Submitted by legacy on
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b. c.1339, yr. s. of Sir William Felton (1299-21 Sept. 1358) of Edlingham by his 2nd w. Isabel; half-bro. and h. of Sir William Felton (d.s.p. 20 Mar. 1367). m. (1) Joan (d.1385), da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Wentworth, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Stapleton, 2da.; (2) 7 Nov. 1385, Elizabeth (d. 7 Apr. 1422), da. and coh. of Sir John Fenwick of Northumb., 1s. Kntd. by Nov. 1367.C136/87/26; C138/63/23; CIPM, x. nos. 444-5; xii. no. 200; DKR, xlv. 194; Hist. Northumb. vii. 111-17, 119, 121-2. According to Arch. Aeliana (ser. 4), xi. 76-77, Sir John’s mother, Isabel, was the daughter of Duncan, earl of Fife, by his wife, Mary Monthermer, a grand daughter of Edw. I, but such a genealogy is clearly impossible (CP, v. 374-5).
Offices Held

Commr. of oyer and terminer, Yorks. May 1376 (disorder in Wharfedale); kiddles Feb. 1378; array (W. Riding) Dec. 1383, Aug. 1384,Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 58, 67. Northumb. June, Aug. 1388,Ibid. ii. 95. Mar. 1392; gaol delivery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Feb. 1387;C66/323 m. 24v. inquiry, Northumb. Nov. 1389 (lands of Sir Henry de la Val), July 1391 (concealment of arms at Bamburgh castle), Mar. 1396 (escape of felons), Mar. 1396 (destruction by Scots); to value the lands of Sir Alan Heton Dec. 1390.

Assessor of a tax, Yorks. (W. Riding) May 1379; collector Mar. 1380.

Conservator of the truce with Scotland 10 July 1386; envoy to receive an oath from Robert II of Scotland 3 July 1389.Rot. Scot. ii. 84, 98.

J.p. Northumb. 15 July 1389 – d.

Sheriff, Northumb. 7 Nov. 1390–28 Nov. 1391.

Parlimentarian
FELTON, Sir John (c.1339-1396), of Edlingham, Northumb.
Main residence: Edlingham, Northumb.
Author
C.R.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

FELTON, Sir John (c.1339-1396)

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