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     Emma de Lacy married Walter de Langley of Pinley, co. Warwicks.¹

     GAV-21.

     Matilda (?) married Adam fitz Swain, son of Swain fitz Ailric and unknown de Vesci.¹

      ; "...possible kinswoman of Godard de Boiville (www.bretton.org.)¹ GAV-25.

     William de Neville married Amabel fitz Adam, daughter of Adam fitz Swain and Matilda (?),
; her 2nd husband.¹
William de Neville died between 1210 and 1211.¹

     GAV-27.

      ; Further to my post about the Fleming family, please find below a tentative reconstruction of the descendents of Adam fitz Swain's brother Henry. Much of this information is gleaned from Nicholson and Burn, as well as RR Sowerby's "Historical Castle Sowerby". I am attempting to verify all the data and apply source references to the people mentioned, I will keep the group posted.


1     Ailric married ?

1.1     Swain married ?daughter of Herveus de Vesci (Skaife, Yorkshire Domesday) Given Sowerby temp Edward Confessor. Grant added to by Henry I with land mostly east of river Eden and other manors in the southern half of Inglewood Forest – referred to by early historians as the Barony of Sowerby (confirmed in An Account of the Most Considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland by John Denton of Cardew, CWAAS Tracts Series, No 2, 1887). This states that the Barony comprised Culgaith, Blencarn, Skirwith, Melmerby, Ainstable, Langwathy, Edenhall, Ousby, Glassonby, Gamblesby, Kirkoswald, Hareskeugh and Huddleskeugh. Additionally the manor of Sowerby and a greater part of the Forest of Inglewood.

1.1.1     Adam fitz Swain married ?Matilda possible kinswoman of Godard de Boiville (www.bretton.org). Apparently his inheritance in Cumberland included Culgaith, Skirwith, Melmerby and Kirkoswald.

1.1.2     Henry fitz Swain married ? Witnessed Adam fitz Swain's charter of the manor of Carlton (Yorks) to Monk Bretton. Possibly ?Lord of [Castle] Sowerby, Cumberland and ?took the name de Sowerby. ? Inherited remainder of family lands. He gave King Stephen £10 for lands in Langwadebi (Langwathby) and Edenhale (Edenhall).

1.1.1.1     Matilda married [1] Adam de Montbegon (d pre 1171/2). She married [2] John Malherbe of Appleby, Lincs (d 1181) and [3] Gerard de Glanville.

1.1.1.2     Amabel (d 1207) married [1] Alexander de Crevequer of Redbourne, Lincs (d1164) who held a half share of Culgaith Mill from his wife, [2] William de Neville (d c 1210/11)

1.1.1.3     Richard (d pre 1159) (www.bretton.org)

1.1.2.1     Waldief de Sowerby temp. Henry II. Accounted to sheriff for half a mark for transgression in 7 John (1205)

1.1.2.1.1     Lucas de Sowerby married ?. Fined half a mark for unjust disseisin in 8 John (1206).

1.1.2.1.2     Benedict de Sowerby married ?

1.1.2.1.3     Gamelli who in 19 Henry III (1235/6) married Goditha, a widow. Could lands in Gemblesby (Gamellisby in Middle English) be named after him. It remained in Sowerby hands.

1.1.2.1.1.1     Eilena, inherited equal share

1.1.2.1.1.2     Editha, inherited equal share

1.1.2.1.1.3     Agnes, inherited equal share. Married her cousin Walter de Sowerby, son of Benedict (1.1.2.1.2). Walter in 16 John (1215/6) owed 100/- for a duel. In 3 Henry III (1219/20) he owed 7 marks for another duel, and in 11 Henry II (1227/8) owed 51 marks for contempt. In 26 Henry III (1242/3) he released and quitclaimed all his lands in the manor of Sowerby and those he received through his wife to Richard Buch and his heirs forever.

1.1.2.1.1.3.1     Robert

1.1.2.1.1.3.2     Arnald, together with his nephew Adam (son of Robert – Sowerby book) were defendents in a plea conjointly with Alexander king of Scotland, William de Dalston, William de Swinburne and others at the suit of the Abbot of St Mary of Carlisle for unjustly disseising him of common pasture in Sowerby in 4 Edward I (1272/3).

