Sir John de Preston Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁵³⁵
Sir John de Preston of Preston Richard and Preston Patrick, was a member of Parliament for Westmoreland, 26, 39 and 46 Edward III. He had at least two sons, Sir Richard who lefted only daughter and Sir John.

~Burke's A Genealogical and Heraldic History of Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, p. 425

• Background Information. ⁸⁵⁹
1357 John de Preston, elder, impleaded Richard Brysbane for taking a horse at Preston Richard, price 40s. [De Banco R., Hil., 389, m. 85d.].

The same John demanded against John Wilkynson that he render an account of the time that he was his receiver [ib.].

1358 John de Preston, elder, demands against Joan late the wife of John de Haveryngton and Sibyl late the wife of Thomas de Levenes that the said Joan render 60s. and the said Sibyl 40s. which they respectively owe him [ib., Hil., 393, m. 99d.].

1360 John de Preston in Kendale party to a recognizance [Cal. Close R., 1360, p. 110; 1359, p. 625].

1362 William de Wyndesore, chivaler, going to Ireland on the king's service, nominates John de Preston of Kendale and Roger de Levenes, his attorneys, for one year [Cal. Pat. R. 1362, p. 217].

1363 The same William de Wyndesore, going to Ireland, nominates Richard de Preston and John de Preston, his attorneys in England for one year [ib. 416].

1377 John de Preston demands against Robert de Cliburn that he render to him 43s. 4d. which are in arrears of a yearly rent of 13s. 4d. [De Banco R., Mich., 468, m. 334].

1378 The abbot of Heppe demands against John de Preston that he render an account of the time that he was his receiver [ib., Trin., 471, m. 172 d.].

1 May, 1368. Order for the payment to John de Preston, knight of the shire for Westmorland of £7 for 25 days at the Parliament summoned at Westminster on 1 May last [Cal. Close R. 1368, p. 480].

29 March, 1371. Order to pay Hugh de Louthre and John de Preston, knights of the shire of Westmorland £19 12s. for 49 days at the Parliament summoned at Westminster on the feast of St. Matthias last [Cal. Pat. R. 1371, p. 289]. In 1380 John de Preston was on the commission of the peace for Westmorland [ib., 1380, p. 515]. He occurs as justice as "the elder," for many years down to 1390, and as John de Preston simply for many later years. In 1398 a commission was appointed to inquire about dissensions between John de Preston and John son of Thomas de Middleton and others, who lay in wait to kill the said John de Preston and his friends [ib. 1398, p. 503]. In 1405 John de Preston and the sheriff of Westmorland were commissioned to inquire about the failure of the prior and convent of Watton to find three canons to dwell in a cell of the priory at Ravenstandale to celebrate for the good estate of the king and the souls of his progenitors and to do alms and other works of piety there according to the original foundation of the priory [ib. 1405, p. 63.]

~Records Relating to the Barony of Kendale, Volume II, pp. 202-210