Washington : 25 Generations October 19, 1781

By Jim White

This book covers 25 generations of the Washington family of England and America. It begins 1190 and runs to after 1900 here in America. In addition to Washington we then added 7 Allied and Collateral family lines including Pope, Broadhurst, Dickens, Bland, Ford, Warner and Townshend, and those families are all proven to their origins, and can be followed here in America. We proved John Washington's first wife and parents, and proved the ancestry of all four of his wives. We documented John Washington of Surry County, and his wife Mary Ford, and included her ancestry. This book will challenge all readers thereto, for we eliminated much speculation with hard records that anyone can, if they try locate and verify on their own. Prior to this Washington Book, we published the Ball Family, which eliminated the famed Ball Family Committee of Pennsylvania Report admitted to the Library of Congress by an act of it in 1900. We included an Appendix to explain.

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• Release date: Apr 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257518449

Jim White

Jim White has written for the Independent, the Guardian and the Telegraph. He is the author of MANCHESTER UNITED THE BIOGRAPHY and YOU'LL WIN NOTHING WITH KIDS.

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Washington

25 Generations

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By Jim White

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Jim White, all rights reserved

Members of my family, some collateral families and I own a significant number of hard record proofs, from which, was drawn a great deal of the information provided in this book. Without access to the information in these privately owned data source records, there would be no book of the breadth, and depth of the information provided herein. In addition to the private information not available in the public domain, all of the narratives and explanation texts that are included were originated personally by the author of this book and are fully Copyright protected. We want you to use the information contained herein as intended, to assist you in building your personal family record. However, if you elect and opt to choose to publish the results of your research and efforts, and you have used information from this book, you will require the author's written and notarized consent. To use it for any other purpose is outside of the scope and, the Fair Use Act of Copyrighted Publications.

ISBN 978-0-557-53004-5

First Printing 2010

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Foreword

As thoughts come to mind about the Washington family immigrants to Virginia during the mid 1600s, there are still thousands of questions to be asked but the answers come hard and seldom. After 357 years of the Washington family living in the United States there is much to be learned if history has not destroyed the evidence necessary; however it is my contention if you turn over enough rocks, somewhere and at least some of the time there are facts extant other people have overlooked, or wrongly assumed. This book is the result of too many years and hours expended wading through thousands of sources, none of which are in one place causing a problem of data accumulation with it in hand when required. A problem with the Washington family genealogical records have a distinctive peculiar nature thereto, hundreds of researcher authors have compiled pedigrees but to some extent few of them this researcher is privy to tried to prove the women involved. To me this is serious problem for anyone that wants to know about your ancestors; instead of them being a batch of names written in family group records, or compiled with a computer database. If all I know about my grandmothers and aunts are given names, it is evident that I do not know much about them as living human beings.

For this book to be meaningful, we selected not only the Washington Family, but also we opted to complete it and included seven primary allied or collateral families in the order as perceived to be proper as compiled. The seven families are Pope, Broadhurst, Dickens, Ford, Bland, Warner and Townshend. Many of you are wondering about the Ford family, but that particular Washington family developed one of the largest plantations historically known tobacco plantations outside of Virginia. Mary Ford was the mother of Richard Washington of Surry County Virginia whose grandson Joseph Washington founded the Wessyington Tobacco Planation in Robertson County Tennessee. John Washington of Surry County also had a brother, a stepbrother, and two half-brothers that landed and then settled in Virginia before he did! John Shelley, Edward and Thomas Shelley, and brother Lawrence all began landing in Virginia no later than 1640. And their Henry Washington came to Virginia when their parents died to settle the family estate. In this book there are two Lawrence, two John, two Richard, one Edward, and one Henry Washington men that immigrated to Virginia, and a Thomas Wshington went to Barbados.

For those of you that wonder about the Ball family this author published that part of Washington Family History in 2008. It is complete, and it is accurate. In the case of the Ball family, the early researchers proved the wrong immigraat family, for the Berkshire Ball family did not immigrate to America, and we included that particular family line as an Appendix in that book for essential proofs. That book overcame the problems the Ball Family Committee Report caused when filed by an act of Congress in 1900 to the Library of it. This book is in time for the Fourth Day of July 2010!

Happy Birthday United States of America!

Jim White, Greenfield Missouri June 22, 2010

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Descendants of William de Wessyngton

First Generation

1. William de Wessyngton was born in 1190 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England and died in 1244 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England at age 54.

Noted events in his life were:

Background: In 973 King Edgar the Peaceable granted a Saxon Charter to Thornby Abbey for the village of Wassyngton - today the village is called Wharlton, is located in the parish of Kirkby Ravensworth, North Riding District of Yorkshire. The various names that identify the Washington family we believe thereof originated thence expanded to the north into Lancashire and beyond, whilst simultaneously expanding south to the counties of Essex, and below London into Sussex. There are too many records of this family to consider it came to England with William I. Moreover, the name and person most people identify as progenitor of the Washington family, William de Hertburn, supposedly was a Norman who accompanied William I; however, the place name, Hertburn or Hartburn existed in Northumberland long before 1066 as it existed during the lifetime of St. Cutberth (635 - March 20, 687). In addition we learn there is also a Wassyngton in Sussex so identified by the next proof....

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Creator(s):

Archive of Drake and Lee of Lewes, solicitor

FILE - Award - ref. SAS-D/19 - date: 25 Jun 1477

[from Scope and Content] By JOHN WODE senr., THOMAS COMBE, JOHN COKE, esquires, and JOHN WODE junr., in regard to variances between Thomas Belyngham and Johan his wife and John Apsley concerning a moiety of certain lands in THAKEHAM, SULLYNGTON, WASSYNGTON and SHEPELEY sometime of Stephen Power, and concerning lands and tenements sometime of William Power and John Hamilton, 'prestis' in Thakeham, Wassyngton, Angmeryng, Wike, Hampton, Lymnyster and Yapton, co. Sussex. Tags for 4 seals

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Follows are two additional proofs....

