Henry Eyton Esq. (1480 - 1537)

Born 1480 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Cressett) Eyton — married [date unknown] in Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1537 at about age 57 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England

Biography

Name

Name: Henry de Eyton

of Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England

Orthograhpic variations: Eyton, Eytone, Eton, Etton

He can frequently be found on the internet as Henry Eaton. This is primarily due to errors which at one point made Eatons which immigrated to New England as descendants from the Eytons of Shropshire. The family is most properly called Eyton.

Marriage and Children

Married: About 1500, Jane Cresset , daughter of Thomas Cressett of Upton Cresett.

Date is very rough estimate based on the belief that his son and heir was born about 1502.

Children of Henry Eyton and Jane Cressett:

1. John Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
2. Lewis Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
3. Richard Eyton. Called third son.
4. Nicholas Eyton. Called 4th son.
5. Roger Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
6. Thomas Eyton.
7. Roger Eyton. Called 7th son. He was of Springhall, co. Essex. Married Katherine Titley.
8. William Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
9. Edmund Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
10. Fulk Eyton. Died without issue, per the Visitations.
11. Katherine Eyton.

Death

Died: 4 October 1537, presumably at Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England.

Date from his IPM.

Inquisition Post Mortem:

E 150/858/3 IPM of Henry Eyton, esq., Shropshire, 1538. ^[1]

Indented Inquisition taken at ‘Ponsbury’ in Shropshire, 13 Nov. 30 Hen VIII [1538], before John Corbet, esq., the lord king’s escheator in Shropshire, by virtue of his office after the death of Henry Eyton, esquire, by the oaths of Edmund Myddulton, gent., Thomas Thornys, gent., Peter Middulton, gent., Roger Meredith, gent, Peter Hyggyns, gent., Thomas Nicolles, ‘yoman’, Roger Gough, gent., Roland Passent, ‘yoman’, Lewis Porter, gent., John Goodale, ‘yoman’, John ap Thomas, gent., Robert Treves of ‘Lake’, ‘yoman’, and Thomas Draper, ‘yoman’. [13 no.]

Who say on their oath that the aforesaid Henry did not die seised nor was he seised on the day he died of any manors, lands or tenements in the aforesaid county, who say that the aforesaid Henry long before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in his manors of ‘Eyton super Wildmore’ with all their members and appurtenances with ‘Malyns Lee’ and of 200 acres of land, 100 a. of pasture, 100 a. of wood, 1,000 a. of heath and gorse (brueri et jamnorum) and of 4 marks 11 s. 4d. [rent] in ‘Malinslee’ and in ‘Horton’, ‘Brocton’, ‘Ingwardyn’, ‘Buttrey’, ‘Lawley’ and ‘Hadley’. [Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Malinslee, Horton (in Wellington) or Hortonwood (formerly in Eyton, later in Wrockwardine), Brockton (in Longford), Ingwardine (in Stottesdon), Buttery (in Edgmond), Lawley, Hadley (both in Wellington) ] And so seised, by his charter, shown to the jurors in evidence, dated 28 June 21 Henry VIII, he enfeoffed George, earl of Shrewsbury, John Blunt, Richard Maynwaring, William Coton, esq., Thomas Asteley, John Burton, Thomas Eyton the elder, and Laurence Ludlowe, gent., to have and to hold to them and their heirs to the use of the aforesaid Henry for the term of his life, remainder to Thomas Eyton, son of the said Henry and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, remainder further as appears by the aforesaid evidence. And they say also that the aforesaid manor of ‘Eyton’ with its members, viz, ‘Horton’, ‘Brocton’, ‘Ingwardyn’, ‘Buttrey’, ‘Lawley’ and ‘Hadley’ are held together with the manor of ‘Creswall’ in Staffordshire of sir William, lord de Darees [sic – recte Dacre?], as of his barony of ‘Wemme’ and ‘Hynstock’ [Wem and Hinstock, the latter actuallly just a manor within the barony of Wem] by service of two knight’s fees, and he made no entry against the lord king in the same or in any other parcel of them, and that they are worth in all issues beyond repairs £20 and more. And that his manor of ‘Malinslee’ is held of James Lusson, esq., in socage, viz, by a yearly rent of 10s., and is worth yearly £4 and more. And that the aforesaid Henry died on Thursday next after Michaelmas, 29 Hen VIII [4 October 1537]. And that the aforesaid Henry Eyton held no other lands or tenements of the lord king or of anyone else, in his demesne or in ?service in the county aforesaid on the day he died.

And that the aforesaid Thomas Eyton is the next heir of the aforesaid Henry, and is aged 30 years and more. In witness whereof the aforesaid Eschaetor and jurors have set their respective seals to this indentured inquisition, dated the day and year …

Dorse: This inquisition was delivered in the Exchequer on 2nd December in the within written year [1538] by the hand of John Darnall.

Manors and Lands

Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Malinslee, Horton, Brockton, Ingwardine, Buttery, Lawley, Hadley, and Cresswell.

Notes

Visitation problems: The Visitations of Shropshire show that this Henry Eyton was succeeded by his son Thomas, followed by another Thomas, followed by Robert Eyton. ^[2] The first Thomas was age 30 and more in the IPM of Henry Eyton. Robert was aged 50 and more in 1582, and married by contract in 1546. There is not enough time from 1502 to 1546 to have three generations. So, is there a way to fix this? The first way would be to suppose that the IPM is in error and he was succeeded by his grandson and heir. This however would make the first Thomas born c1480 and does not fit with what is known of the previous generations. The second fix would be to suppose the Visitation is in error and that there was only one Thomas (with perhaps two wives?). WikiTree currently opps for the second theory and goes Henry - Thomas - Robert.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives at Kew, Richmond, England. E 150/858/2
2. ↑ Grazebrook. Visitations of Shropshire, part I. (1889):181-182.

Source list:

• IPM of Henry Eyton of Eyton, Shropshire. National Archives at Kew, Richmond, England. E 150/858/2 Translation and transcription of the original images by Dr. Matthew Tompkins, a Research Officer of the Inquisitions Post Mortem Project at the University of Wincester.

• Baugh, G C and C R Elrington eds. A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11, Telford, (London: Victoria County History Series, 1985). British History Online

• Harrison, Geoff. A Family - A Manor - A Church: A Story of Eyton upon the Weald Moors. (2009).

• George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands eds. Visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623 part I, (London, Harleian Society Visitation Series, Vol. 28, 1889):180-183, Eyton pedigree. Archive.org LINK.

• Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, series 3 vol. II (1902):310-311. Members of Parliament for Wenlock: Richard Eyton, by Hebry T. Wyman. Books.Google.com

• Robert Noel, Lancaster Herald. College of Arms Report to the Eaton Family Association on William Eaton or Etton of Dover, Merchant, (2006). Copy can be found in the EFA archives.