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32. [m. 2d] Nicholas de Berkyng while gathering pears in the garden of the prior of St. Bartholomew fell from a tree and died. Value of the tree and the pears *18d. (deodandum). No one else is suspected. Judgment: misadventure.
The men of the ward of John de Blakethorn [Aldersgate ward] are asked who was with him when he fell and say they do not know, so *to judgment on the whole ward. Afterwards it was found in the rolls of the chamberlains and sheriffs that Henry de Wimbeldon, William de Leuesham, Gilbert de Wimbeldon and Thomas Randal were with him and were attached, but they do not come and are not suspected. Henry was attached by William Albyn and Peter Dunkan, William by Roger le Wolf `pessoner' and Ranulf Canon, Gilbert by William de Berkyng and William Dibel, Thomas by Ralph Canon `puleter' and John Randolf. So they are in *mercy. Two neighbours have died, so nothing from them. Because the chamberlain and sheriffs falsely valued the deodand, *to judgment on them. [cf. 532]
Nota 12. De warda amerciata quia nesciverunt qui fuerunt cum quodam qui oppressus fuit per quemdam [sic] arborem per infortunium.
14th cent.: Scribatur [cf. 524 no. 121. |