1384 A John Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, was one of the men of the town pledged to collect 10,000l. for the King. [1]
July 11. Westminster. John Lucas 'coteler,' John Pyke 'goldsmyth,' John Hopthorp, Robert Baxstere, James Haverlond, Giles atte Pirye, John Irynmonger, Richard Burstalle, William Droughton, John Bernham 'fisshere,' John Yoxforthe 'baxstere,' Hugh Hardyngham, Michael Barwe, William Thetforthe, Richard Chapman 'souter,' John Beneyt 'coteler,' Walter Orfreyser, John Grykke the elder, Walter Cooke, Thomas Smyth of 'Risbygatestrete,' Stephen Belman, John Celer, John Marche 'bruewere,' Richard Hennecote, Walter Lucas, John Redyngton 'spicer,' Lawrence Goldynge, Thomas Botlysham, John Asty, Thomas Gylour 'bocher,' Henry Stonham and John Lorde to the king. Recognisance for 10,000l., to be levied etc. as above [in the said town of Bury St. Edmunds co. Suffolk].
The said John etc. to the said abbot and convent. Recognisance for 10,000l., to be levied etc. as above.
1384 Redstone, in the Calendar of Pre-reformation Wills … Registered at … Bury St. Edmunds states, [2]
Johannes Grykke, 29 Sept. 1384, 6 May, 1385 (deed granting goods, &c., to Richard Lister servant of the Abbey, Bury, John Lucas, coteler, and Mariot wife of John Grykke)
[1] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Richard II, Vol. 2, 1381-1385 (London: HMSO, 1920), 581, [InternetArchive].
[2] Vincent B. Redstone, ed., Calendar of Pre-reformation Wills, Testaments, Probates, Administrations, Registered at the Probate Office, Bury St. Edmunds (Ipswich: W. E. Harrison, The Ancient House Press, 1907), 6, [HathiTrust].