John (Booth) de Booth (abt. 1270 - aft. 1343)

Born about 1270 in Lancashire, England

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Descendants

Died after 1343 after about age 73 in England

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Biography

John was the son of Thomas Booth. His mother is unknown. ^[1][2]

Marriage

John's wife has been reported differently.

John Burke (1831) and Maddison (1902) names his wife as Agnes, daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Barton, Lord of Barton, co. Lancs.^[2][1]

Farrer & Brownbill (1911) identify his wife as Loretta and specifically states: ^[3]

"Of the Booth family only a brief sketch can be given. Loretta, the heiress of Barton, was perhaps still unmarried in June 1292; but about this time, if not earlier, John del Booth or Booths married her. He was succeeded by his son Robert; in or before 1343 Robert was followed by his son Thomas del Booth, who died, apparently by violence, in 1368, having directed his body to be buried before the altar of St. Katherine in Eccles Church."

"Averia, wife of Adam son of Simon de Barton, in 1284 demanded against John de Barton a messuage in Barton, and against John del Booths an oxgang of land in the same vill; De Banco R. 52, m. 24. In 1292 Amery, daughter of Gilbert de Barton claimed land in Barton against John del Booths, but was non-suited on failing to appear; Assize R. 408, m. 16. Ten years later John de Booths did not prosecute a claim against Cecily widow of Gilbert de Barton; Assize R. 418, m. 8. The plural form, Booths, which occasionally appears, leads to the supposition that the place from which this family derived its name was Booths in Worsley. If so, the founder of it may be identified with a John de Booths, who as late as 1303 was claimed by Henry de Worsley as his native and fugitive, but who produced Henry's charter, releasing to him all action of nativity, so that he with his sequel and chattels should remain free and of free condition forever; De Banco R. 145, m. 1 d."

"In 1320-22, Barton proper seems to have reckoned as half a knight's fee, or eight oxgangs of land. Mamecestre, ii, 362, 379. The mill of Barton, situated by the Irwell, was worth 40s. in 1322; the tenants of the lord ground thereat to the sixteenth measure. A several fishery between Barton ford and Frith ford was worth 8d.; four fens had been partially enclosed for building upon, and with some arable land let at 12s.; ibid. 371, 372, 364. The lord's tenants of Irlam and seven other hamlets held eight oxgangs of land, and paid 16d. sake fee, 5s. for castle ward, and provided puture for the serjeants; ibid. 289."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Burke, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England, p. 63 (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831), https://books.google.com/books?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA68
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Maddison, A.R. (1902). "Booth of Killingholme, MS C. 23 Heralds' College Harl MS 1550," in Lincs. Pedigrees, 1, p. 153. Publications of the Harleian Society. Google Books.
3. ↑ "Townships: Barton," in A History of the County of Lancaster, Vol. IV, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (Victoria County History, London, 1911) pp. 363-376. British History Online

• "Notes for John del Booth and Loretta de Barton." http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m31848x31849.htm

• Local Gleanings, Vol. 1 - Google Books.

• History and description of the town and parish of Ashton-under-Lyne - Google Books

• Rootsweb