Katherine (Dutton) St Pierre (abt. 1259 - 1293)

Born about 1259 in Dutton, Cheshire, England

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Died 1293 at about age 34 in Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Katherine was the daughter of Thomas Dutton, knight,^[1] and his wife, Philippa, the daughter and heir of Vivan de Sandon or Standon.^[2] Sir Thomas Dutton of Dutton, the brother and heir of Hugh Dutton of Dutton, and the second son of their father Hugh Dutton of Dutton, flourished 1249-68 [33-53 Henry III] and was sheriff of Cheshire in 1268.^[2] Dutton, a settlement located in the parish of Great Budworth was in Bucklow hundred, Cheshire, England.^[3]

Katherine was the sister of:

1. Hugh Dutton, their father's oldest son and heir;^[2]
2. Thomas, who was given Great Rownall and Little Rownall, Staffordshire, by his father by the consent of Philippa his wife;^[2]
3. Sir Robert Dutton, married Agnes, the daughter of William de Mere, Staffordshire, who were jointly given the two manors of Rownall by his mother in her widowhood;^[2]
4. Margaret, who was married to William Venables, son and heir of Roger Venables of Kinderton, in 1253, 38 Henry III;^[2]

Katherine married in or before 1277 (son Urian was born 19 May 1278^[4]) John de St Pierre,^[2] the son of Urian de St Pierre and his wife, Idonea.^[5] Idonea was the daughter of David de Mallpassu, "the Bastard" and his wife, Constance, the daughter of Owain Kevelioc, prince of Powys.^[5] John was granted half of the manor of Bunbury by Isabella Burnell, his cousin, as stated in the Inquisition post mortem of 18 Edward I.^[5]

Katherine and John had children:

1. Urian de St Pierre,^[5] heir of John, born at Bestan, on 19 May 1278, and baptized the following day in the parish church of the same town at Bonebury,^[4] aged 10 in 1289,^[6] aged 16 in 1294,^[7] living in 12 Edward I [1283/4], married Isolda, who was living a widow in 5 Edward II, and 3 Edward III;
2. David de St Pierre who was living in 5 Edward II and was the ancestor of Roger Horton;^[5]
3. Ellena, married by contract dated 9 Edward II to Philip de Egerton, son and heir of David de Egerton (Inquisition post mortem of 36 Edward III);^[5]

Katherine's husband, John de St Pierre predeceased his father, dying in 18 Edward I.^[8]

In 21 Edward I [20 November 1292-19 November 1293], Katherine who was the wife of John de St Pierre was sued at Chester for dower by Alice who was the wife of Richard le Little. Alice also sued Urien de St Pierre that year for dower of 1 messuage and 2 bovates of land in Parva Coten and Urian vouched to warranty David, son of Richard le Little.^[9]

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1. ↑ George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands, ed, "The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Treswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms; With Additions from the Pedigrees of Shropshire Gentry Taken by the Heralds in the Years 1569 and 1584, an Other Sources", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XXVIII, (1889), II:424, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationshrop01grazgoog#page/n152/mode/2up : accessed 17 December 2017). Pedigree of St Peter de Cause.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} George Ormerod, "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the County of the City of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 3 volumes, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882). I:644, quoting Leycester, Peter. Historical Antiquities, in Two Books: The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire. London: Printed by W.L. for Robert Clavell, 1673.
3. ↑ English Place-Name Society. "Dutton: Major Settlement in the Parish of Great Budworth", in Survey of English Place-Names. (Online: University of Nottingham). Accessed 16 December 2023.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} J E E S Sharp, A E Stamp, eds, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol III, Edward I, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912), 426-7, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011387812#page/n471/mode/2up accessed 1 September 2014). Abstract No 553 Urian son and heir of John de Sancto Petro.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), II:598.
6. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol II Edward I, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1906), 463. Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011387804#page/n515/mode/2up accessed 1 September 2014). Abstract No 761 John de Sancto Petro.
7. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol III, Edward I, 176-9, Digital Image Internet Archive. Abstract No 280 and 281 Urian de Sancto Petro.
8. ↑ Ormerod ed Helsby, (1882), II:596.
9. ↑ Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 4. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, on the Chester Plea Rolls; Hen III and Edw I", The Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [18 February 1865], (London: Printed by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1864), 41-2, Digital Image HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450500?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 accessed 23 December 2017).