronwasdischargedfromtheearl'sservice.ThissuggeststhatHeron(andpresumablyLedyll)didnotstaylonginsanctuaryforthe1517homicide.

SDSB,75;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

200

681 Heron John Kent,Canterbury


1529 1529-04-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHeronsoughtsanctuaryon5Apr.1529fordebt.

SDSB,190 612

501 Herreson Robert Huntingdonshire,Savemed[?]


1490 1490-07-21 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHerresonsoughtsanctuaryon21July1490forthehomicideofThomasDicson,wright,alsoof"Savemed"inHuntingdonshire,on28Nov.1489.

SDSB,154 443

648 Herryngton Thomas Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1524 1524-07-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHerryngtonsoughtsanctuaryon25Jul.1524fordebt.

SDSB,183 579


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1469 Hertangyr Richard London M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1435 Debt InaChancerybillandsubsequentrecordscopiedintheSt.Martin'sRegister,ThomasBourchier,deanofSt.MartinleGrand,complainedthat,inFebruary1435,thesheriffsofLondonsentinoneoftheirservantstoarrestHertangyr,adebtorbeingsuedbyseveralplaintiffsintheLondoncourtswhohadtakensanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.Bourchier'spetitionsucceededinbringingthecaseintoChancery,andaccordingtotheSt.Martin'sRegister,afteroneofHertangyr'screditorslateradmittedinChancerythatthearresthadtakenplace“withinthelibertyandfranchiseoftheroyalchapelofSt.Martin,”on28October1435theChancellororderedHertangertoberestoredtothesanctuary.Notsurprisingly,thecasefeaturedprominentlyasaprecedentinSt.Martin'slaterquarrelswiththeCity.

TNA,C1/12/199;WAM,Book5,fols.39r-40r;McSheffrey,SS,64

1298

494 Heryson John Yorkshire,MiddletonontheWolds


1486 1486-04-06 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHerysonsoughtsanctuaryon6Apr.1486andacknowledgedthehomicideofThomasMetcalfeofMelmerby,withastaff,killedonthatsamedayatMelmerby.(Melmerby,Yorkshire,isabout55milesbyfootfromBeverley,soitisdifficulttoseehowHerysoncouldhavearrivedatthesanctuarythatsameday,unlessadifferentMelmerbyismeant;ontheotherhandMiddleton,Herysons'placeoforigin,isonlyaboutninemilesfromBeverley.)

SDSB,153 436

374 Hessey John Yorkshire,Belby


1511 1511-08-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHesseysoughtsanctuaryon4Aug.1511forthehomicideofWilliamSmythof"Didyngham."

SDSB,128 322

1272 Heth John Middlesex,Westminster


1494 1494-02-04 Treason Fivemen—ThomasBagnall,JohnHeth,JohnSkotte,JohnKenyngton,andAlexanderSynger—wereaccusedbeforeanoyerandterminersession22Feb.1495ofusingthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandasabasefromwhichtowriteanddisseminatetreasonousbillsinsupportofPerkinWarbeckandagainsttheking.AlthoughSynger'snamedropsfromtherecord(perhapsdyinginprison),theotherfourwerebroughtbeforeKing’sBench.Heth,Skotte,andKenyngtonpleadednotguilty,butwerefoundguiltyandsentencedtoatraitor’sdeath.Bagnall,ontheotherhand,pleadedsanctuary,apparentlysuccessfully.


706

731 Hether Thomas Derbyshire,Derby


1532 1532-07-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHethersoughtsanctuaryon15Jul.1532fordebt.(ThornleycorrectsthenamefromFletchertoHether.)


660

461 Hewson John Cumbria,Ireton


1499 1499-07-01 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHewsonsoughtsanctuaryon1Jul.1499forthedeathofJohnRobynson,whomhehadkilledrecentlyatIretonwithaCarlisleaxe.

SDSB,146 406

294 Hexham Thomas Yorkshire,Topcliffe


1523 1523-07-23 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHexhamsoughtsanctuaryon23Jul.1523because,inJuly1517,afterJohnSmythhadassaultedhimnearthemillatTopcliffinameadowpertainingtoJohnGrene,gentleman,hestruckSmythwithadaggerontheleftshoulder.Smythimmediatelydied.

SDSB,89-90 243

1699 HeybornaliasHerberd

George London chaplain M Church-taking,London,St.BrideFleetStreet

Takingchurch 1505 1505-06-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportintheparishofSt.BrideFleetStreet,London,on5Jun.1505,overthebodyofEdwardapEvanapTidderofLondon,yeoman.Jurorsreportedthaton4Jun.between10and11pmGeorgeHeybornaliasHerberdassaultedandkilledhim.Afterwards,HeybornfledtotheparishchurchofSt.Bride,takinghisswordwithhim.

TNA,KB9/1062,mm.17-18 1478

528 Heyden Tristram Nottinghamshire,SouthLeverton[?]


1492 1492-01-17 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHeydensoughtsanctuaryon17Jan.1492fordebt.ThornleycorrectstheoriginaltranscriptionofthesurnameasKogdentoHeyden.


467


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917 Heydon Richard Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-08-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatWestminsterintheabbotofWestminster'slibertyon7Aug.1516,overthebodyofEdwardWrightaliasMessenger.ThejurorsreportedthatRichardDraycotes,gentleman,andRichardHeydon,WilliamStanwyche,HenryEllys,andAlexanderGrome(aliasAlexanderlateservantofWilliamPykeryng,gentleman),allyeomen,allofWestminster,on30Jul.1516at6pmassaultedWrightatWestminster,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon6Aug.DraycotesandHeydonweretheprincipalsandtheotherswereaccessories.ThejurorsalsosaythatThomasSwaloweofWestminstertriedtocapturethefelonsandchasedthem,andashedidsohesawJohnHaynesofWestminster,cutler,oneoftheconstablesofthetownofWestminster,andinthenameofthekingheorderedhimtocatchandarrestthefelonsandmurderers,butHaynespubliclyrefusedtodothis,sothatthemenwereabletoescapetosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/472m.78 821

1452 Heyron John M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1497 Civilwar AccordingtotheGreatChronicleofLondon,PerkinWarbecktooksanctuaryatBeaulieuAbbeyalongwithnineothermen,includingonenamedasJohnHeyron,registeringthemselvesassanctuarymen.Thelordchamberlainsentalargecompanyofmentoensurethathewouldnotbeabletoescape.Sometimelater,Warbeckwastaken--thechroniclerdoesnotindicatehow,whetherfromthesanctuaryorafterheleftit--andbroughtbeforethekingatTaunton,whereHenrypardonedandforgavehim.

GreatChronicleofLondon,282

1088

1207 Heyte Walter Norfolk,GreatYarmouth

waterman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,Barrington)


1534 1534-02-09 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Feb.1534JohnGoodman(ID#1206)andWalterHeyte(ID#1207)tooktheparishchurchofBarrington,Cambs.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton7Feb.atBarringtontheyhadstolenahorse.Theyabjured,werebranded,andGoodmanchoseBeverley,andHeytethemonasteryofSt.JohnatColchester.

TNA,KB9/527,m.148;KB29/167,m.1d

1484

850 Heyton Thomas Shropshire,Hopton


CharteredSanctuary



762

1007 Heywode Ralph Northamptonshire,Oundle[?]

sherman M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,CambridgeSt.AndrewtheGreat


Ipswich 1528 1528-01-19 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton19Jan.1528HeywodetookthechurchofSt.AndrewwithoutBarnwellGates,withinthelibertyofthecityofCambridge.HeconfessedthathehadbrokenintothehouseofNicholasGreneofSoham,Cambs.,andstolensomecloth.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/507,m.7 906


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55 HildrethorHyldreyth

John Yorkshire,Hallikeld


1492 1492-11-11 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHildrethsoughtsanctuaryon11Nov.1492becauseon31Oct.1492hehadstruckWilliamHobermanontheheadwithaclub,killinghim,inawoodcalledClakwodde.He"instanter,instancius,etinstantissime"soughtsanctuary.

SDSB,22 50

316 Hodschon Brian Cumbria,Killington


1504 1504-06-17 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHodschonsoughtsanctuaryon17Jun.1504fordebt.

SDSB,115 264

174 Hoge William Yorkshire,Wilton


1509 1509-08-04 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHogesoughtsanctuaryon4Aug.1509becauseon31Jul.1509,inacertainhorseenclosurecalledLanglandsnearWilton,Yorks.,hewasattackedbyJohnBoltonandstruckbackwithasword,givinghimamortalwoundontheheadfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.

SDSB,55 141

278 Hogeson John Northumberland,Rock


1519 1519-08-03 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnHogeson,JohnMan,andRobertHotonsoughtsanctuaryon3Aug.1519becausearound21March1519,betweenEmbletonandNewton[-by-the-Sea],theykilledEdwardWeytmanwithtwospears.A1521billofinformationsenttoWolseyonNorthumbrianmurderersreportedthatRobertHuton,[blank]Thew,andotherswereindictedforthemurderofEdwardWetewang,forwhichanappealhadbeenentered,andthattheywereinsanctuaryinDurham.

SDSB,84-85;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

229

1725 Hogeson Thomas Staffordshire,NewcastleunderLyme

mercer M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,Cropredy


Southampton

1517 1517-09-19 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatCropredy,Oxon.,on19Sept.1517,RichardConstablealiasWalker;WilliamBryggys;ThomasHogeson;andThomasAbromellfledtotheparishchurchatCropredy.TheyconfessedthatthepreviousdaytheyhadtogetherbrokenintothecloseandhouseofThomasDebesonofStanford,Oxon.,andassaultedhim,stealing46s8dinmoney.Theyallabjured,allbeingassignedthesameport.Hogesonislistedas"denovoCastellosubtusLyndincomitatuLincoln,"hereassumedtobeNewcastle-under-Lyme,Staffs.

TNA,KB9/967,m.35 1506

1 Hogeson William Yorkshire,Fulford



Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton18June1464,againsthiswill,HogesonhitandmortallywoundedJohnStayntonofthesametown,andStayntondied.SoWilliam,acknowledginghisguilt,on22July1464,inthecathedralchurch,beforethewitnessesspecifiedbelow,soughttheimmunityandlibertyofSt.Cuthbertandhischurch.PresentwereHenryPreston,constableofDurham,ThomasFostergentleman,SirJohnMegrechaplain,ThomasFolansebyetmanyothers.

SDSB,1 1

193 Hogeson[aliasAtkynson?]

Richard Yorkshire,KirkbyMalzeard


1512 1512-07-15 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardHogesonsoughtsanctuaryon15Jul.1512fordebt.TheheadingfortheentryidentifieshimasRichardAtkynson;unclearifoneofthenamesisanerrororifit'sanalias.

SDSB,61-62 159

733 Hoggeson Christopher

Yorkshire,Thorngumbald


1532 1532-04-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHoggesonsoughtsanctuaryon16Apr.[1532?]fordebt.

SDSB,201 662

710 Hogonson Thomas Yorkshire,Skipton,Craven


1519 1519-12-24 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHogonsonsoughtsanctuaryon24Dec.1519fordebt.

SDSB,197 641

291 Hogsone George Middlesex,Isleworth


1522 1522-09-10 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHogsone(of"Thistleworth"-?Isleworth),Middlesex,soughtsanctuaryon10Sept.1522becauseon28Jul.1522hestole£40fromRichardSutton,alsoofThistleworth.Laterbeforethenotarypublicinthecathedralchurchheadmittedtostealing(afurther?)£20fromSuttonandpromisedonthegospelstosatisfySuttonwheneverheisableto.

SDSB,88 240


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1081 Hoknell Richard Cheshire,Utkinton


CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/545,mm.87-90;KB29/161,m.1d;KB27/1115,pleam.21;LMA,Rep.10,fol.95r;L&P,14/1:584-85;15:348;Nicolas,ProceedingsPrivyCouncil,7:87;N.M.Fuidge,"Done,SirJohn,"HPO;R.J.W.Swales,"Holcroft,SirThomas,"HPO.

954

1214 Holand Edward Sussex,Chichester

tailor M Beaulieu(abjurationfromSussex,ChichesterBlackfriars)


1533 1533-09-07 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinqueston10Sept.1533atChichesteroverthebodyofWilliamSkinneraliasHebbyns,lateservantofWilliam,bishopofChichester.Thejurorsreportedthaton7Sept.1533Skinner,EdwardHoland,andotherswereinGod'speaceandtheking'sataninncalledtheWhiteHorse,drinking,andaround1pmHolandlefttheinnandwenttowardsthecity'sgreen[plateam ];Skinner,seeinghim,followedhim,tookouthissword,andassaultedEdward.ThusEdward,forcedtodefendhimself,fleduntilhecouldfleenomoreandthenkilledSkinner.Immediatelyafterthekilling,HolandfledtotheBlackfriars'churchinChichester.Acoroner'smemorandumalsodated10Sept.1533reportedthatHolandhadtakentheBlackfriars'churchinChichester,confessingthaton5Sept.1533[sic]HolandattackedWilliamSkinnerinthemiddleofthenight,hittinghimwithagreatstoneonthehead,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon7Sept.Heabjured,choosing[theplacenamefilledinbyanotherhand]"Bewdeley."Thisislikely-bygeographicalproximity-BeaulieuAbbeyinHantsratherthanBewdley,Shropshire.Thedifferencesbetweenthetwodifferentreportsofthedeatharecurious;thememorandumofabjurationhasanumberofelementsleftblank,includinginsomecasesthedates.Althoughboththesecoroners'functionsweresaidtohavebeenfulfilledonthesamedayinChichester,thesedocumentswerefilledoutinthefirstcase(theinquestoverthebody)byRichardAwdeley,andinthesecondcase(thememoofabjuration)byWilliamRoyseandJohnCreseweller.

TNA,KB9/528,mm.58-59;KB9/529,m.117;KB29/167,m.25

1065


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1701 Holand John Staffordshire,Stone

shoemaker M Church-taking,Middlesex,Hackney


Sandwich 1425 1425-03-02 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol,otherfelonies

Coroner'smemorandumthaton2Mar.1425HolandhadtakenchurchatHackneyandsoughtthecoroner.Heconfessedtothecoronerthathe,twosoldiers,andacorserhadmurderedRichardLawnde,aLondondraper,atFinsburyon1Feb.1424.Ayearorsolater,1Mar.1425,theyhadbrokenintoacloseinStepney,andhewasarrestedatStepneybytheconstable,butescapedfromhiscustodyandthenthefollowingdaytookchurchatStepney.Hewas,however,seizedfromtheStepneychurchbyparishionersandbroughttothecustodyofthebailiffofthebishopofLondon,fromwhomheagainescaped,thistimefleeingtotheparishchurchatHackney.Onthisoccasion,on9March1425,heabjuredtherealm.Hewascaughtinrealmsoonafter;Freemanindicateswashanged(citingKB29/58,rot.16).

TNA,KB9/1070,mm.51-52;Freeman,"AndHeAbjured,"292-93(citingKB29/58,rot.16)

1480

465 Holande Robert Lincolnshire,Humberston[?]


1502 1502-06-11 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHolande,of"Eberstee,"Lincs.,tooksanctuaryon11Jun.1502,confessingthathehadkilledWilliamLawghton,alsoofEberstee.

SDSB,147 410

895 Holford William Middlesex,Westminster

carpenter M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-02-10 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston10Feb.1512inthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminster,overthebodyofGerardFoyst.Thejurorsreportedthatat10pmon9Feb.1512,Holford,withpremeditatedmalice,stabbedhiminthechestwithadagger,killinghiminstantly.EtheldredaSynglewoman,aliasEtheldredaTaylor,ofWestminster,Spinster,andJohnDyconsonofWestminster,labourer,werepresentandindictedasaccessories.HolfordfledtothesanctuaryofSt.Peter'satWestminster.DyconsonandSynglewomanaliasTaylorwereeachaquitted,inTrinity1513and1515.

TNA,KB9/460mm.4,13;KB27/1008,rexm1;KB27/1016,rexm18

804

1283 Holland Henry dukeofExeter

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1454 Civilwar AccordingtoPolydoreVergil,HenryHolland,dukeofExeter,soughtsanctuaryatWestminsterAbbeytwiceduringthecivilwars,oncein1454(whenhewasextractedbythedukeofYork),andagainfollowingthebattleofBarnetin1471.Enteredtwiceassoughtsanctuaryontwodistinctoccasions.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,147,163;MichaelM.N.Stansfield,“TheHollands,DukesofExeter,EarlsofKentandHuntingdon,1352-1475”(Ph.D.,OxfordUniversity,1987),242-43,250;MichaelHicks,"Holland,Henry,"ODNB;McSheffrey,SS ,45

1121

1283 Holland Henry dukeofExeter

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 Civilwar AccordingtoPolydoreVergil,HenryHolland,dukeofExeter,soughtsanctuaryatWestminsterAbbeytwiceduringthecivilwars,oncein1454(whenhewasextractedbythedukeofYork),andagainfollowingthebattleofBarnetin1471.Enteredtwiceassoughtsanctuaryontwodistinctoccasions.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,147,163;MichaelM.N.Stansfield,“TheHollands,DukesofExeter,EarlsofKentandHuntingdon,1352-1475”(Ph.D.,OxfordUniversity,1987),242-43,250;MichaelHicks,"Holland,Henry,"ODNB;McSheffrey,SS,45

1121

3 Holme Christopher

Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1477 1477-06-04 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton4June1477Holmesoughtsanctuarybecausehe,togetherwithHenryStobbesandHumfreyUssher,on24April1477atthetownofNewcastleuponTyne,metWilliamMarlee,whomHolmethenassaulted,hit,andgravelywoundedwithacertainstickcalledawalsshbill.FromthisandotherwoundsinflictedbyHolmeandtheotherswithhim,Marleedied.

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574 Holme John Yorkshire,Ottringham


1516 1516-02-04 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHolmesoughtsanctuaryon4Feb.1516fordiversefelonies.

SDSB,169 507

76 Holme Matthew Westmorland,Morland


1496 1496-07-04 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHolmesoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1496forthehomicideofWilliamHebsonofSleagillinMorlandparishinJune1494,havingstruckHebsonontheheadwithaKendallclub,killinghim.

SDSB,29 67

672 Holme Robert Durham,Denton[?]

pewterer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-07-30 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHolmesoughtsanctuaryon30Jul.1526fordebt.

SDSB,188 603

1687 Holred William Lincolnshire,Spalding

baker M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,CothamAllSaints



1516 1516-08-22 Asportation Alsoescapefromgaol

Coroner'smemorandumthatatCotham,Nottinghamshire,on22Aug.1516HolredtooktheparishchurchofAllSaintsinCotham(onthesamedayasRobertComforth,ID#1850).Heconfessedtothecoroneron26Aug.thaton1Jul.1516hehadcommittedatheftandon22Aug.atGranthamhehadbrokenoutofprison(togetherwithComforth).Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/1002,m.20 1468

1786 Holt William Warwickshire,AstonbyBirmingham

gentleman(sheriff,MP?)

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MartinintheFields

Takingchurch 1405 1405-03-23 Homicide Accessory Coroner'smemorandumthatWilliamHolt,esq.,hadfledtothechurchofSt.Martin'sintheFieldsandtooksanctuaryasanaccessorytoahomicide10yearsprior,in1394.Thepatentrollrecordsthathewassubsequentlyhelpedtoescapethechurchbymenwhocameinthenight,usingforce,andthosechargedtowatchthechurchwere"woundedandill-treated."IfHoltwasthesameasthemanwhobecameMPin1421,thequarrelmayhaverelatedtoalanddisputewithSirJohnDraytonandSirWilliamBagot.Hewentontoanimportantcareerasgentlemanandsoldier.

TNA,KB9/194,m.22;CPR1405-1408,245;L.S.Woodger,"Holt,WilliamII,"HPO

1561

1343 Holte **** servingman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,[Blank]Holtewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1177

1393 Holter Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Holterwasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1227

656 Holton Robert Dorset,Melcombe


1529 1529-08-23 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHoltonsoughtsanctuaryon23Aug.1529forfelony.

SDSB,185 587

1500 HomnalealiasStaynes

Thomas Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Margaret


Sandwich 1438 1438-02-06 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumrecordsthatHomnalefledtothechurchofSt.MargaretofSouthwarkon6Feb.1438,andconfessedahorsetheftatBurySt.EdmundsinJuly1436.Heabjured.AppearedinKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1438andwhenaskedwhyhissentenceshouldnotbeexecutedhesaidthatapardonwasforthcomingfromtheking.Hewasputbackinprisonandthenreturnedon13Feb.1441,presentingapardondated1Feb.1441,whichindicatesthatthefelonytowhichHomnaleconfessedin1438wasinventedsothathecouldabjure,butthathehadreallybeenfleeingadebtof372marks(about£248).

TNA,KB9/229/4,m.22;KB27/710,rexm.20(GD);KB27/721,rexm.27(GD);CPR1436-41,497

1321

1261 Hoo John London grocer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1430 Debt InadebtcaserecordedintheLondonPleaandMemorandaRollsin1430,thewidowofJohnOo,apothecary,claimedthatherhusbandwasmistakenforthedebtorJohnHoo,agrocer,whohadfled,duetothe"greatandexcessivesumsofmoney"heowed,tothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand,whereheremainedfortherestofhislife.

CPMR,4:242 1104

564 Hopton Guy Yorkshire,Wakefield


1514 1514-05-01 Allcauses BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHoptonsoughtsanctuaryon1May1514for"allcauses."

SDSB,167 498

806 Hore John Ireland scholar M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Beaconsfield


Lynn 1424 1424-12-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatHoretookchurchatBeaconsfieldon1Dec.1424andthenon5Dec.confessedthathehadstolenahorsefromanunknownmanatUxbridge.Heabjured,buthisrecordwasrequestedatKing'sBenchin8May1427,indicatinghemayhavebeencaughtintherealm.

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1234 Horne William goldsmith M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1492 Debt HornewasdefendantinGeorgeJeneweys'[ID#1233]Chancerysuitwithdaterange1487-1500;Jeneweysclaimedhewasimprisonedin"theToure"inthesanctuaryatSt.Martin'sfor4daysatbehestofWilliamHorne,goldsmith,whodwelledinsanctuary.ThatHornewasinsanctuaryfordebtissurmised.Adateof1492assignedforsortingpurposes.

TNA,C1/143/11 1083

424 Horne William Lincolnshire,Boston


1493 1493-12-09 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHornesoughtsanctuaryon9Dec.[1493?]forthehomicideofThomasHorne.

SDSB,138 369

1139 Horneclyff Thomas London yeoman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MaryleStrand



1002

1344 Horner Stephen mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Horner(labelled"apooreman")wasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1178

1041 Horsey Thomas Wiltshire,Marten

gentleman M Beaulieu(abjurationfromEssex,Southwold)


1531 1531-02-24 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Feb.1531ThomasHorsey[ID#1041],ThomasHarrys[ID#1042],andJohnAnwick[ID#1043]tookthechurchofSt.PetertheapostleinSouthWeald,Essex.Theyconfessedtothecoroneron25Feb.*1531thattheyhadon24Feb.1531brokenintothecloseofWilliam,thepriorofthenewhospitalofSt.MarywithoutBishopsgateatBicknacre,Essex,andtiedupRichardCressall,amonkthere,andstole20marksinmoney,4silverspoons,andsomeplate.Theyasktoabjure,voluntarilychoosingthesanctuaryofBeaulieuinHants.--thisdespitethefactthatthestatute(22Hen.VIII,c.14)governingabjurersgoingtocharteredsanctuarieshadnotyetbeengivenroyalassent(whichonlyhappenedon31Mar.1531).Theywerebrandedasperthe1529statute.ItislikelythatwhenallthreearrivedatBeaulieu,on1Mar.1531,theywererefusedentrybytheabbot,althoughthereisonlyevidenceonthispointforThomasHarrys,whoappearedbeforeKing'sBenchinHillary1533.Theabbot'sreasonsforrefusingthempresumably-althoughitisnotcertain-relatedtothestatute'snotyetbeinginforce,althoughthatwouldnotseemsufficientreasontorefusesanctuaryseekers.Harryswascaughtandthendiedinprison,butitisnotknownwhathappenedtoHorseyandAnwick.[*Therecordsactuallysay25May,butthesubsequenttimelineindicatesthisissimplyanerrorratherthana3-monthwaitforthecoronertoappear.]


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236 Horsley Christopher

Northumberland,Horsley


1517 1517-04-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatChristopherHorsleysoughtsanctuaryon10Apr.1517becauseon2Apr.1517atGorfen(betweenthetownsofMorpethandHorsleyinNorthumberland,asnotedinpreviousentry),hefeloniouslystruckacertainJohnCarrofHetton,Northumberland,withdiverseweaponssuchasaswordanddagger,givinghimwoundsfromwhichhediedthesameday.HewaspresumablyrelatedtoEdwardHorsley(ID#235),whosoughtsanctuarythesamedayafteralsocommittinga(different)homicideatthesameplaceonthesameday.

SDSB,74 198

235 Horsley Edward Northumberland,Scrainwood


1517 1517-04-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatEdwardHorsleysoughtsanctuaryon10Apr.1517becauseon2Apr.1517atGorfenbetweenthetownsofMorpethandHorsleyinNorthumberland,hefeloniouslystruckacertainChristopherClaveryngof"Calyle"(Carlisle?)ontheheadandinotherplacesonhisbodywithasword,fromwhichwoundshediedthesameday.HewaspresumablyrelatedtoChristopherHorsley(ID#236),whosoughtsanctuarythesamedayafteralsocommittinga(different)homicideatthesameplaceonthesameday.

SDSB,74 197

205 Horsley James Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne



DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHorsleysoughtsanctuaryon22May1514becauseon13Dec.1513atSandhillinNewcastle,JohnTayttehadassaultedhim,andhethusstruckback,stabbinghimwithadaggerinthechest,killinghimimmediately.Horsleywasforthisfelonytakenbytheking'sofficialsinNewcastlebuthebrokeoutofNewgateprisoninNewcastleandfledtoDurham.

SDSB,65-66 171

280 Hoton Robert Northumberland,Rock


1519 1519-08-03 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnHogeson,JohnMan,andRobertHoton,soughtsanctuaryon3Aug.1519becausearound21March1519,betweenEmbletonandNewton[-by-the-Sea],theykilledEdwardWeytmanwithtwospears.A1521billofinformationsenttoWolseyonNorthumbrianmurderersreportedthatRobertHuton,[blank]Thew,andotherswereindictedforthemurderofEdwardWetewang,forwhichanappealhadbeenentered,andthattheywereinsanctuaryinDurham.

SDSB,84-85;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

229

867 Houghe Thomas London haberdasher M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1496 1496-09-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.MartinLudgateon12Sept.1496,overthebodyofWilliamThirleby,haberdasher.Thejurorsfoundthaton4Sept.1496ThirlebyhadbeenintheparishofSt.MaryofHornsey,Middlesex,inGod'speaceandtheking's,whenHougheassaultedhimwithaknifeandgavehimamortalwound.Thirlebylanguisheduntil11Sept.,dyinginLondonintheparishofSt.MartinLudgate.Followingthefelony,HoughefledwithhisknifetothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.ThewritcallingtherecorduptoKing'sBenchisdated12Oct.1496.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollshowsthatHoughewasoutlawedinTrinity1497,butinMichaelmas1499hepresentedapardonforthehomicideandwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/410,mm94-95;KB29/127,m.1

777

1016 Houghton John Staffordshire,Biddulph

gentleman M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Biddulph


Southampton

1528 1528-07-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Jul.1528HoughtontooktheparishchurchofBiddulph,Staffs.,andon12Jul.confessedthaton3JulyatBuglantoninCheshirehestolethesameblackgownfromJohnAtkynsonasWilliamBreretonconfessed,worth2s.Heabjured.ThecoronerrecordedthecasesofWilliamBrereton(ID#1014),FrancisFreston(ID#1015)andJohnHoughton(ID#1016),allofwhomtookthesamechurchandabjuredonthesameday,onthesamedocument.Allwereassignedthesameport.Theabjurationforhisshareinthetheftofagownworth2sisespeciallyoddforsomeonestyled"gentleman."

TNA,KB9/508,m.143 913

1282 Howard Thomas nobleman;laterdukeofNorfolk


CharteredSanctuary

1471 Civilwar Duringthereadeptionin1470-71,HowardtooksanctuaryatSt.John'sabbeyinColchester,accordingtohisODNBbiographer.Lateinlife,ironically,Howardwasin1522involvedinbreachingsanctuarywhenseveralofhisservantsdisobedientlycommittedafelony;hewasnotdispleasedwhenallbutoneoftheservantswereexecutedforthefelony,althoughheaskedforapardonforoneofthem,whohadbeenrestoredtothesanctuary(neithertheservantnorthesanctuaryisspecified,andthusnotenteredintothedatabase).TNA,SP1/24,fol.55(L&P,3/2:909).

DavidM.Head,"Howard,Thomas,"ODNB;McSheffrey,SS,1-3

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1053 Howell William Hampshire,Southampton

yeoman M Westminster(abjurationfromEssex,WidfordSt.Mary)


1531 1531-12-16 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton16Dec.1531HowelltooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinWidford,Essex,confessingtothecoronerthaton15Dec.1531hehadbrokenintoacloseofacertainchaplainnamedHenryandstolensomeclothing.HeabjuredandwasassignedWestminster.

TNA,KB9/519,m.84 941

491 Howorthe Gilbert Lancashire,Rochdale


1484 1484-12-22 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHoworthesoughtsanctuaryon22Dec.1484andacknowledgedthathehadkilledRalphBarlayof"Bery"[Bare?],Lancs.,on23Jun.1484.

SDSB,152 433

1181 Howson Philip Norfolk,Walsingham

labourer M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Soham


1530 1530-10-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11Oct.1530atSoham,partoftheduchyofLancasterinCambs.,PhilipHowsonandThomasHowson-presumablyrelatedbutthefirstfromNorfolkandthesecondfromDevon-tooktheparishchurchofSt.AndrewatSoham.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1530theyhadassaultedacertainunknownmanatSohamwithstavesanddaggers,andstolean"ensem,"acarpet,andmoney,altogetherworthabout9s.Theyabjured,eachassigneddifferentports,andtheywerebrandedaccordingtothestatuteatthelastparliament[21Hen.VIII,c.2].

TNA,KB9/975,m.208;KB29/164,m.6d

1040

1182 Howson Thomas Devon,Honiton

labourer M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Soham


1530 1530-10-11 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton11Oct.1530atSoham,partoftheduchyofLancasterinCambs.,PhilipHowsonandThomasHowson-presumablyrelatedbutthefirstfromNorfolkandthesecondfromDevon-tooktheparishchurchofSt.AndrewatSoham.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1530theyhadassaultedacertainunknownmanatSohamwithstavesanddaggers,andstolean"ensem,"acarpet,andmoney,altogetherworthabout9s.Theyabjured,eachassigneddifferentports,andtheywerebrandedaccordingtothestatuteatthelastparliament[21Hen.VIII,c.2].

TNA,KB9/975,m.208;KB29/164,m.6d

1040

1712 Huchecok John Surrey,Southwark

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George


Sandwich 1473 1473-12-31 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatHuchecoktookthechurchofSt.GeorgeinSouthwarkon31Dec.1473andconfessedtothecoronerthaton12March1470atFarehaminHampshirehemurderedanunknownman.Heabjured.ThewritcallingthememorandumuptoKing'sBenchwasdated10May1476,indicatingthathemusthavesubsequentlybeenfoundintherealm.

TNA,KB9/946,mm.17-18 1495

213 Huchenson Robert Northumberland,HaydenBridge


1515 1515-08-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasHuchensonandhissonRobertHuchensonsoughtsanctuaryon19Aug.1515becauseRobertgaveMatthewHerysonamortalblowontherightsideofhischestwithalancestaff,andThomaswashisaccessory.Herysonimmediatelydied.

SDSB,68 178

212 Huchenson Thomas Northumberland,HaydenBridge


1515 1515-08-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasHuchensonandhissonRobertHuchensonsoughtsanctuaryon19Aug.1515becauseRobertgaveMatthewHerysonamortalblowontherightsideofhischestwithalancestaff,andThomaswashisaccessory.Herysonimmediatelydied.

SDSB,68 178

986 Huchon John Essex,Coggeshall

yeoman M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Babraham


Lynn 1524 1524-07-02 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton2Jul.1524atBabraham,Cambs.,HuchonandCoketooktheparishchurchofSt.PeterinBabraham,andthefollowingdaytheyconfessedtothecoronerthaton24Apr.1524atRochester,Kent,theyhadassaultedanunknownmanandkilledhim.Andthaton2Apr.1524atSalisburytheyhadassaultedWilliamHuse,gentleman,andmurderedhim.Theyabjured.

TNA,KB9/503,m.58 884

66 Hudeles Alexander Cumbria,Kirkoswald


1495 1495-06-20 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHudelessoughtsanctuaryon20Jun.1495forthehomicideofHughBerty,whomheassaultedon17Jun.1495,strikinghiminthefacewithawoodaxe,whichkilledBertyimmediately.

SDSB,26 60

643 Hudson Hugh Yorkshire,Askern,byCampsall


1524 1524-07-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHudsonsoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1524forthemurderofRichardSaleofAskern,husbandman.

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1270 Hudson John Yorkshire,Ripon

shoemaker M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1484 1484-08-09 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryrecordseditedbyFowlerrecordthatHudsonsoughtsanctuaryon9Aug.1484becauseon1Aug.1484nearRiponhehadassaultedStephenWylsonofRipon,barker,alongwithothers,givinghimamortalwoundwithawelshbill.RichardWright(ID#39)wouldseeksanctuaryatDurhamforthesamehomicidefouryearslater.

Fowler,"SanctuaryRecords,"310-11

1113

1029 Hudson John Lincolnshire,Toft

labourer M Church-taking,Essex,Wre<..>


Dover 1529 1529-08-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Aug.1529HudsontookthechurchofAllHallowsinWre<...>,Essex.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton7Apr.1529hehadbrokenintoacloseatMarchinCambs.andstolensheep.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/512,m.25;KB29/162,m.2d

922

1310 Hudson Richard priest M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1530 Inanapparentlyoff-the-booksinterrogationofJohnLaurence,accusedalongwithfourothermenofrobbingMistressLucyLaceyandmurderingherservant,whichtookplaceatCardinalWolsey'sresidenceatSouthwellinJune1530,LaurencecitesaSirRichard,sanctuarymanofSt.Martin's,asluringhimintocommittingthecrime;alaterStarChambersuitnamesRichardHudson,priest,asLaurence'saccomplice.LaurencesaidthatSirRichardlivedinSt.Martin'swithaconcubinenamedCharity.AtsomepointinthemonthsbeforetherobberyinlateApril1530,LaurenceandHudsonhadbeenheldtogetherinthePoultrycounter(theLondonsheriffs'prison),whereoffenderswereusuallyheldbrieflyformisdemeanours.

TNA,SP1/57,fols.179-181v(L&P,4/3:2909);STAC2/25/65;ShannonMcSheffrey,“TheMurderofMistressLacey’sMaid:AdHockeryandtheLawinEnglandcirca1530,”inTextsandContextsinLegalHistory:EssaysinHonorofCharlesDonahue ,pp.331-347,editedbyJohnWitte,SaraMcDougall,andAnnadiRobilant(Berkeley:RobbinsCollection,2016).

1144

1345 Huffa John goldsmith M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Huffawasnamedashavingenteredforfelony;itisalsonotedthat"thismanecompanythewithm[any]suspectepersons."

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1179

1617 Hughebard Peter Kent,Canterbury,aliasofWoodchurch

labourer M Church-taking,Kent,CanterburyBlackfriars

Takingchurch 1418 1418-03-13 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol,otherfelonies

RecordinthepatentrollthatHughebardescapedtheprisonofthepriorofChristchurchCanterbury,wherehewasbeingheldonsuspicionoftheft,andtookchurchatBlackfriarsinCanterbury,March1418;heconfessedhisfeloniestothecoroner,incl.homicide,butrefusedtoabjure.Hethenescapedfromchurchbutwastakenoutsideofthechurchandimprisoned.InOct.1418,thekingpardonedhimofallthisandanyotherfeloniesexceptmurderandrape.

CPR,1416-22,176 1399

1147 Hull William Kent,Hythe tailor M Church-taking,Kent,Challock


Dover 1527 1527-11-04 Asportation TheKing'sBenchcoramregerollrecordsthatinresponsetoawritofcertioraridirectedatthecoronerofKent,thecoronerreturnedamemorandumthaton4Nov.1527,HullhadtakenthechurchofSt.CosmeandDamianinChallock,Kent,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton8Oct.1527hehadbrokenintothecloseofJohnKnachbullatMersham,Kent,andstolenahorse.Heabjured.InTrinityterm1529,HullcamebeforeKing'sBench,havingbeenfoundintherealm.Hepleadedclergysuccessfully,andwascommittedtothecustodyoftheabbotofWestminster.Hewasstillintheabbot'scustodyon1Jun.1533,asheislistedasa"clarkeconvicte,attayntedforfelonyandabiuredeuponthesam,remanyngeintheconvictehouseviiyers"(thesevenyearsappearstobeincorrect).InHillary1534,WilliamaLeeappearedinKing'sBenchonhisbehalfandindicatedthatHullhadapardonfromthekingbutasanabjuredmanhecouldnotappearoutsidethesanctuarywithoutawrit,whichwasdulyissued,andheappearedthefollowingdayandpresentedhispardon,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB27/1090,rexm.14;SP1/238,fols.72-73

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1440 Hunt George servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1537 Asportation RichardPhelypswroteto"Rougedragon,"HeraldatArms(FulkapHowell),on24Dec.1537--theaddressindicatingthatRougedragonwas"intheSeyntwaryatWestminster"[?],askinghimtosearchinthesanctuaryforstolengoodsthathadbeenbroughttherebyasanctuary-seekingthief,GeorgeHunt,whohadlatelybeenamongstabandofburglarswhohadstolen53s4dinmoney,foursilverspoons,andsomelinenclothfromWilliamMesereratPoole,Dorset.HunthadbeenservanttoSirWilliamBerkeleyandmorerecentlytoSirEdwardWylloby.PhelypssuggeststhatHuntmayhaveregisteredinthesanctuaryunderadifferentname,andwouldhavearrivedeightortendaysbefore.Ifthe"searcher"ofthesanctuarywillnotcooperateinlookingforHuntandthegoods,hesuggestsmakingappealtoCromwellandaskforhisexplicitcommandment.PhelypswasamanoflocalimportanceinDorset,JPandMP;hissonhad,however,beeninvolvedintheIlchestergaolbreakin1533thatinvolvedWilliamArnold(ID#1423),andatthattimePhelypshadwrittentoCromwellaskingforhishelpextricatinghissonfromthesituation(L&P,6:391-93,416).

TNA,SP1/127,fol.114r-115r(L&P,12/2:442)

1275

1728 Hunt Henry Surrey,Richmond

cook M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-08-05 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatRichmond,Surrey,5Aug.1517,overthebodyofJohnGythynsofthehouseholdoftheking,yeoman.ThejurorsreportedthatGythynson4Aug.between6and7pmwasassaultedbyHenryHunt,withprecogitatedmalice,Huntgivinghimawoundwhichkilledhimimmediately.AfterwardsHuntfled.AnoteinthemarginofthereportindicatesthatHuntwasinsanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/967,m.57 1508

532 Hunt John M Beverley CharteredSanctuary


SDSB,160 468

406 Hunte Thomas Staffordshire,Walsall

carrier M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1501 1501-09-22 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHuntesoughtsanctuaryon22Sept.1501fordebt.

SDSB,134 351

44 Huntley [George] Northumberland,Longwitton


1490 1490-11-22 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHuntleysoughtsanctuaryon21Nov.1490becausehe,inNovemberofthepreviousyear,hadattackedWilliamBewyke,alsoofLongwitton,slittinghisthroatwithadaggerandkillinghim.

SDSB,16-17 39

1865 Huntley Thomas M SJJ:ParisGarden CharteredSanctuary

1468 1468-05-01 ThemanorialcourtrollforParisGardeninMay1468recordsthatThomasHuntleypaid6dtobeadmittedtothesanctuaryprivilegethere.

ParisGardenManorialCourtRoll,LambethArchives,ClassVI/1,fol.6d(GD)

1631

1306 Husey William M Church-taking,Norfolk


1528 On17Jan.1528,thedukeofSuffolkwrotealettertoCardinalWolseyfromLynne,Norfolk,reportingthathehadexaminedWilliamHusey(ID#1306)andJamesElys(ID#1307),twosanctuary-seekers,"inassharpamannerashecould,beforemostoftheworshipfuloftheshire,"buthecouldnotgetanyfurtherinformationfromhim.Suffolktherefore"orderedthemtoberestoredtosanctuary,swearingtogostraighttotheseaside."NotethatHussey(ifitwasthesameman)wasearlier,inthe1510s,involvedinadisputewithJohnBaptistGrimaldi(ID#1453)inwhichJBGescapedtoWestminstersanctuary.

TNA,SP1/46,fol.107(L&P,4/2:1696)

1141

1394 Hy[...] Philip M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,PhilipHy<..>wasnamedashavingentered-buttheentryisobscuredbyadarkspot;itendswiththewords"silverthathisservant"(?).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1228

1048 Hyde Roland Staffordshire,Lichfield

capper M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars

Takingchurch 1531 1531-11-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquest8Jan.1532atLichfield,Staffs.,overthebodyofRalphEgerton.ThejurorsreportedthatRolandHydeofLichfield,capper,conspiringwithWilliamMoreofLichfield,capper,on19Nov.1531atabout7pm,assaultedEgertonwithapikestaff,killinghim.Afterthefelony,RolandfledtotheGreyfriarschurchinLichfield.TheindictmentwasbroughtuptoKBtodealwiththeaccessoryaccusationagainstMore,forwhichhewasdeliveredbyproclamationforinsufficientindictment;nothingfurtherfoundonHyde.

TNA,KB9/519,m.32 938


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1323 Hyde Roland capper M WestminsterAbbey


1532 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Hyde(labeled"apooreman"in1532)wasnamedashavingenteredformurder,havingabjuredtherein1532.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1157

1346 Hyde Simon barber M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Hydewasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.Thereisapointinghandmarkingoutthisentry,andthenotethat"thismaneyssometymeswithsuspectepersonsresortyngetohymandhyshouseof[?privy…]

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1180

1324 Hyll Robert servingman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Hyllwasnamedashavingenteredformurder;therecouldhavebeentwoRobertHylls,however,asinthe1533censushewasidentifiedhashavingenteredonlyabout6monthsbefore.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1158

1395 Hylton Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Hyltonwasnamedashavingenteredformurder,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1229

1325 Hynde Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Homicide Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Hyndewasnamedashavingenteredformurderc.1532.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1159

1731 Ithell John Staffordshire,Stafford

dyer M SJJ:Staffordshire,"houseofMargeryWithnall";thenchurch-takingStaffordshire,Stafford,AustinFriars

Takingchurch 1526 1526-10-02 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston2Oct.1526atFordbridge,Staffordshire,overthebodyofGilbertHethe,tinkerofFordbridge,lyingdead.ThejurorsreportthatIthellhadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenHetheassaultedhimontheTuesdayafterMichaelmas,andIthellstruckbackinself-defence.Hethediedthefollowingday.IthillimmediatelyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.JohninthehouseofMargeryWithnall,wherehestayeduntilGilbertdied,andthentothehouseoftheAustinfriarsbyStafford.ByTrinity1527hewasincustodyandwasbailedwhenhecamebeforeKing'sBenchthatterm;inMichaelmas1528hepresentedapardon.

TNA,KB9/973,m.40;TNA,KB29/159,m.2

1511

348 Ivenson William Yorkshire,Hull tailor M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1509 1509-01-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatIvensonsoughtsanctuaryon26Jan.1509fordebt.

SDSB,122 296

1585 Jackson Robert Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar JacksonwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


297 Jakeson John Yorkshire,York


1506 1506-01-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJakesonsoughtsanctuaryon1Jan.1506fordebt.

SDSB,112 246

105 Jakeson William Yorkshire,Ripon


1504 1504-02-15 Homicide Accessory Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton15Feb.1503RobertMiddilton,WilliamJakeson,andJohnJoysoughtsanctuarybecausetheywerepresentwhenRobertSkafe(ID#102)andRalphBlesdell(ID#103)assaultedReginaldMiddiltonandkilledhim.Becausetheywerepresenttheyfearbeingindictedasaccessories.


93

748 Jakson John Lincolnshire,Quarrington


1534 1534-11-28 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJaksonsoughtsanctuaryon28Nov.1534forfelony.

SDSB,204 677

612 Jakson Richard Yorkshire,Hogett-on-the-Wolds[?]


1518 1518-02-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJaksonsoughtsanctuaryon15Feb.1518fordebt.

SDSB,176 543

286 Jakson Robert Yorkshire,Topcliffe


1519 1519-12-14 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJaksonsoughtsanctuaryon14Dec.1519fordebt.

SDSB,87 235

393 Jakson William Yorkshire,Belby


1515 1515-01-28 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJaksonsoughtsanctuaryon28Jan.1515forthehomicideofJohn[blank].

SDSB,131 339


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792 JamesaliasClifford

Adam M Church-taking,London,St.MaryatHill

Takingchurch 1407 1407-10-18 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthaton18Oct.1407JamestookthechurchofSt.MaryatHillinLondon.Heconfessedtothecoronersthaton10Jul.1405atWroxham,Somerset,hehadshotNicholasBrounwithanarrow,fromwhichwoundBroundied.Alsotheweekbeforehischurch-taking,atMileEndinMiddlesex,withanumberofaccompliceswhosenameshedoesnotknow,herobbed6s8dfromanunknownman.Therecorddoesnotindicatethatheabjured.ThewritaskingforrecordtobesenttoKing'sBenchdated26Oct.1409;anoteontheindictmentindicateshewashanged.

TNA,KB9/198,mm.42-43 718

1488 Janyver William M SMLG CharteredSanctuary




1311

1166 Jay Thomas London tailor M Church-taking,Surrey,KingstonuponThamesAllHallows

Takingchurch 1501 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollreportstheresponseofthesheriffsofLondontoawritofcorpuscumcausa,inwhichthesheriffssaythatJayhadbeencommittedtothegaolatNewgateforsuspicionoffelonyinLondononwhichhewasindicted;afterwardsatthesessionson21May1501,hewasarraigned,puthimselfonthecountry,butwasfoundguilty."AndonthathesoughttobeadmittedtotheimmunityofthechurchofAllHallowsinKingston,etc."(i.e.hepleadedsanctuary?)Hewasrecommittedtoprison.

TNA,KB29/133,m.12d 1026

1233 Jeneweys George goldsmith M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1492 JeneweyswasaChanceryplaintiffinasuitwithdaterange1487-1500;heclaimedhewasimprisonedin"theToure"inthesanctuaryatSt.Martin'sfor4daysatbehestofWilliamHorne,goldsmith,whodwelledinsanctuary.Adateof1492assignedforsortingpurposes.

TNA,C1/143/11 1083

12 Jennyn Henry Yorkshire,Richmond

plumber M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-04-15 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJennynon15Apr.1479soughtsanctuarybecauseontheTuesdayprevious(11Apr.),at"Ankirkirk"inRichmond,Yorkshire,heviolentlythrewarockandhitWilliamMarkyndale,tailor,fatallyinthehead,andthencewithinthreedaysMarkyndaledied.

SDSB,4 8

1144 Jenyns Geoffrey Essex,Brentwood

yeoman M Church-taking,Wiltshire,WiltonAbbey["degreeofSt.Edith"]


1529 1529-09-25 Asportation RecordsfromKBanddepositedatKBindicatethatJenynswasoriginallyindictedforburglaryatSalisbury,butpleadedsanctuary,claimingthathehadtakenchurchatWiltonabbey[aprivilegereferredtoas"thedegreofSeyntEdythe"],butashewasbeingescortedtoport,hewas(heclaimed)takenbyofficialsofSalisburyandbroughttotrial.Itisnotclearwhattheanswertothissanctuarypleawas,buthewasevidentlynothanged,andperhapsremainedinprison.In1537heappearedbeforeKBinrelationtothissameindictmentpresentedapardonandwentsinedie.Heapparentlywentfromtheretocommitnewfelonies(smallscaletheft),andtriedunsuccessfullytopleadclergy(hewasallegedtobeabigamist),andalthoughthecasewascarriedfromtermtoterm,in1540hewassentencedtohang.Althoughtheoriginalrecordsreferredtohimasayeoman,bythelate1530shewascalled"labourer"or"cobbler,"perhapsindicatedalossofstatusduetotheselegalproblems.

TNA,KB9/1065,m.129-31;TNA,KB9/541,m.73;KB27/1073,m.15;KB27/1104,rexm.8;KB27/1111,rexm.12;TNA,KB29/169,m.28d,33d;KB29/171,mm.28d,37d;KB29/172,mm.3d,9.

1005

1347 Jenyns Thomas butcher(bocher)

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Jenynswasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1181


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1604 JeynesaliasJonesaliasWelshman

Thomas Wales,Goldcliff


1538 Homicide In*SanctuariesandSanctuarySeekers*,CharlesC.CoxinfersfromthealiasinJeynes's1538pardon,"ofBeaulieu,"thathehadtakensanctuarythere(althoughthisisnotspelledoutinpardon);pardonmayhavebeenoneway,Coximplies,ofdealingwiththefelonioussanctuaryseekersatBeaulieuatthemonastery'sdissolutionin1538.

L&P,13/1:484;Cox,Sanctuaries,189

1387

1260 John John London mercer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1429 Debt TheLondonPleaandMemorandaRollrecordsthereleaseofapprenticeRichardHaywardfromhiscontractwithJohnJohn,mercer,becauseJohnhadwithdrawntosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.ThatdebtwasthereasonforJohn'ssanctuaryissurmisedfromcontext.

CPMR,4:227 1103

1840 JohnaliasTaverner

Philip Herefordshire,Eye,Luston

yeoman M Church-taking,Herefordshire,HerefordGreyfriars

Takingchurch 1495 1495-08-25 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Aug.1495JohncametotheFranciscanfriars'churchinthesuburbsofHerefordtoseek"thebenefitofthechurchandcrown"forfelonies.HeconfessedtothecoronerthathehadassaultedandkilledRobertClerkeon16Aug.1495atOrelton,Hereforshire.Thememorandumdoesnotindicatethatheabjured.TherecordwashandeduptoKing'sBenchinEasterterm1496.

TNA,KB9/408,m.25 1607

452 Johneson Margaret F Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1498 1498-10-26 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnesonsoughtsanctuaryon26Oct.1498forsecurityofherbody.

SDSB,144 397

1396 Johns John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnJohnswasnamed(alongwithDavyapRyseapMadoke)ashavingenteredforfelonytwodaysbefore(i.e.~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1230

319 Johnson John London malter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1504 1504-10-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnsonsoughtsanctuaryon20Oct.1504forthesecurityofhisbodyforthedeathofaperson,etc.

SDSB,116 267

327 Johnson John Yorkshire,AskhamRichard


1512 1512-11-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnsonsoughtsanctuaryon13Nov.1512forthehomicideofHenryFox.

SDSB,117 275

1141 Johnson John Gloucestershire,Bristol

smith M SJJ:BristolTempleFee

CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-04-10 Homicide InJune1516atGloucestershirepeacesessions,threeBristolmen—JohnWhite,labourer;JohnJohnson,smith;andEdwardFowler,goldsmith—wereindictedforthemurderofThomasFynnemourontheking’sroadintheKingswoodforestoutsideBristolon13Mar.1516.WhenbroughtbeforeKing’sBenchonlyweeksfollowingtheindictment,theypleadedsanctuary,usingelaboratewordingpresumablyprovidedbytheHospitallerorder.Thequestionwasnotputtoajury;instead,theking’sattorney,afterrequestsfordefermentsforsixtermsuntilHillary1518,arguedthatthepleawasinsufficientinlaw.Thejusticesdidnotrenderadecision,however,returningtheprisonerstotheMarshalsea.ForeachtermfromHillary1518untilTrinity1522,thejudgesdemurred,andeachtermtheprisonerswerereturnedtotheMarshalsea.Inthemidstoftheseterm-by-termappearancesincourt,Johnson’snamedisappearsfromtherecord—hehadpresumablydiedinprison—andtheninmid-1522therecordjustends,undetermined.


1003

638 Johnson John Yorkshire,SheriffHutton


1524 1524-02-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnesonsoughtsanctuaryon23Feb.1524fordebt.

SDSB,181 569

667 Johnson John Norfolk,Bernell[?]


1528 1528-01-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnsonsoughtsanctuaryon13Jan.1528fordebt.

SDSB,187 598


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1045 Johnson John Kent,Wrotham

tailor M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Margaret


Dover 1531 1531-04-01 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Apr.1531JohnJohnsontooktheparishchurchofSt.MargaretinSouthwark,confessingtothecoronerthaton17May1519atHemswell,Lincs.,heattackedWilliamBysshoppeandkilledhim.HeabjuredandwasassignedDover.Anoteonthebottomoftheindictment,inadifferenthand,indicatesthatthecoronerwastobeprosecutedfordefectsintheabjuration"extraregnum,"perhapsbecausethenewstatute-bywhichabjurerswerenolongertogointoexilebutinsteadtoacharteredsanctuary-hadcomeintoeffectthepreviousday,31Mar.1531.ThecaseagainstthecoronerpassedfromtermtotermuntilMichaelmas1534,withnoclearoutcome.Itdoesseemabitunfairtoexpecthimtohaveknownthestatutehadbecomelawthepreviousday!Cf.othercasesfromFeb-Apr.1531.

TNA,KB9/517,m.103;KB29/164,mm.34,38

936

372 Johnson Thomas Lincolnshire,Harmston


1511 1511-05-05 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnsonsoughtsanctuaryon5May1511forthehomicideofChristopherBrown,alsoofHarmston,husbandman.

SDSB,127 320

1297 Johnson Thomas turner;servantofCharlesKnevet


1525 Trespass A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsThomasJohnson,turner,lateservantwithCharlesKnevet,insanctuaryfortrespass,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1132

1697 Johnson William Lincolnshire,Lincoln

tailor M Church-taking,Warwickshire,Coventry,Cathedral


Alsofelony AsaseriesofrecordsdeliveredintoorrecordedatKing'sBenchshow,JohnsonwasrescuedfromthecustodyofthesheriffsofCoventryashewasbeingledtohisexecutiononanunspecifiedfelony,afterwhichheimplicitly(thisisnotspelledout)tooksanctuary,butwasthenseizedfromthesanctuaryandputbackintoprison.ThebishopofCoventryandLichfield,JohnHales,demandedthatheberestoredtosanctuary,whichthesheriffsrefused;thefollowingdayJohnsonwasrescuedbyaFranciscanfriarandseveralStaffordshiregentlemenandtakentothecathedralwherehestayedinsanctuaryfor40days;thenasthe40dayswoundup,hewastakenoutofthechurchbyhisrescuers,whomockedthemayorandothercivicofficialsinCoventrybytellingthemtotakenotethathehadbeentakenoutofthesanctuary,afterwhichhewastakeninagaintostartanother40days.Oneofhisrescuers,WilliamGlasyer,chaplainofCoventry,wasfoundguiltyinJuly1491andsuccessfullypleadedclergy.Theotherswereoutlawed;nofurtherrecordonWilliamJohnsonhimselfhasbeenfound.ThesheriffsofCoventryandthegaolkeeperwhohadbeenresponsibleforhiscustodywereindictedalsofortheescape;theprosecutionagainstthegaolkeeperwasdropped,butthesheriffspleadedtoafineof£100.

TNA,KB9/1061,m.50;KB29/121,m.9d;KB27/919,m.9;KB27/920,m.14;KB27/925,Fines

1476

1051 Johnson William Yorkshire,Barnsley

gentleman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,ShudyCampsSt.Mary)


1531 1531-08-21 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton21Aug.1531JohnTorrye(ID#1049),MorganJones(ID#1050),andWilliamJohnson(ID#1051)tooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinShudyCamps,Cambs.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Aug.atNewmarketheath,Cambs.,theyhadassaultedandrobbedanunknownmanof6s8d.Theyabjured,andwereassignedSt.John'smonasteryinColchester,andwerebranded.

TNA,KB9/519,m.47;TNA,KB29/165,m.4

939

1438 JohnsonaliasTaylor

Philip M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1537 InSeptember1537,theabbotofWestminsterandAnthonyDennywerechargedbyCromwellwithinquiringamongstsanctuaryseekersatWestminsterandothersinthevicinityregardingcirculationofascurrilousrumouraboutthekingandhisalleged"taking"ofthe"wench"oftheWestminstersanctuary'skeeper,WilliamWebbe.(Theinquiryfoundtherumourstohavenobasis.)Johnsonwasamongstamongthesanctuarymenexamined.

TNA,SP1/125,fols40r-43v(L&P,12/2:273)

1273


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1846 Jones David Worcestershire,Worcester

tailor M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Croughton


Dover 1515 1515-04-21 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatCroughton,Northants.,on21Apr.1515thatDavidJonesfledtotheparishchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Apr.hehadstolenclothing,alance,andawoodknife,worthabout22s.,fromthegoodsofThomasDove,chaplainatCroughton.JonesappealedLeonardMetcalfofCroughton,yeoman,andRobertKellettofAdderbury,Oxon.,tailor,becauseon2Mar.1515atPuttaminLancashiretheyhadassaultedanunknownmanwhowasaKendallmanandstolen20marksinmoneyfromhim.Jonesabjured(perhapsitwascleartheattempttoappealtheotherswouldnotbesuccessful).

TNA,KB9/469,m.109;McSheffrey,SS,98

1613

1050 Jones Morgan London gentleman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,ShudyCampsSt.Mary)



TNA,KB9/519,m.47;TNA,KB29/165,m.4

939

1074 Jones Robert London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



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889 Jones Thomas London yeoman M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,Templechurch


Southampton

1510 1510-07-05 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum5Jul.1510thatJones--likeWilliamMorsateID#888--"tookthemessuageoftheTempleFee,"thenpertainingtothepriorofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEngland,ThomasDocwra,atGloucester[presumablytheTempleChurch,althoughtherecordseemstospecifythatitwasapieceoflandratherthanthechurchitself],andsoughttuitionandimmunityinthatland,notingthatinthatlandfromtimeimmemorialthepriorandhispredecessorsofferedtuitionandimmunitytoallwhocametoitforfelony.Jonessoughtthecoroner,however[ratherthanclaimingpermanentsanctuary,asothersdidinHospitallerpropertiesaroundthistime],andheconfessedtothecoronerthatherobbedWilliamRogersatExmoor,on1Jun.1510,andabjured.TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthattherecordofabjurationwasdeliveredintoKing'sBenchEaster1512,butnothingfurtherfoundabouttheprocess.


799

1705 JonesaliasAbadam

Thomas Surrey,Southwark

weaver M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-09-28 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSouthwarkon28Sept.1534overthebodyofJohnHudeson.ThejurorsreportthatHudesonhadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'satSouthwarkbetween6and7pmwhenJonesassaultedandkilledhim.AfterwardsJonesfledtothesanctuaryofSt.Peter's,Westminster.

TNA,KB9/531,m.73 1488

482 Jonson Cornelius Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1488 1488-06-25 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCorneliusJonsonandWilliamRowyllsoughtsanctuaryon25June1488andacknowledgedahomicide[therestoftheentryisablank].

