1461-07-30, Westminster
Commission to John Swillyngton, Edmund Thorne and Richard Pereson to enquire into the complaint of the brethren of the hospital of St. John Baptist, Brakley, co. Northampton, that Robert Marchall and others unknown entered the hospital on 20 March and carried off divers utensils and beasts belonging to it, alleging that they were the property of Henry Grene, clerk, late master of the hospital, a servant of the household of Henry VI., and disposed of them in divers places and threatened the brethren, ministers and servants ; and to arrest and imprison the offenders, Commission to Thomas Gylle the younger and Thomas Gale to arrest and imprison Robert Gambon, gentleman of the county of Devon, and Edmund Bosum, alias Boson and others in insurrection in the county.
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- Edmund de Thorne 4 other appearances →
- Henry Grene 639 other appearances →
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- Richard Pereson 12 other appearances →
- Robert Gambon 8 other appearances →
- Robert Marchall 26 other appearances →
- Thomas Gale 46 other appearances →
- Thomas Gylle 23 other appearances →
- Thomas del Gille 131 other appearances →
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