Robert Hauley (Hawley); John Shakil (Shakell). Hauley (Hawley); Shakil (Shakell)...

Petitioners

Robert Hauley (Hawley); John Shakil (Shakell).

Name(s)

Hauley (Hawley); Shakil (Shakell), Robert; John

Addressees

King and other lords of parliament.

Nature of request

Robert Hauley and John Shakil, who are imprisoned in the Tower of London for the hostage, the son of the Count of Denia, and cannot be released until the hostage is in the king's hands, request that four bishops, four earls, four barons and four knights of the council, or fewer if the king wishes, be assigned to hear their right and their evidence, and to report back to the king and council on this, so that they can come to a suitable decision on the supplicants.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

London

Denia, [Spain].

People mentioned

[Alfonso de Villena], Count of Denia

[Alfonso de Villena], son of the Count of Denia.

Another petition from the same petitioners is SC 8/18/893

For a related petition see SC 8/139/6932

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.326 (order to release John Shakel from the Tower) & pp.482-3 (recognisance of Guy de Briene as security for John Shakel's payment of the ransom received for this hostage, and indenture between Guy de Briene, John Shakel and the king, related to the same ransom and John's arrest)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.546 (protection for John Shakel, who has custody of the count of Denia's son, who is hostage for his father)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.50a-b (no.2) (full edition of original petition)