'Acton06'
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Families covered: Acton of Acton (Northumberland), Acton of Hazon, Acton of Newcastle, Acton of Whittington
| The following Richard is "assumed to be the second son of Hugh de Morwick II., who died before 1442". | |||||||||||||||
| Richard de Aketon or Morwyc possibly father of .... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Nicholas de Aketon of Acton (a 1242) possibly father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard de Aketon (a 1269, 1297) possibly father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry de Aketon (a 1312, 1320) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Nicholas de Aketon (a 1315, 1347, comptroller of Berwick) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard de Acton of Whittington (a 1307, d before 17.05.1342, bailiff of Newcastle) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Nicholas de Acton of Newcastle & Whittington (dsp before 17.05.1342, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice de Carhol (dau of Thomas de Carhol) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Richard de Acton of Newcastle & Whittington (d before 17.05.1342) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda Emeldon (dau/coheir of Richard de Emeldon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Acton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c23.09.1334) Roger de Widdrington | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Matilda de Acton (b c1310, a 1323) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander de Halton | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Acton (a 1336, 1351, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| William is not named in our Main Source but is identified in HoP ("Laurence Acton of Newcastle (d 1410)") as grandfather of that Laurence. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William de Acton, Mayor of Newcastle (a 1355, 1375, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Musgrave (dau of Thomas Musgrave) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Adam de Acton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1342) Agnes Fossar (dau of Thomas Fossar of Thockrington) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Katherine Acton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger (probaby not Sir John) Widdrington | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Lawrence de Acton of Newcastle & Hazon (a 1372, 1380, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 5, John Crawford Hodgson, 1899, 'Acton, Thirkeld and St. Quinton of Hazon', p467), Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584/5 & 1612, 'Vaughan of Sutton') and was initially included within a section of AZmisc03 from 08.05.19. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sturmyn (dau/heir of Sir William, Sturmyn, m2. William Kingsman) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Lawrence de Acton of Hazon, Mayor of Newcastle (d 1410, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| Hodgson (vol 7, p369) shows 2 generations of Lawrences between the Lawrence who m. Elizabeth Sturmyn and the heiress Eleanor. Hodgson (vol 5, p467) and Foster show just one. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Eleanor Acton (a 1498) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Ralph Percy (d Hedgeley 1464, son of Henry, 2nd Earl of Northumberland) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Carlyle (a 1480, d before 1498) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Johanna Carlyle (b c1170, a 1498) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Thirkeld (son of Sir Lancelot of Warkworth, Sheirff of Northumberland) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Roger de Aketon (a 1279, monk) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 7, John Crawford Hodgson, 1904, 'Acton of Acton', p368+) with support as reported above
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