1.1.2.1.1.3.3     Benedict

1.1.2.1.1.3.4     Henry

1.1.2.1.1.3.5     John de Sowerby defendant in plea at suit of Robert de Beaulieu for forcibly entering the plaintiff's house at Sowerby and taking his goods and chattels. ? John who lvied at Oulgayth (Culgaith) in 1 Edward III (1327/8)

1.1.2.1.1.3.1.1     Adam de Sowerby (from deed below 1.1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.1)

1.1.2.1.1.3.5.1     Thomas de Sowerby, son of John was seised of lands in Sowerby in reign of Henry IV. Was an archer at Agincourt in the retinue of Sir Ralph Eure 3 Henry V (1415). Died at Sowerby in 1435 (will).

1.1.2.1.1.3.5.1.1     Ralph Sowerby, executor of father's will (1.1.2.1.1.3.5.1.1) is said to have been seised of divers lands in Sowerby and elsewhere in Cumberland. He is plaintiff in a pleas of debt in 7 Edward IV (1467/8).

1.1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.1     Richard de Sowerby grandson of Adam son of Robert de Sowerby in 1 Richard II – 1377/8 – accused John Sadeler of Caldbeck, John fil. Thomas Hudson of Skelton, John fil Richard de Carlisle, William Ullayke of Bolton, Richard de Thornthwaite and others with killing his brother.


Materials for this period seem to be very scanty and I am attempting to contact specialists in the history of the area. As for the manor of Sowerby, the following can be added.

Before 1218 Sowerby reverted to the Crown. In 1218 King John granted it to Robert de Ros in leiu of the loss of his Normandy lands. It was held by him until 1237.

In 1242, in part settlement of the claims of the king of Scotland to lands in Cumberland, the Sheriff of Cumberland was ordered to give seisin of the manors of Langwathby, Salkeld, Scotby, Sowerby and Carlatton together with land of £60 annual value to Alexander II of Scotland.

In 1257 Alexander III of Scotland gave to Queen Margaret the manor of Sowerby as her own.

In 1292 on the death of Alexander III, a jury found that the heir to the manor of Sowerby was John de Baliol.¹

; Henry fitz Swain married ? Witnessed Adam fitz Swain's charter of the manor of Carlton (Yorks) to Monk Bretton. Possibly ?Lord of [Castle] Sowerby, Cumberland and ?took the name de Sowerby. ? Inherited remainder of family lands. He gave King Stephen £10 for lands in Langwadebi (Langwathby) and Edenhale (Edenhall).¹

     Matilda fitz Adam married Adam de Montbegon.^1,2
Matilda fitz Adam married John Malherbe of Appleby, Linc.^1,2
Matilda fitz Adam married Gerard de Glanville.¹

      ; Matilda married [1] Adam de Montbegon (d pre 1171/2). She married [2] John Malherbe of Appleby, Lincs (d 1181) and [3] Gerard de Glanville.¹ GAV-24.

     Adam de Montbegon married Matilda fitz Adam, daughter of Adam fitz Swain and Matilda (?).^1,2

Adam de Montbegon died before 1172.¹

     John Malherbe of Appleby, Linc. married Matilda fitz Adam, daughter of Adam fitz Swain and Matilda (?).^1,2

John Malherbe of Appleby, Linc. died in 1181.¹
     GAV-24.

     Sir Richard de Thornhill died in 1287.¹

      ; heir of his mother.¹

     Roger de Montbegon died in 1226; dsp. Hepworth email 2004 says d. 1227; Wikipedia says d. 1226; Magna Carta Barons says d. 1226.^1,4,3
      ; See entry on Magna Carta Barons for more information.³

