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John de Preston, late servant to Michael de la Pole. de Preston John King. servant...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12459

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This record is about the John de Preston, late servant to Michael de la Pole. de Preston John King. servant... dating from [1390] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/250/12459
Date
[1390]
Description
Petitioners
John de Preston, late servant to Michael de la Pole.
Name(s)
de Preston, John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
servant to Michael de la Pole
Nature of request
Preston requests that the King grant him a yearly rent of 20s. for life with arrears which la Pole granted him from certain messuages in Stamford, one in 'le Estgate' held by Josep and one held by Taylor, with powers of entry and distress if the rent were fifteen days in arrears, of which he was seised until the tenements were seized into the King's hand by la Pole's forfeiture by judgment of the parliament held at Westminster in the eleventh year of the King's reign [1388].
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Wingfield, [Suffolk]
Stamford, [Lincolnshire]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Michael de la Pole, late lord of Wingfield
Robert Josep
Alexander Taillour (Taylor).
Related material

For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.6461 of C 81/517

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.347 (commission to enquire into the matter of this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440065/

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