[Morteyn] Richard Chamberlain, son of Joan, sister of John Morteyn.

[714691] Joan de Rothwell

[Morteyn] Chivaler, of Marston and Tillsworth, Constable of Rockingham Castle. Married Joan, daughter of Richard de Rothwell. Summoned 24 June 1301 to the muster at Berwick preliminary to the invasion of Scotland, and in 35 Edward I he represented BEdfordshire in the Parliament as knight of the shire and again in 2 Edward III. Both his wife and he were summoned on 8 February 1308 to attend the coronation of Edward II, and in 2 Edward II he tilted at the tournament held at Dunstable, where he bore arms ``ermine a chief indented gules''. There is no doubth he stood in figh favor with the second Edward, who appointed him to various offices of local trust, such as Conservator of the Peace and Collector for Bedfordshire. He was frequently summoned for the Scotch wars, wherein it was sought to wipe out the disgrace of Bannockburn and as the King's course became more and more difficult, it is clear that he relied more and more upon Sir John. He was made constable of the royal Castle of Rockingham and given custody of the forests between Osford and Stamford Bridge in 18 Edward II, which positions he held as late as 6 March 1326, and was once more knight of the shire for Beds in 1324. On 1 August he was returned as Commisioner of Array in Beds, but he in some way managed to save himself upon the fall of his master, for on 27 August 1 Edward III, he was given a pardon for having adhered to Hugh le Dispencer, the younger, and on 16 February 1331-2, he once more appears, after several years of retirement, as Commissioner of the Peace for Bedfordshire. On 20 October 1334 he held his last office, that of Commissioner of Inquest in Buckinghamshire and he seems to have died a few years later.

[1429381] Joan --

d. a1312

[Morteyn]

[NEHGR 79:365] JdeM, son of John and Constance (de Merston) de Morteyn was holding Tilsworth in Bedfordshire in the Feudal Aid of 1284. At this time his mother Constance was holding her inheritance of Merston; but by 1293 she was dead, and John de Morteyn held both Tilsworth and Merston. This John de Morteyn died in 1296 and John his son adn heir had married Joan daughter of Richard de Rothwell.

[Morteyn] Chivaler, of Marston and Tillsworth. Bore ``Ermine a chief gules''. Joan married 2) Henry de Sewell; was living in 1312. Appears to have been summoned to the Great Council held at Newcastle in 1296, and for servied in Scotland, but he must have died at about this time, and his descendants were not summoned again.

[2858761] Constance de Marston

d. 1285-93

[Morteyn]

[Morteyn] Of Tillsworth, Beds. He held Marston jure uxoris. First mentioned with his wife Constance as querants in a fine levied at Marston in 39 Henry III (1254). Constance married 2) Bernard Bruce, who died c1265, and 3) Robert de Wotton before 1282. Seems to have been a royalist in the wars of Simon de Montfort. In 1264, he was made keper of Nunamenel, a manor of Edmund Crouchback in Northamptonshire, and was given letters of protection 14 August 49 Henry III. As this is his last appearance in the records, it is likely that he fell in the wars of this time fighting for King Henry and his son Prince Edward.

[5717521] -- Silvein

[Morteyn] Must have died before 20 February 18 Henry III, when the King gave the marriage of the heir of Eustace to Ralph Fitz Nicholas. These lands which Eustace held in fee of the Bishop at Donnesby and Braunston, appear ot have been land descended from the marriage to the heiress of Richard Silvayn.

[11435041] Hilleria --

[Morteyn] Eustace de Morteyn, called Lord of Wollaton, confirmed to Lenton Priory the alms which Robert de Morteyn, his grandfather, and Adam, his father, gave them. He was one of the rebels taken at Tochester at the close of John's reign in 1216, and on 8 July 18 John (1216) a letter of safe conduct was given to ``Hillar''. This Eustace died before 1 March 7 Henry III, when his son and heir Eustace paid relief and did homage for his lands. Held Cossale, Wollerton, and Tillsworth in 1212.

[22870081] ?

[Morteyn] Adam de Morteyn appears in 22 Henry II in the Pipe Roll.

[45740161] ?

[Morteyn] Robert de Morteyne first appears in the reigh of Henry I as on of the under tenants of William Peverel, who was one of Stephen's cheif adherents. So it seems probably that RdeM, the tenent of Peverel, was in some way connected with King Stephen, who was also Count of Mortaine and Boulogne. He was present at the founding of the Lenton Priory by William Peverel and witnessed the charter of the foundation. He was dead before 22 Henry II.