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Personal data John 1st Baron Harington , of Aldingham, Sir 

• Also known as John 1st Baron /Haverington/, of Aldingham, Sir.
• He was born about 1281 in Farleton, Melling Parish, Lancashire, England.Sources 1, 2, 4
• He died on July 2, 1347 in Aldingham, Lancashire/Cumbria, England.Sources 1, 2, 4
• He is buried in Church of Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, England.
• A child of Robert de Haverington and Agnes de Cansfield
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of John 1st Baron Harington , of Aldingham, Sir

(1) He is married to Margaret de Barlingham.

They got married at No Marriage.

(2) He is married to Joan de Dacre.

They got married before 1326 at Only wife.Sources 1, 2

Child(ren):

1. Robert de Harington  ± 1305-1334 
2. John Harington  ± 1307-1359 

Notes about John 1st Baron Harington , of Aldingham, Sir

Sir John de Ha(ve)rington, 1st Lord (Baron), so created by writ ofsummons to Parliament 3 Dec 1326; knighted 1306; member of the factionopposed to Piers Gaveston, Edward II's favorite [who was killed by agroup of barons]. [Burke's Peerage]

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Sir John de Harington, Knight, b. c 1281, d. 2 July 1347, of Aldingham,Cancefield, and Farleton, knighted 22 May 1306, first Lord Harington, MP1326-47; m. Joan (probably Joan Dacre). He held the manors of Aldingham,Thurnham, and Ulverston in co. Lancaster, Witherslack and Hutton Roof inWestmorland, and Austwick and Harington in Cumberland. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF HARINGTON (I) 1326

JOHN DE HAVERINGTON, or HARINGTON, son and heir of Sir Robert DEHAVERINGTON, of Harrington in Cumberland (died 1297), by Agnes, daughterand eventually heir of Aline, wife of Richard DE CANSFIELD, heiress ofthe family of Furness or Fleming of Muchland in Furness, was born about1281 [f]. He succeeded his mother in 1293, and his father in 1297, beingstill under age. He was ceremonially knighted, 22 May 1306, when Edward,Prince of Wales, was made a knight at Westminster, and probablyaccompanied the Prince on his expedition to Scotland to avenge the murderof Comyn. A short time afterwards he had a dispute with the Abbot ofFurness, his immediate lord, regarding services demanded by the Earl ofLancaster from Aldingham. He was summoned for Military Service 26 October1309 to 27 March 1335, to Councils from 30 December 1324 (prorogued on 20February, cancelled 8 April) to 25 February 1341/2, and to Parliamentfrom 3 December 1326 to 30 July 1347, by writs directed Johanni deHaveryngton' or Haryngton', whereby he is held to have become LORDHARINGTON. As an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster he received pardon in1313 for complicity in the murder of Piers de Gavaston, and a furtherpardon as the Earl's adherent November 1318, and in that year obtained agrant of free warren in his demesnes of Austwick, Harrington andThurnham. He was a commissioner of array in 1316, 1318, 1322 and 1324;was forbidden to attend the Earl of Lancaster's meeting of "good peers"at Doncaster, November 1321, and does not seem to have taken part in theEarl's rising in the following spring; had a protection, June 1322, whileassisting Andrew de Harcla in the Scottish Marches, but was outlawed in1323 on the discovery of Harcla's treason, being pardoned on surrender;and later in that year was a custodian of the truce with the Scots. Hewas appointed on various commissions in the North to decide causes, arraythe local forces, &c. On the death s.p. of his brother Michael, hesucceeded him in possession of Beetham, and Witherslack, Westmorland, andother estates. In 1336, in conjunction with Joan his wife, he made asettlement of his Lancashire manors: and, 6 January 1340/1, he obtained acharter of free warren in Witherslack, and a park in Aldingham. Hemarried Joan [n]. He died 2 July 1347, and was buried in Cartmel Church.[Complete Peerage VI:314-5, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

[f] His wardship was granted to Sir William de Dacre for 5 years fromMichaelmas 1297, probably indicating the end of the minority. (FurnessCoucher (Chetham Soc.), vol i, p. 477).

[n] She was probably a Dacre. Her husband's guardian had been a Dacre,and the Dacre arms were on the Harington tomb.

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