John de Cherleton, 2nd Baron of Cherleton

Primary Sources

13 April 1319 Kirkham
Licence for John de Cherleton and Hawisia, his wife, to grant to Master Thomas de Cherleton, king's clerk, their reversions in two parts of the manor of Grenehalle and of the land of Megheyn Ughcoyt, and Moghnanf Ughraider in the Marches of Wales, held in chief, and which Peter Giffard and Ela his wife hold in dower of the said Ela of the inheritance of the said Hawisia, and also of the remaining third part of the said manor and lands, which Sybil, late the wife of Louis de la Pole, holds in dower of the same inheritance ; licence also for the said Thomas to regrant the same reversions to the said John and Hawisia for their lives, with remainder, and to John son of John de Cherleton and Matilda his wife and the heirs of the body of the said John son of John, and failing such issue to Owen (Amheno) son of John de Cherleton and the heirs of his body, to Edward son of John de Cherleton and the heirs of his body, to Humphrey son of John de Cherleton and the heirs of his body and finally to the right heirs of the said Hawisia. By p.s.
Source: Calendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward II, A.D. 1307-1327. Page 327

John Cherleton, (or Charlton) (c.1300 to 1360)[1], 2nd Lord Cherleton succeeded his father to the title in 1353. He married Maud Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, before 13 April 1319. He fought in the Wars of Gascony in the Hundred Years' War and held the office of Lord Chamberlain of the Household as his father had before him. He died before 30 August 1360.

They had two sons: John, Knt [3rd Lord Cherleton} and Roger, Knt., and one daughter, Joan. (2)

He was chamberlain to Edward II until his position was usurped by Hugh Despencer

References

1. Dictionary of National Biography". 1888. 134. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography.... Retrieved on 2009-22-02.
2. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 Douglas Richardson. Page 425 "Cherleton"