LSource 2 John Scot lodged at the house of John Wenge in Ekynton, rose by night wishing to do away with John Wenge, who seeing this, raised the hue (shout, noise). John Scot fled at once. Richard, former groom of Hugh de Cantilupo, hearing the hue, joined in and together they pursued John Scot whom they beheaded as a thief in flight.
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LSource 1 Emma wife of Walter of Elsfield says that Roger Mock on the Thursday after Epiphany [8 January] 1238 came to her in her house and hit her with a pair of tongs in the eye so that she lost her right eye. And that he did this wickedly against the king’s peace she offers to prove. Roger comes and denies everything, and since it is demonstrated (shown) that she made no appeal against him until now and this happened 3 years ago, it is adjudged that the appeal is null (invalid), and let an enquiry be made by jury. The jurors say that Roger is not guilty, so he is acquitted (found not guilty), but they say that Walter of Elsfield, Emma’s husband, hit her so that she lost her eye, so he is committed to gaol. (Oxfordshire Records Society vol. LVI, 1047, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/)