SDSB,150-51 425

1599 Jonson Henry Yorkshire,Ripon

M Ripon CharteredSanctuary

1458 TheactsofthecollegiatechapteratRiponcitedsixsanctuarymen--ThomasPlumer,RobertMortonaliasHerryson,EdmundSkathlok,JohnSkathlok,HenryJonson,andWilliamTopshawe--toexplainwhytheyshouldnotbepunishedforperjury(presumablybecausetheybroketheirsanctuaryoath),becausetheyhadnotparticipatedintheRogationprocessionsastheywereboundtodo.Mortonexplainedthathedidnotdaretocomeoutofhishouse"becauseoffearofcreditorsandthepainofimprisonment,"butthechapterdidnotacceptthisexplanationbecause"onthosedaysallareimmunefromvexation."Theyweregivenaspenancefourwhippingsbeforetheprocessiononholydays.JohnSkathlokwaspardonedbecausehewas"oldandmentallyinfirm."

Fowler,ActsofChapterofRipon,72-73

1383

518 Jonson Thomas Nottinghamshire,Retford


1493 1493-04-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJonsonsoughtsanctuaryon23Apr.1493fordebt.

SDSB,157 459

58 Jonson Thomas Nottinghamshire,Retford


1493 1493-10-26 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJonsonsoughtsanctuaryon26Oct.1493because,inafieldnear"Stokefeld"byNewark-on-Trent,hekilledacertainThomasPudsey,strikinghimontheneckwithasword,inhisowndefence.

SDSB,23-24 53

928 Jonys David Gloucestershire,Bristol

yeoman M SJJ:BristolTempleFee

CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-11-02 Asportation Alsoburglary AtgaoldeliveryatBristol,1Dec.1517,onindictmentforburglaryandhorsetheftcommitted26July1515and28Oct.1517,Jonyspleadedsanctuary(atthesamesessionasanothersanctuaryclaimant,ThomasKyng,ID#927).HeclaimedthathewasextractedfromsanctuaryintheTempleFeeatBristol,apossessionoftheOrderofSt.JohnofJerusalem.Thecrownargued(a)thattherewasnosanctuaryatTempleFee;and(b)thathehadbeenadmittedtothesanctuaryin1511(not1517,asheclaimed),andthathehasuseditasabaseforfelony.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthathediedinprisonbyHillary1520.

TNA,KB9/476,m.11;KB29/150,m.34;KB29/151,m.35.

826

894 Jonys Philip Wiltshire,Purton

labourer M Church-taking,Berkshire,Coleshill


1511 1511-04-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton29Apr.1511WiliamandPhilipJonestookchurchatColeshillparishchurchforthemurderofRichardBarryatAbergavennyon13Feb.1511.TheyweretwooffourmenwhoabjuredfromAllSaintschurchonthesameday,althoughtheothertwohadcommittedseparatecrimes,andtheirabjurationswererecordedseparately.

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960 Jonys Thomas Surrey,Southwark


CharteredSanctuary

1524 1524-07-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSouthwark,Surrey,on4Jul.1524overthebodyofRobertColbrendofSouthwark,yeoman.ThejurorsreportedthatThomasJonys,aliasJohnson,on13Junebetween8and9pmhadassaultedColbrendwithmaliceaforethought,andgavehimawoundfromwhichhediedon3July.ThejurorslistedJonys'sgoods,andnotedthatassoonashecommittedthefelonyhefledtosanctuaryatSt.Peter's,Westminster.AnoteindicatesthatJonyswasincustodyintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/495,m.144 858

893 Jonys William Wiltshire,Purton

tailor M Church-taking,Berkshire,Coleshill


Portsmouth 1511 1511-04-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton29Apr.1511WiliamandPhilipJonestookchurchatColeshillparishchurchforthemurderofRichardBarryatAbergavennyon13Feb.1511.TheyweretwooffourmenwhoabjuredfromAllSaintschurchonthesameday,althoughtheothertwohadcommittedseparatecrimes,andtheirabjurationswererecordedseparately.

TNA,KB9/459,m.66 803

870 JopealiasPadland

John Middlesex,Westminster

barber M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1501 1501-12-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatWestminster,withintheabbot'sliberty,on19Dec.1501,overthebodyofJohnBurtonofWestminster,bocher;thejurorssaythatBurtonwasstabbedbyJohnJopeofWestminster,barber,aliasJohnPadlandoftheking'shousehold.Burtonlanguishedfrom10Dec.to17Dec.,whenhedied.JopefledtoWestminstersanctuary.Thereportisdated12Jan.1502,andonthedorseitisindicatedthatitwasdeliveredon9Feb.

TNA,KB9/424,m.24 780

1450 Joseph Charles London summoner M WestminsterAbbeydependency:GoodEaster,Essex

CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-12-22 Homicide JosephwasthesummonerofthebishopofLondonwhowasimplicatedinRichardHunne'sdeath.Thecoroner'sinquestreportforHunneprintedinthe1530sindicateshetooksanctuaryatGoodEaster*andhadhisnameregisteredbythebailiff,forfearofbeingindictedfordeathofRichardHunne.TheshortaccountofthemurderinthereportonDr.Standish'scaseinCaryll'sReportsindicatesthathetooksanctuaryatWestminster.HewasincustodybyJanuary1515,butthismayhavebeenasaresultofadeal,ashewasapparentlyreleased,accordingtoThomasMore(seeWunderli,"Pre-ReformationSummoners,"224).Nothingmoreisknownabouthim.*NotethatGoodEasterwasamanorbelongingtoWestminsterAbbey.

TheEnquirieandVerditeoftheQuestPanneldoftheDeathofRichardHuneWichWasFoundeHangedinLolarsTower(Antwerp:H.PeetersenvanMiddleburch[?],1537;EEBO),sig.C3r;Baker,Caryll'sReports,686;RichardWunderli,“Pre-ReformationLondonSummonersandtheMurderofRichardHunne,”JournalofEcclesiasticalHistory33,no.2(1982):209–24;McSheffrey,SS,104

1285

51 Joy John Lincolnshire,Amcotts


1491 1491-11-27 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJoysoughtsanctuaryon27Nov.1491becausehehadbeenindictedastheprincipalinthemurderofJohnPortyngton,alsoofAmcotts,eventhoughhehadnotbeenpresentwhenhewaskillednoratanyassaultonhim.Hedid,however,harbourthosewhodidkillhim,thatis,hisrelativeJohnJoy,bailiffofWhattonintheValeofBelvoir,Nottinghamshire.JohnJoyofWhattonhad,alongwithhisretinue[adherentibus],beenstayingwithhimon5June1491athishouse,andastheyaroseearlyinthemorningtoreturnhomeonthewayoutoftowntheysuddenlymetPortyngton,whobegantoinsulthim,JohnJoyofAmcotts,andasaresulttheyassaultedPortyngtononhisbehalf,cuttingoffhisrighthandamongstotherinjuries.Heshortlyafterwardsdiedfromthewounds.

SDSB,19-20 46

106 Joy John Yorkshire,Ripon




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477 Kape John Yorkshire,Kilham


1487 1487-10-09 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKapesoughtsanctuaryon9Oct.1487andacknowledgedthathehadkilledThomasHolme,alsoofKilham,labourer,withadagger,inlateJune1487atKilham.

SDSB,150 421

300 Kechyner Robert Yorkshire,GreatAyton


1510 1510-11-18 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKechynersoughtsanctuaryon18Nov.1510forthedeathofGeorgeGoulgwhat,sonofJohnGoudgwhat,alsoofGreatAyton.

SDSB,112 248

251 Kechyng John Cumbria,Wanwood,Alston


1517 1517-09-29 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKechyngsoughtsanctuaryon29Sept.1517becauseinNov.1516hestoleacowandcalffromAmbroseCrakynthorp,gentleman,inco.Westmorland.

SDSB,78 209

1224 Kelay John Yorkshire,Wortley[?]

brewer M Church-taking,Yorkshire


1537 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatKelayabjuredinYorkshire"forcertainfeloniesandtrespasses."

TNA,KB29/170,m.3 1074

1348 Kelly Oliver M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Homicide Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Kellywasnamedashavingenteredformurder.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1182

1637 Kendale Thomas Hertfordshire,Norton

labourer M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,NortonSt.Nicholas


Portsmouth 1452 1452-10-29 Homicide PatentrollrecordsKendale'spardon,dated24Mar.1453;hehadbeenindictedon3Nov.1452forthemurderaweekbeforeofThomasWhitemoreatNorton,Herts.,followingwhichhefledtotheNortonparishchurch,confessedtothecoroner,andabjured.HemadehiswaytohisassignedportofPortsmouth,wherehewaited"afewdays...owingtotheviolenceofthesea";pardonedbecausehemadeconfessiononlytosavehislife,"theindictment[being]madeofmalice."

CPR1452-61,64 1418

1275 Kenyngton John Middlesex,Westminster




706

1265 Kerle John London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1557 1557-04-14 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSt.ClementDaneswithinthelibertyofthecityofWestminster,14Apr.1557,overthebodyofWilliamStokeslyofLondon,gentleman.ThejurorsreportedthatKerleonthatdayhad,withforceandarms,"seducedbydiabolicalinstigation,"attackedWilliamStokeslybetweenthreeandfourintheafternoon,withtheintentionofkillinghim,whichhedid.ThejurorsalsosaidthatafterwardsKerlefledtothesanctuaryofSt.PeteratWestminster,andremainedthere.Therecordalsoincludesanoteinadifferenthandindicatingthatatthesessionsheldon7Sept.1562beforethemayoroftheCityofLondon,Kerleputhimselfonthecountryandwasfoundnotguilty.Moreover,thejurorssaidthatacertainJamesHammskilledtheaforesaidWilliamStokesley.

LMA,MSMJ/SP/XX/071 1108

337 Keton Robert Yorkshire,Harthill,


1503 1503-08-21 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKetonsoughtsanctuaryon21Aug.1503,confessingthehomicideofRobertCook,servantofBrianSanforth,knight,whomhekilledlatelyatHarthillwithahauberk.

SDSB,120 285

1616 Kewe William Middlesex,Westminster

soapmaker M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1417 Asportation Alsoaccessorytofelony

RecordonthepatentrollthatKewe,"ofthesanctuaryofWestminster,"waspardonedin1417forhavingreceivedafelonandrobber,andalsoforhimselfbeingacommonthief.

CPR,1416-22,61-62 1398


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87 Key John Yorkshire,[Skinningrove,parishofBrotton]


1501 1501-10-19 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKeysoughtsanctuaryon19Oct.1501forstealingtwocows,onefattedcowbelongingtoJohnMarschallof"Boroby"[Boulby?]onMichaelmasatnight,andonecowbelongingtoElizabethDaltonofGuisboroughaweeklater.Hekilledthecows,unjustlyturningforhisownusethemoneyhereceivedforthem.

SDSB,34 78

261 Keyrfote Richard Cheshire,Wharton



SDSB,79-80 214

23 Kipling James Durham,Romaldkirk


1479 1479-12-25 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton25Dec.1479Kiplingsoughtsanctuarybecause,togetherwithRalphHogon,on18July1479atBaldersdaleintheparishofRomaldkirkheassaultedWilliamWightman,andfeloniouslybeathimwithacertainstickonthelefttibiaandleftarm,whence,andfromotherwounds,Wightmandiedafterthreedays,asitissaid.

SDSB,8. 19

146 Knags Thomas Yorkshire,Sneaton


1507 1507-04-08 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasKnagsandGeorgeBirkehedesoughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1507becausefivemonthsbeforeKnagshad,inhisowndefence,struckacertainColynsonatWhitbyStrandinWhitby,nearlycuttingoffhisarmwithasword.BirkehedegaveColynsonanotherwoundinthestomach,andfromboththesewoundshediedthesameday.

SDSB,47-48 116

901 Knapet John LondonandHertford

shoemaker,yeoman

M Church-taking,Essex,HerefordStock,AllHallows


Dover 1507 1507-04-02 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton2Apr.1507KnapettooktheparishchurchofAllHallowsatHerefordStock,Essex,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton17Mar.1506withThomasWodgatehehadattackedJohnWoodyofLondonintheparishofSt.ThomastheMartyronLondonBridgeandwithaweaponcalled"amurderer"hestruckhiminthechestandmurderedhim.Healsostole7s4dfromthebody.Heabjured.ThewritcallingtherecorduptoKing'sBenchwasdated7Nov.1513.

TNA,KB9/465,mm.7-8 809

1592 Kneve Henry M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1416 Asportation Kempeinhis1825historyofSt.MartinleGrandgivesthecaseofHenryKneve,athief,whofledtoSMLGafterstealingplatefromachurch;tooksanctuaryatSMLGandbroughthisgoodswithhimandthenfledtheprecinctleavingbehindhisgoods,whichwerethenseizedbythedean'sofficesaswaif.Kempedoesnotgiveareference,andIhavenotfoundthiscaseelsewheresofar.

Kempe,HistoricalNotices,111

1380

1485 Knight John M SMLG CharteredSanctuary


Alsodebt Therearetworivalversionsofthesanctuary-seekingofKnight,Rede,Blakbourne,Janyver,andMoreys,asthesubsequentseizureofthefivemenfromSt.Martin'signitedamonths-longquarrelbetweenSMLGandtheCityofLondonbeforethekingandhiscouncil.KnighthadbeenheldinNewgateprisonpriortofacingapleaofdebtintheLondonsheriffs'court,butwiththehelpofhisfouraccomplicesheescapedfromcustodyashewasbeingbroughttocourttofacethesuitandfledintoSt.Martin'ssanctuary.Laterthesameday,thesheriffsofLondonseizedthefivemenfromthesanctuaryandtookthemintocustody.Aftermuchinquiryandclaimsandcounter-claimsmadebySMLGandtheCity,Knightandtheothermenwererestoredtothesanctuarybytheking'sorderinlateOctober1440.

WAM,Book5,fols.41r-64r;LMA,LetterBookK,fol.189r(CLBK,242);McSheffrey,SS,58-59,65-72,75-76,135

1311

1117 Knok William Kent,Faversham

yeoman M Church-taking,London,Blackfriars

Takingchurch 1506 1506-05-14 Felony OntheKing'sBenchcoramregeroll,WilliamKnokappearedatKing'sBench18May1506,havingbeenoutlawedinKentinOct.1503;askedwhytheexecutionofhisoutlawryshouldnotbecarriedout,hepleadedsanctuary,statingthaton14May1506hetookthechurchofBlackfriarsinLondon,butthatthesamedayacertainJohnAngerorAuger,keeperoftheking'sgaolatColchester,togetherwithservantsoftheearlofOxford,violentlyextractedhimfromthechurch.Theking'sattorneyarguedthatthepleawasinsufficientinlawanddidnotrequirearesponse,andthejusticesagreedthatitwasinsufficient.Theyaskedhimifhewasaclerk,andhesaidthathewasnot,andthushewastohang.



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290 Knols James Yorkshire,Ripon


1522 1522-06-30 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKnolssoughtsanctuaryon30Jun.1522fordebttoJohnMiddiltonofRipon.


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640 Knyghtlay Richard Shropshire,Alkington[?]


1524 1524-03-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKnyghtlay,of"Aughyngton,"Shropshire,soughtsanctuaryon20Mar.1524forthedeathofRalphLeghofthesameplace.

SDSB,182 571

458 Kykbe John Lincolnshire,Deeping


1499 1499-02-28 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKykbesoughtsanctuaryon28Feb.1499forthekillingofacertainRobertJohnsonatSigbrok[Sedgebrook?].

SDSB,146 403

536 Kyng John Lincolnshire,Stainfield

carpenter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-04-08 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatKyngsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon8April1479becauseatStainfieldonSundayinthemiddleofLenthekilledRogerYerburgheofthesame,labourer.

SDSB,161 472

927 Kyng Thomas Gloucestershire,Bristol

ostler M Church-taking,Somerset,Langridge

Takingchurch 1517 1517-11-05 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatBristol,1Dec.1517,onindictmentforarobberyon5Nov.1517,Kyngpleadedsanctuary(atthesamesessionasanothersanctuaryclaimant,DavidJonys,ID#928).HeclaimedthathewasextractedfromtheparishchurchofLangridgeinSomersetonthesamedayhetooksanctuarythere,5Nov.1517,byJohnBankes,innholder,andsixothermenunknowntohim.ThecrownarguedthathehadbeenatlargeinthemansionhouseofacertainJohnHallinthetownofLangridge,outsidetheaforesaidsanctuary,whenhewastaken.Hewasreturnedtogaolwhilethejusticesadvisedthemselves;nooutcomefound.

TNA,KB9/476,m.11 825

800 Laddesnam Thomas Lincolnshire,Aswardby

husbandman M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,Lincoln,St.Katherine

Takingchurch 1418 1418-05-14 Asportation Lincolnshirejurors'presentmentthatinMay1418LaddesnamhadbeenarrestedatAswardby,Lincs.,onsuspicionoftheft.WhilebeingtransferredtoLincolncastlebytheconstable,LaddesnamescapedatBracebridgeandrantothechurchofSt.KatherineinLincoln.Elevenmonthslater,thejurorsreport,hewasstillthere,apparentlyhavinglongoutlastedthenormalforty-daystay.

TNA,KB9/213,m.51 726

317 Laffe Anthony London goldsmith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1504 1504-07-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLaffesoughtsanctuaryon20Jul.1504fordebt.

SDSB,115 265

1627 Lakyn John Shropshire M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Northampton,St.Mary


1407 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

PatentrollrecordsapardongiventothegaolerofNorthamptoncastle,ThomasByfeld.HehadallowedtheescapeofJohnLakyn,afelonandapproverinhiskeeping,tothechurchofSt.MaryinNorthampton.Lakynfromthereabjured,butashewasonhiswaytotheportByfeldfollowedhim,arrestedhim,andbroughthimback,butatgaoldeliverythejusticessenthimbackontothehighwaytotheport,andByfeldwas"impeachedfortheretaking."

CPR1405-08,326 1408

736 Lambe John Buckinghamshire,Parshale[?]


1533 1533-01-28 Treason Alsoescapefromgaol

BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLambetookanctuaryon28Jan.1533fortreasonagainstthelordking'sbody,andforhavingbrokenoutoftheking'sgaol.ThisentryiserasedintheMS,perhapsbecauseitwasdeterminedthathecouldnotseektheprivilegeforsanctuary(althoughsanctuarywasnotformallybarredfortraitorsuntila1534statute).LambemaybethemanbythesamenamewhowasamessengerforWilliamNeville,thepoetwhowasaccusedinlate1532andearly1533oftreason(forprosphesyingthedeathofHenryVIII);seeODNBarticleforWilliamNeville.

SDSB,202;L&P,6,no.258(p.116),SP1/75,fol.39.

665

1601 Lambert Robert M TynemouthAbbey


1523 Homicide Coxreprinteda1523letter(calenderedintheLettersandPapers)fromWolseytoLordDacre,aboutWolsey'sconcernthatLambert,oneofseveralmenaccusedofthemurderofChrisopherRadcliffatSharestoninWolsey'sbishopricofDurham,hadflowntosanctuaryatTynemouthpriory;Wolseyaskedthat"byallmeansandpolitiquewayswhichyecandevise"DacrehaveLambertapprehendedforthecrime.

Cox,Sanctuaries,169-70;L&P,3/2:1299

1384

153 Lancastre Edward Cumbria,Hose,Appleby-in-Westmorland,


1507 1507-10-09 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLancastretooksanctuaryon9Oct.1507becausehehadkilledThomasSawghellofDuftonbystrikinghimontheheadwithasword,fromwhichwoundhediedfourdayslater."Withthegreatestsadnessofheart"heseekssanctuary.

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921 Lane Roger Kent,Boxley labourer M Church-taking,Kent,BoxleyAbbey


1517 1517-07-20 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatBoxley,Kent,on20Jul.1517overthebodyofJohnBukmer.Thejurorsreportedthaton19Jul.1517at4pmRogerLaneassaultedandkilledBukmerwithahazelstaff.StephenAdcok,JohnBourne,andRobertNoryshadbeforetheattackfeloniouslyincitedhimtocommitthemurder.Assoonasthefelonywascommitted,theyallfledtothemonasteryoftheBlessedMaryatBoxley.(Itisunclearwhethertheasylumtheysoughtwasmeantasapreludetoabjurationorpermanentsanctuary.)

TNA,KB9/474,m.12 822

998 Lane Thomas Gloucestershire,Gloucester

shoemaker M Church-taking,Essex,ChelmsfordSt.Mary


Dover 1527 1527-05-01 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthatLanetookthechurchofSt.MaryatChelmsfordon1May1527,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton22Mar1527atWillesden,Middlesex,hehadassaultedamanandstolenahorseandmoneyfromhim,andthaton21Dec.1526togetherwithJohnLewsonofBere,Dorset,gentleman,MichaelRykettsofExeter,tailor,andGeorgeDuttonofExeter,capper,atLangdon,Devon,heassaultedaman,killinghim,androbbinghimofmoneyandahorse.Heabjured.StephenTukker,RichardLevesey,andThomasLanealltookthesamechurchinChelmsfordonthesameday,buthadcommitteddifferentfelonies,indicatingthattheymayhaveescapedfromprisontogether.

TNA,KB9/504,m.115;KB29/159,m.19

895

1635 LanealiasWalyngford

William Berkshire,Abingdon

monk M TakingchurchAbjuration

1444 Asportation Patentrollrecordsthepardon,atthepetitionoftheabbotofAbingdon,forWilliamLane,monkatAbingdon,whohadfledtoachurch(unspecified)afterhavingbeenindictedforstealingahorse,andabjuredbeforethecoroner.Hewassubsequentlycaughtintherealm,andthenbeforetheking'sjusticesheclaimedbenefitofclergyandwasdeliveredtothebishopofLondon,inwhosegaolhewasthenimprisoned.Thekingpardonedhimofthefelony,abjuration,andoutlawry,"thekingconsideringthathewishestomakeamendstherefor,andtoreturntohisreligion."Dated17May1444.

CPR1441-46,259-60 1416

934 Langford William London yeoman M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Sibbertoft


Southampton

1516 1516-09-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Sept.1516atSibbertoft,Northants.,WilliamLangfordaliasWilliamChorletontooktheparishchurch.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton14Aug.hehadstolenclothingandotheritemsatLondon.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/478,mm.35-36 832

982 Langstaff Leonard Yorkshire,York

yeoman M Durhamdependency:Crayke,Yorkshire(Durhammanor)

CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-01-24 Homicide Coroner'sinquest24Apr.1525intheCityofYorkoverthebodyofNicholasFyssherofYork,smith.ThejurorsreportedthatLangstaffandNicholasRatclyff,alsoofYork,gentleman,hadon24Jan.1525withforceandarmsatWalmgateinYorkassaultedFyssher,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichFysshereventuallydiedon22Apr.ThejurorsfoundthatLangstaffmurderedFyssherandthatRatclyffwasaccessory.AfterthekillingLangstafffledtothetownofCraykeinYorkshire,"aparcelofthelibertyandsanctuaryoftheblessedCuthbertofDurham."

TNA,KB9/502,m.89 880

1284 Langstrother John PriorofSt.JohnofJerusalem

M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar Langstrother,prioroftheHospitallerorderinEngland,wasamongsttheleadersoftheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.

Warkworth,Chronicle,18-19;R.A.Griffiths,"Langstrother,SirJohn(d.1471),"ODNB.

1122

645 Larehous Nicholas Yorkshire,Armthorpe

goldsmith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-10-28 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLarehoussoughtsanctuaryon28Oct.1527forfelony.

SDSB,183 576


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1780 Lastell Humphrey

servantofSirJohnRaynsford

M Church-taking,Essex,Colchester

Takingchurch 1513 Homicide Accessory InStarChamberbetween1514and1521,RichardVynes,bailiffofthesanctuaryofSt.John'sAbbeyinColchester,suedSirJohnRaynsfordandhissonJohnJr.,allegingthattheyoungerRaynsford(ID#1775)andseveralofhisservantswereresponsibleforthehomicideofMichaelBrasebrigge(ID#1776).Lastell,anotheroftheservantsoftheRaynsfordfamily,wasnotinsanctuarybutmerelyvisiting,ostensiblytosocializewithanoldacquaintance,MichaelBrasebrigge.LastellbecameinvolvedinthequarrelthatledtoBrasebrigge'sdeath.Togetherwiththeprincipalfelon,MauriceGryffyn,Lastellfledtoaparishchurchoutsidetheprecinctfollowingthehomicide,butheescapedfromthechurchanddisappearedbeforehecouldabjure.Accordingtotheformerbailiffofthesanctuary,RichardVynes,noonedaredtotrytoarrestLastellduetofearofSirJohnRaynsford,Lastell'semployer;SirJohn'ssonJohnwasalsoimplicatedinBrasebrigge'sdeath,andVynesallegedthatthehomicidehadgonelargelyunpunishedduetotheRaynsfords'undueinfluence.

TNA,STAC2/18/283;2/20/26;2/20/100;McSheffrey,SS,185-86

1555

313 Launceley John Lincolnshire,Boston


1505 1505-02-28 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLaunceleysoughtsanctuaryon28Feb.1505fordebt.

SDSB,115 261

160 Law Cuthbert Durham,Witton-le-Wear


1508 1508-01-15 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLawsoughtsanctuaryon15Jan.1508becausearound14Sept.1507atWitton,hehadbeenassaultedbyJohnCrawfurthofWitton,andstruckhimbackbystabbinghiminthechestwithadagger,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,51 127

504 Lawndels John Lincolnshire,Walkerith,Gainsborough


1490 1490-07-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasandJohnLawndelssoughtsanctuaryon24Jul.1490becausetheyhadkilledJohnPallyn,alsoofGainsborough,withapitchfork.

SDSB,155 445

503 Lawndels Thomas Lincolnshire,Walkerith,Gainsborough


1490 1490-07-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasandJohnLawndelssoughtsanctuaryon24Jul.1490becausetheyhadkilledJohnPallyn,alsoofGainsborough,withapitchfork.

SDSB,155 445

386 Lawrance Henry Yorkshire,Kirkham


1513 1513-04-10 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLawrancesoughtsanctuaryon10Apr.1513forfelony.

SDSB,130 333

1397 Lawrence Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-04-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lawrencewasnamedashavingenteredformurder,abouteightweeksbefore(~earlyApr.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1231

462 Lawson John Nottinghamshire,Nottingham


1499 1499-10-15 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLawsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Oct.1499forsecurityofhislife.

SDSB,146 407

1311 Layburn Robert Yorkshire gentleman M Ripon AmbiguousCharteredSanctuary

1531 Homicide Self-defence SirJamesLayburnofCunswick,Cumbria,afrequentcorrespondentofCromwell,wrotealettertoCromwellon22Dec.1531askinghimtospeaktothekingatChristmasforapardonforhisbrotherRobertLayburn,whowasinsanctuaryatRipon"throughhisownfolly."Therewasnoindictmentagainsthim,Layburnindicates,butheconfessedthathehadkilledamaninself-defenceatOxfordinlateSeptember1530.Althoughnopardonhasbeenlocated,aRobertLaybournewasascholaratBroadgatesHallin1531,andwasmaderectorofLamplugh,Cumbria,inSeptember1531,soitseemslikelythatonewayoranotherhewasabletoescapethehomicidecharge.

TNA,SP1/68,fol.94(L&P,5:274);A.B.Emden,ABiographicalRegisteroftheUniversityofOxfordA.D.1501to1540(Oxford:ClarendonPress,1974),346.

1145

2 Laydman William Yorkshire,Bowes


1467 1467-06-12 Homicide Self-defence Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton12June1467Laydmansoughtsanctuarybecauseon3June1467at"Mossesikeheved,"againsthiswillandindefenceofhisbody,hemortallywoundedwithaturfspadeacertainJohnWilliamsonofBowes,ontherightpartofhishead,andWilliamsondied.

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1511 Laykyn Thomas Gloucestershire,Bristol

merchant M Church-taking,Surrey,GuildfordSt.Mary


1444 1444-11-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatLaykynfledtothechurchofSt.MaryinGuildfordon20Nov.1444,confessingtothecoronerthaton20Aug.1444atAllingbourne,Sussex,hestole"abookcalledaPrymer"worth14dfromanunknownman.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/248,m.43 1330

1398 Layn William M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Laynwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1232

1506 Leche Henry M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1443 1443-12-24 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

Middlesexjurorspresentedthaton24Dec.1443WestminstermonkJohnHyntonassaultedJohnSavage,thebailiffoftheabbot'sliberty,andtookoutofhiscustodyHenryLeche,whowasbeingheldonsuspicionoffelony.HyntonallowedLechetofleetosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/245,m.74 1325

425 Ledale John Shropshire,Shrewsbury

bowyer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1494 1494-03-11 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLedalesoughtsanctuaryon11Mar.1494fordebt(Thornleycorrectsthedate).


370

576 Ledbeter Gilbert Yorkshire,Scarborough


1516 1516-03-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLedbetersoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1516fordebt.

SDSB,169-70 509

813 Ledbury John London joiner M Church-taking,London,St.AndrewUndershaft

Takingchurch 1428 1428-05-18 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton18May1428JohnLedburytookchurchatSt.AndrewUndershaftandconfessedtothecoronerthattogetherwithanothermannamedWilliamScardeburghhehadrobbedamanearlierthesamemonthontheroadtoEdgeware,tellingthevictimthathewastheconstableofEdgewareandtakinggoodsandmoneyworth29s.Noindicationofabjuration.Anoteonthebottomofthememoinadifferenthandsays:"hehasnothingtosay,thusheishanged."ThismaybeafailedattempttoturnapproveronWilliamScardeburghratherthananabjuration.Scardeburghcouldbethesameman(ID#1764)whohadabjuredforcommittingaverysimilarrobberyin1416nearWare,perhapshavingreturnedtoEnglandandtakingupsamemodusoperandi.

TNA,KB9/224,mm.203-204 739

239 Ledyll Clement Northumberland,Warkworth


1517 1517-05-24 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnHeronandClementLedyllsoughtsanctuaryon24May1517because,afterRobertWylson,HenryWylson,RobertSmyth,andEdwardArnaldassaultedthemon22May1517atWarkworth,nearthecastlethere,HeronstruckRobertWylsoninthestomachandinotherpartsofhisbodywithadagger,killinghim.Heronseekssanctuaryforhomicide,andLedyllasaccessory.A"billofinformation"intheStatePapers-areporttoWolsey-in1521namedJohnHeroninrelationtoanotherhomicide:AlanElderofWarkworthhadbeenafraidofJohnHeronandhissons,andthustheearlofNorthumberlandhadboundHeronovertokeepthepeace;butsubsequentlyAnthonyHeron,JohnHeron'ssecondson,murderedhim,andwasindicted,buthadhimselffledtosanctuary.JohnHeronwasdischargedfromtheearl'sservice.ThissuggeststhatHeron(andpresumablyLedyll)didnotstaylonginsanctuaryforthe1517homicide.

SDSB,75;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

200

137 Lee John Yorkshire,Halifax


1505 1505-11-06 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLeesoughtsanctuaryon6Nov.1505becauseon29Oct.1505inHalifax,hefoughtandstruggledwithastrangeroveradagger.Inthestruggle,thestrangertookholdofLee'sdaggerwithhishandandbyaccidentstruckhimselfinthestomach,givinghimselfawoundfromwhichhediedsoonafter.

SDSB,45 109

195 Lee Robert Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1512 1512-10-11 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLeesoughtsanctuaryon11Oct.1512because,togetherwithothers,hehadbeenpresenton9Oct.1511ontheTyneriverside,betweenthetownwallsandtheriver,downfromTynebridge,whenJohnFresilllethallystruckWilliamWrightwithadaggerinthebackbetweentheshoulderblades,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthenextday.BecausehehadaidedandhelpedFresilltoescapeafterwards,hesoughtsanctuary.

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766 Lemyng John Yorkshire,Ripon


1538 1538-11-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLemyngsoughtsanctuaryon12Nov1538fordebt.

SDSB,208;;Fowler,"SanctuaryRecords,"317

695

794 Lemystr Thomas London servant M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1407 1407-07-12 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportthatJohnFoljambehadbeenkilledintheparishofSt.DunstanintheWestwhenFoljambeattackedJohnFyndern;Fyndern'sservantThomasLemystr,tosavehismaster'slife,struckFoljambewithaswordandkilledhim,afterwardsassertingthathehaddonesotodefendFyndern.AfterthekillingLemystrfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.Asof1411,theKing'sBenchrecordsindicatehehadnotbeenfound.AlaterentryfromHillary1412,possiblyrelevant,boundtheking'sattorneyThomasCoveletobehaveproperlytowardsJohnFyndern.

TNA,KB9/201/3,m.34-35;TNA,KB27/601,rexm.2

720

1399 Lesse Lawrence M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-29 Felony Accessory Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lessewasnamedashavingenteredasaccessorytofelony,threedaysbefore(i.e.~29May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1233

997 Levesey Richard Middlesex,NewBrentford

butcher M Church-taking,Essex,ChelmsfordSt.Mary


Harwich 1527 1527-05-01 Homicide Alsorobberyandburglary

Coroner'smemorandumthatLeveseytookthechurchofSt.MaryatChelmsfordon1May1527,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton29Apr.1527hehadbrokenintoacloseatNewBrentford,Middlesex,andstolenahorseandsomemoney,andon13Apr.1522hehadrobbedandkilledamanatBlytheinNotts.Heabjured.StephenTukker,RichardLevesey,andThomasLanealltookthesamechurchinChelmsfordonthesameday,buthadcommitteddifferentfelonies,indicatingthattheymayhaveescapedfromprisontogether.

TNA,KB9/504,m.114;KB29/159,m.19

894

1298 Lewes Thomas yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsThomasLewes,yeoman,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1133

1400 Lewys Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lewyswasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1234

281 Ley Thomas chaplain M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1519 1519-08-14 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLeysoughtsanctuarybecause,ashewascollectingrentsfortheearlofDerbyasthedeputyofHenryShereman,chaplain,oneoftheearl'srentcollectors,helost"bymisfortune"£58inrentsontheroadashewastravellingtotheearl.Hethusfearsimprisonmentunlesshecanrecompensetheearlforthe£58.Furthermore,healsosoughtsanctuarybecausehestoletwentymarksfromthesaidearl.

SDSB,85 230

259 Leythfote Nicholas Cheshire,GreatBarrow



SDSB,79-80 214

575 Lincoln Richard London glover M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-02-05 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLincolnsoughtsanctuaryon5Feb.1516forfelonyatLondon.

SDSB,169 508

855 Lith Michael London saddlerandcoppersmith

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1488 1488-12-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquest13Dec.1488intheparishofSt.JohnZachary,London,overthebodyofJohnPetyr,yeoman.Thejurorssaythaton8Dec.1488hehadbeenintheparishofSt.AnneAldersgatewhenLithattackedhim,hittinghimwithablackbillandkillinghim.Afterwards,LithfledtoWestminsterAbbeyforsanctuary.ThewritsummoningtherecordintoKing'sBenchisdated18Nov.1489.

TNA,KB9/383,mm.21-22 767


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887 Lloide Roger Herefordshire,Hereford

gentleman M Church-taking,Herefordshire,Hereford,St.Ethelbert

Takingchurch 1511 1511-09-01 Homicide ChanceMedley

Coroner'sinquest1Sept.1511overthebodyofHenryBaskirvileofHereford,gentleman,whomthejurorsfoundtohavebeenkilledon30Aug.1511inaknifefightwithRogerLloide,by"chauncemedley."Followingthemurder,LloidefledtothecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.EthelbertinHereford.RichardBromwich,mayorofHereford,immediatelyhadthegatesoftheCityclosedandfirmlyguardedandorderedmentokeepwatchthewholenightatthecemeteryandthegatesandinothersuspiciousplacesinthecitywiththeintentionoftakinghimtorespondtothefelony.ButnonethelesssomehowRogerescapedfromthecemeteryandthecity,withwhosehelpthejurorsdonotknow.

TNA,KB9/458,m.78 797

1067 Lloyd David London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



947


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1080 Lloyd John Cheshire,Utkinton


CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/545,mm.87-90;KB29/161,m.1d;KB27/1115,pleam.21;LMA,Rep.10,fol.95r;L&P,14/1:584-85;15:348;Nicolas,ProceedingsPrivyCouncil,7:87;N.M.Fuidge,"Done,SirJohn,"HPO;R.J.W.Swales,"Holcroft,SirThomas,"HPO.

954

1605 Lloyd Richard Wales,Welshpool


1536 Asportation RolandLeeandThosEnglefieldwrotetoCromwellaboutLloyd,acattlethieffromtheWelshmarches,whohadtakensanctuaryatStMartinLeGrand;theyaskedCromwelltotrytopersuadehimto"forsakehissanctuary"andstandtrial.

TNA,SP1/101,fol.170r;L&P,10:72

1388

1430 LloydaliasPlace

David Wales M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 Homicide RolandLee,presidentofWelshcouncil,wrotetoCromwellaboutLloydandapEichardHokulton,WelshrebelswhohadfledtoWestminster;hewantedCromwelltoextractthemashethoughtthattheyhadpleadedsanctuarybeforeandwouldnotbeabletodosoagain.Cromwellevidentlycomplied,aswithintwoweekstheyweretriedatLudlow.

TNA,SP1/101,fols.18,100(L&P,10:12,43)

1264


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909 LoksmythaliasSmyth

Robert Middlesex,Westminster

locksmith M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/483mm.16-18;KB27/1040,rexm.15

816

1825 Lokyar Robert M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary



1440

35 Lonysdale Robert Cumbria,Dent M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1486 1486-07-13 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertLonysdaleandChristopherLyndeseysoughtsanctuaryon13Jul.1486becauseinNov.1476or1477theyquarreledwithLaurenceFalshedandothersbythemanorofHowgillinDentinYorkshire[nowCumbria],andoneorbothofthemstruckFalshedinthechestwithacertain"egelome"andhedied.Theysought(both?)theimmunityofthechurchandthelibertyofSt.CuthbertbetweenTyneandTeesforthemeselvesandtheirgoodsandchattels.

SDSB,13 31

1858 Lovell Francis ViscountLovell


CharteredSanctuary

1485 Treason AlongwithanotherRichardIIIloyalist,HumphreyStafford(ID#1099),LovellfledtoSt.John'sAbbeyinColchesterinthewakeofthebattleofBosworthinAugust1485andasubsequentparliamentaryattainderfortreason.Bythespringof1486LovellandStaffordhadleftColchester,raisinganunsuccessfulrevoltagainstHenryVII.FollowingthefailureofthatrisingLovellfledanditisnotcertainwhatbecameofhim.

Vergil,AnglicaHistoria(ed.Hay),11-13;Chrimes,HenryVII,71;PeterIverKaufman,“HenryVIIandSanctuary,”ChurchHistory53,no.4(December1984):469;McSheffrey,SS,48

1349 Lovell John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lovellwasnamedashavingenteredfor"felony,ofrobbyngofchurchesandother."

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1183

1816 Lovelot Thomas Essex,EastTilbury

carpenter M Charteredsanctuary

1490 Debt InaChancerybill,WilliamMongehamofRochester,Kent,wardenofthebridge,hadcontractedwithacarpenter,ThomasLovelot,tobuildawindmill,andwhenLovelotdidnotdeliverdespitehavingbeenadvancedpayment,hesuedhim;othersonLovelot'sbehalf,thedefendantsinthesuit,conspiredtoallowLovelottoescapeintoanunnamedsanctuarytoavoidthelawsuit.Yearapproximate;range1486-93[petitionerhaswilldated1496].NotethataWilliamMongehamwasthefirstmayorofRochesterin1460(MarshallSimpkin,RochesterinParliament,1295-1933[Rochester,1933),79).Thatwouldfixthedateearly,ifit'sthesameone.AWilliamMunghamhasawilldated1496(R5.299)(JeanFox,WestKentWills,http://vulpeculox.net/history/willsm.htm).

TNA,C1/150/78 1590


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464 Lucas John Durham,BishopAuckland


1501 1501-02-07 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLucassoughtsanctuaryon7Feb.1501forthehomicideofSimonRutteratBishopAucklandon23Jan.1501,withahanger(aknife).

SDSB,146-47 409

858 LucasaliasGardener

John Surrey,Southwark


1491 1491-02-12 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.Olave,Southwark,onLondonBridge,on12Feb.1491,overthebodyofJohnCouper.JurorsfoundthatonthatsamedayJohnLucasaliasGardenerandThomasCouperhadassaultedJohnCouper,eachofthemgivinghimablowthatindividuallywouldhavekilledhim,andfromwhichheimmediatelydied.AfterwardstheybothfledtoSt.MartinleGrandtakingtheirweaponswiththem.Awritdated10Oct.1491calledthisinquestuptoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/391,mm.31-32 770

1256 Lukas John Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent

gentleman M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent,ObservantineFriars

Takingchurch 1526 1526-12-30 Homicide Coroner'sinquestoverthebodyofHenryKyrkehouseatNewarkonTrent,Notts.,3Jan.1527.Thejurorsfoundthaton30Dec.1526Lukashadassaultedhimwithasword,givinghimawoundonhisrightsidethatimmediatelykilledhim.LukasfledtothechurchoftheObservantinefriarsatNewarkforsanctuary.Lukaswasoutlawedon27Jan.1528,andthetownshipofNewarkwasfinedforhisescapeinEasterterm1529.

TNA,KB9/973,m.12;Hunnisett,Notts.Coroners'Inquests,47

1099

248 Lumbert Simon Yorkshire,Hinton


1517 1517-08-04 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLumbertsoughtsanctuaryon4Aug.1517becauseon31Jul.1517inafieldinKilburnhewasassaulted,andinturnhestruckRobertFusterwithadaggerundertherightbreast,givinghimawoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,77 206

1350 Lute Richard draper M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lutewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1184

1351 Lyane Richard tanner M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Lyane(labelled"apooreman")wasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1185

29 Lycocke Henry Cumbria,Penrith[near]


1483 1483-11-24 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLycocke(identifiedonlyas"ofCarlislediocese")soughtsanctuaryon24Nov.1483becauseon27Oct.1483inawoodcalled"WhynfellParke"[WhinfellForest]inWestmoreland,hebeganaquarrelwithJohnRobynson,alsoofCarlislediocese,andfollowingcertainopprobriouswordsbetweenthemhestruckRobynsonwithawoodaxeonthearm,fromwhichwoundRobynsondied.

SDSB,10-11 25

1832 Lyghton John Norfolk,GreatYarmouth

butcher M Church-taking,Norfolk,GreatYarmouth,FriarsMinor

Takingchurch 1462 Homicide OntheGreatYarmouthboroughcourtrollfor1462isarecordfromthecoronersthatLyghtontooksanctuaryintheFranciscanchurchafterhavingmortallywoundedJohnDamofSomersetnearWingham,Kent.

NorfolkRecordOffice,MSY/C4/167,GreatYarmouthBoroughCourtRoll,1462-1463,m.19d(calendaredonTNADiscovery)

1601

1512 Lymbeke Nicholas Gloucestershire,Cirencester

goldsmith M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,CirencesterSt.JohntheBaptist


Southampton

1444 1444-08-26 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatLymbeketooksanctuaryatCirencesteron26Aug.1444,confessingtothecoronerthatthedaybeforehehadmurderedacertainHughMoowne,sawyer,atCirencester.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/250,m.38 1331

444 Lynche Thomas Leicestershire,Lutterworth


1501 1501-12-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLynchesoughtsanctuaryon20Dec.1501fordebt.

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36 Lyndesey Christopher

Cumbria,Dent M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1486 1486-07-13 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertLonysdaleandChristopherLyndeseysoughtsanctuaryon13Jul.1486becauseinNov.1476or1477theyquarreledwithLaurenceFalshedandothersbythemanorofHowgillinDentinYorkshire[nowCumbria],andoneorbothofthemstruckFalshedinthechestwithacertain"egelome"andhedied.Theysought(both?)theimmunityofthechurchandthelibertyofSt.CuthbertbetweenTyneandTeesforthemeselvesandtheirgoodsandchattels.

SDSB,13 31

176 LynsayaliasHakbury

John Yorkshire,York

merchant M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1509 1509-11-14 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatLynsaysoughtsanctuaryon14Nov.1509forindebtednesstodiversecreditorswhomhecannotsatisfy.

SDSB,56 143

1847 Lyse John Norfolk,Norwich

hatter M Church-taking,Essex,FinchingfieldSt.Peter


GreatYarmouth

1520 1520-05-08 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton8May1520LysetookthechurchofSt.PeterinFinchingfield,Essex,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton6May1520,hebrokeintothehouseofThomasHorrellatSibleHedigham,Essex,withforceandarms,andstoleasilverbeltworth20s.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/482,m.99 1614

1563 Lytman Thomas M Church-taking,Somerset,Yeovilton


InSomerseton29Jul.1504,JohnBenetofRode,Somerset,husbandman,constableofthetownofRodeandunder-bailifftoThomasJustice,bailiffofthetownofRode;andJohnHumfreyofRode,husbandman,on30Apr.1504arrestedThomasLytmanatYeoviltonforfeloniesonwhichhehadbeenindicted.BenetandHumfrey,however,negligentlypermittedLytman'sescapeandhefledtotheparishchurchofYeovilton.BenetandHumfreywerethusindicted(theindictmenthandeduptoKing'sBenchon28Jan.1505).

TNA,KB9/436,m.66 1365

233 Machell George Cumbria,Torpenhow


1516 1516-11-15 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMachellsoughtsanctuaryon15Nov.1516becauseon31Oct.1516atTorpenhowhehadbeenassaulted,andinhisownself-defencehestruckRichardSmythinthethighwithalancestaff,fromwhichwoundSmythdiedthefollowingday.

SDSB,73 195

80 Machon Henry Derbyshire,Eckington


1498 1498-11-18 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMachonsoughtsanctuaryon18Nov.1498,becauseon8December1497acertainJohnGylyalsoofEckingtonhadassaultedhim,orrathertheyassaultedoneanother,andMachonfeloniouslywoundedthesaidJohnGylyintheheadwitha"dicker."HesupposedthatGylydiedfromtheblow,andsohesoughtsanctuaryincasehewasindictedforthehomicide.ThisisprobablythesameHenryMachonofDerbyshire[ID#449]whoalsosoughtsanctuaryin1498(probablyearlierthatyear;theentryisundated)atBeverley,for"securityofhisbody."

SDSB,31 71

449 Machon Henry Derbyshire,Sheffield[?]


1498 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatHenryMachonofSheffield,Derbyshire,soughtsanctuaryatBeverleyforthesecurityofhisbody.[Undated;previousandsubsequententriesdatedMarchandMay1498.]ProbablythesameHenryMachonofDerbyshire[ID#80]whoalsosoughtsanctuaryatDurham18Nov.1498forhomicide.

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1073 MainwaringorMaynwaryng

John London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



952

896 Makan Richard Gloucestershire,Gloucester

cobbler M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,St.JohntheBaptist


Southampton

1511 1511-11-14 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton14Nov.1511MakantooktheparishchurchofSt.JohntheBaptistinGloucester,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton4Mar.1511withforceandarms,atCharingCrossinMiddlesex,hehadassaultedWilliamNorthen,Kendalman,withastaff,killinghim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/461,m.27 805

796 Makerell Richard soldier M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1414 1414-02-02 Debt Coroner'sreportofMakerell'sconfession(asapprover),inwhichheclaimedthatwhenhewasinsanctuaryatWestminster(asadebtor)in1414,thearchdeaconofWestminstertriedtorecruitMakerell,RobertBolle(ID#1277),andWilliamTuttebury(ID#1278)forSirJohnOldcastle'srevoltagainstthecrown.

TNA,KB9/205/1,m.15 722

801 Malbon Henry Cheshire,Nantwich

tailoraliassoldier

M Church-taking,London,St.MaryWoolchurch

Takingchurch 1419 1419-05-07 Homicide Tworecords--coroner'sinquestandinquestbeforeLondonsheriffs--reportthatthreemenfromCheshireandDerbyshirelayinwaitforandkilledNicholasBlundell,agentlemanfromGuernsey,on7May1419inLondon.Oneofthethree,HenryMalbon,fledtosanctuaryatSt.MaryWoolchurch,whiletheothertwowerearrested.

TNA,KB9/83,m.23;KB9/215/1,mm.30-31

727

939 Malpas John Kent,Tunbridge

labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,BattleAbbey


Rye 1520 1520-05-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton29May1520atBattle,Sussex,withinthelibertyoftheabbotofBattle,MalpastookthemonasterychurchatBattleandsoughtacoroner,towhomheconfessedthaton20Sept.1509hehad(alongwiththreeothermen)murderedanunknownmanatBerwickonTweed.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/482,m.105 837

279 Man John Northumberland,Rock


1519 1519-08-03 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnHogeson,JohnMan,andRobertHoton,soughtsanctuaryon3Aug.1519becausearound21March1519,betweenEmbletonandNewton[-by-the-Sea],theykilledEdwardWeytmanwithtwospears.A1521billofinformationsenttoWolseyonNorthumbrianmurderersreportedthatRobertHuton,[blank]Thew,andotherswereindictedforthemurderofEdwardWetewang,forwhichanappealhadbeenentered,andthattheywereinsanctuaryinDurham.

SDSB,84-85;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

229


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34 Manfeeld James Durham,Wycliffe


1486 1486-02-25 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatManfeeldsoughtsanctuary25Feb.1486becausenearthetownofOvington(thenYorks.,nowDurham)around26Jan.1486healongwithothersassaultedSirRolandMebburn,chaplain,therectorofWycliffe.Hefeloniouslystruckhimwithawelshbillandgavehimamortalwound.

SDSB,12-13 30

1437 Mangini James Italy,Florence M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1537 Thomas,abbotofBeaulieu,wrotetoCromwellinanswertoacommandto"deliverthebody"ofFlorentineJamesMangini.Hesayshewouldhavedonethis"gladlye,"butManginihaddepartedfromthesanctuaryprivilybeforethiscouldbedone.ManginihidinwoodsandbushesandwaseventuallyfoundinahaybarnanddeliveredupwithinaweektoCromwell.NeitherMangini'sreasonforsanctuary-seeking,orthereasonfortheabbot'sreadysurrenderoftheseekertoCromwellisclear.

TNA,SP1/125,fols.8r,44rv(L&P,12/2:259,273)

1271

594 Manoryng Thomas Yorkshire,Cloughton


1523 1523-03-10 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatManoryngsoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1523fortheft.

SDSB,173 527

1634 Marchall John Northamptonshire,NewtonbyHighamFerrers

husbandman M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,NewtonbyHighamFerrers


Southampton

1433 1433-10-24 Asportation EntryonpatentrollindicatesMarchallhadtakenchurchon24Oct.1433forasheeptheftamonthbefore,andabjured.Hewaspardoned12July1439;itwasinscribedonthepardonthat"hehasnowthegreatesthorrorofhisilldeeds,intendingtoavoidallsuchinfuture,andhaswithtearsandsighsbesoughttheking'smercy,"whichwasgrantedtohim.

CPR1436-41,275-76 1415

1093 Marchall William Leicestershire,Claxton[LongClawson]

M Church-taking,Leicestershire,Claxton[LongClawson],St.Remigius


Dover 1412 1412-08-26 Asportation Coroner'srollforLeicestershirerecordsthatMarchallfledtothechurchofSt.Remigiuson26Aug.1412andconfessedburglarytothecoroner.Heabjured.

TNA,JUST2/61,rot.6 965

1401 Marche William M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Marcheisidentifiedashavingenteredformurder,c.1531.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1235

1072 Margettes John London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-10-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquest19Oct.1534intheparishofSt.AndrewHolborn,London,overthebodyofJohnYaxleyofBarnard'sInn,gentleman.Thejurorsreportedthaton18Oct.YaxleyhadbeenatBarnard'sInninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenabout4pmMargettes,alsoofBarnard'sInn,assaultedhimwithprecogitatedmalice,stabbinghimintheleftsideofthestomach,awoundfromwhichYaxleydiedthenextmorningatdawn.MargettesimmediatelyfledtoWestminsterAbbey.Yaxley'sbrotherandheirRichardYaxleyappealedthemurder,butMargettescouldnotbefoundtofacetheappealthroughmanytermsupuntilMichaelmas1539(perhapsremaininginsanctuaryatWestminsterthroughthisperiod?).On8Nov.1546,Margetteswaspardonedforthemurder.

TNA,KB9/531,mm.54-55;KB27/113,m.44d;JohnH.Baker,TheMenofCourt1440to1550,3vols.,SeldenSociety,SupplementarySeries18(London:SeldenSociety,2012),1059;L&P,21/2:235

951

1628 Mariot William Cambridgeshire,Buckden

butcher M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Offord


1406 1406-04-27 Asportation ThepatentrollrecordsthatMariotwaspardonedin1408forahorsetheftatSibthorpeforwhichon27Apr.1406hehadtakenchurch,confessedtothecoroner,andabjured.

CPR1405-08,441 1409

1553 Markeham William Buckinghamshire,StonyStratford

tailor M Church-taking,Berkshire,Wallingford,AllHallows

Takingchurch 1497 1497-10-04 Homicide Alsoescapefromgaol

On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.MarkehamhadbeenindictedforamurderinBuckinghamshire.


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988 Markes Robert Hampshire,Subberton

yeoman M SJJ:BaddesleyPreceptory,Hants.

CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-06-08 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatWinchester,15Jul.1527,Markeswasindictedasanaccessorytoastringofroberiesovertheprevioustwoyears.Hepleadedsanctuaryatgaoldelivery;hesaidthathehadfledtoadwellinghouseattheHospitallercommanderyatBaddesley,Hants.,andclaimeditsprivilege.Hesaidthatlessthanthreeweeksafterhehadtakensanctuarythere,hewasseizedbytheunder-sheriffofHants.,andbroughttotheking'sgaolatWinchester.ThejusticesatgaoldeliverysentthisuptoKBforMichaelmas1527,butthecontrolmentrollindicatesthatthejusticestherereturnedthecasetoWinchester.ThecasecameupagainthereinLent1528,andhemadethesameplea,andagain,thejusticesatgaoldeliverydidnotrule.FinallyinEaster1529MarkesappearedbeforeKing'sBenchandpresentedapardon,andwasreleased.

TNA,KB9/504,m.3;KB29/159,m.22d;KB9/509,mm.3-4;KB29/161,m.6;KB27/1071,rexm.6;McSheffrey,SS,107

885

541 Marryk John Yorkshire,Pickhill


1480 1480-11-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMarryksoughtsanctuaryon30Nov.1480forthedeathofRichardBayneofthesameplace,killedbyhimon13Nov.1480.

SDSB,162 476

538 Marshall John Oxfordshire,Banbury

painter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-12-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMarshallsoughtsanctuaryon14Dec.1479forthedeathofaman,whosenameisunknowntohim,killedbyhiminacertainpit[delva]byStonyStratford,Bucks.,on13Dec.

SDSB,161-62 474

495 Marshall Simon Lincolnshire,Partney


1486 1486-04-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMarshallsoughtsanctuaryon4Apr.1486andacknowledgedthekillingofRobertReesbyofHorsington,Lincs.,weaver,withadagger,on17Feb.1486,inafieldatHorsington.

SDSB,153 437

380 Marshall Thomas Middlesex,Kensington


1511 1511-03-29 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMarshallsoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1511fordebt.

SDSB,129 328

579 Marshall Thomas Nottinghamshire,South[?]


1516 1516-05-28 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMarshallsoughtsanctuaryon28May1516fordebt.

SDSB,170 512

1402 Marshall Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-18 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Marshallwasnamedashavingenteredforfelony,abouttwoweeksbefore(i.e.~18May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1236

1525 Marten John London yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Olave


Portsmouth 1489 1489-01-25 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumdated26Jan.1489thatMartentooksanctuaryatSt.Olave,Southwark,on25Jan.1489.Heconfessedthattheprevious6Jan.atKilburn,Midd.,hehadfeloniouslykilledWilliamAlwenaliasAleyn.MartenabjuredandwassentonhiswaytoPortsmouthtoleavetherealm.Laterthatsameday,however,hewasarrestedbytheconstableofLambeth--MartenlaterclaiminginKing'sBenchthathewasseizedashemadehiswayalongtheking'sroadonhiswaytoPortsmouth,thecrownconverselyarguingthathehadlefttheking'sroadandwastakenbecausehewasnotproceedingtohisport.HewasputintheMarshalsea,andwhenhiscasecameupatKing'sBenchinEaster1490,itwastobeputtoajury,butIhavefoundnoindicationofanoutcomeatthatpoint.Almosttwodecadeslater,inNovember1507,however,MartenagainappearedbeforeKing'sBenchandwasagainchargedwithhavingbeenfoundintherealmfollowingthesame1489abjuration,andonthisoccasionhepresentedaroyalpardonandthuswasreleased.Wherehehadbeeninthemeantime--whetherhewasrestoredtohisroadtohisporttoabjureandthenwassubsequentlyfoundbackinEnglandagain;orhadescapedfromtheMarshalseaprison;orhadbeenheldtherefrom1489(theleastlikelyscenario,perhaps?)--isunclear.

TNA,KB9/380,mm.22-23;KB27/915,rexm.5d;KB29/119,m.11;KB27/985,rexm.18

1343

1448 Martin Nicholas Italy merchant M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1423 Debt WilliamFromond,vintner,petitionedtheLondonmayor'scourtcomplainingthatJohnDerkeofLondonwarrantedthatNicholasMartin,aLombard,wassufficienttopayforalargewineorder,althoughheknewthatMartinwasinsanctuaryatSMLGandcouldnotpay.

LMA,CLA/024/02/003/41 1283

1403 Martyn Robert M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Martynwasnamedashavingenteredforfelony,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1237


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367 Martynson James Yorkshire,Welwick


1510 1510-12-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMartynsonsoughtsanctuaryon24Dec.1510forthehomicideofJohnLewesofWelwickthorpe,labourer.

SDSB,126 315

818 Mason John Berkshire,Bodmin

labourer M Church-taking,London,St.Michael


1436 Asportation Thecoroner'smemorandumislargelyillegible,butitandthewritattachedtoit(dated24Oct.1438)indicatethatJohnMasonofBodmin,Berks.,laborer,admittedtotheftsbeforethecoronerofthecityofLondonafterhehadfledtoachurchdedicatedtoSt.Michael,andthenheabjured.

TNA,KB9/230A,mm.72-73 744

1040 Mason Richard Oxfordshire,Wendlebury

labourer M Culham CharteredSanctuary

1531 1531-03-15 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatStrattonAudleyon17Mar.1531,overthebodyofWilliamKempsaleofStrattonAudley,carpenter.ThejurorsreportedthatMasonhadon15Mar.about7pmassaultedandkilledhim.Immediatelyafterwards,MasonfledtothesanctuaryatCulham.

TNA,KB9/517,m.90 933

1257 Mason Thomas London grocer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1425 Debt TheLondonPleaandMemorandaRollrecordsthereleaseofapprenticeLaurenceSmithfromhiscontractwithThomasMason,grocer,becauseMasonhadwithdrawnto"theprivilegedplaceofSt.MartinleGrand,"hadlosthisshop,andhadnotarrangedforanothermastertotaketheapprenticeon.DebtasthereasonforMason'ssanctuaryissurmisedfromcontext.

