John Shakell

Also known as: Iohn Shakell · Family: England · Role: esquire · First appears: Richard II 5

Life events

• 1378 · John Shakell and Robert Hall escaped the tower and registered themselves as sanctuary men.(Richard II 5 · 📍 Westminster)
  • With: Robert Hall
  • “the esquiers therefore were committed to the tower, out of the which they escaped vnto Westminster, and there registred themselues for sanctuarie men.”
• c. 1378 · John Shakell was forcibly removed from Westminster church and taken to the tower.(Richard II 5 · 📍 Westminster)
  • “first laieng hands vpon Iohn Shakell, vsed the matter so with him, that they drew him foorth of the church, and led him streight to the tower.”

Richard II 5

• enemies with Rafe Ferrers “by occasion of variance betwéene the lord Latimer and sir Rafe Ferrers on the one partie, and two esquiers, the one called Robert Hall and the other Iohn Shakell on the other partie”
• allies with Robert Hall “the said Robert Hall himselfe & Iohn Shakell iointlie, and iudged to be their lawfull prisoner”
• mentor: John Chandos “the said Robert Hall himselfe & Iohn Shakell iointlie, and iudged to be their lawfull prisoner, by the sentence of the prince of Wales, and sir Iohn Chandois that was master to the said esquiers”
• enemies with Alane Boxhull “Herevpon it was concluded, that sir Rafe Ferrers, and the said Alane Boxhull, taking with them certeine men in armour, to the number of fiftie persons, should go and fetch them by force from Westminster, vnto the tower againe. The morrow therefore after saint Laurence daie, being the eleuenth of August, these two knights accompanied with certeine of the kings seruants and other, to the number afore mentioned, came into the church at Westminster, whilest the said esquiers were there hearing of high masse, which was then in celebrating; and first laieng hands vpon Iohn Shakell, vsed the matter so with him, that they drew him foorth of the church, and led him streight to the tower”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.