Cecily (Thornton) Egerton (abt. 1234 - abt. 1290)

Born about 1234 in Egerton, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1290 at about age 56 in Malpas, Cheshire, England

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Biography

1234 Birth and Parents

Cecelia was the daughter of Randle le Roter, Lord of Thornton, and Amicia, daughter of Richard de Kingsley, ^[1]

Cecelia's Ahnentafel

Ormerod makes Cecilia the daughter of

1. Randle le Roter and Amicia. ^[2] married David de Malpas. ^[2] The Third Share of Crowton was given by Amicia de Kingsley, after the death of Randle de Thornton, in frank marriage with Cecelia her daughter to David, son of Philip de Malpas, and passed with Ellen, daughter and finally sole coheiress of his great grandson Philip de Egerton, to Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, temp. Rich II. ^[3]

2. Randle le Roter, Lord of Thornton, son and heir, ob. ante 28 Hen III^[2]

3. Amicia, daughter of Richard de Kingsley, and sister and coheir of Randle his son, living a widow 28th Henry III^[2]

4. Peter the clerk, Secretary of Randle Blundeville, Earl of Chester. ^[2]

8. David le Clerk. ^[2]

Birth Year Estimation

Williams gives the birth year of Cicely Thorneton as 1232 at Egerton, Cheshire, England.^[4]

Maloney gives her a slightly later birth year of 1235 in Thornton, Cheshire, England^[5]

1244 Father's Death

Cecelia's father Randle died before 28 Henry III (28 October 1243 - 27 October 1244) at this time her mother Amicia was living a widow. ^[1]

1245 Marriage

Cecelia married David de Malpas. ^[1]

Ormerod reports that the marriage took place after the death of Cecelia's father: The Third Share of Crowton was given by Amicia de Kingsley, after the death of Randle de Thornton, in frank marriage with Cecilia her daughter, to David son of Philip de Malpas...^[3]

Therefore estimate a marriage year of, say, 1245.

Cecily, named in Ormerod 2:628, married David de Egerton. ^[6]

Cecily de Thornton, daughter of Sir Randle le Roter, lord of Thornton in le Moore, married David de Malpas de Egerton, who died about 1317. ^[7]

David married Cicely, the daughter of Randle Thornton and Amicia de Kingsley.^[8]

David de Egerton added to the family possessions by his marriage with Cecelia, one of the daughters of Randle do Roter de Thornton, Lord of Thornton-in-the-Moor, for as appears by a deed in the Egerton Collections, Amicia, the widow of Randle de Thornton, sister and co-heir of Ranulph de Kingsley, gave to him all her lands in Crowton, a third share of the manor in frank marriage with her daughter Cecelia. The deed is without date, from which circumstance it may be assumed that it was executed before 1290, when the statute of "Quia Emptores terraum" was passed, after which it was customary to add the regnal year. Amicia, the grantor, must have lived to a ripe old age She was a widow in 1243. She is known to have been living 1270 and there is reason to believe that she survived until 1308.^[5]

Descent

From this period to the commencement of the Inquisitions, the descent of the Malpas share of the barony is preserved by deeds and by the pleas relative to the contests betweeen the right heirs of David de Malpas, and his illegitimate descendants. From these it appears that his son William dying without lawful issue, left his brother Philip Gogh, surnamed de Egerton, his heir; but that David le Clerk, the issue of William by his concubine Beatrix de Montalt, intruded himself into the barony, and left possession of it to his daughters and coheirs, Beatrix and Idonea, the wives of Roderic ap Griffyn, and Urian St. Pierre, between which co-heirs a partition was made in the 44th of Henry the Third. The share of Beatrix passed to isabella, the issue of Beatrix by her first husband, Richard de Sutton, lord of a moiety of Malpas, in which family of Sutton three-forths were thus vested, and the other fourth, which Idonea brought to Urian de St. Pierre, passed after four generations, in marriage to Sir Walter Cokesay, with Isabella daughter and heiress of another Sir Urian de St. Pierre. ^[9]

1290 Death

Cicely Thorneton died at Malpas, Cheshire, England, in 1290.^[4]

Issue

David and Cicely had children:

1. Philip de Egerton, who married Margaret, the daughter of Richard de Wrenbury.^[8]

Research Notes

1303 Pedigree

In 31 Edward I, 1302/3, the following pedigree was entered into the pleas of the Circuit of the fforests of Mara and Moundren:^[10]

Ranulphe I Earle of Chester granted the office of Bailywick and keeping of the forrest of Delamer to Rafe Kingesley (alias Ranulph) de Kingesley and his heirs and Assingnes for ever.

1. Ranulph had:
   1. Ranulph who had:
      1. Richard Kingesley who had:
         1. Emm, who married William Gerrard;
            1. William Gerard;
               1. William Gerrard living in 31 Edward III;
         2. Agnes who married William Launceline;
            1. William Launcelin;
               1. William Launcelin;
                  1. Richard Launcelin;
                     1. Henry Launcelin;
                        1. Richard Launcelin living in 31 Edward III;
         3. Avice who married Randolph Thornton;
            1. Piers Thornton;
               1. Ranulph Thornton;
                  1. Piers Thornton living in 31 Edward III;
                     1. Ellin who married Thomas Dutton;
                        1. Piers Dutton living in 31 Edward III;
                     2. Mary who married William Coulborne living in 31 Edward III;
                     3. Emm who married Hugh de Weverham;
                        1. Matthew de Weverham living in 31 Edward III;
                     4. Elizabeth who married Hamon ffitton;
                     5. Mauld who married Henry Beetson living in 31 Edward III;
                     6. Beatrix who married Thomas Samsbury living in 31 Edward III;
            2. Cicely who married David de Egerton son to Phillip de Mallpas;
         4. Jane, the youngest, who married Henry Done, and to whom was allotted the Baylywick or Master fforrester of the said fforrest of Delamer;
            1. Richard Done;
               1. Richard Done;
                  1. Richard Done living in 31 Edward III;

Sources

Citations

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ormerod, 1819, Volume II, page 16
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester... Volume II, Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton. London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones: 1818. [https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp02orme#page/14/mode/2up/search Malpas Thornton of Thornton Pedigree. Accessed June 24, 2018 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ormerod, 1819, volume II, page 62
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ted Williams, WILLIAMS 2011.GED, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=470068434, Jun 22, 2011.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others David de Egerton Updated: 2013-08-18. Accessed June 23, 2018 jhd
6. ↑ Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2001. Cecily's father Sir Randle le Roter is #4 on page 239.
7. ↑ Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2001. Cecily's father in law, Philip Goch le Clerk, is #5 on page 71.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Egertons p F1
9. ↑ Ormerod, 1819, Volume II, page 329
10. ↑ John Paul Rylands, ed., "The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy king of arms, with numerous additions and continuations, including those from the visitation of Cheshire made in the year 1566, by the same herald. With an appendix, containing the Visitation of a part of Cheshire in the year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms. And a fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, deputy to the Office of arms", The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), accessed 12 April, 2015, https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/82/mode/2up pp.83.

Bibliography of Frequently Cited Sources

George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of C032, hester... Volume II, Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton. London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones: 1818. Malpas Thornton of Thornton Pedigree Table Page 16. Citing Harl. MS 2119, 2032, 1535, and Chesh. Ped. Coll. Arm. Accessed June 24, 2018 jhd.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Thornton-474 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by Ted Williams. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ted and others.