CPMR,4:180 1100

1823 MasonaliasSporier

Nicholas M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary



1440

1196 Massy Peter Cheshire,Wharton

yeoman M Beverley(abjurationfromLeicestershire,LeicesterSt.JohntheBaptist)


1533 1533-01-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton13Jan.1533MassytookthechurchofSt.JohntheBaptistinLeicester.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatinearlyDecember1532hehadstolensomeshirtsinLeicestershire,hadbeenarrestedandcommittedtogaolinLeicester,buton19Dec.1532hebrokeoutofgaol.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchoseBeverley.HetookchurchandabjuredfromthesamechurchandonthesamedayasHughRatclyff(ID#1197),whohadalsobrokenoutoftheLeicestergaol.BothchoseBeverley,butneitherareinBeverleysanctuaryregister.

TNA,KB9/523,m.24;KB29/166,m.4

1052

258 Massy Robert Cheshire,Waverton



SDSB,79-80 214

402 Massynden Edmund Lincolnshire,Binbrook


1491 1491-03-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMassyndensoughtsanctuaryon15Mar.1491forkillingGeorgeMody.

SDSB,133 347

373 Mateson Thomas Yorkshire,StamfordBridge


1511 1511-07-18 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMatesonsoughtsanctuaryon18Jul.1511forthehomicideofJohnPott,alsoofStamfordBridge,labourer.

SDSB,127-28 321

1006 Mathew John Staffordshire,Tamworth

yeoman M Church-taking,London,AllHallowsBreadStreet


Dover 1527 1527-04-12 Homicide Alsorobbery Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Apr.1527MathewtooktheparishchurchofAllSaintsBreadStreetinLondon.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton11Feb.1527atThame,Oxon.,hehadassaultedacertainpriestvulgarlycalledSirBanger,givinghimamortalwound.Alsoon16Jun.[1526?]atWestSmithfieldintheparishofSt.Sepulchrehehadassaultedacertainwoman,thewifeofRobertSampsonoftheparishofSt.GileswithoutCripplegate,sherman,andstole£6fromherandaman'sgowntrimmedwithblacklambfromanotherunknownman.Heabjured.InEaster1528heappearedbeforeKing'sBench,andacknowledgedthathehadbeenfoundwithintherealmafterabjuration,buthadapardonfromtheking.Hethuswentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.115-16;KB27/1067,rexm.4

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1860 Mathewe Thomas M Church-taking,Middlesex,Kensington,St.Mary


1510 1510-05-13 Asportation AMiddlesexjurypresentedthatRichardSandy(ID#876)andThomasMathewehadbeenarrestedatKensingtonon13May1510onsuspicionofhorsetheft,butthenbothSandyandMathewehadescapedandgoneintoSt.Mary'schurchinKensingtonandabjured.Althoughacoroner'smemorandumforSandy'sabjurationwassubmittedtoKing'sBench-ashewaslatercaughtintherealm-nonehasbeenfoundforMathewe.

TNA,KB9/467,m.7 786

1404 Mathison John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-24 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,JohnMathison(ID#1404)andJamesBowley(ID#1376)werenamedtogetherashavingenteredforfelony,aboutoneweekbefore(~24May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1238

1755 Mavis Thomas Cheshire,Bunbury,Alpraham

tailor M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Chippenham



TNA,KB9/974,m.8 1533

430 Mawndeville William cook M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1495 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMawndevillesoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyfordebt.Theentryisundated,withthepreviousentrydatedJuly1495.

SDSB,139 375

1221 Maxvyle Robert London tailor M Beverley(abjurationfromHertfordshire,LaystonbyBuntingford,St.Bartholomew)


1535 1535-04-15 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton15Apr.1535WarbartonandMaxvyletooktheparishchurchofSt.BartholomewatLaystonbyBuntingford,Herts.Theyconfessedseparatelythaton15Apr.theyhadbothassaultedanunknownman,stealingfourpiecesofsayclothandothergoods,onthehighroadtowardsLondonatBuntingford.Theyabjured,werebranded,andbothchosethesanctuaryatBeverley.(NeitherappearintheBeverleyregister.)

TNA,KB9/533,m.108;KB29/168,m.27

1071

685 Mayd William Yorkshire,Doncaster


1527 1527-04-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMaydsoughtsanctuaryon1Apr.1527fordebt.

SDSB,190 616

932 Maydebury Richard Northamptonshire,Wellingborough

shoemaker M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Finedon


Dover 1519 1519-10-06 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton6Oct.1519at"Thyngden"[Finedon],Northants.,Maydeburytooktheparishchurch.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton12Dec.1500hehadstolen60pairsofshoesfromThomasColynatNorthampton,andanumberofotherthefts.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/477,m.98 830

267 Mayll George Northumberland,Warkworth


1519 1519-03-31 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMayllsoughtsanctuaryon31Mar.1519becauseon5Mar.atBiltonMoorintheparishof"Lesberye"hestruckacertainAlanElderontheleftarmandlegwithaswordbecauseElderhadassaultedhim.Elderdiedwithin23days.Twoothermen,AnthonyHeron(ID#265)andRobertGray(ID#266)hadsoughtsanctuaryaboutaweekbeforeasaccessoriesforthesamehomicide.

SDSB,81 219

930 Maynard William Somerset,Norton

stringer M SJJ:PreceptoryofMinchinBuckland,Somerset

CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-08-05 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatNorton,Somerset,inthebishop'slibertyinTaunton,on5Aug.1517,overthebodyofRichardDierofTaunton,labourer.Thejurorsreportedthatonthatsamedayaround8amatNorton,Maynardassaultedandkilledhim.Afterwards,MaynardfledtothesanctuaryofSt.JohntheBaptistatBuckland(i.e.theHospitallerpreceptoryofMinchinBuckland).ThecontrolmentrollindicatesthatMaynardwasoutlawed9Apr.1521.


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1225 Mayson Hugh Yorkshire,Ampleforth

mercer M Bewdley(abjurationfromYorkshire,Tadcaster)


1537 1537-11-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Nov.1537MaysontooktheparishchurchofTadcaster.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton8Sept.1537atCharlestonintheWestRidinghestoleahorse.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchose"Beudley,"withalaterhandwritingin"Warwickshire."

TNA,KB9/539,m.100;KB29/171,m.2d

1075

1692 Medewe Geoffrey Middlesex,Chelsea

clerk M SJJ:NewTemple CharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous


TheconstablesofthetownofChelseareportedthaton6Aug.1434theyarrestedMedeweattheorderofJPforMiddlesextofaceatrespasssuit,butheescapedfromcustodywhilebeingconveyedtowardsNewgategaolandrantotheNewTemple.InHillaryterm1435theconstablespaidafineof100s.forthetrespassandescape.

TNA,KB9/1049,m.32;KB27/695,Fines;KB29/68,m.1

1473

307 Medley Thomas Staffordshire,Lichfield


1515 1515-03-19 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMedleysoughtsanctuaryon19Mar.1515fordebt.

SDSB,113 255

633 Melton Richard Lincolnshire,Louth

smith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-11-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecorsthatMeltonsoughtsanctuaryon29Nov.1523forthe"murderation[murderatione]"ofRobertLancasterofHaugham,Lincs.,pardoner.

SDSB,180 564

30 Menell Robert Yorkshire,Hilton[?]


1484 1484-06-14 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMenellsoughtsanctuaryon14Jun.1484becausenearthetownofHiltoninYorkshirehestruckacertainJohnAyronthehead,inself-defence,withadagger,fromwhichblowhebelievedAyrdied.

SDSB,11 26

1229 Mere Robert Cambridgeshire,Cambridge

labourer M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,Barrington)


1541 1541-10-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatBarrington,Cambs.,thaton4Oct.1541MeretookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofBarrington.heconfessedtothecoronerthaton3Oct.,atCambridge,hestoleagreyhorsefromJohnWulwardofthesamecity.Heabjured,wasbranded,andwasassignedthecityofWestminster,whichwashischoice.

TNA,KB9/979,m.171;KB29/175,m.6

1079

1662 MeredithaliasBowyer

Richard M Church-taking,Herefordshire,Hereford,St.Peter


1514 Johnsonnotesthatin1514,RichardMeredithaliasBowyertooksanctuaryinthechurchofSt.PeterwithinthecityofHereford,andcalledforthecoroner.Themayor,GeorgeHonor,dulycameandheardhisconfession.

TomJohnson,“Law,Space,andLocalKnowledgeinLate-MedievalEngland”(Ph.D.,BirkbeckCollege,UniversityofLondon,2014),50(citingHerefordshireRecordOffice,BG11/17/3,fol.2r).

1443

804 Merssh John Wiltshire,Salisbury

clerk(Master)

M Church-taking,Wiltshire,Salisbury,St.Nicholas

Takingchurch 1425 1425-09-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Sept.1425MersshtookchurchatSt.Nicholas'schurchandconfessedthaton4March1425inLondonhehadattackedayeomanofLondon,RalphSmalwode,andstolenmoneyfromhim.Noindicationofabjuration;thisrecordwascalleduptoKing'sBenchinlateOctober1426.

TNA,KB9/222/1,m.39-40 730

427 Mese Henry Yorkshire,Slingsby


1495 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMesesoughtsanctuaryfordebt.Theentryisnotdated;placedbetweenentriesdated1495and1496,soassigned1495.

SDSB,139 372

1671 Messaunger **** M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

nd(temp.Hen.VIII)

Felony Inanundated[temp.HenryVIII]writtotheabbotofBeaulieu,theking'scouncilrequiredhimtohandovercertain"coffersandchests"inwhichthereweredocumentsaswellasmoney,plate,andjewels,whichhadbeenleftthere(orsothecouncillorswere"crediblyenfourmed")bytwosanctuarymen,"ooneMessaungerandRobyns,oderwisecalledRobinson,"aftertheyhaddepartedfromthesanctuary.

TNA,STAC2/24/299 1454

1792 Michell Robert Warwickshire,Coventry[?]


1465 Debt AChancerypetitionsubmittedbyPhilipHillofCoventrycomplainedthatCoventrymayorJohnPynchbekallowedMichelltofleewithhisgoodstoanunspecifiedsanctuarybynotsecuringhimwithasuitablesurety.DatedbyPynchbek'smayoralty,1465--seeCoventryLeetBook,332.

TNA,C1/33/152 1567

104 Middilton Robert Yorkshire,Ripon




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1094 Middleton John Yorkshire,Ware[?]

M Church-taking,Leicestershire,DalbyontheWolds[?],St.JohntheBaptist


Dover 1400 1400-06-01 Asportation Coroner'srollforLeicestershire,1393-1413,recordsthatMiddletonfledtothechurchofSt.JohntheBaptistat[Dalby?]ontheWoldson1Jun.1400,confessingtheft.Heabjured.


21 Midilton Roger Cumbria,KirkbyLonsdale


1479 1479-12-06 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton6Dec.1479Midiltonsoughtsanctuarybecausehe,on16Nov.lastpast,at"Telesyd"intheparishofKirkbyLonsdale,assaultedWilliamBanys,andfeloniouslyhitBanysthenandtherewithanarrowinthekneeofhisrighttibia,fromwhichhediedfivedayslater.

SDSB,7 17

121 Migeley William Yorkshire,Horsforth


1505 1505-05-22 Homicide Accessory;alsoTheft;alsoDebt

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMigeleysoughtsanctuaryon22May1505,becausehewaspresentwhenWilliamRydyngandRichardBerestallofOvendenWood,Halifax,struckWilliamSmythontheheadwithclubssevenyearsago,givinghimwoundsfromwhichhediedinthreedays.MigeleyalsoconfessedthathehadstolentwelveoxenandacowfromtheabbotofChristhallandbroughtthemtothebishopricofDurham.Anotherentry,dated29Mar.1507,recordsthatMigeleysoughtsanctuaryasecondtime,againcitingthedeathofWilliamSmythandhisroleasaccessory,andthetheftoftheanimalsfromtheabbotofChristhall.Inaddition,hesoughtsanctuaryforadebtof£5thatheowedtoThomasHorsfallofLeeds.

SDSB,42,47 102

1694 Mille John Hertfordshire,Hertford

labourer M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Amwell(HertfordPriory)



TNA,KB9/1056,m.38 1474

1682 Miller Richard London brewer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1538 Debt InaChancerybill,JohnCoventreofWestminster,shoemaker,complainedthaton18May1538hehadbeenharrassedbyJamesGroceofSouthamptonbecauseRichardMillerandThomasSelby,whohadbeenindebtedtoCoventrefor£50,hadfledandtakensanctuaryatBeverley.(NeitherisinBeverleysanctuaryregister.)

TNA,C1/967/55 1464

276 Milner William Yorkshire,Leeds


1519 1519-10-31 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMilnersoughtsanctuaryon31Oct.1519becauseatLeedson21Oct.hestole£510sfromthegoodsofWilliamTotteyofLeeds.

SDSB,84 227

659 Milner William Lincolnshire,Goulceby

plumber M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-04-03 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMilnersoughtsanctuaryon3Apr.1525forfelony.

SDSB,185 590

1505 MineheadorMynhed

John London Cistercianmonk

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1442 1442-03-17 Apostasy MineheadwasallegedlyanapostateCistercianmonk,subjectofdispute(indictmentandcounter-indictment)betweentheabbotsofSt.MaryGracesAbbey(hisownreligioushouse)andWestminster.HewasallegedlydraggedfromWestminstersanctuaryincourseofanaffraybetweenthesideson17Mar.1442;hewasalsoindictedfortheftandoutlawed.IntherecordsseveralothermenlivinginWestminstersanctuarywerementioned:JohnGagewascitedaslivingin"thesanctuaryofWestminster"andMineheadwasallegedlydraggedoutofhishouseandoutofsanctuary;andJohnBarbour,ofWestminstersanctuary,wasindictedforhelpingtheabbotofSt.MaryGracesextracthimfromWestminster.


1324

954 Mody Edward Northamptonshire,Althorp

horsekeeper M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Northampton,AllSaints


Dover 1523 1523-02-03 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatAlthorp,Northants.,on3Feb.1523,overthebodyofJohnEktonofAlthorp.JurorsreportedthatMody,withadiabolicalmind,attackedEktonatmidnightandstabbedhimwithasword.Afterhecommittedthefelony,hefledtothechurchofAllSaintsinNorthampton.Thefollowingmembraneisthecoroner'smemorandumrecordinghisconfessionandabjurationtothefelony,indicatingthathetooksanctuarythesameday.Heabjured.

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1706 Mondy Thomas Berkshire,Shrivenham

labourer,servantofThomasWarneford

M SJJ:PreceptoryatQuenington,Gloucestershire

CharteredSanctuary

1535 1535-06-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatShrivenham,Berks.,19Jun.1535,overthebodyofWilliamForde.ThejurorsreportedthatMondy,servantofThomasWarneford,gentleman,and[illegible],on13Jun.around4pmatShrivenham,hadassaultedWilliamFordeinShrivenhamField,hittinghimontheheadwithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon18Jun.ThejurorsalsoreportedthatThomasPytmanandJohn[Gylford?],alsoservantsofThomasWarneford,gentleman,hadconductedMondyafterwardsto"thesanctuaryandlibertyofSt.JohnofJerusaleminQuenington,countyGloucester"(wheretherewasaHospitallerpreceptory).TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatMondywasoutlawed5Dec.1541.

TNA,KB9/533,m.144;KB29/168,m.25d

1489

360 Monkey John SuffolkLeiston[?]


1510 1510-08-16 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMonkeysoughtsanctuaryon16Aug.1510forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,124 308

311 Moore William Yorkshire,GreatOuseburn


1505 1505-01-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMooresoughtsanctuaryon1Jan.1505fordebt.

SDSB,114 259

1609 Moot John Sussex,Durrington[?]

M Church-taking,Sussex,ArundelCollegiateChurch


Dover 1405 1405-02-20 Asportation Alsoescapefromgaol

ThebishopofChichester'sregisterrecordsthaton20Feb.1405,Moot,havingescapedcustodyofconstableswhotookhimfortheftandrobbery,ranfromArundelCastletothecollegiatechurchofArundel,wherehetook"holdofthering"ofthecloistergates"asasignoftheimmunityofthechurch."TheRegisterrecordsthattheconstableandporteroftheCastle,alongwithtwoothermen,seizedhimdespitethisclaimofsanctuary,andthattheconstableandporterthenvoluntarilyadmittedtheirfaulttothebishop,restoredMoottothechurch,andwereassignedpenance.Afterthat,apparently,Mootabjured,asthepatentrollindicatesthaton3Jun.1406hewaspardonedbythekingfortheftandabjuration(therewasnomentionthereofthisbackstory).

CPR1405-08,191;CecilDeedes,ed.,TheEpiscopalRegisterofRobertRede,SussexRecordSociety8,11(Lewes,Sussex:SussexRecordSociety,1908),1:44-47

1392

755 More John Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1536 1536-06-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMoretooksanctuaryon1Jun.1536fordebt. SDSB,206 684

1198 More William Gloucestershire,Bristol

mariner M Beaulieu(abjurationfromSussex,Lancing,St.Mary)


1532 1532-08-12 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Aug.1532MoresoughtsanctuaryatSt.Mary'schurchinLancing,Sussex,confessingtothecoronerthaton18Jul.atYarmouthhehadassaultedanunknownmanandkilledhim,andthaton3Aug.hehadcommittedaburglaryatLancing.Heabjures,choosingBeaulieu,andwasbranded.

TNA,KB9/525,m.146;KB29/166,m.21

1054

1114 Moresse John Kent,Tunbridge

yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,Tunbridge

Takingchurch 1497 1497-11-03 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatMaidstone,Kent,inFebruary1498,MoresseandGryffynappearedonanindictmentthaton3Nov.1497theyhadlaininwaitforThomasGrigbyofTunbridge,Kent,ataplacecalledReverhill,nearTunbridge,andassaultedandrobbedhimofmoneyandgoodsworthabout29s.BothMoresseandGryffynpleadedthattheyhadtakentheporchofthechurchatTunbridge,claimingsanctuary,butthatThomasGrigbyalongwithNicholasWerall,WilliamFrelond,ThomasDurbarreandothersviolentlyseizedthemfromthechurch.Theythuspleadedtoberestored.Theywererecommittedtoprisonwhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves.Thenin1505,theyappearedandpleadednotguilty;theywererecommittedtoprisonforanothertwoyears,andthenin1507thejuryruledontheircasesandacquittedthem.

TNA,KB27/976,rexm.6 982


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1489 Moreys Richard M SMLG CharteredSanctuary



WAM,Book5,fols.41r-64r;LMA,LetterBookK,fol.189r(CLBK,242)

1311

698 Morgan William Yorkshire,York

bedmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1529 1529-04-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMorgansoughtsanctuaryon12Apr.1529fordebt.

SDSB,194 629

298 Morley Alexander Durham,Gwesso[?]


1510 1510-11-18 Homicide AlexanderMorleyandThomasWatkynof[Gwesso?]inthebishopricofDurhamsoughtsanctuaryon18Nov.1510forthehomicideofamannamedPersonell.

SDSB,112 247

953 Morley William Northamptonshire,Thorpe-Lubenham

yeoman M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Northampton,Blackfriars


Lynn 1523 1523-01-05 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumon5Jan.1523thatMorleytooktheBlackfriars'churchinNorthampton.On14Jan.1523heaskedforthecoronerandconfessedthaton5Jan.1523hehadlaininwaitandassaultedRichardRandealiasRandull,givinghimamortalwound.Hehadalsostolenagreyhorseandashield.Heabjured.(Thecoroner'sinquestforRande,m.45,wasalsosubmitted,withnoteaddedregardingMorleythat"heisnotinprison.")

TNA,KB9/490,mm.42,45 851

888 Morsate William Somerset,Wells

M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,Templechurch


Southampton

1510 1510-07-05 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum5Jul.1510thatMorsate--likeThomasJones,ID#889--"tookthemessuageoftheTempleFee,"thenpertainingtothepriorofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEngland,ThomasDocwra,atGloucester[presumablytheTempleChurch,althoughtherecordseemstospecifythatitwasapieceoflandratherthanthechurchitself],andsoughttuitionandimmunityinthatland,notingthatinthatlandfromtimeimmemorialthepriorandhispredecessorsofferedtuitionandimmunitytoallwhocametoitforfelony.Morsatesoughtthecoroner,however[ratherthanclaimingpermanentsanctuary,asothersdidinHospitallerpropertiesaroundthistime],andheconfessedtothecoronerthatherobbedThomasRogersatRyeon1Jun.1510,andabjured.TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthattherecordofabjurationwasdeliveredintoKing'sBenchEaster1512,butnothingfurtherfoundabouttheprocess.


798

1460 Morton John BishopofEly M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar AletterfromJohnIIIPastontohismotherMargaretdated12Oct.1470indicatesthatasQueenElizabethandherfamilywentintosanctuaryatWestminster,Morton"withotherbishops"wentintoSt.MartinleGrand.

PastonLetters,1:564 1291

1596 MortonaliasHerryson

Robert Yorkshire,Ripon

butcher M Ripon CharteredSanctuary

1458 Debt TheactsofthecollegiatechapteratRiponcitedsixsanctuarymen--ThomasPlumer,RobertMortonaliasHerryson,EdmundSkathlok,JohnSkathlok,HenryJonson,andWilliamTopshawe--toexplainwhytheyshouldnotbepunishedforperjury(presumablybecausetheybroketheirsanctuaryoath),becausetheyhadnotparticipatedintheRogationprocessionsastheywereboundtodo.Mortonexplainedthathedidnotdaretocomeoutofhishouse"becauseoffearofcreditorsandthepainofimprisonment,"butthechapterdidnotacceptthisexplanationbecause"onthosedaysallareimmunefromvexation."Theyweregivenaspenancefourwhippingsbeforetheprocessiononholydays.JohnSkathlokwaspardonedbecausehewas"oldandmentallyinfirm."


1383


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1551 Morys Thomas Oxfordshire,Nettlebed



On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.Moryshadbeenaccusedofrobbery.


1358

1447 Mote Henry Middlesex,Westminster

priest,curateofSt.Margaret'sWestminster

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1545 Debt InaprivatepetitionwrittenbyHenryBennettofWestminster,merchanttailor,toAnthonyDenny,Bennettsaidthathehadbeenforced,alongwiththreeothermen,tostandassuretyforoneWilliamLaneofWestminster,whosubsequentlydefaultedonhisdebtof£80,leavingthefourguarantorsliable.Bennettmentionsthatanotheroftheguarantors,Mote,hadtakensanctuarytoescapearrest,presumablyatWestminster.

TNA,SP1/445,fol.63(L&P,Add.1/2:575)

1282

405 Moulton James Yorkshire,Ripon


1501 1501-06-19 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMoultonsoughtsanctuaryon19Jun.1501forsecurityofhisbody.


350

11 Moyser Edmund Cumbria,Sedbergh

tailor M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-10-25 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardsonandMoyseron28Oct.1478soughtsanctuarybecauseon27Mar.1478atHolme,intheparishofKirkbyLonesdale,indefenceoftheirbodies,astheysay,theybeatacertainThomasForster,thatisRichardsonbeatForsteronhisheadwithacertainstickcalledaclub,andMoyserhitForsterfatallyonhisrightkneeintwoplaceswithacertainunsheathedsword[gladio],fromwhichForster,afterlyingill,diedwithintwenty-fourweeks.

SDSB,4 7

136 Mudd JohnJr. Yorkshire,Tunstall


1505 1505-09-01 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnMuddandThomasMudd,on1Sept.1505soughtsanctuary,becauseon1Aug.1505,inself-defence,theyhadstruckHenryRawalsoofTunstallontheheadwithapikestaff,givinghimablowfromwhichhediedon30Aug.On2Sept.1505OliverMuddandJohnMuddJr.(sonofthefirstJohn)alsosoughtsanctuaryasaccessoriestothehomicide,havingbeenpresentwhenthefirsttwostruckHenry.

SDSB,44 108

133 Mudd JohnSr. Yorkshire,Tunstall



SDSB,44 108

135 Mudd Oliver Yorkshire,Tunstall



SDSB,44 108

134 Mudd Thomas Yorkshire,Tunstall



SDSB,44 108

350 Mullens William Berkshire,Reading


1509 1509-01-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMullenssoughtsanctuaryon16Jan.1509fordebt.

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275 Mullens William Lincolnshire,Belchford



DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMullenssoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.1519becausearoundPentecosttheyearbefore(23May1518)heescapedfromprisonintheCityofYork,wherehehadbeenheldforhavingstolenahorsefromRobertLacheofBellesforthinLincs.

SDSB,84 226

1630 Mulleward Roger M Church-taking,Somerset


1411 1411-06-02 Homicide Patentrollrecordsapardon,14Aug.1413,toMullewardforthehomicideofWilliamCokerballe24May1411,andtheabjurationmadeon2June1411beforethecoronerforSomerset.

CPR1413-16,99 1411

1610 Mullyng Henry M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,ElyCathedral


1459 Homicide Alsomanyotherfelonies

CoxsummarizesfromamanuscriptregisteroftheBishopofEly:MullynghadbeenseizedfromthecathedralatEly,wherehehadtakensanctuary,byJohnAnsty,esq.,andothers,forachargeoffelony;whenquestionedbythebishop,Anstyrepliedthattherewere"certainstatutes"[?]bywhichMullynghadnotproperlyrequestedthelibertyofthechurch,includingdeclaringhisfelony.Mullyngwasaskedifhewaswillingtoconfesstoacoroner,andheagreed,admittingthathehadcommittedahomicide,atheft,andwasanaccessorytotheftandrobbery.Requestedsanctuary,whichhewasgranted.Coxdoesnotindicatethattherecordshowsanabjuration.

Cox,Sanctuaries,258-60,citingRegisterofWilliamGrey,fol.117[nowCambridgeUL,MSG/I/5-stillnotedited.]

1393

1305 Mulsey [Robert?] king'sservant

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1527 Felony On6Aug.1527,LawrenceStubbswrotealettertoCardinalWolseycomplainingthatoneMulsey"thatwastheking'sservant",asanctuarymanatWestminster,wentabroadfromthesanctuarywitheightothers,andStubbssuspectedthatitwastodoharmtoWolsey'sresidenceatYorkPlace.ThismaybetheRobertMolseynamedasa"groomofthechamberordinary"inthequeen'shouseholdin1540(L&P,15:9).

SP1/43,fols6r-7r(L&P,4:2:1510)

1140

1034 Multon William Yorkshire,Knaresborough

barber M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Kellington


KingstonuponHull

1530 1530-05-15 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton15May1530MultontookthechurchofKellington,Yorks.(samedayandchurchasThomasBarnbye,ID#1035),confessingtothecoronerthaton13MayhehadstolentwohorsesatSharleston,Yorks.Heabjured.NicholasMusgrove(ID#1036)confessedtothesamehorsetheft,takingchurchthesamedayatBirkin,Yorks.

TNA,KB9/514,m.110 927

1036 MusgroveorMusgrofe

Nicholas Yorkshire,Knottingley;andBedfordshire,Bedford

tailor M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Birkin


KingstonuponHull

1530 1530-05-15 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton15MayNicholasMusgrove,ofKnottingley,Yorks.andofBedford,tooktheparishchurchatBirkyn.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton13MayhehadstolenahorseatSharleston(thesamecrimeasWilliamMulton,ID#1034,andThomasBarnbye,ID#1035,whobothalsotookchurchthatsameday,butatKellington),andinadditionon5Apr.atEltonincountyDurhamhehadassaultedRichardDukeandkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/514,m.118;KB29/162,m.19

929

1083 Mychell William London blacksmith M SMLG(abjurationfromLondon,St.KatherineCree)


1533 1533-09-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum26Sept.1533thatMychelltooktheparishchurchofSt.KatherineCrichurchinLondon,confessingtothecoronerthataroundEaster1533hehadbrokenintothehouseofanunknownmaninBrentwood,Essex,andstolenahorseworth26s8d.On18May1533,alongwithotherswhosenameshedidnotknow,hebrokeintothehouseofanunknownmaninDartford,Kent,andstole7s.Heabjured,choosingSt.MartinleGrand,andwasbranded.On20April1537heappearedatgaoldeliveryatNewgate,London,havingbeenfoundintherealm,andpleadedclergysuccessfully.InMichaelmas1540,thekingmandatedthebishopofLondontodeliverupthebodiesofthreeclerksattaint:ThomasStathom(ID#1084),WilliamMichell,andRichardEveorEbe.Thebishoprespondedthatthethreemenhadbeeninhiscustodyinacertain"convicthouse"atStortford,Herts.,eversincetheyhadbeenindividuallycommittedtohiscustodyasclerksattaint.ThethreemenwerecommittedtotheMarshalseaandimmediatelyRichardEbewasexoneratedbyvirtueofthegeneralpardonof1540,butStathomandMichellremainedinprisonduetodefectofrecord.TheninHillary1541,therecordsofconvictionofbothhavingbeenpresented,theywerealsoexoneratedbyvirtueofthegeneralpardonandwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/549mm.56-57;TNA,KB29/166,m.12dlKB29/173,m.33d-34,36;KB27/1118,rexm.2.

955

1405 Myddelton James M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-12-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Myddeltonwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryforsuspicionoffelony,about6monthsbefore(late1532orearly1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1239


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1584 Myles Lewis Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar MyleswasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


1789 Myller Peter Kent,Queenborough[?]

butcher M Kent,Queenborough[franchisallibertyfordebt?]

Ambiguous 1527 Debt TheQueenborough,Kent,BoroughCourtBookrecordsthatMyllerhadtakensanctuary"forthesafegardeofmybodyandmygoods"[dateillegible,although1527].Theprecisecontextofsanctuary-seekingunclearforthisandotherQueenboroughsanctuarycases,butthereferencetogoodsindicatesperhapsafranchisalasylumfordebt.


1564

1352 Mylles John gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Mylleswasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1186

860 Myndrym Robert London goldsmith M Church-taking,London,St.MartinOutwich

Takingchurch 1491 1491-09-26 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'srecordindicatesthatMyndrymtookchurchandconfessedtoseveralfelonies,includingahomicide;didnotabjure,but"submittedhimselftothelaw."OnappearanceatKing'sBenchabouttwoweekslater,Michaelmas1491,hearguedthatthecoroner'srecordwasinsufficientinlaw;justicesagreed;hewentsinedie.HehadpreviouslybeenasanctuarymanatWestminster[separateentry#1237].

TNA,KB9/391,mm.78-79 771

1237 MyndrymorMyndrem

Robert M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1485 AChancerypetitionsubmittedbyMyndrym'swife,MargeryMyndrym,complainedthatshewasgoingtovisitherhusband,Robert,insanctuaryatWestminster,"asatruewifeoughttodo...tocomforthiminhisheavinessthere,"butvariousill-willerscausedhertobearrestedbythebailiffofthefranchiseofWestminsterfornoreason.RobertMyndrymalsotookchurchin1491forvariousfeloniesincludinghomicide(ID#860).

TNA,C1/78/1 1085

1021 Mynyon Anthony London gunner M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-10-12 Homicide Acoroner'sinquestintheparishofAllHallows,Barking,inthecityofLondon,on12Oct.1527,overthebodyofKatherineMynyon,latethewifeofAnthonyMynyon.Thejurorsreportedthaton11Oct.1527AnthonyMynyon,inhisownhouseintheparishofAllHallowsBarkingaround8pm,assaultedKatherine,andstabbedher,givingherawoundinthechestsixinchesdeep,fromwhichwoundsheimmediatelydied.ThusthejurorssaythatAnthonyfeloniouslymurderedher.Immediatelyafterwards,hefledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.AwritofcertioraricallingthecaseintoKing'sBenchdated10Mar.1529referstothehomicideashishavingkilledKatherineinself-defence.InEaster1529hepresentedapardon,datedApril1528,inKing'sBench,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/509,mm.153-54;KB29/161,mm.1d,13d;KB27/1071,rexm.1

917

144 Myre Matthew Cumbria,Carlisle


1506 1506-11-06 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMyresoughtsanctuaryon6Nov.1506forthehomicideofRobertRobynsontwelveyearsbefore;hestruckhimontheheadwithaCarlisleaxe,atCarlisle,givinghimawoundfromwhichhedied13dayslater.

SDSB,46 114

320 Naperton Richard Yorkshire,Goodmanham


1505 1505-01-29 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNapertonsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon29Jan.1505fordebt.

SDSB,116 268

423 Nappyt William Yorkshire,Cottingham


1493 1493-09-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNappytsoughtsanctuaryfordebt,onorafter2Sept.1493.

SDSB,138 368

1783 Narbone Francis France,Gascony

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1477 Asportation InaChancerybill,DiegodeCastro,Spanishmerchant,complainedthatFrancisNarbonetrickedCastro'sservantinafixeddicinggameandthenfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterwhenCastrotriedtohavehimarrested.Datablebynoteondorseofpetition.

TNA,C1/1/168 1558

615 Nawton William Yorkshire,York


1522 1522-03-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNawtonsoughtsanctuaryon12Mar.1522fordebt.

SDSB,177 546

344 Nelson Elizabeth Yorkshire,Pollington

spinster M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1511 1511-03-12 Homicide Infanticide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNelsonsoughtsanctuaryon12Mar.1511forfelonyandmurderof[her?]infant,atHull.

SDSB,121 292


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553 Nelson Robert Yorkshire,Huddersfield


1498 1498-10-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNelsonsoughtsanctuaryon26Oct.1498forthedeathofRichardHyndson,andallotherfeloniesandmurders.

SDSB,165 488

1276 Neville Anne Warwickshire,Warwick

noblewoman,dau.ofthedukeofWarwick

F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1471 Civilwar AccordingtotheCrowlandChroniclecontinuator,AnneNeville,daughteroftheearlofWarwick,widowoftherecentlykilledprinceEdward,andfuturewifeofRichardIII,attemptingtohideoutduringthereadeptionfirstdisguisedherselfasakitchenmaidinLondonandthenwasmovedintosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrandastheYorkbrothersarguedoverhermarriage.

NicholasPronayandJohnCox,eds.,TheCrowlandChronicleContinuations:1459-1486(London:AlanSuttonPublishingfortheRichardIIIandYorkistHistoryTrust,1986),133;McSheffrey,SS,46

1116

371 Nevyl Richard London fustianshearer


1511 1511-03-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNevylsoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1511fordebt.

SDSB,127 319

555 Nevyll Thomas Yorkshire,Skirlaugh


1482 1482-11-08 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNevyllsoughtsanctuaryon8Nov.1482forthedeathofJohnHewlinsofRise,Yorks.,yeoman,killedbyhimon1Nov.1482.

SDSB,165 490

77 Newbigging John Northumberland,Errington


1496 1496-07-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNewbiggingsoughtsanctuaryon7Jul.1496becauseon12Jun.1496hehadkilledGerardStillofHexham,strikinghiminthechestwithahalf-lancecalledaspearstaff.

SDSB,29-30 68

1580 Newburgh William knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar NewburghwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


1670 Neweman John London M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1431 AlexanderAnne,actingforthecityofLondon,complainedinpetitiontoparliamentin1431thatJohnNewemanwasfalselyaccusingpeopleofhightreasonfromwithinthesanctuaryofWestminster.Hewastobepunishedforthisbybeingputinthepilloryforthreedaysandthenthereafterbeingimprisonedindefinitelyattheking'spleasure;hehadindeedbeenputintotheFleetprison,butthepunishmentofthepilloryhadbeenrespited,andAnnepetitionedforittobeputintoexecution.

TNA,SC8/88/4397 1453

1353 Newington John London mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Newingtonwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.InaChancerybill,alsoc.1532,Newingtoncomplainedthathehadgiven£40worthofgoodsintothehandsofWilliamMote,parishpriestofSt.Margaret'sWestminster,forhissupportwhilehewasinsanctuary(andthencomplainedthatMoterefusedtohandoverthegoodsonrequest).In1534,aMiddlesexinquestjury(atSt.John'sStreet)indictedNewingtonforhavingburglarizedthehouseofaneighbourinthesanctuary,WilliamLovell;heclaimedinanotherChancerybillthattheaccusationwasentirelyfalseandhadbeentrumpedup.Baker,inSpelman'sReports,indicatesthathewasdischargedfromthisindictmentonatechnicality,becausetherewasnoindicationofwhetherthesanctuarywasinavillorhamlet,whichmayhavebeenaquickwaytoquashtheindictment.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;C1/659/6;KB9/530,mm.20-21;C1/861/45;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:101-2

1187

714 Newton Robert Yorkshire,Pontefract

cook M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-01-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNewtonsoughtsanctuaryon14Jan.1530forthedeathofRalphCreweofPontefract.

SDSB,197 645

709 Nicholson John Durham,ChesterleStreet


1519 1519-07-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNicholsonsoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1519fordebt.

SDSB,196 640

6 Nicholson William Yorkshire,Forcett


1477 1477-10-07 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton6October1477WilliamRomeandWilliamNicholsonsoughtsanctuaryforthekillingofWilliamAliand,killedbythempreviously.

SDSB,3 5


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1787 Ninezergh,Nixandser,orNyauncer

John Westmorland,Ninezergh

gentleman,MP

M Church-taking,London,St.AnneAldersgate


Sandwich 1414 1414-07-22 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton22Jul.1414NinezerghtookchurchatSt.AnneAldersgate.Heconfessedthaton30Mar.1414,togetherwithfourothermen,hehadkilledWilliamGerardofBurton,Westmorland,yeoman,inBurton.AccordingtoananonymousLondonchronicler,NinezerghtookchurchatSt.AnneAldersgateonthatsameday,22Jul.1414,butforadifferenthomicide,thatofaclericinLondonnamedMasterJohnTybbay,andthathewasaccompaniedintothesanctuarybyfourofhismen.Accordingtothechronicler,Ninezerghandhisfourmenwere"muredup,"walledin,topreventthemfromescapingfromthechurch.Thefivemen,thechroniclercontinues,subsequentlyabjuredtherealm.(AsthechroniclerdidnotnameNinezergh'sfourservants,theyhavenotherebeengivenseparateentries.)NinezerghhadservedasMPin1406,althoughRawcliffespeculateshisparliamentaryservicewastogarnersupportinhisdefenceofanotherhomicidecharge.Uponhisabjurationheappearstohaveneverreturned.HiswifeMargaret,formerlywifeofRogerLescrope,knight,petitionedthekinginparliamentthatfollowingJohn'sabjurationforfelonythedowerlandsshehadbroughttohermarriagehadbeenseizedbyherson,andthenescheatedtocrownonhisdeath.Sheaskedforrestorationandwastoldtotakeittothelaw.

TNA,C260/126/28;PROME,1421-12(4:164;PROMEPetition2);CaroleRawcliffe,"Ninezergh,John,"HPO;NicolasandTyrell,ed.,ChronicleofLondon,98-99.

1562

22 Noble Walter Durham,Hexham[?]


1479 1479-12-07 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton7Dec.1479,Noblesoughtsanctuarybecauseon27May1473atHexhamheassaultedacertainAdamWily,andfeloniouslystabbedWilyinhischestuptohisheartwithacertaindagger,whenceWilyinstantlydied.

SDSB,8 18

1790 Nobull William Kent,Queenborough[?]

husbandman M Kent,Queenborough[franchisallibertyfordebt?]

Ambiguous 1527 1527-04-23 Debt TheQueenborough,Kent,BoroughCourtBookrecordsthatNobullhadtakensanctuary"forthesafegardeofmybodyandmygoods."Theprecisecontextofsanctuary-seekingisunclearforthisandotherQueenboroughsanctuarycases,butthereferencetogoodsindicatesperhapsafranchisalasylumfordebt.


1565

1667 Nobyll Richard Surrey,Southwark

waterman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-12-03 Homicide Coroner'sinquest5Dec.1533inthelibertyofthebishopofWinchesteroverthebodyofRobertBendbowe.Thejurorsreportedthaton3Dec.around7pmNobyllattackedBendboweandgavehimawoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.AfterwardsNobyllimmediatelyfledtoWestminster.

TNA,KB9/527,m.75 1450

940 Nogyn William Buckinghamshire,Simpson

labourer M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Simpson


Dover 1520 1520-08-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton17Aug.1520NogyntookthechurchofSt.NicholasatSimpson,Bucks.,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton15Jan.1520hehadstolenahorsefromanunknownmanatHorton,Northants.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/485,m.36-37 838

323 Nonnes Richard Yorkshire,Methley


1507 1507-01-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNonnessoughtsanctuaryon15Jan.1507forthehomicideofJohnHagarofMethley,husbandman.

SDSB,117 271

1819 Noree James M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1495 Debt InaChancerybill,PagandeBeassa,amerchantofGenoa,complainedthatJamesNoree,asanctuarymanatSt.Katherine's,hadsuedhimforadebtthathehadlongsincepaidoff,inthecourtinSt.Katherine's.Whenhetriedtodefendhimselfwithawageroflawusing11merchantsofhisacquaintance,thestewardatSt.Katherine'ssaidhecouldonlyusepledgesfromamongstthedwellersofSt.Katherine'ssanctuary.Yearapproximate(range1493-1500).

TNA,C1/188/48 1593

793 Noreys Thomas M Church-taking,Sussex,EastGrinstead


Winchelsea 1412 1412-06-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton3June1412,NoreysfledtothechurchofEastGrinstead[Sussex],confessingtothecoronerthathehadbrokenintoahouseatBuxted,Sussex,andstolenmoneyshortlybeforehisflighttothechurch.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/199,m.23 719


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957 Norne William Lancashire,Padiham[?]

labourer M Church-taking,Derbyshire,Chapel-en-le-Frith


KingstonuponHull

1524 1524-07-07 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton7Jul.1524NornetookthechurchatChapel-en-le-Frith,Derbyshire.Heconfessedtothecoroneron14Jul.1524thaton19Jun.1524around11pmatBolton,Lancs.,hestoleapieceofwoolenclothworth4s.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/495,m.23 855

1681 Norton Thomas gentleman M Bewdley CharteredSanctuary

1533 InaChancerybillfrom1533-38,JohnNortoncomplainsabouthisbrother,ThomasNorton,whoisatthetimein"thesentuaryeofBewdley"with£200,butwillnotrecompensehisbrotherforexpenses.ThiscouldalsobeBeaulieuabbey.

TNA,C1/863/46 1463

339 Norton William Surrey,Wandsworth


1503 1503-03-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNortonsoughtsanctuaryon20Mar.1503fordebt.

SDSB,120 287

924 Norys Robert Kent,Boxley yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,BoxleyAbbey



TNA,KB9/474,m.12 822

1213 Nupton WilliamaliasDavid

Cambridgeshire,Cambridge

scholar M Beaulieu(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,CambridgeSt.PeterbytheCastle)


1534 1534-05-06 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatatCambridgewithinthelibertyofthetownon6May1534WilliamNupton,latescholarofCambridgeUniversity,tooktheparishchurchofSt.PeterbytheCastleatCambridge.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton3May1531atthetownofHaybetweenHerefordandBrekenokeinWalesheassaultedacertainRyseFloued,Welshman,andkilledhim.HeabjuredandchoseBeaulieuinHampshireandwasbranded.

TNA,KB9/529,m.133;KB29/167,m.24

1064

471 Nychollson John Yorkshire,Kirklington[?]


1491 1491-02-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNychollsonsoughtsanctuaryon14Feb.[1491]forthehomicideofGeorgeDenehill,alsoofKirklington,husbandman,whomhekilledwithadagger.ThomasNychollson,alsoatailorofKirklingtonandpresumablyarelative,soughtsanctuaryforthesamekilling(ID#472).

SDSB,148 415

472 NychollsonorNecholson

Thomas Yorkshire,Kirklington[?]


1491 1491-02-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatNychollsonsoughtsanctuaryon17Feb.[1491]forthehomicideofGeorgeDenemorDenehill,alsoofKirklington,husbandman,whomhekilledwithadagger.JohnNychollson,alsoatailorofKirklingtonandpresumablyarelative,soughtsanctuaryforthesamekilling(ID#471).

SDSB,148-49 416

1678 Nycolson Robert Middlesex,Westminster

brewer M CharteredSanctuary

1518 Debt InaChancerybill,Nycolsoncomplainsthathehadtofleetosanctuary(unspecified)becauseofdebtsonrepairstotheHart'sHornbrewhouseinKingStreet,Westminster,forwhichhebelievesheisbeingunfairlyheldliablebytheabbotofWestminsterandWilliamGoodwyn,fromwhomhehassubletthebrewhouse.Datableto1518-29.

TNA,C1/550/49-50 1460

962 Odley Peter Kent,Worth husbandman M Sandwich,Carmelitepriory

TakingchurchCharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous

1524 1524-09-02 Homicide Coroner'sinquest2Sept.1524atWorth,nearSandwich,Kent,overthebodyofEdwardMorellofWorth,husbandman.ThejurorsreportedthatOdleyon31Aug.1524at6amhadanargumentwithMorell,andthatOdleypulledoutaknifeandstabbedMorellintheside,givinghimamortalwound.Afterthemurder,PeterfledtotheparishchurchofWorthforsanctuaryandstayedthereuntil2Sept.,onwhichdayfromdefectofgoodcustodybythetownspeopleofWorthheescapedtothehouseofCarmelitefriarsinthetownofSandwich.(Itisnotclearifthelatterrefugewasthusmeanttobeapermanentstayratherthantemporarysanctuarypriortoabjuration.)

TNA,KB9/497,m.80 860


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97 Oldhall William Middlesex,Westminster

Knight;SpeakeroftheHouseofCommons


1451 1451-11-23 Treason Oldhall,speakeroftheHouseofCommonsandchamberlaintothedukeofYork,soughtrefugeinSt.Martin’swhenhewasimplicatedinYorkistmanoeuvresagainstHenryVI.SMLGDeanCaudraywasabletoshieldhimfromseizurebyHenryVIuntilJanuary1452,whensupportersofYork’smainrivalthedukeofSomersetforciblyremovedtheaccusedtraitorfromthesanctuary.Aftertwodays,uponthedean’sinsistentrepresentationtotheking,Oldhallwasreturnedtothesanctuary,althoughwiththeprovisothatOldhallwastobekeptunderroyalguard.Oldhallremainedinthesanctuaryformorethanthreeyears,inthemeantimebeingattaintedfortreasoninparliamentandindictedforvariousfeloniesinKing’sBench.HefinallyleftthesanctuaryaftertheYorkistvictoryatthebattleofSt.Albansinspring1455.Later,OldhallwastoarguesuccessfullyinKing’sBenchthatduringhistimeinSt.Martin’sheshouldberegardedashavingbeeninthe“king’sprison,”asatleastupuntilNovember1454hehadbeenthereunderthecustodyoftwoyeomenofthecrown.Thusdetained,heclaimed,hehadbeenunabletoansweranychargesbeforetheking’scourtsandthusshouldbeabsolvedofhisoutlawry,anargumentwithwhichtheking’sattorneyconcurred.

TNA,KB27/777,rexm.3;J.S.Roskell,“SirWilliamOldhall,SpeakerintheParliamentof1450-1451,”NottinghamMedievalStudies5(1961):104-7;C1/17/278;McSheffrey,SS,46,77-78

87

1057 OlyffaliasGrene

James[Olyff]aliasGeorge[Grene]

Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds

barber M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,St.Augustine


Dover 1530 1530-12-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum17Dec.1530thatWilliamBrowne[ID#1056]andJamesOlyff,aliasGeorgeGrene[ID#1057],tookchurchatthemonasteryofSt.AugustineoutsidethewallsofCanterbury,Kent.TheyconfessedtothecoronerthatalongwithRichardLucasofLondon,yeoman,ThomasapLuseyofLondon,yeoman,JohnBrowneofLondon,yeomanandacertainmanwhosenameWilliamandJamesdidnotknow,theybrokeintoacloseatSaxham,Suffolk,andstoleplateandotherhouseholdgoods,clothes,andmoney.Theyabjured,werebranded,andassignedDover.Browneisnotheardfromagain,butOlyffwascaughtintherealm.InEaster1532OlyffappearedinKing'sBench,andclaimedthatwhenheproceededtoDoverafterhisabjurationhecouldnotfindashiptotakehim;thejudgestookthisunderadvisement,buttheninHillary1533theyheldagainsthisargument.Hethenpleadedclergysuccessfully.Hewasdeliveredasclerkattaint,withnopurgation,totheordinaryofWestminster.In1540,alongwithothersfromtheWestminstersanctuary/convicthouse,hepleadedageneralpardon,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/519,m.119;KB29/165,mm.2,8d,10;KB27/1083,rexm.4d;KB29/173,m.33d;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:49-50,2:277-78.

944

1204 Orrell William Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull

gentleman M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromYorkshire,KingstonuponHull)


1532 1532-09-19 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Orrellwasnotedashavingentered"about"oneyearbefore,"uponabjuration."Themurderforwhichheabjured,thekillingofJohnLownde,merchant,atKingstononHull,wasappealedbyLownde'swidow;alegalquestionaroseregardingwhethershecouldappealhimforthefelonyafterhehadabjured.HeobtainedapardonfortheabjurationinJuly1533(andtherewasafurtherquestion,discussedbySpelman,regardingwhetherthepardonalsoextinguishedtheoutlawryontheappeal).Thatlattercaseneversettled,althoughOrrellintheimmediateaftermathofpardonlobbiedthekingforrecompensefor"punishmentofhisbody"andrestorationofhispropertiesandoffices.Hewentontofurtherroyalofficesandperquisites,andbythe1540swasdescribedasagentlemanoftheking'shousehold.

TNA,KB9/526,mm.79-80;TNA,KB9/529,mm.57-58;KB29/166,mm.i,36;KB29/167,m.26d;SP1/238,fols.72-73;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:051,167,2:282-83;L&P,6:404,428-28;11:156;17:262;McSheffrey,SS,181-83

1059

795 Orwell William M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.MaryleStrand;WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuaryTakingchurch

1410 1410-11-05 Felony PresentmentbyMiddlesexjurorsatKing'sBenchthatOrwellhadtakenchurchatSt.MaryleStrandfordiversefelonies;thetownspeopleofWestminsterwatchedoverhimfortwodays,butthenwhenacertainWilliamMoylewithmanyotherunknownmalefactors,arrayedinmannerofwarandcarryingmanyweapons,attackedthechurch,theywrestedOrwellfromthetownspeople'scustody.FromtherehefledtosanctuaryatWestminster.Thetownspeoplewerefined100sfortheescapeofOrwell,totheirgreatimpoverishment.

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400 Osborne John London haberdasher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-05-12 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatOsbornesoughtsanctuaryon12May1513forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,133 345

256 Osmotherlaw

George Cumbria,HolmeCultram


1518 1518-05-25 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatOsmotherlawsoughtsanctuaryon25May1518becausehekilledJohnWatsonatWheyrigginBromfieldparish(Cumbria)on13May,withadagger.

SDSB,79 212

332 Osse William Lincolnshire,Boston

baker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-03-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatOssesoughtsanctuaryon10Mar.1502fordebt.

SDSB,118 280

1831 Oswyck Bernard "fromacrosstheseas"

goldsmith M Church-taking,Kent,CanterburyCathedral

Takingchurch 1425 AmongstasetofcomplaintsmadebythebailiffsandcitizensofCanterburyagainsttheprioroftheCathedralwasincludedtherefusaltohandoverthealiengoldsmithBernardOswycktothebailiffsofthetownwhenheclaimedsanctuary.Coxseemsalsotorefertothisincident,althoughhegivesnoreference;heindicatesthatthebailiffsofCanterburyhadtriedtoremovewithforceanescapedprisonerwhohadtakenrefugeinthechurch,dragginghimfromatombsurroundedbyironrailingsintothenaveofthechurch.

CanterburyCathedralArchives,DCc-ChAnt/C/1232/4and5(calendaredonTNADiscovery);Cox,Sanctuaries,233-34

1600

773 Owen Thomas London tallowchandler


1538 1538-06-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatOwensoughtsanctuaryon17June1538forthehomicideanddeathofacertain[blank]Abard,gentleman.

SDSB,210 702

412 Oxenherd Nicholas Lincolnshire,Pickworth


1500 1500-01-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatOxenherdsoughtsanctuaryon10Jan.1500forthehomicideofJamesSmyth,recentlykilledatthefieldofSomerbyinLincs.

SDSB,135-36 357

1424 Padley John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 On23Sept.1533,ArchbishopofCanterburyThomasCranmerwrotetoCromwellaskinghim"toremembermykinsmanJohnPadley,sanctuarymaninWestminster."

TNA,SP1/79,fol.59(L&P,6:478)

1259

314 Padley Roger Yorkshire,Rotherham


1505 1505-03-19 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPadleysoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon19Mar.1505fordebt.

SDSB,115 262

1406 Padley Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1525 Homicide AlistofthoseprivilegedoftheWestminstersanctuarydated1Jun.1533indicatesthatThomasPadleyhadbeeninsanctuaryfor8years,havingtakentheprivilegeformurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1240

1001 Panke Robert London undersheriff'sservant


1528 1528-04-16 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.NicholasShambles,London,on17Apr.1528,overthebodyofRichardGoldesburgh,yeoman.ThejurorsreportedthatPanke,servantofWilliamHolles,undersheriffofLondon,hadon16Apr.1528metupwithGoldesburghattheRosetavernintheparishofSt.Nicholasbetweennoonand1pm.Panke,byvirtueofacertainsuitof40sundertakenagainstGoldesburghbyThomasBayly,citizenandbowyerofLondon,atthePoultryCounter(thesheriff'sprison)inJanuary1528,wantedtoarrestGoldesburgh,quietlyandlicitly,followingthelawsofEnglandandthecustomoftheCity.Goldesburghrefusedtocomequietly,however,andassaultedPanke,andsoPankeinselfdefenceranaway,buthecouldgonofurther,andstruckoutagainstGoldesburgh,killinghim.Thusthejurorssayhekilled

TNA,KB9/506/1,mm.43-44;KB27/1067,rexm.3

899

1522 Parenet Richard Warwickshire,Radford

chaplain M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Daventry,St.Augustine'sPriory


Sandwich 1475 1475-09-03 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatParenettookchurchattheabbeyofSt.AugustineinDaventry,Northants.,on3Sept.1475,andconfessedtothecoronerthatinNovember1459,togetherwithJohnPygotandWilliamHeyward,bothofNormanby,Lincs.,yeomen,heassaultedandkilledWilliamSaundersonofGainsborough,Lincs.Heabjured.AnoteonthememorandumindicatesParenetwasintheMarshalseainMichaelmas1482(longgapbetweenmurderandabjuration;anotherlonggapbeforeprocessatKB).

TNA,KB9/362,m.42 1340

866 Pargetour Thomas London salter M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1494 1494-08-17 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.Matthew,FridayStreet,London,on5Sept.1494,overthebodyofHenryAveryn.JurorsfoundthatAverynhadbeenonWestCheapatthecornerofFridayStreeton17Aug.1494whenPargetourassaultedandmurderedhimwithawoodknife.Averyndiedfromthewoundson5Sept.FollowingthefelonyPargetourfledtoSt.MartinleGrand.AwritcallingtherecorduptoKing'sBenchwasdated21Nov.1495.

TNA,KB9/406,mm5-6 776


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1774 Parker John London grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1426 Debt Acomplaint(withadaterangeof1426-32)madetothechancellorbyJohnLacy,draperofLondon,thatParkerhadfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterwithclothforwhichhehadnotpaidLacy,intendingnevertocomeout.

TNA,SC8/304/15183 1549

1255 Parker Robert Nottinghamshire,RadcliffeonTrent

labourer M SJJ:UnspecifiedhouseinNotts.

CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-06-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatEastRadcliffe,Notts.,11Jun.1518overthebodyofWilliamFederston.JurorsreportthatParkerassaultedFederstonwithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthatsameday.AfterwardshefledtoacertainhouseheldofthepriorandbrothersofSt.JohnofJerusaleminEngland,andtherehesoughttheimmunityandprivilegeoftheaforesaidpriorandbrothers.AsHunnisettnotes,theKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatParkerwasoutlawedon17Oct.1519.

TNA,KB9/969,m.19;Hunnisett,Notts.Coroners'Inquests,34-35;McSheffrey,SS,98

1098

983 Parker Thomas Yorkshire,Enderby

yeoman M Leicester,Greyfriars


Boston 1526 1526-05-28 Homicide Coroner'sinquest28May1526atNorburgh,Leics.,overthebodyofThomasOtefeldofNorburgh,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton27MayOtefeld,attheinstigationofRobertBrowneofLilbourne,Northants.,clerk,wentintothechaseofLeicestershire,contrarytotheking'slawsandarecentproclamation,andtherehuntedandslewtheking'sdeer.Parker,theking'sgamekeeperintheChaseofLeicester,byvirtueofhisoffice,cametoarrestOtefeldanddeliverhimtothelieutenantoftheChase,butOtefeldrefusedtosubmithimselfanddrewhisswordagainstParker.ThusParkerthenandthere,withaforestbill,struckOtefeldontheleftthigh,inhisowndefence.Otefeldgotontohishorseandfledbutfelloffanddied.Parkerthenfled.AnoteatthebottomindicatesthatBrownehadbeenexaminedandacknowledgedtheflightetc.intheChase.AtthepeacesessionsinEnderby,Leicestershire,15Jun.1526,thejurorspresentedthatParkerhadmurderedOtefeld,andwasnowinsanctuaryintheGreyfriarschurchinLeicester;hispropertyandchattelswerelisted.Acoroner'smemorandumfromtheCityofLeicester,dated19Jun.1526,recordedthatParkerhadtakentheGreyfriarschurchinLeicestersomedaysbefore,andwhenthecoronerswenttohimheconfessedthathehadstruckOtefeldandgavehimawoundfromwhichhedied.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/502,mm.90,145,146

881

820 ParkeraliasGerard

John Kent,Elmstone

soldier M Church-taking,London,St.BotulphwithoutBishopsgate


Dover 1440 1440-04-14 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton14Apr.1440ParkertookchurchatSt.BotulphwithoutBishopsgate,London,andconfessedtheburglaryofthehouseofRichardHertatHoxton,Middlesex.Heabjured.Thenotationsonthememo,thewritattachedtoit,andanentryintheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatethatheneverlefttherealmbutwithin10dayswastakenintocustodyandthensoonafterwashanged.

TNA,KB9/232/1,mm.55-56;KB29/73,m.22d;McSheffrey,SS,64

746

1407 Parkis John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Parkiswasnamedashavingenteredformurder,aboutaquarterofayearbefore(~earlyMar.1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1241

1039 Parkyns John London vintner M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-03-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquest12Mar.1530intheparishofSt.MichaelQueenhithe,inLondon,overthebodyofRichardBrowne,recentlycitizenandbrewerofLondon,andalsorecentlysergeant("serviensadclavem")toMichaelDormer,thesheriff,lyingkilled.Thejurorsreportedthaton11Mar.1530between6pmand7pmBrownehadbeeninthedwellinghouseortavernofJohnParkynsintheparishofSt.MichaelQueenhithe,whenParkynscamealongandassaultedBrownewithadaggarworth8d,givinghimthreewoundsfromwhichheimmediatelydied.ParkynsthenfledtoWestminster.Anothercoroner'sinquestdatedthesameday(sameparish,samecoroner,samejurors)wasconvenedoverthebodyofRalphDaryngton,anotherservant("valectus")ofMichaelDormer,thesheriff.ThejurorssimilarlyreportedthathehadbeeninParkyns'stavernatthesametime,whenhewasstabbedandkilledbyJohnParkyns,andsimilarlytheyreportedthatParkynsafterwardfledtoWestminster.Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Parkynswasnamedashavingenteredc.1530"formurderoftwosergeantsbuta<...>"(1532).TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicateshewasoutlawed3Mar.1533.