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Creator(s):

Middleton family, baronets, of Belsay Castle, Northumberland

FILE [no title] - ref. ZMI/B1/I/1 - date: 1365 St. Vincent Martyr

[from Scope and Content] Grant: Thomas de Trewyk to Thomas de Farnylawe, vicar of Emylden, Robert de Auckland, vicar of Hertburn & William Broune, Chaplain; the manor of Trewick (Trewyk) and appurtenances in Trewyk and Belsay (Belsowe) and the mill of Trewyk: to hold of the chief lords of the fee. Warranty and sealing clauses. Witnessed John de Walynton, John de Farnylawe, John de Wotton, John de Kyllyngword, junior, William de Whytlawe and others. Seal on a tag, green wax - armorial, 2 bars and in chief 3 roundels, the field and roundels raised. Legend THOME DE TREWYC

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Parish of Middleton St. George

Hertburn - Hartburn

Hartburn is mentioned in Reginald's account of the miracles of St. Cuthbert. In King Stephen's time (1135-1154) William the Sergeant had a house there, and fled thence to Sadberge churchyard to escape a raid by Roger Pavie, the constable of Thirsk, but he was captured and imprisoned. St. Cuthbert threatened the captor and struck him with disease, and on the return of Robert de Eivil, master of the castle, William was set at liberty.

Source: 'Parishes: Middleton St. George', A History of the County of Durham: Volume 3 (1928), pp. 293-99.

Family: In addition to the two sons and daughters enumerated, we know without doubt that William and Matilda had at least one more son whose given name we have not been able to prove - The missing son had a son named John de Wessyington who married into a Lancashire family, and left a daughter as sole surviving heir, Matilda, obviously named after her great grandmother. Matilda married in 1252 James Lawrence, son of Sir Richard Lawrence. With Matilda's marriage to James Lawrence the Washington owned manor of Seggeswick and several others passed back into the Lawrence (de Lancaster) family. James Lawrence's son, John Lawrence levied a fine of both Washington and Sedgewick in 1283, and was the father of John Lawrence who was presented to the Church of Washington, in 1386, and died 1460.

Information: This William de Wessyngton is not imaginary because of the validated marriage record; however, we have not located any proof whatsoever that specifically identifies progenitor of the Washington family. After the Conquest 1066, nearly every family used the name William despite where he or she lived, or where he or she originated. By 1066 there were hundreds of Washington family members living in all areas of England, but the Armorial Bearings of the Washington family of our concern can be traced to one geographic area of Northern England; this is where we begin.

Post Conquest Land Holder

Henry de Ferrers - From Ferriers-St. Hilaire, France - Lord of Longueville, Normandy; seated self in Tutbury Castle, Tutbury Staffordshire. He was a Domesday Commissioner, and was ancestor of the Earls of Derby. Henry Ferrers held almost all of the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire. Duke William of Normandy granted Henry 210 manors and lordships throughout England and Wales for his conspicuous bravery and support at the Battle of Hastings. 114 of these were in Derbyshire and much of Nottingham, over which he held virtual rule. His family became the Earls of both Derby and Nottingham, but the several alternate title and estates of Earl Ferrers were lost in 1266 to the son of Henry III, Edmund the Earl of Leicester. Henry held lands in 14 additional counties. There is one very peculiar land holding given to Henry Ferrers, but not by William the Conqueror, it was given to him by - Orm … Orm was the commissioner of the Kirkdale Sundial, and his gift was Wyaston (Widerdestune in the Domesday Book), Derbyshire. Orm was of ancient Norse blood and the seventh man of such name beginning with his ancestor Orm who fought at the Battle of Eddington 878. After the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum were forged 886, the Danelagh era followed. Orm's family controlled lands in Northumbria and East Anglia, and the lands including the Five Boroughs or Counties of Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Stamford and Lincoln.

After the Norman invasion 1066, Walter d'Aincourt on a Leofing from Ralph FitzHubert held the Priory of Wessington (Wystanestune) with a church and mill thence located in what is today, Durham. When he received control of the Priory, the families of Wyaston - Wessington - Wessyngton -Washington held the following estates:

1. Wessington in Northern England, near Durham five miles from Gateshead-

2. Wyaston - today a township in the parish of Crich, and Wessington Township in the parish of Crich Derbyshire-

3. Wessington (called Westewelle in the Doomsday survey) Parish in Sussex located ten miles from Shoreham-

Wessington Derbyshire is approximately 80 miles Southeast of Marton Lancashire - Washington Durham is 97 miles northeast of Marton Lancashire, and Washington Sussex is 227 miles south southeast of Marton Lancashire.

Here we address the lineage of George Washington as offered by Burk's Peerage of London - their work is from several manuscripts, but the last record is based on work by S. H. Lee Washington M.A., Cambridge University, UK. The record although impressive misses the mark and omits two generations, thence conflates another. The first validated members of the Washington family, William de Wessyngton, his wife Matilda, and their four validated children, Sir Walter, Matilda, John, and Elizabeth can be verified quite easily - the Burke record omits or neglects the key generation and the birth of the first Lawrence Washington in 1415. Their record does not include a single member of the Lawrence family, which is rather remarkable as it was one of the earlier family lines in Northern England history for the 4th, 5th, and 6th Baron Kendal was of the family of de Lancaster, which later took the surname … Lawrence.

In the Burk Record there are four generations including Sir Walter Washington and John Washington who married Joan de Croft …when in fact and circumstance there were six distinct generations.

Burke's Record

Between Sir Walter Washington progenitor and John Washington + Joan de Croft

1. Sir Walter Washington d. 1292 + Joan Whitchester

2. Robert Washington d. 1324 + Joan Strictland

3. John Washington Live 1352 + Miss Dacre & a lady with name Christian

4. John Washington Live 1412 + Joan Croft ... did this man outlive his father by 50+ years?

Researched Record

1. Sir Walter Washington d. 1292 + Joan Whitchester

2. John Washington d. 1321 + Godyth Lyth - married 2nd Margaret Le Houwys

3. Lord William Washington b. 1292 d. 1367 + Margaret Swinbourne

4. William Washington d. 1388 + Anne Tempest

5. Thomas Washington d. 1399 + Elinor Norton

6. John Washington d. before 1408 + Joan Croft

Proof: 947, Rusper, Washington, , Sussex, England. MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES.

Rusper priory had estates in the parish which were called a manor in 1380 and in 1532 included Peter's farm and Langhurst in the north-east, and Ashfolds south-west of the village. Chowles in the northeast may also have belonged to the priory. The priory's demesne apparently corresponded with what was later called the NUNNERY estate. At the Dissolution the reversion of that estate was granted to (Sir) Robert Southwell and his wife Margaret, who resigned their rights in it to the Crown in 1546. Robert Harris, the Southwells' lessee from 1545, made over his interest in 1551 to Robert Monk, whose son and heir John conveyed it in 1571 to Richard Heyburne of Capel (Surr.).

