Robert Morton, of Morton

♥Married Ofka between 1397-1399

♥Married Katherine Frost between 1411-1412

**HIS WILL GoogleBooks

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

Family and Education

s. and h. of Robert Morton† (d.1396) of Harworth and Bawtry by his w. Joan. m. (1) prob. May 1396, Ofka (d. by Apr. 1402), lady-in-waiting to Richard II’s queen, Anne of Bohemia, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by Oct. 1411, Katherine, da. of Walter Frost† of Beverley, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Holme* (d.1406), of York, merchant.1

... there is reason to believe that relations between the two (father & son) were somewhat strained. Certainly, on drawing up his will in August 1396, Robert Morton the elder instructed his executors that the legacy of 100 marks which he had set aside for his son was only to be paid ‘si bene se gesserit, fideliter et natualiter erga me in vita mea et uxorem me post decessum meum’. Nor did he consider it prudent to involve Robert in any aspects of the administration of his effects, which, in view of his great wealth and generosity to the Church, was to prove an onerous task.6

.... Robert Morton MP drew up his will at Bawtry on 7 July 1424, by which date his eldest son, Henry, had evidently died, leaving his younger brother, Charles, to inherit. The latter received from his father the two silver collars which had been given to him by Henry V and John, duke of Bedford; while a quantity of plate was promised to the prior of St. Cuthbert’s church in Worksop where Morton wished to be buried, as his father had been before him. His death occurred some time during the next three months. His widow, Katherine, whom he had named as his executrix, remained secure in the possession of an estate at Morton which he had recently purchased for her from a local landowner.12

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.
• ----4. i. Charles.
• ----4. Charles Morton, of Morton.
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Sources

1. George Morton of Plymouth Colony and some of his descendants

Links

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