TNA,KB9/517,mm.1-2;KB29/164,m.38d;SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

932


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589 Parkynson John Yorkshire,Reighton


1516 1516-10-23 Asportation Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatParkynsonsoughtsanctuaryon23Oct.1516fortheftandfordebt.

SDSB,172 522

1842 Parkys John Lincolnshire,Louth

labourer M Church-taking,Lincolnshire,Ashby


Lynn 1512 1512-03-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Mar.1512ParkyssoughtsanctuaryattheparishchurchinAshbyforanumberoftheftsinLincolnshire,including"barsofiron"fromLadyMargaretBeaufort,thecountessofRichmond,in1508or1509,andwoolfromtheGilbertineabbeyinSixhills.Heabjured.TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthathisabjurationwasnotedatKing'sBenchinEaster1512,butnofurtherprocessfound.

TNA,KB9/458,m.20;KB29/144,m.7

1609

874 Parson Nicholas Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-11-06 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston6Nov.1502*atWestminsterwithintheabbot'slibertyoverthebodyofRichardFlasketofLondon,vintner.JurorsreportedthatFlasketwasassaultedbyParsonat9am,fromprecogitatedmalice,withashovel,givinghimablowontheheadfromwhichheimmediatelydied.ParsonfledtoWestminstersanctuary.[*Thedatemaybeincorrect:itisdatedonThursday,thefeastofSt.Leonardthebishop,18HenryVII;ifthemainfeastofSt.Leonard,on6Nov.,ismeant,itwasnotaThursdayin1502,butitisunclearthatthereisanotherfeastofSt.Leonardthatthecoronermeant.]

TNA,KB9/431,m.110 784

448 Paten Thomas Suffolk,BurySt.Edmunds


1498 1498-03-09 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPatensoughtsanctuary9Mar.1498,admittingthathehadcommittedthehomicideof[blank]GoodaleatLaname[Lavenham?]inSuffolk.

SDSB,143 393

457 Pateson Marmaduke

Yorkshire,Flamborough


1499 1499-01-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPatesonsoughtsanctuaryon30Jan.1499,admittingthathehadcommittedhomicide,thatisofJohnMottows,killedatFlamborough.

SDSB,145 402

200 Pattenson Edmund Northumberland,Barrasford,Chollerton


1513 1513-01-27 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGerardandEdmundPattensonsoughtsanctuaryon27Jan.1513becauseGerard,afterhavingbeenassaultedbyNormanHeronatBarrasford,struckhimwithalanceontheleftpartofthechest,killinghim.Edmundgavehimhelpandassistance.

SDSB,63 165

199 Pattenson Gerard Northumberland,Barrasford,Chollerton


1513 1513-01-27 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGerardandEdmundPattensonsoughtsanctuaryon27Jan.1513becauseGerard,afterhavingbeenassaultedbyNormanHeronatBarrasford,struckhimwithalanceontheleftpartofthechest,killinghim.Edmundgavehimhelpandassistance.

SDSB,63 165

1171 Payne William Northamptonshire,OldStratford

labourer M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Passenham



1508 1508-06-17 Homicide Bothcoroner'smemorandaofabjurationforWilliamTurnam(#1170)andWilliamPayne(#1171)andacoroner'sinquestreportoverthebodyoftheirvictim,FrancisAleyn,survive.AlthoughthiswasnotnotedonTurnam'sandPayne'sabjurations(whichbaldlystatethattheymurderedFrancisAleyn,chaplain),thecoroner'sinquestforAleynindicatesthatthehomicidewasinrevengefortherapeofMargaretWylson.ThejurorsindicatedthatTurnamandPayne,bothofOldStratford,accompaniedbyWylson,hadlaininwaitandattackedAleynfollowingAleyn'shavingbrokenintothehouseofJohnWydevyllatOldStratford,wherehe"carnallyknew"MargaretWylson,apparentlybyforce.Despitethejurors'reportofherpresence,noindictmentofWylsonasaccessoryhasbeenfound.Immediatelyafterthehomicide,TurnamandPaynefledtothePassenhamparishchurchwheretheyabjured.Thecontrolmentrollindicatesbothwereoutlawed,Turnamon8Apr.1512(nodategivenforPayne).

TNA,KB9/960,m.83,84;KB29/138,m.3d

1031

964 Peke John Kent,SuttonValence

shoemaker M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-05-02 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSuttonValence,Kent,2May1525,overthebodyofRichardAlgodeofSuttonValence.Jurorsreportedthaton30Apr.1525,aftersundown,thatisabout8pm,PekeassaultedAlgode,stabbinghimwithadaggerandkillinghim.Pekeimmediatelyfled,theinhabitantsofSuttonValencepursuinghimtothenextfourtownships,andtheinhabitantsknowforcertainthathetooksanctuaryatWestminster.

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963 Pele Thomas Lincolnshire,Rigsby[?]

embroiderer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Ingleton


NewcastleuponTyne

1525 1525-03-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton1Mar.1525PeletookthechurchofIngleton,Yorkshire,forsanctuary.Heconfessedtothecoroneron2Apr.thaton20Mar.1524atDent,Yorks.,hehadstolenamaserandsomeclothfromHenryCokeson.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/499,m.29 861

1818 Pelet John London woolmerchant

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1491 Debt InaChancerybill,plaintiffWilliamWollyntonallegesthatPelet,togetherwithhisbrother-in-law,mercerRichardGolofer,hadconspiredthatPeletwouldbuy£120ofwoolfromWollyntonandthentakesanctuaryatWestminsterbeforepayinghim,leavinghimwithnoremedy.Yearapproximate;range1486-93.

TNA,C1/180/40-41 1592

401 Penneworth Thomas Lincolnshire,Lokkeswold[?]

webster M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-10-11 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPenneworthsoughtsanctuaryon11Oct.1513forthehomicideofJohnTysonalsoofLokkeswold.

SDSB,133 346

1741 Penye Thomas Kent,Hollingbourne

husbandman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-10-13 Homicide Coroner'sinquest14Oct.1526overthebodyofThomasinaPenye,wifeofThomasPenyeofHollingbourne,husbandman.Thejurorsreportedthaton13Oct.around8pmThomasinahadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'satHollingbournewhenherhusbandThomasattackedherwithahedge-stake,givingheramortalwoundonthehead.Immediatelyafterwardhefled,andthepeopleofthetownshipheardthathehadfledtothesanctuaryofSt.Peter'sAbbeyatWestminster.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthaton23Dec.1527,Penyewasoutlawed.

TNA,KB9/973,m.57;KB29/159,m.2

1519

437 Percy Bartholomew

Leicestershire,Leicester

hatmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1497 1497-04-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPercysoughtsanctuaryon2Apr.1497fordebt.

SDSB,141 382

435 Pereson Bartholomew

Yorkshire,Driffield


1496 1496-07-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPeresonsoughtsanctuary13Jul.1496forthehomicideofJohnElyot.

SDSB,140 380

43 Perkyng John Yorkshire,Cowesby[nearThirsk]


1490 1490-11-12 Asportation Falseaccusation

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPerkyngsoughtsanctuaryon12Nov.1490becauseon16Sept.hehadsoldtwocowstoHenryWylsonofHelmsley,whichhelaterfoundhadbeenstolenfromThomasWadeofKepwickbyacertainJohnTod.TodhadaskedPerkyng'shelpinsellingthecows,whichhehadpretendedwerehisown.Perkyngfearsfacingthelaweventhoughheisinnocentofthetheft;Todhasnowleftthecountry[depatriavit]andPerkyngseekstheimmunityofthechurchfortheprotectionofhisbody.

SDSB,16 38

32 Perpound Richard Essex,Chipstead[?]


1485 1485-02-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPerpoundsoughtsanctuaryon7Feb.1485becausenearthetownofIpswich,"Norfolk,"hefeloniouslystruckRobertHause,gentleman,onthearmwithawoodknifeandkilledhim.

SDSB,12 28

507 Perpoynt Edmund Derbyshire,Wall[?]


1490 1490-09-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPerpoyntsoughtsanctuaryon4Sept.[yearpresumed1490fromsurroundingentries],forthedeathofJohnStenffynofShirebrookinDerbyshire.

SDSB,155 448

385 Person Christopher

Yorkshire,Routh


1512 1512-09-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPersonsoughtsanctuaryon13Sept.1512fordebt.

SDSB,130 332

14 Person Robert Durham,BarnardCastle

carpenter M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1480 1480-02-02 Homicide Self-defence Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton2Feb.1480PersonsoughtsanctuaryfromSirThomasHalser,thesacristan,becauseon30June1476atHaldworthintheparishofHalifax,Yorkdiocese,indefenceofhisbody,ashesays,heshotanarrowandhitandmortallywoundedThomasFerrourinthethroat,whenceFerrourwithinninedaysdied,asitissaid.

SDSB,5 11

584 Person Robert Worcestershire,Pershore


1516 1516-09-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPersonsoughtsanctuaryon20Sept.1516forthehomicideof[blank]Paunffeld,gentleman.

SDSB,171 517

821 Petervale Roger M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1444 1444-01-06 Felony MiddlesexjurorspresentedthatGilbertBocherofWestminster,servant,andHenryHornebyofWestminster,"sponemaker,"arrayedinmannerofwar,assaultedaconstableofWestminsteron6Jan.1444andrescuedPetervale,"acommonandnotoriousfelon,"atthattimeintheconstable'scustody,andtookhimtosanctuaryatWestminster.

TNA,KB9/244,m.29 747


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1286 Petitt M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1519 Ina"Searchforsuspectedpersons"invariousplacesaroundLondonundertakenforthecrownin1519,alistforthesanctuaryinWestminsterincludesseveralspecificallyidentifiedassanctuarymen(perhapstheyallwere,butonlytheseincludedhere).AmannamedPetitt"saithheisaseyntuaryman"andthatlord[illegible]knowswhyhekeepssanctuary.

TNA,SP1/18,fol.254 1123

1542 Pewterer Robert Staffordshire,Lichfield

pewterer M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



TNA,KB9/410,m.90;KB29/127,m.1

1352

1131 Pewyk John Worcestershire,WolwykorColwyk[?]

yeoman M Church-taking,Worcestershire,Kempsey

Takingchurch 1499 1499-09-20 Felony Jurorspresentment,19Apr.1507,handeduptoKing'sBenchfromtheHundredofOswaldslow,Worcs.,thatPewykhadon20Sept.1499atKempsey,Worcs.,takenchurchfordiversefelonieswhichhehadcommitted,andstayedtherefora"greattime,"butthatontheday,year,andplaceindicated[1499?orinApril1507?],fordefectofgoodcustodyoftheparishioners,heescaped.Theparishionerswereindictedfortheescape,butinHillary1509theyclaimthatPewykneverenteredthechurchortooksanctuaryanditwastobeputtoajury.InMichaelmas1509theypresentedapardon.It'snotcleareitherwhya1499escapewasprosecutedin1507--oralternativelywhyasanctuaryseekerwasallowedtoremaininthechurchformorethansevenyears.

TNA,KB9/445,m.6d;KB27/990,rexm.14;KB29/138,m.22d;KB27/993,rexm.9.

997

902 Phelip Roger Kent,Deal labourer M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,St.Augustine

Takingchurch 1513 1513-09-21 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumatCanterburyon21Sept.1513,thatRogerPheliphadfledtothechurchandcemeteryofSt.Augustine,Canterbury,andwhenthecoronerapproachedhimthere,hesaidthathehadtakensanctuarybecauseon21Sept.1511atBirches,Hereford,heattackedGeorgeBayleofBirches,hittingonthechestwithastaffsothathedied.Andbecauseofthatmurder,hesoughtsanctuaryforfortydays;hesaidthathewishedtostayinthecemeterybutnottoabjuretherealm.

TNA,KB9/465,m.122 810

764 Phelyp Henry dyer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1536 1536-07-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPhelypsoughtsanctuaryon10Jul.1536fordebt.

SDSB,208 693


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1155 Philip Robert Yorkshire,Wakefield

barber M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Newland

Takingchurch 1536 1536-03-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6Mar.1536atWakefield,Yorks.,overthebodyofJohnJepson.ThejurorsreportedthatPhiliphad,on4Mar.,attackedJepson,givinghimawoundfromwhichhedied5Mar.TheindictmentdoesnotindicateanythingaboutJepsonfleeingtosanctuary.JepsonappearedbeforethegaoldeliveryatYorksoonafter,wherethecasewasreferreduptoKing'sBench.InMichaelmas1536atKing'sBench,Philippleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton4Mar.1536hehadtakenthechurchofNewlandinYorkshireandopenlycalledforthecoroner.Buton5Mar.,heclaimed,JohnBradforth,JohnPeeke,andatleastthirtyothersassaultedhimthereinthechurchwithforceandarmsandseizedhim.ThecasewascarriedoverfromtermtotermatKBfromMichaelmas1536untilTrinity1539,whenhewasputtobail.HedidnotappearatsubsequentcourtdatesandinDecember1541hewasoutlawed.AGeorgePhilip,perhapshisfather,wrotealetterin1535preservedamongstStarChamberrecordstosomeoneheaddressesas"hislordship,"perhapsCromwell,askingforinterventioninthecaseasPhilip'sseizurefromsanctuaryandarraignmenthadbeensubjecttoundueinfluencefromlocalpowers,namedasMasterTempesandMasterSavell.GeorgePhilipindicatesthatSirRichardLyster,chiefbaronoftheExchequerandfromaWakefieldfamily,hadinformallyspokento"hislordship"aboutthecase,butapparentlytonoavailgiventhesubsequentevents.

TNA,KB27/1101,rexm.15;TNA,KB29/169,m.4d,10d,30d;STAC2/23/257.

1015

1824 Philippys Richard M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary



1440

1631 Piggesden John M Church-taking,Hampshire,SouthamptonGreyfriars


Southampton

1413 1413-01-19 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton19Jan.1413PiggesdentooktheGreyfriars'churchinSouthampton.Heconfessedabreakandenterandahorsetheft,bothinWiltshire,andabjured.Thepatentrollrecordsthathewaspardoned9Mar.1414forfeloniesandforre-entryintorealm.

TNA,KB9/993,mm.15-16;CPR1413-16,173

1412

1457 Plantagenet Cecily PrincessofEngland(daughterofEdwardIV)

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 1470-10-01 Civilwar TheGreatChroniclerecordedthaton1Oct.1470QueenElizabeth,wifeofEdwardIV,"registeredherandsuchasbelongedtoherassanctuaryfolks"atWestminsterAbbey,includingherdaughtersElizabeth,Mary,andCecily.OtherchroniclesandthePastonlettersconfirm.ShegavebirthtoheroldestsonEdwardwhileinsanctuary.Sheandherchildrencameoutofsanctuaryin1471atEdwardIV'sreturntothethrone.QueenElizabethreturnedtoWestminsterin1483,withherchildrenfollowingRichardIII'sseizureofpower,butsheandherolderdaughtersareenteredinthisdatabaseonlyoncesoasnotinflateundulythenumberofwomentakingsanctuary(alreadyaverysmallsamplesize).

PastonLetters,1:564;GreatChronicleofLondon,213-13;Fabyan,NewChronicles,568-60,668;Vergil,EnglishHistory,133,175-78,210

1286

1880 Plantagenet Edward PrinceofWales,uncrownedkingofEngland(sonofEdwardIV)

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1483 Civilwar PolydoreVergilandFabyanreportedthatQueenElizabeth,widowofEdwardIV,wentintoWestminstersanctuaryforasecondtimeinthespringof1483outofconcernfortheirsafetyasherbrother-in-lawRichard(thefutureRichardIII)seizedthethrone.Bothsons,theuncrownedkingEdwardVandhisbrotherRichard,dukeofYork,initiallyenteredthesanctuarywiththeirmotherandsisters,butbothweresurrenderedtotheiruncle'scustodyandthen(famously)disappeared.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,175–78,210;Fabyan,NewChronicles,668;McSheffrey,SS ,47,53

1645

1468 Plantagenet Edward PrinceofWales(sonofHenryVI)


1471 Civilwar PolydoreVergilreportedthatQueenMargaret,wifeofHenryVI,andtheirsonPrinceEdwardwentintosanctuaryatBeaulieufollowingthebattleofBarnet,1471,inordertoregroup,emergingtomeetEdwardIVagainatTewkesbury.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,148;McSheffrey,SS ,45

1297


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1455 Plantagenet Elizabeth PrincessofEngland(daughterofEdwardIV)

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 1470-10-01 Civilwar TheGreatChroniclerecordedthaton1Oct.1470QueenElizabeth,wifeofEdwardIV,"registeredherandsuchasbelongedtoherassanctuaryfolks"atWestminsterAbbey,includingherdaughtersElizabeth,Mary,andCecily.OtherchroniclesandthePastonlettersconfirm.ShegavebirthtoheroldestsonEdwardwhileinsanctuary.Sheandherchildrencameoutofsanctuaryin1471atEdwardIV'sreturntothethrone.QueenElizabethreturnedtoWestminsterin1483,withherchildren,followingRichardIII'sseizureofpower,butsheandherolderdaughtersareenteredinthisdatabaseonlyoncesoasnotinflateundulythenumberofwomentakingsanctuary(alreadyaverysmallsamplesize).


1286

1456 Plantagenet Mary PrincessofEngland(daughterofEdwardIV)

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 1470-10-01 Civilwar TheGreatChroniclerecordedthaton1Oct.1470QueenElizabeth,wifeofEdwardIV,"registeredherandsuchasbelongedtoherassanctuaryfolks"atWestminsterAbbey,includingherdaughtersElizabeth,Mary,andCecily.OtherchroniclesandthePastonlettersconfirm.ShegavebirthtoheroldestsonEdwardwhileinsanctuary.Sheandherchildrencameoutofsanctuaryin1471atEdwardIV'sreturntothethrone.QueenElizabethreturnedtoWestminsterin1483,withherdaughters,followingRichardIII'sseizureofpower.Marydiedin1482.


1286

1879 Plantagenet Richard PrinceofEngland,dukeofYork(sonofEdwardIV)

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1483 Civilwar PolydoreVergilandFabyanreportedthatQueenElizabeth,widowofEdwardIV,wentintoWestminstersanctuaryforasecondtimeinthespringof1483outofconcernfortheirsafetyasherbrother-in-lawRichard(thefutureRichardIII)seizedthethrone.Bothsons,theuncrownedkingEdwardVandhisbrotherRichard,dukeofYork,initiallyenteredthesanctuarywiththeirmotherandsisters,butbothweresurrenderedtotheiruncle'scustodyandthen(famously)disappeared.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,175–78,210;Fabyan,NewChronicles,668;McSheffrey,SS ,47,77

1645

1451 PlantagenetaliasWoodville

Elizabeth QueenofEngland,consortofEdwardIV

F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 1470-10-01 Civilwar TheGreatChroniclerecordedthaton1Oct.1470QueenElizabeth,wifeofEdwardIV,"registeredherandsuchasbelongedtoherassanctuaryfolks"atWestminsterAbbey,includingherdaughtersElizabeth,Mary,andCecily.OtherchroniclesandthePastonlettersconfirm.ShegavebirthtoheroldestsonEdwardwhileinsanctuary.Sheandherchildrencameoutofsanctuaryin1471atEdwardIV'sreturntothethrone.QueenElizabethreturnedtoWestminsterin1483,withherchildrenfollowingRichardIII'sseizureofpower,butsheandherolderdaughtersareenteredinthisdatabaseonlyoncesoasnotinflateundulythenumberofwomentakingsanctuary(alreadyaverysmallsamplesize).

PastonLetters,1:564;GreatChronicleofLondon,213-13;Fabyan,NewChronicles,568-60,668;Vergil,EnglishHistory,133,175-78,210;McSheffrey,SS,45-47

1286

1467 Plantagenet,aliasd'Anjou

Margaret QueenofEngland,consortofHenryVI

F Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1471 Civilwar PolydoreVergilreportedthatQueenMargaret,wifeofHenryVI,andtheirsonPrinceEdwardwentintosanctuaryatBeaulieufollowingthebattleofBarnet,1471,inordertoregroup,emergingtomeetEdwardIVagainatTewkesbury.

Vergil,EnglishHistory,148;McSheffrey,SS,45

1297

1212 Ploghe John Hertfordshire,HertfordHeath

bocher M Beverley(abjurationfromYorkshire,Harewood)


1534 1534-03-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton17Mar.1534,ThomasGadbure[#1210],JohnRussell[#1211],andJohnPloghe[#1212]alltookthechurchatHarewood,Yorks.Theyconfessedthaton27Jul.1533atAdwick,Yorks.,theyhadrobbedanunknownmanontheking'shighway,andon30Jul.theyrobbedanotherman.Theyabjuredandwerebranded.GadburewasassignedColchester;Russelwasassigned"Bewdley"(likelyBewdley,Shropshire,bygeography);andPloghwasassignedBeverley.(PloghisnotinBeverleysanctuaryregister.)

TNA,KB9/529,m.186;KB29/167,m.23

1487


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Elaboration


1595 Plumer Thomas Yorkshire,Ripon




1383

1025 Plumton John London saddler M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Balderton


Lynn 1528 1528-10-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatBalderston,Notts.,on13Oct.1528RobertPlumpton(ID#1024),JohnPlumpton(ID#1025),AldelmusWilliamson(ID#1026),andThomasHarper(ID#1027),alltookthechurchofSt.GilesinBalderton.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1528theyhadbrokenintoacloseatStukeley,Hunts.,andstolenahorse.Theyabjured(eachassignedadifferentport).

TNA,KB9/509,m.159;KB29/161,m.1

920

1024 Plumton Robert London gentleman M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Balderton


Sandwich 1528 1528-10-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatBalderston,Notts.,on13Oct.1528RobertPlumpton(ID#1024),JohnPlumpton(ID#1025),AldelmusWilliamson(ID#1026),andThomasHarper(ID#1027),alltookthechurchofSt.GilesinBalderton.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1528theyhadbrokenintoacloseatStukeley,Hunts.,andstolenahorse.Theyabjured(eachassignedadifferentport).

TNA,KB9/509,m.159;KB29/161,m.1

920

944 Pole Robert London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1521 1521-07-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest9Jul.1521intheparishofSt.MildredBreadStreet,London,overthebodyofJohnBrette,gentleman.Jurorsreportedthaton4Jul.1521BrettehadbeenintheparishofSt.Antoninaround10pmwhenPole,withprepensedmalice,assaultedhimwithabattleaxeonthehead.Helanguisheduntil8July,whenhediedintheparishofSt.Mildred.PolefledafterwardsasafelontoSt.MartinleGrand.

TNA,KB9/488,m.9-10 842

847 Pole Roger Shropshire,Hopton


CharteredSanctuary



762

1326 Poley Roger M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1531 Felony Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Poleywasnamedashavingenteredin1530or1531,forfelony.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1160

1446 Pollard Richard M Church-taking,Somerset,Limington

Takingchurch 1532 Escapefromcustody

InthecontextofaFeb.1532inquiry(nowintheStatePapers)relatingtotreasonallegationsandabreakoutfromIlchestergaol,oneofthedeponents,ThomasChesselade,indicatedthatbeforehehimselfhadcometothegaolseveralpeopleescapedwiththehelpofaFrenchmen,whobroughtknivestooneoftheprisoners,alsoaFrenchman.RichardPollarde,amongstthosewhoescaped,tooksanctuaryatLimington.

TNA,SP1/237,fol151v(L&P,1/1:261]

1281


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597 Pollerd Humphrey

London mercer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-05-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPollerdsoughtsanctuaryon25May1517fordebt.Thornley'scorrectionsindicatethatthereisadeletedpassage:thathealsosoughtimmunityforallothercausesandfortheinsurrectionagainstthelordkinginthecityofLondon.Thedeletionismarked"quianegavit,"becausehedeniesit.ThisreferstotheEvilMayDayriotsof1May1517.


529

1689 Porter John Yorkshire,Fewston

labourer M Ripon(abjurationfromYorkshire,Fewston)


1540 1540-03-31 Homicide Coroner'smemorandum,31Mar.1540,atFewstonintheforestofKnaresborough,Yorks.,thatPortertooktheparishchurchofFewstonandconfessedtothecoronerthaton19Dec.1528atLancasterhehadkilledJohnHutonofLancaster,labourer.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchosethesanctuaryofRipon.

TNA,KB9/1003,m.51 1470

872 Porter Robert London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1501 1501-05-17 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportattheparishofSt.MaryleStrand,Middlesex,on17May1501,overthebodyofLaurenceStarke.JurorsreportthatStarkehadbeenintheprisonattheSavoyworkingastheservantofRichardTabbe,sub-bailiffofJohnNeubery,bailiffoftheSavoylibertyfortheduchyofLancaster.On16MayStarkhadcustodyofPorter,whohadbeencaughtforsuspicionoffelonyandwasputintotheSavoyprisonbyTabbe,whenbetween11and12pmPorterstruckStarkeontheheadwithagreatrockandthenstabbedhimwithaknife,killinghiminstantly.PorterthenfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.

TNA,KB9/426,m.63 782

1285 Porter Thomas London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-12-02 Felony IntheKing'sBookofPayments,twoentriesindicatethatHenryVIIIhadgiventoHughPayne,thekeeperofthesanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand,100sinbothDecember1515andJune1516forthesupportoftwo"prisoners,sanctuarymen,"inSt.Martin's,JohnGamlynandThomasPorter.Acoroner'sinquestwasheldon25Jul.1516insidethesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandoverthebodyofJohnGamlyn.Thejurorsreportedthaton1Jun.at10o'clockatnightPorterassaultedGamlynwitha"penyknyfe,"givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon24Jul.1516.

L&P,2/2:1466,1469,1471;TNA,KB9/472,m.73;TNA,KB27/1029,rexm.17

815

823 Porter William Yorkshire yeoman M Church-taking,London,Charterhouse


Winchelsea 1444 1444-01-24 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatWilliamPortertookchurchattheLondonCharterhouseon24Jan.1444,confessingthattwodaysbeforehehadbrokenintotheabbeyofSt.MaryBarkingandstolenagreatcrossofgoldandotherchurchplate.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/246,m.3 749

164 Potter John Yorkshire,NorthCowton


1508 1508-06-05 Asportation Alsodebt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPottersoughtsanctuaryon5Jun.1508becauseon4Jun.atUckerby,Yorkdiocese,hestolefourmeasuresworthofgrainfromamill;healsosoughtimmunityfordebtsheowedtoseveralpeople.

SDSB,52 131


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1075 Potter Thomas London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



952

1866 Poule John M SJJ:ParisGarden CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-05-01 ThemanorialcourtrollforParisGardeninMay1492recordsthatJohnPoulepaid4dtobeadmittedtothesanctuaryprivilegethere.ReferencefromGrahamDawson.

ParisGardenManorialCourtRoll,LambethArchives,ClassVI/2,fol.2d(GD)

1632

379 Power Nicholas Warwickshire,Coventry


1512 1512-03-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPowersoughtsanctuaryon23Mar.1512fordebt.

SDSB,129 327

707 Powle Robert Leicestershire,Leicester


1519 1519-06-06 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPowlesoughtsanctuaryon6Jun.1519fordebt.

SDSB,196 638

1590 Poynings Robert Surrey,Southwark

Esquire M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1453 Riot Alsotreason?

ApetitionwaspresentedtoparliamentthatPoynings,aJackCadeaccomplice,hadbeenpardoned,butthenwentintosanctuaryatWestminster,andallegedlyuseditasabasetofomentfurthertreasonandcommitothercrimes.Thus,byparliamentaryedict,hewastoforfeithissurety(andthatofhisguarantors).

PROME,1453-03(5:247-48) 1378

1572 Preciouse Henry Yorkshire,Minskip

husbandman M Ripon CharteredSanctuary

1507 1507-06-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatMinskipbyBoroughbridge,Yorkshire,13Jun.1507,overthebodyofJohnCarlill;jurorsindicatethatPreciouseon11Jun.around8amhadassaultedCarlillwithastaff,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedlaterthatday.PreciousefledandwaspursueduntilhereachedRipon,"whichtownofRiponisacertainsanctuaryandtherehesoughtsanctuary,againstwhichthetownspeopleofMinskipcoulddonothing."ThereportwasdeliveredtojusticesatgaoldeliveryinearlyAug.1507.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesPreciousewasoutlawed17Feb.1511.

TNA,KB9/446,m.86;KB29/137,m.2d

1374


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1833 Prendergast John knight,navalofficer

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1411 Asportation ChroniclerThomasofWalsinghamreportsinhischroniclePrendergast'ssanctuary-taking.FollowingwhatThomasconsideredafalsechargeofpiracyandcorruption,Prendergast,aleadingfigureintheking'snavy,"enteredthesanctuaryofSt.EdwardthekingandclaimedtheprotectionofWestminster;yethecouldfindnohomeorroomwherehecouldresthishead,forbiddenhimbythosewhofearedtheking,sohehadtofindreposeintentserectedinthevestryofSt.Peter's,withguardsathissidetoprotecthimfromtheterrorsofthenightwhichwereplottedagainsthimbyhisenemies."

ThomasofWalsingham,TheStAlbansChronicle:TheChronicaMaioraofThomasWalsingham,ed.JohnTaylor,WendyR.Childs,andLeslieWatkiss,vol.2,OxfordMedievalTexts(Oxford:ClarendonPress,2011),2:597.

1602

1169 Prentyse Roger Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent

weaver M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire



1507 1507-08-24 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton24Aug.1507PrentysetooksanctuaryintheparishchurchofSt.MaryMagdalen,Newark,confessingthaton23Jul.hehadfeloniouslykilledJohnBraschaweatNewarkwithastaff.Heabjured;Hunnisettnotesthathewasoutlawedon27Oct.1511.Thecoroner'sinquestonBradschawe'sbodyindicatesthatPrentysehadhadapartnerinthefelony--JohnPynderofNewark,yeoman--whowastriedandacquittedontheindictment.

TNA,KB9/448,mm.12;TNA,KB29/137,m.24;Hunnisett,Notts.Coroners'Inquests,18-19

1029

857 PrestonaliasWestlake

John Hampshire,Portsmouth;Devon,Brixham;London

mariner M Church-taking,London,St.BotulphwithoutAldgate


Poole;Ipswich

1490 1490-03-28 Homicide Twodifferentcoroners'memorandaindicatethatPrestonabjuredtwice,fortwodifferentmurders,thesecondofwhichoccurredafterhehadabjuredthefirsttime.Forthefirst,hetookthechurchofAllHallowsinBishop'sSutton,Hants.,on28Mar.1490,forthemurderofWilliamThomasofSomerset,yeoman,atRotherhaminYorkshire,21May1489.Forthesecond,hetookthechurchofSt.BotulphwithoutAldgateinLondon,confessingthaton15May1490atHytheinKenthemurderedanunknownman.Acontrolmentroll(KB29)entryindicatesthatafterthesecond(London)abjuration,hewascommittedtoprisonbytheLondonsheriffandwaskeptthereuntilawritofhabeascorpusbroughthimintoKing'sBench.InMichaelmas1491,heexplainedatKing'sBenchthathecouldnotobeythefirstabjurationbecausehecouldnotfindashiptotakehimfromhisassignedport(Ipswich).Thecourtdeniedhisplea,thenaskedhimifhewasaclerk,andhereadasaclerk.Hewasdeclaredaclerkattaintwithoutpurgation.HiscasewasdiscussedinSpelman'sReports.

TNA,KB9/388,mm.26-29;KB29/120,m.30;KB27/921,rexm.2d;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:44.

769

751 Prior Henry Yorkshire,Warthill


1534 1534-06-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPriortooksanctuaryon5Jun.1534fordebt. SDSB,205 680

662 Procter Richard Rutland,Oakham[?]


1525 1525-10-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatProctersoughtsanctuaryon2Oct.1525fordebt.

SDSB,186 593

650 Pryas Nicholas Yorkshire,Reedness,Whitgift


1524 1524-08-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPryassoughtsanctuaryon29Aug.1524forthedeathof[blank]WademanofCrossHouse,Yorks.

SDSB,184 581

1002 Prynne Richard Northamptonshire,Northampton

baker M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,WeedonBecSSPeterandPaul


Dover 1527 1527-12-10 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Dec.1527PrynnetookthechurchofSSPeterandPaulatWeedonBec,Northants.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Jul.1527hehadassaultedJamesMason,lateofNewbigging,Staffs.[?],fishmonger,killinghim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.51 900


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1119 Pulham Richard Kent,St.MaryHoo

harper M SJJ:Hospitallercloak

CharteredSanctuary

1506 1506-09-22 Homicide PulhamappearedatthepeacesessionsatCanterburyon22Sept.1506,indictedforthehomicideofJohnaWodeofBobbing,Kent,whomhehadassaultedinAugust1506withapikestaff,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.Pulhampleadednotguiltyandaskedforajury,andwasputintothecustodyofthesheriffstoappearthefollowingday.Thefollowingdaywhenbroughtback,hemadeadifferentplea,thesamepleaasRalphToker[ID#1121],thatis,thatashewasbeingledawayfromthesessionsatCanterburycastlehehadtakenholdofthecloakofJohnRawson,aknightoftheHospitallerOrder,andclaimedthe"privilegeofSt.JohnofJerusalem."Hewasviolentlytakenfromthat"sanctuary,"butsoughttoberestored.Inhiscase(differingfromToker's)thesanctuarypleaseemstohavebeensimplydisregarded,andinsteadhisnotguiltypleaonthehomicidewasputtothejury,whodeclaredhimguilty.Pulhamthenpleadedclergy,butwhenhewasgiventhebooktoreadhecouldnotreadit.Theking'sattorneycalledforexecutionofhissentence,butthejusticesinsteadputPulhambackintoprisonwhiletheyconsideredthematter.On26Jun.1507,PulhamcamebeforeKing'sBenchandagainpleadedclergy.Onthisoccasion,hereadsuccessfully,andwasdeliveredtothearchdeaconofWestminster'scustody.

TNA,KB27/984,rexm.4;McSheffrey,SS,83-90,110

986

1782 Purchase John Devon,OtterySt.Mary

husbandman M Church-taking,Sussex,Rye


Dover 1500 1500-10-24 Homicide Alsotheft InanAccountBookforRye,theconfessionofanabjurerwasrecorded:JohnPurchase,age30years,on24Oct.1500soughtsanctuaryinthecemeteryofthechurchofRye,andon26Oct.heconfessedtothecoronerthathehadcommittedhomicideintheparishofOtterySt.Mary,Devon,whenhetriedtostopastranger[extraneum]whohadstolenasetoflinens--heranafterthestrangertotakehimforthefelonyandkilledhim,andthenfled.AndmoreoverPurchaseconfessedthathestoleamarenearLewes,Sussex,andhetookitalongwithtwoofhisownhorsestoNewendeninKent,andthereheputthehorsestopasturewithacertainJohnSneth,whobecamesuspiciousaboutwherehehadacquiredthehorses,andPurchasethenfledtoCanterbury,andthentoRye,andlearningthatacertainmanfromNewendenwantedtohavehimarrested,bywhoseinstigationhedoesnotknow,hefledtothecemeteryandmadetheconfession.HeabjuredandwasassignedDover.

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1557

1877 Purfote Robert London grocer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1480 Debt InaroyalinquiryregardingtheboundsofSt.MartinleGrandsanctuary,witnessWilliamMathewdeposedin1537thathisapprentice-master,RobertPurfote,agrocer,hadgoneintosanctuaryinthelate1470sorearly1480sfordebt.InthesanctuaryatStMartinleGrand,Purfoteopenedagroceryshopandwasabletherebytopayoffhisdebtsandcomeoutofsanctuary,althoughhecontinuedtoliveinthesamepropertyuntilhisdeathin1507,operatingagroceryshop.

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1644

1536 Pury Edward Staffordshire,Lichfield

baker M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



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1762 PygonaliasCheyne

John Worcestershire,Worcester

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.JamesintheFields


Orwell 1413 1413-07-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatBrounyngandPygontookchurchatSt.JamesintheFields,Middlesex,on1Jul.1413.Eachadmittedfelonies,Brounyngthathehadin1412killedWilliamChamberleynat"Gratele,"Herefordshire.PygonadmittedhorsetheftfromJohnGartonatWestminster.Bothabjuredandwereassigneddifferentports.Theywerealso,attheorderoftheking,givengownsandhoods,worth8s6d.

TNA,KB9/993,m.7 1538

810 Pygot John Lincolnshire,Doddington

Esquire M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1427 1427-08-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatEagle,Lincs.,14Aug.1427,overthebodyofJohnWarde,senior,ofNearScarle.ThejurorsfoundthatPygothadgatheredtohimselfanumberofothermen,indefensiblearray,on10Aug.1427,andlayinwaittoattackandkillWardeatEagle.ThejurorsreportedthatPygotfledtoWestminster.AnoteonthebillsubmittedtoKBindicateshewassubsequentlyincustodyintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/223/2,m.58 736

509 Pykeall Thomas Yorkshire,Batley[?]


1492 1492-03-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPykeallsoughtsanctuaryon29Mar.1492forthehomicideofWilliamBaynofLittleBroughton,Yorks.,whomhekilledwithadagger.

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1508 Pykeryng Thomas Gloucestershire,Gloucester

chapman M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,HolyTrinity


1429 1429-08-11 Asportation Coroners'memorandumthaton11Aug.1429Pykeryng,whohadbeeninprisonatGloucestercastlebuthadapparentlyescaped,fledtothechurchoftheHolyTrinityinGloucester,whereheconfessedtothecoronersthathehadrobbedoneThomasOsteller'shouseon21Nov.1427.Thememorandumindicatesthatheabjuredbutwasnotassignedaspecificport:astherecordputsit,"heabjuredtherealmatthedoorofthechurch,andtouchingbodilytheholygospelsofGodhesworetogofromGloucestertothenearestseaportinthewestpartoftherealmofEnglandandseekpassagefromtherealm,alwaystoholdtohisroad,andnevertoreturntoEngland.ThebailiffsofGloucestersafelydeliveredhimfromthetowntothenexthundredanddeliveredhimtotheking'sofficialasthecustomis."HemusthavesubsequentlybeencaughtintherealmasheisnotedtobeintheMarshalseaandawritdated4June1444hassummonedthisrecordintoKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/246,m.09-10 1327

59 Pykham Thomas Yorkshire M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1494 1494-03-17 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPykhamsoughtsanctuaryon17Mar.1494forthehomicideofWilliamBaynofLittleBroughton,Yorks.,whomhekilledinthemiddleofLenttwoyearsbeforeatLittleBroughton,strikinghiminthebackwithadagger.

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568 Pyllesworth John Lincolnshire,Epworth


1515 1515-09-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandWilliamPyllesworthsoughtsanctuaryon10Sept.1515forthedeathofWilliamIrelandeofEpworth,gentleman.

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569 Pyllesworth William Lincolnshire,Epworth


1515 1515-09-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandWilliamPyllesworthsoughtsanctuaryon10Sept.1515forthedeathofWilliamIrelandeofEpworth,gentleman.

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434 Pyrcherd John Norfolk,Acle yeoman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1496 1496-03-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPyrcherdsoughtsanctuaryon12Mar.1496fordebt.

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1702 Pytfyn,aliasPytfeld

Thomas Berkshire,Reading

Innholder M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


Alsofelony Middlesexindictmentthaton23Nov.1486PytfynwasarrestedatColbrookinMiddlesexonsuspicionoffelonyatReading,andwasinthecustodyofWilliamNoreys,knight,buton29Nov.1486inthetownofWestminsterheescapedandfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterAbbey.TheindictmentindicatesthathewasincustodyintheMarshalseabyMichaelmas1489.

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409 Quarles William Norfolk,Wiveton


1501 1501-10-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatQuarlessoughtsanctuaryon10Oct.1501fordebt.

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548 Radclyf Roland Yorkshire,Scarborough


1481 1481-09-22 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRadclyfsoughtsanctuaryon22Sept.1481forthedeathofJohnFawcett,alsoofScarborough,hatmaker,killedbyhimon4Juneofthesameyear.

SDSB,164 483

679 Radley Thomas Staffordshire,BurtonuponTrent

waxchandler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-03-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRadleysoughtsanctuaryon4Mar.1527fordebt.

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366 Ratcliff William Yorkshire,Catton


1510 1510-12-18 Homicide RatcliffsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon18Dec.1510forthehomicideofRichardHorsleyofOvercatton[HighCatton?],yeoman.ThesamemanalsosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamthefollowingyearforthesamehomicide(ID#187).

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187 Ratcliff William Yorkshire,Catton


1511 1511-07-05 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRatcliffsoughtsanctuaryon5Jul.1511becauseabout25Nov.1510hewaspresentwhenRichardHorsleywasabductedfromhismother'shouseinCattontoafieldinthetown,wheretherewasinflicteduponhimdiversewoundsthatbled,fromwhichwoundshediedamonthlater.ThesamemanhadsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyforthesamehomicidethepreviousyear(ID#366).

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1197 Ratclyff Hugh Northamptonshire,Kettering

sherman M Beverley(abjurationfromLeicestershire,LeicesterSt.JohntheBaptist)


1533 1533-01-13 Felony Coroner'smemorandumthaton13Jan.1533RatclyfftookthechurchofSt.JohntheBaptistinLeicester.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatinearlyNovember1532hehadbeenarrestedonsuspicionof[illegibile]andwascommittedtogaolinLeicester,butbrokeoutofgaol.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchoseBeverley.HetookchurchandabjuredfromthesamechurchandonthesamedayasPeterMassy(ID#1196),whoalsochoseBeverley.NeitherareinBeverleysanctuaryregister

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1053

1425 Ravyn **** M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt InaletterfromJohnGrenvilletoLordLisle,9Nov.1533,GrenvillecomplainedthatRavyn,whohadbeenimprisonedfordebt,hadbeenbailedbyGrenville,butthenfledtosanctuary,leavingGrenvilleliableforthebail.

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88 Raw Roger Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne

merchant M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1502 1502-08-09 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton9Aug.1502Rawsoughtsanctuarybecauseon6Aug.inNewcastle,inthestreetcalled"theSide,"heassaultedAnthonyRaywithaScottishaxeandfearingthatRaywoulddieofthewoundsandthathewouldhavetoundergotherigourofthelaw,hefledtosanctuary.

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898 Rawdon Christopher

Yorkshire,Rawdon

gentleman M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Guiseley


KingstonuponHull

1513 1513-03-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatGuiseley,Yorkshire,on8Mar.1513,thatChristopherRawdontookchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthaton1Nov.1512atStoneleyintheWestRidinghestolegoodsworthabout5s.Heabjured.(Thisisaveryminortheftforsomeoneidentifiedasa"gentleman.")

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1737 Rawlynson Robert Rutland,Stamford

smith M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Staunton


Boston 1526 1526-09-30 Homicide Alsotheft Coroner'smemorandumthanon30Sept.1526RawlynsontooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryatStaunton,Notts.Whenthecoronercameon2Oct.Rawlynsonconfessedthaton9Sept.atWinthorpeiuxtamareinLincs.,hehadassaultedacertainunknownmanandkilledhim,andimmediatelyafterwardhehadrobbedthemanof4s.HemoreoverhadbrokenintoacloseatWinthorpeandstolenahorse.Abjured,assignedBoston.

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1516

1675 Rawson John London mercer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1518 Debt InaChancerybillsubmittedbyElizabethHatfelde,widow,Rawson(whoowedmoneytoher)wasnamedashavingtakentheprivilegeofWestminsterfordebtandashavingdiedintestateinthesanctuary,whereupontheabbotandarchdeaconofWestminsterdealtwithhisestate.Datableto1518-29.

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708 Rawson Richard Yorkshire,Wakefield


1519 1519-07-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRawsonsoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1519fordebt.

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722 Raynar William Yorkshire,Pontefract


1531 1531-01-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRaynarsoughtsanctuaryon23Jan.1531fordebt.

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724 Raynifurth Thomas Lancashire,Bury


1531 1531-02-27 Falsecoining Accessory BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRaynifurthtooksanctuaryon27Feb.1531forthepaymentoffalsemoneytodiversesubjectsoftheking,deliveredtohimbyacertainRalphBotresworthinLancs.

SDSB,199 653

397 Raynold John Cambridgeshire,Cambridge


1513 1513-03-18 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasWilkynsonandJohnRaynoldsoughtsanctuaryon18Mar.1513forsecurityoftheirbodies.

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1775 Raynsford(Reynesford,Reynesforth)

John Essex,Bradfield;andKent,Greenwich

Esquire M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-01-03 Homicide InFebruary1512,Raynsford,hisservantMauriceGryffyn(ID#1778),andanumberofothermenwereindictedforthemurderon3Jan.1512ofJohnBurgesofEastGreenwich,insidetheprecinctoftheking'spalaceatGreenwich.LaterrecordsinStarChamberindicatethatRaynsfordandGryffyntooksanctuaryatSt.John'sabbeyinColchesterforthehomicide.Whileinthesanctuary,bothRaynsfordandGryffynwereimplicatedinanotherhomicideinsidethesanctuary,thedeathofMichaelBrasebrigge,anothersanctuaryman;Raynsfordwasnevercharged,althoughheadmittedinhisownStarchambersubmissionsthatGryffynhadcommittedthehomicide,forwhichGryffynabjured.RaynsfordwasofaprominentEssexgentryfamily,andhisfatherwasknightofthebodytoHenryVIIandHenryVIII,andacaptainintheFrenchwarsinthe1510s.RaynsfordwaspardonedofallfeloniesinJuly1513,andwentwiththeEnglishforcestoFrancethatyear.In1523hewasknightedandbecameaJPforEssex,anofficehewastoholdmostyearsuntilhisdeathin1559;heservedasMPin1529andpossiblyalso1536,1539,and1540.

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1550

700 Rede Edward Yorkshire,Everstow[?]


1530 1530-01-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRedesoughtsanctuaryon10Jan.1530fordebt.Thornleycorrectsthename.


631

1486 Rede John M SMLG CharteredSanctuary




1311

783 Redyng Elizabeth Middlesex,Clerkenwell,St.John'sStreet

F SJJ:Clerkenwell Takingchurch 1399 1399-06-29 Homicide Accessory MiddlesexjurorspresentthatThomasRedyngprocuredRobertStanwardyntokillRobertdeMaltebyofLondon,bladesmith;insteadStanwardynkilledMalteby'sservantNicholasRoper.AfterwardsRedyngandhiswifeElizabethreceivedStanwardynandhidhimuntilhewascaughtandarrested,andtheyfledtothechurchofSt.JohnofJerusalem.Stanwardynpleadedguiltytothehomicideincourt.InTrinityterm1400,theRedyngsappearedinKing'sBench,wheretherecordoftheindictmentomittedtheirflighttosanctuary;theypleadednotguilty,andthejuryacquittedthem.

TNA,KB9/184/2,m.11;KB27/557,rexm.6d

710

782 Redyng Thomas Middlesex,Clerkenwell,St.John'sStreet

hosteler M SJJ:Clerkenwell Takingchurch 1399 1399-06-29 Homicide Accessory MiddlesexjurorspresentthatThomasRedyngprocuredRobertStanwardyntokillRobertdeMaltebyofLondon,bladesmith;insteadStanwardynkilledMalteby'sservantNicholasRoper.AfterwardsRedyngandhiswifeElizabethreceivedStanwardynandhidhimuntilhewascaughtandarrested,andtheyfledtothechurchofSt.JohnofJerusalem.Stanwardynpleadedguiltytothehomicideincourt.InTrinityterm1400,theRedyngsappearedinKing'sBench,wheretherecordoftheindictmentomittedtheirflighttosanctuary;theypleadednotguilty,andthejuryacquittedthem.

TNA,KB9/184/2,m.11;KB27/557,rexm.6d

710


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1157 Reve Peter Middlesex,Westminster

labourer M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George

Takingchurch 1537 1537-05-04 Asportation AtSurreygaoldeliveryinJuly1537,PeterReveappeared,havingbeenindictedforbreakingintothehouseandcloseofJohnHarrysonatPeckham,Surrey,on3May1537,stealingvariouspiecesofclothingworthabout8s.,andachestwith10sinmoney.HiscasewasreferredtoKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1537,wherehepleadedsanctuary.Hesaidthaton4May1537hehadtakenthechurchofSt.GeorgeinSouthwarkfortheaforesaidfelonyandcalledforthecoroner,butthaton5MayThomasJude,RichardClodd,JohnHarris,andothers-30menaltogether-draggedhimfromthesanctuary.Theking'sattorneyrequesteduntilHillary1538torespond;itisunclearwhathappenedatthatpoint,buttheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatRevelaterpleadedthegeneralpardonof1540andwentsinedie.

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249 ReweleyorReveley

Archibald Northumberland,Fowberry


1517 1517-08-04 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatArchibaldReveleysoughtsanctuaryon4Aug.1517becausehehadbeenpresentwhenLaurenceBell,GeorgeReveley,andWilliamReveleykilledThomasReveleyandThomasBoyndeatWandon(Warenton?),intheterritoryofFowberry,on25Jul.1517.InNov.1517,George(ID#252),John(ID#253),andWilliam(ID#254)ReveleysoughtsanctuaryatDurhamalsoforthesamehomicides.Ina1521"billofinformation"intheStatePapersreportingtoCardinalWolseyonmurderersinNorthumberland,anoterecordsthatArchibaldReveley,alongwithGeorgeReveleyandLaurenceBele,wereindictedforthemurderofThomasReveley.Thenoteindicatesthat"bythelordDacre'spursuit[theywere]arrestedfortreason,andsetinward,whereoftheoneisdeadinprison,"whilethetwoReveleyshadfledtoDurham.

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207


George Northumberland,Horton(nearWooler)


1517 1517-11-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGeorge,John,andWilliamReveleysoughtsanctuaryon10Nov.1517becausetheyhadfeloniouslykilledThomasReveleyandThomasBondeat"Wandon"(Warenton?)inFowberryaround25Jul.1517,withlances,swords,andotherweapons.ArchibaldReveley,ID#249,hadpreviously,on4August1517,alsosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamforthesamehomicides.Ina"billofinformation,"1521,intheStatePapersreportingtoCardinalWolseyonmurderersinNorthumberland,anoterecordsthatArchibaldReveley,alongwithGeorgeReveleyandLaurenceBele,wereindictedforthemurderofThomasReveley.Thenoteindicatesthat"bythelordDacre'spursuit[theywere]arrestedfortreason,andsetinward,whereoftheoneisdeadinprison,"whileGeorgeandArchibaldReveleyhadfledtoDurham.

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210


John Northumberland,Horton(nearWooler)


1517 1517-11-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGeorge,John,andWilliamReveleysoughtsanctuaryon10Nov.1517becausetheyhadfeloniouslykilledThomasReveleyandThomasBondeat"Wandon"(Warenton?)inFowberryaround25Jul.1517,withlances,swords,andotherweapons.ArchibaldReveley,ID#249,hadpreviously,on4August1517,alsosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamforthesamehomicides.NeitherJohnnorWilliamReveleywerementionedIna1521"billofinformation"intheStatePapersreportingtoCardinalWolseyonmurderersinNorthumberland,whichdiscussesGeorgeandArchibaldReveley.

SDSB,78;TNA,SP1/23,fol.229(L&P,3/2:822)

210


William Northumberland,Horton(nearWooler)


1517 1517-11-10 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGeorge,John,andWilliamReveleysoughtsanctuaryon10Nov.1517becausetheyhadfeloniouslykilledThomasReveleyandThomasBondeat"Wandon"(Warenton?)inFowberryaround25Jul.1517,withlances,swords,andotherweapons.ArchibaldReveley,ID#249,hadpreviously,on4August1517,alsosoughtsanctuaryatDurhamforthesamehomicides.NeitherJohnnorWilliamReveleywerementionedIna1521"billofinformation"intheStatePapersreportingtoCardinalWolseyonmurderersinNorthumberland,whichdiscussesGeorgeandArchibaldReveley.

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856 Reynold Richard Middlesex,Hendon

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.OlaveOldJewry

Takingchurch 1490 1490-02-06 Asportation InagaoldeliveryrecordfromNewgate,9Feb.1490,submittedtoKing'sBench,Reynoldpleadedsanctuary(church-taking)onanindictmentofrobbery(thathe,alongwithothers,robbedRobertShordych,esquire,of£14worthofgoods,horses,andmoneyatEdgeware).Reynoldclaimedthathehadon6Feb.1490takensanctuaryatSt.OlaveinOldJewry,butonthatsamedayhewasextractedbyforcefromthechurchbytheLondonsheriffs'servants;thecrownrepliedthathehadbeenoutsidethechurch.Thejurorsfoundthathedidnottakethechurchasheallegedandhewasrecommittedtoprison.Sometimeafterthis,hefiledaChancerybill(undated),allegingviolentremovalfromthechurch.PerhapsfollowingonfromtheappealtotheChancellor,thegaoldeliveryrecordwasbroughtuptoKing'sBench,whereinHillary1492theking'sattorneydroppedthecase,acknowledgingReynold'ssanctuarypleatobetrue,andhewasrestoredtothechurchtoawaitthecoroner(thenpresumablytoabjure).

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768

1223 Reynold Richard Lancashire,Aldingham

mercer M Church-taking,Derbyshire


1537 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatReynoldabjuredinDerbyshire"forcertainfeloniesandtrespasses."

TNA,KB29/170,m.1d 1073

42 Richardson Edmund Yorkshire,Cropton,Pickering


1490 1490-10-25 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton25Oct.1490RichardsonsoughtsanctuarybecausetwoyearsbeforeatPickeringhehadstruckJamesSayrinafieldoutsidethetownofCroptonwitha"baculumpugillum"(afightingstick?),becauseSayrhadcalledhimacommonthief.Therewerefourotherspresentthereatthetime.Sayrimmediatelydied.

SDSB,15-16 37

218 Richardson John Westmorland,Kendal


1515 1515-09-28 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardsonsoughtsanctuaryon28Sept.1515fordebt.

SDSB,69 183

10 Richardson Robert Cumbria,Sedbergh

labourer M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1478 1478-10-25 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardsonandMoyseron28Oct.1478soughtsanctuarybecauseon27Mar.1478atHolme,intheparishofKirkbyLonesdale,indefenceoftheirbodies,astheysay,theybeatacertainThomasForster,thatisRichardsonbeatForsteronhisheadwithacertainstickcalledaclub,andMoyserhitForsterfatallyonhisrightkneeintwoplaceswithacertainunsheathedsword[gladio],fromwhichForster,afterlyingill,diedwithintwenty-fourweeks.

SDSB,4 7

244 Richardson Robert Yorkshire,Pontefract[?]


1517 1517-06-14 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardsonsoughtsanctuaryon14Jun.1517fordebt,esp.toRichardGybsonofPontefract,tanner

SDSB,76 204

1199 Richardson Thomas Nottinghamshire,Warsop

bocher M Ripon(abjurationfromNottinghamshire,Grove,St.Helen)


1532 1532-12-25 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton25Dec.1532ThomasRichardsontookthechurchofSt.HeleninGrove,Notts.,confessingtothecoronerthaton21Dec.1532hehadbrokenintothecloseofHenryLaycokeatKirtoninLindsey,Lincs.,andstolentwoheadofcattle,takingthemtoHerdstallinNorthClayandsellingthem.Heabjured,choosingthesanctuaryofSt.WilfridatRipon,andwasbranded.

TNA,KB9/525,m.122;KB29/166,m.22d

1055

359 Richardson William Lincolnshire,Bishopbridge[?]


1515 1515-02-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRichardsonsoughtsanctuaryon13Feb.1515forthehomicideofThomasRobynson.

SDSB,124 307

469 Richerdson George Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull

mariner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-04-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasBrounandGeorgeRicherdsonsoughtsanctuaryon15Apr.1492,acknowledgingthehomicideofJohnSampson,withadagger,atHullon10Apr.1492.

SDSB,148 413

686 Richerdson Thomas Yorkshire,Lockington


1527 1527-05-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRicherdsonsoughtsanctuaryon10May1527fordebt.

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642 Richerdson William Yorkshire,NorthNewbald


1524 1524-07-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRicherdsonsoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1524forthe"murderation[murderacione]"ofAnthonyGodsaleofNewbald,Yorks.,husbandman.

SDSB,182 573

17 Riddyng John Cumbria,Sedbergh


1479 1479-11-03 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRichardRiddyngtooksanctuarybecauseon6Jan.1478atSedbergh,Cumbria,theyabbettedafelony,thatisthekillingofThomasLupton(seeOliverBranthwayt,principalinthehomicide,seeker#16,andChristopherBowre,anotheraccessoryforsamehomicide,#20).

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18 Riddyng Richard Cumbria,Sedbergh


1479 1479-11-03 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRichardRiddyngtooksanctuarybecauseon6Jan.1478atSedbergh,Cumbria,theyabbettedafelony,thatisthekillingofThomasLupton(seeOliverBranthwayt,seeker#16).

SDSB,6 14

272 Ridley William Northumberland,Coastley,Hexham


1519 1519-07-22 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRidleysoughtsanctuarybecausehehadbeenpresentatHexham7Jul.1518whenRobertEryngtonwasstruckinthebodyneartheheartwithalance,killinghiminstantly.Inaddition,RidleystruckEryngtonwitha"brodearrowe"intheleftpartofhischest,woundinghimalthoughnotkillinghim.

SDSB,83 224

1031 Robbesley Richard London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1529 1529-02-17 Homicide Coroner'sinquest17Feb.1529intheparishofSt.BotulphwithoutAldersgate,London,overthebodyofHenryHawes,tailor.Thejurorsreportedthaton16Feb.1529HaweshadbeeninthedwellinghouseofHelenHarper,widow,intheparishofSt.Botulph,whenaround7pmRobbesleywithforceandarms(knivesanddaggars)andwithprecogitatedmaliceassaultedHenry,andstabbedhimintheback,givinghimawoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.Immediatelyafterwards,RobbesleyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.RobbesleyhadsurrenderedtoauthoritiesandappearedinKing'sBenchinTrinity1530,andpleadednotguilty.HewasbailedandthejurysummonedforMichaelmasterm.Hewasfoundnotguilty,thejurorsindicatingasevidenceforhisinnocencethat"hedidnotfleefromthescene."ThejurorsmoreovernamedThomasMathewofLondon,yeoman,astheperpetrator.Mathewwaslateroutlawed.

TNA,KB9/513,mm.61-62;KB29/162,mm.10,15;KB27/1076,rexm.7

924

168 Robson Edward Northumberland,Tynemouth


1508 1508-11-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Nov.1508,becauseon15Apr.1508inthestreetcalledClothmarketinNewcastleuponTyne,hestabbedEdmundTailyourintheupperarmwithadagger,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,53-54 135

476 Robson John Yorkshire,York

miller M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1488 1488-06-16 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobsonsoughtsanctuaryon16June1488acknowledgingthathehadkilledWilliamWellezwithastaffon4May[1488]atYork.

SDSB,149 420

753 Robson Robert London salter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-06-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobsontooksanctuaryon20Jun.1534fordebt.

