Bartholomew Toret de Morton, Knight

Bartholemew (Toret) de Morton - was born about 1169 in Moreton Toret, Shropshire, England. Moreton Corbet belonged to a great Saxon landowner at the time of the Conquest, Bartholomew Turet. His daughter Joanna was his heir.

Bartholomew Fitz Toret, who continued the line. His attestation of a Charter, which passed in or about the year 1196, is remarkable. He is called Bartholomew de Morton, and his name is followed by that of Richard Corbet, who was already his son-in-law. (Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire, vol 10, pp 184-192)

Bartholomew de Moreton appears in his undoubted rank as a Shropshire Knight in 1229. He was deceased in 1235, and was succeeded in Shropshire at least by his grandson, Richard Corbet (III), son and heir of Richard Corbet, by Joan. daughter and coheir of the above Bartholomew. [History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family II:802]

Sources

1. [Antiquary: a magazine devoted to the study of the past, Volume 8, compiled by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson, pp. 125-6.]