Robert Lawrence VI

• Preferred Name: Robert Lawrence VI^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall VI
  
• Alternate Name: Robert Lawrence
  
• Alternate Name: Robert Lawrence
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1196 in Ashton Hall, Ashton, Lancashire, England at LATI: N4 LONG: E2.8167
  
• unknown: in Knight of the Crusades
  
• _MILT: in Was knighted for action in the Crusades
  
• unknown: 1191 in Accompanied Richard I on the Crusades at LATI: N1.5012 LONG: E86.7471
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• Alt. Birth: in Lancaster, Lancashire, England at LATI: N4.0474 LONG: E2.8016
  
• Title+(Nobility): Note many of the events listed here really are for his father Robert Lawrence born about 1150 with note: Description: Sir Knight (granted for action in the Crusades)
  
• Death: 1265 in Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England at LATI: N4 LONG: E2.8167
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• FSID: 9H55-3JQ
  
• Fact: 1191 with note: Description: Accompanied Richard I on the Crusades
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• Title (Facts Pg): in Sir
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  
  Robert Lawrence
  Also Known As: "de Lancaster"
  Birth circa 1192 Ashton Hall, Thurnham Parish, Lancashire, England, (Present UK) Died 1265 in Thurnham Parish, Lancashire, England, (Present UK) Immediate Family:Son of Sir Robert Lawrence and Anne Lawrence (Wallace) Husband of Amabil Lawrence Father of Thomas de Lancaster; Robert Lawrence and Janet De Dalton
  
  knight of the crusades and successor to estate ashton hall married daughter of James Trafford esq Lancahire
  
  === !PARENT-SPOUSE-CHILD: THE GENEALOGY OF T ===
  !PARENT-SPOUSE-CHILD: THE GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN LAWRENCE OF WISSET, IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND AND OF WATERTOWN AND GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS; by Rev. John Lawrence; Nichols & Noyes, pub.; Boston; 1869; p. 20. Sir Robert Lawrence was a son; and the immediate successor, of the knight of the Crusades, to the estate of Ashton Hall. He married a daughter of James Trafford, Esq. of Lancashire. Sir Robert Lawrence attended his sovereign, Richard Coeur de Lion, to the war of the Crusades in the Holy Land, and he so distinguished himself in the siege of Acre, that he was knighted "Sir Robert of Ashton Hall," and obtained for his arms, "Argent, a cross raguly gules," A.D. 1191.
  
  === 1150 ===
  1150
  
  === !Death place is probable. Robert accomp ===
  !Death place is probable. Robert accompanied King Richard (the Lion-Hearted) on the Crusades in the Holy Land. He fought in the seige of Acre
  
  === The Ancestral Lineage of John Lawrence, ===
  The Ancestral Lineage of John Lawrence, of Watertown, Massachusetts: The First Generation: The lineal ancestry of this stock of Lawrences in America, now foundquite numerous in New England and other parts of the country, has beenat length very satisfactorily ascertained. As traced and determined,it originates in and derives from one ROBERT LAWRENCE, of Lancashire,England; forn, probably, as early as A. D. 1150 , and the ancestor ofthe earliest families of the name in England. Attending hissovereign, Richard Coeur de Lion, to the war of the Crsades in theHoly Land, he so distinguished himself in the siege of Acre, that hewas knighted "Sir Robert of Ashton Hall," and obtained for his arms,"Argent, a cross raguly gules," A. D. 1191. The arms of Sir robert of Ashton Hall, conferred by Richard I.,namely, "Argent, a cross raguly gules," were also those of theLancashire branch generally, thus: -- See picture attached to name. Also, "He beareth Ermine, a cross raguled gules, by the name ofLawrence, of Lancashire." "Raguled" is a term used "to represent therough-hewn stems of a tree from which the branches have been rudelylopped." Procceding with the successive generations of ancestry, we have inorder of time, the first, ___ Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall.
  
  === [v25t0410.ftw] Sir Robert of Ashton Hal ===
  [v25t0410.ftw] Sir Robert of Ashton Hall, Knight of the Crusades , born as early as 1150 - Cutter Vol #3, pp. 1434-1435 and Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service, pp 187-188
  
  === !Visitations of Lancaster ===
  !Visitations of Lancaster
  
  === Robert accompanied the lion-hearted RIC ===
  Robert accompanied the lion-hearted RICHARD to Palestine, and distinguishing himself at the siege of Acre, in 1191, was made a knight-banneret, and obtained for his arms "Arg. a cross raguly gu." Lineage Sources: "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Vol III" Pp. 64-5 Author: John Burke Call Number: R929.725 B95 New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume III Author: William Richard Cutter, Pp. 1344-45.
  