SDSB,206 682

1439 Robyns James M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1537 InSeptember1537,theabbotofWestminsterandAnthonyDennywerechargedbyCromwellwithinquiringamongstsanctuaryseekersatWestminsterandothersinthevicinityregardingcirculationofascurrilousrumouraboutthekingandhisalleged"taking"ofthe"wench"oftheWestminstersanctuary'skeeper,WilliamWebbe.(Theinquiryfoundtherumourstohavenobasis.)Robynswasamongstamongthesanctuarymenexamined.

TNA,SP1/125,fol.42r 1274

1672 RobynsaliasRobinson

**** M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

nd(temp.Hen.VIII)

Felony Inanundated[temp.HenryVIII]writtotheabbotofBeaulieu,theking'scouncilrequiredhimtohandovercertain"coffersandchests"inwhichthereweredocumentsaswellasmoney,plate,andjewels,whichhadbeenleftthere(orsothecouncillorswere"crediblyenfourmed")bytwosanctuarymen,"ooneMessaungerandRobyns,oderwisecalledRobinson,"aftertheyhaddepartedfromthesanctuary.

TNA,STAC2/24/299 1454

62 Robynson George Cumbria,Bassenthwaite


1495 1495-03-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Mar.1495forhavingkilledStephenDover,alsoofBassenthwaite,inthefortnightafterEasterin1491,stabbinghiminthechestwithadagger.

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209 Robynson George Northumberland,Berwick


1515 1515-03-07 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Mar.1515becauseon28Feb.1515,ontopofthewallsofthetownofBerwick,inhisowndefence,hestruckN.Lynacresinthechestwithadagger,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthesameday.

SDSB,67 175

356 Robynson Henry Westmorland,KirkbyKendal


1509 1509-08-06 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon6Aug.1509forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,123-24 304

624 Robynson John Durham,BarnardCastle

wooldryer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1519 1519-02-07 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Feb.1519fordebt.

SDSB,178 555

738 Robynson John Hampshire,UpperEnham[?]


1533 1533-02-21 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon21Feb.1533fordebt.

SDSB,202 667

226 Robynson Lionel Yorkshire,Hauxwell,Richmond


1515 1515-03-31 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon31Mar.1515because,on30Mar.1515withintheterritoryofConstableBurtoninRichmondshire,afterhehimselfhadbeenassaulted,andinself-defence,helethallystruckEdmundRewtheonthebackoftheheadwithapikestaff,killinghiminstantly.

SDSB,72 191

141 Robynson Robert Northumberland,[Hedgeley?]


1506 1506-08-12 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon12Aug.1506becauseinearlyFebruary1506hehadstruckN.WhietnearBlenkinsopcastlewithawinyard,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,45-46 112

381 Robynson Thomas Yorkshire,Knaresborough

saddler M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-06-07 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasandWilliamRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Jun.1512forthehomicideofWilliamLogg.

SDSB,129 329

1661 Robynson William Dorset,Alrington

yeoman M Bristol,St.Augustine'smonastery

CharteredSanctuary

1496 1496-01-04 Asportation TwoindictmentsattheBristolpeacesessionsaccusedRobynsonofstealingahorseandtwosilverspoonsfromJohnBlakamore,andmoney,agown,andothergoodsfromRichardRowland,bothon29Mar.1496.Thejurors'presentmentdoesnotindicatethatRobynsontooksanctuary,butratherthatthepriorofthemonastery(indictedasaccessory)harbouredhimafterhisfelony,on1Apr.1496.InthecontextoftheJune1496disputebetweenthetownofBristolandthemonastery(seeDominicArthur,ID#1659),thismayhavebeenabackdoorattempttotrythesanctuaryprivilegeincourtbyforcingRobynsonandhisco-accusedtopleadsanctuary.Ifthatwasthetactic,itdidn'twork,astheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicatethatneitherwasevertakenintocustodyandbothRobynsonandthepriorofSt.Augustine's,JohnMartyn,wereoutlawed,yearslater,in1503and1508.

TNA,KB9/410,mm.30-32;KB29/127,m.3

1442

382 Robynson William Yorkshire,Skipton,Craven


1512 1512-06-07 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasandWilliamRobynsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Jun.1512forthehomicideofWilliamLogg.

SDSB,129 329

744 Rokeby John Yorkshire,Wakefield


1533 1533-11-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRokebysoughtsanctuaryon5Nov.1533foradebtof£200.

SDSB,203-4 673

951 Rollyston John Yorkshire,Pontefract

surgeon M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Pontefract,Blackfriars

Takingchurch 1522 1522-07-13 Homicide Coroner'sinquest13Jul.1522atPontefract,Yorks.,overthebodyofMargaretThomson.ThejurorsreportedthatRollystonassaultedThomson,hisservant,on12Jul.1522,andbrokeherneck.AssoonashecommittedthefelonyhefledtoBlackfriarschurchinPontefract.

TNA,KB9/489,m.35 849

5 Rome William Yorkshire,Forcett


1477 1477-10-07 Homicide Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton6October1477WilliamRomeandWilliamNicholsonsoughtsanctuaryforthekillingofWilliamAliand,killedbythempreviously.

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1178 RooorRoweraliasCroydon

Nicholas Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1530 1530-09-21 Asportation TheKing'sBenchcoramregerollrecordsthatattheMiddlesexpeacesessionson13May1530MauriceBull[ID#1177]andNicholasRooorRowerealiasCroydon[ID#1178]wereindicted,becausetheytooksanctuaryatWestminsteron30Aug.1529,andthensubsequentlyon20Sept.1529theyleftthesanctuaryandbrokeintoThomasParsons'houseinWestminsterandstolejewelry,plate,andmoneyworthabout70s.Becausethefelonycommittedsubsequenttotheirentrytosanctuarycausedthemtoforfeittheirprivilege,theywereseizedfromthesanctuarybySirThomasWentfordon21Oct.1529andtakenintocustody.TheyappearedbeforeKing'sBenchon28May1530andpleadednotguiltytothefelony,andpleadedsanctuary,claimingthatonthefirstoccasionoftheirtakingsanctuary,30Aug.1529,theyhadclaimeditfordebtandtrespassrespectively,andthenchangedtheirregistrationtosanctuaryforfelonyon21Sept.1529(fordifferentfelonies,notforthetheftintheindictment,towhichtheyhadpleadednotguilty).Theythusarguedthatthesanctuarybreachwasillicitandprayedtoberestored.ThetwowereheldintheKing'sBenchprisonfromOct.1529untilJune1532;betweenOctober1530andMarch1531,BullandRooservedasjurorsonseveralcoroner'sinquestjuriesattheprisonoverthebodiesofprisoners(whodiedofnaturalcauses,thejurorsruled).Twojuriesinduecourseconsideredtheirpleas:thefirst,inJanuary1532,acceptedthattheyhadindeedregisteredfirstfordebtandtrespass,andthenforfelonyonlyaftertheburglaryforwhichtheywereindicted,butfoundthemguiltyonthefelony,afindingthatthecourtwasperhapsnotsurewhattodowith.BullandRoothenchangedtheirpleasonthefelonytoguiltybutcontinuedtopleadsanctuary,andthisnewpleawasputtoanotherjuryinJune1532,whenagainthejurorsfoundthattheirregistrationasfelonstookplaceonlyafterthefelonyandthusthatthesanctuarybreachhadbeenunlawful.Thecourtacceptedthisverdictandtheywererestoredtosanctuary.ItseemslikelythatthetwojurieshadaccesstothesanctuaryregisterforWestminsterasdetailsoftheregistrationsarecited.BothBullandRoowereontheWestminstersanctuarylistfor1533.Bullwasstillthereaslateas1537.

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1272

1665 Roper William Kent,Goudhurst

M Church-taking,Kent,Marden


Winchelsea 1438 1438-06-04 Homicide Self-defence Patentrollrecordshispardon,dated17Nov.1444,becausehiskillingofJohnSponlewasbymischanceandinself-defence.On4June1438,hehadabjuredfortheslaying,andoverseashadbecomeasoldierinNormandy(presumablyfortheEnglish).

CPR1441-46,313 1448

971 Rose Andrew London yeoman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Dover 1525 1525-07-29 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton29Jul.1525RosetookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthatsamedaythaton24Mar.1525,ontheroadbetweenSt.AlbansandColney,Herts.,hehadassaultedJeromeapRyceandstolenhishorse.Inaddition,on17May1525hehadassaultedJohnFulleratAlberynearGreatBerkhamsteadinHerts.andstolen4s.fromhim.Heabjured.NotethatinNovember1525fiveothermentookthesamechurchandabjured,suggestingthepossibilityofafelons'grapevine.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.90 869

1817 Rose Nicholas Essex,Chelmsford

Innholder M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1486 Debt InaChancerypetition,JohnWelles,theservantofNicholasRose,indicatesthatRosewentintosanctuaryatWestminsteroveradebttogrocerAdamBrownofLondon.Dateapproximate;range1486-1493(defendantBrownfoundindeed1482).

TNA,C1/178/4 1591

1470 Rosselyn William Yorkshire,Cotness

gentleman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1424 Debt InasuitatCommonPleas,JohnandEllenPortyngtonsuedWilliamRosselynforadebtof£40,butthesheriffsreportthattheycouldnotarrestRosselyntorespondtothesuitbecausehewasina"privilegedplace,"thesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.SMLG'sdeanRichardCaudraycitedthiscaseinhisRegisterin1440asproofofSt.Martin'sprivilegesasasanctuary.

TNA,CP40/654,rot.318;WAM,Book5,fols.38r-39r

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649 Rotherford John Yorkshire,KirbyuponWold


1524 1524-08-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRotherfordsoughtsanctuaryon29Aug.1524formurderandfelony.

SDSB,183 580

25 Rougthwayt William Yorkshire,Beverley

baxter M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1482 1482-01-18 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRougthwaytsoughtsanctuaryon18Jan.1482becauseon8Dec.1481atBeverley,Yorks.heassaultedacertainJohnThomsonandfeloniouslystruckhim,inhisowndefence,inhisthighwithadaggerandgavehimamortalwound,fromwhichwoundJohndiedthatsameday.

SDSB,9 21

522 Routhe Thomas Durham,Stockton-on-Tees


1493 1493-09-08 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRouthesoughtsanctuaryon8Sept.1493forthehomicideofWilliamGeffreysonofNortoninthebishopricofDurham,whomhekilledwithaswordon22Jul.1493inafieldcalledEggilfeld,alsointhebishopricofDurham.

SDSB,158 463

1569 Rowland William London yeoman M Church-taking,Berkshire,Bray

Takingchurch 1507 1507-08-26 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatNewgate,mid-Oct.1507,Rowlandappeared(alongwithanothersanctuaryclaimant,EdwardBulkley,ID#1568)onanindictmentfromMichaelmas1507thatRowlandhadcommittedatheftworth20son26Aug.1507fromanunknownmaninActon,Midd.Rowland,onbeingaskedhowheresponded,saidthaton26Aug.1507hetooktheparishchurchofBray,Berks.,andthathehadbeendraggedfromtherebythoseunknowntohim,andheseekstoberestored.Hepleadednotguiltytothefelony.BulkleyandRowlandwerebothreturnedtoprisonwhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves.ThedorseoftherecordofgaoldeliveryindicatesitwasdelivereduptoKing'sBenchinmid-Nov.1507;thesamerecordwascopiedintotheKing'sBenchcontrolmentroll,withtheonlyadditionanindicationthattheywerebothcommittedtotheMarshalseaprison.

TNA,KB9/446,m.31 1371

483 Rowyll William Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1488 1488-06-25 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatCorneliusJonsonandWilliamRowyllsoughtsanctuaryon25June1488andacknowledgedahomicide[therestoftheentryisablank].

SDSB,150-51 425

1709 Rud Cuthbert Westmorland,BurghunderStanmore

M Church-taking,Westmorland,BurghunderStanmoreSt.Michael


1542 1542-07-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquest8Jul.1542atBurghunderStanmore,Westmorland,overthebodyofWilliamKerk.ThejurorsfoundthatKerkhadbeenkilledbyRudandthatafterthekillingRudfledtotheparishchurchofSt.MichaelinBurghwherehetooksanctuary.Heremainedinthechurchuntil30Jul.,onwhichdayheabjured"bythecustomoftherealm"--buttherecorddoesnotindicateanythingfurther,suggestingperhapsthatRudwaspermittedtogointoexileratherthantoproceedtoastatutorysanctuary.AnoteatthebottomofthereportsubmittedtoKBindicatesthatthecoronerwastobeprosecutedforthedefectiveverdict.

TNA,KB9/552,m.130 1492

108 Rudd John Westmorland,Burtergill,Warcop


1504 1504-03-07 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRuddsoughtsanctuaryon7Mar.1504because,on17Feb.1504ataplacecalledBrakenside,inhisowndefencehehadstruckChristopherKirkeontheheadwithaclub.Kirkediedfromthewound.

SDSB,40 95

1471 Rudevile John M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1417 Asportation TwochaplainsofSMLG,SimonFloureandWilliamGerveys,weresuedinCommonPleasbyEdmundChymbeham,whoclaimedthatthechaplainshadreceivedgoodsstolenfromhimbyJohnRudevile,athiefwhohadsubsequentlytakensanctuaryatSMLGandbroughtthegoodswithhim.Thetwochaplainsclaimedthattheyhadthegoodsasfelonyforfeiturefromthesanctuaryseekeruponentryintotheasylum,asSt.Martin'sprivilegesallowed.ThiscasewasrecordedindeanRichardCaudray'sRegisterasanexemplarofSt.Martin'ssanctuaryprivileges.

TNA,CP40/634,rot.452;CP40/647,rot.111d;WAM,Book5,fols.63v-64v

1300

370 Rugbe Walter Yorkshire,Paull,Holderness


1511 1511-04-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRugbesoughtsanctuaryon14Apr.1511forthehomicideofAnthonyDowreofBoulogneinFrance,mariner.

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776 Russell Henry Derbyshire,Doveridge[?]

priest,vicar M Church-taking,Derbyshire,Doveridge

Takingchurch 1454 Asportation InquirytobemadeinDerbyshirewhetherHenryRussell,vicarofthechurchof"Dobbrygge,"andJohnRussell,yeoman,ofthesame,in1453-54brokeintothehouseofJohnHalle,assaultinghimandbeatinghim,andthenfleeingtothechurch.

TNA,KB9/12/1,m.7 705

1279 Russell John London woolpacker M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1416 Trespass Londoncivicrecord(LetterBookI)notesthatafterhavingbeenaccusedofslanderinganaldermanasaLollard,RusselltooksanctuaryatWestminstertoescapepunishmentfortrespass.Hestayedtherefor9months,butthenaccordingtotheLetterBookhevoluntarilycameoutofsanctuaryinsorrowforhismainpernors'lossofpledge,andheconfessedtohisfaultandpaidhisfine.

ReginaldR.Sharpe,ed.,CalendarofLetter-Books,LetterBookI(1400-1422)(London:J.E.Francis,1909),180

1117

777 Russell John Derbyshire,Doveridge[?]

yeoman M Church-taking,Derbyshire,Doveridge

Takingchurch 1454 Asportation InquirytobemadeinDerbyshirewhetherHenryRussell,vicarofthechurchof"Dobbrygge,"andJohnRussell,yeoman,ofthesame,in1453-54brokeintothehouseofJohnHalle,assaultinghimandbeatinghim,andthenfleeingtothechurch.

TNA,KB9/12/1,m.7 705

1211 Russell John Hertfordshire,HertfordHeath

bocher M Bewdley(abjurationfromYorkshire,Harewood)

CharteredSanctuaryTakingchurchAbjurationtoCharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-03-17 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton17Mar.1534,ThomasGadbure[#1210],JohnRussell[#1211],andJohnPloghe[#1212]alltookthechurchatHarewood,Yorks.Theyconfessedthaton27Jul.1533atAdwick,Yorks.,theyhadrobbedanunknownmanontheking'shighway,andon30Jul.theyrobbedanotherman.Theyabjuredandwerebranded.GadburewasassignedColchester;Russelwasassigned"Bewdley"(likelyBewdley,Shropshire,bygeography);andPloghwasassignedBeverley.

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1486

1625 RustaliasWalsshe

Robert Kent,Allhallows

M Church-taking,Kent,Higham


1404 1404-12-31 Asportation RecordonpatentrollthatRusthadtakenchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthathehadfeloniouslyburglarizedthehouseofRichard,theparson'sfarmeratClyve,Kent,stealinggoodsworth6s8d.Heabjuredtherealm.Pardonedforthisandallotherfeloniescommittedbyhimexcepttreason,murder,homicide,andrape,andalsotheconfessionandabjuration.

CPR,1401-1406,492 1406

1853 Rychardson John London bricklayer M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Cambridge,Barnwell


Harwich,"Suffolk"[?]

1527 1527-04-10 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Apr.1527inthecityofCambridgeJohnRychardsontookthechurchofBarnwell.HeconfessedtothecoronersonthesamedaythattogetherwithJohnBrookeoftheparishofSt.Sepulchre,London,labourer,on10Jun.1524,hehadbrokenintothehouseandcloseofJohnWakefieldatthesignoftheSwaninHolbornandstolenapieceofwool,"plonket"coloured,calledaWinchesterkersey,worth26s8d,whichwassittingonacartbelongingtoanunknownman.Heabjured.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthaton15Jun.1531hewasoutlawed.Therecordofabjurationhasatleasttwooddities-althoughheissaidtohaveenteredthechurchon10April,hedoesnotabjureuntil11June;andhewasassignedtheportof"Herwich,Suffolk"(althoughHarwichwasrightontheborderofEssex,sothiswaslikelysimplyanerror).Hewasoutlawedin1531.

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1620

843 Rycherd Robert London mercer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary


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1082 Ryder William Cheshire,Utkinton

servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-04-12 Homicide Coroner’sinquest15Apr.1539intheparishofSt.GileswithoutCripplegate,overRalphHolcrofte,gentleman,ofLondon.ThejurorsreportedthattherewasaquarrelbetweenSirJohnDoneofUtkinton,CheshireandThomasHolcroftofLondon,esquire;thevictimwasThomasHolcroft'sservant.ThejurorssaidthatDonehadbeeninSt.Paul’scathedral,alongwithhisretainersJohnLloyd,RichardHoknellandWilliamRyder,meetingwithLeonardVeale,servantofCharlesBrandon,thedukeofSuffolk(Vealeapparentlyplayednoroleinwhatfollowed).Holcroftandhismenwerealsointhecathedral,andasDoneleft,heandhisretinueconfrontedDoneonthestepsofthecathedral.Intheensuingaffray,RalphHolcroftwasfatallywoundedbyWilliamRyder.Thecoroner’sinquestjurorsindicatedthatDoneandhismenfledtoWestminsterforsanctuary.Thevictim'sbrotherGeoffreyHolcroftappealedthemurderinHillary1540,andhissuittoldadifferentstory:thatRalphHolcrofthadbeenpeacefullywalkingthroughPaul'schurchyardwhenhewassuddenlybesetbyDoneandtheothers,whohadlaininwaitforhimandkilledhim.Preciselywhathappenedfollowingthisquarrelisunclear.InJuly1539SirJohnDone,alongwithThomasHolcroft,wasnamedasJPforCheshire,suggestingthattheindictmentwasnotproceeding.FollowingGeoffreyHolcroft'sappealinHillary1540,Done,Lloyd,andHoknellwerebailed(Rydermayhavebeenatlarge,perhapsstillinsanctuary).FromEastertoMichaelmas1540GeoffreyHolcroft'sappealproceeded,althoughwhentheissuewastobeputtoajuryHolcroftdefaultedonthesuit,atwhichpointtheking'sattorneyindicatedthatthekingacceptedalltheaccused's(includingRyder's)notguiltypleas,andtheywerefreetogo.InNov.1540,therecordsoftheking'scouncilrecordedanarbitratedsettlementbetweenDoneandHolcroft(withnoindicationofthenatureoftheirquarrel).BothHolcroftandDonewentontoserveasMPsandeachwasactiveinroyalservice.AsDonewastheson-in-lawofSirRandallMainwaringofOverPeover,patronofRandallMainwaringofSwanley,itislikelythatthequarrelbetweenDoneandHolcroftrelatedtotheapparentassassinationearlierthatyearofRichardCholmeley,alsoinSt.Paul’schurchyard,bymembersofMainwaring'saffinity(seeseekerIDs#1073-1077),wholikewisefledtosanctuary.

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954

929 RyggaliasScaff

William Yorkshire,York

yeoman M YorkBlackfriars Ambiguous 1518 1518-04-15 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatCityofYorkon16Apr.1518overthebodyofWilliamStokall.Thejurorsreportedthaton15Apr.1518at5pmStokallhadbeeninthecemeteryofthecathedralchurch,whenhehadattackedWilliamRygg;hepursuedhimtothewallsothatRyggcouldnotescapeanyfurther.StokallintendedtomurderRygg,andsoinself-defenceRyggstruckback,givinghimawoundfromwhichStokalldiedthefollowingday.RyggimmediatelyfledtotheBlackfriars'churchinYork,"whichisasanctuary."Itisnotabsolutelyclearthatthismeanttodesignateapermanentsanctuaryratherthanasylumaspreludetoabjuration.Inanycase,theKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatRyggwaspardonedinMichaelmasterm1518.

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827

474 Ryhed William Lincolnshire,Theddlethorpe[?]


1491 1491-10-07 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRyhed(of"Thyrlethorpe")tooksanctuaryon7Oct.1491forthehomicideofChristopherTatlerofMapelthorne[Mablethorpe?],yeoman,on29Sept.1491,inafieldatAuthorp,Lincs.

SDSB,149 418

1002 Ryngwudd John London labourer M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Weldon


Southampton

1527 1527-09-10 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Sept.1527RyngwuddtookthechurchoftheBlessedMaryatGreatWeldon,Northants.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton1Sept.1527atLondonintheparishofSt.Sepulchrehebrokeintoahousewithasignofthehart'shorn,pertainingtosomeunknownman,andstoleahorse.Andalsothaton10Dec.1525,with6othermen,heassaultedanunknownmanandkilledhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.52 901

326 Ryplay William Yorkshire,Leconfield


1506 1506-08-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRyplaysoughtsanctuaryon1Aug.1506fordebt.

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1266 Saddler John London vintner M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1423 Debt RossercitesarentalatWestminsterAbbeyMunimentsregardingvintnerJohnSaddler'sgoingintosanctuaryby1423,wherehewouldstayalongwithhiswifefor18years.

Rosser,MedievalWestminster,156

1109

268 Sadler Matthew Yorkshire,Aysgarth


1519 1519-05-30 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSadlersoughtsanctuaryon30May1519becausehehadbeenpresentinLent1515whenMichaelSadlerstruckHenrySadlerontheheadwithastoneintheparishofAysgarth.

SDSB,81 220

1769 Saffrey John Berkshire,Hurley

priorofHurleypriory

M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Hurleypriory

CharteredSanctuary

1430 Security Falseaccusation

JohnSaffrey,priorofHurley[Berkshire],aBenedictinepriorysubjecttoWestminsterAbbey,claimedinapetitionthatheandamonkofhispriory,JohnLondon,hadbeenfalselyaccused,andthroughcorruptionfoundguilty,ofaplaintoftrespassbroughtbyWilliamEmmery.Themarshaloftheking'shousehold,JohnBarton,seizedSaffreyfromthesanctuaryofhispriorychurch--which,hesaid,hadasgreataprivilegeandlibertyasthesanctuaryatWestminster--andimprisonedhimatWycombe.Heaskedthatitbebroughtbeforethecouncil.EndorsementindicatesthatitwastobebroughtintoChancery.Endorsementdated11Oct.1430.

TNA,SC8/72/3553 1544

529 Salvan William Esquire M Beverley CharteredSanctuary


SDSB,160 468

1327 Sampson Ralph servingman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1528 Felony The1532and1533listsofthoseprivilegedofWestminstersanctuarylistRalphSampson,"forfelony,fiveyearspast"(1533).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1161

1800 Sampson William London[?] M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1470 WilliamSampsonandThomasGayecomplainedinaChancerypetitionthattheyhadbeenseizedoutofsanctuaryatSt.KatherinebytheTowerbyservantsofthesheriffsofLondon.Datesfromeither1433-43or1467-72,thelattermorelikely(1470dateassignedforsortingpurposes).

TNA,C1/46/389 1575

1125 Sampyre John Shropshire,Shrewsbury


Takingchurch 1504 1504-03-22 Felony TwoconstablesintheLondoncityjurisdictioninSouthwark,JohnRogersonofSouthwark,tailor,andJohnLaurenceofSouthwark,cooper,wereindictedforpermittingtheescapeoftwomen,JohnSampyreandRichardCouper,whohadfledtosanctuaryatthechurchofSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwark.On22Mar.1504SampyreandCouperhadtakenthechurch,andthefollowingdaybeforeJohnCouper,coroner,andinthepresenceofRogersonandLaurence,theyhadindicatedthattheysoughtsanctuarybutthattheywouldnotabjureatthatmoment,insteadwaitingfortheirfortydaystoexpire.Theywere,however,infact"schemingtoescape."On24Mar.,theyinfactdidescape,duetothedefectivevigilanceofthetwoconstables.

TNA,KB9/438,m.86;KB27/985,rexm.6

992

1158 Sandes John Surrey,Southwark


CharteredSanctuary

1537 1537-12-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquest10Dec.1537atSouthwarkoverthebodyofJohnBrydonofSouthwark,baker.Thejurorsreportedthaton9Dec.1537BrydonwasinSt.MaryOvereychurchinGod'speaceandtheking'sbetween10and11amwhenSandes,withprecogiatedmalice,attackedhimwithasword,woundinghiminthethighandkillinghimimmediately.SandesthenfledimmediatelytoWestminster.InHillary1539Sandesappearedandpleadednotguilty,andwasbailedtoWilliamPykeryngoftheking'shousehold,esquire,ThomasEdgaroftheking'shousehold,esquire,andRobertBarkenaldoftheking'shousehold,esquire.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthathewasarrestedagainforthefelonyinTrinity1540butwhenbroughtbeforeKBhewasexoneratedbecausehehadbeenbailed"dedieindie"(thusindefinitely?).ThereisnofurtherprocessfoundinKing'sBench.SandesmaybethesameasJohnSandys,youngersonofLordSandys.ByJuly1539thesonofLordSandyswasadeputyofGuisnesCastle(LordSandysbeingitsgovernor);a1536letternowintheStatePapersindicatesthatthissonwassomethingofatrialtohisfather.Thiswouldaccountforthehigh-rankingbailors;itwouldnot,however,accountforhisgivinghisstatusas"yeoman,"sotheymaybetwodifferentmen.

TNA,KB27/1110,rexm.7;TNA,KB29/171,m.27d,40d;KB29/173,m.21d;SP1/106,fol.33(L&P,11:138);L&P,15:567;16:285,287-88;20:548

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876 SandyaliasDavy

Richard Somerset,Bruton

purserandglover

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Kensington,St.Mary


Southampton

1510 1510-05-13 Asportation AMiddlesexjurypresentedthatRichardSandyandThomasMathewe(ID#1860)hadbeenarrestedatKensingtonon13May1510onsuspicionofhorsetheft,butthenbothSandyandMatthewhadescapedandgoneintosanctuaryatSt.Mary'schurchinKensingtonandthenabjured.Acoroner'smemorandum,alsodated13May1510,survivesforSandy(althoughnonelocatedforMathewe),indicatingthathetookthechurchofSt.MaryinKensington,Midd.,confessingtothecoronerthaton19Dec.1509hehadassaultedandrobbedanunknownmanatRamsbury,Wiltshire,stealingahorsewithhistackleand26s8dinmoney.HealsoconfessedthattogetherwithRichardBrounofWestminsterheattackedandrobbedanotherunknownmanatSouthMimms,Midd.,stealingtwohorsesandagown.Heabjured.Anoteatthebottomofthememorandum,inadifferenthand,notesthathehadbeenconvictedanothertimebeforejusticeThomasMarrockeatWinchesterinLent1505.Notlongafterhisabjuration,on1Jul.1510,SandyappearedbeforeKing'sBench,evidentlyhavingbeencaughtwithintherealm.Hethenclaimedbenefitofclergy,butalthoughhereadasaclerk,theking'sattorneysaidthathewasthesamemanasRichardSaunderofKingsclere,Sussex[sic-Hants?],glover,whohadbeenfoundguiltyofrobberyatWinchesterinLent1505,andhadthenclaimedbenefitofclergyandhadbeenbrandedwitha'T'.Sandyclaimedthathewasnotthesameman,beingfromWiltshire,butjurorsfoundtheywerethesamemanandthushewassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/454,m.37;KB9/467,m.7;KB27/966,m.22

786

1552 Sare Nicholas Oxfordshire,HenleyonThames



On4Oct.1497,accordingtoanindictmentinHillaryterm1499,NicholasCarpenter,ThomasMorys,NicholasSare,WilliamMarkeham,ThomasCurteys,andJohnBurbridge,whohadallbeenimprisonedinWallingfordcastleinBerkshire,escaped,throughthenegligenceofthegaolkeeperGeoffreyHalewell(whowasthepersonindicted).FromthecastletheyranintothecemeteryofthechurchofAllHallows,justoutsidethecastle.Sarehadbeenaccusedof"felony."


1358

1428 Sare Richard Somerset,Minehead

mariner M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1534 AmongstthestatepapersistheconfessionofSare,dated1534,identifiedasinsanctuaryatWestminster;hehadbeenacquittedofapiracychargeatExeter,andservedinmilitarycapacitiesinthenorthofEngland,atBeaumariscastleinWales,andatseafromBrittanytotheOrkneys.Notclearwhyhewasinsanctuary.

TNA,SP1/82,fol.202(L&P,7:106)

1262

1328 Saule William tailor M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Saulewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1162

947 Saunders William Buckinghamshire,Hanslope

yeoman M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,Tring


Dover 1521 1521-11-18 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton18Nov.1521SaunderstooktheparishchurchofTrint,Herts.,andconfessedthathe,WilliamWebbe,andRichardAttherclyffinlateJanuary1519,ontheking'sroadbetweenBridgewaterandTaunton,Somerset,assaultedaclothierwhosenamehedidnotknow,andfeloniouslykilledhimandrobbedhimof£52.Also,on13Nov.1521,inafieldnearAmersham,heassaultedanunknownmanandstolearussetcloakand2s8dinmoney.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/488,m.86 845

264 Savage Anthony Worcestershire,Hanley


1518 1518-02-26 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAnthonySavagesoughtsanctuaryon26Feb.1518because,withothers,atCrossland,Gloucs.,hewaspresentwhentheservantsofJohnSavagetheyounger,knight(seeID#1650),aroundEaster1516,killedJohnPauncefote.AnthonySavagewaspresumablyrelatedtothetwoSirJohnSavages,althoughitisunclearhow;hewasappealedforthehomicidebyPauncefote'swidowalongwiththetwoSirJohnsandanumberofotherpeople.HisrelativeSirJohntheyoungerhadsoughtsanctuarymuchearlier,in1516,andby1518hewasintheTowerawaitingtrial.In1520,theking'ssisterMarywrotetoWolseyremindingthelatterthathehadpromisedtogiveAnthonySavage(thebrotherofoneofherladiesinwaiting)apardon;hehad,shesaid,become"soimpoverishedbyhislongandpainfulsuit,thathehathnotwherebytolive."HewaspardonedforhisroleinthePauncefotehomicideon6May1521.

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1650 Savage John Worcestershire,Hanley

knight M SJJ:St.John'sStreet

CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-05-10 Homicide Accordingtoatleastsixty-sevenindictmentsdrawnupagainstthem,SirJohnSavagetheelderandSirJohnSavagetheyounger,fatherandson,murderedthegentlemanJohnPauncefoteon31Mar.1516.InTrinityterm1516,theyoungerSavagewasbroughttoKing’sBenchtofaceanappealofmurderbroughtbyPauncefote’swidowBridget.Hepleadedsanctuary,indicatingthaton10May1516hehadtakensanctuaryinapropertybelongingtothepriorofSt.JohnofJerusaleminSt.John’sStreetinClerkenwell,inahouseleasedbyWilliamHanley.On20Jun.1516hewasseizedfromthere,takentotheTower,andfromtheretoKing’sBench.Savagepresentedlonganddetailedargumentsregardinghissanctuaryclaim,includingseveralprecedents.ThepriorofSJJ,ThomasDocwra,wassummonedtoshowwithdocumentsandcharterstheproperty’ssanctuaryprivileges;DocwraappearedinMichaelmas1518,butrequestedanadjournmentashiscasewastoocomplextopresentthen,andhedidnotreappear.Byearly1520Pauncefote’swidowhaddroppedhercaseandSavagethendroppedhissanctuarypleaandpresentedapardonfortheking’ssuitofhomicide.TherewasnorulingonthesanctuaryprivilegeofthehouseinSt.John’sStreet,althoughtherewasconsiderablediscussionamongstthejusticesandmembersoftheking’scouncil(inthepresenceoftheking)recordedbyCaryll.Thecasedidnothavetheeffectofextinguishingsanctuaryclaimsingeneral,orevenapparentlyforSJJpropertiesinparticular,asclaimedbyIvesin"Crime,Sanctuary."Seealsothe1518sanctuaryseekingatDurhamofanaccessory,AnthonySavage(ID#264).

Baker,Caryll'sReports,704-13(incl.transcriptofKB27/1020,pleam.60);Ives,"Crime,Sanctuary,"296-320;McSheffrey,SS,99-106

1431

682 Savage John Wiltshire,Salisbury


1529 1529-03-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSavagesoughtsanctuaryon15Mar.1529fordebt.

SDSB,190 613

1209 Savage Thomas Yorkshire,Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

yeoman M Ripon(abjurationfromYork,Whitefriars)


1534 1534-07-01 Asportation Alsoappealedonamurder,butnotconfessedtocoroner

Coroner'sinquestinthecityofYorkon14Mar.1534overthebodyofAmeryBurdett.ThejurorsfoundthatThomasSavage(ID#1209)andJohnColynson(ID#1208)murderedhim,andotherswereindictedasaccessories.SavageandColynsonweresaidtofleetotheCarmelitefriars(Whitefriars)churchinYork.Coroner'smemorandumdated1Jul.1534(threeandahalfmonthslater?)statedthatColynsontookthechurchoftheCarmelitesinthecityofYork.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Jun.1528hehadbrokenintoacloseandstolenahorse,thesamecrime,andthesamedatealthoughdifferentregnalyear,asintheconfessionofThomasSavage.BothSavageandColynsonabjuredandchoseRipon.BothwereappealedofthemurderofAmeryBurdettbyBurdett'swidowKatherine,althoughshedidnotfollowthroughontheprosecution.SavageandColynsonwerebothoutlawedon20Sept.1535.

TNA,KB9/529,mm.187,194;KB29/167,m.23;TNA,KB29/168,Outlawries;38d

1062

1713 Savage William Kent,Sandwich

skinner M Church-taking,London,St.BotulphwithoutAldgate


Dover 1484 1484-09-23 Homicide Alsotheft Coroner'smemorandumthaton23Sept.1484SavagetooktheparishchurchofSt.BotulphwithoutAldgate.Heconfessedthaton12Apr.1483hehadstolenahorseatWinchesterfromJohnBrande,chapman,andkilledBrande.Heabjured,butmusthavebeensubsequentlycaughtintherealm,asthememorandumwascalleduptoKBbywritdated27Nov.1484,andanoteontheindictmentindicateshewashanged.

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1134 SavellaliasFavell

Robert London capper M SJJ:St.John'sStreet

CharteredSanctuary

1511 1511-07-25 Asportation SavellappearedatgaoldeliveryatNewgateon7Nov.1511,andwhenaskedtorespondtoanindictmentofrobbingRichardHolmesatWestminsterof2s8don4Aug.1511,hepleadedsanctuary,claimingthatthehadbeenseizedfromahouseonSt.John'sStreetinthetenureoftheHospitalofSt.JohnofJerusaleminClerkenwell.Theking'sattorneyrespondedthathewasatlargeoutsidesanctuary;thejuryfoundhewasnotinsanctuaryandthathewasguiltyoffelony.Hethenpleadedclergy,buttheking'sattorneyclaimedthathehadapreviousfelonyconviction,andsohewasremandedtoprison,pleadedclergyagainonhisnextappearance,thistimesuccessfully(norecordofpreviousfelonyconvictionlocated),anddeliveredtothecustodyoftheordinary.Thiswasinfactnothisfirstclergyclaim--hehad pleadedclergy,apparentlyunsuccessfully,in1502,althoughhesomehowescapedthenooseatthatpoint.Later,in1516,hewasindictedagainforrobberyalongwithStrandsanctuary-claimants(ID#1137,1138,1139),andonthatoccasionhewasfinallysentencedtohang.

TNA,KB27/1005,rexm.3d;KB29/133,m.12d;KB27/1018,rexm.11;KB29/147,m.38

1000

1188 Sawer John Sussex,Playden

carpenter M Beaulieu(abjurationfromSussex,Newfield)


1531 1531-11-30 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton30Nov.1531SawertooktheparishchurchofNewfield,Sussex,confessingtothecoronerthaton30May1529hehadmurderedThomasBoodeinNorfolk.Heabjuredandchosethesanctuaryof"belloloco"(Beaulieu),Hants.

TNA,KB9/521,m.83;KB29/165,m.25d

1045

877 SawyeraliasWolmer

George Surrey,Lingfield

husbandman;yeoman;sawyer

M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.MaryOverey


Southampton

1499 1499-02-21 Asportation AseriesofrecordsofproceedingsatKing'sBenchshowthatSawyertookthechurchofSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwarkinFeb.1499afterastringofburglariesandrobberiesinKentin1498,butwasdraggedfromthechurchbyThomasBrabsonandThomasDent.HispleaofsanctuaryinEasterterm1500atKing'sBenchwassuccessfulandhewasrestoredtoSt.MaryOverey.Heabjuredfromthereon27June1500,butwascaughtintherealmsoonafter.WhenbroughtbacktoKing'sBenchinTrinityterm1500,hesuccessfullypleadedclergyandwasputintocustodyofarchdeaconofWestminster.In1510,anotherrecordindicatesthatheescapedfromtheWestminster"convicthouse"(theprisoninsidetheWestminstersanctuaryforclerksattaint).

TNA,KB27/953,m.4;KB27/956,rexm.2d;KB29/130,m.27d,29;KB9/454,m.38

787

369 Saxton Robert Yorkshire,Tickhill


1511 1511-03-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSaxtonsoughtsanctuaryon24Mar.1511forhomicideofacertainunknownvagabond.

SDSB,127 317

1764 Scarburgh William Hertfordshire,Ware

tailor M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,WareSt.Mary


Hull 1416 1416-09-10 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Sept.1416twomenofWare,WilliamScarburghandEdwardTaillour,bothtailors,fledtotheirparishchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthatseveraldaysbeforetheyhadlaininwaitandkilledJohnHokeofLondonjustoutsideWare.Bothabjured.

TNA,KB9/994,m.35 1540

1751 Scayff Miles Yorkshire,KirkbyMalzeard

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Aberford


KingstonuponHull

1527 1527-02-14 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatAberford,Yorks.,on14Feb.1527Scayfftooktheparishchurchthere,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton12Feb.1527hehadbrokenintothehouseofRobertGamyllatWynhousez,Yorks.,andstolenahorse.Andalsothaton15Jan.1527atNottinghamhehadstolenanotherhorse,andalsoatStrafforthinthetownshipofKirkbyMalzeardon16Oct.1526hehadbrokenintohisownfather'scloseandstolenahorse.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/973,m.78;KB29/159,m.2d

1529

1703 Scharpharowe

Robert Cumbria,LittleCorby

M WetheralPriory CharteredSanctuaryAmbiguous

1501 1501-05-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatLittleCorby,Cumbria,9May1501,overthebodyofChristopherIveson.JurorsreportthatScharpharowekilledhimandthenfledtothe"libertiesofWetheralwithhisgoods."

TNA,KB9/423,m.8 1482

506 Schippyngall Thomas Yorkshire,Alverthorpe[?]


1490 1490-06-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSchippyngallsoughtsanctuaryon20Jun.1490forthehomicideofHenryLechemanintheparishofAlthorp[Alverthorpe?].

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542 Scolez William Yorkshire,Wakefield


1484 1484-02-13 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatScolezsoughtsanctuaryon13Feb.1484forthedeathofThomasProktonofFeatherstone,Yorks.,husbandman,whomhekilledon30Jan.1484.

SDSB,162 477

1845 Screvener Richard Essex,WestHorndon

labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,Saleshurst


Rye 1515 1515-01-14 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatSaleshurston14Jan.1515,Screvenertooktheparishchurchandon16Jan.1515confessedtothecoronerthattogetherwithWilliamJoynkelynofFarningham,Kent,labourer,hehadon30Dec.1514assaultedJohnaWoddewithforceandarmsatWestThurrockinEssex,suchthataWoddedespairedforhislife,andadditionallyhestoleabluetunicworth5sandothergoodsincludingasword,shield,anddagger.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/469,m83 1612

392 Sederyngton William Yorkshire,Ecclesfield


1514 1514-10-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSederyngtonsoughtsanctuaryon3Oct.1514fordebt.

SDSB,131 338

363 Sedyngton William Yorkshire,Flamborough


1510 1510-10-28 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSedyngtonsoughtsanctuaryon28Oct.1510fordebt.

SDSB,125 311

487 Seil William Yorkshire,Wakefield


1484 1484-07-29 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSeilsoughtsanctuaryon29Jul.1483andadmittedthathehadkilledJohnLakeofWakefieldon25July1483.

SDSB,151 429

1683 Selby Thomas London baker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1538 Debt InaChancerybill,JohnCoventreofWestminster,shoemaker,complainedthaton18May1538hehadbeenharrassedbyJamesGroceofSouthamptonbecauseRichardMillerandThomasSelby,whohadbeenindebtedtoCoventrefor£50,hadfledandtakensanctuaryatBeverley.(NeitherisinBeverleysanctuaryregister.)

TNA,C1/967/55 1464

1479 Selby William M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1538 Debt AccordingtoWestminsterAbbey'srentalrecordforSt.MartinleGrand,theabbotleasedachamberinthelate1530sto"WilliamSelbe,seyntoryman,"whofromotherrecordsappearstohavebeenadebtor.Bythe1540s,SelbyhadbecomeanassistanttotheconstableintheprecinctaccordingtosomeChanceryrecords.

"1538-40Rental,"Kempe,HistoricalNotices,207;L&P,17:393;WillofHughPayne,24Aug.1542(probated26June1543),PCC11/29,fols.173r-174r;TNA,C1/888/11;C1/946/26,C1/965/24-25;McSheffrey,SS,121

1306

705 Seman Thomas Norfolk,GreatYarmouth


1519 1519-04-11 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSemansoughtsanctuaryon11Apr.1519fordebt.

SDSB,196 636

459 Semay John Yorkshire,Storthwaite


1499 1499-04-05 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSemaysoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon5Apr.1499,admittingthathehadkilledRichardSemayatStorthwaite.

SDSB,146 404

629 Senexer Thomas Yorkshire,Holme-on-Spalding-Moor


1523 1523-08-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSenexersoughtsanctuaryon3Aug.1523fordebt.

SDSB,179 560

966 Senyour John Suffolk,Covehithe

smith M Church-taking,Suffolk,Gorleston


Lynn 1525 1525-12-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatGorleston,Suffolk,on27Dec.1525,overthebodyofRichardAdamofGreatYarmouth,shoemaker.Thejurorsreportedthaton26Dec.inthegardenofJohnCorneys,AdamwasinGod'speaceandtheking'swhenaround5pmJohnSenyourattackedhimwithaknifeandkilledhim.Immediatelyafterwards,SenyourfledtothechurchofSt.AndrewinGorleston.Thesamebillalsorecordshiscconfession,indicatingthatheabjuredandthat"lettersofpassage"wereissuedtohimbythecoroner.

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913 Sevier Ralph Hampshire,Winchester

butcher M Church-taking,Hampshire,Michildever,St.Mary


Poole 1520 1520-07-20 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Jul.1520SeviertooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinMicheldever,Hants.Hecalledforthecoroner,andconfessedtohimthattogetherwithHenryDavysandThomasWellysofWestminsteron14Jul.1520atNorthStonehamhehadbrokenintothehouseandcloseofNicholasWeste,husbandman,andstolenmoneyandclothesfromachestinthehouse.Healso,withthesametwomen,attackedamanwithadaggerasherodeonthehighroadbetweenChelmsfordandBurnwoodinEssex,murderinghimandstealing£30fromhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/484,m.60 818

85 Seyll Richard Yorkshire,Askrigg


1500 1500-12-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSeyllsoughtsanctuaryon19Dec.1500becauseon25Nov.1500,attheoutskirtsofthetownofAskrigg,Yorkshire,hehadfeloniouslyhitThomasLayfettontheheadwithaclub,fromwhichblowLayfettdiedabouttendayslater.

SDSB,33-34 76

1480 Seyntbarbe **** M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1497 Treason InaninquiryregardingtheboundsofSt.MartinleGrandsanctuaryundertakeninthemid-1530s,witnessWilliamMathewtestifiedthatSeyntbarbe,aretainerofLordAudley,oneoftheleadersofPerkinWarbeck’srebellionin1497,fledtoSt.Martin’sfollowingthedefeatoftherebels;heremainedinsanctuaryformanyyears.

TNA,STAC2/20/323,mm.19-23;McSheffrey,SS,49,133

1307

1263 Seyve Elizabeth London F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1470 1470-02-26 Perjury IntestimonyattheLondonConsistorycourtinamarriagecase,Seyvewasreportedonabout26Feb.1470tohavegoneintosanctuaryatSt.Martin'sincontextofallegationsofsuborningperjuryinhersuit.Shemusthavesubsequentlycomeoutofsanctuary,asshewasexaminedon20Mar.1470(fols.54v-55r).

LMA,DL/C/0205,fol.59r 1106

552 Shalkok William Yorkshire,Ledston

cartwright M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1482 1482-03-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatShalkoksoughtsanctuaryon24Mar.1482forthedeathofWilliamFentonmanofLedston,husbandman,killedbyhimon24Feb.1482.

SDSB,165 487

148 Sharparow John Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1507 1507-06-09 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSharparowsoughtsanctuaryon9Jun.1507becauseafterEdwardGallonalsoofNewcastleattackedhim,hestabbedGallonintheneckwithadagger,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthenextday.Thiscouldbethesamemanas1502Durhamsanctuary-seekerJohnSherparow,ID#92,althoughthelatterwasfromCrosby,Yorkshire.

SDSB,48 117

1541 Sharpcliff John Staffordshire,Lichfield

tallowchandler

M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Lichfield,Greyfriars



TNA,KB9/410,m.90;KB29/127,m.1

1352

972 Shawe Thomas Norfolk,Walsingham;alsoofKent,Hythe

butcher M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Rye 1525 1525-11-26 Homicide Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525ShawetookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton6May1525ataplacecalled"Lonfield"intheparishofBarsham,Norfolk,heandThomasLaurensofWalsingham,Norfolk,butcher,assaultedJohnRobynsandkilledhim.Inadditionon25Sept.1525atAshford,Kent,hehadbrokenintothecloseofanunknownmanandstolenageldingwithasaddle,bridle,andgown[NB,thislastcrimealsoconfessedbyNicholasSkryvener,ID#967].Heabjured.NotethatShawewasoneofsevenmen,includingSkryvener,whotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday,eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies(withtheexceptionofthehorsethefttowhichbothShaweandSkryvenerconfessed),suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

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1472 Shenyfeld John M SMLG CharteredSanctuary



1301

1473 Shenyfeld Joyce F SMLG CharteredSanctuary



1301

742 Shepman Henry London pinner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-08-19 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatShepmansoughtsanctuaryon19Aug.1533forfelony.

SDSB,203 671

551 Sher William Lancashire,Warton


1481 1481-11-26 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatShersoughtsanctuaryon26Nov.1481forthedeathofJohnThomsonofWarton,labourer,whomhekilledon25Nov.1479.

SDSB,164 486

92 Sherparow John Yorkshire,Holm-end,Crosby


1502 1502-12-24 Homicide Falseaccusation

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSherparowsoughtsanctuarybecausehisrelativeRobertSherparow,ofLittleCorby,Carlisle,struckacertainChristopherVeson,alsoofLittleCorby,perforatinghischestwithalanceinthetownofCorbyinearlyMay1501.Vesondiedfromtheblow.AndbecauseJohnSherparowfearedthathewouldbeindictedandprosecutedbyroyalofficialsforVeson'sdeath,eventhoughhewasnotinvolved,hesoughtsanctuary.

SDSB,36 83

641 Shore Walter Yorkshire,BarmbyMoor


1524 1524-04-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatShoresoughtsanctuaryon25Apr.1524fordebt.

SDSB,182 572

156 Shotton Ralph Yorkshire,Brompton,[orUsworth,Co.Durham?]


1507 1507-11-29 Ravishment DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatShottonsoughtsanctuaryon29Nov.1507becauseabout13Oct.1507atBromptonnearSouthallerton,Yorks.,heravished[rapuit]AliceColson,againstherandherparents'will,andtookhertoatowncalledUsworthinDurhamdiocese.

SDSB,50 124

102 Skafe Robert Ripon,Yorks. M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1504 1504-02-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertSkafesoughtsanctuaryon5Feb.1504becausewithRalphBlesdell,hisaccessory,on15Jan.1504hehadassaultedReginaldMidiltonontheking'sroadinRipon.HestruckReginaldonthethighwithasword,killinghim.RalphBlesdellalsosoughtsanctuarybecausehewaspresentwhenSkafekilledMidilton.


92

1597 Skathlok Edmund Yorkshire,Ripon




1383


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1598 Skathlok John Yorkshire,Ripon




1383

1591 Skelton John poet M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1518 ThepoetJohnSkeltonwasnamed(as"theLaureate")intheWestminsterAbbeyRegisterBookasleasingapropertyinthesanctuaryprecinctatWestminster(inanentrydated8Aug.1518).ItistraditionallyassumedthatSkeltonwasresidentthereeithertoallowhimtocriticizeCardinalWolseyopenlywithoutfearofreprisal(highlyunlikely,inmyopinion--thereisnosignsanctuarywasusedinthatfashion),orfordebt(muchmorelikely);butthereisnoclearevidencethatIhavefoundthathewasprivileged,asopposedtohissimplysub-lettingahousewithintheprecinct.

WAM,WestminsterAbbeyRegisterBookII,1509-36(typescriptcalendar),fols.146rv;GregWalker,JohnSkeltonandthePoliticsofthe1520s(Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1988),88,99

1379

1545 Skelton William Huntingdonshire,Sawtry

tailor M Huntingdonshire,SawtryAbbey


1497 1497-05-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport28Sept.1497,atAbbotsGidding,Leytonstone,Huntingdonshire,overthebodyofWilliamSkeltonofSawtry,Hunts.Jurorssaythaton10May1497TayllourassaultedWilliamandgavehimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedimmediately,andthatafterwardsAlexanderfledtothesanctuaryofSawtry.[ThispresumablymeanstheCistercianAbbeyofSawtry;VCHHunts.,1:391-92;http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38146.]ItisunclearbothwhetherTaylloursoughtpermanentortemporarysanctuaryattheabbey,andwhythecoroner'sinquestwasdelayedforoverfourmonths.

TNA,KB9/416,m.59 1355

1008 SkeltonaliasMarcus

John Kent,Sandhurst

tanner,yeoman

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Westminster,St.GilesintheFields


1528 1528-05-06 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

InaMiddlesexindictmentthejurorspresentedthatRalphMartenoftheparishofSt.GilesintheFields,yeoman,hadtakenintohiscustodyon6May1528acertainJohnSkeltonofSandershe,Kent,tanner,aliasJohnMarcusofBrasted,Kent,yeoman,onsuspicionoffelony.TransportinghimfromChelseatoSt.Giles,SkeltonescapedintotheparishchurchofSt.Gilesandclaimedsanctuary.Hethenabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.68 907

1273 Skotte John Middlesex,Westminster




706


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967 Skryvener Nicholas Kent,Ashford butcher M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


Harwich 1525 1525-11-26 Asportation Alsoburglary Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525SkryvenertookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton5Sept.1524heandothershadassaultedanunknownmaninacertainwoodneartheking'sroadinHarleston,Lincs.,killinghimandstealinghisgown,sword,shield,andmoney.Inaddition,on25Sept.1525hebrokeintoJohnCarter'scloseatAshford,Kent,andstoleageldingwithsaddleandbridle,andagown(NB:ThomasShawe,ID#972,alsoconfessedtothissamecrime).Heabjured.NotethatSkryvenerwasoneofsevenmenwhotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday,eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies(withtheexceptionofthehorsethefttowhichbothSkryvenerandShaweconfessed),suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.86 865

303 Skynnylby Hugh Lincolnshire,Canysburgh[?]


1510 1510-12-24 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSkynnylbysoughtsanctuaryon24Dec.1510forfelony.

SDSB,113 251

191 Slake Henry London[?] M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-05-02 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSlakesoughtsanctuaryon2May1512becauseatShoreditchnearLondon,inearlyMaytwenty-sixyearsbefore(c.1486),hehadlethallystruckacertainstrangerwithapikestaff,killinghim.

SDSB,61 157

602 Smalpage John Yorkshire,Wakefield


1517 1517-08-25 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmalpagesoughtsanctuaryon25Aug.1517fordebt.

SDSB,174 534

93 Smertwhet William Yorkshire,Masham


1503 1503-01-15 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmertwhetsoughtsanctuaryon15Jan.1503becauseaweekbefore,on8Jan.,heandhisfatherhadbeenattackedbyEdwardYngram,RichardYngram,andJohnYngram,brothers,andGeorgeHorsman,onahighwaynexttothechurchinMasham.Inhisowndefence,hestruckJohnYngraminthechestwithabaselard,fromwhichYngramdiedthefollowingday.

SDSB,37 84

190 SmetonaliasShaw

John Yorkshire,Bowes


1512 1512-03-22 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmetonsoughtsanctuaryon22Mar.1512becauseontheprevious28Feb.,atBowes,hehadstruckRichardCookeontheheadwithapikestaff,killinghim.

SDSB,61 156

1856 Smith Geoffrey London yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.George


Dover 1461 Homicide SpelmanreportedthatinthefirstyearofEdwardIV'sreign(1461-62)SmithtookthechurchofSt.George'sinSouthwarkandconfessedamurdertocoroner"RS";heabjured.CouldpossiblybethesameasGeoffreyGwynnyth(seeker#846),alsoayeomanofLondonwhoabjuredbeforecoronerRichardSkynnerfromSt.George's,butin1481.

Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:53

1623

1258 Smyth Adam London brewer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1425 Debt TheLondonPleaandMemorandaRollrecordsthereleaseofapprenticeJohnQwyntynfromhiscontractwithAdamSmyth,brewer,becauseSmythhadwithdrawntosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand,andhadnotinstructedorprovidedforhim.DebtasthereasonforSmyth'ssanctuaryissurmisedfromcontext.

CPMR,4:203 1101

484 Smyth Alexander Surrey,KingstonuponThames


1488 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryin1488,acknowledgingthehomicideofJohnBarbourofEllingtoninMiddlesex,witha"baslardo,"around24Jun.1485atIslington,Middlesex.

SDSB,151 426

1187 Smyth Clemence Sussex,Broadwater

spinster F Beaulieu(abjurationfromSussex,Broadwater,AssumptionoftheVirginMary)


1532 1532-05-18 Homicide Infanticide Coroner'smemorandumthaton18May1532,atthechurchoftheAssumptionoftheVirginatBroadwater,Sussex,ClemenceSmythtooksanctuary.Sheadmittedthatshehadbeenathiefandafelon,becauseon30Apr.1532shehadgivenbirthtoacertain"orphan,"agirlchild,atBroadwater,inacertainsecretplacecalledCalowesgarden,aroundnoon,andthenshecrushedtheinfantunderherfeetandkilledandmurderedit.Sherefusestocomebeforethejustices,andsosoughttoabjure,choosingthesanctuaryofBeaulieu.ShewasbrandedandthenputintothecustodyoftheconstableofthehundredofByrtfordtoleadhertoBeaulieu.

TNA,KB9/521,m.82;KB29/165,m.25d

1044


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784 Smyth John Middlesex,Colham

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Cowley


Bristol 1400 1400-11-08 Felony Alsoescapefromgaol

Coroner'smemorandumatCowley,Middlesex,8Nov.1400,thatafterhavingbeenarrestedbyvillagersofCowleyandimprisoned,Smythescapedandfledtotheparishchurch.Heconfessedseveralfeloniestothecoroner,abjured,andwasassignedtheportofBristol,butanoteonthememorandumindicateshewashangedandthushemusthavebeencaughtintherealmafterwards.

TNA,KB9/185/2,m.4 711

880 Smyth John Somerset,Wulwade[?]

weaver M Church-taking,Somerset,TempleCloud,St.JohntheBaptist[?];SJJ?

Takingchurch 1509 1509-07-23 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatWulwade[?],Somerset,12July1509overthebodyofRichardBayn.JurorsreportedthatJohnSmythattackedBayn,andstruckhimonthebackoftheheadwithastaff,killinghimimmediately.AfterwardshefledtotheparishchurchofSt.JohntheBaptistatTempleCloud,Somerset[althoughtheparishchurchatTempleCloudisdedicatedtoSt.Barnabas;possiblytherewasHospitallerpropertythere,giventheapparentTemplarassociation,butIhavenotfoundsuchaconnection].TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatSmythwasoutlawedon1Oct.1515.

TNA,KB9/455,m.116;KB29/142,m.19d

790

595 Smyth John London grocer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-04-08 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnSmyth,identifiedasgrocerand"alder<...>,"andanotherJohnSmyth,pouchmaker,soughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1517fordebt.TherewasnoLondonaldermannamedJohnSmythc.1517.

SDSB,173 528

596 Smyth John London pouchmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-04-08 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnSmyth,identifiedasgrocerand"alder<man>,"andanotherJohnSmyth,pouchmaker,soughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1517fordebt.

SDSB,173 528

241 Smyth John Northumberland,Stanton,Longhorsley


1517 1517-06-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRobertSmythsoughtsanctuaryon7Jun.1517becauseon4Jun.1517JohnSmyth,followinganassaultonhim,struckinhisowndefenceacertainWilliamLawsonofStantonwithadaggerintherightarm,andRobert,asanaccessory,alsostruckLawsonbutdidnotwoundhim.Lawsondiedtwodayslater.

SDSB,75-76 202

1744 Smyth John Staffordshire,Ryddesley[Rugeley?]

mercer M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Plymouth 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatSmythtookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofSt.MarybyHertfordpriory.Confessedtothecoronerthaton16Oct.1526hehadassaultedanunknownmanatNewportPondeinEssex,onthehighroad,androbbedhimof42sworthofgoodsandmoney.HeabjuredandwasassignedPlymouth.SmythwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.61;KB29/159,m.2d

1522

725 Smyth Ralph Northumberland,Newburn


1531 1531-07-31 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon31Jul.1531fordebt.

SDSB,199 654

851 Smyth Richard Middlesex,Southall

husbandman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Southall

Takingchurch 1487 1487-01-28 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatNorwood,Middlesex,overthebodyofJohnColeJr.ofGreatGreenford,on28Jan.1487.JurorssaythatColewaskilledbySmythandthatimmediatelyafterhefledtotheparishchurchofSouthall,takinghishedgingbill,themurderweapon,withhim.Awritdated1Feb.1487calledtherecorduptoKing'sBench;neitherrecordmentionsanabjuration.

