1379/80 January 11 "Richard Sibyle and John Appelby were presented to the Mayor and Aldermen by Robert Lucas, John Coraunt, Henry Bamme and Henry Malemayn, masters of the mistery of Goldsmiths, for rebellious conduct, the said Richard being further charged with having refused to come to the Church of St Michael at Corn, when the masters summoned him there to come to an agreement with John Broun, with whom he and John Appelby were at variance. The said John pleaded guilty and was bound over in £10 for his good behaviour. Richard Sibyle pleaded that he was coming to the church when he saw John Broun lying in wait for him, and so he dared not go further. The masters replied that he refused to come out of malice. A jury found for the plaintiffs, and the said Richard was committed to prison for 10 days. He was then sworn to keep the peace, but as he did not find mainprise, he was committed to the custody of the Sheriff, in whose court judgment had also gone against him at the suit of a party." [1]
1386 "Letters patent appointing William Shiryngham, Geoffrey Crymelford, Henry Bamme, and William Badby collectors in the City of the half a tenth and half a fifteenth granted to the King in the Parliament held at Westminster on the 1st October last. (fn. 1: Sat from 1 Oct. to 28 Nov., 1386. Vide supra, p. 286, note.) Witness the King at Westminster, 28 Nov., 10 Richard II. [A.D. 1386]." [2]
1392 September 19 Woodstock "Pardon and remission, at the supplication of queen Anne and the citizens of London, reciting (1) the king's pardon,0 at the same supplication, to William Venour, late mayor of London, John Loneye and John Walcote, late sheriffs, William Baret, Nicholas Exton, William Brampton, William Wotton, John Hende, William Olyver, William More, John Frossh, Thomas Welford, the said William Venour, John Fraunceys, Henry Vannere, the said John Loneye, William Shiringham, Adam Bamme, John Shadeworth, Henry Bamme, Adam Chaungeour, John Pynchoun, Thomas Vyvent, John Haddele and Adam Carlill, late aldermen of the said city, of the sum of 8,000 marks in which they were condemned to the king by the judgment rendered by the king's uncles Edmund, duke of York, and Thomas, duke of Gloucester, and other justices of oyer and terminer; and to the said John Hende, late mayor, and Henry Vannere and John Shadworth, late sheriffs, William Venour, John Hadlee, John Loneye, William Baret, William Brampton, William Wotton, William Olyver, William More, John Frossh, Thomas WTilford, John Fraunceys, William Shiringham, Adam Bamme, Henry Bamme, Adam Chaungeour, Gilbert Maghfeld, Thomas Vyvent, Adam Carlill, Drew Barentyn, Robert Excestre, prior of Crichurche, and Thomas Newenton, aldermen of the said city, of the misprisions, defaults and contempt for which they were condemned and committed to prison by the king and his great council at Notyngham castle the morrow of Midsummer day last until they should have made a fine and ransom at the king's pleasure; and (2) that further, at the same supplication, he has pardoned all such imprisonments, fines, etc.; to the said persons and all the king's lieges citizens of London, of the sum of 100,000 l. and of all offences except treasons and felonies. By p.s." [3] "Pardon, at the supplication of the queen and of the king's lieges the citizens of London, to William Venour, late mayor of the city, John Loneye, John Walcote, late sheriffs thereof, William Baret, Nicholas Exton, William Brampton, William Wotton, John Hende, William Olyver, William More, John Frossh, Thomas Welford, the said William Venour, John Fraunceys, Henry Vannere, the said John Loneye, William Shiringham, Adam Bamme, John Shadeworth, Henry ?????, Adam Chaungeour, John Pynchoun, Thomas Vyvent, John Haddele and Adam Carlill, late aldermen thereof, of the sum of 3,000 marks which they were lately condemned to pay to the king by judgment rendered by Edmund, duke of York, Thomas, duke of Gloucester, and other justices assigned by the king's letters patent to enquire of all errors, defaults and misprisions in the city by default of their good government thereof, and not corrected and reformed by them, and to hear and determine the same, and correct, reform and punish in accordance with the statute passed in the late reign; and further pardon, at the supplication of the said queen, to John Ilende, late mayor thereof, Henry Vannere and John Shadworth, late sheriffs, William Venour, John Hadlee, John Loneye, William Baret, William Brampton, William Wotton, William Olyver, William More, John Frossh, Thomas Wilford, John Fraunceys, William Shiringham, Adam Bamme, Henry Bamme, Adam Chaungeour, Gilbert Maghfeld, Thomas Vyvent, Adam Carlill, Drew Barentin, Robert Excestre, prior of Crichurche, and Thomas Newenton, aldermen of the city, of the misprisions, defaults and contempts whereof they were adjudged by the king and his great council at Notyngham castle on the morrow of Midsummer last, and committed to prison until they had made a fine and ransom at his pleasure; and further, at the supplication of the queen and citizens aforesaid, pardon of the said imprisonments and ransoms and of what else pertains to the king therefor. By p.s." [4]
