Arms of Harington: Sable, a fret argent; Crest: A lion's head erased or collared gules[1]Monument and effigies of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (died 1347) and his wife,[2]Cartmel Priory. A 1646 drawing of it by Daniel King showed the arms of Dacre on the monument[3]Harington built
Gleaston Castle on the Furness Peninsula, replacing the family's castle at Aldingham Motte.
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) of
Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created
Baron Harington by
writ of summons to Parliament dated 1326.[4]
Origins
John Harington (alias de Haverington) and also spelt Harrington or Haryngton, was born in 1281 in
Farleton,[citation needed]Melling, the son of Sir Robert de Haverington (died 1297),[4] of
Harrington in Cumbria, by his wife Agnes de Cansfield (died 1297), heiress of
Aldingham[5] in Furness, Cumbria. Agnes was the daughter and heiress of Richard de Cansfield by his wife Aline de Furness (alias de Fleming), heiress of
Muchland (alias Michelland) in Furness, that is to say a
moiety of the
manor of
Furness which had its
caput at
Aldingham.[6] Muchland was
held from the Abbot of
Furness Abbey, who held the other moiety of Furness from the
Earl of Lancaster.[6] Harington was descended from
Æthelred the Unready and his first wife
Ælfgifu of York (daughter of
Thored, Earl of Northumbria) by way of his mother, Agnes de Cansfield. Agnes was descended from Æthelred and Ælfgifu's daughter, also called Ælfgifu (Elgiva). Ælfgifu (Elgiva) had married Uchtred 'the Bold' Earl of Northumbria (
Uhtred of Bamburgh) whose family ruled from
Bamburgh castle on the Northumbrian coast.
Career
He was a minor at his father's death in 1297 and between 1297 and 1302 he was in
wardship to Sir William de Dacre.[7] He was knighted on 22 May 1306 and was summoned to military service in October 1309 when he accompanied
Edward, Prince of Wales on a trip to Scotland. Upon leaving the military in March 1335, he became involved with his local council and later became a member of
English Parliament in 1326 until his death in 1347. He held the manors of
Aldingham,
Thurnham, and
Ulverston in Lancashire and
Witherslack and
Hutton Roof in
Westmorland, with further estates in
Austwick and
Harrington in
Cumberland.
According to Findagrave # 71719420, John married twice:
First to Margaret de Barlingham (died 1307) having issue:
Sir Robert Harington (1305[citation needed]–1334), eldest son and heir apparent, knighted before 1331,[8] who predeceased his father, having in about 1327 married Elizabeth de Multon (born 1306), daughter of Thomas de Multon and one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of John de Multon. She was the heiress of several estates including: Thurston in Suffolk; Moulton, Skirbeck and Fleet in Lincolnshire, of
Egremont in Cumbria and of manors in County Limerick, Ireland.[8] He left a son, heir to his grandfather
John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328–1363)[8]
John Harington (b.1307)
John Harrington of Hornby. Margaret died during his birth. He formed the cadet branch of the Haringtons of
Aldingham.
Secondly to Joan de Dacre (probably a member of the Dacre family of
Naworth Castle),[9] by whom he had one child:
Joan Harington (b. 1330)
Death and burial
He died on 2 June 1347 at Aldingham[10] and was buried in
Cartmel Priory, formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria,[11] where survives his monument with effigies of himself and his wife.
Lady Jane Grey - Also known as Lady Jane Dudley after her marriage to
Lord Guildford Dudley and as the "Nine Days' Queen". She was an English noblewoman who claimed the throne of England from 10 to 19 July 1553.
Further reading
Atkinson, Rev. J.C., The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, Printed from the Original Preserved in the Record Office, London, Part 1, London, 1886
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Sources
Cokayne, G. E. (1926). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Gordon to Hustpierpoint). Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. pp. 314–321.
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abCokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p. 314 & note (e)
^Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p. 314, note f
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abcCokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p. 316
^Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, p. 314, gives his only wife as "Joan", "probably a Dacre", deduced from the Dacre arms once visible on the couple's monument in Cartmel Priory and from the fact that the 1st Baron as a child had been in the wardship of a member of the Dacre family, which might suggest his first wife may also be a Dacre
^F. L. Weis, (1999) "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists", 7th Edition, Pages 34–31.
^Cokayne, Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.6, pp. 314–321, Baron Harington, p. 315