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383 Smyth Richard Yorkshire,Knapton


1512 1512-05-10 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon10May1512forthehomicideofacertainmilleratSherburn[inElmet,Yorkshire].

SDSB,129-30 330

925 Smyth Richard Northamptonshire,King'sCliffe

smith M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,King'sCliffe


Dover 1517 1517-04-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatKing'sCliffe,Northants.,on20Apr.1517thatSmythfledtothechurchthere.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton18Apr.1517hehadstolenabay-colouredhorseworth20s.fromJohnSmyth.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/474,m.36 823

242 Smyth Robert Northumberland,Stanton,Longhorsley


1517 1517-06-07 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnandRobertSmythsoughtsanctuaryon7Jun.1517becauseon4Jun.1517JohnSmyth,followinganassaultonhim,struckinhisowndefenceacertainWilliamLawsonofStantonwithadaggerintherightarm,andRobert,asanaccessory,alsostruckLawsonbutdidnotwoundhim.Lawsondiedtwodayslater.

SDSB,75-76 202

655 Smyth Robert Yorkshire,Anlaby


1525 1525-01-28 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon28Jan.1525forthemurderofRobertEkoppaliasHikkopp.

SDSB,185 586

1194 Smyth Thomas Hertfordshire,Hendon

labourer M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromHertfordshire,AshwellSt.Mary



Coroner'smemorandumthatSmythtookthechurchofSt.MaryatAshwell,Herts.,on8Jan.1533,confessingthaton4Jan.hehadbrokenintothecloseofJohnNeleatHendonandstolenahorse.On7Jan.hewasarrestedatAshwellforthetheftandputintothestocks,butbecauseofthenegligenceofHenryBygrave,whohadarrestedhim,heescaped,andhefledintothesanctuaryasabove.Heabjured,wasbranded,andchoseWestminster.

TNA,KB9/523,m.51;KB29/166,m.2d

1050

747 Smyth Thomas Norfolk,Saxthorpe


1534 1534-10-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon10Oct.1534fordebt.

SDSB,204 676

1495 Smyth William Hertfordshire,St.Albans

currier(leather-dresser)

M Church-taking,Kent,Canterbury,St.Andrew


Sandwich 1426 1426-07-19 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton19July1426atCanterburyWilliamSmythtookchurchatSt.Andrew's,Canterbury,asaservantofasheriffofKenttriedtoarresthim.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton9May1401--25yearsbefore--at"Wentebregge"nearPontefract,Yorks.,hehadkilledacertainJohnRobert.Heabjured.AbillfromWilliamCookofLondonsubmittedtoKing'sBenchallegedthathehadgivena"bailifferrant"3s8dtoarrestSmythandSmyth'swifeAliceonadebtcase,butthatCooknegligentlyallowedSmythtotakesanctuaryandabjure,andrefusedtoarrestAlice.AsSmythcouldnotabjurefordebt,Freemansuggeststhathebroughtup(maybeeveninvented?)anoldfelonyforthesakeofanabjuration.

TNA,KB9/224,m.255;KB9/937,m.54;Freeman,"AndHeAbjured,"295

1317

45 Smyth William Yorkshire,Smeaton

labourer,servantofRogerVincent


1490 1490-11-27 Homicide Defenceofemployer

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon27Nov.1490becauseontheprevious23Sept.inthetownofSmeatonhehadstruckGeorgeLoogeintheheadwitha"Carlisleaxe,"actingindefenceofhismaster,RogerVincent,whowasthenbeingpursuedbyhisenemies.Loogesoonafterdied.

SDSB,17 40

1463 Smyth William Yorkshire,Pontefract


1509 1509-10-24 Beverleysanctuaryregister[ascorrectedbyThornley]recordsthatWilliamSmythsoughtsanctuaryon27Oct.1509[entryrecordedinEnglish-andthencrossedout].


1294

1674 Smyth William London tallowchandler

M St.KatherinebytheTower

CharteredSanctuary

1515 Debt InaChancerypetition,datablebetween1515-1518,SmythindicatedthathehadtakensanctuaryatSt.KatherinebytheTower,whichhesaidwasprivilegedfordebt,andthatAdamGreneofLondon,cooper,feignedamatteroffelonyagainsthiminordertohavehimarrested(forthepurposeofextortingmoneyfromhim),whichcouldbedonebecauseSt.Katherine'swasprivilegedfordebtbutnotfelony.

TNA,C1/446/24 1456

587 Smyth William London M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-12-05 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSmythsoughtsanctuaryon5Dec.1516forthehomicideofRobertHungarford.

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1148 SmythaliasChalfunt

William London yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.Magnus

Takingchurch 1527 1527-06-17 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatMaidstone18Jun.1527,SmythaliasChalfuntwasindictedforhavingbrokenintothehouseofRichardSnatteatHuntington,Kent,around9pmon6Mar.1527;heassaultedSnatteandstole5marksfromacertainchest.Atthegaoldelivery,SmythpleadedthatcomingfromtheTowerofLondontotheMarshalseaprisonheescapedandtookthechurchofSt.Magnusassanctuary.Manyunknownpersons,withforceandarms,expelledhimfromthechurch,andheseekstoberestoredthere.Theking'sattorneyarguedthathispleawasinsufficientinlaw,andinsteadhepleadedclergysuccessfully.inTrinity1534,oneChalfuntofLondon,capper,appearedonWilliamSmythaliasChalfunt'sbehalfinKing'sBench,andsaidthatbecauseSmythisinthecustodyofThomas,archbishopofCanterbury,asaclerkattaint,hecouldnotappearinpersoninthecourttopresenthispardonunlessawritwasissuedsothathecouldbebroughtintocourt.Laterthesametermheappearedbyvirtueofthewritandpresentedthepardon,dated26Jun.1534,andwentsinedie.ThislattermanoeuvrewasreportedbySpelman.

TNA,KB9/527,mm.59-60;KB27/1092,rexm.17;KB29/167,m.3d;Baker,Spelman'sReports,1:52,169.

1009

1289 Smything Edward Hanse merchant("Easterling")

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1524 Apetitionaddressedto"MasterCromwell,councilloroftheLordLegate[Wolsey]"writtenbyEdwardSmything,"Easterling,"privilegedasasanctuarymanatWestminster,asksforaletterofprotectionsothathecouldredeemgoodswrongfullydetainedfromhimbyAnthonyDuodo(whohadcloths"representingthestoryofChrist'smawndyeandhisprayinginthegarden"),HermanHulseman(whohadacloth"representingJesusbearingtheCross");andthelastinthehandsofSirJohnGryffith,priest.Althoughhisreasonforhavingsoughtprivilegeisnotstated,thecircumstancesmakeitlikelyhewasadebtor.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.62(L&P,4/1:429)

1124

117 Snell Henry Yorkshire,Hunderthwaite



SDSB,41-42,43 100

1836 Somer William M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1529 Asportation AccordingtoaStarChamberbillsubmittedbySirGeorgeThrockmorton,hewaspreventedin1529fromtakingtemporarypossessionoftheHospitallermanorofBalsall--ashewascommandedtodopendingasuitinChancerybetweenMartinDocwraandWilliamWeston,prioroftheHospitallerorder--byDocwra'ssummoningoffifteensanctuarymenfromKnowlesanctuary,amongwhomThrockmortonnamedtwothieves,JohnEdwardsandWilliamSomer.ThrockmortonindicatesthathewasabletoarrestEdwardsandSomerandtakethemtoWarwickgaoltoanswerfortheirfelonies.

TNA,STAC2/12/236 1604

1499 Somerhill Hugh Herefordshire,Leominster

yeoman;courtier

M Church-taking,London,AllHallowstheGreat

Takingchurch 1437 1437-10-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatSomerhilltookchurchatAllHallowstheGreatinLondonon3Oct.1437andconfessedtothecoronerthatinearlySeptemberhehadbrokenintothehouseofHenryChadirton,gentleman,andstolenvariouspiecesofclothing.Noindicationofabjuration.TheindictmentnoteshewasincustodyintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/229/1,m.32 1320

620 Somers Leo Yorkshire,Hornsea


1518 1518-05-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSomerssoughtsanctuaryon4May1518fordebt.

SDSB,178 551

790 Songer John Gloucestershire,Gloucester

fisher M Church-taking,Middlesex,Hanwell


Southampton

1407 1407-03-04 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Mar.1407SongertooktheparishchurchofHanwell.HeconfessedtothecoronerthatinDecember1406hehadmurderedamaninSparkford,Somerset.Heabjured.

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1797 Sot John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 Debt InaChancerypetition,LaurenceTeymonsoncomplainedthathehadbeenarrestedfortrespassforhisroleinarrestingasanctuarymanofWestminster,JohnSot,onaplaintofdebt,whileSotwasoutsidethesanctuaryintheparishofSt.ClementDanes.Dateapproximate(range1467-72).

TNA,C1/46/241 1572

660 Sotherell Robert Lincolnshire,Lincoln


1525 1525-06-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSotherellsoughtsanctuaryon15Jun.1525fordebt.

SDSB,186 591

1063 Southwell Anthony London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-04-20 Homicide Coroner’sinquest20Apr.1532atWestminsterwithinthesanctuaryoftheabbeyoverthebodyofWilliamPennington,knight.ThejurorsfoundthatafterPenningtonhadmetupwithRichardSouthwellinWestminsterHallandtheyexchangedwords,PenningtonangrilychallengingSouthwelltomeethimoutside.Pennington,withsixretainers,metupwithRichardSouthwell,whowasaccompaniedbyhisbrothersRobertandAnthony,MatthewFraunsham,RichardWood,WilliamBofeld,andDavidLloyd,onacausewaybetweenthesanctuaryandTothill.Anaffrayensued,inthecourseofwhichAnthony–comingtothedefenceofhisbrotherRichard,whowasonthegroundwithPennington’sswordathisthroat–gavePenningtonamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.TheSouthwellsthentooksanctuaryattheabbey(eventhoughthefelonytookplaceinsidethesanctuaryprecinct,whichshouldhavebeenabar).Thiswasahighlypoliticalcase,andthisinquestreportwasquitepossiblyafakedstory;diplomaticreportsandothersourcessuggestthatthequarrelrelatedtodisputesontheking'scouncilbetweenthedukeofNorfolk(Southwell'spatron)andthedukeofSuffolk(Pennington'spatron).TheSouthwellsandtheirretainersallpresentedapardon,dated15June1532,inKing’sBenchinEasterterm1533,andRichardSouthwellpaidafineof£1000.Thepardonwasconfirmedbyanactofparliamentin1534(25Hen.VIIIc.32).ThetwoelderSouthwells,RichardandRobert,wentontodistinguishedcareersasroyalservants;RichardbecameaprivycouncillorandRobertmasteroftherollsofChancery.BrotherAnthonylivedouthislifeasalandedgentleman.

TNA,KB9/520,m.12;KB27/1087,rexm.8;forotherreferences:McSheffrey,"SlayingofWilliamPennington";StanfordE.Lehmberg,"Southwell,SirRichard(1502/3-1564),"ODNB;J.H.Baker,"Southwell,SirRobert(c.1506-1559),"ODNB.

947

1061 Southwell Richard London Esquire M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-04-20 Homicide Accessory Coroner’sinquest20Apr.1532atWestminsterwithinthesanctuaryoftheabbeyoverthebodyofWilliamPennington,knight.ThejurorsfoundthatafterPenningtonhadmetupwithRichardSouthwellinWestminsterHallandtheyexchangedwords,PenningtonangrilychallengingSouthwelltomeethimoutside.Pennington,withsixretainers,metupwithRichardSouthwell,whowasaccompaniedbyhisbrothersRobertandAnthony,MatthewFraunsham,RichardWood,WilliamBofeld,andDavidLloyd,onacausewaybetweenthesanctuaryandTothill.Anaffrayensued,inthecourseofwhichAnthony–comingtothedefenceofhisbrotherRichard,whowasonthegroundwithPennington’sswordathisthroat–gavePenningtonamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.TheSouthwellsthentooksanctuaryattheabbey(eventhoughthefelonytookplaceinsidethesanctuaryprecinct,whichshouldhavebeenabar).Thiswasahighlypoliticalcase,andthisinquestreportwasquitepossiblyafakedstory;diplomaticreportsandothersourcessuggestthatthequarrelrelatedtodisputesontheking'scouncilbetweenthedukeofNorfolk(Southwell'spatron)andthedukeofSuffolk(Pennington'spatron).TheSouthwellsandtheirretainersallpresentedapardon,dated15June1532,inKing’sBenchinEasterterm1533,andRichardSouthwellpaidafineof£1000.Thepardonwasconfirmedbyanactofparliamentin1534(25Hen.VIIIc.32).ThetwoelderSouthwells,RichardandRobert,wentontodistinguishedcareersasroyalservants;RichardbecameaprivycouncillorandRobertmasteroftherollsofChancery.BrotherAnthonylivedouthislifeasalandedgentleman.


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1062 Southwell Robert London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-04-20 Homicide Accessory Coroner’sinquest20Apr.1532atWestminsterwithinthesanctuaryoftheabbeyoverthebodyofWilliamPennington,knight.ThejurorsfoundthatafterPenningtonhadmetupwithRichardSouthwellinWestminsterHallandtheyexchangedwords,PenningtonangrilychallengingSouthwelltomeethimoutside.Pennington,withsixretainers,metupwithRichardSouthwell,whowasaccompaniedbyhisbrothersRobertandAnthony,MatthewFraunsham,RichardWood,WilliamBofeld,andDavidLloyd,onacausewaybetweenthesanctuaryandTothill.Anaffrayensued,inthecourseofwhichAnthony–comingtothedefenceofhisbrotherRichard,whowasonthegroundwithPennington’sswordathisthroat–gavePenningtonamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.TheSouthwellsthentooksanctuaryattheabbey(eventhoughthefelonytookplaceinsidethesanctuaryprecinct,whichshouldhavebeenabar).Thiswasahighlypoliticalcase,andthisinquestreportwasquitepossiblyafakedstory;diplomaticreportsandothersourcessuggestthatthequarrelrelatedtodisputesontheking'scouncilbetweenthedukeofNorfolk(Southwell'spatron)andthedukeofSuffolk(Pennington'spatron).TheSouthwellsandtheirretainersallpresentedapardon,dated15June1532,inKing’sBenchinEasterterm1533,andRichardSouthwellpaidafineof£1000.Thepardonwasconfirmedbyanactofparliamentin1534(25Hen.VIIIc.32).ThetwoelderSouthwells,RichardandRobert,wentontodistinguishedcareersasroyalservants;RichardbecameaprivycouncillorandRobertmasteroftherollsofChancery.BrotherAnthonylivedouthislifeasalandedgentleman.


947

1507 Spaldyng John Norfolk,Norwich

skinner M Church-taking,Surrey,Bermondsey


Orwell 1444 1444-04-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatSpaldyngtookchurchatSt.Saviour's,Bermondsey,on29Apr.1444,confessingtothecoronerthaton23Mar.1444atStewsideinSouthwarkhehadmurderedacertainJohnSalmanandafterwardsthrewhisbodyintotheThames.Heabjured.HeappearedinKing'sBenchverysoonafterward,on1May1444,havingpresumablybeenfoundsomewhereotherthanontheroadtoOrwell;askedwhysentenceshouldnotbeexecuted,hepleadedclergysuccessfully.

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1326

1162 Spencer Anthony London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1539 1539-11-01 Homicide AtgaoldeliveryatGuildfordcastleon13Feb.1540,AnthonySpencerwasindictedforthehomicideofJohnMorres,whomSpencer,togetherwithRichardSturbrygeorTrobrygeofSouthwark,weaver,andJohnColynsofSouthwark,barber,hadassaultedandkilledon19Oct.1539,robbing£17belongingtoWilliamDavys,clerk,fromhisbody.Spencer,atgaoldelivery,pleadedsanctuary,claimingthathehadgonetoWestminstertotakesanctuaryon1Nov.,andhadbeenregisteredbytheofficialthere,WilliamWebbe.On14Nov.,however,hewasextractedforciblyfromthesanctuarybyWebbe,ontheordersofThomasCromwell.AtKB,hepleadednotguiltytothefelonyandhepleadedtoberestoredtohissanctuary.Thejudgesdidnotruleonhisplea,andhewasreturnedtoprisonastheyadvisedthemselves,andapparentlystayedtherefromHillary1540until15May1544,whenheappearedagainatKing'sBench,andagainmadehissanctuaryplea.Onthisoccasiontheking'sattorneyacknowledgedthathissanctuarypleawastrue,andthathehadbeenimproperlyextractedonCromwell'sorders,andSpencerwasdulyandceremoniouslyhandedovertoWilliamWebbe,backintothesafetyofWestminstersanctuary.On28Jul.1544,hewaspardoned.

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1022

1766 Spencer Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1448 RecordofSpencer'sconfessionasapproverfromwithinthesanctuaryatWestminster,implicatingWilliamParkerofWestminster,gentleman,fortreason.Spencerclaimedthata"strongfelon"hadcometohiminthesanctuaryandsaidthatheintendedtorobthedukeofSuffolk,andthatSpencerhad"required"Parkertoarresthim,andParkerrefused,castingaspersionsonthekingwhiledoingso.

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1541


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1269 Spencer William M Greyfriars,Coventry


1520 Felony InacasefromtheCoventryassizesinLent1520reportedbyCaryll,SpencersoughtsanctuaryintheGreyfriarsgardeninCoventry;thejusticesconsideredthesanctuaryplea,butruledthatthegardenwasaprofaneplace,notwithintheprecinctorambit,andthusnotsanctuary,andhewashanged.

Baker,Caryll'sReports,2:707-8

1112

49 Spense Thomas[John]

Yorkshire,Bowes


1491 1491-06-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSpensesoughtsanctuaryon5Jun.1491becauseatthetownofBoweshehadorderedacertainHerbertConynghamtohangThomasMelburn,aScot,withoutanylegaljudgment.Nowhefearshimselftofacethelawandthusseeksimmunity.SpensewascalledJohnintheheadingoftheentry,andThomasinthebody.

SDSB,19 44

1095 Spenser Richard Staffordshire,Haunton

M Church-taking,Leicestershire,NailstoneAllSaints


Dover 1405 1405-11-11 Asportation Coroner'sinquestrollforLeicestershirerecordsthatSpenserfledtoAllHallowschurchatNailstoneon11Nov.1405andconfessedthathewasathief.Heabjured.


496 Spenser Richard Yorkshire,Wentworth


1488 1488-10-07 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSpensersoughtsanctuaryon7Oct.1488andacknowledgedthathehadkilledJohnDryffenofLinwoodinDerbyshire,labourer,withastaff,after24Jun.1483,atLinwood.

SDSB,153 438

159 Spore Henry Northumberland,Shittleheugh,Redesdale


1508 1508-01-10 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandHenrySporesoughtsanctuaryon10Jan.1508becausetheyhad,withothers,beenaccessoriesatthefeloniouskillingofJohnandAndrewPottsatDurtreesinRedesdale.

SDSB,51 126

158 Spore Robert Northumberland,KilnHouse,Otterburn


1508 1508-01-10 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandHenrySporesoughtsanctuaryon10Jan.1508becausetheyhad,withothers,beenaccessoriesatthefeloniouskillingofJohnandAndrewPottsatDurtreesinRedesdale.

SDSB,51 126

473 Spret John Lincolnshire,Barton-upon-Humber


1491 1491-10-01 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSpretsoughtsanctuaryon1Oct.1491forthehomicideon15Aug.1491ofJohnWelton,husbandman,alsoofBarton-upon-Humber,withadagger.LaurenceYonge[ID#527)hadsoughtsanctuaryforthesamehomicidetwoweeksearlier.

SDSB,149 417

702 Spurneston William Durham,Wolsingham


1527 1527-03-27 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSpurnestonsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon27Mar.1527fordebt.

SDSB,195 633

1264 Spynke William Middlesex,Westminster,St.MartinintheFields

chaplain M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1512 On19Oct.1512,Spynke,achaplain,age27,offeredtestimonyinaConsistorycourtofLondoncaseinvolvinganallegedassaultbyHenryWent,oneofthechurchwardensoftheparishofSt.MartinintheFields,onLancelotPygborn,oneoftheparishclergy.Spynkehadformerlybeenappointedmorrow-masspriestinthesameparishandhetoohadhadaquarrelwithWent,andhadshortlybeforehisowndepositionsuedWentfordefamation.HeindicatedinhistestimonythathewastheninsanctuaryatWestminster,althoughhedoesnotindicateforwhatreason;itisunclearwhetherthedepositionwastakeninthesanctuary,orifhewasallowedtoleave(itwasnotuncommonfordepositionsintheConsistorycourttobetakeninthehomesofthedeponents).

LMA,DL/C/0206,fols.158,173v-174r

1107

310 Squier Richard Yorkshire,Catton



BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSquiersoughtsanctuaryon14Nov.1504forthetheftofclothandforbreakingoutoftheking'sgaolatYork.

SDSB,114 258

490 Squirry Thomas Yorkshire,Leven


1484 1484-11-19 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSquirrysoughtsanctuaryon19Nov.1484andacknowledgedthathehadfeloniouslykilledJohnHewlyn.

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965 Stacy William Kent,Folkestone;Dorset,Blanford;London,St.BotulphwithoutAldgate

husbandman M Church-taking,Middlesex,Staines


Southampton

1524 1524-09-20 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton20Sept.1524StacytooktheparishchurchofStaines,Middlesex.On22Sept.thecoronercameandStacyconfessedthaton26Oct.1523hehadkilledJohnGilbertofLydford,Cornwall,husbandman,atLydford.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.11 863

1099 Stafford Humphrey

M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey;andCulham

CharteredSanctuary

1485 Treason Inwhatbecameamuch-citedcase,HumphreyStafford,aRichardIIIloyalist,tooksanctuarytwicefollowingHenryVII'svictoryatBosworthinAugust1485andasubsequentparliamentaryattainderfortreason.Hefirstfled,alongwithFrancis,ViscountLovell(#1858),toSt.John'sAbbeyinColchesterbuttheyhadbothleftColchesterbythespringof1486.InconcertwithLordLovellStaffordraisedanunsuccessfulrevoltagainstHenryVIIandthenheandhisbrotherThomas(ID#1857)fledforsanctuarytoCulham,amanorbelongingtotheabbeyofAbingdonwhichhadhithertoservedasasanctuaryfordebtorsandhadperhapsbythistimealsomadeclaimstoshelterothersaswell.TheStaffordswereseizedfromCulhamandatleastHumphreywasbroughtbeforeKing'sBench.Therehepleadedsanctuary,buttheabbotofAbingdonwasunabletoshowthecourtevidencethatCulhamwasprivilegedfortreasonalthoughthejudgesheldthatitdidhaveothersanctuaryprivileges.HumphreyStaffordwasthusgiventhetraitor'sdeath,whileaccordingtoPolydoreVergilhisyoungerbrotherThomaswaspardoned.

TNA,KB27/900,rexm.8;TNA,KB15/42,fol151r-155v;Seipp1486.044;Vergil,AnglicaHistoria(ed.Hay),11-13;Chrimes,HenryVII,71;PeterIverKaufman,“HenryVIIandSanctuary,”ChurchHistory53,no.4(December1984):469;McSheffrey,SS,48,104

972

1491 Stafford Richard M Church-taking,Norfolk,Lynn,CarmeliteFriars


AtNorfolkpeacecommission,jurorspresentedthatStafford,whohadbeeninprisonatLynnforsuspicionoffelony,brokeoutoftheprisonbythenegligenceofthegaolkeeperandfledtothehouseofCarmelitefriarsinLynn.

TNA,KB9/83,m.33 1313

1857 Stafford Thomas M Culham CharteredSanctuary

1486 Treason AccordingtoPolydoreVergil,ThomasStafford,youngerbrotherofHumphreyStafford(ID#1099),participatedintherevoltthatHumphreyandFrancis,ViscountLovell(ID#1858)raisedagainstHenryVIIinthespringof1486andthenfledwithhisbrothertoCulhamforsanctuary.CulhamwasamanorbelongingtotheabbeyofAbingdonwhichhadhithertoservedasasanctuaryfordebtorsandhadperhapsbythistimealsomadeclaimstoshelterothersaswell.TheStaffordswereseizedfromCulhamandatleastHumphreywasbroughtbeforeKing'sBench.Therehepleadedsanctuary,buttheabbotofAbingdonwasunabletoshowthecourtevidencethatCulhamwasprivilegedfortreasonalthoughthejudgesheldthatitdidhaveothersanctuaryprivileges.HumphreyStaffordwasthusgiventhetraitor'sdeath,whileaccordingtoVergilhisyoungerbrotherThomaswaspardoned.

Vergil,AnglicaHistoria(ed.Hay),11-13;Chrimes,HenryVII,71;McSheffrey,SS,48

1827 Standefaste William Middlesex,Westminster

tailor M CharteredSanctuary

1502 Debt InaChancerybill,WilliamStandefastecomplainsthatDerekHarrysonsuedhimforadebteventhoughHarrysonknewhewasinsanctuaryandcouldnotanswerthesuit(andindeedhedidnotevenknowaboutit).Daterange1502-1503.

TNA,C1/271/92 1596

1855 Stane William Yorkshire,WestBretton

yeoman M Church-taking,Essex,Ingatestone,St.EdmundtheMartyr


Dover 1527 1527-12-13 Homicide Accessory;alsoAssaultandRobbery

Tookchurchforparticipatinginanassaultthatendedinahomicideathandsofhispartnerincrimeat"Whethersom,"Yorkshirein1524,andanassaultandrobbery(withthreeothernamedmen)ofabout£4inEssexinNov.1527.

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1191 StanleyaliasMortymer

Richard Hertfordshire,Ware

labourer M Beverley(abjurationfromHertfordshire,WareGreyfriars)


1532 1532-03-09 Felony Coroner'smemorandumthaton9Mar.1532RobertFayerandRichardStanleytooktheGreyfriarschurchinWare,andseparatelysoughtthecoroner.On10Mar.theyeachseparatelyconfessedthaton15Feb.1532theyhadbrokenintoahouseinStondon,Herts.,andstolensomecloth,andtheyalsoconfessedotherthefts.TheybothsaythatRichardFayerfoxofWadysmyll[Westmill?]inHerts.,yeoman,andAgnesFayerfordeofWadysmill,spinster,aliasAgnesFayerfox,on6Mar.,knowingthemtobefelons,receivedthem.Theyabjured.RobertFayerchosethelibertyofthechurchofSt.JohnofJerusalem,andRichardMortymerchosethesanctuaryofBeverley.

TNA,KB9/521,m.73;KB29/165,m.26

1446

918 Stanwyche William Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/472m.78 821

1005 Stapull Richard Kent,Allington yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-08-11 Homicide Coroner'sinquest11Aug.1527atMaidstoneoverthebodyofRichardPollofLynton,weaver.Thejurorsreportedthatonthatdayaround2am,PollhadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenStapullassaultedhim,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.ThetownspeoplehadknowledgethatStapullenteredintothesanctuaryofSt.PeterinWestminster.

TNA,KB9/506/1,m.66 904

1044 StapullealiasStaveley

Stephen Surrey,Southwark

armourer M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromSurrey,SouthwarkSt.George)


1531 1531-05-19 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton19May1531StapulletooktheparishchurchofSt.GeorgeinSouthwark,confessingtothecoronerthaton17MayinKentishStreetinSouthwarkhehadassaultedRichardHarveandkilledhim.Heabjured,voluntarilychoosingtogotothesanctuaryofSt.PeterinWestminster.Hewasbranded,andcommittedtoaconstablewholedhimtoWestminster.(NB:hedoesnotappearonthepartiallistofsanctuaryseekersatWestminsterin1532,orthefulllistin1533.)

TNA,KB9/517,m.102;KB29/164,m.34

935

1113 Starkey William Surrey,Southwark

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.MaryleBow;thenCambridgeshire,Cambridge,Greyfriars

Takingchurch 1502 1502-12-13 Asportation RecordofSurreygaoldeliveryatGuildfordCastle,Southwark(delivereduptoKB)for14Feb.1503,recordedStarkey'sindictmentthatheandotherson2Dec.1502hadassaultedandrobbedRichardRyallatSouthwark,stealingbetween£3and£4.Starkeypleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton13Dec.1502hehadtakentheparishchurchofSt.MaryleBowinLondon,butwasviolentlyseizedfromthechurchbydiversepersons.Heaskedforhissanctuarypleatobeputtoajury,andwasrecommittedtoprison,whereheremained,until3Sept.1503,whenthesheriffsofSurreyreportedthathewasnolongerintheircustody.InFebruary1505,StarkeyappearedinKing'sBench,andaskedhowhepleaded,hesaidthaton15Aug.1504atCambridgehehadtakenthechurchoftheFranciscansandsoughtthecoroner.Again,however,hewasseized,thistimebyRobertBrewer,sergeant.Againhesoughttoberestoredtothechurch.Theking'sattorney,JohnMervyn,answeredthathehadbeenatlargewhenhewasseizedon15Aug.1504andnotinthechurch.Thesanctuarypleawastobeputtoajury,andwhenthejuryconsideredthepleainTrinityterm1505,theyfoundthatStarkeyhadnotbeeninthechurchwhenhewastaken.Starkeythenpleadednotguiltytothefelony,andinHillary1506ajuryfoundhimguiltyandhewassentencedtohang.

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1084 Stathom Thomas London vintner M Church-taking,London,St.Sepulchre


Dover 1525 1525-06-21 Asportation Acoroner'smemorandum--recordedmuchlaterontheKing'sBenchcoramregeroll,in1541--reportedthatStathomtookthechurchofSt.SepulchreinLondon,confessingtoatheftnearSt.KatherinebytheTower,andabjuredon21Jun.1525.InOct.1525hewasarrested,evidentlyhavingbeenfoundintherealm,andappearedbeforethesheriffsofLondon,andthensuccessfullypleadedbenefitofclergy.HewastakenintothecustodyofthebishopofLondon.InMichaelmas1540,thekingmandatedthebishopofLondontodeliverupthebodiesofthreeclerksattaint:ThomasStathom,WilliamMichell(ID#1083),andRichardEveorEbe.Thebishoprespondedthatthethreemenhadbeeninhiscustodyinacertain"convicthouse"atStortford,Herts.,eversincetheyhadbeenindividuallycommittedtohiscustodyasclerksattaint.ThethreemenwerecommittedtotheMarshalseaandimmediatelyRichardEbewasexoneratedbyvirtueofthegeneralpardonof1540,butStathomandMichellremainedinprisonduetodefectofrecord.TheninHillary1541,therecordsofconvictionofbothhavingbeenpresented,theywerealsoexoneratedbyvirtueofthegeneralpardonandwentsinedie.

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956

1268 StavertonorStafferton

William London grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1509 Debt AsRosser'sworkandvariousrecordsshow,StavertontooksanctuaryfordebtatWestminsterbyabout1509andlivedinthesanctuaryatWestminsterwithhiswifeKatherineuntilhisdeathin1534.Therewerecomplaintsafterhisdeaththathewasverywealthyandthathemadenoeffortstosatisfyhiscreditorswhilehewasinsanctuary;accordingtooneChancerybillheowedover2000marksathisdeath(£1333).Hiswiferefusedtheadministrationofhisprobate.(ThankstoKitFrenchfortranscriptionofTNA,C1/822/21.)

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-7;SP1/239,fol.275;C1/822/21;Rosser,MedievalWestminster,157

1111

74 Stedman John Westmorland,Morland


1496 1496-04-24 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStedmansoughtsanctuaryon24Apr.1496becauseon10Apr.1496hehadassaultedandkilledThomasWylkynsonofMorland,strikinghimontheheadwithaclub,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,28 65

155 Stevynson Richard Cumbria,CastleCarrock


1507 1507-10-16 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandRichardStevynson,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon16Oct.1507becauseabouttwoandahalfyearsbeforeRoberthadkilledThomasHudsonwithalancestaff,Richardstandingasaccessorybecausehehadbeenpresent.

SDSB,50 123

154 Stevynson Robert Cumbria,CastleCarrock


1507 1507-10-16 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatRobertandRichardStevynson,brothers,soughtsanctuaryon16Oct.1507becauseabouttwoandahalfyearsbeforeRoberthadkilledThomasHudsonwithalancestaff,Richardstandingasaccessorybecausehehadbeenpresent.

SDSB,50 123

349 Stevynson Thomas Berkshire,Reading


1509 1509-01-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStevynsonsoughtsanctuaryon16Jan.1509fordebt.

SDSB,122 297

91 Stokdall Thomas Yorkshire,Bainbridge


1502 1502-10-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStokdallsoughtsanctuaryon18Oct.1502because,on14Oct.1494inthetownofBainbridge,hehadhitWilliamStrikkerdontheheadwithapikestaff,fromwhichblowStrikkerddiedthreedayslater.

SDSB,36 82


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460 Stoke Edmund Lincolnshire,Coningsby


1499 1499-04-05 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStokesoughtsanctuaryon5Apr.[noyear--butpreviousentry1499],fordebt.

SDSB,146 405

779 Stokes John travellingman

M Church-taking,London,St.MartinOutwich

Takingchurch 1397 1397-04-30 Homicide Coroner'smemorandum30Apr.1397atthechurchofSt.MartinOutwichinLondonthatStokestooksanctuarythere.HeconfessedtocoronerthathehadfeloniouslykilledNicholasWodyngton,esquire,withapoleax,becauseofcontumeliouswordsbetweenthem.Atacoroner'sinquest1May1397overWodyngton'sbody,thejurorsgivethesameverdict,andindicatedthatthequarrelwasaboutmoneyWodyngtonowedStokes.Thereisnoindicationoneitherrecordthatheabjured.In1402StokesappearedbeforeKing'sBenchandtheacknowledgementofhisfelonywasusedtogivehimasentenceofdeath,buttheking,throughhissergeant-at-armsJohnHerteshorn,commandedthejusticesnottoproceedtoexecutionandinsteadpardonedhim.

TNA,KB9/178,mm.40-41;KB27/566,rexm.8;CPRHen.IV,1401-05,167

707

1523 Stokes John London sawyer M Church-taking,Berkshire,ReadingAbbey


Southampton

1483 1483-06-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatReading,withinthelibertyoftheabbotofReading,on12June1483,StokestooktheparishchurchofSt.Mary,Reading,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton17June1482hehadcommittedarobberyatSt.Ives,Hunts.Heabjured.Hemustsubsequentlyhavebeencaughtintherealm,asanoteonthememorandumindicatesthathewashangedinEasterterm1484.

TNA,KB9/366,m.8 1341

780 Stokfyssh Herman London Dutchman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1394 1394-12-01 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.MartinOrgarinLondonon1Dec.1394,overthebodyofNicholasClarebountofBruges.ThejurorsfoundthatClarebountwaskilledinatavernfightattheKing'sHead,nearLondonbridge,whenAngeloLettereandHermanStokfysshbeathimtodeathfollowingaquarrelovera"frowe."StokfysshfledtoWestminsterfollowingtheincident.InMay1395,hepresentedapardonatKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/173/2,mm.32-33;KB27/536,rexm.20d;McSheffrey,SS,27-28,33

708

257 Stokow John Northumberland,Newbrough


1518 1518-05-27 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStokowsoughtsanctuaryon27May1518becauseon3Jun.1517helethallystruckRobertOrdeleyatNunbush,Newbroughparish,withadagger,givinghimawoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.

SDSB,79 213

513 Ston William Northamptonshire,Peterborough


1493 1493-03-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStonsoughtsanctuaryon26Mar.1493fordebt.

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1719 Stone John Dorset,Bridport

smith M Church-taking,Dorset,BridportSt.John'schapel


Weymouth 1512 1512-05-18 Homicide Coroner'sinquest18May1512atBridportoverthebodyofJohnSmythofBridport,shoemaker.JurorsreportedthatonthatsamedayStonehadassaultedandkilledhim,andassoonashecommittedthefelonyhefledtothejurisdictionofthechapelofSt.JohninBridport.Onthesamedayinthechapel,thecoroneraskedStonewhyheclaimedsanctuary,andheconfessedthathehadkilledJohnSmythandabjured.

TNA,KB9/964,m.34 1502

910 Stone William Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/483mm.16-18;KB27/1040,rexm.15

816

197 Stones John Yorkshire,Pontefract


1512 1512-12-14 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStonessoughtsanctuaryon14Dec.1512becauseon2Sept.1512,afterChristopherLaverhadassaultedhimnearPontefractinYorkshire,hestruckback,nearlycuttingoffhisheadfromhisbodyandkillinghimimmediately.

SDSB,63 163

1069 Stoughton John Surrey,StokebyGuildford


CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-03-04 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquest4Mar.1533intheparishofSt.Sepulchre,London,overthebodyofJohnOdealiasWode,serjeantofthemace.Thejurorsreportedthaton28Feb.1533,Cornwallassaultedhim,withprepensedmalice,andgavehimawoundfromwhichOdeperishedon3Mar.JohnStoughton,sonofGilbertStoughton,wasnamedashavingaidedandabettedCornwall.ThejurorsreportedthatbothCornwallandStoughtonfledtosanctuaryatWestminster,andthe1533WestminstersanctuarycensusdulyliststhembothashavingenteredaboutearlyMarch,formurder.MargaretOde,thevictim'swife,appealedthembothforthemurder,buthersuitevidentlydidnotproceed,asCornwallwasissuedapardoninMay1534.ThereisnoindicationofwhathappenedtoStoughton.

TNA,KB9/523,mm.105-6;KB27/1087,pleam.17;KB27/1105,rexm.2;TNA,KB29/166,m.i,1.

948

1429 Strangwayes William M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1534 SirGilesStrangwayswritestoCromwell9Apr.1534aboutothermatters,andaddsanoteaskingCromwellto"remember"hiskinsmanWilliam,insanctuaryatWestminster,forhispardon."Itwillbeasufficientexampletohimtobehavehenceforthasatrueman."

TNA,SP1/83,fol.83(L&P,7:196)

1263

1685 Stroder Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt InaChancerybilldatable1533-38,JohnJakescomplainsthatthebailiffoftheabbot'slibertyinWestminster,WilliamHolmes,tookabribetoallowStrodertoescapearrestfordebtandtakesanctuary.

TNA,C1/831/19 1466

1012 Strudar Thomas Northumberland,Duddon

gentleman M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Colthorpe[?]


KingstonuponHull

1528 1528-05-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatColthorpe,Yorks.,on12May1528,StrudartooktheparishchurchofColthorpe,andconfessedtothecoronerthathehadstolenahorseon9May1528atStamfordBridge,Yorks.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.133 911

287 Stubs Miles Yorkshire,Ripon


1519 1519-12-22 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatStubssoughtsanctuaryon22Dec.1519fordebt.


236

824 Sturge Ralph Lincolnshire,Pinchbeck

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Edmonton


Dover 1447 1447-06-03 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumdated3Jun.1447thatSturgetookthechurchofEdmontonandconfessedthaton27MaylastatLondonintheparishofSt.Sepulchre,hehadstolenamaserworth33s4d.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/256,m.101 750


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937 Style John Devon,Tiverton

baker M Church-taking,Somerset,Taunton,PrioryofSSPeterandPaul


LymeRegis 1520 1520-06-27 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton27Jun.1520Stylefledfromthehouseof[...]AndreweofTaunton,Somerset,dyer,tothechurchoftheprioryoftheblessedPeterandPaulinTaunton,forsanctuary.Hecalledforthecoroner,towhomheconfessedthaton12Jun.1520hehadbrokenintothehomeofRichardUnderdowneofBroadclyst,Devon,androbbedhimofgownsandamberbeads.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/482,m.33 835

1812 Styward Nicholas Norfolk,Norwich

merchant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

nd Debt Inanundatedchancerybill(withnoaddress),StywardcomplainsthatheleftatenementinNorwichinthehandsofJohnErlham,merchantofNorwich,whenhewentintosanctuaryatWestminster,andnowthatErlhamisdeceasedhecannotrecoveritfromErlham'sexecutor.

TNA,C1/73/130 1586

697 Subdavid Thomas NorthWales,Anglesey


1528 1528-08-24 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSubdavidsoughtsanctuaryon24Aug.1528fordebt.

SDSB,194 628

989 Sulby Thomas Cheshire,Bunbury

yeoman M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Edlesborough


Dover 1526 1526-09-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumatEdlesborough,Bucks.,thatSulbytookthechurchofEdlesboroughon23Sept.1526,confessingthaton20Sept.1526hehadstolensomecloth,asword,ashield,etc.fromanunknownmanatEdlesborough.Heabjuredon23Sept.andwasassignedDover.AnotherabjurationwasmadethesamedayfromthesamechurchbyAnthonyDanyell(ID#990),likelyinvolvingsamefelony.Theywereassigneddifferentports.

TNA,KB9/504,m.48 886

1494 Sutton John Hertfordshire,Thrapston[?]

draper M Church-taking,Surrey,LambethSt.Mary


Southampton

1427 1427-07-21 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatSuttontookchurchatLambethSt.Maryon21July1427,andconfessedthemurderofThomasWyte,labourer,atBaldock,Herts.,on20Mar.1427.Abjured25July1427.

TNA,KB9/224,m.196 1316

593 Sutton John Buckinghamshire,Dunton


1522 1522-12-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSutton,of"Dunnington"(Dunton?),soughtsanctuaryon15Dec.1522fordebt.

SDSB,173 526

1753 Sutton Robert Lincolnshire,Barton-upon-Humber

gunner M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Sneaton


KingstonuponHull

1526 1526-11-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon20Nov.1526atSneaton,Yorks.,thatSuttontooktheparishchurchatSneatonandconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1526atKyldaleintheNorthRidinghehadstolenahorsefromanunknownman.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/973,m.82;KB29/159,m.3

1531

184 Swake Peter Yorkshire,Catton


1510 1510-12-23 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatPeterSwakeandRolandDaleofCalton[Catton?],Yorkshire,cametoDurhamon23Dec.1510becauseabout25Nov.1510theywerepresentwhenRichardHorsleyofCattonwastakenfromhismother'shouseinCattontoafield,wherehereceivedseveralwoundsfromwhichbloodflowed,andfromthesewoundshediedaboutamonthlater.Theywerepresentwhenhereceivedthefatalwoundsandthusfearindictmentasaccessories.

SDSB,59 151

1571 Swanton John Surrey,Alkham

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Ewell

Takingchurch 1507 1507-02-28 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport2Mar.1507atAlkham,Kent,overthebodyofJohnStaceoftheparishofAlkham,carpenter.JurorsreportthatSwantonattackedStaceon28Feb.1507around6pm,frompremeditatedmalice,givinghimamortalblowfromwhichhediedon1Mar.AfterwardsSwantonimmediatelyfledtotheparishchurchofEwellandtooksanctuary.AnoteontheindictmentindicatesthatSwantonwasintheMarshalseabyMichaelmas1507.

TNA,KB9/446,m.59 1373

890 Swayne Walter Shropshire,Newport

yeoman M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,Gloucester,St.Mary


Southampton

1511 1511-03-06 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton6Mar.1511WalterSwaynetookthechurchofSt.MaryofLanthonbyGloucester,confessingthaton2Mar.1510hehadbrokenintothehouseofJohnCooleat"Rokynton"(Uckington?),Gloucs.,andstolen40sinachest.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/458,m.83 800

1408 Swyfte Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-24 Homicide Alsofelony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Swyftewasnamedashavingenteredformurderandfelony,aboutaweekbefore(~24May1533).

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1085 Sybbell Thomas London gentleman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1542 1542-04-26 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestinthebishopofWinchester'slibertyinSouthwark,26Apr.1542,overthebodyofHumphreyTaylourofLondon,yeoman.ThejurorsfoundthatSybbellkilledTaylourinself-defencewhenTaylourattackedhiminafuriousrage.SybbellthenfledtoWestminstertotaketheprivilegeofthechurchthere.InJune1542,SybbellgavehimselfuptothecustodyoftheMarshaloftheMarshalsea,andinNovemberheappearedincourtandpresentedapardon,dated3Nov.1542.

TNA,KB9/551,mm.31-32;KB27/1124,rexm.6;TNA,KB29/175,m.13,m.17d

957

1426 Sybronde William servant M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Security InapetitionsubmittedtoThomasCromwellasoneoftheking'scouncil,Sybronde,whohadbeenservanttoSirRobertWingfield,knight,claimedthathehadbeenrobbedof£46ofhismaster'smoney,andthenfledtosanctuaryforfearof"hismaster'scruelty,"ashetookwithhimintothesanctuary£10withwhichtosupporthimself.HeseeksCromwell'shelpinterveningwithhismaster.

TNA,SP2/o,fol.105r(L&P,6:657)

1260

1059 Symcok James Yorkshire,York

freemason M Church-taking,Yorkshire,York,St.Peter

Takingchurch 1531 1531-10-07 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestatYorkon19Oct.1531overthebodyofAnthonyMaunsell,gentleman.ThejurorsreportedthatThomasBensonofYork,freemason(ID#1058),andJamesSymcokofYork,freemason(ID#1059),hadassaultedMaunsellon7Oct.1531between9and10pm,"withouthavingGodbeforetheireyes,withmalice."Bensongavehimthewoundfromwhichhedied,withSymcokasaccessory.TheybothfledafterwardstothecemeteryofSt.PeterinYork.AttheYorkassizesinLent1532Symcokwasacquitted.

TNA,KB9/519,m.133-34 945

453 Symonde Richard Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1498 1498-10-14 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSymondesoughtsanctuaryon14Oct.1498fordebt.

SDSB,144 398

598 Sympson John Yorkshire,Speeton


1517 1517-07-06 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSympsonsoughtsanctuaryon6Jul.1517forthehomicideofRichardRobynson.

SDSB,174 530

1235 Sympson William goldsmith M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1492 Debt NamedinGeorgeJeneweys'[ID#1233]Chancerysuitwithdaterange1487-1500;Jeneweysclaimedhewasimprisonedin"theToure"inthesanctuaryatSt.Martin'sfor4daysatbehestofWilliamHorne,goldsmith,whodwelledinsanctuary,andthatSympson,anothersanctuaryman,waspersuadedbyHornetosueJeneweysfortrespassalso.ThatSympsonwasinsanctuaryfordebtissurmised.Adateof1492assignedforsortingpurposes.

TNA,C1/143/11 1083

1409 Syms Nicholas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-10 Homicide Self-defence Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Symswasnamedashavingenteredformurderinhisowndefence,aboutthreeweeksbefore(~10May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1243

113 Symson John Yorkshire,ArkleTown


1505 1505-03-26 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSymsonsoughtsanctuaryon26Mar.1505because,inhisowndefence,hestruckLauraPayokontheheadwithaclubon25Mar.1505,outsidethecemetery(inArkleTown?).Fromtheblow,shediedimmediately.(Thisisanunusualclaimofself-defenceagainstafemaleattacker.)

SDSB,41 99

1071 Symson John Middlesex,Clerkenwell,St.John'sStreet

butcher M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-12-26 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston27Dec.1533atSt.John'sStreet,Clerkenwell,Middlesex,overthebodyofThomasDekersaliasDekewest.Thejurorsreportedthaton26Dec.1533SymsonhadfeloniouslystabbedDekerswithadagger,atCowcrossonSt.John'sStreet,givinghimawoundfromwhichheimmediatelydied.SymsonthenfledtosanctuaryatSt.Peter's,Westminster.

TNA,KB9/527,m.46 950

505 Symson William Leicestershire,Skeffington


1490 1490-07-23 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSymsonsoughtsanctuaryon23Jul.1490forthehomicideofThomasNutealsoofSkeffington,killedthatsamedaywithapitchfork.

SDSB,155 446

1354 Symson William M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Asportation Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Symsonwasnamedashavingenteredfor"robbyngeandspoylyngeofdiversechurchesandotherpersons,"andthereisapointinghandmarkingoutthisentry.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1188


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1274 Synger Alexander Middlesex,Westminster



TNA,KB9/78,mm.8-9,19,20-21;KB27/931,rexm.6;KB15/42,fols.73r-75r;GreatChronicleofLondon,250

706

694 Synger John Northamptonshire,King'sCliffe


1501 1501-06-28 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatSyngersoughtsanctuaryon28Jun.1501fordebt.

SDSB,134 625

899 Synoklere William Devon,Strokland[?]

clerk M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-08-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatDurweston,Dorset,on19Aug.1513,overthebodyofHenryByby.Jurorsreportedthaton18Aug.1513WilliamSynoklereandJohnTaylouraliasaKentmetBybyontheking'sroadandattackedhim,sothathediedthefollowingdayatDurweston.ImmediatelyfollowingSynoklereandTaylourfledto"Bowly."

TNA,KB9/464,m.61 808

1410 Sysstern John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Syssternwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1244

1788 Tadlowe George London haberdasher,MP

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1535 Debt GeorgeTadlowe'sbiographyasanMPintheHistoryofParliamentnotesthatin1535hetooksanctuaryatWestminsterfordebt,duetomoneyproblemswithhisimportbusinessbasedinBordeaux(wineandhaberdashery),exacerbatedbyshipwrecks.Hereachedanagreementwithhiscreditorswhilehewasinsanctuary(althoughhelaterarguedthattheagreementhadbeenbreachedbyoneofthecreditors).Hewentontoaprosperouscareer,sittingasMPinEdward'sandMary'sreigns.

PatriciaHyde,"Tadlowe,George,"HPO.

1563

56 Tailbos William Yorkshire,Ravensworth


1493 1493-03-01 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTailbossoughtsanctuaryon1Mar.1493becauseontheprevious26Feb.hehadstruckHughHerkayofEastLayton,Yorks.,withasmallstick,killinghim.He"instanter,instantiusetinstantissime"soughtimmunity.

SDSB,22-23 51

1464 Taillor John Norfolk,Norwich

crossbowmaker


1511 1511-04-08 Debt Thornley'scorrectiontoSDSBincludestheentryofTaillortoBeverleyon8April1511fordebt.


1295

1765 Taillour Edward Hertfordshire,Ware

tailor M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,WareSt.Mary


Hull 1416 1416-09-10 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton10Sept.1416twomenofWare,WilliamScarburghandEdwardTaillour,bothtailors,fledtotheirparishchurchandconfessedtothecoronerthatseveraldaysbeforetheyhadlaininwaitandkilledJohnHokeofLondonjustoutsideWare.Bothabjured.

TNA,KB9/994,m.35 1540

516 Taillour Henry Yorkshire,SuttonuponDerwent


1493 1493-04-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTailloursoughtsanctuaryon17Apr.1493forthedeathofWilliamVasourofNewtonintheparishofWilberfoss,whomhekilledon11Apr.1493inafieldatSutton,withadagger.

SDSB,157 457

364 Taillour Thomas Hertfordshire,Taddington[?]


1510 1510-12-23 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTailloursoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1510forthehomicideofLewenGlenekilledlatelyatTeddington.

SDSB,125 312

626 Tailor John Lincolnshire,Skillington


1519 1519-02-11 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTailorsoughtsanctuaryon11Feb.1519forfelony.


557

704 Tailor Robert Yorkshire,StamfordBridge


1519 1519-04-11 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTailorsoughtsanctuaryon11Apr.1519fordebt.

SDSB,196 635

377 Tailour John Yorkshire,Beverley


1514 1514-03-05 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnTailoursoughtsanctuaryon5Mar.1514forsecurityofhisperson.

SDSB,128 325


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729 Talbot Humphrey

Lancashire,Preston


1532 1532-01-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTalbottooksanctuaryon24Jan.1532forthedeathofRobertBoldyshe,andforthe"cutt"ofastaff[theft?].

SDSB,200 658

1291 Talbot Thomas M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 Homicide A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsThomasTalbot,"Seintuaryman,"lodginginBland'sAlley,havingtakensanctuaryformurder.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1126

1566 Tappe Thomas Surrey,Southwark

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.MartinintheVintry

Takingchurch 1506 1506-11-13 Felony Alsoassault AtgaoldeliveryatGuildfordCastle,Southwark,Surrey,on15Feb.1507,Tappewasbroughtbeforethecourtonindictmentsfor"diversefelonies"andfortheassaultandrobberyofJohnOrbyatSouthwarkon11Nov.1506.Hepleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadtakenthechurchofSt.MartinleVintryinLondonon13Nov.1506,butwasviolentlyextractedfromtherebyunknownmenandaskedtoberestored;herefusedtopleadtothefelony.Hewasremittedtoprisonwhilethejusticesconsideredthematter.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicatethathisplea(onsanctuary?onthefelony?)wastobeputtoajuryinHillary1508butnooutcomeisrecorded.

TNA,KB9/445,m.87;KB29/136,m.33d

1368

854 TassealiasCook

Thomas Hertfordshire,StansteadSt.Margaret's


1489 1489-05-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquest9May1489intheparishofSt.Sepulchre,London,overthebodyofRichardBrounofLondon.ThejurorssaidTasseattackedBrounon8MayinSt.Sepulchre'sparish,withmaliceaforethought.Tassestabbedhiminthestomachwithaknifecalledahangerandheimmediatelydied.AfterwardsTassefledtoSt.MartinleGrandwiththeknife.ThejurorsalsosaythatJohnColt[notedonthebillasincustodyintheMarshalsea]alsoofStanstead,esquire,hadonthat8MayfeloniouslyhelpedandabettedTasse.ThewritcallingthisuptoKing'sBenchwasdated26June1489.

TNA,KB9/382,mm.53-54 766

40 Taylleȝour Alexander Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1490 1490-01-13 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTaylleȝoursoughtsanctuaryon13Jan.1490becauseaboutaweekearlierinNewcastlenearCaleCross,hestabbedThomasSmythinthechest,inhisowndefence,fromwhichwoundSmythdiedthatsameday.

SDSB,15 35

1531 Tayllour John Worcestershire,LittleInkberrow

sonofRichardTayllour

M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-07-24 Homicide Coroner'sinquest24Jul.1492atGreatInkberrow,Worcs.,overthebodyofThomasMersheofLittleInkberrow.JurorsfoundthatJohnTayllourandRobertTayllour,bothsonsofRichardTayllour,husbandman,alsoofLittleInkberrow,hadon5Jul.1492brokenintoThomasMershe'scloseandassaultedandbeatenhimwitha"battestaff,"killinghim.Afterwardstheyfledtothe"privilegeorlibertyofthetownofKnowleinWarwickshire."Nooneaidedorabettedthem.NotesonthereportindicatethattherecordwassentuptoKing'sBenchon2May1493andthatbothbrotherswereintheMarshalsea.InEasterterm1495,thetwowentsinediebecausetheindictmentwasdefective(itfailedtoindicatetheplace,county,andtradeofthetwobrothers,thosedetailsbeingindicatedfortheirfatherbutnotforthem).

TNA,KB9/397,m.21;KB27/935,rexm.3d

1347

1532 Tayllour Robert Worcestershire,LittleInkberrow

singleman,sonofRichardTayllour

M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Knowle,Warwickshire

CharteredSanctuary

1492 1492-07-24 Homicide Coroner'sinquest24Jul.1492atGreatInkberrow,Worcs.,overthebodyofThomasMersheofLittleInkberrow.JurorsfoundthatJohnTayllourandRobertTayllour,bothsonsofRichardTayllour,husbandman,alsoofLittleInkberrow,hadon5Jul.1492brokenintoThomasMershe'scloseandassaultedandbeatenhimwitha"battestaff,"killinghim.Afterwardstheyfledtothe"privilegeorlibertyofthetownofKnowleinWarwickshire."Nooneaidedorabettedthem.NotesonthereportindicatethattherecordwassentuptoKing'sBenchon2May1493andthatbothbrotherswereintheMarshalsea.InEasterterm1495,thetwowentsinediebecausetheindictmentwasdefective(itfailedtoindicatetheplace,county,andtradeofthetwobrothers,thosedetailsbeingindicatedfortheirfatherbutnotforthem).

TNA,KB9/397,m.21;KB27/935,rexm.3d

1347


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126 Taylor William Yorkshire,[Rumoldkirk?]



SDSB,43 103

1135 TayloraliasClerk

John London yeoman M WestminsterAbbeydependency:Essex,Easterford("TheBell")

CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-05-24 Asportation JohnTayloraliasClerkandJohnDyksonwerebothindictedalnogwithothermeninTrinityterm1513becauseon17May1513theyhadburglarizedthehouseofHughWarbertonofKensingtonandstolegoodsandmoneyworth46s8d.Whenaskedhowtheypleaded,Taylorpleadedthathewasaprivilegedman,becauseon24MayheandDyksonhadsoughttheprivilegeattheBellatEasterford*.TheywereseizedfromthereandtakentoColchestergaol.Dyksonpleadednotguiltytothefelony,butwhenaskedfurtherhowherespondedhesaidthatheheldtohisprivilegeandotherwisewouldsaynothing.Theking'sattorneysaidthesepleaswereinsufficientinlaw.Whentheyinsistedupontheirsanctuarypleas,thecourtruledthattheyweretobetakentotheMarshalseaandgivenpeineforteetdure.*NB:Althoughthereisnoindicationofthisontheplearoll,EasterfordwasapropertyofWestminsterAbbey.

TNA,KB27/1008,rexm.17 1001

900 TaylouraliasaKent

John labourer M Beaulieu CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-08-19 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportatDurweston,Dorset,on19Aug.1513,overthebodyofHenryByby.Jurorsreportedthaton18Aug.1513WilliamSynoklereandJohnTaylouraliasaKentmetBybyontheking'sroadandattackedhim,sothathediedthefollowingdayatDurweston.ImmediatelyfollowingSynoklereandTaylourfledto"Bowly."

TNA,KB9/464,m.61 808

292 Tempest Roger Yorkshire,Bradford


1522 1522-10-21 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTempestsoughtsanctuaryon21Oct.1522becauseon21Apr.1518atBrighouse,hestruckThomasLongleyofHetononthelegwithasword,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedthefollowingday.

SDSB,89 241

101 Tempill William Durham,Barforth


1503 1503-10-07 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTempillsoughtsanctuaryon7Oct.1503because,afterChristopherSlyngerofBarforthassaultedhimon1Oct.,hestruckSlyngerinthestomachwithadaggerinhisowndefence.HebelievedthatSlyngerdiedfromtheblow.

SDSB,38-39 91

283 Tenant Robert Yorkshire,Ripon


1519 1519-08-28 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTenantsoughtsanctuarybecausehewasindangerfromtheearlofNorthumberlandregardingaccountsforwhichhehadtoanswertovariousoftheearl'sservantswhocametohimatRipontomakeinquiry.HewasexaminedatRiponinthechapterhouseofthemonastery,inthepresenceofMasterNewman,thepresidentofthechapter.Heasksthatthebooksbedeliveredtohiminthesanctuaryprecinctsothathecould"perfectthem,"andthusmakeaccounttotheearl.(Unclearifhefearsprosecutionfordebtorembezzlement;thelatterisguessedhere.)


232

762 Tennant Austin Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1535 1535-12-23 Homicide Alsofelony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTennantsoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1535forfelonyandmurder.

