Peter Birkin

• Preferred Name: Peter Birkin
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GJ98-QVG
  
• Birth: ABT 1114 in Kirby Knowle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N4.281 LONG: E1.2806
  
• Death: 1143 in Kirby Knowle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N4.281 LONG: E1.2806
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  «b»Biography
  Name«/b»
  Peter de Birkin
  
  «b»1114 Estimated Birth Year«/b»
  The reign of Stephen, referred to below, was 1135 to 1154. Peter is referenced as an adult at the beginning of this period if not before. Therefore, make Peter aged 21 in 1135, which would give him a birth year of 1114.
  
  «b»Parents«/b»
  Essulf de Birkin
  
  «b»1135 Knights Fee«/b»
  'In the reign of Stephen, if not earlier, Peter son of Asolf, or Adam de Birkin, his son (mentioned in our earlier arguments about name changes) had been enfeoffed, possibly by Adam son of Swane, of a knight's fee in Havercroft, Stainborough, Lepton, Mirfield, Shitlington and Flockton'
  
  If Peter held the property at the beginning of Stephen's reign, 1135, this suggests that his father Essulf himself had died prior to 1135.
  
  «b»1135 Marriage to Emma«/b»
  He married Emma de Lascelles
  
  His marriage year is estimated at 1135, when he was 21.
  
  «b»1143 Death«/b»
  Peter de Birkin of Birkin, co. Yorks. died before 1143
  
  «b»Issue«/b»
  1.) Adam fitz Peter (-1185) Estimated birth year 1135.
  
  2.) Thomas fitz Peter Estimated birth year 1137. Thomas fitz Peter de Leeds was of Leeds, co. Yorks. '..Thomas fitz Peter "qui habuit terras de Ledes ex dono fratris sui, Adam dom. de Birkin, et vocavit se de Ledes ".' Thomas is a witness together with his brother Roger of a charter of Adam fitz Peter (their brother) and Matilda de Cauz, granting a mill at Stainborough to Pontefract: ' Hiis testibus, Thoma filio Petri, et Rogero filio Petri, fratribus meis,...'
  
  3.) Roger fitz Peter Estimated birth year 1137. Roger fitz Peter de Birkin was a witness together with his brother Thomas of a charter of Adam fitz Peter (their brother) and Matilda de Cauz, granting a mill at Stainborough to Pontefract: ' Hiis testibus, Thoma filio Petri, et Rogero filio Petri, fratribus meis,...

1. Adam de Birkin, b. ABT 1135 in Birkin, Yorkshire, England     d. ABT 1185 in Birkin, Yorkshire, England