Four estates in the parish originated in lands held in the Middle Ages of Fécamp abbey (Seine Maritime). The estate called GOTWICK was held freehold in 1503 of Charlton manor in Steyning, part of the former Fécamp estate, and in 1668 and 1751 of Shortsfield manor in Horsham, which represented its Wealden outlier. The relation of Gotwick to Gatewick manor in Steyning is not clear. It does not seem to be the same as the Gotwick recorded as a pasture place of Washington manor in 947, since Washington's other pasture places were later associated with the Braose family, as Gotwick in Rusper was not. Various people surnamed of Gotwick were dealing with land in Rusper in the 13th and 14th centuries. The first reference found to the property itself is of 1420, when Robert Newdigate of Carshalton (Surr.) granted it to feoffees; previously it had belonged to William Newdigate. Another William Newdigate had been dealing with land in Rusper, possibly the same, in the 14th century, and later members of the Newdigate family dealt with land at Gotwick: John in 1424 and Thomas c. 1497.

Source: 'Rusper: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town (1987), pp. 112-115.

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This record stands as proof of the antiquity of the name Washington, as a Manor existed more than 100 years before William I came calling in England to claim his kingdom.

Locale: 1190, Wessyngton, , Durham, England. Washington

WASHINGTON, a parish, in the union of Chester-le-Street, E. division of Chester ward, N. division of the county of Durham; containing, with the chapelry of Usworth, the township of Barmston, and part of North Bidick, 2396 inhabitants, of whom 941 are in Washington township, 5½ miles (S. E.) from Gateshead. The township comprises 1802 acres. The surface of the parish generally is elevated about 100 feet above the river Wear, which flows on the south and south-east. The soil is various, but in a good state of cultivation, producing excellent crops; and the scenery embraces extensive views, including the cathedral of Durham, the vale of Wear, and Gateshead Fell. There are several quarries of fine building-stone, and one of firestone of great value; and three coal-mines are in operation, affording employment to 700 or 800 hands. A small manufactory of magnesia and other chemicals belongs to Hugh Lee Pattinson, Esq., of Gateshead. The river is navigable for small vessels as high as the staiths on the southern border of the parish, about a mile from the village; and the Pontop and Shields, and the York and Newcastle, railways pass through the parish. The Hall, a large gavel-ended mansion with windows divided by stone mullions and transoms, stands a little south of the church. The village is scattered, and on irregular, broken ground. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £18, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham: the tithes have been commuted for £528, and the glebe comprises 130 acres of good land, with a parsonage-house. The church is a neat structure, erected in 1832. At Unsworth is a separate incumbency. There are several sulphureous springs. The family of Washington, the American general, is said to have come from this place.

Source: 'Wasdale - Waste-Lands', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 482-484.

William married Matilda de Ferries in 1221 in Ferries, Gastineaux, Franche-Comté, France. Matilda was born in 1207 in Ferries, Gastineaux. Franche-Comté. France and died in 1260 in Wessyngton., Durham. England at age 53.

Noted events in their marriage were:

Marriage: 1221. Source: Histoire de Ferries, de Gastineau, d'Aquitaine, de la France et de l'Angleterre: Pierre Robineaux (1422-1484), MS 35PR.41.16-21- CDHF Manuscript held by the Sorbonne - Paris, France. CDHF = Centre Départemental d'Histoire des Familles Généalogie - Supposedly another copy of the referenced document exists in Germany, which this researcher has not been able to verify.

Noted events in her life were

Information: Today Ferries is located about 30 miles south of Toulouse in the Rieux-de-Pelleport district of France. The area is noted for the iron ore found in the area, and an ancient place where weapons of war were first made after the art of ironworking was achieved. It is not possible to date the discovery of iron, but it was one of the earliest metals learned to be shaped after humans learned to work the softer metals of copper, silver, and gold, but after the art of working of bronze, a mixture of several metals.

The surname of this family originated from the Latin word ... ferrum....

Children from this marriage were:

Second Generation (Children)

2. Sir Walter de Wessyngton Sr. (William 1) was born in 1237 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England and died in 1292 in Milnthorpe, , Westmoreland, England at age 55.

Noted events in his life were:

Information: When his sister Elizabeth, the wife of Gilbert de Brunovesheved died 1272, Walter become guardian of their son, Gilbert, then thirteen years old. This Gilbert is the fifth son supposedly born to Walter and Joan - Gilbert was an adopted nephew instead.

Proof: 14 May 1264, Lewes, , Sussex, England. Walter was knighted for his service at the Battle of Lewes on May 14, 1264

Walter married Joan de Whilchester in Whilchester, , Cumberland, England. Joan was born in 1241 in Whitchester, , Cumberland, England and died before 1300 in Milnthorpe, , Westmoreland, England.

Noted events in her life were:

Information: Joan was the daughter of Sir Robert de Whitchester, and the youngest sister of Roger de Whitchester who died 1258.

Children from this marriage were:

3. Matilda de Wessyngton (William 1) was born in 1238 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England and died after 1291 in Lancaster, , Lancashire, England.

Noted events in her life were:

Information: There is a bit of confusion whether this Lady married James or Thomas de Lancaster - there is no doubt whichever the given name, Matilda de Wessington, daughter of William de Wessington married two men who were brothers de Lancaster. Thomas & James de Lancaster whose surname would later become ... Lawrence - we enumerated this record accordingly. In the available records and ancient manuscripts people identify this lady as the daughter of John de Wessington; however, this researcher cannot prove that a John de Wessington lived in the specific generation as demanded, therefore, we used generation tables based on child-bearing years - This lady was born no earlier than 1238, and no later than 1241 if she were born post humus after her father's death 1240-We stand on our research thence set her birth year at 1238-there is but one candidate to be her father ... our iterated and validated ... William de Wessington of Durham who did marry, Matilda, the daughter of a Ferries family of Ferries, Gastineaux, Franche-Comté, France-Matilda's mother was living when her daughter, Matilda, married Thomas de Lancaster.

This is the first Lawrence-Washington family marriage we validated.

Matilda married Thomas de Lancaster, son of Sir Robert de Lancaster and fille d'Henry de Trafford II, in 1254 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England. Thomas was born in 1224 in Lancaster, , Lancashire, England and died in 1270 in Lancaster, , Lancashire, England at age 46.

