Hutred de Preston

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁵⁹
"1170-84 Uctred son of Osulf [de Preston Richard] attested charters of William de Lancaster II; [Farrer, Lancs. Pipe R., 443.]

"1184-90 Hutred son of Osolf and his heirs gave to the canons of Cockersand land at Preston in Kendale lying next the great brook [Peasey Beck] which is the boundary between the two Prestons, below the highway which leads to Wathsuthenan, ascending that way to the head of the great tillage which crosses the tillage of Hoscal-hofeh [Oskill's Head], as the peat-moss meets the hard land in going round to the spring below Hoscal-houet, and by the syke of the spring to the said great brook, with common of pasture within Ekergart in Winter and Spring for eight beasts with calves, two horses and 20 sheep with lambs, and from the beginning of summer outside Ekergart with the donor's men until Martinmas [Cockersand Chartul., 1001]."

1190-1220 Richard son of Hutred son of Osolf confirmed his father's gift to the canons, namely the land between the brook and the land of Henry de Mamecestre, son of Geoffrey [de Cheteham] on the east side of the way which leads to Wathsuthenan [Cockersand Chartul., , 1002].

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