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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John de Preston, valet at arms. de Preston John King and council. Preston requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/319/E384
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This record is about the John de Preston, valet at arms. de Preston John King and council. Preston requests... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/319/E384
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Preston, valet at arms.
- Name(s)
- de Preston, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Preston requests the grant of the bailiwick of Claro as he has served the king and his father for all the war of Scotland and resided in the siege of the castle of Berwick in the company of Horsley.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Claro [wapentake], [West Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Horsle (Horsley).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as it is clearly in the aftermath of the loss of Berwick to the Scots.
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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/C9529436/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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