William De Eyton

• Preferred Name: William De Eyton
  
• Alternate Name: William De Eyton
  
• Alternate Name: William de Eaton
  
• Alternate Name: William de Eyton
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: BEF 1220 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.7333 LONG: E2.5167 with note: Eyton on Severn, Shropshire, England Standardized date of birth.
  
• Burial: 30 JAN 1803 in St. Thomas'S, Ardwick, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.8513 LONG: E2.2196 with note: Duplicate
  
• Alt. Death: BET 1200 AND 1300 with note: Duplicate
  
• FSID: GZN5-MSH
  
• Death: 1254 in Edgmond, Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.7715 LONG: E2.4299 with note: Manor of Buttery, Edgmond, Shropshire, England,
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 1240 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.7333 LONG: E2.5167 with note: Duplicate
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eyton-62 Duplicate
  
• Notes:

  === William de Eyton, whom the Feodaires of ===
  William de Eyton, whom the Feodaires of 1240 enter as holding one fee in Eyton, and one fee in Kereswal (Cresswell), of the Barony of Wem. Though so great a Feoffe, it does not appear that this William ever obtained the honor of knighthood. There is double proof that in November 1240 he married an heiress or coheiress, Matilda by name. Her interest at Leanards-Lee seems to have been in part sold, while that at Rochull (near Wall-Town) was established against certain disputes.
  
  It is probable that William de Eyton was for a time contemporary with his uncle of the same name, and it is certain that a third William de Eyton was resident near the Wrekin about this period. It is hard to distinguish the Lord of Eyton and these contemporaries, by their position in certain testing-clauses and jury lists.
  
  Between the years 1242 and 1248 William de Etton was the third of twelve Recognizors who attended the Sheriff, Forester, and Verderers of Shropshire to decide what were the Abbot of Lilleshall's rights in a question of forest law. In 1248 William de Eton was fourth juror of a Withyford Inquest. Again William de Eton was foreman of the jury which about February 1249 attended at Shrewsbury to make inquest as to the estate of Hugh Fitz Robert, late Forester of Shropshire. This William was surely the individual now under notice. As William de Ethon he again sat foreman of a jury which on January 30, 1251, decided a dispute between the Abbeys of Buildwas and Lilleshall. In 1255 he was deceased, his widow Matilda surviving him, his son and heir, Peter, being an infant, probably under ten years of age. Hence the Bradford Hundred roll of 1255 says as follows: Peter de Eiton is Lord of Eiton and is in ward to Peter Peverel by gift of Ralph le Butiler (then Baron of Wem). And he (Peter de Eiton) holds said Manor by service of one knight at Wemme, in time of war for 40 days, at his own charges. And the Manor used to so suit to Country and Hundred, but it has been withdrawn these ten years; and the said suit is worth 2s yearly. [History and Genealogy of the Pearshall Family pp531-532]
  
  === "Lord of Eyton" Occurs frequently in doc ===
  "Lord of Eyton" Occurs frequently in documentation 1240, 1242, 1248 and 1251. His son, Peter III, was less than 10 years old at his death.
  
  === burial? ===
  Was his body moved in 1803 or is this a mistake?

• m. NOV 1240 in Shropshire, England

1. Peter de Eyton III, b. 1247 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England     d. BEF 21 MAY 1311 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire, England