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About Sir Roger Widdrington, Kt.
- Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed: L-Y By Richard Welford
- http://books.google.com/books?id=WFveUhCy9boC&pg=PA616&lpg=PA616&dq...
- Pg. 615
- " The ancient and worthy family of the Widdringtons," as the older historians designate them, were rulers and leader of men in Northumberland for centuries. "Chiefest" among them, in chronological order, come the following:-
- Bertram de Widdrington, owner of the vill of Widdrington, and a moiety of Burradon, in the middle of the twelfth century.
- Sir Gerard de Widdrington, knight, born in 1303; Commissioner of Array in Northumberland, 1335; obtained licence to crenellate his manor-house at Widdrington, 1341; captured Gilbert of Carrick, and another, at the battle of Neville's Cross, 1346, and allowing them to escape, forfeited his lands to the Crown, but obtained their restoration, 1347; Justice Itinerant at Wark, 1348.
- Roger de Widdrington, brother of Sir Gerard, married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Acton (twice Mayor of Newcastle), by Maud, daughter of Richard Emeldon (seventeen times Mayor), and thereby added greatly to the family estates; High Sheriff of Northumberland, 1361; Warden of the Marches, 1369 and 1371; died, 1372.
- Sir John de Widdrington, knight, married Catherine, daughter of Sir William de Acton, knight; Commissioner of Oaths of Allegiance, 1403; Commissioner of Array, 1410; died 1443, aged ninety-eight, leaving vast possessions, extending over half the county.
- Roger de Widdrington, son of Sir John; born in 1403; High Sheriff of Northumberland, 1431, 1435, 1442, 1449; died, 1451.
- Sir John de Widdrington, knight; married Isabella, daughter of Robert, Lord Ogle, and widow of Sir John Heron, knight; High Sheriff of the county, 1472-74. _____________
- Roger de Widdrington, son of Sir John; born in 1403; High Sheriff of Northumberland, 1431, 1435, 1442, 1449; died, 1451.
- Sir John de Widdrington, knight, married Catherine, daughter of Sir William de Acton, knight; Commissioner of Oaths of Allegiance, 1403; Commissioner of Array, 1410; died 1443, aged ninety-eight, leaving vast possessions, extending over half the county.
- The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 (1881)
- http://www.archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow
- http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow#page/348/mode/1up
- CHART
- WODERYNGTON.
- . . . . Woderington. = ; ch: Roger (m. Margaret Grey), Gerard Woderyngton.
- Roger Woderyngton.(*) = Margaret doughter of Sir Thomas Grey by Ales Nevell, doughter of Rafe first Erle of Westmerland.(f) ; ch: Sir Roger (m. __ Claxton), Margaret (dyed yonge), Thomas (dyed yonge), Ales, Raff (dyed sans issu.), Robert (dyed sans issu.), Izabell, Roger, William, Alexander, Elizabeth (m. John Fenwyke), Johannes (m. Izabell Ogle) Woderyngton.
- Sir Roger Woderyngton. = . . . . doughter of Sir Robert Claxton; ch: Robert, Elsabeth Woderyngton, (Pg.349 Sir Raff (m. Felicia Claxton & Mabell Sandford) Woderyngton)
- Johannes de Woderyngton fuit Miles. = Izabell filia Domini Ogle relicta Sir John Heron.(+) ; ch: Robert (dyed sans issu.), John, Davyd, Lucia, Elsabeth, Ales, Gerard (m. Elizabeth Grey) Woderyngton.
- (*) Son of Sir John Widdrinton, who died 1443, aged 100, by Catherine, daughter of Sir William Acton. He was aged 40, 1443, and died 1451; his wife, Elizabeth Grey, died 1454. His brother Gerard, husband of Margaret Grey, died 1477, without issue, says Dr. Raine ('North Durham,' p. 326).
- (f) A later hand says "Ales Nevell maryed 2 Sir Gylbert Lancaster" (Vincent, p. 587). Her son Gilbert Lancaster married a daughter of Sir Thomas Horton, Knight. See Hodgson's 'Northumberland," II., Part ii., p. 230.
- (+) "Obiit 17 Edward IV." See page 234 of this Work. _____________________
- Roger Widdrington, Esq., Sheriff of Northumberland1
- M, b. circa 1400, d. 2 August 1451
- Father John de Widdrington2 b. c 1375
- Mother Catherine de Acton2 b. c 1378
- Roger Widdrington, Esq., Sheriff of Northumberland was born circa 1400 at of Ellington, Northumberland, England.2 He married Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Thomas Grey, Sheriff of Northumberland and Alice Neville, circa 1419.2 Roger Widdrington, Esq., Sheriff of Northumberland died on 2 August 1451.2
- Family Elizabeth Grey b. c 1402, d. 12 Jul 1454
- Children
- Sir Gerard Widdrington2
- Elizabeth Widdrington+1 b. c 1420
- Citations
- 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 305.
