Sanctuary Seeker in Grafton Church 1329

Assize Roll No. 632
Extracts from an Assize Roll of 3 Edward III (1329)
Hundred of CleleyGrafton Regis

John Sowere, of the county of Lincoln, for fear of arrest took sanctuary in the Church of Grafton. He there confessed that he was a thief and abjured the realm. His chattels were worth 12s. 10d.