William of Hadden de Vernon

Locale Note

Cheshire was the county in which Stockport was situated for centuries. On 1 April 1974, Manchester county was established, and Cheshire became a Historic County.

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Robert de Vernon was born ABT 1188 in Nether Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. He married. He was the son of Richard de Vernon and Avice de Avenel.
Sir William Vernon, was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire and Chief Justice of Cheshire 1229–1236, the families fortunes increased through a series of advantageous dynastic marriages.
Sir William's descendant, another Richard Vernon, married Juliana, daughter of Sir Fulk de Pembrugge, the heiress of Tong Castle, Shropshire in the mid fourteenth century.
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High Sheriff of Lancashire.
1229-36 Chief Justice of Chester
adopted the fretty sable, (upper left square in red) for his coat-of-arms. It was the custom in those early days for the oldest son to place a canton in that position in his father's shield.
became Lord Haddon, although his seat may not have been Haddon Hall.
commanded a company of perhaps the first archers (Welsh) to be used in the Norman wars, and was later a travelling judge with County Geoffrey Plantagenet in Normandy, representing King Henry II.
As Chief Justice, protected the estates and interests of his half-brother, Robert de Vernon, whose two sons, Richard and Robert, were banished for taking the wrong sides in the English-Norman wars.
arranged the marriage of Robert's daughter to his own son, Richard.
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Questions/Comments:
1. Since he was Chief Justice of Chester from 1229-36, he must have been born before 1225.
2. Since his father died in 1190, he must have been born before 1225.