- 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
- From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2838.htm#... ________________
- Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
- http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA354&lpg=PA354&dq...
- Pg. 354
- 11. THOMAS GRAY, Knt. of Heaton (in Norham), Doddington, Nesbit (in Doddington), Wark, and Weetwood (in Chatton), etc., Northumberland, Sheriff of Northumberland, Constable of Bamburgh, son and heir, born at Alnwick Castle, Yorkshire 30 Nov. 1384. He married before 20 Feb. 1408 (date of papal indult) ALICE NEVILLE, daughter of Ralph Neville, K.G., 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Lord Neville of Raby (descendant of King John), by his 1st wife, Margaret (descendant of King Henry II), daughter of Hugh de Stafford, K. G., 2nd Earl of Stafford (descendant of King Edward I) [see NEVILLE 10 for her ancestry], They had four sons, Thomas, Knt., Ralph, Knt., John, Knt., and William (clerk) [Chancellor of Oxford University, Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of the Exchequer], and four or five daughters, including ___ (wife of ___ Arundel), and Joan (wife of John Salvin, Knt.), and Elizabeth (wife of William Whitchester, Knt., and Roger Widdrington, Knt). . . . . SIR THOMAS GRAY took part in the conspiracy of the Earl of Cambridge against King Henry V, and was beheaded at the North Gatre of Southampton as a traitor on 2 or 3 August 1415, and his lands confiscated. His widow, Alice, married (2nd) Gilbert Lancaster, Knt. They had one son, Gilbert, Knt. . . . . ______________
- 'Widdrington01'
- John de Woderington (a 1139) possibly father of ..
- 1. Bertrum de Woderington (a 1166) possibly father of ..
- A. Sir Godfrid de Woderington of Widdrington
- i. Sir Gerard de Widdrington of Widdrington (a 1208)
- a. Sir John de Widdrington of Widdrington (a1254)
- m. Constance
- (1) Sir Gerard de Widdrington of Widdrington (a 1294)
- (A) Sir John de Widdrington of Widdrington (a 1304)
- m. Christiana de Swinburne (dau of Adam de Swinburne of East Swinburne)
- (i) Sir Gerard de Widdrington of Widdrington (b c1322, dsp 1363)
- m. Joan Riddell (dau of William Riddell of Tilmouth)
- (ii) Roger de Widdrington (d 1372)
- m1. Elizabeth de Actone (dau of Richard de Actone of Newcastle)
- m2. Agnes (a 1371)
- (e) Sir John Widdrington of Widdrington, Sheriff (b 02.02.1371, d. by 1444)
- m. Margaret
- ((1)) Roger Widdrington of Widdrington, Sheriff (d 02.08.1451)
- m. Elizabeth Grey (d by 1454, dau of Sir Thomas Grey of Heton)
- ((A)) Sir Gerard Widdrington of Widdrington (d 1491) - continued below
- m. Elizabeth Boynton (dau of Christopher Boynton of Sudbury)
- ((B)) Sir John Widdrington of Chipchase, Sheriff of Northumberland
- m. Isabel Ogle (dau of Robert, Lord Ogle)
- ((C)) Elizabeth Widdrington
- m. John Fenwich
- ((D))+ other issure - Roger (b c1424), Thomas (dsp), Ralph (dsp), Robert (dsp), William (dsp), Alexander, Margaret (d young), Alice, Isabel
- ((2)) Gerard Widdrington (a 1419)
- m. (?) Margaret Grey (dau of Sir Thomas Grey of Heton)
- (1) Sir Gerard de Widdrington of Widdrington (a 1294)
- i. Sir Gerard de Widdrington of Widdrington (a 1208)
- A. Sir Godfrid de Woderington of Widdrington
- 1. Bertrum de Woderington (a 1166) possibly father of ..
- Sir Gerard Widdrington of Widdrington (d 1491) - continued above
- m. Elizabeth Boynton (dau of Christopher Boynton of Sudbury)
- 1. Sir Ralph Widdrington of Widdrington (d 1502)
- m1. Felicia Claxton (dau of Robert Claxton of Dilston)
- A. .... etc.
- m2. Mabel Sanford (possibly widow not dau of __ Sandford)
- D.+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), Margaret
- 2.+ other issue - Robert (dsp), Elizabeth
- Main source(s): 'Northumberland Families (vol 2, edited by W. Percy Hedly for the Society of Antiquaries of Newcaste-upon-Tyne, 1970) with some support from BE1883 (Widdrington) and BEB1841 (Widdrington of Widdrington)
- From: Stirnet.com
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/widdrington01.php _________________
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Sir Roger Widdrington, Kt.'s Timeline
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Morpeth, Northumberland, England
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Ellington, Northumberland, England
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Widdrington, Northumberland, England
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Widdrington, Northumberland, England
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Widdrington, Northumberland, England
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Ellington, Northumberland, England
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Widdrington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Ellington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Ellington, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
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