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Families covered: Felton of Edlingham, Felton of Litcham, Felton of Playford

The children of the following Sir William are shown as reported in TCP (Hylton).

Sir William de Felton,1st of Edlingham (d 21.09.1358, Constable of Roxburgh Castle)

Sir William de Felton, 2nd of Edlingham (d Vitoria 20.03.1366/7)

TCP (Hylton) reports that the children of William's sisters, Alianore and Agnes, became his heirs. However, this seems to be the William mentioned in BE1883, albeit confused with his father, who had a son Sir John, shown below as uncle of this William.

Alianore de Felton

m. Robert de Hilton, 4th Lord of Hilton (d before 27.05.1370)

Agnes de Felton

m. Robert de Swynborne

Brother of Sir William was the following Sir Robert "whose parentage is unknown".

Sir Robert de Felton of Litcham, 1st Lord (d Bannockburn 24.06.1314, Constable of Scarborough Castle)

m. Hawise Lestraunge (dau of Sir John Lestraunge of Knockin by Joan de Somery)

Sir John de Felton of Litcham, 2nd Lord (a 1334, Constable of Newcastle, Admiral)

m. Sibyl

John de Felton (dsp (vp?) before 20.06.1334)

Sir Hamon de Felton of Litcham, 3rd Lord (d 1379)

m1. ??

m2. Margaret (d 25.03.1368, widow of Sir William de Kerdestone of Kerdiston)

Not sure which wife was mother of ...

Mary de Felton

m. John Breton of Witchingham

Cecily Breton

m1. Thomas Gardiner (dvp before 10.1391, son of Thomas of Gissing)

(1)

Joan Gardiner (b by 1389, d by 15.02.1391)

m2. Sir Thomas Gerberge (a 02.1411/2)

Katharine Breton (d before 20.04.1401)

m. Robert Butveleyn of Flordon

(1)

Sir Robert Butveleyn of Flordon and Gissing (d 22.03.1420/1)

(A)

William Butveleyn of Flordon and Gissing

Sir Thomas de Felton of Litcham

Mary de Felton

m1. Sir Edmond de Hemgrave (dsp)

m2. John Cursoun of Bylaugh

ii.

Alianore de Felton

m1. Sir Robert d'Ufford of Wrentham

m2. (by 02.1394/5) Sir Thomas de Hoo of Luton Hoo (d 23.08.1420)

BE1883, which does not provide any details on his children, says of John, 2nd Lord, that "nothing further appears known, except that he was an ancestor of the Feltons of Playford". We presume (provisionally) that this was through a son not mentioned by TCP, as follows.

?? de Felton

Uncertain on number of intervening generations.

?? de Felton

John Felton the first mentioned by BEB1841

m. ?? (heiress of Alcott)

(1)

Robert Felton of Shotley

m. _ Sampson (dau of Thomas Sampson of Playford)

(A)

Thomas Felton of Playford, Suffolk (d 1558)

m. Cecilia Seckford (dau of Thomas Seckford)

(i)

Thomas Felton of Playford (d 1577-8)

m. Mary Cavendish (dau of Sir Richard Cavendish by dau of Sir William Brandon)

(a)

Sir Anthony Felton of Playford, Sheriff of Suffolk (d by 1614)

m. Elizabeth Grey (dau of Henry Grey, 1st Lord of Groby)

((1))

Sir Henry Felton, 1st Bart of Playford (d 18.09.1624)

TCB identifies Sir Henry's Wife as Dorothy, dau of Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave (by Anne Butts), but we suspect that BEB1841 may be correct in identifying her as Dorothy, dau of Sir Bassingborne Gawdy, as he married Dorothy, dau of Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave. This is supported by Visitation (Norfolk, 1613, Gawdy).

m. Dorothy Gawdy (d 1653, dau of Sir Bassingborne Gawdy)

((A))

Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Bart of Playford (d 1690)

m. Susannah Talmach (dau of Sir Lionel Talmach, Bart)

