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Persoonlijke gegevens William de Lawton of Lowton & Kenyon 

• Hij is geboren voor 1191 in Kenyon, Leigh, Lancashire, England.Bronnen 2, 3
• Hij is overleden rond 1260 in Lowton, Leigh, Lancashire, England.Bronnen 2, 3
• Een kind van Adam de Lawton
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van William de Lawton of Lowton & Kenyon

Hij is getrouwd met Alice Winwick.

Zij zijn getrouwd

Notities over William de Lawton of Lowton & Kenyon

[Jim Weber.FTW]

Manor of Lowton, Lancashire:

Before the Conquest LOWTON, which then no doubt included Kenyon, was one of the berewicks of the royal manor of Newton; and in later times it formed one of the members of the fee or barony of Makerfield.  In 1212 William de Lawton held a manor assessed at 6½ plough-lands, and comprising not only two-thirds of Lowton and the whole of Kenyon, but half of Golborne and the small manor of Arbury.  His father Adam, who was living in 1200 (7), had made a number of infeudations (8), and William himself granted Kenyon to a younger son (9).  Robert de Lawton succeeded him about 1260 (10).  From this time, however, though the local surname frequently appears, it does not seem that anyone claimed the lordship of the manor except the barons of Makerfield.  It is probable, therefore, that direct heirs failed, the manor reverting to the chief lord.  It has since descended in the same way as Newton.

(7) He was the son of Pain de Lawton.

(8) They were: 4 oxgangs (in Golborne) to Hugh de Haydock; 2 oxgangs to Robert son of Siward; half a plough-land (in Arbury) to Geoffrey Gernet; 2 oxgangs to Orm de Middleton, and the same to Robert de Kenyon; also Flitcroft to the Knights Hospitallers.  The three grants of two oxgangs each may be those subsequently held by Robert de Winwick, Ellen daughter of Aldusa, and William de Sankey.

(9) See the account of Kenyon.  William gave Witherscroft, lying by Byrom Brook, to Alan de Rixton at farm for 12d.  William de Lawton was still in possession in 1242.  Alice his widow, daughter of Hugh de Winwick, released to Jordan de Kenyon all her dower in Kenyon.  Alan de Rixton gave his lands in Byrom to Henry son of Richard de Glazebrook.  In 1303 a marriage was agreed upon between Henry son of Henry de Glazebrook and Isabel daughter of Alan de Rixton. Alan son of Alan de Rixton claimed common of pasture in Lowton in 1292.  The lands descended to the Byrom family.

(10) As 'lord of Lowton' he confirmed William's grant to Jordan de Kenyon.  He was defendant in several actions touching lands in Lowton in 1258 and 1263.  He may be the Robert son of Richard de Hindley to whom his father gave 'all the vill of Lowton, viz. twelve oxgangs in demesne and four in service,' as the fee of one knight.

['Townships: Lowton', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 150-154. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk]

NOTE: The above does not explain why "when direct heirs failed", his younger son Jordan, to whom he granted Kenyon, did not inherit Lowton.  There was obviously something strange going on; maybe Jordan was an illegitimate son? ; In the article on Kenyon Jordan was described as a younger son, but the above mentions no other sons (or even daughters) for William.

NOTE: I am assuming that Hugh de Haydock m. a daughter of Adam (there are indications that he married a Cecilia dau. of Alan de Lauton, who could well be Adam de Lawton). ; Also I am assuming that Hugh de Hindley, since there were no female co-hieresses mentioned, may well have been a younger brother and heir of William.  Hugh had an eldest son named Richard, who would have been father of Robert, who was "lord of Lowton" after William.

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