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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Laurence de Preston. de Preston Laurence King and council. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E14
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This record is about the Laurence de Preston. de Preston Laurence King and council. [Petition in 3 parts:]1)... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1300] 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 8/312/E14
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Preston.
- Name(s)
- de Preston, Laurence
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) Preston requests remedy as the sheriff of Northampton came to the manor of Gretton which he farms and took his mount and his plough beasts for a debt though he could have taken other beasts and goods which is against the statute and to his great damage.2) Preston requests remedy as the sheriff of Northamptonshire imprisoned him until he found mainpernors who undertook to have him at the Exchequer at a certain day, though Preston had had no summons.3) Preston requests remedy as the sheriff of Northampton came to the manor of Gretton which he holds of the king in fee farm and made to take all his plough beasts and other animals for the relief demanded by Fiennes for the fee that Preston held from him, though he could have found sufficient distresses in that fee.
- Nature of endorsement
- To the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Gretton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Fienes (Fiennes).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290-c. 1300 on the basis of the hand and in part on the dating suggestions given on the guard. As many of the other petitions around this petition in this file date to c. 1295, it is quite possible that it dates to this narrower date as is suggested on the guard.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.36 (no.30) (unrelated complaint by the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529063/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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