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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Philip de Preston, burgess of Berwick. de Preston Philip King and council burgess... dating from [c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/15/725
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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 6807
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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)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060866/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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