William de Hilton, 4th Baron Hilton

• Sir William Hilton1
• M, #189171
• Last Edited=20 Apr 2006
• Sir William Hilton lived at Hilton, County Durham, England.1
• Child of Sir William Hilton and Dionis Hilton
  • 1.Margaret Hilton+1
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 417. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18918.htm#i189171 ________________________

Barons Hylton (1295)

• Robert Hylton, 1st Baron Hylton (d. 1322)
• Alexander Hylton, 2nd Baron Hylton (d. 1360)
• Robert Hylton, de jure 3rd Baron Hylton (1340–1377)
• Sir William Hylton, de jure 4th Baron Hylton (1356–1435)
• Sir Robert Hylton, de jure 5th Baron Hylton (1385–1447)
• William Hylton, de jure 6th Baron Hylton (d. 1457)
• Sir William Hylton, de jure 7th Baron Hylton (1451–1500)
• Sir William Hylton, de jure 8th Baron Hylton (d. 1535)
• Sir Thomas Hylton, de jure 9th Baron Hylton (d. 1560)
• Sir William Hylton, de jure 10th Baron Hylton (c. 1510–1565)
• Sir William Hylton, de jure 11th Baron Hylton (d. 1600)
• Henry Hylton, de jure 12th Baron Hylton (1586–1641)
• Robert Hylton, de jure 13th Baron Hylton (d. 1641)
• John Hylton, de jure 14th Baron Hylton (d. 1655)
• John Hylton, de jure 15th Baron Hylton (1628–1670)
• Henry Hylton, de jure 16th Baron Hylton (1637–1712)
• Richard Hylton, de jure 17th Baron Hylton (d. 1722)
• John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton (1699–1746) (abeyant)
• .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Hylton ____________________________
• 'Hilton01'
• William de Helton (d before 20.04.1208)
• m. Bone (dau of German Tison of Shilbottle)
  • 1. Alexander de Hilton of Helton or Hilton
  • m. Agnes de Verly (sister of Hugh de Verly)
    • A. Robert de Hilton, 1st Lord (d c1310)
    • BE1883 (Hilton of Hilton) appears to confuse this Robert de Hilton with Robert de Hilton of Swine (see below) by reporting that he was the one who married Marmaduke de Thweng. TCP (Thweng) reports that this had been suggested by Dugdale, wrongly.
    • m. (before 12.1255) Joan (dau of William Le/De Breton of Essex)
      • i. Alexander de Hilton of Rennington (dvp c1303)
      • m. Elizabeth
        • a. Robert de Hilton, 2nd Lord (d c1322)
        • m1. Joan
        • m2. (before 13.02.1314/5) Ellen (d before 12.04.1339, widow of Walter, Lord Huntercombe)
          • (1) Alexander de Hilton, 3rd Lord of Hilton (d c04.1361)
          • m1. Alice
          • m2. Maud de Emeldon (b c1310, d 08.09.1369, dau of Richard de Emeldon of Embleton and Jesmond)
            • (A) Robert de Hilton, 4th Lord of Hilton (d before 27.05.1370)
            • m. Alianore de Felton (dau of Sir William de Felton of Edlingham)
              • (i) Sir William de Hilton, 5th Lord of Hilton (b c1356, d 25.05.1435)
              • m. Denise de Hilton (d 31.07.1436, dau of Sir Robert de Hilton of Swine) @@ below
                • (a) Sir Robert Hilton of Hilton (de jure 6th Lord) (d 11.08.1448)
                • m1. (before 13.04.1398) Maud de Clifford (d before 16.05.1442, dau of Roger de Clifford, Lord)
                  • ((1)) .... etc.
                • m2. (before 22.04.1445) Elizabeth (d 16.08.1450, widow of Sir Bertram Monbocher & others)
                • (b) Thomas Hilton
                • (c) Margaret Hilton apparently of this generation
                • m. Sir Ralph Bulmer of Wilton (b by 1406, d 05.04.1444)
              • (ii) .... etc.
      • ii. Sir William de Hilton of Swine and Winestead (d 1290-1)
      • The following is supported by VCH (Yorkshire, East Riding volume 7, Swine) though, other than to note that Sir William's widow Maud m2. Sir Robert de Tilliol, VCH does not name any of the wives. Sir William's wife is identified by TCP (Lascelles) as ...
      • m. (1288) Maud de Lascelles (d 1343, dau of Roger, Lord Lascelles, m2. Sir Robert de Tilliol)
        • a. Sir Robert de Hilton or Hylton of Swine (d c1351)
        • (1) Having reference to the dates, it is presumed that this was the Robert (rather than his son) who married Margaret Thweng, sister of Thomas, 4th Lord. TCP (Thweng) identifies Thomas's coheirs as including Margaret's daughter Isabel and John, son of Isabel's sister Maud. There is no mention of Sir Robert Hilton so it is presumed that Sir Robert was not Margaret's son.
        • (2) Robert, husband of Margaret Thweng, is sometimes described as though he was a Lord but this appears to have resulted from confusion with either his grandfather or his cousin (above).
        • m1/2. ??
          • (1) Sir Robert Hilton of Swine (d by 1363)
          • m. Maud (a 1363)
            • (A) Sir Robert Hilton of Swine (a 1393)
            • This was possibly the Sir Robert who was father of Denise. TCP (Hylton) identifies the mother of Denise as Margaret, dau of Sir Thomas de Sutton of Braunsholm Castle and Sutton. However, after noting that this had been modified by TCP (vol xiv) which presumably suggested that his wife's name was Constance rather than Margaret, 'MedieGen' indicates that Denise must have been by an earlier wife.
            • m1. ??
              • (i) Denise de Hilton (d 31.07.1436)
              • m. Sir William de Hilton, 5th Lord of Hilton (b c1356, d 25.05.1435) @@ above
            • m2. Constance Sutton (dau of Sir Thomas de Sutton of Braunsholm Castle & Sutton, widow of Piers de Mauley)
            • Of this generation but uncertain of which marriage were ....
              • (ii) Sir Robert Hilton of Swine (d c1431)
                • (a) .... etc.
              • (iii) Sir Godfrey Hilton of Swine (d 1459)
              • VCH reports that Sir Godfrey, brother of Sir Robert, "seems to have held Swine manor for life". Although this has not been confirmed properly, this appears to have been the Godfrey (d 05.08.1459) who married Hawise Luttrell. The following comes from TCP (Luterel or Luttrell).
              • m. Hawise Luttrell (d 24.03.1421/2, sister/heir of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Irnham)
                • (b) .... etc.
              • (iv) Isabel Hilton
              • m. Sir Robert Hildyard of Arnall, Normanby, Riston, Winestead (d 1428)
              • (v) daughter
              • m. Sir Roger Salvayn of Herswell (d 07.03.1422)
        • m2/1. Margaret de Thweng (dau of Marmaduke de Thweng, 1st Lord, sister of Thomas, 4th Lord)
          • (2) .... etc.
• Main source(s): TCP (Hylton or Hilton of Hilton) with some support/input for the lower section from Visitation (Durham, 1575+1615+1666, Hilton)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/hilton01.php _____________________________