  === Crusader Knighted by Richard Couer de L ===
  Crusader Knighted by Richard Couer de Lion at the siege of Acre A.D. 1191.
  
  === Heralds Visitations Inquisitions Martens ===
  Heralds Visitations Inquisitions Martens Deeds, Charters, Wills, and Parish Registers. 2- English Homes of noted Americans by Wharton Am. 88 page 103 2- Genealogy of John Lawrence of Wisset, Suffolk, England.
  
  === Sir Robert Lawrence the 1st of the Lawre ===
  Sir Robert Lawrence the 1st of the Lawrences in England he was Knighted by Richard Couer de Leon(The Lion Hearted) He distinguished himself at the Bloody Seige at Acre Jerusalem for he was a Crusader his coat of arms:Argent,a cross raguly gules Sir Robert was the 1st to scale the walls at Acre Jerusalem and plant the banner of the cross for this he was Knighted This line of Lawrence goes to CHARLEMANGE Holy Roman Emperor & Hildagarde his wife and back to Druid King Caradoc also called Caractacus who lived in AD 51 Caradoc was son of Bran the Blessed who was son of King Lear(Shakespear) & his wife Penardim who was daughter of Anna (Cousin of Mary wife of Joseph & mother of Jesus the Essene) Anna was Dau of Joseph of Arimathea brother of Heli father of Mary- and both of them sons of MATTHAT descended from unbroken lines From King David & Aaron King Lear was son of BARAN hence (BRAN) son of Ceri-Gwyn,Lord of Dyfed(David) Prince of North Wales and of the British Dynasty in 1998 That Makes Lady Diana and her 2 sons William & Harry Princes of Wales our cousins again thru Ceri-Gwyn, Caradoc was father of LINUS Sainted by early church of Rome Linus was brother of Gladys/Claudia Linus was 1st Bishop of Rome and died i Roman Arenas with Clauda,s husband Rufus Pudens and all of Caradoc,s family except Caradoc & Claudia & young infant son of her brother Cyllin named Coel who later built Colchester England and was King of Britain, CARADOC was 6th in line from the Empress Helena of the Cross mother of Constantine the Great who gave to the British Flag the crossed crosses conveyed to him by a dream or vision with the words"in Hoc signo vinees"BY THIS SIGN THOU SHALT CONQUEROR this line continues today in Elizabeth Queen of England To her son Prince Charles & down to his sons William & Harry
  
  === dead ===
  dead
  
  === !Birth and death places are probable ===
  !Birth and death places are probable
  
  === 1180 ===
  1180
  
  === Decendant of Lawrence the monk ===
  Robert Lawrence of this Archbishop of Canterbury family, born about 1150, accompanied King Richard on his memorable expedition to Palestine and signalized himself by planting the banner of the cross on the battlements of that stronghold; for which he was knighted by his king and received a coat of arms; this described: "Argent a cross raguly gules." (Argent = white, symbolic of bupity. Raguled = indented obliquely. Gules = The tincture of red in a blazon without color, indicated by vertical parallel lines.) The motto: "He beareth ermine. A cross raguled gules by name of Lawrence of Lancashire."
  
  === Robert married a daughter of James Traf ===
  Robert married a daughter of James Trafford, esq. of Trafford, in Lancashire.
  
  === Served under Richard The Lion-Hearted in ===
  Served under Richard The Lion-Hearted in the third Crusade to the Holy Land, where he distinguished himself in the siege of Acre and Richard knighted him. There is a Lawrence coat of arms- Argent (silver) , a cross ragnly gules (red) granted AD 1191.
  
  === Immediate successor to the estate of As ===
  Immediate successor to the estate of Ashton Hall. Source: - The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence, 1869, p 20. Internet address www.smokykin.com/ged.
  
  === FIRST KNOWN PROGENITOR FOR THIS FAMILY. ===
  FIRST KNOWN PROGENITOR FOR THIS FAMILY. ATTENDING HIS SOVEREIGN KING RICHARD COEUR DE LION TO THE WAR OF THE CRUSADES, HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE SIEGE OF ACRE AND WAS KNIGHTED SIR ROBERT OF ASHTON HALL. HIS ARMS: ARGENT, A CROSS RAGULY GULES.
  
  ===
  The Lawrence Family really came from No ===
  
  The Lawrence Family really came from Normandy in France, but settled
  in England after the Norman invasion, carrying with them their Norman
  traditions and customs that clearly showed up, especially in
  architectures. Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall was made a Knight
  Banneret by Richard First for bravery at the siege of Acre in 1191
  during the crusade to the Holy Land. He founded the ancient and
  distinguished family of Lawrence of O'Lancashire.
  