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Roger de Montbegon (Roger de Mumbezon, Roger de Mont Begon) (died 1226) was a landowner in northern England (especially or particularly Lancashire), Baron of Hornby, and one of Magna Carta sureties.
     "There is a scholarly debate about his place in the list of sureties. J. C. Holt[1] takes it that Matthew Paris made a mistake in replacing his name with 'Roger de Mowbray'. According to the record publicized by the National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons, Roger abandoned the sureties and therefore Roger de Mowbray (younger brother of William de Mowbray, another surety) was substituted for him; this probably explains Matthew Paris' alleged error.[2][3]
Notes
1. Holt, James Clark (7 May 1992). Magna Carta (2 ed.) Cambridge University Press. p. 478. ISBN 9780521277785.
2. "Roger de Montbegon". National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
3. Tait, James (1894). "Mowbray, William de". In Lee, Sidney (ed.) Dictionary of National Biography. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 238.
External links
** Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project: Online Library Catalog - Roger de Montbegon, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
** Magna Carta Barons site: Roger de Montbegon."⁴
Roger de Montbegon was a witness to the signed Magna Carta.
Counsellors named in Magna Carta
     "The preamble to Magna Carta includes the names of the following 27 ecclesiastical and secular magnates who had counselled John to accept its terms. The names include some of the moderate reformers, notably Archbishop Stephen Langton, and some of John's loyal supporters, such as William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. They are listed here in the order in which they appear in the charter itself:[62]
1. Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal
2. Henry de Loundres, Archbishop of Dublin
3. William of Sainte-Mère-Église, Bishop of London
4. Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester
5. Jocelin of Wells, Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury
6. Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln
7. Walter de Gray, Bishop of Worcester
8. William de Cornhill, Bishop of Coventry
9. Benedict of Sausetun, Bishop of Rochester
10. Pandulf Verraccio, subdeacon and papal legate to England
11. Eymeric, Master of the Knights Templar in England
12. William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
13. William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury
14. William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
15. William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel
16. Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland
17. Warin FitzGerold
18. Peter FitzHerbert
19 Hubert de Burgh, Seneschal of Poitou
20. Hugh de Neville
21. Matthew FitzHerbert
22. Thomas Basset
23. Alan Basset
24. Philip d'Aubigny
25. Robert of Ropsley
26. John Marshal
27. John FitzHugh

The Council of Twenty-Five Barons
     "The names of the Twenty-Five Barons appointed under clause 61 to monitor John's future conduct are not given in the charter itself, but do appear in four early sources, all seemingly based on a contemporary listing: a late 13th-century collection of law tracts and statutes, a Reading Abbey manuscript now in Lambeth Palace Library, and the Chronica Majora and Liber Additamentorum of Matthew Paris.[63][64][65] The process of appointment is not known, but the names were drawn almost exclusively from among John's more active opponents.[66] They are listed here in the order in which they appear in the original sources:
1. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford
2. William de Forz, Earl of Albemarle
3. Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester
4. Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
5. Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford
6. Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk
7. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
8. William Marshal junior
9. Robert Fitzwalter, baron of Little Dunmow
10. Gilbert de Clare, heir to the earldom of Hertford
11. Eustace de Vesci, Lord of Alnwick Castle
12. Hugh Bigod, heir to the Earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk
13. William de Mowbray, Lord of Axholme Castle
14. William Hardell, Mayor of the City of London
15. William de Lanvallei, Lord of Walkern
16. Robert de Ros, Baron of Helmsley
17. John de Lacy, Constable of Chester and Lord of Pontefract Castle
18. Richard de Percy
19. John FitzRobert de Clavering, Lord of Warkworth Castle
20. William Malet
21. Geoffrey de Saye
22. Roger de Montbegon, Lord of Hornby Castle, Lancashire[f]
23. William of Huntingfield, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
24. Richard de Montfichet
25. William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir

Excommunicated rebels
     "In September 1215, the papal commissioners in England – Subdeacon Pandulf, Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, and Simon, Abbot of Reading – excommunicated the rebels, acting on instructions earlier received from Rome. A letter sent by the commissioners from Dover on 5 September to Archbishop Langton explicitly names nine senior rebel barons (all members of the Council of Twenty-Five), and six clerics numbered among the rebel ranks:[67]
Barons
1. Robert Fitzwalter
2. Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
3. Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford
4. Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex and Gloucester
5. Eustace de Vesci
6. Richard de Percy
7. John de Lacy, Constable of Chester
8. William d'Aubigny
9. William de Mowbray
Clerics
10. Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford
11. William, Archdeacon of Hereford
12. Alexander the clerk [possibly Alexander of St Albans]
13. Osbert de Samara
14. John de Fereby
15. Robert, chaplain to Robert Fitzwalter with John I "Lackland" (?) King of England on 15 June 1215.⁵

