Early Pedigree of the Claytons of Lancs

Comment

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:35am

This family went down to new Mexico?? this side ?/ just off of the others below ofr mine, do you see it?/

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:33am

• Background Information. ⁸²⁷
Rlaph, the son and heir ofJohn de Clayton, was forty years of age and died in 1421 holding the manor by the same tenure and left a son and heir, Adam, age thrity years at his father's death.

Ralph, son of John, son of Adam de Clayton was in 1367 contracted to marry Margaret daughter of William Farington [Kuerden MSS. iii, C 25].

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:33am

John, son of Adam, held the manor of Clayton at the time of his father's death in 1401 of Sir Richard de Hoghton. Rlaph, the son and heir of this John, was forty years of age and died in 1421 holding the manor by the same tenure and left a son and heir, Adam, age thrity years at his father's death.

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:32am

Adam, the son and heir of John de Clayton, was only six years old when his father died, and he became the ward of Sir Henry de Lea. Adam lived many years and left a son named John, who at the death of Adam, held the manor of Clayton of Sir Richard de Hoghton as heir of Sir Henry de Lea by the service of the eighth part of a knight's fee.

Adam de Clayton and his wife Hawise, 1332, made a settlement of the manor of Clayton [Final Conc. ii, 88]. In 1345, Adam de Clayton claimed twenty acres of moor against John son of Adam Charnock [Assize R. 1435, m. 36].

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:31am

John's son, Warine, appears to have succeeded in or about that about 1288. In Dec 1288, John de Clayton and Warine his son attested a local charter [Add. MS. 32109, fol. 22] Then followed Robert de Clayton 1302, and John (perhaps a brother of Robert), who died in 1312, holding lands, &c. in Clayton of Sir Henry de Lea by knights' service and payment of 6d. a year in the name of 'sake, bode and fode,' and 12d. for castle-guard [Lancs. Inq. p.m., i, 3].

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:30am

John de Clayton, likely brother of Robert de Clayton and son of Gerald de Clayton was in possession of the Manor of Clayton-le-Woods and was living in 1288, when it was found that he paid 12d. yearly to the lord of Leylandshire for castle-guard [Lancs. Inq. & Extents, i, 279]. John's son, Warine, appears to have succeeded in or about that year. Then followed Robert de Clayton 1302, and John, who died in 1312, holding lands, &c. in Clayton of Sir Henry de Lea by knights' service and payment of 6d. a year in the name of 'sake, bode and fode,' and 12d. for castle-guard.

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:29am

The earliest Clayton that anything is known about is Gerald de Clayton who died in or about 1213. He was succeeded by his eldest son Robert who was in possession of Clayton-le-Woods as late as 1242, who was followed by John de Clayton, likely his brother, in 1288.

Gerald de Clayton occurs in the Pipe Roll of 1194/5 as owing five marks for himself and his esquires, 'because he was with Count John' in John's rebellion against Richard I [Lancas. Pipe R. 90]. Gerald de Clayton received the serjeanty of the hundred of Leyland from Count John, and this grant was confirmed to him in 1199 when John became king [Cal. Rot. Chart., 26] Gerald had also been senescahl for Albert Bussel, lord of Penwortham (1164-1190), and held four oxgangs of land there as recompense [Lancas. Inq. and Extents, vol. i, 33].

Gerald de Clayton was a benefactor to the Cockersand Abbey, giving part of his land within bounds beginning at the clough under Scalecroft and going by waingate to the clough dividing Leyland and Clayton, and by Blacklache to the starting-point [Cockersand Chartul, ii., 498].

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:26am

John de Clayton, likely brother of Robert de Clayton and son of Gerald de Clayton was in possession of the Manor of Clayton-le-Woods and was living in 1288, when it was found that he paid 12d. yearly to the lord of Leylandshire for castle-guard [Lancs. Inq. & Extents, i, 279]. John's son, Warine, appears to have succeeded in or about that year. Then followed Robert de Clayton 1302, and John, who died in 1312, holding lands, &c. in Clayton of Sir Henry de Lea by knights' service and payment of 6d. a year in the name of 'sake, bode and fode,' and 12d. for castle-guard.

~VCH: A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 6, pp.29-32

Comment by Amy Koch Johnson on March 29, 2011 at 3:19am

I

have Robert De Clayton: 1030 born Caudebec, Normandy ,( the son of Huge and grandson of Leofwine of Normandy. came to normandy & fought the battle of hastings,  For his services awarded the manor of Clayton Hall in Lancashire. He had 3 sons//// John , William, Robert...

Then it goes Robert De Clayton born 1090, 1st to be born in England, married Margaret Cabaldeston. and ruled as Lord of Manor.

Now comes the split, Robert de Clayton had 4 sons, Thomas, John, Edward, and Richard & 3 daughters.

 JOHN CLAYTON: born 1499, at Clayton manor in Lancashire. he married in Lancashire and had 2 sons. john took his family to Yorkshire and founded Clayton Hall in High Hayland Parish. John had 2 sons Thomas and Richard.