Noted events in his life were:

Histotrical Facts: Kendal-Historyfrom Magna Britannica et Hibernia.Volume 6: Westmorland by Thomas Il_9781257518449_0010_005.gif Cox (Vicar of Bromfield, Essex) 45 pages, printed in 1731. "KENDAL, Candale, or Kirby Candale, in Latin Candalia, signifying a Vale upon the River Can, which runs along the Valley near it in a stony Channel. Dr. Gale will have it to be the Brovonaca of Antonius, and Cambden himself was once of the Opinion, that it was the old Roman Station Concagi, but it seems he altered his Opinion before he wrote his Britannia; yet his Judgement not being infallible, others have taken the Liberty to fix them here rather, than in any other Place, because in the Notitia it is placed, as it were in the Middle of the northern Stations; for whereas between York and Derwent, the Notitia speaks of fourteen Stations, the Concangii are the Seventh, and the very next that come after it are Lavatre, which our Antiquairies unanimously place at Bowes, a Castle upon the military Way, upon the Edge of this County; Vertera at Burgh-Castle, and Brovoniacum at Brougham, which are further in it; and they are the more certain of it, because on the other Side of the River is an old square Fort, of which the Banks and Ditches are still visible, in which are found Roman Coins, Altars, and other Antiquities. But after all, Dr. Brady, a very skilful Person in Things of this Nature, will have the Concangii, which was the Station of the Prefectus numeri Vigilum, to be placed on the northern Side of the Wall, or as others, at least nearer it, than this Town.

It is a fair, large trading Town, but of no great Antiquity, and therefore of Note principally for its Manufactures of Cottons, Cloths, Druggets, Hats, Stockings, etc. in which the Inhabitants have driven a good Trade, as early as King Rich. II. And King Hen. IV for in those Reigns we find special Laws enacted for regulating Kendal Cloths, viz. 13 Rich. II and 10 and 9 Hen. VI., c 2. The Cloth Trade was first settled here by King Edw. III. Who brought certain Dutchmen into England, Reg. 11. to teach the English how to improve their Wool, and placed them in the several Counties for that Purpose, as in Essex at Colchester, and here, and etc. It hath been incorporated but of late Years, for Queen Elizabeth, Reg 18. first erected it into a Corporation by the Name of Aldermen and Burgesses; but King James I. by a new Charter incorporated them into a Body subject to a Mayor, twelve Aldermen, and twenty-four Burgesses or Common Council Men, who have a Recorder and other Officers subordinate to them: It hath two great Streets crossing one another, and in them a great Market weekly on Saturdays, and two Fairs yearly, viz. on St. Mark's Day, April 25. and on St. Simon and St. Jude's Days, Octob 28. and between those Fairs a great Beast Market every Fortnight. There are belonging to this Town seven trading Companies, viz. Mercers, Sheermen, Corwainers, Tanners, Glovers, Taylors, and Pewterers, each of whom have their Hall or Place of Meeting. The Church here is very large, and yet hath twelve Chapels of Ease thereunto belonging. Near the Church is a Free-School well endowed with Exhibitions for such Scholars as having been educated at it, are sent to Queens College, Oxford.

The Lordship of this Town was most antiently in Ivo de Taylbois, who was from it intitled, Baron of Kendal. His Heirs and Successors Ethred, Ketel, and Gilbert inherited it, but we have no Account of them, and so must pass to the next Heir William, who being probably Governor of Lancaster-Castle, assumed the Surname of De Lancaster, which his Posterity ever after bore. He had a Contest with the Abbot of Furnesse about the Boundaries of his Barony of Kendal from the Territories of the Abbey, which was by an Accord fixed by certain Metes and Limits, yet had Verison and Hawks allowed him out of the Monks Parts. His Posterity for four or five Generations inherited this Barony, till William, the third of that Name, leaving no Issue, his two Sisters, Halewyse and Alice inherited his Estates, of which the Eldest being married to Peter de Brus of Skelton, brought the Barony into his Family. Her Grandson Peter de Brus becoming Baron of Kendal, made that Place his capital Seat; but departing the Life without Issue, his four Sisters became his Heirs, of which the Third, Margaret, being married to Robert de Ros, having this whole Barony allotted for her Share, he, and his Posterity were called, for Distinction sake, Ros of Kendal. Her Son William had the Castle for his Seat, as had also his Descendants, William, Thomas, and John, but the last of these leaving only one Daughter and Heir Elizabeth, who married Sir William Parre, carried this Barony into his Family, who from it were called Parrs of Kendal, after whom it falling into the King's Hands 4 Edw. IV. it became a Title of Honour, as so the Barony was not reckoned, as before.

The Barons, Earls and Dukes, that have had their Titles from this Town.

John de Lancaster, third Son of King Henry IV. who in his Life-time made him Constable of England, Governor of the Town and Castle of Berwick, and Warden in the East Marches, was by his Brother King Hen. V. created Earl of Kendal and Duke of Bedford. He was in the Minority of King Hen. VI constituted chief Councillor and Protector of England as long as he lived; but after his Death, which happened 14 Hen. VI. It revolved by Degrees to Charles the Dauphin, who called himself all along King of France. He died possessed of many great Estates, and among others of this Town with its Members, and the Forest of Troutbeck, and the three Parks there, Troutbeck-Park, Colt Park, and Cals-Garth, and was buried in the Church of Notre Dame at Roan, under a plain marble Tomb. He left no Issue and so the Honour for a Time became vacant, and this Lordship returned to the Crown.

John Beaufort, descended of John of Gaunt by his last Wife, the Lady Katharine Swinford, his Father having in the 20 Rich. II. Been created Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset, was 21 Hen. VI. Created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal, and by that Title Lieutenant and Captain General of the whole Realm of France. He served that King in his French Wars that Year, but died the next, being then seized of this Barony. He left only one Daughter Margaret for his Heir, who marrying to Edmund of Hadham, Earl of Richmond, carried this great Estate into his Family, to which King Hen. VII. Was Heir; but it seems that the Barony remained in the King's Hands, and was a little after, 24 Hen. VI. Conferred on

John de Foix, Son of Gauston de Foix, Earl of Benanges, and Knight of the Garter. This John having married Margaret, Neice of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, a powerful Man with King Henry VI. Was by the Duke's Procurement made Earl of Kendal, and endowed with great Possessions in England, as well as in his own Nation in Guien. Some of his Family still remaining in France, call themselves Earls of Longuevile and Kendal.

William Parr, Descendant of that Sir William Parr, who married Elizabeth, the daughter and Heir of Thomas Ros, Baron of Kendal, 14 Rich. II. And Son of Sir Thomas Parr, being Squire of the Body to King Hen. VIII. And Ranger of the Bailiwicks of Brigstock and Rockingham, was in the thirtieth Year of that King created Baron of Kendale; and when that King, five Years after, married his Sister, the Lady Katharine Parr, he was created Earl of Essex; and because he was one of those whom the same Prince associated with his Executors for their Assistance in Matters of the greatest Importance, he was by King Edw. VI. Further created Marquis of Northampton. He died without Issue, whereupon the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke, descended from the Lady Anne his Sister, succeeded to his Rights and Interests, and at this Day have the Title of Baron Ros of Kendal and Parr.

