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Alard Funk, tailor and citizen of London. Funk Alard King and lords in parliament....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4218

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Reference
SC 8/85/4218
Date
[c. 1437]
Description
Petitioners
Alard Funk, tailor and citizen of London.
Name(s)
Funk, Alard
Addressees
King and lords in parliament.
Occupation
tailor and citizen of London
Nature of request
Alard Funk, tailor and citizen of London, states that when Piers Mayn Henrikson, a Dutchman imprisoned in the Fleet prison and brought into court in Chancery in the term of St John in the King's thirteenth year, managed to escape from prison to the sanctuary at Westminster, William Venour, warden of the Fleet prison, brought an action of trespass against Alard, as he had known the prisoner before, although he was innocent of his escape. However, he was condemned by a jury favourable to the warden, and has himself now been in prison for a year and a half. He asks the King, with the advice of the lords in parliament, to have both the parties examined, so that he might have justice and be released from prison.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Delivered by the Duke of Gloucester, 15 February.[None on dorse]
Places mentioned
London
Fleet prison, [London]
Westminster
Holland, [Netherlands].
People mentioned
William Venour, warden of the Fleet prison
Piers Mayn Henrikson
[Humphrey of Lancaster], Duke of Gloucester.
Note
Piers Mayn Henrikson was brought into court in Chancery in the term of St John in the King's thirteenth year (1435), and the petitioner has been in prison for a year and a half after being found guilty of his escape, which dates the petition to c. 1437. Permission was given to enfeoff William Venour with a number of offices, including the wardenship of the Fleet prison, on 20 June 1434 (CPR 1429-36 p.367).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3512
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148760/

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