John de Swinburne

SIR JOHN DE SWINBURNE, granted lands in Stamfordham to Walter de Foderingeye, the principal and scholars of the house of Balliol, Oxford, in about 1270. Sheriff of Cumberland 1278. One of the commissioners appointed in 1300 to summon the knights of Northumberland to meet King Edward to perform military service against Scotland. He was commanded in October 1309 to repair, with his two sons Adam and Robert, to their respective estates in defence of the Marches. Sir John de Swinburn, knight, and AVICIA, his consort, were buried in the Parish Church of Chollerton, Northumberland in 1313.

GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS TO 1516

CUMBERLAND

BEWCASTLE 3565 5746. 1336 Subsidy £37.41.

M (Charter) Mon; gr 6 Jul 1279, by K Edw I to John de Swyneburn. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 213). In 1292, John de Swinburne, the grantee, was holding the market (QW, p. 128).

F (Charter) vfm+2, Nativity of Mary (8 Sept); gr 6 Jul 1279, by K Edw I to John de Swyneburn. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 213). In 1292, John de Swinburne, the grantee, was holding the fair (QW, p. 128).

F (Charter) vfm+2, Barnabas (11 Jun); gr 6 Jul 1279, by K Edw I to John de Swyneburn. To be held at the manor (CChR, 1257–1300, p. 213). In 1292, John de Swinburne, the grantee, was holding the fair (QW, p. 128).