Charles Stuart, third Son of his Royal Highness, James, Duke of York, (afterwards King James II) soon after he was born, was declared Duke of Kendal, anno 1666, but died the next Year after, and the Title lay dormant above twenty Years.

George, Prince of Denmark, having married the Lady Anne (afterwards Queen Anne) the youngest Daughter of James, Duke of York, was created by King William III. And Queen Mary II. April 9, 1689. Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Kendal, and Baron of Ockingham, with Precendancy of all Dukes by Act of Parliament; and at the same Time, or soon after, made Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland. He died Octob. 28. 1708. universally lamented, having been eminently instrumental in the Revolution, and settling King William on the Throne, and having shewed on all Occasions an hearty Affection to the Protestant Religion, and true Interest of Britain. After his Death the Title was again laid aside for a few Years, till at length

Melisina Evengart Schulanberg, a German Lady, who came over into England with his Majesty King George I. having been before created Dutchess of Munster in Ireland, was further honoured by the same King with the Dignity of Baroness of Glassenbury, Countess of Feversham, and Dutchess of Kendal. She attended King George in his last Journey to Hanover, in which he died, and is now living in 1727.

Persons of Note born in, or inhabiting this Town.

Katharine Parr, Daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, was born at the Castle of this Town, the prime Seat of this Barony, devolved to her Family from the Ros's, as has been shewn above; she was first married to George Nevil Lord Latimer, and afterwards to King Hen. VIII. Who chose her for his Wife upon the Account of her great Repute for her Fidelity to her former Husaband. She was a great Favourer of the Gospel Doctrines then reviving, and sometimes in Dispute spoke such Things against the King's Opinions (for he held the six Popish Points) as did not a little Displease him; insomuch as we are told by a Jesuit, that the King intended to have beheaded her for an Heritic, had he lived longer, but without Proof; she afterwards married Thomas Seymer, Baron Sudeley, Lord High Admiral of England, and died in Child bed of a Daughter, Anno 1548.

Barnaby Potter, born within this Barony, Anno 1578, and having been educated in Queens College, Oxford, became Scholar, Fellow, and at length Provost thereof, by the unanimous Consent of the Fellows, when he was at his Cure in Totness in Devon, and never thought of, much less fought it. He held it about ten Years, and then resigned it (being one of the King's Chaplains) and by his Interest got his Nephew Christopher Potter to succeed him. From the University he resorted to the Court, where he at first attended on Prince Charles, and was accounted the penitential Preacher there. When the Prince came to the Throne he was made Bishop of Carlisle, notwithstanding there were other Suitors for it, and he ne'er fought for it. He was consecrated at Ely house in Holborn, London, and being a constant Preacher, and a devout Man in his Family, was commonly called, The Puritanical Bishop. He died in Honour, being the last Bishop that died a Member of Parliament, for soon after the Rest of the Bishops were excluded, viz. in 1642, and was buried in the Parish of St. Paul's Covent Garden, London. He has some Lectures and Sermons in Print.

Richard Kendal, whose Name points out his Original. He was an excellent Grammarian, and was thought the best Instructor of Youth in his Age. He made a vast Collection of Grammars, that he might by Extracting out of them their Quintessence, be compleat in that Art, in which, as he excelled in Knowledge, he did too much in Conceit; for he publickly boasted, that no Man could make elegant Latin, but by his Rules; a proud and pedantick Expression. He flourished in the Reign of King Hen. VI.

Christopher Potter, Nephew of the above-mentioned Barnaby Potter. He was educated in Queens College, Oxford, where he became Fellow and Provost, Being a Lecturer at Abingdon in Berkshire, he was accounted a Puritan, and being in Archbishop Laud's Favour, an Arminian. He was made King Charles I' s Chaplain in 1635, and soon after was preferred to the Deanery of Worcester; he was also nominated to a Canonry of Windsor and the Deanery of Durham, but never enjoyed the, because the Dissentions between King and Parliament began: He was a very religious and exemplary Person, a learned Man in general, and a Champion against Popery, as he shewed in his Writings against Knot the Jesuit, whom Mr. Chillingworth encountered afterwards. He died in Queens College, March 3, 1645-6. and lies buried in the Middle of the inner Chapel.

George Wharton was descended of an antient and wealthy Family in this Town, and after his School-Education sojourned in Oxford, but never became a Member of any College; his Temper not allowing him to digest Logick and Philosophy, but wholly leading him to Astronomy and Mathematicks. From the University he retired to his Patrimony, and following his Genius, published Almanacks under the Name of George Naworth of West- Awkland. But the Troubles coming on, he grew discontented, and selling his Patrimony, raised a gallant Troop of Horse, and engaged boldly in his Majesty's Cause but without Success; for joining with Sir Jacob Altley, whose Forces were totally routed at Stow on the Would in Glocestshire, he fled to Oxford, his Majesty's chief Quarters at that Time, and there in Recompence for his Loss, obtained the Place of Pay-master of the Magazine and Artillery. After Oxford was surrendered, he was put to his Shifts, and lived chiefly by writing Pamphlets; which gave such Offence to the Men in Power, that he was often in Prison; but at length the King's Restoration brought him not only Liberty but Preferment, being made Treasurer and Pay-master to his Majesty's Ordnance, in which Office he was so great a Gainer, that he purchased an Estate, and in Consideration of his Losses and Services was created a Baronet Dec 17, 1677, which Dignity his Posterity enjoy. He died at his House in Enfield, Middlesex, Aug. 10, 1681, and was buried in the Chapel of the Tower, London."

Information: The marriage of this Thomas de Lancaster & Matilda de Wessyngton was a huge benefit to the Washington family - no wonder the given name, Lawrence, was so locked into the family of George Washington - It was through marriages to the Lancaster-Lawrence family the Washington family expandedtheir influence to every county in England.

Proof: Milnthorpe, , Westmoreland, England. Wilson of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe

Catalogue Ref. WD D

Creator(s):

Wilson family of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe

Medieval deeds

Miscellaneous non-Westmorland deeds

FILE [no title] - ref. WD D/MD 55 - date: Not dated

[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Ralph de Noti[n]gh[m] then sheriff of Westmorland, Robert de Aseby, Matthew de Rossegile, Richard de Heyham, Thomas de Lesing, Robert de Kendal, Alan son of Dolfin, Thomas de Lancaster, Adam [de] Henecastir, Adam de Patton, Roger de Brunolvishevid, Gilbert the constable, Gilbert de Wyteby.

