Gilbert (Notton) de Notton (abt. 1154 - bef. 1220)

Born about 1154 in Notton, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Juliana (Unknown) Notton — married about 1170 (to about 1202) in England

Descendants

Died before 16 Oct 1220 before about age 66 in Lancashire, England

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Biography

Gilbert de Notton.

Marriage

Gilbert married twice. He had at least two sons with his first wife. He did not have any children with his second wife, Edith, Lady of Barton.^[1] However, Edith's daughter Cecily (from a prior marriage), became the wife of Gilbert's son, William.^[2]

unknown

m.1 ... (d. bef. 1203).^[1]

children:

• Gilbert^[1]
• William^[1][2]

m. (abt. 1200) Cecily (d. bef. 1222),^[2] dau. of Edith, Lady of Barton.^[2]

Barton

m.2 (shortly bef. 1203) Edith, lady of Barton [in her own right] (d. 1222),^[2] dau. of Matthew de Barton.^[1]

Occupation, Property & Events

"The earliest mention of Gilbert occurs in the Sheriff's account of Lancashire at Michaelmas 1185, when the Sheriff rendered account at the Treasury of one mark from Gilbert de Noton and Richard de Heland (Eland) for license to make an agreement touching some suit which they had been litigating in the King's Court [Lancashire Pipe Rolls, p. 55]. He was Seneschal to John de Lacy, Constable of Chester sometime between 1213 and 1220.^[1]

"He was a knight and held land in Yorkshire under the honor of Pontefract and in Lancashire under the Montbegons.

"According to the Survey of co. Lancaster made in 1212, Gilbert de Notton held one carucate of land [in Crompton] in thanage, of Roger de Montbegon and William de Neville jointly, by the service of 6s. 4d. yearly. He also held the nearby estate of Chadderton. He held these by the feoffment of Adam fitz Swain to his ancestor. He also, in 1212, held Failsworth of Adam de Prestwich, in thanage tenure, by the yearly service of 4s. (Testa II., f. 826). Robert de Byron of Clayton held his land here under the said Gilbert. He also is shown as holding, "with the lady of Barton", the fee of one knight and a half of the same of Robert Gredle in Wythinton of ancient time.

"Grant in frankalmoign from Gilbert de Notton [to the canons of Cockersand], of a portion of his land in Crompton within these bounds, where the brook runs between Bachebrook-hurst and the land of Robert, the Clerk, unto Bachebrook, following the same unto Beal [water], following Beal [water] unto the Hay of Robert, the Clerk, following the same unto Hilly-leach (or Hulhill-shaw), going round the same unto the black leach, following that leach unto the little syke, following that syke by going around the little "land" unto the said brook between Bachebrook-hurst and the land of [the said Robert]; with common right, and easements of his fee of that town, and in the common pasture as much right as belonged to such a tenement. Further, be confirmed to them by this charter all grants made to them within his fee.

"Gilbert de Notton or Newton, who, in a subsequent part of the Testa de Nevill, is said to hold in Barton, with the lady of Barton, a knight's fee and a half in drengage? Nothing was more common than for an individual or a family, on settling in a new home, to drop the name of their old and assume that of their new estate or abode. A Richard Hulton (? the same who held the hundred of Salford in serjeanty) had a grant of the lands in Barton, of Edith de Barton, by the consent of Gilbert de Notton (co. York) her husband. Did Gilbert de Notton become de Barton, by marrying Edith de Barton, "the lady of Barton?" We think reference to a few deeds of Barton very badly transcribed in an abridged form by Dr. Keuerden, will furnish ground for believing that such was the fact. By deeds without date Gilbert de Barton, son of William de Noden (? Notton or Newton), gave to P. de Dumplington a parcel of land called "Cockney," for a yearly rent of 12d. at Pentecost, which was by another deed reduced to 6d. Then Agnes, "primogenito" [«c] daughter of Gilbert de Barton, quit-claims to Robert Gredley, all the right in Barton, and all its members which had been her mother's, Edith [or Cicely] de Barton, and her brother John's. Whom Agnes married does not appear, but she had a daughter Loretta. Some obscure deeds show that Gilbert de Barton conveyed the manor to Aaron, son of Josias (?) (Jocij) Jew of York, who re-conveyed it to Gilbert for life, with remainder to John, son of Gilbert, and heirs; then to Agnes, sister of John; then to the right heirs of Gilbert. This seems to indicate that John, son of Gilbert, dying without issue, Agnes became sole heiress. There is a curious but imperfect deed by which John, son of Gilbert de Barton knight, gives to Robert de Grelle, lord of Mamecestre, the homage and service of eighteen persons named. By another deed, he gave to Robert Grelle lands and a mill in Barton, with a fishery in the Irwell. Then John, son and heir of Gilbert de Barton, quit-claims to Roger [sic, ? Robert] Grelle all his right, &c, in all the manor of Barton, with all the hamlets belonging to the manor, viz. Aspull, Brunsop, Halton, Haliwel, Brighorde, Farnworth, Northden, Eccles, Monton, Mertrieh, Westwood, Withington, Newham, Irwilham, Bromihurst, Ilulme, Dumplington, Quitlewick and Crompton with Boterword; with the homages and services, as well of the free tenants as of the villeins; and all the land which Cicely [or Edith] held in dower in the vill of Barton. There is also an imperfect deed, the grantor of which is " Cecilia qui fuit uxor Gilberti de Barton." In 1345 John la Warre, lord of Mamecestrc, and Joan his wife (Thomas Greslet's sister) gave to Thomas, son of Robert del Both, thirty acres of pasture in Barton; and in 1365 Roger la Warre, lord of Mamecestre, granted to Thomas del Both of Barton all lands which had been those of John, son of Gilbert de Barton." ^[1]

His, his wife's, and his son's heir was underage and in the ward of Robert Grelley on 16 Oct 1220. [Close Roll, 4 Henry III, m. 1d]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Remains, historical and literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 53, publ. 1861 by the Chetham Society
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, 48, p. 61. Google Books.