He was quite a character from the 1367 Court Roll reading by Mark Bailey. Note that this was after the Pestilence so he may have felt that he had the upper hand.
- May 1356
‘refuses to perform plough services as summoned by the lord’s reap reeve on four occasions’, fined 12d. [seven other tenants fined 3s. Total for same] ‘pastures his sheep on le hethe against the will of the lord’ fined 3d. [plus five others the same] - January 1357
‘demolishes two ruinous houses without licence’ fined 9d. - July 1357
‘depastures his horses in the lord’s marsh illegally’ - May 1358
‘the lord grants to Robert lands formerly Robert Thomas until next Michaelmas’ - August 1358
‘granted Robert and his heirs one quarter of Goridlond at the will of the lord according to the custom of the manor, entry fine 6s. 8d.’ - March 1362
‘order to seize 1 messuage 6a. of land from Robert because he refused to hold them for services and customs’.
