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Philip de Preston, burgess of Berwick. de Preston Philip King and council burgess...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/725

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SC 8/15/725
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Philip de Preston, burgess of Berwick.
Name(s)
de Preston, Philip
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
burgess of Berwick
Nature of request
Preston shows that he and Joan his wife, who recently died, was disseised 10 years earlier by Bishop Beaumont of lands and rents in Billy Row, Hamsterley and Shipley, all of Joan's inheritance because they resided in Berwick. Preston requests that the king order by his letters to the bishop of Durham to make restitution of the lands and rents according to the conditions of the agreement that each man of the condition have his lands and tenements in England and Scotland notwithstanding any seisins or possessions made before the agreement by anyone whatsoever in times of other kings of England or Scotland.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ containing the effect of the petition be sent to the bishop of Durham that he should hear the complaint of Philip, and do justice to him, and Philip should sue before him by process.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Billei (Billy Row), [County Durham]
Hamsterley, [County Durham]
Shipley, [County Durham]
Scotland.
People mentioned
Joan [de Preston], wife of the petitioner
Louis [de Beaumont], Bishop of Durham
[Richard de Bury], Bishop of Durham.
Note
The guard comments suggest a date range of 1333-43, though probably not long after the recapture of Berwick in 1333. As it must date to after the pontificate of Louis de Beaumont, and it is unlikely that the Prestons would petition whilst Berwick was still in Scottish hands, this must date to after 1333. However the guard's date range depends on the petition referring to the disseisin made 10 years earlier under Bishop Beaumont. As Beaumont was bishop from 1327-33, the petition could potentially be as late as 1343. However this is very unlikely, and a date of c.1334 seems far more probable.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6807
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.391a (no.72) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060866/

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