Robert de Thornton, III

As seen in other profiles, there were Thornton families of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire (Molyneux), and Cambridge(shire). They each had sons named Robert de Thornton ;born between 1112 and 1201. There was also a mysterious Le Roter of Thornton in either Lancashire or Yorkshire in that century. Yorkshire seems to be the best location for Roter de Thornton. However, Lancashire as the location for the 3 generations of Robert de Thornton's from 1145-1191 or 1201 has the best evidence. Also the double descent to the Singleton family of Singleton Thorpe, the village of Singleton, Broughton, and Brockholes is verified by the marriage of Matilda Maud de Thornton to William Winwick and the presence of her Lancashire father, Robert de Thornton of Lancashire (the first), his son Robert de Thornton II, and his son Robert de Thornton III. Robert II led to Thomas of Singleton Thorpe, and Robert Singleton of Preston. Robert II's sister, Matilda Maud Winwick had the daughter, Alice Winwick, who married Alan de Singleton of Broughton.

Media photo shows Description of descendant of Robert de Thornton (3x great grandson, Gilbert Singleton of Broughton through Winwick to Alice to son William Singleton) attaching both Singleton and the Manor of Thornton to the Singletons of Broughton and Singleton Thorpe.

Source: Knight and Member of ParliamentRose, Josiah. (1879) Lancashire and Cheshire Historical and Genealogical Notes, Vol. 1, Jul 1878 - Jul 1879. Leigh: Chronicle Office, Victoria Place. p. 175. https://archive.org/details/lancashirecheshi00rose/page/175/mode/1up : accessed 26 Mar 2022. Sir Gilbert, together with Sir William de CLIFTON, were summoned as Members of Parliament on 29 Sep 1302.

Here is a readable copy of the paragraph above on Sir Gilbert de Singleton and Broughton: "Sir Gilbert de Singleton. The Singletons were Lords of the Manors of Singleton and Thornton in the Hundred of Amounderness, as early as the reign of John. The direct line, seated at Shingle Hall, failed in the reign of Elizabeth, but a branch survived at Staining Hall, in the township of Hardhorn-cum-Newton, until the close of the seventeenth century. It is now extinct in Lancashire, but descendants are said still to exist in Ireland." (note: new findings in the FTYDNA Singleton Project have revealed present day male descendants in several other counties of England, in Ontario, Canada, and in many states of the USA)