Richard de Swynnerton of Chorlton

http://www.swinnerton.org/Saga/Volume3/No_7_Nov1978.pdf

The Eccleshall Branch and the Butterton Branch descend from completely different younger sons of the first Sir ROGER de SWYNNERTON so I find this surprising.

The GENERAL ARMORY itself, however, gives:

Swinnerton (Butterton. Co. Stafford); descended from THOMAS SWINNERTON, second son of Sir JOHN de SWYNNERTON Knt..who d. in 1340; the late representative THOMAS SWINNER TON Esq, of Butterton, left at his death three daughters, his coheirs viz.

1. Martha m. WiIIiam Bagot E.sq., 2. Mary m. Sir WiIIiam Pilkington .Bart. and 3. Elizabeth m. Charles John Keyms Tynte Esq.) -

Arms: Ar. a cross flory sa.

The descent is wrong - Thomas was the son of RICHARD de SWYNNERTON not Sir John who was the ancester of the Swinnertons of Hilton. We are entitled to conclude, therefore that the attribution of the arms of the senior line of Swynnerton of Swynnerton is also wrong, if the Butterton line had descended from Sir John they would surely have used the engrailed bordure of the Swynnertons of Hilton.

Note no bend is mentioned, the arms given are those of the original Swynnerton of Swynnerton.

https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/swynnerton01.php

• (i) Roger de Swynnerton of Swinnerton (d by 08.02.1297/8) m. Joan (possibly dau of Sir Robert de Hastang)
  • (a) Roger de Swynnerton, 1st Lord (d by 03.03.1337/8) m. Matilda (Maud)
  • (b) Sir John de Swynnerton of Hilton (d 1340) m. Anne Montgomery (dau of Philip de Montgomery)
  • (c) Richard de Swynnerton of Chorlton (a 1350) https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/swynnerton03.php
    • 1. Thomas de Swynnerton of Chorlton m. Matilda (d 1361, relict of Sir John Latymer of Braybrook

References

• Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 7. By Staffordshire Record Society. “Swynnerton of Butterton.” Page 142. GoogleBooks