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William Manners

William Manners aka de Manners
Born [date unknown] in Barrington, Northumberland, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

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William Manners was born in Northumberland, England.
This profile is part of the Manners Name Study.

William Manners was the son of Robert Manners. His mother is disputed.

Parents & Siblings

His father's first wife Margaret [...] (d. aft. 1343), may have been the mother of William and his brother, Robert of Barrington, Northumberland (dsp). After Margaret died, William's father remarried to Ellen Heton, who may be the mother of John (dsp), and Adam (dsp), but it's unknown whether Adam was the son of Robert's first or second marriage.[1]

Collins (1768), however, asserted that Ellen Heton was the mother of William and his three brothers, including the childless Robert of Barrington, by which right William became heir.[2]

Marriage

William Manners married Eleanor, daughter of David Baxter. They had one son, Robert, who later served in Parliament for the county of Northumberland during the reign of Edward III and was instrumental in the capture of King David in the Battle of Durham.[3][2][1] While no additional information has been located regarding the marriage of William Manners, it seems he and his family did reside at Etal castle by 1347.[4]

Etal Castle

The earliest date that the Manners family can be placed at Etal castle was 1232. However, it appears the family did not have full possession of Etal, for according to a Feet of Fines, 25 June 1347 plea of covenant, full ownership of the property was permanently conveyed to Robert Manners at this time. The parties involved in this plea included "Robert de [Maners], knight, querent, and Adam [Kaa?], chaplain, and Gilbert de Elwyk, deforciants." The plea reads as follows:

[Adam and] Gilbert have granted to Robert the manor and have rendered it to him in the court, to hold to Robert, of the chief lords [for the life of Robert]. And after the decease of Robert the manor shall remain to William [de Maners?] of Etale and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Robert, son of Adam de Maners, knight, and the heirs of his body, (2) to Gilbert Heron and the [male] heirs of his body, (3) to Nicholas, son of Hugh de Karliolo, and the male heirs of his body and (4) to the right heirs of the aforesaid Robert de Maners. For this, Robert de Maners has given them 100 marks of silver.[4]

This plea seems the result of Etal manor having earlier passed from the Manners family, when a dispute in 1293 with William's grandfather regarding revenues revealed that in 1275 William Bonclerk gave the property to his daughter at the time of her marriage. When the daughter and son-in-law later divorced, legal machinations ensued, ultimately with the return of the property, but only in part, to William' grandfather. It appears that william's father, Robert, held this manor in enfeoffment for half a knight's fee, along with another claimant.[5] While the events causing the property transfer to William Bonclerk are unknown, so, too, is the condition of the manor prior to 1347, but it appears that ongoing improvements were made and by the close of the 14th century, it had become a grand residence, as it was selected by the Archbishop of York as an accommodation on his journey northward and not nearby Ford castle. It was during this same year when Robert's eldest son had died that Etal castle was entailed upon William and his heirs.[6] The grandeur of Etal castle was not to last, however, as it was located in the region of the northern marches during the Anglo-Scottish wars and later suffered considerable damage in the 15th century, despite defensive improvements that had been made to the existing manor. At some point during this period, the Manners family abandoned Etal, as its condition deteriorated from the onslought of Scottish raids.[7]

Death

While Collins (1768), asserted that William de Manners died in 1349, Vickers (1922), claimed he passed away before November 1353.[2][6] The cause of death and location of his burial are unknown.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vickers, K. (1922). A history of Northumberland: The parishes of Carham, Branxton, Kirknewton, and Ford (https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthum11nort/page/n7), Vol. 11, pp. 444, 447. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 7 June 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Collins, A. (1768). The peerage of England; containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of the kingdom (https://books.google.com/books?id=fmZUAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=~genealogy+Robert+Manners+Barrington,+Northumberland&source=bl&ots=yEPg_PpGLS&sig=ACfU3U1LnQgfkJSOl-Ao6a1H8a_Ofypr-g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAuOyMvNnmAhUgGTQIHd57B_0Q6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=~genealogy%20Robert%20Manners%20Barrington%2C%20Northumberland&f=false), Fourth edition, Vol. II, p. 3. London: Unknown publisher. Retrieved from Google Books (https://books.google.com); accessed 7 June 2020.
  3. Brydges, E. (1812). Collins’s peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical. (https://books.google.com/books?id=G4FlAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA455&lpg=PA455&dq=~genealogy+William+Manners+Barrington,+Northumberland,+England&source=bl&ots=8L6AretTCh&sig=ACfU3U0-W-ad076250HXgbDIibosEu9WVw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdmfzSr-LpAhVSPn0KHf-JDEIQ6AEwBXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=~genealogy%20William%20Manners%20Barrington%2C%20Northumberland%2C%20England&f=false). Vol. 1, pp. 456, 457. London: T. Bensley. Retrieved from google Books (https://books.google.com); accessed 4 June 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/181/12 (25 July 2013).(http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_181_12.shtml), image of primary source at AALT. Retrieved from Medieval Genealogy (http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk); accessed 6 June 2020.
  5. Vickers, K. (1922). A history of Northumberland: The parishes of Carham, Branxton, Kirknewton, and Ford (https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthum11nort/page/n7), Vol. 11, pp. 442, 443, 445. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 30 December 2019.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Vickers, K. (1922). A history of Northumberland: The parishes of Carham, Branxton, Kirknewton, and Ford (https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthum11nort/page/n7), Vol. 11, p. 446. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 7 June 2020.
  7. Lancaster, J. (2013). History and satellite navigation for the castles, forts, and battles that shaped Britain: History of Etal castle (http://www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/north_east/etal_castle.html). Retrieved from CastleFortsBattles.co.uk; accessed 6 June 2020.




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