The child from this marriage was:

Matilda next married James de Lancaster, son of Sir Robert de Lancaster and fille d'Heiiry de Trafford II, in 1274 in Lancaster,. Lancashire. England. James was horn in 1231 in Lancaster, , Lancashire. England and died in 1279 in Lancaster, , Lancashire. England at age 48.

4. John de Wessyngton Sr. (William 1) was born in 1240 in Wessyngton, , Durham. England and died after 1315 in Strictland, Kendal., Westmoreland, England.

Noted events in his life were:

Information: Through marriage to Elizabeth de Strictland, the adoption of Gilbert Brunolvesheved whose daughter married this John Wessyington's son, John Wessyington Jr., the amount of land controlled by these Washington family members cannot be separated, catalogued, and enumerated as to the vast acreages involved.

Proof: 1300-1315, Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. Gilbert de Burnelsheved granted to John de Wessington in free marriage with Elizabeth his daughter various lands in Askethwayt, Croke and Styrkland Ketel; Dods. MSS. cxlii, no. 28. The date is about 1260.

Source: : 'Townships: Warton with Lindeth', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8 (1914), pp. 161-65.

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Research Note:

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The record presented is incorrectly dated, and pertains to the son John of this John de Wessyington. The above mentioned Gilbert de Burnelsheved was the son of Gilbert de Burnelsheved who died, and subsequently adopted and raised by Walter de Wessyington, the father of this John Wessyington - dating altered from 1260 to 1300-1315 ... proof follows....

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STRICKLAND KETEL. (fn. 1)

1180– 1200 Uchtred son of Ketel granted to Gilbert de Lancastre a 4th part of the land in Stirkeland which William de Lancastre gave to Ketel the grantor's father, to hold for 6d. yearly. Witnesses: Richard Mustel, Richard son of Helsi, William son of Ketel, Robert de Morvill, Adam de Ascterait, Bernard son of Ketel; Trans. C. and W. A. Soc., N.S. X, 430.

(fn. 1): Down to the 15th century, the following hamlets were described as lying within the vill of Strickland Ketel, Whinfell, Longsleddale, Bannisdale, Skelsmergh, Strickland Roger, Staveley, Hugill, Kentmere, Applethwaite, Undermillbeck, Little Langdale, Crook, Crosthwaite and Winster. It is important to remember that an action described in the plea rolls as relating to Strickland Ketel may in fact relate to one of the hamlets of that vill

Source: 'Strickland Ketel', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 276-99.

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Gilbert de Burnelsheved married the daughter of Gilbert de Lancaster and came into possession of the Lancaster estates through his marriage.

Proof: 1300-1315, Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1300-15 Thomas son of William de Stirkeland Ketel confirms to John de Wessington and Elizabeth his wife his land in Little Loukedale and Sible Croft in the vill of Stirkeland Ketle; Add. MS. 32106, n. 1416.

Source: 'Strickland Ketel'. Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923). pp. 276-99.

John married Elizabeth de Strictland. Elizabeth was born in 1246 in Croke, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England and died after 1320 in Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland. England.

The child from this marriage was:

5. Elizabeth de Wessyngton (William 1) was born in 1241 in Wessyngton, , Durham, England and died in 1272 in Croke. Kendal.. Westmoreland. England at age 31.

Elizabeth married Gilbert dc Brunolvesheved. Gilbert was born in 1235 in Croke. Kendal, , Westmoreland. England and died in 1270 in Croke. Kendal.. Westmoreland. England at age 35.

Noted events in his life were:

Proof: 1283, Croke, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1283 Thomas le Leche held Winstirthwaytes of William de Lindeseye for 1 lb. of cummin; Lancs. Inq., pt. i, 256. Richard de Croke grants to Gilbert son of Roger de Brunolvesheved his land, park and demesne in the moiety of Croke, to hold in fee; D. at Levens.

Source: 'Crook and Winster', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 342-354.

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The modern spelling convention for this surname is ... Burneshead

Children from this marriage were:

Gilbert married Margery de Dunbar (d. Bef 1320).

(Duplicate Line. See Person 6)..

Third Generation (Grandchildren)

6. (Gilbert de Brunolvesheved (Adopted) (WalterSr. (Sir)2, William l) was horn in 1259 in Croke, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England and died after 1321 in Dunbar, , Fife, Scotland.

Noted events in his life were:

Information: This Gilbert's father was Gilbert de Brunovesheved who was involved with Thomas de Lancaster (later surname Lawrence) and other wealthy land holders in the area, and we have not proved a death date for Roger, but certainly before 1272. After Gilbert' mother died in 1272 he was adopted by Walter Wessyington and raised by him with his own children although he was Walter's nephew. In 1281 Gilbert married a wealthy young lady from Scotland - he gave most of his land in England to his brothers in England who passed them to John Wessyngton, the son of his stepbrother. We have no hard, solid proof, but available evidence in Scotland indicates the lady Gilbert married was the daughter of Patrick de Dunbar, the 8th Earl of Scotland.

Proofs: Creator(s):

Wilson family of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe

Medieval deeds

Deeds relating to Haverbrack, Old Hutton, Natland, Preston Patrick, Sizergh, Stainton and Warcop

FILE [no title] - ref. WD D/MD 20 - date: Not dated [from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Gilbert de Brunolheheved[Burneside], Thomas de Derley, Thomas de Cheney, John de Camera [Chambre] Nicholas son of Norman, Thomas Collan, Thomas [Clerk].

Miscellaneous non-Westmorland deeds

FILE [no title] - ref. WD D/MD 55 - date: Not dated

[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Ralph de Noti[n]gh[m] then sheriff of Westmorland, Robert de Aseby, Matthew de Rossegile, Richard de Heyham, Thomas de Lesing, Robert de Kendal, Alan son of Dolfin, Thomas de Lancaster, Adam [de] Henecastir, Adam de Patton, Roger de Brunolvishevid,Gilbert the constable, Gilbert de Wyteby.

