He was listed as “a gentleman of Standish in Lancashire, England” when ordered by Queen Elizabeth in August of 1564 to keep in readiness horsemen and armor.1203

The name of Prescott is of Saxon origin and is composed by the contraction of two Saxon words, Priest and Cottage, and therefore signifies priest cottage, or priest's house. The name has long been known in England. It was given to a street and a lane or place in the ancient city of London. Prescott is also the name of a market town in Lancashire, and those of this surname that emigrated to American originally, or their ancestors, orginated from this town. Some of the Prescott family had titles, and a coat of arms…. The direct lineage of the American Prescotts has not been trace farther back than the reign of Elizabeth.1193