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 1281 - 1347 (66 years)
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John de Harington |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight, 1st Baron Harington |
| Birth |
1281 |
Melling, Lancashire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt Birth |
~1281 |
Aldingham, Cumbria, England [3] |
| Occupation |
Member of Parliament [1] |
| Death |
2 Jul 1347 |
Aldingham, Cumbria, England [1, 2, 3] |
| Burial |
Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England [1] |
| Person ID |
I37224 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
4 Nov 2019 |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Burlingham, b. Abt 1283, Aldingham, Cumbria, England d. 1307, (Aldingham, Cumbria, England) (Age ~ 24 years) |
| Marriage |
~1303 |
Aldingham, Cumbria, England [1, 2, 3] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F13743 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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 | Birth - 1281 - Melling, Lancashire, England |
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 | Alt Birth - ~1281 - Aldingham, Cumbria, England |
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| Marriage - ~1303 - Aldingham, Cumbria, England |
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| Death - 2 Jul 1347 - Aldingham, Cumbria, England |
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 | Burial - - Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England |
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- John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281-1347) of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created Baron Harington by writ of summons to Parliament dated 1326.
Origins
John Harington (alias de Haverington) was born in 1281 in Farleton,[citation needed] Melling, the son of Sir Robert de Haverington (d.1297),[5] of Harrington in Cumbria, by his wife Agnes de Cansfield (d.1297), heiress of Aldingham[6] in Furness, Lancashire. Agnes was the daughter and heiress of Richard de Cansfield by his wife Aline de Furness (alias de Fleming), heiress of Muchland (alias Michelland) in Furness, that is to say a moiety of the manor of Furness which had its caput at Aldingham.[7] Muchland was held from the Abbot of Furness Abbey, who held the other moiety of Furness from the Earl of Lancaster.[8]
Career
He was a minor at his father's death in 1297 and between 1297 and 1302 he was in wardship to Sir William de Dacre.[9] He was knighted on 22 May 1306 and was summond to military service in October 1309 when he accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales on a trip to Scotland. Upon leaving the military in March 1335, he became involved with his local council and later became a member of English Parliament in 1326 until his death in 1347. He held the manors of Aldingham, Thurnham, and Ulverston in Lancashire and Witherslack and Hutton Roof in Westmorland, with further estates in Austwick and Harrington in Cumberland.
Marriages and progeny
(According to Findagrave # 71719420) John married twice:
First to Margaret de Barlingham (d. 1307) having issue:
1.Robert Harington (1305-1334) who predeceased his father.
2.John Harington (b.1307). Margaret died during his birth.
Secondly to Joan de Dacre by whom he had one child:
1.Joan Harington (b. 1330)
He married a certain "Joan", probably a member of the Dacre family,[10] by whom he had progeny including:
Sir Robert Harington (1305[citation needed]-1334), eldest son and heir apparent, knighted before 1331,[11] who predeceased his father, having in about 1327 married Elizabeth de Multon (born 1306), daughter of Thomas de Multon and one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of John de Multon. She was the heiress of several estates including: Thurston in Suffolk; Moulton, Skirbeck and Fleet in Lincolnshire, of Egremont in Cumbria and of manors in County Limerick, Ireland.[12] He left a son, heir to his grandfather:
John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328-1363)[13]
Death and burial
He died on 2 June 1347 at Aldingham[14] and was buried in Cartmel Priory, formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria,[15] where survives his monument with effigies of himself and his wife.
Further reading
Atkinson, Rev. J.C., The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, Printed from the Original Preserved in the Record Office, London, Part 1, London, 1886 [1]
Sources
GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, pp. 314–321, Baron Harington, pp. 314–16, biography of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington
References
Jump up ^ Source: Burke's General armory 1884, p.459
Jump up ^ Further reading re monument: Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society, Vol.5, p.109
Jump up ^ 1646 drawing by Daniel King, in Dodsworth Manuscripts, Vol.88, folio 20, quoted in GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.315, note (n)
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.314
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.314
Jump up ^ C.Mosley, (1999) "Burke's Peerage & Baronetage", 106th Edition
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.314 & note (e)
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.314 & note (e)
Jump up ^ GEC, p.314, note f
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.314, gives his only wife as "Joan", "probably a Dacre", deduced from the Dacre arms once visible on the couple's monument in Cartmel Priory and from the fact that the 1st Baron as a child had been in the wardship of a member of the Dacre family, which might suggest his first wife was a Dacre
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.316
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.316
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, p.316
Jump up ^ F. L. Weis, (1999) "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists", 7th Edition, Pages 34-31.
Jump up ^ GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, pp.314-321, Baron Harington, p.315
end of biography [2]
- John was a British nobleman and member of English Parliament and gained the title of 1st Baron Harington of Aldingham. John was the son of Lord Robert de Haverington, of Harington and his wife Agnes de Cansfield of Aldingham.
He was knighted in 22 May 1306 and was summond to military service in Oct. 1309 when he accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales on a trip to Scotland. Upon leavng the military in March 1335, he became involved with his local council and later became a member of English Parliament in 1326 until his death in 1347.
He held the manors of Aldingham, Thurnham, and Ulverston in Lancashire and Witherslack and Hutton Roof in Westmorland, with further estates in Austwick and Harington in Cumberland.
John married twice:
Firstly to Margaret de Barlingham (d. 1307) by whom he had the following children:
Robert Harington (1305-1334), predeceased father.
John Harington (b.1307), in giving birth to whom Margaret died.
Secondly to Joan de Dacre by whom he had one child:
Joan Harington (b. 1330) [1]
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- [S7961] "John De Harington" obituary, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71719420, retrieved March 2, 2016 by.
- [S8036] "John Harington, 1st Baron Harington" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harington,_1st_Baron_Harington, retr.
- [S51484] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/register.php?personID=I29783&tree=00&generations=5.
- [S8919] "Joan Dacre" profile, http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DACRE.htm#Joan DACRE1, downloaded March 3, 2016 by David A. Hennessee.
- [S8923] "Joan Harrington (Dacre)" profile, http://www.geni.com/people/Joan-Harrington-Dacre/6000000008260536052, added by Scott.
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