A small piece of the puzzle of Knud Endresen's imprisonment has fallen into place. Knud's prisoner number at Akerrshus festning slaveri was 292. My original thought when I saw 292 following his name on the death and burial record was that it represented his prisoner number. However, as I considered the information following his name might refer to his burial in consecrated ground, I also considered the number could refer to his burial plot. The confirmation that 292 was his prisoner number is found in communicant records for the prison. The 1842 and 1844 communicant records for Akershus festning slaveri list Knud Endresen of Stake, prisoner number 292, as one of those receiving communion on 27 February 1842, 16 October 1842, and on 21 April 1844.
These records also indicate that prisoner numbers were reused. Lars Engebredsen was listed as prisoner 292 in the communicant record for 21 May 1841. The next entry for prisoner 292 is for Knud Endresen of Stake on 27 February 1842. Following Knud's death in September 1844, there is no record for a prisoner 292 in the communicant records.
So it appears that Knud was imprisoned at Akershus between June 1841 and February 1842. Unless Knud was transferred to Akershus from another prison, he likely commited his crime sometime in 1841.
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