Robert Morton of Harworth and Bawtry

SIR ROBERT de MORTON, knt. of Bautre, [SIC] served in parliament for the county of Nottingham, in the 35th, 39th, 40th and 43rd of Edward III. In the last mentioned year he is called a knight, and in seven years afterwards he was constituted escheator of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, as he was again in the 1st of Richard II. He was returned to parliament twice subsequently for Nottinghamshire, in the 3rd and 17th of the last named king.

no evidence he was knighted.

In 1379 Edmund of Langley promoted Robert de Moreton, (whom he had appointed Chief Bailiff of the manor and lordship of Hatfield in 1369) to Steward for life of his lands in Yorkshire on £20 a year, an appointment confirmed by the new king Richard II in 1383.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: 1381-1385 By Great Britain. Public Record Office. Page 320. GoogleBooks

brief biography

• from MORTON, Robert (d.1424), of Harworth, Notts. and Bawtry, Yorks.

The Morton family is known to have lived on the borders of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire from the mid 13th century onwards, owning estates at Bawtry, Morton, Harworth, Limpole and Tickhill. Robert Morton the elder played a prominent part in local society, representing Nottinghamshire in the Parliament of 1361, and later serving a term as sheriff. His chief claim to distinction was, however, as one of John of Gaunt’s most trusted retainers. He occupied a number of important posts in the duchy of Lancaster, and thanks to his patron’s influence at Court he managed to secure a life annuity of £23 charged upon the revenues of the royal manors of Arnold and Edwinstone in Sherwood forest, where he also held office as verderer. In May 1396, just a few months before his death, the annuity was settled in reversion upon his son, Robert ... Sir Robert was s. by his son, CHARLES MORTON, of Morton, who had two sons, vix. ...

Sources

1. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (Google eBook). John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke. J. R. Smith, 1844 - Baronetage - 603 pages. page 373.
2. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of ..., Volume 3. By John Burke, Bernard Burke. Page 359. "Family of Morton."
3. The Life of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury.  By Reginald Illingworth Woodhouse. Page 169. "Pedigree of Morton St. Andrew."
4. George Morton of Plymouth Colony page 4

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmb%5Fall...

lineage

• 'Full text of "George Morton of Plymouth Colony and some of his descendants"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/georgemortonofpl00inalle/georgemorton...
• http://www.archive.org/stream/georgemortonofpl00lcalle#page/4/mode/1up
• 1. Thomas Morton, secretary to King Edward III.
• --2. i. 'Robert.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/georgemortonofpl00lcalle#page/4/mode/1up
• --2. 'Robert Morton. Sher. of Notts and Derby, 1362.
• ---3. i. Robert.
• --- ii. William, of St. Andrews; Milburn, Dorset, second son.
• ---3. Robert Morton, of Morton, Co. Notts.
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Sherrif of Nottingham and Derby.

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