Isabel Great-Granddaughter of Adam de Swinburn
John Watson
Some time back I posted some information here concerning the family of
Swinhoe of Scremerston and Rock Northumberland. I have recently been
able to discover a little more concerning this family, which may be of
interest to some.
The earliest ancestor of Swinhoe that I have been able to find is
Henry de Swinhoe who died before November 1358. By his wife Isabel
(died 21 August 1367), he left two sons, William and Walter. I hadn't
been able to figure out the ancestry of Isabel until recently, but
have now discovered that she was the great-granddaughter of Adam de
Swinburn of East Swinburn, Northumberland (died in 1318) who has been
discussed in this group before.
Adam de Swinburn married firstly Margery who brought him the manor of
Lanerton near Bramton in Cumberland in marriage and by whom he had two
daughters, Elizabeth and Cristiana [1].
Cristiana, daughter of Adam de Swinburn married firstly Robert
Mautalent, of Howick, near Alnwick, Northumberland. This marriage has
apparently been overlooked by genealogists. By Robert she had a son
John Mautalent. Robert Mautalent died some time after 1296 [2] and
Cristiana married secondly, John de Widderington (died at Bannockburn
24 June 1314). By her second husband, she had two sons, Sir Gerard de
Widderington (d. 1362) and Roger de Widderington (d. 1372).
The evidence that Cristiana married Robert Mautalent and had a son
John is contained in two entries in the Patent Rolls:
17 May 1319, Grant, with the assent of the Parliament at York, to
Thomas de Grey and his heirs, in consideration of his good service in
the war in Scotland, of 108 acres of land, and 8 acres of meadow in
Howyk by Alnewyk, co. Northumberland, late of John Mautalent, an
adherent of the Scots, and which for his rebellion fell into the
king's hands as an escheat and were worth in time of peace 7l. 10s.
8d. a year as appears by inquisition ; grant also to him and his heirs
of the king's reversion in 6 husebandlands, which Christiana
Mautalent, mother of the said John, holds in dower, and which were
worth in time of peace 6l. a year [3].
1 July 1338, Confirmation of a grant in fee by Christiana, relict of
Robert Mautalent to Gerard de Wyderyngton, knight, of a moiety of the
manor of Estchivington, and of all that she had in the town of
Estchivington, with the villeins and bondmen (bondi) and their issues
and chattels [4].
John Mautalent married Cristiana de Middleton, daughter of Robert de
Middleton. They had four children: Thomas, William, Isabel and
Cristiana. Thomas and William took their mother's name of Middleton
and were accused of supporting Gilbert de Middleton in his rebellion.
John Mautalent was also accused of being an an adherent of the Scots
and his lands were confiscated by the king and most of them were given
to Thomas Gray in 1319 [3]. Part of John's lands in Howick were given
to Adam de Benton, who had married Beatrice, sister of Cristiana de
Middleton. Isabel, daughter of John Mautalent married Henry de
Swinhoe and was the mother of his two sons, William and Walter.
The evidence for these statements is contained in two entries in the
Patent and Fine Rolls:
7 May 1363, Whereas the manor of Waperden, co. Northumberland, which
Joan, daughter of John de Eslyngton held in tail with reversion to
Robert de Middelton, who died long ago, because Joan died without heir
of her body should have reverted to Beatrice and Christiana daughters
of the said Robert, if they had lived, and a moiety of the said manor
after the death of the said Christiana descended to Isabel de
Swynhowe, as her daughter and heir, and she entered therein after her
mother's death and held it as her heir until William de Nessefeld,
escheator in the county, finding by inquisition that Thomas de
Middelton, son and heir of Christiana, and after his death, William de
Middelton his brother and heir, and after William's death, the said
Isabel and Christiana, her sister, deceased, were heirs of the said
William, which said Thomas and William were adherents to Gilbert de
Middelton, traitor, and the Scots, enemies of the king's father, took
the said moiety into the king's hand as forfeit by reason of such
adhesion; the king, taking into consideration the good bearing of
Isabel towards him and her losses by occasion of the wars in those
parts and for 16l. paid by her, has granted to her and William, her
son, and his heirs, the moiety of the manor which is of the pourparty
of Christiana, remitting to them all action and all right and claim he
could have to the same [5].
