Edmund Dutton

Family/Spouse: Joan Minshull. Joan (daughter of Henry Minshull) died in 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Dutton was born about 1367 in of Dutton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England; died in 1433.

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Seneschal, governor, and receiver of the castle and honor of Halton in Cheshire.

In about 1352 he was indicted, with others, for an invasion the manor of Geaumes near Reading, held by Edward III's son Lionel, in which incident Michael Poynings and Thomas le Clerke were killed, and Margary, wife of Nicolas de la Beche, was raped. For this involvement he was pardoned by the king.

Sheriff of Cheshire 1356 and 1359. Knighted in 1361.

Thomas married Ellen Thornton. Ellen (daughter of Peter Thornton and Lucy de Hellesby) died before 1364. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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This Hugh Dutton is widely recorded (by Ormerod and others) as the husband of Joan Holand, daughter of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth de Samlesbury. Hugh Dutton's heir Thomas Dutton was his son by Joan. But Joan was this Hugh Dutton's second wife. Proof of Hugh's prior marriage, to Isabel, a daughter of Hamon de Mascy and Mary de Beauchamp, is set forth in W. H. B. Bird's 1900 paper "The Representation of the Barons of Dunham," the pertinent pages of which can be downloaded here. Bird also establishes that Katherine, one of this Hugh's three daughters by his first marriage, married a Pulford, by whom she was the mother of Robert de Pulford whose daughter Joan married the Robert Grosvenor who died in 1396.

Hugh married Joan Holand before 1314. Joan (daughter of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth de Samlesbury) was born about 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Lucy de Hellesby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Joan St. Peter. Joan (daughter of Vrian St. Peter and Idonea de Egerton) died after 1297. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1298

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Or Joan de Sampier; Joan de Sancto Petro.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1302 and 1305
• Alternate death: Abt 1304

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Sir Robert de Holand, of Upholland, Lancs (son of Thurstan, son of Robert de Holand), by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of William Samlesbury. [Burke's Peerage]

"He was knighted in 1271 and was appointed one of three commissioners in Lancaster to enforce the statute of Winchester. Over the next fifteen years he served as commissioner of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, and in July 1297 was appointed collector of the subsidy in Derbyshire." [Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, citation details below.]

From Complete Peerage VI:528:

Sir Robert de Holand, son of Sir Robert De Holand, of Upholland, co. Lancs (c), by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of William de Samlesbury...

(c) This Sir Robert was son of Thurston, son of Robert de Holand. He m. before 1276, when he and his wife were involved in a suit about Salmesbury. The date of his death is uncertain, probably about 1300. His widow was living 1311.

Robert married Elizabeth de Samlesbury after 13 Apr 1259. Elizabeth (daughter of William de Samlesbury and Avina de Notton) was born in of Samlesbury, Lancashire, England; died after 1311. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randle married Katherine de St. Pierre. Katherine (daughter of Urian de St. Pierre and Idonea de Malpas) died after 1296. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1290

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Sheriff of Cheshire, 1268.

Thomas married Philippe de Standon. Philippe (daughter of Vivian de Standon and Rohese) was born in of Standon, Staffordshire, England; died after 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1293

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Or Vrian Sampier; Vrian de Sancto Petro. Or Urian St. Pier. Sheriff of Staffordshire, 1270; on crusade in 1271.

Vrian married Idonea de Egerton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Idonea de Malpas. Possibly a daughter of David "the Bastard" de Malpas by Constance, daughter of Owen Kevelioc, Prince of Powys.

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Thurstan, son of Robert de Holand. [Burke's Peerage]

"In 1241, he and his father were imprisoned for setting fire to one of the rector's houses in Wigan, but were released until the trial." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Thurstan married (Unknown) de Kellet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Avina de Notton. Avina (daughter of William de Notton and Cecily de Barton) died after 1256. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Matilda le Clerc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1295

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"This Urian was the first to set up the standard of prince Edward, in his earldom of Chester, after his escape from Simon de Montfort, and seized on Beeston castle in his behalf in 1265." [Ormerod, citation details below.]

Urian married Idonea de Malpas. Idonea (daughter of David de Malpas and Constance ferch Owain) died before 1295 in Malpas, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod (citation details below), volume 1, pp. 476-77:

[Sir Hugh de Dutton] also had the magistracy, or rule and authority, over all the letchers and whores of all Cheshire, granted unto him and his heirs, by John constable of Cheshire and baron of Halton, as freely as the said John held the same of the earl of Chester, saving the right of the said John to him and his heirs; which are the very words of the deed, only rendered by me in English. Lib. C. fol. 154, h. So that he holds it, as it were, under the baron of Halton, who reserves his own right by a special reservation.

This privilege over such loose persons was granted first under Roger Lacy constable of Cheshire, under Richard the First, by Randle, surnamed Blundevill, earl of Chester, in memory of his good service done to the earl in raising the siege of the Welsh-men, who had beset the earl in his castle of Rothelent in Flintshire; for the constable having got a promiscuous rabble of such like persons together, and marching towards the said castle, the Welsh, supposing a great army to be coming, raised their siege and fled. So saith the ancient roll of the barons of Halton. Lib. C. fol. 85, b. Monasticon Anglicanum, 2 pars, pag. 187. This roll saith, that rabble consisted of players, fidlers, and shoe-makers. The deed here toucheth letchers and whores. The privilege and custom used at this day by the heirs of Dutton, is over the minstrelsie and common fidlers, none being suffered to play in this county without the licence of the lord of Dutton, who keeps a court at Chester yearly, on Midsomer-day, for the same, where all the licenced minstrels of Cheshire do appear, and renew their licences; so that the custom seems to have been altered to the fidlers, as necessary attendants on revellers in bawdy-houses and taverns.

And it is to be observed, that those minstrels which are licensed by the heirs of Dutton of Dutton, within the county-palatine of Chester, or the county of the city of Chester, according to their ancient custom, are exempted out of the statute of rogues, 39 Eliz. cap. 4.

Hugh married Muriel le Despenser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vivian married Rohese. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1242

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"In 1241 he and his son were imprisoned charged with setting fire to one of the rector's houses in Wigan." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

Robert married Cecily de Columbers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Lonsdale, Lancashire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1224

Roger married Margaret de Clifton about 1194. Margaret (daughter of Walter de Clifton) died after 1252. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 16 Oct 1220

William married Cecily de Barton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1244

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Also called Randle de Roter; Randle Thornton.

Ranulph married Avice de Kingslegh. Avice (daughter of Richard de Kingslegh and (Unknown first wife of Richard de Kingslegh)) was born in of Kingsley, Cheshire, England; died after 1278. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1244

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Also called Amicia.

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Yet another David de Malpas who appears to have been referred to as "le Clerc." Also called David de Malo Passu.

David married Constance ferch Owain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]