John De Horton

JOHN DE HORTON born about 1223. This John de Horton moved to London and became the progenitor of the London Hortons. Crown Pleas: 39 Henry III - 41 Henry III (nos 50-77) The London eyre of 1276, pp 15-23: (a form of inquisition held to determine whether the rents and tenements of Master Adam in the City of London were escheats of the king or not). .....by the following jurors: William de Assyndon, John de Horton, Walter the Marshal.................. Folios 71-80, Calendar of letter-books of the city of London, Monday before the Feast of Conversion of St. Paul (25 Jan) 12 Edward I. (A.D. 1283-4, pp 156-72: ...........before the Mayor and Aldermen a certain writing of agreement whereby John de Herfeud and Margaret his wife demised to Roger the Tailor and Agnes his wife a house and shops in the parish of St. Michael le Quern, near the tenements of Laurence de Frowyk, John de Horton................