8 May 1363, Order to William de Nessefeld, escheator in the county of
Northumberland, to take the fealties of Isabel de Swynhowe and
Christina, her sister, kinswomen and heirs of Beatrice late the wife
of Adam de Benton, make a partition into two equal parts of a toft, 12
acres of land and a fourth part of a mill in Howyk which Adam held in
chief in his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, and deliver to
Isabel and Christina their respective pourparties thereof : as the
king of late ordered the escheator to certify him touching the cause
of the taking of the premises into his hand, and the escheator
returned that he had taken them because it was found by an inquisition
of office taken before him that the said Adam, who held them as above
by knight service by reason of the fees late of John Mautalent, late
an adherent to the Scots, the king's enemies, which are in the king's
hand by occasion of the forfeiture of the said John, died on 20
September, 23 Edward III ; and afterwards, at the suit of the said
Isabel and Christina, who suggested that Adam held the premises by the
courtesy of England of the inheritance of the said Beatrice by fealty
and the service of 1d. yearly at Christmas, and not by knight service,
and prayed the king to order his hand to be removed therefrom, the
king ordered the escheator to find by inquisition whether the premises
are held by knight service or by fealty and the service of 1d. yearly,
whether Isabel and Christina are the kinswomen and next heirs of
Beatrice, and if so, of what age they are, and on what day Adam died,
and the escheator returned that it was found by the said inquisition
that Adam held the premises as stated by Isabel and Christina, who are
the kinswomen and next heirs of Beatrice, and of full age [6].
The inquisition post mortem of Isabel de Swinhoe, late the wife of
Henry de Swinhoe was held in Newcastle on 15 March 1368, which found
that she died on 21 August 1367 holding lands in Howick and her heir
was her son Walter, aged 30 years and more [7].
William de Swinhoe the elder brother of Walter was alive in 1367, but
he must have died before the date of his mother's inquisition.
Any corrections, additions or queries gratefully received.
Regards,
John
Sources:
1. Northumberland County History Committee, A History of
Northumberland, Vol. 4 (Newcastle: 1897) p. 309: Pedigree of Swinburne
of East Swinburn
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorthum04nort
2. Northumberland County History Committee, A History of
Northumberland, Vol. 2 (Newcastle: 1895) p. 340
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorthum02nort
3. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward 2, Vol. 3, p. 334
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/e2v3/body/Edward2vol3page0334.pdf
4. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward 3, Vol. 4, p. 102
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/e2v4/body/Edward2vol4page0102.pdf
5. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward 3, Vol. 12, p. 341
http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/e3v12/body/Edward3vol12page0340.pdf
6. Calendar of Fine Rolls, Vol. 7, p. 256
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FHMedieval&CISOPTR=26744&REC=12
7. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 12, p. 187, No. 207
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924011387903
WJho...@aol.com
watso...@gmail.com writes:
> William de Swinhoe the elder brother of Walter was alive in 1367, but
> he must have died before the date of his mother's inquisition. >>
He was alive in 1363, but how do we know he was alive in 1367 ?
Will
John Watson
> In a message dated 7/17/2010 10:00:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>
> > William de Swinhoe the elder brother of Walter was alive in 1367, but
> > he must have died before the date of his mother's inquisition. >>
>
> He was alive in 1363, but how do we know he was alive in 1367 ?
>
> Will
Hi Will,
William de Swynhowe conveys to Sir John de Sancta Insula, vicar of
Berewick-upon-Tweed, John de Hesilrigge, and John de Werk, [trustees],
a messuage in Newcastle, in the street called Merket-gate, between the
tenement which was Thomas de Duxesfeld's, on the E., and the tenement
of the Abbot of Newminster, on the W., and two messuages and forty
acres in Scrafton, near Nowham. Vigil of All Saints, 1367. Witnesses,
John Dunkan, Mayor of Berewic, William del Bocht, bailiff of the same
town, &c.
Archaeologica Aeliana, New Series, Vol. 1 (Newcastle: 1857) pp. 29-30
http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologiaaeli01sociuoft#page/29/mode/1up
Regards,
John