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John Akreman, draper of Bruges. Akreman John King and council. draper of Bruges John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4407
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/89/4407
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Akreman, draper of Bruges.
- Name(s)
- Akreman, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- draper of Bruges
- Nature of request
- John Akreman states that he was attached by his body and all his goods in Norwich on St Lawrence's day last [10 August], because he was acquainted with Thomas Roscelyn, and was imprisoned at Windsor on the command of Queen Isabella and Roger de Mortimer, contrary to the protection given to him by the King at Eltham on 4 February in the fourth year of his reign [1330]. He asks that he might be released.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Constable is to be ordered to inform the council in parliament of the reason why he was captured and held.And then, when the reasons have been examined before the council, coram rege (before the King).It is appropriate for him to remain in prison for a certain reason. And it was then agreed by the King and his council that he would be sent from Windsor to Norwich, and the Bailiffs of Norwich are to be ordered to receive him and to have him safely kept, so that they can answer for his body at the King's command.
- Places mentioned
- Bruges, [Belgium]
- Norwich, [Norfolk]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Eltham, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Roscelyn
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England
- Roger de Mortimer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1327-30 p.573 is dated 12 August 1330 and must follow the petitioner's arrest on St Lawrence's day (10 August). As this petition must have been submitted before 10 August 1331, as it was clearly presented to parliament, and as it does not scruple to lay the blame for his imprisonment on the Queen and Roger Mortimer, and as the order to send him to Norwich (CCR 1330-3 p. 183) is dated 24 January 1331, it must have been presented to the parliament of November 1330.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For orders to keep John Akreman and other prisoners in Windsor castle, see SC 8/89/4408B
For transcript, see no.1 of PRO 31/7/96
For a writ ordering the Sheriff of Norfolk to arrest John Akreman, see SC 8/89/4408A
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 154
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.183 (order to send the petitioner from Windsor to Norwich, in accordance with the endorsement)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.573 (writ of aid to convey the petitioner and other men of Flanders to Windsor castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148950/
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