PRESTON-CAPES, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (.) from Daventry, containing 441 inhabitants. The living comprises a rectory and a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £8. 0. 5., and in the patronage of Sir C. Knightley, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. Richard Knightley, in 1667, bequeathed a rent-charge of £24 for a charity school, which is further supported with a voluntary gift of £20 a year by Sir Charles Knightley. A Cluniac priory formerly here was transferred to Daventry.