Robert Harington (abt. 1305 - 1334)

Born about 1305 in Aldingham, Lancashire, England

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Died 1334 at about age 29 in Ireland

Sir Robert Harington was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

He was the eldest son and heir apparent, knighted before 1331. He predeceased his father.

Circa 1327, he married Elizabeth de Multon, daughter of Thomas de Multon and one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of John de Multon. She was the heiress of several estates including Thurston in Suffolk; Moulton, Skirbeck and Fleet in Lincolnshire, of Egremont in Cumbria and of manors in County Limerick, Ireland.

He left a son, heir to his grandfather:

• John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328–1363)[

Sources

Source: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III page 220.

Elizabeth De Multon, 2nd daughter and co-heiress, born about 1306. She married in or before 1327 Robert De Haverington (or Harington, Haryngton), Knt., son and heir apparent of John de Haverington, Knt., 1st Lord Harington, by Joan, probable daughter of William de Dacre, Knt. They had two sons, John, Knt., and Robert, and allegedly two daughters. Sir Robert De Haverington died in Ireland in or before 1334. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) in or before November 1334 Walter De Bermingham, Knt., They had one son, Walter, and one daughter Margaret (wife of Robert de Preston, Knt.). Sir Walter De Bermingham died shortly before 16 September 1350. His wife, Elizabeth, died before 30 October 1350.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harington,_1st_Baron_Harington
• GEC Complete Peerage, Vol. 6, p. 316

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