  Robert Lawrence was the first to carry the standard over the walls of
  Acre. This Lawrence, born in 1150, built the beautiful and
  interesting stronghold Ashton Hall in 1191. Ashton Hall, in its
  setting of gigantic firs, is one of the most artistic of the really
  old castles. Mellowed by wind and weather, it runs the whole gamut
  of warm colors from tender pinks and yellows to deep red browns and
  cold green grays. The soft gray lichens and deep green mosses add
  variety to the grimness of the old stone.
  
  Doomsday Book calls Ashton "Estun", which means the Ash Village. The
  quantities of ash trees indicate fertile soil.
  
  The old builders had no consideration for the draftsman, but seemed to
  use whatever was at hand regardless of design, as in the ramparts of
  the Norman Towers in the oldest part of Ashton Hall. One block of
  stone seems to be two or three feet in width and the one next to it
  appears only a few inches wide. The parapets may have been
  constructed in this irregular pattern as a means of defense.
  
  About 200 years after Ashton Hall was built with its square towers set
  at right angles to the corners (to the discomfort of two daring
  draftsmen), the more feudal aspect of the castle was changed. The
  moat was filled in, a large entrance built and a high wall which still
  encloses the Green Court. The wide arch with Tuscan columns on
  either side, with an entablature, and a groined stone ceiling with
  good carvings are interesting features of the gateway.
  
  The name Lawrence is derived from Laurus, which means "flourishing as
  a bay tree." Bay trees live hundreds of years, renewing themselves
  from the roots. The specimen at the entrance of Ashton Hall must be
  centuries old and was undoubtly planted by one of the Lawrences. The
  house was enlarged and beautified in the 18th century by Elizabeth
  Bromley, daughter of Sir John Lawrence, who had married the Duke of
  Hamilton. For 650 years Ashton Hall was the residence of the direct
  descendants of Sir Robert, but in 1850 it was sold out of the family.
  
  Ashton Hall, the ancient seat of the Lawrences, is located about three
  miles to the south of the town of Lancaster, in northern Lancashire.
  It is picturesquely situated, commanding fine views of the estuary of
  the River Lune, and of Morecambe Bay, an extensive inlet of the Irish
  Sea. Ashton Hall is noted for the sylvan beauty of its spacious park,
  which is well diversified with hill and vale. The mansion is a large
  edifice, with many of the characteristics of an ancient baronial
  castle, having a square tower at one end, and numerous battlements,
  turrets, and machiocolations. Successive alterations and additions
  have been made at different epochs, in harmony with the medieval type
  of architecture. The oldest portion is probably from the fourteenth
  century. The interior contains a fine baronial hall.
  
  In 1066 Ashton was one of three manors of Cliber, Machern and
  Gillemicheld and appears to have been accessed of two plough-lands.
  (The other twom manors, Ellel and Scotforth, retained their connection
  to Ashton being held by the Lancaster family.) Afterwards, it was
  granted to Count Rogers of Poitori and a little later formed part of
  the lordship held by the Lancaster family, being held by knight's
  service. In the time of Henry II (1154-1189) William De Lancaster I
  granted half a plough-land to Gilbert De Ashton to hold by service of
  half a mark yearly. The second moiety wash shared or inherited by the
  families of Stableton and Metham, Thweng and Pedwarding, and appears
  to have been acquired by the Lawrence family of Lancaster.
  
  In 1226, the Millfield at Ashton rendered 5s. a year to the king. in
  1323 it was held by many free tenants, who in all paid 5s. to the
  earl. This Millfield contained 20 acres. Tenants were William and
  Randle le Gentyl and John and Alice Lawrence.
  
  The free tenants in 1301 were Roger De Slene; another who had a
  messuage and 5 acres for a rent of 20d.; Lawrence son of Thomas who
  rendered 6s. 8d. yearly; John De Ashton who held a messuage and 4
  oxgangs of land and paid 6s.8d. rent; and Randle who paid 7d. In 1292
  Gervase De Ashton claimed land against a Lawrence De Ashton. In a list
  of free tenants some 40 years later are recorded: William son of
  Lawrence, 2s. 6d.; the same William, for Brantbreck, 1d.; Alan De
  Ashton, 17 1/2d.; John Ward, 2s. 6d.; John, son of William the Clerk,
  20d.; Gervase del Green, 20d.; Henry Alcok 5 1/2d.; in all 14s. 6d.
  
