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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice de Preston, widow of Peter de Preston. de Preston Alice King and council in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7131
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This record is about the Alice de Preston, widow of Peter de Preston. de Preston Alice King and council in... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/143/7131
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice de Preston, widow of Peter de Preston.
- Name(s)
- de Preston, Alice
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Alice, widow of Peter de Preston, states that she sued a writ of appeal against William Teneyt of Sandwich for the death of her husband, and that process continued until he was outlawed. Because he had taken refuge in the Cinque Ports, a writ was issued to the Earl of Cambridge to seize him, but, when the Earl's ministers seized him at Dover, to bring him before the King, John Strete, Mayor of Dover and Walter Rauf, Bailiff of Dover rescued him by force; and they have since ignored a writ ordering them to bring him before the King to answer to Alice. William is still at large in Sandwich. Alice asks for a remedy, in maintenance and fulfilment of the law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Kent
- Cinque Ports
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Peter de Preston, late husband of the petitioner
- William Teneyt of Sandwich
- [Edmund of Langley], Earl of Cambridge
- John Strete, Mayor of Dover
- Walter Rauf (Ralph), Bailiff of Dover.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1378, with reference to an unrelated mention of the petitioner, described as the widow of Peter de Preston, in CPR 1377-81 p.125, dated 10 February 1378.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.92 of PRO 31/7/106
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209312/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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