Eleanor (Felton) Hilton (abt. 1315 - bef. 1351)

Born about 1315 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Eleanor (living 07 Mar 1336), is the daughter of William de Felton.^[1] She married Alexander de Hilton, 2nd Baron Hilton (d. 1361) and probably died before 1351, since he was already married to his last wife Maud Emeldon (d. 08 Sep 1369), in or before that year.^[2]

Her grandson William Hilton (b. 1356), was found to be one of her brother's heirs during his post-mortem inquisition on 12 July 1368.^[3]

Siblings

• William (d. 20 Mar 1368 [41 Edw III] Spain)^[1]

• Agnes m. Robert Swynburn,^[1] and late Robert de Swynborne's wife in 43 Edward III,^[1] and they were the parents of:

1. Thomas de Swynburn, aged 10 years at an Inquisition post mortem for his uncle, William de Felton, on 16 Sepr, 41 Edward III, when he was said to be his mother's heir;^[1]
2. John de Felton, knight, aged 28 years and more at Easter [18 April] 1367 or 26, heir to his brother William;^[1]

Marriage

m. (ante 1339) Alexander de Hilton, 2nd Baron Hilton (d. 1361). Issue:

• Robert de Hilton (b. abt. 1339 - d. 1376).^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Chapman, 1938, 175-80.[1]
2. ↑ Dendy, 1904
3. ↑ Eleanor Felton is the mother of Robert Hilton. Her grandson is William Hilton, (Chapman, 1938, p. 177).[2]
4. ↑ For Rbt's DOB see: : Richardson, M.A. (1846). The Local Historian's Table Book, III, pp. 243. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Google Books. Note that Richardson (1846), makes the same error as A History of Northumberland, by asserting that Maud Emeldon was Rbt' mother.
   Robert is the father of William Hilton (b. abt. 1356), age 11 in 1367, (Chapman, 1938, p. 177).[3]
5. ↑ Note that the Emeldon pedigree in A History of Northumberland, incorrectly asserts that Maud Emeldon is the mother of Robert.[4] Maud's only child was Elizabeth (Acton) Widdrington, by her first husband, Richard de Acton (d. 1342).[5]

See also:

• Dendy, F.W. (1904). An account of Jesmond. Archaeologia Aeliana, 1(3), pp. 79. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Google Books. Eleanor is called "Alice Felton," in Dendy's pedigree.[6] CP:IV, simply calls Alexander Hilton's first wife, "Alice," and states that she was living 07 Mar 1336.[7] Wm. de Felton's pm. inq. names an Alice de Felton, but it clearly states that Eleanor de Felton was a member of the Hilton family ... while Alice was the wife of Robert Delaval.[8]