  Traces of the Lawence estate in Ashton appear in inquisitions of some
  of the heirs, though the tenures are not always recorded. By some
  agreement, the manor descended through Boteler (Butler) of Rawcliffe
  to Radcliff of Winmarleigh, and so by marriage to Gilbert Gerard woh
  purchase the other moiety from the Crown. Thus the whole became united
  in him and his descendants, the Gerards of Bromley and the Dukes of
  Hamilton. (Richard Skillecorne held part of it of the king in cocage
  in 1534. Thomas Regmaiden in 1520 held the reversion of the fourth
  part of the manor. John Boteler in 1534 held the manor of the king as
  duke in socage.) Sir Gilbert died in 1593 holding the manors of
  Ashton, Stodday, and Scotforth of the queen as of her crown of England
  in a fee farm by the hundredth part of a knight's fee and a rent of
  £16.11s. 4d.
  
  In August 1648, the Duke of Hamilton stayed a night at Ashton Hall
  which was, in later years, to become inheritance of this family.
  
  Ashton Hall is currently the headquarters of the Lancaster Golf Club.
  
  Historical (inaccurate) document posted in Ashton Hall. This document
  states that the estate eventually went to Elizabeth, daughter of John
  Lawrence who had fled England. Actually, Elizabeth was a sister of
  Sir James Lawrence and a daughter of Robert Lawrence. The vast estate
  accumulated by the time of Sir James was divided between Elizabeth and
  her sisters.
  
  The Washington Descent of the Dukes of Hamilton who eventually ended
  up with Ashton Hall. This chart, posted on the wall of the dining
  room at Ashton Hall, shows that Agnes, daughter of Robert Washington
  and Margaret, married Edmund Lawrence. Edmund Lawrence was the son of
  John Lawrence and Elizabeth. The son of Edmund and Agnes was Sir
  Robert Lawrence (who married Margaret Holden). Sir Robert's son was
  Robert Lawrence who married Agnes Croft. His children consisted of
  Sir James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Agnes, and Alice and others not shown.
  The chart shows (although hard to read due to the glare) that
  Elizabeth, who married John Butler (Boteler) succeeded to Ashton Hall
  and from there the estate eventually fell into the hands of the Dukes
  of Hamilton.
  
  === Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, Lanc ===
  Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, Lancaster, B. about ll50. He accompanied King Richard I, Coeur De Lion, in his famous expedition to Palestine and signalized himself in the memorable siege of St. Jean d'Acre, ll91, by planting the banner of the Cross on the battlement of that stronghold; for which he was Knighted by King Richard and also received a Coat of Arms. The family became eminent in England. In Falkner's History of Chelsea it is said "The Lawrences were allied to all that was great and illustrious; cousins to the ambitious Dudley, Duke of Norfolk; to the Earl of Warwick; to Lord Guilford Dudley, who perished on the scaffold; to that short lived royalty, Lady Jane Grey; to the brilliant Leicester, who set two Queens at variance; and to Sir Philip Sidney, who refused a crown.
  
  === !BIRTH: "History of the Town of Mason, ===
  !BIRTH: "History of the Town of Mason, NH from the First Grant in 1749to the year 1858", by John B. Hill (LAW001)Note: "He was acompanion in arms of Richard the Lion Hearted, King of England, andaccompanied him on his crusade to Palestine. In 1191, Richard conferredon him the honor of knighthood for his bravery in scaling the walls ofAcre." (LAW001)
  
  === (8) record altered ===
  (8) record altered
  
  === The Second Generation: Sir Robert, a son ===
  The Second Generation: Sir Robert, a son, and the immediate successor, of the knight of theCrusades, to the estate of Ashton Hall, married a daughter of JamesTrafford, Esq. of Lancashire; by whom he had a son and heir, JamesLawrence.
  
  === Robert Lawrence was of Lancashire, Engl ===
  Robert Lawrence was of Lancashire, England. Attending his sovereign, Richard Coeur de Lion, to the ware of the Crusades in the Holy Land, he so distinguished himself in the siege of Acre, that he was knighted "Sir Robert of Ashton Hall," and obtained for his arms, "Argent, a cross raguly gules," A.D. 1191. Source: - The Genealogy of the Family of John Lawrence, 1869, p 20. Internet address www.smokykin.com/ged.
  
  === Person Source ===
  Person Source

1. Margaret Lawrence, b. ABT 1233 in England    

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Robert Lawrence Sir -
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2000163721
   
2. Title: lineage of John Lawrence b1814 written in 1857
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffamil00lawr;
   
3. Title: Robert Lawrence in entry for James Lawrence, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
   Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK35-MXL : 18 March 2020), Robert Lawrence in entry for James Lawrence, 1858.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK35-MXL;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.