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849 Terry John Shropshire,Hopton


CharteredSanctuary



762

1743 Teryngton William Middlesex,Finchley

collarmaker M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


GreatYarmouth

1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatTeryngtontookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchofAllHallowsinHertford.ConfessedtothecoronerthattogetherwithJohnMeryngofNorthampton,labourer,on8Sept.1526ontheking'sroadbyAndover,Wilts.,hehadassaultedacertainunknownmanandtiedhimup,stealingagoldringand£86s8dinmoney.HeabjuredandwasassignedYarmouth.TeryngtonwaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.60;KB29/159,m.2

1521

803 Teverton Andrew Middlesex,Westminster,St.ClementDanes

M Church-taking,Middlesex,Stepney

Takingchurch 1423 1423-06-21 Felony MiddlesexjurorspresentedthatAndrewTevertontookchurchatStepneyfordiversefelonieson21Jun.1423,butthatimmediatelyJohnandThomasBarbourofSt.ClementDanes"withmainforce"tookTevertonfromthechurchagainsthiswill.

TNA,KB9/218/2,m.30 729

809 Tewdemouth

Robert Yorkshire,Leeds

M Church-taking,Middlesex,?


Sandwich 1427 1427-05-04 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton4May1427TewdemouthtookchurchinMiddlesex(theplacenameisillegible),andconfessedtothecoronerthathehadkilledhismasteratNewcastle.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/222/3,m.35 735

221 Thirklekelt Henry Cumbria,Lazonby


1515 1515-11-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThirklekeltsoughtsanctuaryon5Nov.1515becauseon21Oct.1515atLazonby,hemortallystruckWilliamPyxsonwithadaggerinthechest,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,70 186

207 Thistilthwait Christopher

Cumbria,Dent M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-12-12 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThistilthwaitsoughtsanctuaryon12Dec.1514because-bythepersuasionofothers,andtogetherwiththoseotherpeople-hebrokeintoJohnMetkalf'shouseat"Byrkridge,"Wensleydale,around11Nov.1514,stealingabout10marksworthofgoods.

SDSB,66 173

1163 Thlandith Morgan Middlesex,Westminster

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1499 Trespass TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollscontainanentryfortheoutlawingandwaivingofanumberofmenandwomeninMiddlesexinHillary1500forvariousunspecifiedtrespassesandcontempts,includingThlandith,identifiedasasanctuarymanofWestminster.Unclearwhenhetooksanctuary;estimatedhere1499.

TNA,KB29/130,m.13d 1023

608 Thomas William Devon,Honiton


1518 1518-05-31 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomassoughtsanctuaryon31May1518forthehomicideofRichardPowell.

SDSB,176 539


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745 Thomlynson Christopher

Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent


1533 1533-12-10 Asportation Accessory;alsoEscapefromgaol

BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomlynsonsoughtsanctuaryon10Dec.1533becausehehadbeenarrestedforbuyingthreeyardsof"suspect"woolenclothfromanunknownman.Andafterwardshewasledtotheking'sprisonatNottingham,andthenandthereThomasClerkofNewark,mercer,actedashispledgeand"fidejussor,"butthenafterwardshefeloniouslyfledfromThomas'scustody.ChristopherThomlynsonwaspresumablyrelatedtoThomasThomlynsonofNewark,glover(ID#746),seekingsanctuaryfivedayslater.

SDSB,204 674

746 Thomlynson Thomas Nottinghamshire,NewarkonTrent


1533 1533-12-15 Felony Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomlynsonsoughtsanctuaryon15Dec.1533forsuspicionoffelony,anddebt.ThomasThomlynsonwaspresumablyrelatedtoChristopherThomlynsonofNewark,glover(ID#745),whosoughtsanctuaryfivedaysbefore.

SDSB,204 675

485 Thompson John Lincolnshire yeoman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1488 1488-07-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThompsonsoughtsanctuaryon14Jul.1488becausehekilledRobertTomsonof"Kelbe,"Lincolnshire,withaswordandadagger.

SDSB,151 427

395 Thompson John Yorkshire,Mowthorpe[?]

shepherd M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1513 1513-01-06 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThompsontooksanctuaryon6Jan.1513forthehomicideofWilliamEsteby.

SDSB,132 341

438 Thompson Thomas Yorkshire,StamfordBridge


1497 1497-07-08 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThompsontooksanctuaryon8Jul.1497forsecurityofhisbody.

SDSB,141 383

1498 Thomson John Kent,Stowetyng[?]

labourer M Church-taking,Essex,Newport


GreatYarmouth

1431 1431-03-29 Asportation Coroner'smemorandum29Mar.1431thatThomsontookchurchatNewportandconfessedthathehadstolenhorses.Heabjured,butmusthavesubsequentlybeencaughtintherealmastheindictmentnoteshewasintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/228/2,m.34 1319

151 Thomson Mark Yorkshire,Beverley


1507 1507-08-24 NonsuitonFelonyProsecution

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomsonsoughtsanctuarybecausehehadpursuedWilliamKydeforhavingstolenmerchandisefromhim,andfindinghimhehadhimbroughttotheking'sgaolatNottinghamtobetriedasafelon,providingtwopledges(WilliamJohnsonofNottingham,pinner,andN.HawdenofLukburgh,Notts.,yeoman)forhisappeal.ThomsonhoweverfearedKyde'sfriendsanddefaultedontheproceedingsagainsthim,andnowheseekssanctuaryforhisnonsuit.[NotethatThomsonisfromBeverley-yetseekssanctuaryatDurham.]

SDSB,49 120

387 Thorneton Ralph Yorkshire,Rise smith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1512 1512-09-01 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThornetonsoughtsanctuaryon1Sept.1512fordebt.

SDSB,130 334

701 Thorp John Yorkshire,Eastrington


1522 1522-08-18 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThorpsoughtsanctuaryon18Aug.1522forfelony.

SDSB,195 632

563 Thorpe Richard Derbyshire,Normanton

wheelwright M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-05-21 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThorpesoughtsanctuaryon21May1515fordebt.

SDSB,167 497

690 Thorpp Thomas Yorkshire,York


1527 1527-07-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThorpptooksanctuaryon10Jul.1527fordebt.

SDSB,193 621

84 Thorpp William Yorkshire,Welwick


1500 1500-12-10 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThorppsoughtsanctuaryon10Dec.1500becauseon8Nov.1500heandseveralofhisassociates--WilliamandJohnDorandandNicholas[blank]--enteredacertainparkcalledWinesteadParktoretrievetheirdog,whichhadbeentakenbytheparkers.Thorppandhiscompanionsaskedtheparkersiftheycouldhavethedogback,becausehehadgoneintotheparkagainsttheirwill,buttheparkersrefusedandthreatenedandassaultedthem.Nicholas[blank]thenshotanarrowattheparkers,strikingacertain[blank]Marchintheneckwiththearrow,fromwhichwoundMarchdiedabouttendayslater.AlthoughThorppdidnothimselfinflictthewound,hefearshewillbeindictedasanaccessory,eventhoughhedoesnotmeritit.

SDSB,33 75


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1864 Thylwall Edwin M YorkSt.Leonard'sHospital

Ambiguous 1517 1517-05-23 Felony TheregisterofSt.Leonard'shospitalrecordsamemorandumthatonSat.,23May1517,EdwynThylwallcametothecourtofthehospital,beforeRobertBrere,thebailiff,andmanyothers,andacknowledgedthathewasafelonandmalefactor,andforthatreasonsoughtthelibertyofSt.Leonardforthesecurityofhislife,anditwasgiventohim.Thisappearstobeagrantofpermanentsanctuary,asopposedtothetemporarysanctuaryaspreludetoabjurationfortheonlyothersanctuarycaseintheregister,thatofGeorgeAkeryg[ID#1863].

YorkMinsterArchives,MS2/6e,RegisterofSt.Leonard'sHospital,fol.45v

1630

394 Thymylby John Lincolnshire,Waddingworth


1512 1512-11-15 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThymylbysoughtsanctuaryon15Nov.1512fordebt.

SDSB,132 340

632 Thyne William London skinner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1523 1523-11-16 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThynesoughtsanctuaryon16Nov.1523for"securityofhislife."

SDSB,180 563

1433 Tleude Thomas priest M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1536 Felony EleanorStudley,mercer'swifeofLondon,wrotetoCromwelltocomplainaboutslanderouswordsthatTleude,sanctuaryman,hasspokenabouther,indicatingthatthe"searcher"oftheWestminstersanctuaryhadassuredher"thathewillbringhymfortheatalltymesyfheberequyeryd."

TNA,SP1/102,fol.64r(L&P,10:128)

1266

165 Tod John Yorkshire,Swine,Skirlaugh


1508 1508-07-10 Asportation Alsodebt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTodsoughtsanctuaryon10Jul.1508becauseatWestminsteraround25Jul.1498,hestoleahorseandfivemarksfromN.Dale,chaplain,thenthestewardofthelordofHastings.Healsoseekssanctuaryfordebt.

SDSB,53 132

196 Todd John Yorkshire,Richmond[?]


1512 1512-11-13 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatToddsoughtsanctuaryon13Nov.1512becauseon6Nov.1512hehadstruckJohnRawontheheadwithahalberkatRichmond,fromwhichwoundhedied.Todd'splaceoforiginisnotspecifiedintheentry.

SDSB,62-63 162

591 Tode Thomas Yorkshire,Beverley


1517 1517-03-08 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTodesoughtsanctuaryon8Mar.1517fortheft.

SDSB,172 524

1646 Toft William Derbyshire,Denby

tailor M SJJ:Winkburn,Nottinghamshire

CharteredSanctuary

1494 1494-02-28 Homicide MargeryRollesley,widowofHumphreyRollesley,appealedWilliamToftofherhusband'smurderin1494;inresponseToftpleadedsanctuary,claimingthathehadtakensanctuaryinamessuagethatwasintheambitofHospitallerpropertyinWinkburn,Notts.(wheretherewasaHospitallerchurchandhouse).Toft'spleawasputtoajuryinLent1496;thejuryfoundthathehadtakensanctuaryandthatithadbeenbreached.Thejudgesputhimbackinprisonwhiletheyconferred,andtherehestayeduntilEaster1498whentherecordbreaksoff.

TNA,KB27/936,pleam.60;citationfromJ.H.Baker,TheOxfordHistoryoftheLawsofEngland,VolumeVI,1483-1558(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2003),545;Baker,Port'sNotebook,31-36;Baker,Caryll'sReports,285-86;McSheffrey,SS,96-98

1427


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1121 Toker Ralph Somerset,Chard

yeoman M Church-taking,Kent,Shoreham;thenHighamKent;thenSJJ:Hospitallercloak

CharteredSanctuaryTakingchurchAbjuration

Dover 1506 1506-08-14 Asportation TherearetworecordsassociatedwithtwoseparateabjurationsmadebyToker,andinadditionathirdunconventionalsanctuaryclaiminthecloakofaHospitallerknight.Acoroner'smemorandumrecordsthaton14Aug.1506atShoreham,Kent,Tokertooksanctuaryintheparishchurch,andon18Aug.heabjured,confessingthathehadbrokenintoThomasPolhill'shouseandcloseatShorehamandstole24sworthofwoolencloth.HewasassignedDoverandsentonhisway.Asecondcoroner'smemorandumindicatesthatafewdayslateron21Aug.1506atHigham,Kent,hesoughtsanctuaryagaininHighamparishchurch,andconfessedtoadifferentcoronerthattheyearbeforehehadbrokenintotheparishchurchofQueenborough,Kent,andstolenachalice,apatten,acrucifix,andotherchurchgoods.Heabjuredagain,andwasagainassignedDover.By22Sept.1506Tokerwasincustody,apparentlystillnothavingactuallylefttherealm,andhewasbroughtbeforethepeacesessionsatCanterbury.HemadethesamepleaasRobertPulham[ID#1119],whichisthathehadtakenanotherformofsanctuary:thatis,atthepeacesessionsatCanterburycastlehehadtakenholdofthecloakofJohnRawson,aknightoftheHospitallerOrder,andclaimedthe"privilegeofSt.JohnofJerusalem."Hewasviolentlytakenfromthat"sanctuary,"butsoughttoberestored.ThissanctuarypleawasbroughtbeforeKing'sBenchinTrinity1507,wherethejusticesdidnotallowtheplea.Theyhoweveraskedhimifhewasaclerk,andherepliedthathewas,andreadasaclerk,buttheking'sattorneysaidthathehadpreviouslymadeanotherbenefitofclergyclaiminEssex.Tokerremainedincustodywhiletherecordofthispreviousclaimwassought.Tokerappearstohaveremainedinprisonuntil5Nov.1509,whenheagainappearedatKing'sBenchandpresentedapardon,andwentsinedie.

TNA,KB9/442,mm.17-20;KB27/984,rexm.12;KB27/993,rexm.17;KB29/136,mm.4d,41d;McSheffrey,SS,83-90,110

988

1271 TokerorTucker

John London tanner M Church-taking,London,St.Bartholomew'sPriory

Takingchurch 1504 Debt InacourtofRequestsbill,JohnToker,aged74,claimedthatinthecontextofadisputeintheExchequercourtoverhisworkasatannerhehadfledtoSt.Bartholomew'sHospitalinWestSmithfield"toSayntwarye"becausehehadbeengravely"menacedandthreatened"byofficersofthemayorofLondon.Thislikely(butnotcertainly)concerneddebt.

I.S.Leadam,ed.,SelectCasesintheCourtofRequests,A.D.1497-1569,SeldenSociety12(London:BernardQuaritch,1898),7-10

1115

1202 Toller Robert Yorkshire,Catterick

chaplain M Durham(abjurationfromYorkshire,Catterick)


1533 1533-05-09 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6May1533overthebodyofChristopherGretehede;jurorsreportedthatTollerhadon5May1533attackedGretehedeandkilledhim,fleeingafterthefelonytothechurchofCatterick,Yorks.Acoroner'smemorandumdated9May1533statedthatTollertookthechurchofCatterickon9May1533,confessingtheabovemurder.Heabjured,choosingthesanctuaryatDurham.

TNA,KB9/525,m.78;KB29/166,m.24d

1057

475 Tomson Robert Northumberland,NewcastleuponTyne


1491 1491-11-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTomsontooksanctuaryon26Nov.[1491?]fordebt.

SDSB,149 419

41 Tomsune Robert Yorkshire,Ruthby


1490 1490-02-02 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTomsunesoughtsanctuaryon2Feb.1490becauseseveraldaysbefore,attheendofabridgebetweenthetownofRudbyandthetownofHutton,hefeloniouslystabbedThomasBarburinself-defence,Barburdyingtwodayslater.

SDSB,15 36

463 Tooke John Worcestershire,Kidderminster

tapper M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1499 1499-11-18 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTookesoughtsanctuaryon18Nov.1499fordebt.

SDSB,146 408

577 Toppam John Yorkshire,Carleton-in-Coverdale


1516 1516-03-17 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatToppamsoughtsactuaryon17Mar.1516forthehomicideofThomasGeldard.

SDSB,170 510


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1600 Topshawe William Yorkshire,Ripon




1383

726 Torre John Devon,Bradling[?]

gentlemanoryeoman

M Church-taking,Somerset,Somerton;thenBeverley


1531 1531-08-26 Asportation TorreappearsanumberoftimesinKing'sBenchrecordsbetween1529and1531.HewasindictedinJuly1529foraDec.1528burglaryinLondon;heescapedfromcustodyeitherbeforeorafterbeingarraigned(themarshalwasfinedfortheescapeinTrinity1529),butwasincustodyagainbyMay1530,whenatKing'sBenchhetoldthecourtthatinSept.1529hehadtakensanctuaryinaparishchurchinSomerset,butwasextractedviolentlyfromthesanctuary,andthuspleadedsanctuary.Theking'sattorneyarguedthathehadnotbeeninthesanctuarybutontheroadoutside.ThiswastobeputtoaSomersetjury,andinthemeantime,Torrewasputtobail,althoughhemaynotactuallyhavebeenreleasedaccordingtotheKB29entry.InDec.1530toFebruary1531hewasintheKing'sBenchprison,whereheservedasajurorontwocoroner'sinquestjuries(forprisonerswhodiedofnaturalcauses),butbyAugust1531hewasatlargeandtooksanctuaryatBeverleyfortheoriginalburglary.IfheisthesamemanastheJohnTorrewhoservedthecrowninthe1540s,heappearstohavebeenpardoned,astheKB29entrysuggests(althoughnopardonfound),perhapsafteraperiodofexileinFrance(L&P,16:159),andinthe1540sheperformedsignalservicestotheking.

TNA,KB27/1072,Fines;KB27/1075,rexm.3;KB27/1080,rexm.21d;KB29/162,mm.5,6d;KB9/975,mm.134,236;SDSB,199;L&P,15:118,366-67;16,passim,esp.429;21/2:285-86.

655

1049 Torrye John Yorkshire,SheriffHutton

gentleman M Colchester,St.John's(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,ShudyCampsSt.Mary)



TNA,KB9/519,m.47;TNA,KB29/165,m.4

939

601 Touller William Yorkshire,Knaresborough


1517 1517-08-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatToullersoughtsanctuaryon20Aug.1517fordebt.

SDSB,174 533

390 Towll William Lincolnshire,Hainton


1514 1514-04-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTowllsoughtsanctuaryon10Apr.1514fordebt.

SDSB,131 336

749 Townerowe Ralph Derbyshire,Chesterfield

haberdasher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-02-08 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTownerowesoughtsanctuaryon8Feb.1534foradebtof£100inthecityofLondon.

SDSB,205 678

408 Towneshend John Nottinghamshire,Retford


1501 1501-10-13 Homicide Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTowneshendsoughtsanctuaryon13Oct.1501forthehomicideofRichardWright,andfordebt.

SDSB,135 353

1010 Travilion Anthony Shropshire,Ludlow

yeoman M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,TuxfordSt.Nicholas


KingstonuponHull

1528 1528-05-28 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatTuxford,Notts.,on28May1528,TravilliontookthechurchofSt.Nicholasthere.Heconfessedthaton27May1528hehadbrokenintothecloseofThomasSpanyngatGrantham,Lincs.,andstolenahorse.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/508,m.73 909


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1308 Trenquart John France,Normandy,Herqueville

priest M Church-taking,Sussex,Rye

Takingchurch 1527 1527-05-11 Falsecoining AseriesoflettersintheStatePapersrelatetothecaseofTrenquart,aFrenchpriest"inmerchant'sapparel,"whohadbeenarrestedforcoin-clipping,escapedfromprisonawaitingprocessatWestminster,andthentookchurchatRyeinMay1527.Heconfessedthere,lookingtoabjure,butthewardenoftheCinqPortsdidnotbelievehecouldhavesanctuaryforcoin-clipping(whichwasconsideredaformoftreason).

TNA,SP1/49,fols.59r-62v(L&P,4/2:1952)

1142

886 Tresanowe John Cornwall,Traboe[?]

yeoman M Beaulieudependency:St.Keverne,Cornwall

CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-10-07 Homicide Coroner'sinquestat"Turuborough"[Traboe?],Cornwall,7Oct.1510,overthebodyofWilliamMorgan.ThejurorsreportedthatTresanowe,of"TregyrthickTrabba"[again,Traboe?],assaultedMorganabout1pmwithprecogitatedmaliceandkilledhim.ImmediatelyafterwardshefledtothesanctuaryofSt.Keverne*.Thejurorsalsosaidthatanumberofothers,includingaknightWilliamTrevvanyon,incited,helped,andabbettedhimtodothemurder.TheKBcontrolmentrollindicatesthatTresanowewaspardonedinHillaryterm1512.*St.KevernewasadependencyofBeaulieuAbbey(VCHHants.,2:140-46-http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol2/pp140-146)

TNA,KB9/457,m.107;KB29/143,m.2d

796

1581 Tresham Henry Esquire M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar TreshamwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


1579 Tresham Thomas knight M TewkesburyAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1471 1471-05-04 Civilwar TreshamwasamongsttheLancastrianforcesatthebattleofTewkesbury4May1471;accordingtoWarkworth'sChronicle,upondefeatheandothersintheLancastrianforcessoughtsanctuaryatTewkesburyAbbey.EdwardIVinitiallypardonedthem,butthenrescindedthepardonandextractedthemfromtheabbeyandtriedandexecutedthemall.


711 Trewe James Yorkshire,Escrick


1520 1520-01-30 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTrewesoughtsanctuaryon30Jan.1520forthehomicideofJohnMortonofEscrick.

SDSB,197 642

1046 Treynneworthe

George Devon,Tiverton

servingman M Church-taking,Bedfordshire,NorthillSt.Mary


Southampton

1531 1531-04-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Apr.1531atNorthill,Beds.,GeorgeTreynneworthe(ID#1046)andRobertTurlo(ID#1047)tooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinNorthill.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton2Apr.theyhadassaultedanunknownmanatAndover,Hants.,andstolentwohorsesfromhim.Theywerebothbrandedonthehand"accordingtotherecentstatute"(of1529).TreynneworthewasassignedSouthampton,andTurlo,Lynn.Thisis12daysafterthenewstatute-bywhichabjurerswerenottoproceedintoexilebuttoacharteredsanctuary-hadcomeintoeffect;asinthecaseofJohnJohnson(ID#1045),anoteontheindictmentindicatesthatthecoronerwasprosecutedforallowingthemtoabjuretherealm.

TNA,KB9/517,m.146;KB29/164,m.33

937

1300 TroublefeldaliasVaughan

Elizabeth London F SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1523 AnentryintheLondonRepertoryBookdated2Jul.1523indicatesthatMasterBroun,alderman,citedElizabethTroublefeldaliasVaughan,dwellinginSt.MartinleGrand,forhaving"procuredayoungmaidentogototheStewsandthereuponconveyedherthither";hehadcommittedTroublefeldtotheCounteruntilthemattercouldbebetterexamined.Whethershewasregisteredinthesanctuaryornotin1523,a"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsElizabethTroublefeldaslodginginBland'sAlleywithAnneJenyns.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473);LMA,Rep.6,fol.43r

1135

391 Trowlop Andrew Northumberland,Charlton

webster M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1514 1514-07-24 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTrowlopsoughtsanctuaryon24Jul.1514forthehomicideof[blank]Stephynson.

SDSB,131 337


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996 Tukker Stephen Wiltshire,Heytesbury

yeoman M Church-taking,Essex,ChelmsfordSt.Mary


Portsmouth 1527 1527-05-01 Homicide Robbery Coroner'smemorandumthatTukkertookthechurchofSt.MaryatChelmsfordon1May1527,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton17Apr.1527hehadrobbedHenryBakerandon9Jan.1522inWiltshirehehadkilledapriest.Heabjured.StephenTukker,RichardLevesey,andThomasLanealltookthesamechurchinChelmsfordonthesameday,buthadcommitteddifferentfelonies,indicatingthattheymayhaveescapedfromprisontogether.

TNA,KB9/504,m.113;KB29/159,m.19

893

979 Tunstall George Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-07-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquest8Jul.1526overthebodyofThomasSmyth,lyingdeadinthetownofWestminster.JurorsreportedthatGeorgeTunstallandJohnBradley(ID#980)on7Jul.at9PMassaultedhimandkilledhim,Tunstallstrikingthemortalblow,withBradleyasaccessory.TunstallfledtoWestminsterAbbeyandBradleytotheprioryofSt.JohnofJerusalematClerkenwell.Tunstallwasoutlawed2May1527,butin1530heappearedandclaimedtherecentgeneralpardonof1529,whichwasrestrictedtothosenotguiltyofintentionalmurder.Heargued,anditwasaccepted,thathehadkilledSmythinthemidstofasuddenquarrel(i.e.chancemedley);theking'sattorneyacceptedthatthiswastrue,havinghearditfrommanytrustworthymeninMiddlesex,andTunstallwasfreetogo.AmanofthesamenamewasthesonofSirEdwardTunstallofLaverockBridge,nearKendal,Cumbria.Kendal,CumbriaRecordOffice,LeFlemingMSS,RydalHall,WDRY/BOX92/131,1537,calendaraccessedathttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=024-wdry&cid=-1#-1;WDRY/BOX92/131,1537,calendaraccessedathttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=024-wdry&cid=42-132&kw=#42-132;WilliamFarrerandJohnFlavelCurwen,eds.,RecordsRelatingtotheBaronyofKendale(Kendal:T.Wilsonandson,,1923),1:69-92.

TNA,KB9/501/2,m.24;KB27/1075,rexm.2d;KB29/162,m.6d

877

343 Turbarvell Hugh Dorset M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1511 1511-01-20 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTurbarvellsoughtsanctuaryon20Jan.1511forthehomicideofWilliamSkynnerofCalais.

SDSB,121 291

1047 Turlo Robert Yorkshire,Halifax

servingman M Church-taking,Bedfordshire,NorthillSt.Mary


Lynn 1531 1531-04-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Apr.1531atNorthill,Beds.,GeorgeTreynneworthe(ID#1046)andRobertTurlo(ID#1047)tooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinNorthill.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton2Apr.theyhadassaultedanunknownmanatAndover,Hants.,andstolentwohorsesfromhim.Theywerebothbrandedonthehand"accordingtotherecentstatute"(of1529).TreynneworthewasassignedSouthampton,andTurlo,Lynn.Thisis12daysafterthenewstatute-bywhichabjurerswerenottoproceedintoexilebuttoacharteredsanctuary-hadcomeintoeffect;asinthecaseofJohnJohnson(ID#1045),anoteontheindictmentindicatesthatthecoronerwasprosecutedforallowingthemtoabjuretherealm.

TNA,KB9/517,m.146;KB29/164,m.33

937

1170 TurnamaliasPercyvale

William Northamptonshire,OldStratford

labourer M Church-taking,Northamptonshire,Passenham


Bristol 1508 1508-06-22 Homicide Bothcoroner'smemorandaofabjurationforWilliamTurnam(#1170)andWilliamPayne(#1171)andacoroner'sinquestreportoverthebodyoftheirvictim,FrancisAleyn,survive.AlthoughthiswasnotnotedonTurnam'sandPayne'sabjurations(whichbaldlystatethattheymurderedFrancisAleyn,chaplain),thecoroner'sinquestforAleynindicatesthatthehomicidewasinrevengefortherapeofMargaretWylson.ThejurorsindicatedthatTurnamandPayne,bothofOldStratford,accompaniedbyWylson,hadlaininwaitandattackedAleynfollowingAleyn'shavingbrokenintothehouseofJohnWydevyllatOldStratford,wherehe"carnallyknew"MargaretWylson,apparentlybyforce.Despitethejurors'reportofherpresence,noindictmentofWylsonasaccessoryhasbeenfound.Immediatelyafterthehomicide,TurnamandPaynefledtothePassenhamparishchurchwheretheyabjured.Thecontrolmentrollindicatesbothwereoutlawed,Turnamon8Apr.1512(nodategivenforPayne).

TNA,KB9/960,mm.80,83;KB29/138,m.3d

1030


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1844 Turnebull John Middlesex,Westminster

labourer M Church-taking,Berkshire,ColeshillAllSaints


Portsmouth 1511 1511-04-29 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton29Apr.1511TurnebullsoughttheparishchurchofColeshillforthemurderofanunknownmaninSouthwarkon3Apr.1510,whomheattackedinSt.George'sField.TurnebullwasoneoffourmenwhoabjuredfromAllSaintschurchonthesameday,althoughonlytwowereinvolvedinthesamecrime,andtheirabjurationswererecordedseparately.

TNA,KB9/459,m.64 1611

90 Turnor William Yorkshire,Guisborough


1502 1502-09-12 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTurnorsoughtsanctuaryon12Sept.1502becauseinself-defencehestruckRobertRothe,on10Sept.,stabbinghiminthechest,killinghimimmediately.

SDSB,35-36 81

1278 Tuttebury William Gloucestershire,Bristol

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1414 1414-02-02 Namedincoroner'sreportoftheconfession(asapprover)ofRichardMakerell(ID#796).MakerellclaimedthatwhenhewasinsanctuaryatWestminster(asadebtor)in1414,thearchdeaconofWestminstertriedtorecruitMakerell,RobertBolle(ID#1277),andTutteburyforSirJohnOldcastle'srevoltagainstthecrown.

TNA,KB9/205/1,m.15 722

1629 Tye Richard chaplain M Church-taking,Bedfordshire,Knotting


1410 1410-02-09 Asportation PatentrollrecordsapardonforTye,whoon9Feb.1410hadsought"holychirchegrith"inBedfordshireandconfessedtothecoronerthatinaround1Aug.1409hehadstolenclothandapsalter.Abjured14Feb1410;24March1410pardonedforfeloniesandabjuration.

CPR1408-13,184 1410

1707 Tykemor Thomas Surrey,Newdigate

husbandman M Church-taking,Surrey,Newdigate

Takingchurch 1539 1539-04-06 Homicide ArecordofgaoldeliveryatLewesinSurrey,1Dec.1539,submittedtoKing'sBench,indicatesthatTykemorwasarraignedonahomicideindicmentforkillingGeorgeSmytheratRusper,Sussex,on1Apr.1539.AtLewesgaoldelivery,hepleadedsanctuary,claimingthathehadbeendraggedoutofparishchurchofNewdigatebyJohnKep,ThomasGardyner,andanotherthirtypeople.AtgaoldeliveryinSurrey,thejusticesreferredmattertoKB;hewascommittedtotheMarshalseaprisonbyTrinity1540butnorecordlocatedoffurtherresolution.

TNA,KB9/547,mm.12-13;KB29/173,mm.16,22

1490

1411 Tykhyll Robert M WestminsterAbbey


1526 Felony AlistofthoseprivilegedoftheWestminstersanctuarydated1Jun.1533indicatesthatRobertTykhyll,clerkconvict,attaintedforfelonyandabjured,hadbeenintheconvicthousefor7years.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1245

1412 Tymberman John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-30 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Tymbermanwasnamedashavingenteredformurder,abouttwodaysbefore(~30May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1246

341 Typan William Kent,Canterbury


1504 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatTypansoughtsanctuaryfordebt(n.d.;betweenentriesdated1503and1506-assignedto1504).

SDSB,120-21 289

1302 Tyrri Nicholas Denmark KingofDenmark'smessenger


1526 Security ChristianIIandYsabeau(Elizabeth),thekingandqueenofDenmark,wroteHenryVIIIon21Sept.1525toaskformercyfortheirmessenger,NichoalsTyrri,whohadtakensanctuary(whichnotspecified)afterhavingbeenchargedwithforginghiscredentials;theyaskformercyforhim.

BL,CottonNeroB/III,fol.65(L&P,4/1:740)

1137

825 Ufford Robert Essex,Barking fishmongeraliasgentlemanaliasyeoman

M Church-taking,London,St.Paul'scathedral

Takingchurch 1452 1452-07-11 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthatUffordtookchurchatSt.Paul'scathedralon11July1452andconfessedtothecoronerthaton30Nov.1450,togetherwithEdwardNewtonofLondon,yeoman,hekilledJohnHeywardofBarkingatCovehitheinSuffolk.Noindicationofabjuration.Thepatentrollrecordshispardongranted25Nov.1458.

TNA,KB9/267,mm.50-51;CPR1452-61,463

751

1413 Underhyll Edmund M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-12-01 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Underhyllwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryformurder,about6monthsbefore(late1532orearly1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1247

768 Underhyll William Yorkshire,Hedon


1537 1537-05-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatUnderhylltooksanctuaryon23May1537foradebtof£5.

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1414 Uppyngham Robert M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-06-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Uppynghamwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryforfelonyaboutayearbefore(1532).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1248

1669 Usley John Cumbria,Wetheral,WarwickBridge

miller M WetheralPriory CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-03-31 Homicide Coroner'sinqueston31Mar.1534atWarwickBridgeintheparishofWetheral,Cumbria,overtheviewofthebodyofJohnHylton.Thejurorsreportedthaton30Mar.1534around8pmacertainJohnUsleyofWarwickBridgeassaultedandkilledHylton,murderinghim.HefledafterwardstothesanctuaryoftheprioryofWetharal,tothedefaultofthetownspeople;hetookwithhimintosanctuaryaheiferworth3s.

TNA,KB9/529,m.174 1452

157 Ussher Robert Northumberland,Prudhoe


1507 1507-12-18 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatUsshersoughtsanctuaryon18Dec.1507becausearoundEastertenyearsbeforeatNaffertonhehadstruckThomasPawstonofMatfenwithalanceintheback;althoughthatblowdidnotkillhim,Ussherwaspresentwhenhereceivedanotherwoundwhichwasmortal.

SDSB,50-51 125

150 Uthwayt Thomas Cumbria,Sedbergh


1507 1507-07-17 Asportation DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatUthwaytsoughtsanctuaryon17Jul.1507becausesixmonthsbeforehehadconductedtwentyanimals,whichhadbeenstolenbyhisuncleGilbertGyofGarsdale,fromGarsdaletoGrimsby"ontheWalde."

SDSB,49 119

1642 Vandergrove Bartholomew

king'sgunner M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1501 Felony Thepatentrolls,29Jan.1501,recordthegrantforlifetoRogerLangloysoftheofficeofoneoftheking'sgunners,vacantduetothefelonyofVandergrove,whowasnowafugitiveinthesanctuaryofWestminster.

CPR1494-1509,239 1423

1740 Vans John Middlesex,Westminster,St.MartinintheFields

beerbrewer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-03-06 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinqueston13Mar.1527inthelibertyoftheabbotofWestminsteratWestminster,overthebodyofJohnHill.ThejurorsreportthatPaulClamaliasPaulSyonaliasPaulSparowe(ID#1739);andJohnVans(ID#1740),on6Mar.1527around11pmhadassaultedHillwitha"bongeknyfe,"andClamgaveHilltwowoundsfromwhichhelanguishedforaweekandthendied.Vanswasaccessory.BothfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.BothClamandVanswerelikelyDutch(judgingbothbytheirnamesandtheiroccupationsasbeerbrewers),andtheyfledtoaDutchenclaveinSMLG.Bothwereoutlawedin1528accordingtotheKing'sBenchcontrolmentroll.

TNA,KB9/973,m.42;KB29/159,mm.2,3d

1518

1415 Vaughan John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Vaughanwasnamedashavingenteredc.1530forfelony.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1249

1355 Vaughan William baker M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Felony Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Vaughanwasnamedashavingenteredforfelony.

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1250 VaughanaliasWaxham

EdmondorEdward

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


Minutesoftheprivycouncil28Jul.1557recordthataletterwastobesenttotheabbotofWestminster,orderingthatEdmondVaughan,theninthesanctuary,chargedwithdiversefeloniesbutwillingtoconfessonlyoneofthem,wastobedeliveredtotheconstableoftheTowerforfurtherexaminationonthefelony.Vaughanwastoberestoredbacktothesanctuaryaftertheexamination"ifitshallbehisrightsotobe."Theabbotwastokeepthismattersecret.AnotherletterwastobewrittentotheconstableoftheTowertoreceiveEdwardVaughanfromtheabbotfortheaforesaidpurpose.ChroniclerHenryMachynrecordedthat"Mr.Waxham,"whoseemstobethesameasEdmondorEdwardVaughan,hadfledtosanctuaryatWestminsterin1557afterescapingfromtheTower.Theabbotsurrenderedhimon29Jul.1558,bringinghimthroughLondontotheTower.InAugust,hebrokeoutofthetoweragainandagainwenttosanctuaryatWestminster.On15Sept.--perhapshavingagainbeensurrenderedbytheabbot?--Waxhamwas"restoreduntoWestminstertosanctuaryagain."

ActsofthePrivyCouncil,6:134;Machyn,Chronicle,fols.78v,79v

1094

492 Vernakyn John Yorkshire,Doncaster

hatmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1485 1485-04-08 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatVernakynsoughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1485andacknowledgedthatwithadaggerhehadkilledacertainLoakyn,Dutchman,ofYork,on9March1485.

SDSB,152 434

699 Vicarman Edward Yorkshire,York

capper M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1529 1529-04-12 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatVicarmansoughtsanctuaryon12Apr.1529fordebt.

SDSB,195 630

1356 Vulstone Richard M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Vulstonewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1190

478 Vyncent Thomas Nottinghamshire,Screveton


1482 1482-12-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatVyncentsoughtsanctuaryon4Dec.1482,acknowledgingthathehadkilledRichardWhallayofBaroughby[Barnby?]inLincs.

SDSB,150 422

841 Vyvyan John London yeoman;shoemaker


1476 1476-02-08 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.GilesCripplegate,London,15Mar.1476overthebodyofWilliamDuglasofLondon,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton8Feb.1476JohnWalkerattackedDuglaswithapitchfork,fromwhichwoundDuglasdiedon14March.JohnWemme,JohnVyvyan,ThomasWyrall,RobertRycherd,andWilliamGrendellwereaccusedasaccessories.ThejurorssaidthatafterthefelonytheyfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.TheinquestreportindicatesthatWemme,Vyvyan,Wyrall,Rycherd,andGrendellallwentsinediewhentheycametotrial.Anotherindictment(forfalsecoining)indicatesthathelivesinSMLGandisaGasconshoemaker.

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759

431 Wade John ?[GeldaleoftheHylle]


1495 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWadesoughtsanctuaryforfelony.Theentryisundated,andthepreviousdatedentryisJuly1495.

SDSB,139 376

1160 WadeorWalde

William Suffolk,Barham

yeoman M WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromSuffolk,Barham)


1538 1538-01-19 Asportation AttheSuffolkpeacesessionsatWoodbridgeon16Jan.1538,WadewasindictedforhorsetheftatLittleStoneham.Broughttothebar,hepleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton4January1538,hehadsanctuaryatBarhamparishchurchinSuffolkforahorsetheft,butwasdraggedfromthechurchby4menandputintocustody.Thequestionwasputtoajury,whichfoundthathehadindeedtakensanctuaryandhewasrestoredthere.On19Jan.,thecoronercameandheabjuredtoWestminster.Hewas,however,foundoutsidesanctuarybyTrinity1539;hepleadedclergy,butwascommittedtoprisonwhilejudgesdeliberated.TheninMichaelmas1540hepleadedthegeneralpardonof1540.

TNA,KB9/548,mm.192-94;KB27/1116,rexm.10;KB29/172,m.31d;KB29/173,m.18d;McSheffrey,SS,177

1020

13 Wadeson Thomas Cumbria,Sedbergh

labourer M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-04-19 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWadesonrangthebellatDurhamcathedral,seekingsanctuarybecauseatSedbergh,around22Jul.1477,heassaultedJohnWilsonwithastickcalledaclubstaffonhishead,andgavehimamortalwound,fromwhichWilsondiedwithintwodays.

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852 Wagstaff Nicholas London yeoman M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1486 1486-02-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreportdated27Feb.1486overthebodyofJohnLowtheofLondon,gentleman,intheparishofSt.NicholasOlyff.ThejurorsfoundthatWagstaffhadlaininwaitandassaultedandkilledLowthewithadagger,afterwhichheimmediatelyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.ThewritcallingtheinquestuptoKing'sBenchwasdated9Feb.1487.

TNA,KB9/373,mm.15-17 764

347 Waikefeld Robert Nottinghamshire,Dunham


1508 1508-11-04 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWaikefeldsoughtsanctuaryon4Nov.1508fordebt.

SDSB,122 295

70 Wakefeld John Yorkshire,EgglestoneAbbey




SDSB,27-28 64

1458 Walcheford John M Ripon CharteredSanctuary

1486 JohnSlingsbySr.petitionedthekinginparliamentregardinganappealofmurder(privateprosecution)againsthissonJohnbroughtbyAgnes,wifeofJohnWalcheford,sanctuarymanatRipon,whoabout24Aug.1486withothersanctuarymen(60innumber)attackedhis[JohnSr.'s]houseatNorthStudley(Warws.?),andwaskilledintheaffray.

PROME,1495-10,no.34(6:495)

1289

1357 Walett John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Felony Alsodebt Inthe1532and1533Westminstersanctuarycensuses,Walett(identifiedin1532as"aporeman")wasnamedashavingenteredc.1530fordebt(1532);andasaccessorytofelony(1533).

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133;SP1/238,fols.72-73

1191

73 Walkar Robert Yorkshire,Startforth

servantoftheabbotofEgglestone


1496 1496-04-11 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatthreecanonsofEgglestoneAbbeyinYorkshire--JohnWakefeld,ThomasWalkar,andWilliamHall--alongwithoneoftheabbot'sservants,RobertWalkar,soughtsanctuaryon11Apr.1496becauseon29Mar.1496,inafieldcalledLartingtonFieldnearStartforth,theywereattackedbyRichardAppelbyofCotherstoneandhisretinue.RobertWalkarstruckAppelbyonthebackoftheheadwithawelshbill,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedtwelvedayslater.RobertWalkarsoughtsanctuaryasprincipal;thecanonsasaccessories,becausetheywerepresentwithhimandtheyfeartheywillbeindictedaswell.In1503,JohnWakefeldwaselectedpriorofEgglestoneAbbey,thusheatleastpresumablywasnotprosecutedorwaspardoned.http:--www.british-history.ac.uk-report.aspx?compid=36276

SDSB,27-28 64

71 Walkar Thomas Yorkshire,EgglestoneAbbey




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1216 Walker Alice Cambridgeshire,Cambridge

spinster F WestminsterAbbey(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,Barnwell,PrioryofSt.Giles)


1535 1535-02-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatBarnwellinthelibertyofthecityofCambridge,on4Feb.1535,AliceWalkertookthepriorychurchofSt.GilesatBarnwell.SheconfessedtothecoronersthatshehadbrokenintothecloseofGeoffreyRankynofCambridge,burgher,andstole14sinmoney,akirtle,andotherlinens.Sheabjured,wasbranded,andwasassigned,withherconsent,Westminstersanctuary.

TNA,KB9/531,m.95;KB29/168,m.3

1067

712 Walker Christopher

Nottinghamshire,Nottingham

pouchmaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1521 1521-04-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWalkersoughtsanctuaryon20Apr.1521fordebt.

SDSB,197 643

531 Walker George M Beverley CharteredSanctuary


SDSB,160 468

839 Walker John London pewterer M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1476 1476-02-08 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.GilesCripplegate,London,15Mar.1476overthebodyofWilliamDuglasofLondon,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton8Feb.1476JohnWalkerattackedDuglaswithapitchfork,fromwhichwoundDuglasdiedon14March.JohnWemme,JohnVyvyan,ThomasWyrall,RobertRycherd,andWilliamGrendellwereaccusedasaccessories.ThejurorssaidthatafterthefelonytheyfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.TheinquestreportindicatesthatWemme,Vyvyan,Wyrall,Rycherd,andGrendellallwentsinediewhentheycametotrial.

TNA,KB9/343,mm.94-96 759

421 Walker John Yorkshire,GreatAyton[?]


1501 1501-03-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWalkersoughtsanctuaryon15Mar.1501forthehomicideofThomasNelsonatGuisborough,Yorks.

SDSB,137 366

657 Walker Matthew Suffolk,Ashby shoemaker M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1525 1525-01-28 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWalkersoughtsanctuaryon28Jan.1525forsecurityofhislife.

SDSB,185 588

28 Walle Thomas Durham M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1483 1483-09-05 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWallesoughtsanctuaryon5Sept.1483,becauseon17Aug.1483hehadassaultedaservantofThomasPalmerofYorkbetween"AtonandBarube"[EgtonandBarnby?]inYorkshire,strikinghiminthechestwithadagger,fromwhichblowtheservantdied.

SDSB,10 24

985 Walsall Robert Warwickshire,Atherstone

yeoman M "PrivilegedPlace"

Ambiguous 1526 1526-04-27 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatAtherstone,Warwickshire,on28Apr.1526,overthebodyofRichardHassettofAtherstone,glover.Jurorsreportedthaton27Apr.1526between3pmand4pmWalsallassaultedHassettandgavehimamortalwound.Afterwards,Walsall"withdrewtoaprivilegedplace."

TNA,KB9/502,m.147 883

1861 Walsowen Elizabeth Gloucestershire,Gloucester

spinster F Church-taking,Gloucestershire


1511 1511-03-06 Homicide Infanticide Coroner'smemorandumdated6Mar.1511thatWalsowenhadtakenthechurchofSt.MarynearGloucester.SheconfessedtothecoronerthatonthepreviousFriday(28Feb.1511)shehad"withforceandarms,thatiswithswordsandknives,"killedherownnewbornmaleinfant,slittinghisthroatwithaknifeimmediatelyafterhisbirth.Sheabjured.

KB29/144,m.3 1627

1416 Walton Thomas M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-06-01 Felony Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Waltonwasnamedashavingenteredsanctuaryforfelonyaboutayearbefore(1532).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1250

1102 Walworth John Northamptonshire,Weston

yeoman M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,KingstonSt.AndrewtheApostle


Colchester 1486 1486-01-08 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton8Jan.1486atKingstoninCambridgeshireWalworthtooksanctuaryattheparishchurch.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Jul.1485hehadassaultedHughPekeatClifton,Notts.,andkilledhim.Abjured,butbyMichaelmas1486hehadbeenfoundinLondonandwassentencedtobehanged.

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1220 Warbarton William London servingman M Beverley(abjurationfromHertfordshire,LaystonbyBuntingford,St.Bartholomew)


1535 1535-04-15 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton15Apr.1535WarbartonandMaxvyletooktheparishchurchofSt.BartholomewatLaystonbyBuntingford,Herts.Theyconfessedseparatelythaton15Apr.theyhadbothassaultedanunknownman,stealingfourpiecesofsayclothandothergoods,onthehighroadtowardsLondonatBuntingford.Theyabjured,werebranded,andbothchosethesanctuaryatBeverley.(NeitherappearintheBeverleyregister.)

TNA,KB9/533,m.108;KB29/168,m.27

1071

1240 Warbeck Perkin Pretendertothrone


1497 Civilwar AccordingtotheGreatChronicleofLondon,PerkinWarbecktooksanctuaryatBeaulieuAbbeyalongwithnineothermen,includingonenamedasJohnHeyron,registeringthemselvesassanctuarymen.Thelordchamberlainsentalargecompanyofmentoensurethathewouldnotbeabletoescape.Sometimelater,Warbeckwastaken--thechroniclerdoesnotindicatehow,whetherfromthesanctuaryorafterheleftit--andbroughtbeforethekingatTaunton,whereHenrypardonedandforgavehim.

GreatChronicleofLondon,282;McSheffrey,SS,14,49,130,133

1088

167 Ward Christopher

Westmorland,Cotisflate[?]



DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardsoughtsanctuaryon30Oct.1508becauseon15Oct.1508hehadbrokenoutoftheking'sgaolatApplebyinWestmorland.

SDSB,53 134

426 Ward Richard Gloucestershire,Bristol


1495 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardesoughtsanctuaryfordebt.Thisentryhasnodate;itfollowsanentryfrom11Mar.1495soassignedto1495.

SDSB,138-39 371

210 Warde Francis Yorkshire,WestRayns,Nappa


1515 1515-06-02 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardesoughtsanctuaryon2Jun.1515becauseon26May1515atWestRaynshewasassaulted,andandthusstruckbackatWilliamWalkerofNappawithapikestaff,givinghimwoundsfromwhichhedied10dayslater.(Notethat10dayshadnotyetelapsedwhenhesoughtsanctuary.)

SDSB,67 176

322 Warde Richard Berkshire,Clevar[?]


1505 1505-06-17 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardesoughtsanctuaryon17Jun.1505forthesafetyofhisbodyandhisgoods(fordebt?).

SDSB,116 270

554 Warde Thomas Huntingdonshire,Spaldwick


1482 1482-03-19 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardesoughtsanctuaryon19Mar.1482forthedeathofThomasRichardsonofMildenhall,Norfolk.

SDSB,165 489

752 Wardson Richard Norfolk,Lynn draper M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-07-26 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWardsonsoughtsanctuaryon8Jul.1534fordebt.

SDSB,205 681

109 Warener Thomas Westmorland,KendalHolyTrinity


1504 1504-06-30 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWarenerandCouk,on30Jun.1504soughtsanctuarybecause,followinganassaultonthetwomenmadebyChristopherManofWhitwellinKendallat"Petmoss"on10Jun.1504,WarenerstruckManontheheadwithaflatclub,killinghim,Coukbeingpresent.

SDSB,40 96

175 Warkcopp George Yorkshire,Richmond


1509 1509-10-31 Homicide Self-defence DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWarkcoppsoughtsanctuaryon31Oct.1509becauseinSt.NicholasLonynglaneinRichmondon27Oct.1509,inself-defence,hestruckRichardGoldsmythofRichmondintheneckwitha"hynger"(shortsword).Goldsmythimmediatelydied.

SDSB,56 142

1793 Warmyngton

Geoffrey London priest,vicarofSt.MartinleGrand


1467 AChancerypetitionbyJohnPassheley,anembroidererwhoalsocalledhimselfaclerkofSt.MartinleGrand,complainedthathehasbeenunjustlysuedonapleaoftrespassbyJohnKirkeham,"Caichpoll[thief-catcher]ofLondon,"whohadarrestedGeoffreyWarmyngton,vicarofSt.Martin's,foranunspecifiedoffence;WarmyngtonhadmadehisescapeandfledtoSMLG,wherehetooksanctuary.KirkehamtriedtoseizeWarmyngtonfromSMLG,butPassheleyandotherspreventedhim,butaspreventingthearrestwashisdutyasaclerkofSMLG,hebelievesthisisanunlawfulsuit.Thedateisanapproximateguess--thebillisundatedandbyitsaddresscouldbe1433-43or1467-72.

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754 Warren Robert Nottinghamshire,Nottingham

malter M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1534 1534-07-20 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWarrensoughtsanctuaryon20Jul.1534fordebt.

SDSB,206 683

975 Warwyk John Hertfordshire,Denham

M Church-taking,Essex,Hutton


Dover 1525 1525-08-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Aug.1525WarwyktookthechurchofSt.LaurenceinHutton,Essex.Heconfessedtothecoroneron31Aug.thatheandThomasWatsonofSt.Albans,dyer,hadon26Aug.assaultedHenryCrosse,clerk,ontheking'sroadnearShenfieldinEssex,stealing10s6dinmoneyfromhim.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.94 873

1688 Waterman Richard Somerset,Henlade

labourer M SJJ:PreceptoryofMinchinBuckland,Somerset

CharteredSanctuary

1517 1517-02-10 Homicide Coroner'sinquest10Feb.1517atTauntonoverthebodyofThomasRodyofTaunton,labourer.Jurorssaythaton9Feb.1517at10amWatermanassaultedandkilledhiminstantly,andthenimmediatelyafterwardhefledtothesanctuaryofSt.JohntheBaptistatBuckland(theHospitallerpreceptoryatMinchinBuckland).TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicateshewasoutlawedon17Jan.1518.

TNA,KB9/1002,m.46;KB29/149,m.2d

1469

1754 Waters John London embroiderer,aliasyeoman

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1526 1526-09-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquestabout7Sept.1526[dateillegibleondamageddocument,inferredfromKB27]overthebodyofNicholasMapurleyofCrouchend,yeoman.ThejurorsreportedthatJohnWaters,ThomasFoster,gentlemanoftheking'shousehold,andJohnHert,anotherembroidererofLondon,killedMapurleyatCrouchend.Waters,theprincipalfelon,istheonlyonesaidtohavefledtosanctuary.TheothertwoappearedinKBwhenthewidowappealedthemurder.ThomasFosterdiedbeforethecaseproceeded,andthewidowabandonedtheappealbeforeitwenttothejuryregardingHert(andthenHertwasacquittedbythejuryontheking'ssuit).Waterswasoutlawed.

TNA,KB9/973,m.87;KB29/159,m.3;KB27/1063,pleam.62

1532

299 Watkyn Thomas Durham,Gwesso[?]


1510 1510-11-18 Homicide AlexanderMorleyandThomasWatkynof[Gwesso?]inthebishopricofDurhamsoughtsanctuaryon18Nov.1510forthehomicideofamannamedPersonell.

SDSB,112 247

227 Watson George Northumberland,Belsay


1516 1516-08-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatGeorgeWatsonandhissonsRobertandJohnWatsonsoughtsanctuaryon8Jul.1516becauseGeorgeandJohnwerepresenton18Jun.1516atIngoeCraginNorthumberland,aidingRobertWatsonashestruckJohnStoryontheheadwithalance,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedsixteendayslater.

SDSB,72 192

285 Watson Humphrey

Yorkshire,GreatAyton


1519 1519-12-07 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWatsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Dec.1519becauseon5Nov.1519,inthetownofColdIngleby,afteranassaultmadeonhim,hestruckWilliamThorntonontherightpartoftheneckwithadagger,killinghim.

SDSB,87 234

229 Watson John Northumberland,Belsay



SDSB,72 192

611 Watson John Yorkshire,KingstonuponHull


1518 1518-02-07 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWatsonsoughtsanctuaryon7Feb.1518fordebt.

SDSB,176 542

255 Watson John Lincolnshire,Swineshead


1518 1518-05-08 Homicide Self-defence;alsotheft

DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWatsonsoughtsanctuaryon8May1518because,afterhehadbeenattackedbytwounknownmenon26Apr.1518atStayngatenearthetownofStamford,Lincs.,hestruckbackindefenceofhisownbodyandwoundedtheminmanypartsoftheirbody.Heleftthemindangerofdeathtoseeksanctuary.Healsoseekssanctuaryforstealingahorseand60sinmoneyfromthegoodsofBlaiseHolande,gentleman,oftheparishofSwineshead.

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1304 Watson John London brewer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-02-19 Homicide AdossierofdocumentsthathadbeenamongstCromwell'sprivatepapers,andarenowamongsttheStatePapers,involveacomplicatedcaseofallegedwifemurderin1527.WatsonstabbedhiswifeIsabelinaquarrelon19Feb.1527andleftherfordead,fleeingtosanctuaryatWestminster.Isabeldidnotimmediatelydie,however,althoughsoonaftershemiscarriedthechildshewascarrying.Acoroner'sinquest(acopyofwhichisinthedossier,butnotsenttoKing'sBench)washeldonthechild'sbody,butthejurorsruledthatithadbeenstillbornofnaturalcauses(withnomentionofthestabbingorassault).Isabellingeredforsomemonthsafterthat,andJohnemergedfromthesanctuaryashehadnotcommittedafelony,atleastaslongassheremainedalive.IsabelfinallydiedinJune1527.Anothercoroner'sinquestonherbodyruledthat,althoughshehadbeenstabbedinFebruarybyherhusband,thosewoundswerenotresponsibleforherdeath,whichhadbeennatural.(Again,thecoroner'sinquestreportwasnotsenttoKing'sBenchandsurvivesonlyinthedossier.)ThedossiersurvivesbecauseIsabel'sbrother-in-lawNicholasSpakemanandhersisterJulianSpakemanengagedinaseriesoflawsuitsagainstWatson,andheinturncounter-suedthem,bothinrelationtoallegedmurderand(perhapsmostpertinently)inrelationtothecouple'sgoods,whichhadcomeintothehandsoftheSpakemansduringtheperiodofchaosfollowingtheassault.Cromwellwasamongstthosewhobrokeredadealbetweenthetwoparties,whichishowthepaperscameintohispossession.

TNA,SP1/42,fols.126-2,142(L&P,4/2:1461-63)

1139

228 Watson Robert Northumberland,Belsay



SDSB,72 192

60 Watson Thomas Yorkshire,Richmond

recentlyapprenticeofRolandWalker



DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWatson,recentlyapprenticeofRolandWalkeralsoofRichmond,soughtsanctuaryon21Feb.1495becauseatRichmondheassaultedThomasForster,walkerofthesameplace,on20Jan.1495,stabbinghimintheheadwithadagger,fromwhichwoundForsterdiedwithintwoweeks.HesoughtsanctuaryalsoforbreakingoutoftheprisonatRichmond.

SDSB,24 55

284 Watson Thomas Northumberland,Bassington


1519 1519-08-31 Asportation Accessory Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton31Aug.1519WatsonsoughtsanctuarybecausehehadbeenareceiverofstolengoodsandanimalsfromNorthumberland.

SDSB,86-87 233

713 Watterhous James Yorkshire,Halifax


1530 1530-01-14 Falsecoining Accessory BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWatterhoussoughtsanctuaryon14Jan.1530,"forthathedidknowoneLawrenceHaulesworthofSowerby[Yorks]tocoinmoneyfalsely,contrarytotheking'scrownanddignityandlaws,andhedidconsentandgivecounseltothesaidcoining,towhomthesaidprivilegeisgrantedandheswore."

SDSB,197 644

807 Wawe William Worcestershire,Humulton[Hampton?],Fyppeston[?]

husbandman;yeoman


1427 1427-03-05 Asportation AhusbandmanofWorcestershire,WilliamWawe,wasindictedforaseriesofburglariesandtheftsc.1426.HetooksanctuaryatBeaulieuabbey,andwhentheabbotrefusedtohandhimoverwhenasked,he(theabbot)wassummonedtoKing'sBenchtoshowtheabbey’ssanctuaryprivileges,whichhewasnotabletoprovesatisfactorily.WawewasevidentlyseizedfromthesanctuaryandhangedinTrinityterm1428.AJohnPasford,gentleman,ofBeaulieu,andotherswereindictedforreceivingWawe(insideoroutsidethesanctuary?),knowinghimtobeafelon(thisindictmentwasruledinsufficientinlaw).Wawe’scasewasmuchcommenteduponinlegalreports;althoughBeaulieu’ssanctuaryprivilegeinhiscasewasnotsecure,theabbeydidinlaterdecadessuccessfullyharboursanctuaryseekers.

Seipp1429.033;Seipp1429.071;TNA,KB9/222/2,m.35-37;KB27/673,rexm.7;KB15/42,fol158r-161v

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1481 Wayffy William London victualler M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1530 Debt InaChancerybill,Wayffycomplainedthaton18Feb.1530JohnOonely,gentleman,causedhimtobeunlawfullyarrestedwithinthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandfordebt.Thepetitionisdatableto1529-1532.

TNA,C1/689/7 1308

1358 Wayte Alice F WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasWayteandAlicehiswifewerenamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1192

1359 Wayte Thomas pointmaker M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Debt Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,ThomasWayteandAlicehiswifewerenamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1193

1090 Webbe John Middlesex,Islington

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1388 1388-06-22 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatIslington22June1388overthebodyofSimonHertofIslington.ThejurorsfoundthatJohnWebbekilledHertinhisowndefence,andthenimmediatelyfledtothesanctuaryofWestminster.

TNA,JUST2/97B,m.1 962

1154 Webbe John Surrey,Southwark


1536 1536-11-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest7Nov.1536atSouthwarkoverthebodyofHenrySkrevynofSouthwark,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton4Nov.SkrevynhadbeenwithinthetownofSouthwarkabout7pmwhenWebbeandWilliamLoggettofSouthwark,yeoman,assaultedandkilledhim.LoggettwasarrestedatthesceneandtakentoKing'sBenchprison,butWebbefledtoSt.MartinleGrandforsanctuary.LoggettwasacquittedattrialinEaster1537,buttheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollindicatesthatWebbewasoutlawed.

TNA,KB9/1065,m.116;KB27/1101,rexm.4;KB29/169,m.27d

1014

1742 Webbe William Gloucestershire,"Northebery"

cook M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordSt.Mary


Lynn 1526 1526-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumon23Nov.1526atHertford,thatWebbetookthecemeteryoftheparishchurchoftheBlessedMarybyHertfordpriory.ConfessedtothecoronerthattogetherwithJohnButlerofWells,Somerset,mercer,hehadon6Jun.1526brokenintothecloseofWilliamRawlynatTetbury,Gloucs.,andstolentwogeldingsworth4marks.Healsoconfessedthaton5Sept.1526hehadbrokenintoahouseatHichin,Herts.,andstolentwotunicsandotherclothes.HeabjuredandwasassignedBishop'sLynn.WebbewaspartofagroupofninemenwhosoughtchurchesinHertfordandabjured,allonthesameday,23Nov.1526;theycamefromdifferentpartsofEngland;theyconfessedtodifferentfelonies;andtheywereallassigneddifferentports.EightsoughtSt.Mary'sparishchurchinHertford,onetheparishchurchofAllHallows.Itismostlikelytheyhadallbrokenoutofaprisontogether,perhapsatHertfordcastle.

