Alice de Preston, widow of Peter de Preston. de Preston Alice King and council in...

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.

For transcript, see no.92 of PRO 31/7/106