Tamworth Castle,a Grade I listed building,is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire,England. Before boundary changes in 1889,however,the castle was within the edge of Warwickshire while most of the town belonged to Staffordshire.
Theobald le Botiller,also known as Theobald Butler,2nd Baron Butler was the son of Theobald Walter,1st Baron Butler and Maud le Vavasour. He had livery of his lands on 18 July 1222.
Scrivelsby is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the East Lindsey district of the County of Lincolnshire,England. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Horncastle and is on the B1183 road 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the A153 road. It is administered by the civil parish of Mareham on the Hill.
The feudal holder of the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire,England,has,since the Norman Conquest in 1066,held the manor from the Crown by grand serjeanty of being The Honourable The King's/Queen's Champion. Such person is also the Standard Bearer of England. The current Queen's Champion is a member of the Dymoke family,which has included many Champions.
The Dymoke family of the Manor of Scrivelsby in the parish of Horncastle in Lincolnshire holds the feudal hereditary office of King's Champion. The functions of the Champion are to ride into Westminster Hall at the coronation banquet and challenge all comers who might impugn the King's title.
Umberleigh is a former large manor within the historic hundred of (North) Tawton,but today a small village in North Devon in England. It used to be an ecclesiastical parish,but following the building of the church at Atherington it became a part of that parish. It forms however a part of the civil parish of Chittlehampton,which is mostly located on the east side of the River Taw.
Ralph de Cromwell,1st Baron Cromwell,Tattershall in Lincolnshire,was an English peer. He was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cromwell in 1375.
Maud 'Matilda' le Vavasour,Baroness Butler was an Anglo-Norman heiress and the wife of Fulk FitzWarin,a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century,who is allegedly linked to the tale of Robin Hood and its origins.
John de Grey,2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield,KG was an English soldier and courtier. John was the son and heir of Sir John de Grey,1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield,by Margaret who was daughter William de Odingsells and the granddaughter of Ida II Longespee.
Robert Marmion,3rd Baron Marmion of Tamworth was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and itinerant justice. He was reputed to have been the King's Champion but his grandson,Phillip,is the first Marmion to have a solid claim to this. Robert was descended from the lords of Fontenay-le-Marmion in Normandy,who are said to have been hereditary champions of the Dukes of Normandy.
Marmion is a surname found in France,Great Britain and Ireland,of Norman-French origin. The origin of the surname itself is disputed.
There have been four different baronies held by the Marmion family,two feudal baronies,one purported barony created by Simon de Montfort and one barony by writ.
Sir ManserMarmion,of Ringstone in Rippingale and Galby was an English Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
Baron Everingham is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Writ of summons to Parliament of Adam de Everingham of Laxton,Nottinghamshire,on 4 March 1309. It passed to his son Adam but fell into abeyance upon the death of his childless grandson Robert in 1371.
The Aguillon family,of French origin,were feudal landowners in England who held estates in several southern counties from before 1135 to 1312. Surviving records suggest various branches which all ended without male heirs,the lands going to daughters or sisters and their husbands. The family seems to have been initially associated,perhaps as under-tenants and maybe through marriage,with the Marmion family,witnessing charters alongside them in Normandy in 1106 and later occupying their land in England.
Robert Marmion was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and rebel involved in the First Barons' War. He was referred to as "Robert Marmion the Younger" as his elder half-brother was also called Robert and known as "Robert Marmion the Elder".
John Marmion,Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Sir John Marmion,Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron who represented Lincolnshire in Parliament and fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
William la Zouche,1st Baron Zouche (1276/86–1352) lord of the manor of Harringworth in Northamptonshire,was an English baron and soldier who fought in the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is referred to in history as "of Harringworth" to distinguish him from his first cousin Alan la Zouche,1st Baron la Zouche (1267–1314) of Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire.
Sir Edward de Warren was an illegitimate son of John de Warenne,7th Earl of Surrey by his mistress Maud de Nerford of Norfolk. He was lord of the manor of Skeyton and also held other lands in Norfolk. His son Sir John de Warren was the first of this surname to succeed to the manors of Stockport and Poynton in Cheshire,and Woodplumpton in Lancashire.