((i))

Sir Adam Felton, 3rd Bart of Playford (dsp 02.1696)

m. (1676) Elizabeth Reresby (d 26.12.1695, dau of Sir George Reresby of Thrybergh)

((ii))

Sir Thomas Felton, 4th Bart of Playford (d 02.03.1708)

m. Elizabeth Howard (b c1656, d 12.1681, dau of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, 3rd Lord de Walden)

((a))

Elizabeth Felton (b 18.12.1676, d 02.05.1741)

m. (25.07.1695) John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (d 20.01.1750-1)

One of their grandsons became 5th Lord Howard de Walden.

((iii))

Sir Compton Felton, 5th Bart of Playford (b c1650, d 18.11.1719)

m. Frances Finch of Playford

TCB suggests that Sir Compton dsp and that the following Elizabeth was daughter of his younger brother, John of Worlingham. We provisionally follow BEB1841.

((a))

Elizabeth Felton

m. John Platers of Worlingham

((iv))

Henry Felton (rector of Long Melford, 5th son)

m. Lady Isabella May

((a))

Henry Felton (d young)

((v))

Susan Felton (d 11.12.1726)

BEB1841 identifies Susan's first husband as Thomas Herbert but TCP (Effingham) identifies him as ..

m1. Philip Harbord of Stanninghall

m2. (20.01.1689-90, sp) Francis Howard, 5th Lord of Effingham (bpt 17.09.1643, d 30.03.1695)

((vi))

Dorothy Felton

m1. _ Allaxton

m2. Sir John Poley of Boxted

((vii))+

other issue - Robert (dsp, Captain), Elizabeth (d unm)

((B))

John Felton of Worlingham possibly of this generation

((i))

Elizabeth Felton (b c1690, d 14.11.1748)

m. (02.08.1710) Sir John Playters, Bart of Sotterley, later of Ellough and Worlingham (bpt 18.05.1680, d 11.12.1768)

(b)

Beatrix Felton

m. Thomas Colby of Beccles

(c)

Frances Felton

m. John Cotton of Essex

(d)

Cicely Felton

m. Richard Freston of Mendham

BE1883 mentions a contemporary of the above John of Litcham, 2nd Lord, as a William, Governor of Roxburgh Castle, summoned to parliament in 1342 (but not afterwards), who left a son Sir John. TCP (Felton) identifies the William of Roxburgh Castle as the William of Edlingham shown above as uncle of John of Litcham, pointing out that that summoning was to a council rather than to a parliament. As TCP, which we view as more reliable than BE1883, identifies William of Edlingham's children differently, as shown above, we initially presumed that BE1883 had confused two if not 3 different Williams, including both the afore-mentioned William, 1st of Edlingham, and his son William. HOWEVER, we then noted that BE1883 reports Sir John as having a daughter Joan who married Walter Falconberg and had a son Thomas. We suspect that this refers to the Constance who married Thomas de Fauconberg, son of Walter, and is shown by TCP (Fauconberge) as dau "most probably, of John de Felton (yr. br. of Sir William de Felton, of Edlingham, Northumberland)". It is understandable that the following Sir John, presumably one of the heirs of William of Edlingham, could have been identified as his son rather than a younger brother or (perhaps more likely given the dates) nephew.

Sir John de Felton (d 21.03.1396)

m1. Joan FitzWilliam (dau of Sir John FitzWilliam)

Elizabeth Felton (b c1381)

m. Sir Edward Hastings

Sir John Hastings

Sir Edmund Hastings

Sir Roger Hastings (b c1463, a 1489)

Constance (not Joan) Felton (d 05/6.1402)

m. (before 17.11.1366) Thomas de Fauconberg of Skelton, 5th Lord (b 20.07.1345, d 09.09.1407)

m2. ??

Sir John Felton (dsp 1402)

Main source(s): TCP (Felton), BEB1841 (Felton of Playford), BE1883 (Felton) with some support from TCB (vol i, Felton of Playford)
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