1393 May 7 "Westminster. Licence for the alienation in mortmain by Adam Bamme, Drew Barentyn and Henry Bamme, of eight messuages, twenty-six shops and 51 s. of rent in London and the suburbs, held of the king in free burgage, of the yearly value of 17 l. 5 s. 8 d. as found by inquisition taken by William Staundon, mayor of London and escheator, to the wardens and commonalty of the mistery of goldsmiths of London, in full satisfaction of a licence lately granted to them to acquire tenements and rents to the value of 20 l. a year, in aid of the maintenance of the blind, depressed (consternatorum) and infirm members of the same." [5]
1393 June 29 "Westminster. Grant, in fee simple, by the advice of the Council and for 200 marks to be paid at the Exchequer, to Henry Bamme, Richard Förster and John Westou, of the manors of Charles, Rowehull and Halwelee. fourteen messuages, four tofts, two mills, 360 acres of land, 52 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 160 acres of wood, 20 s. of rent, pasture for eight cows and the rent of a red rose and of a moiety of one cock, three hens, and the fourth part of a ploughshare with appurtenances in Derteford, Stone, Wilmynton, Byrlee (sic), Crayford. Stonham, Darenthe, North darenthc, Southdarenthe, Seintemariecraie, Fotiscraie, Northcraie, Suttonatte Hone and Horton by Button atte Hone, ??. Kent, late the possessions of Nicholas Brembre, knight, deceased, and forfeited under the judgment against him in Parliament in the eleventh year. By p.s." [6]
Research Notes:
"John of Norwich, goldsmith, is mentioned twice in the City of London Letterbooks, once on 3rd March, 1367-8 (G., p. 223), as having been granted a general power of attorney, and on the other occasion on 17th June, 1369 (G., p. 247), as a surety. It is possible that he is identical with the John Norwich who was collector of the small customs in the Port of London (see, e.g., Pipe Roll, 46 Edw. III., 217). He is certainly to be identified with John Fleming, of Norwich, who held much property at Fulham. This is afterwards found in the hands first of Robert Lucas (died in 1382, will in Calendar of Wills, Court of Husting, II., pp. 230-1) and afterwards of Henry Bamme (died 1413-6, see will in ibid., II., pp. 408-9) in right of Margaret, who was successively widow of John of Norwich, second wife of Lucas, and first wife of Bamme; for the identification see (i) acknowledgment by Robert Lucas and Margaret his wife, formerly wife of John of Norwich, of receipt of £400 from the King in satisfaction of certain sums due to John by King Edward and Queen Philippa for jewels, etc. (Memoranda Rolls, 3 Ric. II., 156), and (ii) demise of property to Henry Bamme of London, and Margaret his wife, late the wife of Robert Lucas (Ancient Deeds preserved at the Record Office, II., B., 2181, 10 Ric. II.). Margaret died some time between 4th November, 1386, and 10th July, 1387 (see her will, Comm. Court, Courtney, 153)." [7]
Adam Bamme's "precise relationship to Henry Bamme, another prominent London goldsmith, remains unknown, although they may well have been brothers. Henry Bamme conveyed his Suffolk and Middlesex estates to Adam, evidently as a feoffee, in 1387, having previously given the latter powers of attorney to act on his behalf. In June 1388 the two men acquired the manor of Bridesgrave in Epsom from William Croyser's mother, and in the following month they took from her recognizances totalling £200, perhaps as security for the payment of a debt or mortgage." [8]
[1] Arthur Hermann Thomas, ed., Calendar of the Plea and Memoranda Rolls of the City of London: A.D. 1364-1381 (1929), 259, [Google_Snippet], [BritishHistoryOnline].
[2] Reginald R. Sharpe, ed., Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London, Letter-Book H, 1375-1399 (London: John Edward Francis, 1907), 296, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[3] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, Vol. 5, 1391-1396 (London: HMSO, 1905), 130, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, Vol. 5, 1391-1396 (London: HMSO, 1905), 171, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[5] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, Vol. 5, 1391-1396 (London: HMSO, 1905), 262, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[6] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, Vol. 5, 1391-1396 (London: HMSO, 1905), 303, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] James Bird and Philip Norman, eds., Survey of London, Vol. 6, Hammersmith (University of London for the London County Council, 1915), 102, [InternetArchive].
[8] J.S. Roskell, Linda Clark, and Carole Rawcliffe, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421, 4 vols. (Stroud: Alan Sutton for the History of Parliament Trust, 1992), [History of Parliament Online].