Thomas Swynnerton

• Preferred Name: Thomas Swynnerton^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas de Swynnerton
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 3rd LordAFT 1338 in Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9378 LONG: E2.2384 with note: Our Royal... Ancestors
  
• Death: DEC 1361 in Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9378 LONG: E2.2384
  
• Occupation: SheriffBET 1341 AND 1343 in Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.6431 LONG: E2.7136 with note: Per Wikitree
  
• Occupation: Knight of the Shire in Shropshire, England at LATI: N2.6431 LONG: E2.7136 with note: Per Wikitree.com
  
• FSID: K8ZQ-GXV
  
• Birth: 1310 in Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9378 LONG: E2.2384
  
• Christening: in Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9378 LONG: E2.2384
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Thomas Swynnerton of Swynnerton, Staffordshire, Knight, was the son of Sir Roger II Swynerrton (1295-1338) and Maud de Haughton (1290-1358). He was the Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire, but never summoned to oParliament. He was a soldier and fought at Crecy in 1346 and the siege of Calais in 1347.
  
  He married Maud Holand, daughter of Sir Robert Holand and sister of Thomas Holand 1st Earl of Kent. Children:
  1. Robert Swynnerton (1335-?)
  2. William Swynnerton (?)
  3. Ann Swynnerton (?-1402), who married twice. First, as his 2nd wife, she married John Beysin of Water Eaton in Penkridge, Staffs (1326-1360). She next married Thomas Latimer (1336-1401).
  
  1338 to 1362 - Lord of Swynnerton
  1341 - Knighted
  1341 to 1343 - Escheator, Staffordshire, Salop & The Marches
  1341 to 1343 - Sheriff, Staffordshire & Salop
  1342 - Wool commissioner
  1343 - M.P. Staffordshire & Salop
  1345 to 1346 - Commr. Array
  1345 to 1353 - joined the king's household with an annuity of 40 marks)
  1346 - fought at Crecy as a Knight Banneret
  1350 - presented at Swynnerton
  1351 to 1352 - J.P., Staffordshire
  1356 - taken prisoner in Scotland
  1358 - on the French expedition
  
  === note ===
  pg 38, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition
  
  pg 524, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
  
  vol 3, pg 601, Burke's "Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"
  
  Please tell me about ANY errors, as this data base is constantly improving. If the name you want is not in this data base, I don't have it.
  
  pg 524, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
  
  Please tell me about ANY errors, as this data base is constantly improving. If the name you want is not in this data base, I don't have it.
  
  === !Brown book 5, chart R26. ===
  !Brown book 5, chart R26.

• m. AFT 26 OCT 1332 in England

1. Robert Swynnerton, b. 1341 in Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England     d. 7 APR 1387 in Brest, Brittany, France

1. Title: Thomas Swynnerton - discussion regarding Maud de Holland as his wife
   Publication: Name: http://www.ccsnyder.com/clan/snyder/family/report/ps05/ps05_074.htm;
   
2. Title: Wikitree
   Note: Wikitree is variable in dependability. The research for the Savage tree is given throughout and well documented.
   
3. Title: Thomas de Swinnerton, 3rd Lord Swinnerton in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p221.htm#i6638 index to pedigrees
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p221.htm#i6638;
   Note: Sir Thomas de Swinnerton, 3rd Lord Swinnerton, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire [1,2,3,4,5,6] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #6638, d. December 1361 Father Sir Roger de Swynnerton, 1st Lord Swinnerton, Governor of Stafford, Constable of the Tower of London [2,4,6] d. b 3 Mar 1338 Mother Margaret Haughton2,4,6 d. a Mar 1358 Sir Thomas de Swinnerton, 3rd Lord Swinnerton, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire Also known as the Knight of Swinnerton. He was born at of Swynnerton, Staffordshire, England. He married Matilda de Holand, daughter of Sir Robert de Holand, 1st Lord Holand, Sheriff of Flint, Justice of Chester and Maud la Zouche, after 26 October 1332; They had 3 sons (Sir Robert, 4th Lord Swynnerton; William; & Roger). [7,2,3,4,5,6] Sir Thomas de Swinnerton, 3rd Lord Swinnerton, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire died in December 1361 at of Great & Little Barrow, Cheshire, England; May have died in France. [2,4,6] Family: Matilda de Holand b. c 1310, d. bt 1365 - 10 May 1380 Children: John de Swinnerton+ d. 1340 Alice de Swynnerton+ b. c 1330, d. c 1350 Sir Robert de Swynnerton, 4th Lord Swinnerton+ [2,4,6] b. c 1341, d. b 7 Apr 1387 Citations: 1. [S1754] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 108; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 75. 2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 637. 3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 396. 4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 488-489. 5. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 295. 6. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 551-552. 7. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 398.
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4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
5. Title: Saffordshire Record Society, COLLECTIONS FOR A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, 1880
   Publication: Name: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006064854;
   Page: Vol 7: An Account of the Family of Swynnerton, p 342 -- Pedigree chart https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293027504004?urlappend=%3Bseq=342
   
6. Title: Medieval English Genealogy: The Marriage of Maud Holand & Thomas Swinnerton, p 4-6
   Publication: Name: http://www.nltaylor.net/pdfs/a_Gresley.pdf;
   Note: The primary evidence for the marriage of Maud de Holland & Thomas de Swynnerton is the Visitation of Cheshire in 1580 that says Thomas de Swynnerton married Maud, dau of Robert de Holland. Other evidences include: --Maud de Holland was unmarried on 3 Nov 1332, when her exfiancé, John de Mowbray, already then married to Joan of Lancaster, granted her a life interest in two manors. In the abstract she is referred to in the style of an unmarried woman, "Matilda daughter of Robert de Holand". [MY NOTE: This shows that Robert de Holland had a dau named Maud.] --A 14th century effigy in the Swinnerton church of “Matildis de Swynnerton” with Holand arms suggests that Maud Holand married a Swinnerton, although it doesn't say which Swynnerton. -- 2 deeds, of 1356-57 (30 Edw III) and 1364 (38 Edw III) which involve regrants by John le Beck, rector of Checkley, of Swinnerton lands to Sir Robert de Swinnerton (son of Sir Thomas) & Elizabeth (Beck), which include 1/3 dower interest in lands held as dower by Dame Matilda de Swinnerton. [MY NOTE: Thomas & Maud had a son Robert Swynnerton that married Elizabeth de Beke.] --A deed of 1356-57 for the presentation of a clerk to the church of Swinnerton by Dame Matilda de Swynnerton, “who claimed the right of patronage for that turn by reason of holding the third part of the manor of Swynnerton in dower, inasmuch as Sir Thomas de Swynnerton, who holds two parts of the manor, had already presented for two turns.” This article concludes that the identity of Maud Holland as wife of Thomas de Swynnerton is not supported by explicit evidence earlier than the 1580 Visitation, and the 14th century charters naming Maud de Swynnerton do not explicitly identify her as wife of Sir Thomas de Swinnerton, although it seems likely. [MY NOTE: The Visitations are generally accepted as "proof", even though they are not 100% primary documents, unless their is a reason to suspect they are incorrect. For instance, if something is known to be wrong, or if something appears to be penciled in after the fact, it may raise suspicion but otherwise generally accepted.]