The People of 1381
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Participant
| First name | Agnes |
| Last name | Jekyn |
| Gender | Female |
| Source | TNA JUST 1/400 m. 21 |
| Comments | Prisoner in Canterbury Castle |
Incidents
| ID | Summary | Description | Location | Role | Charges | Comments on role | View incident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2619 | Assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent and breach of prison at Canterbury Castle | [The jurors] also say upon their oath, that John Halis, of Malling, Walter Teghelere, of Essex, William Hauker, and John Abel, on Monday next after the feast of the Holy Trinity, in the fourth year, made insurrection against our Lord the King, and his people, and came to Canterbury, and made an assault on William Septvantz, Sheriff of Kent, and made the said Sheriff take an oath to them and compelled the said Sheriff, under fear of death, to deliver up the books, viz. the rolls of the Pleas of the County and of the Crown of our Lord the King, and whatever writs of our Lord the King were in custody of the said Sheriff, and they burnt fifty rolls and the said writs on the same day at Canterbury, in contempt of our Lord the King, and to the prejudice of his Crown, and feloniously and traitorously broke into the Castle of our Lord the King at Canterbury, and made to go out, John Burgh, an approver, Richard Derby, clerk, a convict, Agnes Jekyn, and Joan Hampcok, prisoners fettered and manacled in the said Castle, in contempt of our Lord the King, and to the prejudice of his Crown. | Canterbury,Kent | Mentioned | View Incident page |
Biographical Information
| Date | Location | Info | Source | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/12/1378 | Canterbury,Kent | Agnes had been indicted before John de Evesyngge, lately coroner of the King in Scray lathe in Kent for the death of her husband William Jekyn and was among the prisoners hel at Canterbury Castle on 20 Dec 1378. The indictment against her is in the custody of Eustace de Evesyng, son and heir of said John, lately coroner: Felix Hull and Rosemary Keen, 'English Politics and the Sheriff of Kent 1378', Archaeologia Cantiana 71 (1957), p. 210. |
