Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
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NameWilliam de Notton 
[42, Lancaster, Samlesbury article, Vol 6, pp. 303-313]
[42, Lancaster, Samlesbury article, Vol 6, pp. 303-313]GeneralLord of Breightmet, Bolton-le-Moors.
FatherGilbert de Notton
MotherMargery de Elland
Spouses
Notes for William de Notton
Here’s a document he signed, now held at Cheshire RO:
Confirmation
1 William de Notton', 2 Cecily, his wife, 3 Patrick, uncle of 2. Church of Mobberley and a third part of the Demesne. 1 with the consent of 2 confirms 3's gift made for religious purposes. Wit: Robert de Bur', Richard de Wrkedesleh', Alexander de Pilkinton,
These documents are held at: Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service
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From A2A, Yorks Arch Soc has several documents with William as a witness, or other ‘de Nottons’. Possibly one of these might have his seal?
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From Farrers Close Rolles, his parents were Gilbert de Notton and Margery de Elland. (See my Notes for his mother-in-law, Edith de Barton.)
Confirmation
1 William de Notton', 2 Cecily, his wife, 3 Patrick, uncle of 2. Church of Mobberley and a third part of the Demesne. 1 with the consent of 2 confirms 3's gift made for religious purposes. Wit: Robert de Bur', Richard de Wrkedesleh', Alexander de Pilkinton,
These documents are held at: Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service
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From A2A, Yorks Arch Soc has several documents with William as a witness, or other ‘de Nottons’. Possibly one of these might have his seal?
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From Farrers Close Rolles, his parents were Gilbert de Notton and Margery de Elland. (See my Notes for his mother-in-law, Edith de Barton.)
Arms Generally notes for William de Notton
Arms unknown.
However in the “1533’ Lancashire Visitation, there is this paragraph on pp. 79-80:
“It appears that Gilbert, son of William de Notton of a Yorkshire family, who sealed with a shield of three pales, had, towards the close of the twelfth century, married Editha, lady of Barton, who was a daughter of the baronial house of Gredle or Grell, and had been endowed with the great manor of Barton, which was a member of their fee of Manchester. Assuming a surname from this estate, they abandoned the use of the arms of Notton, and adopted the canting coat of three boards heads erased and erected, quaeri BOARTON.”
There are various footnotes which make a coherent account but one that is at variance with the more modern story in VCH. I wonder what is the more likely interpretation?
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In The Dictionary of British Arms, Medieval Ordinary, vol 3, there are a couple of Notton arms, one of York and one of Cambs, both of the right period, but the connection, if any, with this William, is unknown.
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VCH Lancs, Vol 4 pp. 363-376 on Barton Township gives his father’s seal as: a pile obviously with tinctures unknown.
However in the “1533’ Lancashire Visitation, there is this paragraph on pp. 79-80:
“It appears that Gilbert, son of William de Notton of a Yorkshire family, who sealed with a shield of three pales, had, towards the close of the twelfth century, married Editha, lady of Barton, who was a daughter of the baronial house of Gredle or Grell, and had been endowed with the great manor of Barton, which was a member of their fee of Manchester. Assuming a surname from this estate, they abandoned the use of the arms of Notton, and adopted the canting coat of three boards heads erased and erected, quaeri BOARTON.”
There are various footnotes which make a coherent account but one that is at variance with the more modern story in VCH. I wonder what is the more likely interpretation?
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In The Dictionary of British Arms, Medieval Ordinary, vol 3, there are a couple of Notton arms, one of York and one of Cambs, both of the right period, but the connection, if any, with this William, is unknown.
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VCH Lancs, Vol 4 pp. 363-376 on Barton Township gives his father’s seal as: a pile obviously with tinctures unknown.
Armorial Blazon notes for William de Notton
A pile (untinct)
Blazon source notes for William de Notton
VCH Lancs, Vol 4 pp. 363-376, note 27, on Barton Township.