Walter de Preston (died 1230), also known as Walter Fitz Winemar, was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1207 and 1208, and held some post in connection with the forests.[1] He had custody of Fotheringay Castle in 1212; he apparently sided with the barons, as his lands were taken into the king's hands.[1] In 1227 and 1228 he was employed to assess the fifteenth in Warwickshire and Leicestershire, and to fix the tallage in the counties of Northampton, Buckingham, and Bedford.[1] His son was Gilbert de Preston.[1][2]
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- Brand, Paul (2008). "Preston, Sir Gilbert of (b. in or before 1209, d. 1274), justice". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22724. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Preston, Gilbert de". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 306.
Further reading edit
- Salzman, L. F. (1937). The Victoria History of the County of Northampton. Vol. 4. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 74–6, 246.