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Matilda Fitton
- Preferred Name: Matilda Fitton[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
- Gender: F
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baroness of Rufford in Rufford, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.635 LONG: E2.8158
- FSID: GSBR-WTJ
- Birth: ABT 1250 in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England at LATI: N3.6035 LONG: E2.382
- Death: AFT 1294
Preferred Parents:
Father: Richard Fitton, b. ABT 1210 in Cheshire, England d. ABT 1294
Mother: Diana , b. ABT 1210 in Of, England
Family 1: William de Hesketh II, b. um 1248 in Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, England d. AFT 5 FEB 1318 in Rufford, Lancashire, England
- John Hesketh of Rufford, b. ABT 1276 in Rufford, Lancashire, England d. 1334 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Sources:
- Title: Grant from Edmund of Lea and Anabilla Wife to William Hesketh and Wife Matilda, 1281
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e6b8f30a-4ac6-4a64-be93-55052948a044;
- Title: Tenant Agreement for Rufford, Lancashire, Brother Thomas of St Werburge's Abbey and Matilda Fitton, 1 July 1293
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfor39reco/page/n197/mode/2up;
- Title: Martholme Manor, House Lancashire, England
Publication: Name: https://www.foph.co.uk/event/visit-martholme-manor-house/;
- Title: Marriage, Matilda Fitton and William Hesketh, Book ‘Victoria History of County of Lancaster Vol 6’, Page 120
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924088434620/page/118/mode/2up;
- Title: Levy Fine, Edmund de Lea and Wife, Anabilla, William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda, Manor of Harwood, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, 1296
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4cafb6e1-9434-4381-9782-ae13071f0561;
- Title: British History Online, Great Harwood and Martholme, Lancashire and the Fitton Family
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp337-344;
- Title: Quitclaim, 25 July 1294, William Fitton to William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/57d17148-a82e-41ae-87ec-ea863d50ca2c;
- Title: British History Online, Longton, Lancashire, England and the Fitton Family
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp69-74;
- Title: Land Ownership Agreement, Between Matilda Fitton, William Hesketh and Anabilla Fitton, Edmund de Lea, 18 November 1298
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsocietyfor39reco/page/n203/mode/2up;
- Title: Partition of Tenements of Great Harwood, Lancashire, William de Hesketh and Wife Matilda, Edmund de Lea and Wife Anabilla, Roger Noel and Wife Elizabeth
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/77504a90-2128-44ee-a324-e129eaaf0a9f;
- Title: Martholme, Lancashire, England, Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martholme;
- Title: British History Online, Rufford, Lancashire, England the Fitton Family
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp119-128#fnn10;
- Title: Land Record, Manor of Martholme, Great Harwood, Lancashire
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/fa2c8cc6-8b06-4c05-802c-6e3e0ab1b777;
- Title: Grant from Richard Fitton to his Daughter, Matilda, Half of Rufford, 1260
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/04d2556b-0d60-4716-9bda-55605d8c66c5;
- Title: Quitclaim, Diana, Widow of Richard, son of Margery Harwood, to William de Hesketh, 25 July 1294
Publication: Name: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/835d0523-73b7-42df-88b9-656ea5d84e0c;
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