Born about in Hilton, Durham, England
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[spouse(s) unknown]
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Alexander (Hilton) de Hilton
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after about age 56
in Hilton, Durham, England
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Sir Romanus de Helton (fl. 1157 -1166), of Helton, Durham.[1][2]
Biography
Romanus is the first Hilton with evidence. In 1166, he held three knights fees in the return of the bishop Hugh. He also witnessed a charter by the same bishop to Archetel Bolmer.
Sources
- "The church of Guyzance," (1859). Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, pp. 144. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Thomas Pigg. Google Books. Pedigree.
- Richley, M. (1872 ). History and characteristics of Bishop Auckland, pp. 90. Google Books.
- Surtees, R. (1809). The history and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham, 1, pp. 96. Durham. Google Books.
See Also...
- The History and Antiquities of Durham," by Robert Surtees, 1840.
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The first written record of the family is dated 1166 A.D. when Romanus, Miles de Helton, held three knight's fees, de veteri feoffamento, in the return of Bishop Hugh de Puiset; witness in the charter of the same Bishop of Durham to Anchtel Bolmer, s.d.. ("de Helton" - "of Helton" - the Anglo Norman spelling "of Hylton" at Monkwearmouth on the river Wear in North East England) Alexander de Helton in 1172, is expressly named as a Baron of the Bishopric of Durham in charters of Bishop Hugh, when he made a convention with the Prior of Durham Priory relative to the chapel of Hilton. He was also witness to charters of Bishop Hugh, with Germanus the Prior, and John Archdeacon 1171-1174, and in the charter of Roger de Kibblesworth in 1180. Alexander married Agnes. William de Hilton, Baron of the Bishopric who died in 1208, married Benita, daughter and heir of Germanus Tyson, a descendent of Gilbert Tyson, one of the knights who had accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066 A.D. who became Lord of Bridlington (Yorkshire) Malton (Yorkshire) and Alnwick (Northumberland). The marriage of their son, Alexander de Hilton, son and heir, under age in 1208 A.D. Lord or Swine and Swinestead, near Hull put the Hilton family in control of all the major ports on the north east coast of England from Hull on the river Humber to the river Tweed and the border with Scotland. In 1289, Johannes de Helton, brother of the Baron of the Bishoprick married Agnes in Burton in Warcop, near Appleby, County Westmoreland on the west side of England, and started the Westmoreland branch of the family, many of whose descendents settled in Durham and along the banks of the river Tees Before the War of Scottish Independence, the Hilton family was one of the most powerful and influential families in the north of England.