Proof: 1175, Lancaster, , Lancashire, England. Creator(s):

Hornby Roman Catholic Mission

Benison, Thomas, of Lancaster and Hornby, attorney

West, Thomas, 1720-1779, jesuit topographer

Fennick, Ann, of Lancaster

Thomas West

Watton Priory, co. Yorks - ref. RCHY 3/5

FILE [no title] - ref. RCHY 3/5/25 - date: n.d. [c.1175]

[from Scope and Content] Gift in frankalmoign from (1) to (2) of all Menedaile, namely 22a., with (1)'s daughter who has been received into the convent. Warranty clause. Witnesses: Martin and Harvey the chaplains, William Morin and Thomas his son, Norman de Besewic, Rodb' Engain, Richard son of Michael, Aleham [punctuation suggests this], William de Dunelmia, Alan son of Harvey and Thomas and Rodbert his brothers, Geoffrey son of Alan and Alexander his brother, Richard de Semer, Gilbert the dean, Ralph de Brunna, Ralph Cava, Master Gocelin, Master Alan, Warin the priest Philip de Collum, Godfrey the priest, William. the priest, Richard the priest of Lund, Rodb' de Hothum, Walter Engaine and William son of Brian

Proofs: 1275-1281, Lancaster, , Lancashire, England. 1275 Gilbert de Brunolvesheved is the attorney of Roger de Lancastre; Cal. Close R. 1275, p. 237.

1281 The knight's service of Gilbert de Brunulvesheved was assigned to the pourparty of Margaret de Brus (i.e. late wife of Robert de Ros); Cal. Close R. 1281, p. 90.

Source: 'Strickland Roger', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 265-75.

Proof: 1283, Croke, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1283 Thomas le Leche held Winstirthwaytes of William de Lindeseye for 1 lb. of cummin; Lancs. Inq., pt. i, 256.

Richard de Croke grants to Gilbert son of Roger Brunolvesheved his land, park and demesne in the moiety of Croke, to hold in fee; D. at Levens.

Source: 'Crook and Winster', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 342-354.

Proof: 31 Oct 1291, Grasmere, , Westmorland, England. On 31 October, 1291, another mandate was issued to the dean of Lonsdale and Kendale and to William de Lancaster, rector of Grasmere, to go to the church of Kirkeby in Kendal in company with two or three of the neighbouring rectors or vicars, and warn Lady Margaret de Ros, Sir Ingram de Gynes, William de Wyndesour, Gilbert de Brunolvesheved, Roland de Thornburgh, and the other parishioners of the said church, to pay within 15 days all the oblations, obventions and tithes, both great and small, belonging to the mediety of that church to Sir Walter de Maidstone, the rector, from the time of his collation. Likewise a monition to Gilbert de Brunolvesheved, sheriff of Westmorland, to remove Master Alan de Easingwold's men who were intruded into the mediety belonging to Sir Walter, and to restore to Sir Walter all tithes, etc. Ibid., 348.

Source: 'Records of Kendale: The pre-Reformation rectors and vicars of Kirkby-in-Kendale', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 3 (1926), pp. 35-42.

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Research Note:

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This record placed here in support of familial connections early in the history of Lancashire, which proves ties to other counties in southern England.

Proof: 1294, Kirkby, Kendal, , Lancashire, England. 1294 Walter de Langeton, master of the hospital of St. Leonard, York, impleaded Gilbert de Brunolvesheved that he permit him to have common of pasture in Lambrigg which belongs to his free tenement in Kirkeby in Kendale (i.e. in Docker), of which Gilbert unjustly disseised Master James de Hispania, formerly master of the hospital; De Banco R., Mich., 106, n. 31d.

Source: 'Lambrigg', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 205-207.

Proofs: 1296- 1297, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1296 John Avenel recovers by replevin the land of himself and Syreda his wife in Styrkelaund Ketel which had been seised for their default against William son of Roger de Kendale and Roger son of William de Styrkelaund Ketel; Cal. Close R. 1296, pp. 509–10.

Gilbert de Brunnolvesheved similarly recovers his land there which had been seised for his default against Roger son of William de Styrkelaund Ketel; ib.

Gilbert de Brunolvesheved demands against Thomas de Kyrube and Agnes his wife, that they warrant to him of 2 messuages, 36 a. land and 6 a. meadow (afterwards 32 a. land and 5 a. meadow) in Stirkeland Ketel; De Banco R., 123, m. 152d.; 118, m. 108.

1297 The same Gilbert demands against Adam del Holm and Christiana his wife a messuage, 30 a. land and 3 a. meadow in Stirkeland Ketel; De Banco R., Easter, 118, m. 80d.

Gilbert de Brunolvesheved demands against Henry de Gnyp and Beatrice his wife 2 messuages, 26 a. land and 5 a. meadow in Stirkeland Ketel and against Alice de Crok 4 messuages, &c. there; De Banco R., Mich., 121, m. 179d.

Beatrice de Lambrig demands against the same Gilbert 19 messuages, &c. in Stirkeland Ketel of which Candelan de Lambrig, her great-grandfather, whose heir she is, was seised at his death. She quotes this pedigree; ib., 103d.

Source: 'Strickland Ketel', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 276-299.

Proof: 1298, Croke, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1298 Walter de Stirkeland, Baldwin de Shepesheved and Sibyl his wife recover by replevin their lands in Helsington, seized for default against Agatha late wife of Thomas de Parys; Cal. Close R. 1298, p. 293.

William de Styrkeland demands against Baldwin de Sheppesheved (Sheppeffeld) and Sibyl his wife £20, and against Gilbert de Brunolvesheved £12, which they respectively owed him and have unjustly detained; De Banco R., Easter, 123, m. 52.

Source: 'Helsington and Sizergh', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 130-166.

Proof: 1322, Kinderton, , Cheshire, England. Creator(s):

Vernon family of Kinderton, Cheshire

PLEADINGS AND FINES (ROLLS OF) - ref. DVE/1/P I

FILE [no title] - ref. DVE/1/P I/4 - date: Ao 15 Edw. III

[from Scope and Content] An Assize Ao 15. Edw. III. to enquire whether Ralph de Brunlegh and Margery his wife William de Venables the elder and others unjustly disseized Peter son of Hugh de Calveley of his free tenement in Bradwall. The titles of the parties are set out and judgment given in favour of the Plaintiff. 5. An Attachment issued 17. Edw. III. against John son of Alan de Bechton for the seizure of a heifer belonging to Richard del Hope. 6. Pleadings between Ralph de Brimlegh and Margery his wife Plaintiffs and Peter son of Hugh de Calveley Defendant respecting the 4th part of the Manor of Bradwall Ao 18. Edw. III. 7. An Attachment against Sir Hugh Venables of Kinderton Ao 25. Edw. III. for the seizure of a heifer belonging to Thomas Glayve in a place called Fosklegh at Sandbach. Hugh alleges that Fosklegh is in Bradwall and Brereton and not in Sandbach and that he seized the heifer for Homage fealty and Suit of Court due to him. Verdict in his favour. 8. Claim made by William le Bower and William de Berington against Thomas son of William Scott of one messuage 52 acres of land and 2 acres of Wood in Bradwall which William de Venables Lord of Kinderton gave to William his son and the heirs of his body and which after the death of the aforesaid William the son of William and of William son of the said William the son of William and of Ellen and Joan the daughters of the said William the son of William and of Katherine daughter of the said Ellen ought to descend to the said William Bower son of the aforesaid Katherine and to the said William de Derington son of the aforesaid Joan. Ao12. Edw.IV. [...] 9 Fines levied of lands in Bradwall, Ao 9. Edw. II., 23 & 24 Edw. III., 8. Hen. V., 38. Hen. VIII., and 3. Eliz.