Knight, Baron of Hilton 1377 - 1435

1367 Heir to his mother, and one of the co-heirs of Sir William Felton 3

      August 41 Edward III 1367, then aged eleven. 

1377 Heir to his father then of full age.

      Went with Bishop of Norwich on crusade to Flanders 

1381 Pirated 2 scots ships

1388 From Froissart's account of the Battle of Otterburn

And on the English party, before that the Lord Percy was taken and after, there fought valiantly Sir Ralph Lumley, Sir Matthew Redman, Sir Thomas Ogle, Sir Thomas Grey, Sir Thomas Helton (Hilton?), Sir Thomas Abingdon, Sir John Lilleburn, Sir William Walsingham, the Baron of Helton (Hilton?), Sir John of Colpedich, the Seneschal of York and divers other footmen.

1400 Built Hylton Castle.

Royal coat of arms has 3 fleur de lys in form first used in Great Seal of Henry IV 1405-6 .Stag of Richard II carved on gatehouse suggesting castle was built before Richard's deposition in 1399. The inquest on Robert Hilton below gives a description of the completed castle.

1403 Outlawed in London

Grievances recorded in documents in the Treasury of Durham Cathedral

Translation:

Once William Hylton and some of his servants on the Saturday before last Palm Sunday came to Monkwearmouth, and there made assault on William Lynham, Master of Wearmouth, and laid hands on him in the choir of the said church, in violence, and pulled off his hood, to great shame and reprove, of the said Prior, with many other words of menace, for the which the said Master dare not abide in his place, for fear of bodily harm.

Item Alexander Hilton, executor to his father wrongly keeps the tithe of William some time Baron of Hylton, both his horse and his gown, which was of great value, as I am informed, although he has often been required to deliver them; and also the said Alexander came with the said William, in support of him in the assault, menacing the Master about doing him bodily harm; and also the Baron William and Alexander maintained and supported other servants to break up the doors of the said Prior at Wearmouth, and take out his corn and hay; also the said Baron withholds the tithe owing from his wife.

This [with about twenty other counts for detention of tithes, non attendance at the mother church, and improper presentation of a priest on vacancies of the Chapel of Hilton are the grievances of which the Prior of Durham complains against Robert, Baron of Hilton, Willyam Hylton, and Alexander Hilton, Esquires.\\\\

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