TNA,KB9/973,m.59;KB29/159,m.2

1520

537 Webster John Yorkshire,NewtonbyLeeds

servant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1479 1479-07-04 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWebstersoughtsanctuaryon4Jul.1479forthedeathofRichardHuberstyofAltofts,Yorkshire,labourer,killedbyhimonMonday28Juneofthesameyear.

SDSB,161 473

582 Webster Thomas Yorkshire,Lowthorpe


1522 1522-08-18 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWebstersoughtsanctuaryon18Aug.1522forthedeathofThomasAykeofLittlebeck,Yorks.

SDSB,171 515

931 Wedde John Essex,Maldon yeoman M Church-taking,Essex,MaldonAllHallows

Takingchurch 1518 1518-05-26 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatMaldon,Essex,on4Jun.1518overthebodyofThomasGaywode,gentleman.JurorsreportedthatWeddeassaultedGaywodearound5pmon26May,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon4Jun.WeddeimmediatelyfledtothechurchofAllHallowsinMaldon,andfromthereescapedduetothenegligenceofthetownspeopleofMaldon.

TNA,KB9/476,m.109 829

52 Weddrelt John Northumberland,Bolam


1491 1491-12-01 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWeddreltsoughtsanctuaryon1Dec.1491becauseon13Apr.1491hehadstruckRolandSharpealsoofBolamwithawelshbill,andwhenhefelltothegroundhestabbedhimtwoorthreetimeswithadagger,fromwhichwoundsSharpeimmediatelydied.

SDSB,20 47

304 Weler Audrey[Etheldreda]

Lincolnshire spinster F Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-12-31 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatAudrey[Etheldreda]Welersoughtsanctuaryon31Dec.1510forfelony.

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1465 Welles Richard BaronWelles M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1470 Civilwar PolydoreVergilreportedthatin1470RichardWellesandThomasDymmok,whohadbeeninleaguewithWarwickandClarence,wentintosanctuaryatWestminsterfearingEdwardIV'sire;Edwardpersuadedthemtocomeoutofsanctuaryandthenbeheadedthem("totheworstexamplethatmightbe").

Vergil,EnglishHistory,127 1296

1621 Wells John Oxfordshire,Oxford

glover M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,OxfordAllHallows

Takingchurch 1491 1491-02-15 Homicide On15Feb.1491WellstookthechurchofAllHallowsinOxfordandconfessedtotheOxfordshirecoronerthemurderofThomasLudlow,serjeantofthemaceatOxford,on12Jan.1491.Heabjured.Aroundthesametime,MargeryLudlow,widowofthemurdervictim,petitionedtheking,complainingthatWellshadalsomurderedanotherman,RobertPhylipson,andthatherhusbandhaddiedwhilehehadattemptedtoarresthimforthatmurder.Inhercomplaint,shesaidthatafterhehadtakenchurchforLudlow'smurderhehadrefusedtoconfesstocoronerorabjure(?),andwasthentakenfromchurchandconvictedattrial;noweffortshadbeenmadeonhisbehalftorestorehimtosanctuary,andMargeryLudlowprayedthatthekingwouldquashthoseefforts.ItispossiblethatWells'sabjurationrecordindicatesthathewasinfactrestoredtothesanctuarydespitethewidow'splea.Thewritattachedtothememorandumofhisabjurationwasdated1496(aKB27recordnotsearchedfor).

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1402

1565 Wells Thomas Hampshire,Winchester

tailor M Hampshire,Winchester,CarmeliteFriary


1506 1506-08-02 Homicide Coroner'sinquest6Aug.1506atthe"sok"ofWinchesteroverthebodyofRichardWilsonofWinchester,labourer.JurorsreportedthatWellsassaultedWilsonon2Aug.at6pm,attackinghimwithaweaponcalled"amurderer,"stabbinghiminthechest,givinghimawoundfromwhichhediedon6Aug.WellsfledfollowingthestabbingtosanctuaryinthehouseoftheCarmeliteFriarsinWinchester(whetherforpermanentsanctuaryoraspreludetoabjurationisunclear).TheinquestreportwasdeliveredtoKing'sBenchon28Oct.1506.

TNA,KB9/443,m.24 1367

1730 Wellys Ralph London Lathe-cleaner

M Church-taking,London,St.Magnus

Takingchurch 1515 1515-11-14 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatColchesterinLent1516Wellyswasindictedforarobberyon4Nov.1515ontheking'sroadatMatching,Essex,assaultingandrobbingJohnHuntofover£7andahorse.Wellyspleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadtakenthechurchofSt.MagnusinLondonandhadbeenviolentlyextractedbyunknownmen.

TNA,KB9/969,m.64 1510

436 Wellys Walter London M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1496 1496-07-14 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWellyssoughtsanctuaryon14Jul.1496forthehomicideofacertain[blank]Trelawnii.

SDSB,140 381

840 Wemme John London goldsmith M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1476 1476-02-08 Homicide Accessory Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.GilesCripplegate,London,15Mar.1476overthebodyofWilliamDuglasofLondon,yeoman.Thejurorsreportedthaton8Feb.1476JohnWalkerattackedDuglaswithapitchfork,fromwhichwoundDuglasdiedon14March.JohnWemme,JohnVyvyan,ThomasWyrall,RobertRycherd,andWilliamGrendellwereaccusedasaccessories.ThejurorssaidthatafterthefelonytheyfledtosanctuaryatSt.MartinleGrand.TheinquestreportindicatesthatWemme,Vyvyan,Wyrall,Rycherd,andGrendellallwentsinediewhentheycametotrial.Wemmewasalsoaccusedofcounterfeiting.

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759

512 Wenslay Thomas Norfolk,Norwich


1493 1493-03-13 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWenslaysoughtsanctuaryon13Mar.1493fordebt.

SDSB,156 453

1129 Wenwryght Hugh Surrey,Merton

yeoman M Church-taking,London,St.MichaelCornhill

Takingchurch 1506 1506-11-10 Asportation AtSurreygaoldelivery15Feb.1507,WenryghtappearedtofaceindictmentthathehadburglarizedthehouseofthepriorofMertonPrioryinSurrey,stealingvariousitemsofplate.Hepleadedsanctuary,statingthathehadtakenthechurchofSt.MichaelCornhillinLondonforseveralfeloniesandmurders,andthatdiverseunknownmenhadviolentlytakenhimoutofthechurch"againtheecclesiasticallaws,"andhesoughttoberestored.Herefusedtopleadtothefelony,"refusingtheking'slaw."HiscasewasbroughttoKing'sBenchinHillary1508,whenWenrightchangedhispleatonotguilty.On5Nov.1509heagainappearedinKing'sBenchandpresentedapardon,andwentsinedie.

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186 Werener Thomas Westmorland,Selside,Kendal

horse-gelder M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1511 1511-02-10 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWerenersoughtsanctuaryon10Feb.1511fordebt.

SDSB,60 153

99 Wescard John Westmorland,Morland


1503 1503-09-12 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWescardsoughtsanctuaryon12Sept.1503forhavingstruckNicholasBrownontheheadwithawelshbillontheking'shighroadinMorland.HenryWescard,John'sbrother,hadbeenpresent,butwasnotapartytoNicholas'sdeath.Browndiedeightdayslaterfromthewound.

SDSB,38 89

63 West Henry Yorkshire,GillingWest


1495 1495-03-12 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWestsoughtsanctuaryon12Mar.1495forhavingassaultedandkilledRichardLithfoteofthesameparishon8Dec.1493or1494;hestruckhimontheheadwithabaselard.

SDSB,25 58

1417 West Nicholas grocer M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Westwasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1251

868 West Robert London tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1496 1496-07-12 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport13Jul.1496intheparishofSt.LeonardFosterLaneinLondon,overthebodyofJohnNewlond.Jurorsfoundthaton12Jul.intheeveningNewlondhadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenWeststabbedhimwithaknifecalleda"halomshirecutte."Newlondimmediatelydied,andimmediatelyaftercommittingthefelonyWestfledtoSt.MartinleGrand(whichwasimmediatelyadjacent).InanotherrecordsubmittedtoKing'sBench,West'swifeAliceWest,

TNA,KB9/410,mm.26-28;KB29/127,m.3

778

334 West Robert Lincolnshire,Aylesby

smith M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1506 1506-05-15 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWestsoughtsanctuaryinonRogationdays(mid-May)1506,forfelony.

SDSB,119 282

143 Westell Christopher

Cumbria,BroughunderStainmore


1506 1506-08-31 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamandChristopherWestellsoughtsanctuaryon31Aug.1506,becauseon26Aug.theyhadkilledRichardJafeldinthefieldofWarcopbystrikinghimontheleftlegwithabill,causinghimtobleedtodeath.

SDSB,46 113

142 Westell William Cumbria,BroughunderStainmore


1506 1506-08-31 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamandChristopherWestellsoughtsanctuaryon31Aug.1506,becauseon26Aug.theyhadkilledRichardJafeldinthefieldofWarcopbystrikinghimontheleftlegwithabill,causinghimtobleedtodeath.

SDSB,46 113

622 Weston Thomas Yorkshire,Snaith[?]

singingman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-10-02 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWeston,of"Snap,"Yorkshire,soughtsanctuaryon2Oct.1518fordebt.

SDSB,178 553

510 Westrewe John Cumbria,Bassenthwaite


1516 1516-11-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWestrewesoughtsanctuaryon15Nov.1516*forthehomicideofThomasJohnsonofBassenthwaite,whomhekilledwithastaffon6Oct.1516.[*Thornleycorrectsthedatefrom8Hen.VIIto8Hen.VIII.]

SDSB,156;Thornley,"SanctuaryRegistersatBeverley,"396.

451

760 Westwood William Lincolnshire,Thornton[?]


1535 1535-12-23 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWestwoodsoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1535fordebt.

SDSB,207 689

556 Weton William Yorkshire,NorthFerriby


1482 1482-11-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWetonsoughtsanctuaryon15Nov.1482forthedeathofJohnAtkynsonofthesameplace,chaplain,killedbyWetonon19Sept.ofthesameyear.

SDSB165-66 491

1418 Whafere Edward M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-18 Homicide Accessory Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Whaferewasnamedashavingenteredasaccessorytomurder,abouttwoweeksbefore(i.e.~18May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1252

651 Wharff Thomas London skinner M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1524 1524-10-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWharffsoughtsanctuaryon3Oct.1524fordebt.

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1530 Whatman John Sussex,Ticehurst

roper[?] M Church-taking,Surrey,Sheen


Southampton

1490 1490-05-05 Asportation Whatmanappearstohavebeenaserialhorsethief–andaserialsanctuary-taker.HetooksanctuarytwicewithinafewdaysinearlyMay1490,followingwhatmusthavebeenanescapefromcustody.AttheSussexpeacesessionsatLewesinApril1490,WhatmanwastriedforstealingJohnPodeland'shorseatHeathfield,Sussex,on8Sept.1489.Whatmanatfirstpleadednotguilty,butthenchangedhispleatoguiltyandsoughtthecoroner,presumablytoturnapprover.Lessthanamonthlater,14May1490,heappearedbeforeKing’sBench,whereheinsteadpleadedsanctuary,claimingthathehadaweekbefore,on7May1490,takenthechurchofSt.GeorgetheMartyrinSouthwark.Hehadpresumablyinthemeantimeescapedfromcustody,butthenonceheenteredthechurchofSt.GeorgehewasseizedbyacertainJohnTurbervyle,knight.TheattorneygeneralagreedwithWhatman’splea,andhewasorderedbythecourttoberestoredtothechurchandawaitthecoroner.InMichaelmasterm1491,hiscaseonceagainappearedbeforethejusticesatKing’sBench,andthistimeadifferentrecordofabjurationwassubmitted–thisonedated5May1490,onlytwodaysbeforetheother,thistimeinsteadforasanctuaryclaimatthechurchofSt.Georgewithinthevergeoftheking’shouseholdatSheen.AtthattimeheconfessedtothecoronerthatinMay1489hehadstolenahorseatWadhurst,Sussex,andabjured,beingassignedSouthampton.EvidentlyinsteadofproceedingtoSouthamptonheheadedtotheLondonareawherehetooksanctuaryagainatSouthwark-butthatisnotwhathetoldthecourtwhenheappearedthereinMichaelmas1491.HeexplainedthenthatashewasonhiswayfromtheabjurationatSheentowardsSouthampton,hehadbeentakenprisonerbythesheriffofSurrey,JohnApsle,andheldatGulldfordfor16weeks,wheretheygavehimonlybreadandwateronalternatedays,andtosavehislifeheescaped.Thecourtdidnotacceptthisplea,however(whichappearstobeinconsistentwiththeotherrecords),andhewassentencedtobehanged.

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1348

376 Whetfeld Alexander Warwickshire,Honington


1511 1511-12-11 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhetfeldsoughtsanctuaryon11Dec.1511fordebt.

SDSB,128 324

418 White John Norfolk,Lynn labourer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1500 1500-12-31 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhitesoughtsanctuaryon31Dec.1500forhissecurityand"fordiversoffences."

SDSB,137 363

1140 White John Gloucestershire,Bristol

labourer M SJJ:BristolTempleFee

CharteredSanctuary

1516 1516-04-10 Homicide InJune1516atGloucestershirepeacesessions,threeBristolmen—JohnWhite,labourer;JohnJohnson,smith;andEdwardFowler,goldsmith—wereindictedforthemurderofThomasFynnemourontheking’sroadintheKingswoodforestoutsideBristolon13Mar.1516.WhenbroughtbeforeKing’sBenchonlyweeksfollowingtheindictment,theypleadedsanctuary,usingelaboratewordingpresumablyprovidedbytheHospitallerorder.Thequestionwasnotputtoajury;instead,theking’sattorney,afterrequestsfordefermentsforsixtermsuntilHillary1518,arguedthatthepleawasinsufficientinlaw.Thejusticesdidnotrenderadecision,however,returningtheprisonerstotheMarshalsea.ForeachtermfromHillary1518untilTrinity1522,thejudgesdemurred,andeachtermtheprisonerswerereturnedtotheMarshalsea.Inthemidstoftheseterm-by-termappearancesincourt,Johnson’snamedisappearsfromtherecord—hehadpresumablydiedinprison—andtheninmid-1522therecordjustends,undetermined.


1003

330 White Nicholas London merchant M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1505 1505-07-22 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhitesoughtsanctuaryon22Jul.1505,"forallcausestouchingthehealthofhisbody."

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1528 White Richard Staffordshire,HamptonontheHull[?]

baker M Church-taking,Surrey,Newington,St.Mary


1487 1487-10-04 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton4Oct.1487WhitetooktheparishchurchinNewington,Surrey,andconfessedtothecoronerthatinmid-May1487atCannockHeathintheparishofCannock,Staffordshire,hefeloniouslykilledJohnBroun.Heabjured.HeappearedatKing'sBenchinEasterterm1490,havingbeenfoundintherealm,andwassentencedtohang.

TNA,KB9/385,mm.37-38;KB27/915,rexm.5(GD)

1345

1103 White Thomas Herefordshire,Clehonger

yeoman M Church-taking,London,AllHallowsontheWall


Winchelsea 1486 1486-03-19 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton19Mar.1486WhitetookthechurchofAllSaintsontheWall,London,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton26Dec.1482atClehonger,Herefordshire,hehadfeloniouslyslainJohnCorter,yeomanofClehonger.Abjured,buttheninOctober1487hewasbroughttoKing'sBenchhavingbeenfoundintherealm,andwassentencedtobehanged.

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976

1130 White Thomas Middlesex,Westminster

gentleman M Church-taking,London,St.JamesGarlickhithe

Takingchurch 1508 1508-10-05 Asportation RecordfromMiddlesexgaoldeliveryatNewgate,Michaelmas1507,indicatesthatWhite,foundguiltyoftheft,claimedclergy,buttheking'sattorneyallegedthathehadmarriedawidow(makinghimineligiblefortheprivilege),andthecasewasbroughtuptoKing'sBench,wherethebishopofWorcesterprovidedcertificationthathewasineligible.Then,Michaelmas1508,askedwhyhissentenceshouldnotbeexecuted,hesaidthaton5Oct.1508hehadtakenthechurchofSt.JamesGarlickhithe--presumablyhavingescapedfromcustody--andwasremovedbyforce.Theking'sattorneysaidthepleawasinsufficient;Whitesaidthathehadnothingfurthertosay;andthecourtruledthathewastobehanged.


1573 WhitealiasBlundell

Thomas Norfolk,Norwich[?]

M Church-taking,Norfolk,NorwichSt.MaryIncombusta

Takingchurch 1464 Homicide EntryintheNorwichcityrecordsdated13Oct.1464thatWhitetookchurchatSt.MaryIncombustaforthehomicideofJohnCook,yeoman,butafter40daysrefusedtoabjure;cityofficialswereunsurewhattodo,asatJusticeYelverton'sadvicethecityhadissuedaproclamationthatnooneshouldgivehimfood,butthebishopandthepriorlobbiedtogivehimalms.TheCity'srecordersaid"thatthesequestionsareverydifficultandambiguousinlawtobeanswered,"andthus"itiswelltobefurtheradvised."

WilliamHudsonandJohnCottinghamTingey,eds.,TheRecordsoftheCityofNorwich,2vols.(Norwich:Jarrold,1906),2:96

1375

1161 WhitfeldaliasJohnson

Robert Surrey,Southwark


CharteredSanctuary

1541 1541-03-13 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSouthwark"withintheverge,"14Mar.1541,overthebodyofNicholasGreneofLondon,yeoman.Jurorsreportedthaton13Mar.1541,about6pm,WhitfieldassaultedGreneandkilledhim.Afterwards,WhitfieldfledtosanctuaryatWestminster.(AninventoryofWhitfield'schattelsisattached.)InMichaelmasterm1542,WhitfieldcamebeforeKing'sBenchandwentsinediebecauseofadefectontheindictment,thatWhitfieldwasnotsufficientlyidentifiedbyname,occupation,andtownaspertheStatuteofAdditions(althoughintheindictment,whichwasrecordedjustaboveontheroll,Whitfieldwasindeedsoidentified).

TNA,KB9/550,mm.16-18;KB27/1125,rexm.7

1021

758 Whithause William Yorkshire,Leeds


1535 1535-12-23 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamWhithausesoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1535forfelony.HeispresumablyrelatedtoJohnWhithause[ID#759]whosoughtsanctuarythesameday.

SDSB,207 687

315 Whithed Thomas Yorkshire,Bawtry


1505 1505-03-31 Felony Alsodebt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhithedsoughtsanctuaryon31Mar.1505forfelonyonChristopherSuppour;debt;andothercauses.

SDSB,115 263

719 Whithedd John Lincolnshire,Barrow


1530 1530-11-07 Homicide Alsofelony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhitheddsoughtsanctuaryon7Nov.1530formurderandfelony.

SDSB,198 648

1280 Whitlock John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1413 Treason InhisPhDthesis,KightlydocumentsseveralsuspectedLollards--JohnWhitlock,WilliamBryan,"JohnB"--whoaresaidtohavegoneintosanctuaryatWestminsterbecauseofheresyaccusations.

Kightly,"EarlyLollards,"466-67

1118

1360 Whytakere James priest M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1532 Homicide Inthe1532Westminstersanctuarycensus,Whytakerewasnamedashavingenteredformurder.

TNA,SP1/70,fol.133 1194

1419 Whyte Alice widow M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Whytewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1253


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759 Whythause John Yorkshire,Wakefield


1535 1535-12-23 Felony BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatJohnWhithausesoughtsanctuaryon23Dec.1535forfelony.HeispresumablyrelatedtoWilliamWhithause[ID#758]whosoughtsanctuarythesameday.

SDSB,207 688

677 Whythed Thomas Yorkshire,Bawtry


1526 1526-12-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWhythedsoughtsanctuaryon10De.1526fordebt.

SDSB,189 608

1570 Whytworth Thomas Surrey,Southwark


Takingchurch 1507 1507-04-28 Asportation AtgaoldeliveryatGuildfordCastle,Surrey,on16Jul.1507,Whytworth,indictedforhavingbrokenintothecloseofThomasWebbeatMitcham,Surrey,andstolen16lambson12Apr.1507,pleadedsanctuary.Hestatedthaton28Apr.1507hehadtakenthechurchofSt.MaryOvereyinSouthwarkandsoughtacoroner,butthatcertainunknownmenviolentlyextractedhimfromthechurch.Hesoughtrestoration,andpleadednotguiltytothefelony.Theking'sattorneyrespondedthathehadbeenatlargewhenhewastakenandnotinthechurch.Thequestionwasputtoajury.ThejuryfoundthatWhitworthhadtakensanctuaryinthechurchandhadbeenillicitlyremoved.Hewasthusrestored.

TNA,KB9/446,m.39 1372

1172 WigmorealiasVyncent

Simon Hampshire,Winchester

labourer M Colchester,St.John'sAbbey,followingfailedabjurationfromSurrey,GuildfordHolyTrinity

TakingchurchAbjurationCharteredSanctuary

Southampton

1507 1507-09-15 Homicide AtgaoldeliveryofGuildfordcastle,Surrey,25Jul.1508,thecoronercertifiedanabjurationmadebyWigmorefromtheparishchurchofHolyTrinity,Guildfordon12Jul.1507,inwhichWigmoreconfessedthathehadkilledandrobbedanunknownmanatFarnborough,Kent(stealing5marksfromhim),on22May1506,togetherwithThomasSamwellofWinchester,yeoman.Wigmorehadhoweverbeenfoundagainintherealm,andattheGuildfordgaoldeliveryexplainedthathehadmadehiswaytohisassignedportofSouthampton,butclaimedthathecouldnotfindashiptotakehimalthoughhehadwaitedforsometime.Followingthat,hemadehiswaytotheabbeyofSt.John's,Colchester(notthenearestplacetochoose...),andthereclaimedsanctuary.Hewasinturnseizedfromthatsanctuary(orsoheclaimed),andpleadedtoberestoredtothatsanctuary.Theking'sattorneyclaimedthathehadnotbeeninthesanctuaryatall,butatlargewhenhewastaken.Wigmorewasrecommittedtoprisonwhilethejudgesadvisedthemselves(outcomenotfound).

TNA,KB29/138,m.7d 1032

571 Wilbert William Yorkshire,Brantingham


1516 1516-01-21 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilbertsoughtsanctuaryon21Jan.1516for"afelonycommittedoverasheep."

SDSB,168 504

599 Wilbore William Yorkshire,Sheffield


1517 1517-08-21 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilboresoughtsanctuaryon21Aug.1517forthehomicideof[blank]Fisher.

SDSB,174 531

993 Wilkinson George Middlesex,Westminster,St.GilesintheFields


CharteredSanctuary

1527 1527-02-21 Homicide Coroner'sinquestintheparishofSt.AndrewHolborn,outsideLondon,on21Feb.1527,overthebodyofWilliamPhelip.ThejurorsreportedthatWylkynsonon19Feb.hadattackedhimatLincoln'sInn,givinghimamortalblowfromwhichhediedtwodayslater.WylkynsonfledtothesanctuaryatWestminsterAbbey.On3Feb.1528heappearedinKing'sBenchandpleadednotguiltyandwasbailed;inMichaelmas1528hewasfoundguilty,buthesuccessfullypleadedclergy.WylkynsonmaybethemanofthesamenamewhowasoneofCromwell'sservantsandnamedinhiswillin1529(L&P,4/3:2573-2575);ifso,hewaspresumablypardonedbutIhavenotlocatedapardon.

TNA,KB9/504,m.97;TNA,KB27/1066,rexm.3

890

1805 Wilkyngham Humphrey

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1474 InaChancerybill,JohnMartynofLondoncomplainedthathewasbeingsuedinthecourtoftheSavoylibertybyHumphreyWilkyngham,"amanabidinginthesanctuaryofWestminster."Yearapproximate(range1473-75).

TNA,C1/48/69 1579

288 Wilkynson John Yorkshire,Beverley


1521 1521-08-19 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilkynsonsoughtsanctuaryon19Aug.1521fordebt.

SDSB,87-88 237

94 Wilkynson Thomas Durham,Gateshead


1503 1503-08-02 Homicide Self-defence Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton2Aug.1503Wilkynsonsoughtsanctuarybecauseinself-defencehestruckJohnRedeon29Sept.1502withaknife,twiceinthechestandonceintheneck.Redeimmediatelydied.

SDSB,37 85


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396 Wilkynson Thomas Cambridgeshire,Cambridge


1513 1513-03-18 Security BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatThomasWilkynsonandJohnRaynoldsoughtsanctuaryon18Mar.1513forsecurityoftheirbodies.

SDSB,132 342

1420 Williams Edward M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1530 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Williamswasnamedashavingenteredc.1530formurder.

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1254

969 Williams Nicholas Wiltshire,Salisbury

tailor M Church-taking,Hertfordshire,HertfordAllSaints


GreatYarmouth

1525 1525-11-26 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton26Nov.1525WilliamstookthechurchofAllSaintsinHertford.Heconfessedtothecoronerthaton9Sept.1525hehadbrokenintothecloseofanunknownmanatPirton,Herts.,attheHermitage,stealingcloth,clothing,andlinens.Furthermore,on7Sept.1525hehadbrokenintothecloseofJohnPlowmanat"Wollanton"(Wolverton?)nearNewbury,Berks.,andstolenmoney.Heabjured.NotethatWilliamswasoneofsevenmenwhotooksanctuaryinHertfordparishchurchesonthesameday,eachofwhomhadbeeninvolvedindifferentfelonies,suggestingthattheyhadallbrokenoutofagaol(HertfordCastle?)whileawaitingtrial.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.88 867

1756 Williams Thomas Wiltshire,Salisbury

weaver M Church-taking,Cambridgeshire,Chippenham



TNA,KB9/974,m.8 1533

1026 Williamson Adelmus Hampshire,Woolton

yeoman M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,Balderton


KingstonuponHull

1528 1528-10-13 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatatBalderston,Notts.,on13Oct.1528RobertPlumpton(ID#1024),JohnPlumpton(ID#1025),AldelmusWilliamson(ID#1026),andThomasHarper(ID#1027),alltookthechurchofSt.GilesinBalderton.Theyconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Oct.1528theyhadbrokenintoacloseatStukeley,Hunts.,andstolenahorse.Theyabjured(eachassignedadifferentport).

TNA,KB9/509,m.159;KB29/161,m.1

920

499 Williamson Alexander Durham,BishopAuckland


1489 1489-04-28 Security Beverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton28Apr.1489Williamsonsoughtsanctuaryforthesecurityofhislife.

SDSB,154 441

1254 Williamson John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary


MinutesofthePrivyCouncilon16Aug.1556recordthataletterwastobesenttothedeanofWestminstertokeepJohnBennetandJohnWilliamsoninsafewardsothattheyshouldbeavailablewhencalledfor;BennetandWilliamsonhadescapedfromprisonandhadtakensanctuaryatWestminster.

ActsofthePrivyCouncil,5:328-29

1097

952 Williamson Robert London tailor M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Saviour

Takingchurch 1512 1512-01-04 Asportation AtNewgategaoldelivery26Jan.1512,Williamsonappearedonachargeofhavingstolen20s5dworthofgoodsfromThomasNewman,yeoman,on4Jan.1512.Hepleadedsanctuary,sayingthathehadonthatsameday(4Jan.)takenthechurchofSt.Saviour'sinSouthwark,butwasdraggedfromthecemeteryonthesamedaybyfourarmedmenwhobroughthimfirsttotheLondonsheriff'sprisonatBreadStreetandthentoNewgate.Hepleadednotguiltytothefelonyand"wishestobeacquittedbytheprivilegeofthechurch"("indevultseacquietareinprivilegiumecclesie").Hispleawasheldinsufficient,andhewastoundergopeineforteetdure,presumablytoforcehimtoputhisnotguiltypleatothefelonybeforeajury.Whateverfollowedfromthis,itappearsthatWilliamsonwasnotkilledbythepeinefortetdure,norwasheeitherconvictedoracquittedbyajury;heremainedinprisonuntilEasterterm1523(!)whenhepresentedapardonatKing'sBench.

TNA,KB9/490,m.21-22;KB27/1047,rexm.8;KB29/155,m.5

850


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318 Williamson Thomas Yorkshire,Preston,Wensley


1504 1504-09-22 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilliamsonsoughtsanctuaryon22Sept.1504forthedeathofJohnNicholsonandotherfelonies.

SDSB,116 266

481 Wilson Miles M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1487 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilsonacknowledgedthathekilledGeorgeTregotatKirkbyinthecountyofEly;n.d.,betweentwoentriesdated1487and1488.

SDSB,150 424

140 Wilson Nicholas Yorkshire,Wilton


1506 1506-07-28 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilsonsoughtsanctuaryon28Jul.1506becausethedaybeforehehadkilledRichardAbbotatGuisborough,Yorks.,strikinghiminthechestwithawinyard.

SDSB,45 111

1851 Wilson Robert Yorkshire,Hartfeld[?]

labourer M Church-taking,Yorkshire,Hartfeld[?]St.Mary


KingstonuponHull

1525 1525-11-23 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton23Nov.1525atHartfeld[?],Yorks.,WilsontooktheparishchurchofSt.Mary.On6Dec.heconfessedtothecoronerthaton26Oct.1525atCoventryhehadstolenapursewith£613s4dfromanunknownman.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/501/1,m.82 1618

623 Wilson Thomas Nottinghamshire,Blyth


1519 1519-01-31 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWilsonsoughtsanctuaryon31Jan.1519fordebt.

SDSB,178 554

958 WilsonaliasBruer

Richard Warwickshire,Warwick

glover M Church-taking,Oxfordshire,BanburySt.Mary


Southampton

1518 1518-03-04 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumdated4Mar.1518thatWilsontooktheparishchurchofSt.MaryinBanbury.Heconfessedtothecoronertwodayslaterthaton4Mar.hehadassaultedJohnDurdauntatBanburyandstolenfromhimapursewith3s4dinit.Heabjured.AtgaoldeliveryatOxfordinJuly1519,Wilsonappearedbeforethebar,havingbeenfoundintherealm.Hepleadedclergysuccessfully,andwashandedovertotheordinaryasaclerkattaint.TherecordofhisabjurationandclergypleawererecordedatKing'sBenchinMichaelmas1524,althoughthecontrolmentrollsdonotindicatewhy.

TNA,KB9/495,m.54;KB29/156,m.20

856

1421 Wodall John M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 1533-05-31 Homicide Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Wodallwasnamedashavingenteredformurder,onedaybefore(i.e.~31May1533).

TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73 1255

545 Wodcok John Lincolnshire,Stamford


1481 1481-05-11 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWodcoksoughtsanctuaryon11May1481forthedeathofWilliamdeTeealsoofStamford,mercer,on30March1481.

SDSB,163 480

1296 Wodde William vintner M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1525 A"certificate"of"personswithinSt.Martin'ssanctuary,"dated13Feb.1525,listsWilliamWodde,vintner,aslodginginCockAlley.

TNA,SP1/33,fol.148(L&P,4/1:473)

1131

346 Wode Edward Middlesex,[?Brayneswith],


1508 1508-04-16 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWodesoughtsanctuaryon16Apr.1508fordebt.

SDSB,121-22 294

340 Wode Hugh Yorkshire,Crofton

miller M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1503 1503-10-19 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWodesoughtsanctuaryon19Oct.1503forthehomicideofJohnBeaumond,latelykilledatWakefield.

SDSB,120 288

1639 Wode Richard husbandman M Church-taking,Gloucestershire,BathAbbey


1458 Homicide Accessory PatentrollrecordsapardonforWodedated23Aug.1458,whoinhispetitionindicatedthathehadbeenlabouringinafieldwhencertainriotouspersonsattackedhimandinfearforhislifehefledtothemonasteryofBath,butthepriorandconvent,fearingthatthey,too,wouldbeattackedbytherioters,advisedhimtoconfesstoacoronerthathehadbeenpresentwhenJohnWitheweshadbeenmurderedtwelveyearsbefore.Heconfessed,"thoughguiltless,"andwascompelledtoabjure.Pardonedofallfelonies,murders,trespasses,etc.DoesnotappeartobethesameRichardWode,mercer,whotooksanctuaryinSurreyin1460(#834)--butcouldbe.

CPR1452-61,432 1420


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834 Wode Richard Worcestershire,Worcester

mercer M Church-taking,Surrey,Newington,St.Mary

Takingchurch 1460 1460-05-01 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatWodefledtoSt.Mary'schurchinNewingtonon1May1460andconfessedtothecoronerthaton8Mar.1460hehadstolenahorsefromAngeloSpynell,merchantofGenoa,atSouthampton.Thecoroneraskedhimifhewantedtoabjuretherealm,butWodesaidthathewouldinsteadstayinthechurch"accordingtothelawandcustomoftherealmofEngland,untiletc."TheKing'sBenchcoramregerollrecordsthatinTrinity1461hewasbroughtbeforethebaratKing'sBenchandaskedwhyexecutiononthebasisofhisconfessionshouldnotproceed,andhehadnothingtosay,andhewassentencedtohang.ThisdoesnotappeartobethesameRichardWode,husbandman,whohadtakensanctuaryatBathAbbeyin1458(#1639)--butcouldbe.

TNA,KB9/295,mm29-30;KB27/801,rexm.9(GD)

754

618 Wode Richard London grocer M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1518 1518-03-22 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWodesoughtsanctuaryon22Mar.1518fordebt.

SDSB,177 549

1146 Wode Robert Berkshire,Abingdon

gentleman M Culham CharteredSanctuary

1532 1532-03-03 Homicide Coroner'sinquest(recordedontheKBcoramregeroll)on4Apr.1532atAbingdon,Berkshire,overthebodyofJohnMable,clerk.ThejurorsreportedthatWodehadattackedhimon3Mar.1532intheabbot'sgreatchamberinSt.Mary'sAbbeyatAbingdonwithawoodknife,givinghimstabwoundsfromwhichMableimmediatelydied(notethattheinquestseemstohavetakenplaceamonthafterthedeath).WodeimmediatelyfledtosanctuaryatCulham,inOxfordshire(which,ironicallyperhaps,drewitssanctuaryprivilegesasadependentmanorofAbingdonabbey).ThejurorsgaveadetailedinventoryofWode'sgoods,andindicatedthatWode'swifeAnneWoodehadtheminhercustody.ShewasthussummonedtoKing'sBenchtoanswerforthegoods,but(byherattorney)claimedshedidnothavethegoodsnorhadeverhadtheminherpossession,andtheking'sattorneyagreedandshewentsinedie.

TNA,KB27/1089,rexm.4 1007

328 Wodehouse William Yorkshire,Malton

fisher M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1504 1504-12-10 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWodehousesoughtsanctuaryon10Dec.1504fordebt.

SDSB,118 276

1168 WodesunorWedeson

Richard Lincolnshire,BrantBroughton

labourer M Church-taking,Nottinghamshire,OrstonSt.Mary



1505 1505-10-07 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton7Oct.1505atOrston,Notts.,WedesontooktheparishchurchofSt.MarytheVirginatOrston,andconfessedtothecoronerthaton20Oct.1505[sic-errorforSept?]atBrantBroughtonhehadstolenahorse.Heabjured.AnoteonthedorseindicatesthatthememorandumwashandeduptoKing'sBenchinEasterterm1506.

TNA,KB9/440,m.40;KB29/135,m.29d

1028

1717 WodfeldaliasPayn

Thomas Middlesex,Westminster;Buckinghamshire,Olney

yeoman;baker

M Church-taking,Buckinghamshire,Denham

Takingchurch 1507 1507-11-21 Asportation OntherecordofgaoldeliveryatNewgate19May1508,Wodfeldappearedonanindictmentthaton25Mar.1507hehadrobbedJohnWebbeinWestminster,andothercrimesincludinghorsetheft.Heappearedwithanothersanctuary-seekeronadifferentindictmentanddifferentsanctuary-seeking,ThomasCarter,ID#1716.Whenaskedtoplead,Wodfeldsaidthaton25Nov.1507hehadtakentheparishchurchofDenhaminBucks.,butthatcertainunknownpersonshadseizedhimfromthechurch,andherefusedtopleadtothefelony.ThejusticesremandedbothCarterandWodfeldtoprisonwhiletheyadvisedthemselves.TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicatethatbothwereputintotheMarshalsea,andthatWodfeldpresentedapardoninTrinity1514or1515.

TNA,9/960,m.143;KB29/138,m.7

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1422 Wolfe John Cologne merchantoftheHanse

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1533 Debt Inthe1533Westminstersanctuarycensus,Wolfewasnamedashavingenteredfordebt.Inmid-July1533,he(alongwithseveralconspirators,includinghiswifeAlice)wereallegedtohavemurderedtwoItalianmerchants;itislikelythathe,hiswife,andperhapstheothersre-enteredthesanctuaryimmediatelyafterward,Wolfechanginghisregistrationstatusfromdebtortofelon.ThisaccountsforwhyWolfeandhiswifeAlice(ortheothers)werenottriedforthemurdersbytheusualtrialprocesses,becausetheycouldhavepleadedsanctuary--and,bytheprecedentofMauriceBull's(ID#1177)andNicholasRoo's(ID#1178)casein1532,suchaplealikelywouldhavebeensuccessful.Instead,ThomasCromwell,actingfortheking,determinedthattheywouldinsteadbeattaintedbyparliamentforthemurders(anattainderthatspecificallybarredsanctuaryaswellasclergy)andtheywereexecuted,April1534.Otherreferencestocaseanditshandling:BL,CottonVespasianFXIII,fol.104b;CottonTitusBI,fols.161v,419;TNA,C66/672,m.18;SP1/77,fol.112r;SP1/78,fols.34,45-48;SP1/79,fol.81rv,83r;SP1/82,fol.60r,64rv;SP1/83,fol.47r;SP1/163,fol.152r;SP1/235,fol.350r;SP1/238,fol.73r;SP3/3,fols.96rv;SP3/9,fol.39;L&P,4/2:2150;5:644;6:334;6:387;6:391;6:488-89;6:550;6:585-86;7:161;&:162;7:173-74;7:343;12/1:513;16:95;Add.1/1:198;25Hen.VIII,c.34,TheStatutesoftheRealm,10vols.(London:G.EyreandA.Strahan,1810),3:490-91;JournaloftheHouseofLords(London:HMSO,1767-1830),64vols.,1:61,78-79;MurielSt.ClareByrne,ed.,TheLisleLetters,6vols.(1981),2:87-88,93;EdwardHall,Hall'sChronicle(1809),815;CharlesWriothesley,AChronicleofEngland(1875),1:23-24;Fabyan,NewChronicles,700;Holinshed,Chronicles,6:937;CharlesLethbridgeKingsford,ed.,TwoLondonChroniclesfromtheCollectionsofJohnStow(London:CamdenSociety,1910),8-9;RichardGrafton,AnAbridgementoftheChroniclesofEngland(1563),fol.131v.

Mainreferencestosanctuary-seeking:TNA,SP1/238,fols.72-73;BL,CottonTitusBI,fol.161v.Seesummaryforotherbibliography.

1256

1156 Wolff Edward Middlesex,Westminster,StMaryleStrand


CharteredSanctuary

1538 1538-03-29 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquest29Mar.1538inthesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrandoverthebodyofJohnFlyntaliasCutler.ThejurorsreportedthatEdwardWolffehadcometoSt.Martin'sat2pmtogotothestallandworkshopofPeterGoldsmith,whenFlyntattackedhim.Inself-defence,WolffestruckbackandgaveCutleramortalwoundinthechestwithaglaive.ThereisnoindicationonthisindictmentthatWolffefledtosanctuary;evidenceforthatisfromalettertoLadyLislewrittenbyThomasWarley,dated7Apr.1538,aboutaweeklater.HesaidthatWolfe,"theEarlofHertford'sservant,foughtwithamasteroffenceinSt.Martin'sandkilledhim,andisnowinsanctuaryatWestminster."(TheEarlofHertfordwasEdwardSeymour.)WolffeappearedinKing'sBenchon7Jun.1538andpresentedapardonfromtheking,dated1Jun.1538.Thisswiftpathtoapardonwasnodoubtfacilitatedbothbytheworkofhispatronandtheself-defencescenario.WolffeappearsstilltohavebeenintheserviceofEdwardSeymourin1541,andbythereignofEdwardVIwasintheKing’sPrivyChamber,apparentlystillaclientofSeymour(bythenProtectorSomerset).

TNA,SP3/14(L&P,13/1:265);KB27/1107,rexm.4

1016

670 Wombewell William Yorkshire,Doncaster


1526 1526-03-19 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWombewellsoughtsanctuaryon19Mar.1526fordebtespecially,andothercauses.

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1065 Wood Richard London yeoman M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary



947

1567 Woodhous Peter Warwickshire,Coventry

capper M Warwickshire,Ryton


1507 1507-05-26 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestatCoventry,26May1507,overthebodyofJohnFleccher;jurorssaythatFleccherhadlefthishouseatdawn(statedtobe2am)onthatday,andfromprecogitatedmaliceattackedPeterWoodhousofCoventry,capper,withastaff.Woodhousstruckbackwithawoodknife,stabbinghiminthethighandgivinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhediedon28May[sic,despitedateofinquestgivenas26May].Woodhousfledtoa"certainsanctuaryinthetownofRytoninWarwickshire."TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollsindicatethathewasoutlawed20Apr.1512.

TNA,KB9/446,m.19;KB29/137,m.5d

1369

567 Woodhouse John M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1515 1515-06-25 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWoodhousesoughtsanctuaryon25Jun.1515[entrydoesnotfinish].

SDSB,168 501

1246 Worth RobertorJohn

M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1462 Ravishment YearBookreportonacaseofabduction--RobertWorthwasindictedforabductingandforciblymarryingwidowElizabethVenourin1462,thereportindicatingthatWorthtooksanctuaryatWestminsterfollowinghisindictment,andthatElizabethjoinedhim.Shestayedwithhimthereforsomedays,perhapswillingly,butthendisassociatedherselffromhimandleftthesanctuary.

Seipp1465.129;C.H.Williams,“AFifteenth-CenturyLawsuit,”TheLawQuarterlyReview40(1924):354-55,358-59

1090

999 WottonJohn

Kent,Maidstone

glover M Aylesford,Kent,St.Mary'sPriory


1527 1527-07-04 Homicide Coroner'sinquest4Jul.1527atMaidstone,Kent,overthebodyofJohnHely.Thejurorsreportedthaton24Jun.1527HelyhadbeeninGod'speaceandtheking'swhenWottonassaultedhim,givinghimamortalwoundfromwhichhelanguisheduntil4Jul.1527.Wottonfledfollowingthefelony.TheinhabitantsofthetownsaidthattheyhadknowledgethathehadenteredintothesanctuaryoftheprioryoftheBlessedMarytheVirginatAylesford.(Itisambiguouswhetherthissanctuarywaschurch-takingpriortoabjurationorpermanentsanctuary.)

TNA,KB9/504,m.123 896

1185 Wrege George Cambridgeshire,WestWratting

husbandman M Beverley(abjurationfromCambridgeshire,WestWickham,St.Mary)


1532 1532-05-20 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton20May1532WregetooksanctuaryatthechurchofSt.MaryinWestWickham,confessingtothecoronerthaton15Mayhehadbrokenintoacloseandstolenahorse.Heabjured,andwasassignedBeverley,andbranded.

TNA,KB9/521,m.139;KB29/165,m.25

1042

619 Wreth Christopher

Lincolnshire,Pointon


1518 1518-04-16 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWrethsoughtsanctuaryon16Apr.1518forthehomicideofWilliamBenton.

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912 Wrexham Thomas Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary

1521 1521-02-07 Felony Accessory InHillaryterm1521,WrexhamwasindictedasanaccessorytoseveralWestminstersanctuarymen--EdwardWyx(ID#908),RobertLoksmyth(ID#909),WilliamStone(ID#910),andRobertHastyngs(ID#911)--whoon12Nov.1520allegedlyhadusedthesanctuaryastheirbasetocommitaburglaryinMiddlesex.WrexhamwasbroughtbeforeKing'sBenchinTrinity1521bytheMiddlesexsheriffs,andpleadedsanctuary,claimingthaton7Feb.1521hehadtakensanctuaryatWestminsterbutthaton12Feb.1521ThomasBarnewell,undersheriffofMiddlesex,andmanyothers,hadforciblyextractedhimfromthesanctuary.Healsopleadednotguiltytothefelony.Theking'sattorneygeneral,JohnRooper,acceptedhispleaofsanctuary,andthusitwasruledthathewastoberestoredtothesanctuary.

TNA,KB9/483mm.16-18;KB27/1040,rexm.15

817

1686 Wright Christopher

Lincolnshire,Toynton

labourer M Lincolnshire,AsgarbyLordship


1517 1517-02-16 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatToynton,Lincs.,on22Feb.1517overthebodyofWilliamBenton.Thejurorsreportedthaton16Feb.1517atabout7amontheiceonthe"EastFen,"thecommonmarshofthelordking,WrightassaultedBenton,hittinghimontheheadwithanaxe;Bentonlanguishedforfourdaysbeforedying.ImmediatelyafterwardsWright"fledtothetownshipofAsgarbyandsoughttheprivilegeofthelordshipthere."AsgarbywasapropertypertainingtothecathedralatLincoln(VCHLincs.,1:80-96),butisotherwisenotattestedasasanctuary.

TNA,KB9/1002,m.17 1467

635 Wright Ralph Cambridgeshire,Melbourn


1524 1524-01-01 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWrightsoughtsanctuaryon1Jan.[1524?yearuncertain]forthedeathofJohnPlommerofMelbourn,husbandman.

SDSB,180-81 566

39 Wright Richard Durham,DurhamCity

glover M Durham CharteredSanctuary

1488 1488-12-18 Homicide Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWrightsoughtsanctuaryon18Dec.1488becausehe,togetherwithothers,around1Aug.1484inMonktonbyRiponinYorkshire,helpedJohnHudson(ID#1270)whenHudsonstruckacertainStephenWilsonwithaforestbillintheheadandgavehimamortalwound,fromwhichhequicklydied.AfterwardsWrighthelpedHudson,themurderer,toescapethehandsofthosewhoweresurroundinghim.HudsonhadsoughtsanctuaryatDurham4yearsearlier.


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1560 Wright Robert Staffordshire,Longdon[?]

M Church-taking,Staffordshire,Longdon

Takingchurch 1502 1502-07-26 Homicide Self-defence Coroner'sinquestreportfromLongdon,Staffs.,30Jul.1502,overthebodyofNicholasStonewallofLongdon,husbandman.Thejurorsreportedthaton26JulyStonewallinsultedWright,sayingthatWrighthaddisgracedStonewall'sfatherbycallinghima"carlabundum"(aboundserf?),andforthatreasonStonewallassaultedWrightandWrightstruckbackinself-defence,killinghimafterafightinwhichotherstriedunsuccessfullytorestrainStonewall.Wrighthastilyfledandtooksanctuary"there,"presumablythechurchofLongdon.Wrightwasoutlawed27Mar.1505.

TNA,KB9/431,m.78;KB29/134,m.2d

1362

1175 Wright William Northamptonshire,Stamford

yeoman M Church-taking,Northamptonshire


1529 Felony TheKing'sBenchcontrolmentrollforMichaelmas1529hasarecordthatWrightabjuredforfelonyandtrespass(noindictmentfound).

TNA,KB29/161,m.27d 1035

1205 WrightorWryght

Hugh London baker M Bewdley(abjurationfromHuntingdonshire,Brampton)


1532 1532-10-12 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthaton12Oct.1532WryghttooktheparishchurchofBrampton,Huntingdonshire,confessingtothecoronerthaton30Aug.1532hehadburglarizedahouseatStokewye[Stoke-cum-Quy?],Cambs.Heabjured,wasbranded,andwasassigned,"withhisconsent,"thelibertyofthesanctuaryatBewdleyinShropshire.

TNA,KB9/527,m.149;KB29/167,m.1d

1060

321 Wryght Thomas Yorkshire,Hull husbandman M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1505 1505-06-14 BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWryghtsoughtsanctuaryatBeverleyon14Jun.1505.

SDSB,116 269

273 Wryghtson Miles Westmorland,Burton-in-Kendal


1519 1519-10-28 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatMilesWryghtsonandWilliamGrenehedesoughtsanctuaryon28Oct.1519,becauseon11Oct.1519atPrestonintheparishofBurton-in-Kendal,theywereattacked,andWryghtsonasprincipalandGrenehedeasaccessorystruckOliverSyllontheheadwitha"sparestaffe."Sylldiedninedayslater.

SDSB,84-85 225


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1808 Wulfell Nicholas London[?] M CharteredSanctuary

1480 Debt InaChancerybill,JohnWhyteindicatedthatwhenWulfellwasunabletopayadebtforwhichhewassuedbythesheriffsofLondon,hefledtoanunnamedsanctuary.Yearapproximate(range1475-85).

TNA,C1/64/1116 1582

994 Wulvyn Thomas Sussex,Ferring labourer M Church-taking,Sussex,Poling


Hastings 1527 1527-01-05 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton5Jan.1527WulvyntookthechapelofSt.JohntheBaptistatPoling,Sussex,andconfessedthaton28Dec.1526hehadassaultedandkilledThomasGrenehillatFerring,Sussex.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/504,m.108 891

1645 Wycharde Richard Leicestershire,Shawell

M Church-taking,Leicestershire,Shawell


1399 1399-06-01 Homicide Anentryinthecloserolls2Dec.1401recordedtheforfeitureofWycharde'slandathisfather'srecentdeath,becausehehadhadfledtotheparishchurchatShawellandabjuredin1399forthehomicideofJohnFerrour.

A.E.Stamp,ed.,CalendarofCloseRolls,1399-1402(London:HMSO,1927),438-443

1426

1767 Wylby Richard Cambridgeshire,Orwell

yeoman M Church-taking,Surrey,Southwark,St.Margaret


Sandwich 1458 1458-03-14 Asportation Coroner'smemorandumthatWylbyfledtoSt.Margaret'sinSouthwark14Mar.1458andconfessedtothecoronerthaton10Feb.1458hehadbrokenintothecloseandhouseofJohnSmythatLangtoninStaffordshireandstolenclothingworth20s.Heabjured.

TNA,KB9/998,m.81 1542

1116 Wylkynson William London yeoman M Church-taking,London,Blackfriars

Takingchurch 1503 1503-11-01 Asportation Wylkynson,havingbeenindictedinMiddlesexinNovember1503forhavingbrokenintoWilliamStephens'shouseatYeading,Middlesex,andstealingmanygoods(itemized),worthabout£13altogether,appearedbeforeKing'sBench11June1505andpleadedsanctuary,sayingthaton1Nov.1503hehadtakenBlackfriarschurchinLondonandsoughtacoroner.Thatsameday,however,unknownmencameandextractedhimfromthechurchagainsthiswill.Heaskedtoberestored.Theking'sattorneyarguedconverselythatatthetimeofhisarresthehadbeenatlargeoutsidethechurch.ThepleawastobeputtoajuryandhewasrecommittedtotheMarshalsea--andtheentryendswithnothingfurther.

TNA,KB27/976,rexm.7 983

1543 Wylson Robert Lincolnshire,Lincoln

labourer M Lincolnshire,Lincoln,GilbertineprioryofSt.CatherineoutsideLincoln


1497 1497-06-17 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport,17Jun.1497,inthecityofLincoln,overthebodyofAdamBemond.ThejurorsfoundthatWylson,on16Jun.1497,assaultedBemondandkilledhim,afterwhichWylsonfledforthefelonyto"theplaceofSt.KatherineoutsideLincoln"(theGilbertineprioryofSt.CatherineoutsideLincoln,VCHLincs.,2:188-91,http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38031).AgnesWylsonofLincoln,huswyff,receivedhim,knowinghehadcommittedthefelony.Itisunclearifthiswasmeanttobeachurch-takingfollowedbyabjurationorapermanentasylum.ThereportindicatesthatwhentherecordwassentuptoKing'sBench,hewasnotinprison.

TNA,KB9/415,m.67 1353

246 Wylson Thomas Yorkshire,Wistow,nearSelby


1517 1517-07-16 Debt DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWylsonsoughtsanctuaryon16Jul.1517fordebt,especiallytoWilliamBarkar,gentleman,ofYorkdiocese.

SDSB,76 205

354 Wylton Christopher

Yorkshire,Lockington


1509 1509-07-18 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWyltonsoughtsanctuaryon18Jul.1509fortheft.

SDSB,123 302

202 Wyn Cuthbert Yorkshire,Garriston,Leyburn


1513 1513-04-08 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWynsoughtsanctuaryon8Apr.1513because,on2Apr.1513,inhisowndefence,hestruckThomasLangedaleontheleftpartofhisneckwithadagger,inthehouseofRichardHuchenson,saddler,inRichmond.Langedalediedtwodayslater.

SDSB,64 167

162 Wynship William Northumberland,Dinnington


1508 1508-02-09 Asportation Accessory DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatWynshipsoughtsanctuaryon9Feb.1508becausehehadallowedThomasAlensontokillsheepAlensonhadstolenwithinhis,Wynship's,manse[inframansumsuum],ontheFridaybeforeChristmas1507.

SDSB,52 129


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815 Wynter William Kent,Rochester

servant M Church-taking,Kent,Rochestercathedral

Takingchurch 1431 Homicide Coroner'sinquestatSouthgate,Rochester,[dateillegible]overthebodyofWilliamPope,ostler.ThejurorsfoundthatWynterkilledPopeinaquarreloveragirdleorbelt.PopeandWynterwerebothservantsofThomasChartesey(whowasamongsttheinquestjurors),andthequarreltookplaceonChartesey'sfarmjustoutsideRochester.Afterthekilling,WynterfledtoRochestercathedral,butwasarrestedinthechurchbytheconstablesofRochester.Noindicationontheindictmentofaproblemwiththis.Thedateonthedocumentisobscuredbydamagebutisestimatedfromtheotherrecordsinthefile.

TNA,KB9/226,m.148 741

1515 WynterbournealiasGilbert

John Wiltshire,Aldbourne

yeoman M Church-taking,Berkshire,ChippingLambourn


Southampton

1465 1465-12-30 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton30Dec.1465WynterbournetookthechurchofChippingLambourneandconfessedtothecoronerthathehadmurderedJohnParker,fisher,ofNewSalisburyat"Bensyngton,"Oxon,anddraggedhisbodytotheThamesandputitintotheriver.Heabjured.LikelycaughtinrealmbyTrinity1466,whenheapparentlybothclaimedclergyandturnedapprover,afterwhichhewasconfinedintheabbotofWestminster'sprisonuntil1477,whenhebrokeoutoftheprison.Theabbotwasbroughtbeforethecourt(andpardonedforhisnegligence);unknownwhetherWynterbournehimselfwassubsequentlycaught.

TNA,KB9/313,m.76;KB9/947,m.53

1334

842 Wyrall Thomas London haberdasher M SMLG CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/343,mm.94-96 759

1097 Wyrley Edward M WestminsterAbbey

CharteredSanctuary

1447 Felony AChanceryprecedentbookrecordsthecaseofEdwardWyrley,whowasintheking'scustodyandbroughtbeforetheking'scourtontheWednesdayfollowingthequindeneofEaster"inthesameterm"(butnotspecified--inbetweenentriesdatedHillary1446andMichaelmas1449).WyrleyclaimedthatinthefirstweekofLenthehadbeenatWestminsterinthesanctuaryuntilhewasforciblyremovedbyJohnDavyofShropshire,yeoman,andothers.Andhesoughttoberestoredtothesanctuary.ThomasGreswoldforthelordkingsaidthathehadbeenfoundoutsidethesanctuaryandontheking'sroadandwastakenthere.Anoteindicateshewashanged.

TNA,KB15/42,fol.71rv 969

1510 Wysbeche William London soldier M Church-taking,Suffolk,IpswichSt.MaryleTower


Dover 1441 1441-08-03 Homicide Coroner'smemorandumthaton3Aug.1441WysbechetooksanctuaryatSt.MaryleTowerinIpswichandconfessedthathehadfeloniouslykilledRichardMarchallatPlymouthon12Jan.1441.On15Aug.1441heabjured,butmusthavesubsequentlybeenfoundintherealmastheindictmentindicateshewasintheMarshalsea.

TNA,KB9/248,m.26 1329


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908 WyxaliasWyggis

Edward Middlesex,Westminster


CharteredSanctuary


TNA,KB9/483mm.16-18;KB27/1040,rexm.15

816

882 YarneleyaliasErlee

Richard London tailor M SMLG CharteredSanctuary

1510 1510-12-15 Homicide Coroner'sinquestreport15Dec.1510intheparishofSt.FaiththeVirgin,London,overthebodyofThomasDanet,gentleman.Jurorsreportedthatonthesamedayabout4pmDanetwasattackedbyYarneleywithadagger,strikinghimintheleftsideofhisbodyuptohisheartandkillinghim.DanetdiedimmediatelyandYarneleyfledtothesanctuaryofSt.MartinleGrand.Thewritdated26Jan.1511callingtherecorduptoKing'sBenchindicatesthathehadrecentlybeentaken.HeappearedatKing'sBenchon12May1511,wherehepleadednotguiltyandputhimselfonthecountry,butajurycouldnotbeimpanelled,andthelastentryisMichaelmas1512.

TNA,KB9/456,m39-40;TNA,KB27/999,m5

792

234 Yong George Northumberland,Angerton,Hartburn


1517 1517-03-02 Homicide DurhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthatYongsoughtsanctuaryon2Mar.1517becauseon6Feb.1517hehadkilledRobertCookeofBolam,Northumberland,bystabbinghimwithadagger,fromwhichwoundCookediedthesameday.

SDSB,73-74 196

9 Yonge James Yorkshire,Boroughbridge


1478 1478-08-21 Homicide Self-defence Durhamsanctuaryregisterrecordsthaton21August1478,Yongesoughtsanctuary,acknowledgingthathewasresponsibleforandguiltyofthedeathofacertainRichardCarter,recentlybailiffofBoroughbridge,becauseon17Aug1478,atFerrensbybyKnareseboroughhekilledCarterwithaswordinself-defence.

SDSB,3 6

446 Yonge John London tailor M Beverley CharteredSanctuary

1497 1497-12-03 Debt BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatYongesoughtsanctuaryon3Dec.1497fordebt.

SDSB,142-43 391

527 Yonge Laurence Lincolnshire,Barton-upon-Humber


1491 1491-09-15 Homicide BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatYongesoughtsanctuaryon15Sept.1491forthedeathofJohnWylton[Welton],whomhekilledatBartonon12Aug.1491.JohnSpret(ID#473)wouldseeksanctuaryforthesamehomicidetwoweekslater.

SDSB,159 466

309 Younge Thomas Leicestershire,Leicester


1505 1505-01-20 Asportation BeverleysanctuaryregisterrecordsthatYoungesoughtsanctuaryon20Jan.1505forthetheftof£4fromacertaincarrier(vector)atLeicester.

SDSB,114 257


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