     Mabel Malherbe married William de la Mare.¹

     Mabel de la Mare married Geoffrey de Neville, son of Geoffrey (II) de Neville of Laceby.¹

     Geoffrey de Neville married Mabel de la Mare, daughter of William de la Mare and Mabel Malherbe.¹

Geoffrey de Neville died in 1249.²

     John Malherbe died before 1216; dsp.¹

     Clementia Malherbe married Eudes de Longvilliers.^3,1,2

     GAV-23. Clementia Malherbe was also known as Clementia/Clemence Malherbe.^3,2

     Eudes de Longvilliers married Clementia Malherbe, daughter of John Malherbe of Appleby, Linc. and Matilda fitz Adam.^3,1,4

Eudes de Longvilliers died in 1229.¹
     GAV-23. Eudes de Longvilliers was also known as Eudo de Lungvilliers.³

     Sir John de Longvilliers married Ellen Fitz William, daughter of Sir William Fitz William of Emley and Sprotborough and Ela (Adela) de Warenne.⁵

Sir John de Longvilliers died in 1254.^1,4
     GAV-22. He was living in November 1254.³

     Isabel Deincourt married Sir William fitz William Knt., Lord of Elmeley and Sprotborough, co. York, son of Sir William Fitz Thomas Knt., of Sprotborough and Emley, Yorkshire and Agnes de Grey, before 12 December 1313.^1,2

Isabel Deincourt died after 25 July 1348.¹

     (Henry) John Heinz III was born on 23 October 1938 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira, daughter of José Simoes-Ferreira and Irene Thierstein, on 5 February 1966 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; her 1st husband.¹
(Henry) John Heinz III died on 4 April 1991 at Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 52.¹

     Capt. Samuel Gardner was born on 14 May 1648 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Elizabeth Browne on 24 April 1673 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 1st wife; her 2nd husband.^1,4 Capt. Samuel Gardner married Susannah Baxter before 25 March 1690
; his 3rd wife; her 3rd husband.⁴
Capt. Samuel Gardner died on 24 February 1724 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 75.¹

     Elizabeth Browne married Joseph Grafton Jr.
; her 1st husband.² Elizabeth Browne married Capt. Samuel Gardner, son of Lieut. George Gardner, on 24 April 1673 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 1st wife; her 2nd husband.^1,2
Elizabeth Browne died after 24 November 1685; died after her father's death 24 Nov 1685.²

     Capt. John Gardner was born on 14 April 1681 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Elizabeth Weld on 11 January 1704 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,3

Capt. John Gardner died on 18 July 1722 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 41.^1,3
     Capt. John Gardner began military service on 29 August 1708 per Gardner Memorial (p. 68) "He commanded a Salem company in the battle with the French and Indians at Haverhill Aug. 29, 1708."⁴"

     Elizabeth Weld was born on 28 January 1675 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; per Gardner Memorial (p. 74) "She died ... in her 88th year". this would have made her birth year around 1682.^1,2 She was baptized on 12 June 1681.² She married Capt. John Gardner, son of Capt. Samuel Gardner and Elizabeth Browne, on 11 January 1704 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2

Elizabeth Weld died on 27 September 1770 at age 95.^1,2

     Capt. John Gardner was born on 16 February 1706/7 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,3 He married Elizabeth Putnam on 26 March 1730 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 1st wife; her 2nd husband.^1,4 Capt. John Gardner married Elizabeth Fowler on 3 January 1765
; his 2nd wife; her 2nd husband.⁵ Capt. John Gardner married Mary Peele/Peal on 29 October 1773
; his 3rd wife.⁵
Capt. John Gardner died on 15 January 1784 at age 76.¹