Robert Charleton of Apley

Robert Charlton, Esq., of Apley, (in Wellington) Shropshire, son and heir of Thomas Charlton and his wife Cecily Fraunceys, was born before 1430.

He married Mary Corbet, daughter of Robert Corbet, Esq., of Moreton-Corbet, Shropshire, and his wife Margaret.

They had one son, Richard.

Robert Charlton, Esq., was living in 1472.

• Robert Charlton, Esq., Sheriff of Shropshire1,2,3,4,5,6
• M, #19428, b. before 1430, d. after 1472
• Father Thomas Charlton2,3,7,8 b. c 30 Mar 1394, d. 4 Jan 1460
• Mother Cecily Francis2,3,7,8 b. c 1400
• Robert Charlton, Esq., Sheriff of Shropshire was born before 1430 at of Apley, Wellington, Shropshire, England.2,3,4,6 He married Mary Corbet, daughter of Robert Corbet, Esq., Sheriff & Justice of the Peace of Shropshire and Margaret, circa 1449; They had 1 son (Richard).2,4,5,6 Robert Charlton, Esq., Sheriff of Shropshire died after 1472.2,3,4,6
• Family Mary Corbet b. c 1420
• Child
  • Richard Charlton+2,3,4,6 b. c 1450, d. 1522
• Citations
• [S6002] Unknown author, Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists by Weis, 6th Edition, p. 37.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 805.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 420.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 591.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 292.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 479.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 590.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 478.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p647.htm#i... ______________
• Robert Charlton
• M, #322619
• Last Edited=5 Dec 2008
• Child of Robert Charlton and Mary Corbet
  • Richard Charlton+
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p32262.htm#i322619 __________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA2-PA591&lpg=RA2...
• Pg.590
• 11. THOMAS CHARLTON, of Apley (in Wellington), Shropshire, son and heir, born about 30 March 1394 (aged 22 in 1416). He was co-heir in 1399 to his uncle, Thomas de Cherleton, and sole heir in 1413 to his aunt, Ellen de Cherleton. He married CECILY FRAUNCEYS, daughter of Robert Fraunceys, Knt., of Foremark, Derbyshire, Knight of the Shire for cos. Derby and Stafford, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1406-7, by his wife Isabel (?Peshale). They had one son Robert, Esq. In 1419 he granted land at Haughton and Trilwardine, Shropshire to William Knightley and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1439 he granted land at Haughton and Trilwardine, Shropshire to Christopher Talbot, Robert Harcourt, and Robert Charlton. THOMAS CHARLTON died 4 Jan. 1460.
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• Pg.591
• 12. ROBERT CHARLTON, (or CHARLETON), Esq., of Apley (in Wellington), Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire, 1471-2, son and heir, born before 1430. He married MARY CORBET, daughter of Robert Corbet, Esq., of Moreton-Corbet, Shropshire, by his wife, Margaret. They had one son, Richard, ROBERT CHARLTON, Esq., was living in 1472.
  • .... etc.
• 13. RICHARD CHARLTON (or CHARLETON), of Apley (in Wellington), Shropshire, son and heir. He married ELIZABETH MAINWARING, daughter of William Mainwaring, of Ightfield, Shropshire, by Margaret, daughter of Griffin Warren, Esq. They had two sons, Richard and William, and two daughters, Ann (1st of name) and Anne (2nd of name). In 1504 he granted his son William Charlton, a messuage in Haughton, Shropshire. RICHARD CHARLTON, died in 1522.
  • .... etc.
• Children of Richard Charlton, by Elizabeth Mainwaring:
  • i. ANNE CHARLTON, married FRANCIS YONGE, of Caynton (in Edgmond), Shropshire [see WYLLYS 14].308
  • ii. ANNE CHARLTON, married RANDALL GROSVENOR, Esq., of Bellaport (in Muckleston), Shropshire [see BULKELEY 14].309 ______________________________
• Shropshire Houses Past and Present By Stanley Leighton
• https://books.google.com/books?id=NVCtLzm945cC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=...
• Pg.11
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Arms: Or, a lion rampant gules, a sinister canton, quarterly, 1st and 4th, gules ten bezants, four, three, two, and one, for Zouch; 2nd and 3rd, azure on a mount vert a lion passant gardant or, for Fitz-Aer[C.B., L.L.D., Ulster King of Arms Sir John Bernard Burke, compiler, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales (Baltimore, MD: reprint 1967 by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1884), pg. 186].

Robert Charlton of Apley was grandson of William Knightley, a younger son of the house of Fawsey, Northamptonshire, by Anne de Charleton, his wife, sister and heiress of Thomas de Charleton of Apley, grandson of Alan de Charleton, who, in 1327, had license to embattle his manor house of Apley and Withyford, which last, together with Ashton Aer, he obtained in marriage with Margery, the heiress of Hugh Fitz-Aer [British Families, Notable British Families, 1600s-1900s (FTM CD #367), CD-ROM (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Dictionary of New England), Includes "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England." Volumes I-IV; "Burke's American Families with British Ancestry"; "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire"; "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland"; "Burke's Family Records"; "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry"; "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales"; "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Reprinted with the 'Index to Pedigrees in Burke's Commoners,' by George Ormerod", GA: pg. 186].

He was born in 1430 in Apley, Shropshire, England. He died in 1471 in , at age 41 years [TH.D. Frederick Lewis Weis, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years (1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,, 1999), pg. 129].

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Birth: 1430 - Apley, Shrops, England Death: 1471 - Apley, Shrops, Eng, England Parents: Thomas Knightley Charlton, Elizabeth Charlton (born Francis) Sister: Joan Charlton Wife: Mary Corbet Wife: Margaret Charlton (born Mallory) Son: Richard Charlton

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