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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Preston, cousin and heir of William de Horseley. de Preston John King. John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11196
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This record is about the John de Preston, cousin and heir of William de Horseley. de Preston John King. John... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1399] 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 8/224/11196
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Preston, cousin and heir of William de Horseley.
- Name(s)
- de Preston, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de Preston requests an enquiry into his claims to certain property in South Dissington in Northumberland, and that he be restored to these lands if his claim is found to be good. He claims that the property, originally belonging to William Russell, was seized into the hands of the king's grandfather due to the adherence of Russell's son to the Scots. However, he states that the property was actually held by Russell's daughter, Katherine, and hence should have descended to him as her heir.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has sent this bill to the chancellor, and ordered that he should do right to the petitioner according to the law.
- Places mentioned
- South Dissington, Northumberland
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- William de Horseley (Horsley)
- Margaret [de Preston], sister and heir of William de Horseley, mother of the petitioner
- [Edward III, King of England]
- William de Nesfeld, escheator of Northumberland
- William Russell
- William de Lamberton, formerly Bishop of St Andrews
- William de Dissington, son of William Russell
- Thomas de Bretby
- William de Gascoigne
- Katherine de Horseley (Horsley), daughter of William Russell, mother of William de Horseley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presumably dates to the reign of Richard II, and probably to the early part of that reign, although many of the issues recounted in it occurred much earlier. Lamberton was Bishop of St Andrews between 1297 and 1328, while Nesfeld was escheator of in the northern counties between 1357 and 1363.
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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/C9334756/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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