Gilbert married Margery de Dunbar. Margery was born in 1264 in Dunbar, , Fife, Scotland and died before 1320 in Dunbar, , Fife, Scotland.

Noted events in her life were:

Information: Margery was the daughter of Sir Patrick Dunbar the 8th Earl of Dunbar (1242 - October 10, 1308) and his wife, Margery, the daughter of Sir Alexander Comyn the 2nd Earl of Buchan.

The child from this marriage was:

7. William de Wessyngton (Walter Sr. (Sir)2, William 1)was born in 1263 before 1300 in Helton Fleckett, Appleby, , Cumbria, England.

William married Margaretet de Morville. Margaret was born in 1268 in Helton Fleckett, , Appleby Cumbria, England and died after 1318 in Helton Fleckett, Appleby, , Cumbria, England.

The child from this marriage was:

8. Sir Walter de Wessyngton Jr. Lord (Walter Sr. (Sir)2, William 1) was born in 1265 in Capeheaton, , Northumberland, England and died in 1318 in Capeheaton, , Northumberland, England at age 53.

Noted events in his life were:

Proof: 16 Mar 1303, Capheaton, , Durham, England. Creator(s):

Swinburne family, baronets, of Capheaton

FILE - Swinburne Manuscript Vol 5 - ref. ZSW/5 - date: 13th-19th centuries

item: Grant (indented)-ref. ZSW/5/9-date: 16 Mar 1303

[from Scope and Content] John de Hadham of Seham grants to Thomas de Hadham his son all his manor of Seham, with homages and services of free men, wardships, reliefs, marriages and excheats, excepting his toft on the waste at the exit of the township of Seham towards the south, and all the lands with tofts that he bought from the heirs of Jordan Mangard and Henry Pinchard in the same place and the lands with toft he holds of the wife of Richard Tysune in Seton and his tenement in Slinglaw besides one toft and 4 bovates in the same place, To hold to Thomas and his heirs of the chief lord of the fee etc., rendering annually to John during his life 40 marks at Pentecost and 40 marks at St. Martin in winter. Witnessed by lords John son of Marmeduc, Robert de Hilton, Philip de la Leye, Walter de Wessington, kts., John de Yeland, Robert de Epplingdon, John de Menton, Godfrey his son. Jordan le Megir, Jordan de Galway. Dated at Seham on Saturday after Feast of St. Gregory pope, 1303

Walter married Alyce de Hylton in 1286 in Hylton Castle, Tyne and Wear, , Sunderland, , Cumberland, England. Alyce was born in 1268 in Hylton Castle, Tyne and Wear, , Sunderland, , Cumberland. England and died in 1297 in Capeheaton, , Northumberland, England at age 29. Walter next married Dionysia.de Hylton in 1297 in Hylton Castle, Tyne and Wear, , Sunderland, , Cumberland, England. Dionysia. was born in 1281 in Hyllon Castle, Tyne and Wear.. Sunderland.. Cumberland. England and died after 1349 in Capeheaton, , Northumberland. England.

9. Sir John de Wessyngton (Walter Sr. (Sir) 2, William l) was born in 1266 in Capeheaton, , Northumberland. England and died in 1334 in Milnthorpe.. Westmoreland. England at age 68.

Noted events in his life were:

Information: This John Wessyington was identified by the More family of Loseley Park Surrey when referencing a deed dated 1560 whereas a Thomas Washington of Warton was. "grandson of John Washingtonof Whitefield, the ancestor of George Washington." This John de Wessington is the forefather of many branches of the Washington family including the Adwick le Street Yorkshire branch.

Proof: 1293, Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. 1293 Alice late the wife of John del Lyth demises to John de Wessington and Godyth his wife, for seven years, land, meadow, wood and the tenants with their tenements which she held of William son of John de Stirkland for a term of ten years, to hold for 10s. yearly rent. Dated at Martinmas, 21 Edward I; Cal. of Anct. Deeds, A. 8795.

Source: 'Strickland Ketel', Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: volume 1 (1923), pp. 276-99.

Proof: 1306, Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe, , Westmoreland, England. Creator(s):

Wilson family of Dallam Tower, Milnthorpe

Medieval deeds

Deeds relating to land at Le Houwys [Hawes]

FILE [no title] - ref. WD D/MD 38 - date: 1306

[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Dom. Nicholas de Leyburn kt., Master William de Lancastre, John de Wessington, John de Preston, John Collan, Thomas de Levenes, Roland de Patton, Simon de Guyp, John de Gueryg, Robert de Navesby clerk.

Proof: 1317, Durham, , Durham, England. Petitioners: John de Wessington.

Name(s): de Wessington, John Addressees: King.

Nature of request: John de Wessington states that the community of the bishopric of Durham sent him to Robert de Bruys as a hostage for money due for a truce, and that he was held for two years after the day on which payment was due because 36 marks remained unpaid, which sum he eventually paid himself to have his liberty.

He has tried to raise this sum from the community without success, and requests a letter to the Bishop or his deputy to give him justice and a remedy.

Nature of endorsement: The Bishop is to be ordered that, when he has heard the complaint concerning the contents of the petition, he is to have justice done, so that the King does not hear any further complaint on this matter.

Places mentioned: Bishopric of Durham.

People mentioned: Robert [I], de Bruys (Brus, Bruce), [King of Scotland].

Date derivation: Dated to 1317 by Northern Petitions pp.173-4 (no.128).

Date 1317

Catalogue reference SC 8/149/7419

Dept Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections

Series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

Piece 7401-7450. Individual petitions are described and dated at Item level.

Image contains 1 item for the catalogue reference

John married Godyth del Lyth in Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England. Godyth was born in 1273 in Strictland, Kendal, , Westmoreland, England and died in 1307 in Milnthorpe, , Westmoreland, England at age 34.

Noted events in her life were:

Information: Godyth was the daughter of John del Lyth and his wife, Alice. She