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John (Felton) de Felton (abt. 1340 - 1396)

Sir John de Felton formerly Felton
Born about in Edlingham, Northumberland, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Died at about age 56 in Edlingham, Northumberland, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Family and Education

John Felton was born circa 1339.[1] John was probably born in Edlingham. Edlingham, a township and a parish in Alnwick district, Northumberland, England, was in Coquetdale Ward.[2]

He was the younger son of Sir William Felton (1299-21 Sept. 1358) of Edlingham by his 2nd wife, Isabel.[1] Professor Rawcliffe states "According to Arch. Aeliana (ser. 4), xi. 76-77, Sir John’s mother, Isabel, was the daughter of Duncan, earl of Fife, by his wife, Mary Monthermer, a grand daughter of Edw. I, but such a genealogy is clearly impossible (CP, v. 374-5)."[1] Through John's mother, Isabel, John's father, William, obtained the manor of Hinton in Nottinghamshire, which was entailed upon John, their elder son.[1]

John was the half-brother of:

  1. Sir William Felton (d.s.p. 20 March 1367);[1]
  2. a sister who married Hilton and had:
    1. William Hilton (the future Lord Hilton);[1]
  3. a sister who marred Swinburne and had:
    1. Sir Thomas Swinburne;[1]

John married twice:

  1. Joan (died 1385), daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Wentworth, Yorkshire, widow of Thomas Stapleton, and they had 2 daughters:[1]
    1. Elizabeth, who was married to Sir Edmund Hastings, from Yorkshire. Elizabeth was the eventual heir of her half-brother, John, who died in 1403.[1] Through his marriage to Elizabeth, Sir Edmund became a Northumbrian landowner of note;[3] Elizabeth and Edmund had:
      1. John Hastynges, aged 21 on 8 May 1422;[4]
    2. Joan, born 1385, married Sir Walter Fauconberg, to whom she was distantly related;[1]
  2. Elizabeth (died 7 April 1422), daughter and coheir of Sir John Fenwick of Northumberland; they married on 7 November 1385, had one son:[1]
    1. John, died in 1403.[1]

John was knighted by November 1367.[1]

"Sir John (d. 1396), said to be aged 26 or 28 in 1367, when he succeeded his half brother Sir William as lord of Edlingham etc."[5] Until August 1372, Sir John was involved in extended litigation to gain custody of this inheritance from his half-brother, against the guardians of his two young nephews of the half-blood, William Hilton (the future Lord Hilton) and (Sir) Thomas Swinburne, who tried to prove that most of the property had been settled his nephews in fee simple, giving them a superior title at law.[1]

Sir John's kinswoman, Constance Felton, was married to Thomas, Lord Fauconberg, who spent years from 1378 imprisoned for treason.[1] Thomas had to be looked after by a group of friends and relatives, among whom were Sir John; his nephew, William, Lord Hilton; and his son-in-law, Sir Edmund Hastings.[3]

Sir John, a "belted knight", was elected one of Northumberland's two shire knights for the second Parliament of 1390 which opened in November.[3] As he had assumed the shrievalty of Northumberland five days before the Parliament opened, he breached the parliamentary statute forbidding the return of sheriffs to the House of Commons.[3]

Sir John died on 31 March 1396.[1]

John de Felton's widow, Elizabeth, married Henry Boynton, who she also survived.[4]

Post Mortem Inquisitions

Felton, William de

On 24 February 1359-60 at Durham, an Inquisition post mortem found William de Felton held the vill of Medomsley and the manor of Hamsterley next Medomsley, and William, aged 21, was his son and next heir.[6]

An Inquisition post mortem taken on 17 August 1366, found that John, aged 21, was the brother and next heir of William de Felton, who held the manors of Medommesley and Hamsterley, except for the lands called Tailboislandes and Haddameslands.[7]

A year later, on 16 August 1367, another Inquisition post mortem taken regarding William de Felton, found that he held the vill of Medommesley and the manor of Hampsterley next Medommesley, and William, son of Eleanor de Felton, aged 11, and Robert, aged 10, the son of Robert Swynburn son of Agnes sister of the said Eleanor, were his kinsmen and next heirs.[8]

