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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’.
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