Elizabeth (Everingham) Melton (abt. 1338)

Born about 1338 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, , England

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Biography

Father Sir Adam de Everingham, 2nd Lord Everingham b. c 1307, d. 8 Feb 1388

Mother Joan d' Eiville b. b 9 Jul 1324, d. c 1378

Elizabeth Everingham^[1] married Sir William Melton, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, & Escheator of Yorkshire, son of Sir William de Melton and Joan Lucy; They had 1 son (Sir John).^[2]

Family

• Sir William Melton, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, & Escheator of Yorkshire b. c 1339, d. 7 Mar 1399

Child

• Sir John Melton b. c 1377, d. 24 May 1455

Research Notes

Elizabeth's son Sir John Melton named Thomas Everingham of New Hall as his nephew. This suggests that Elizabeth may belong to the Stainborough branch of the Everingham family rather than the Laxton branch as connected here.

Sources

1. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VIII, p. 255.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 78-79.

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