Felton, Robert de

On 22 September 1371 at Durham, an Inquisition post mortem found Robert de Felton had granted his manors of Medomsley and Hampsterley to William de Felton for life, remainder to William son of William de Felton and the heirs of his body. William son of William had a son William by one wife and John by another. William, after the death of William son of William, his father, entered upon the manors, but died without heirs of his body. John the brother of William, and son of William son of William, aged 30, was the next heir in tail because of the fine.[9]

Felton, John de

An Inquisition post mortem taken on 24 July 1396 at Durham, found that John held the vill of Medomesley and lands and tenements in Medomesley and Hampsterley, and John, aged 9, was his son and next heir.[10]

John Son and Heir of John de Felton, Knight

755-757 [11]
Writ 12 Feb. 1403.
NORTHAMPTON. Inquisition. Chipping Warden 12 March
"No lands came into the hands of Richard II by the death of John de Felton, knight, father of John de Felton, or on account of the minority of the latter, nor are any so held. John de Felton the father long before his death, ..."
"John de Felton the son died on 31 Jan. John son and heir of Walter Faucomberge, knight, and Joan late his wife, sister of John de Felton the father, is heir and aged 30 years and more."
Writ 12 Feb. 1403.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne castle 26 March
"John de Felton, junior, held two parts of the manor of Edlingham to himself and the heirs of his body by a fine of 1315–16 [CP 25(1) 285/30, no. 125), by which William de Felton recognised the right of Robert de Felton, and Robert granted the manor to William for life with remainder to William son of William and the heirs of his body."
"He died on 31 Jan. Elizabeth daughter of John Felton and wife of Edmund Hastynges, knight, is the heir of John the son by virtue of the grant to William de Felton, father of John, knight, and his heirs, she being the daughter of John, knight, son of William, to whom the grant in fee tail was made."
Writ, melius sciri, as it was not stated of whom certain lands are held and how Elizabeth is heir. 9 April 1403.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne castle 25 April
"Elizabeth, daughter of John de Felton, knight, is the sister and heir of John the son, and heir of John de Felton, and holds by right of the gift of William de Felton to William the father of John de Felton, knight. She is aged 23 years and more."

Felton, John son of John de

An Inquisition post mortem taken on 5 May 1403 at Chestre, found that John held the vill of Medomesley and lands and tenements in Medomesley and Hamsterley, and Elizabeth, aged 19, daughter of John de Felton, father of John was his next heir.[12]

Boynton, Elizabeth widow of Henry

An Inquisition post mortem was taken for Elizabeth, widow of Henry Boynton, on 8 May 1422 at Chestre, which found that John Hastynges, aged 21, son of Edmund Hastynges son of Elizabeth daughter of John de Felton was the next heir of John [de Felton]. Elizabeth had held her lands, a third part of the vill of Medomesley, and land and tenements there, and land and tenements in Hamsterley, in dower of John Felton her former husband.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Professor Carole Rawcliffe, "FELTON, Sir John (c.1339-1396), of Edlingham, Northumb." The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe, 1993, History of Parliament online, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/felton-sir-john-1339-1396 accessed 28 December 2017).
  2. ↑ GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edlingham AP/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time. (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10313831 accessed 29 December 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Professor Carole Rawcliffe, "Constituencies: 1386-1421: Northumberland County", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe, 1993, History of Parliament online, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/northumberland accessed 28 December 2017).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 170, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n194/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 211.
  5. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 12, no 200; vol. 17, nos 632-7
  6. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 194, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n218/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 61.
  7. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 194, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n218/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 78.
  8. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 194, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n218/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 79d.
  9. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 195, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n218/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 88.
  10. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 196, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n220/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 123d.
  11. ↑ Post Mortem Inquisition [1]
  12. ↑ Gustavus Frederick Handcock, ed, "Appendix I: No 2.—Durham Records: Cursitor's Records: Inquisitions post mortem, &c.", The Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [7 August 1884], (London: Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885), 196, Digital Image Internet Archive (http://archive.org/stream/annualreportdep04offigoog#page/n220/mode/2up accessed 29 December 2017). Reg, Vol II, fo. 141d.

See also:

  • Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 5: Felton [2]




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