'Heron01'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Heron of Ford, Heron of Thornton
'Heron01'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Heron of Ford, Heron of Thornton
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| The family is supposed to have derived its name from an ancestor who was nicknamed 'Heron' because he had long legs. BEB1844 (Heron of Chipchase) starts with a Sir John Heron of Ford who was "one of the soldiers of the Conqueror" and who married a daughter of Sir William Chipches, the Saxon lord of Chipches Castle, but that seems odd given that Ford may not have come into the family until a later generation. Whilst TCP starts with the William Heron who died in 1296, BE1883 and 'Northumberland Families' start with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Jordan Hairun (d before 1191) | |||||||||||||||
| m. dau of Radulf de Wircester | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Radulf Heron of Hadston (d before 1196) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Jordan Heron of Hadston (d 1221) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Heron, Governor of Bamburgh then Scarborough Castle, Sheriff of Northumberland (d 1256) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (dau of Odonel de Ford) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Heron (d 12.1296) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Christian de Notton (dau of Roger de Notton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Walter Heron of Hedleston (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.10.1284) Alicia de Hastings (dau of Sir Nicholas de Hastings of Gissing) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Emmeline Heron (b c1290) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Darcy, Justice of Ireland, Governor of York, 1st Lord (d 30.05.1347) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Roger Heron of Ford and Bokenfield, Governor of Bamburgh Castle (d 1332-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth or Isabel (d by 1326, dau of Adam de Swinburne) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Heron of Ford (d 21.12.1379) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel | |||||||||||||||
| The following takes account of the corrections to TCP (Heron) that are reported by 'MedieGen'. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Roger Heron of Ford (b c1330, d by 1400) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (d 1407) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Heron of Ford (d 10.11.1400) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Scot (dau of Richard Scot of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir William Heron of Ford, Sheriff of Northumberland (b 08.11.1400, d 01.09.1425) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (or Elizabeth) Ogle (dau of Sir Robert Ogle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Heron (b c1422) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1438) John Heron of Ford, Sheriff of Northumberland (d Towton 29.03.1461) below | |||||||||||||||
| p. Agnes de Kirkton | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Liell Heron of Bockenfield ancestor of Herons of Bockenfield | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | other issue - Jordan of Bockenfield, Odinel | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Heron (d by 1351) ancestor of Herons of Cornhill | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Heron of Thornton (a 1377) possibly the same person as ... | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Heron of Thornton (d 05.10.1408) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine was John's widow, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Heron of Thornton and Ford (b 12.03.1395/6, d 15.01.1427/8) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Heron of Ford, Sheriff of Northumberland (d Towton 29.03.1461) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1438) Elizabeth Heron (b c1422, dau of Sir William Heron of Ford) above | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Roger Heron of Ford (d before 07.1485) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (d 1509/10) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Heron of Ford (b c1473, d unm 21.06.1497) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Sir William Heron of Ford (b c1475, d 18.07.1535) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth (a 1513) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | William Heron (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Forster (a 1589, dau of Sir Thomas Forster) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Elizabeth Heron (b by 1532, d 14.01.1553/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1549) Thomas Carr (d 26.01.1557/8) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes (a 1539) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Thomas Heron ancestor of Herons of Meldan | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Walter Heron ancestor of Herons of Chipchase | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cecily de Insula (dau of John de Insula of Chipchase) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Lilburn of Beanley | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Margaret Heron possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| Margaret is not mentioned by TCP, 'MedieGen', or BE1883 but is identified by BEB1844 (Tyrrell of Springfield) as the heiress who brought Heron into the Tirrell/Tyrrell family. If (as is suggested by the dates) she was of this generation (rather than, say, 2 generations later) then, noting that she had several surviving brothers, the place called Heron that she took into the Tyrrell family as her dowry was probably only a small part of the Heron family holdings of the time and was probably developed/expanded by the Tyrrells later. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Tirrell | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Roger Heron | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir John Heron of Eppleton or Crawley ancestor of Herons of Eshot | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 reports that William Heron, Lord Say, was a grandson of Odonel Heron, younger son of William Heron by Christian de Notton. TCP (Heron) shows this connection. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Heron of Applynden, Lord Say (dsp 30.10.1404) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 11.1393) Elizabeth de Saye (b 24.02.1365/6, dsp 08.07.1399, dau of William de Saye, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margery (a 1346) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Gilbert (d 1300/1), Odinel of Tritlington (d 1311/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, but if so by which wife is unknown, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Isabel Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Nicholas de Worteley | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret de Worteley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John de Lungeville | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Peter de Saltmershe, 2nd of Saltmarshe, Constable of York Castle (d 1338-9) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Lucy Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas de Dyvelston of Dilston | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Chirstina Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert de Gunwarton of Gunnerton | |||||||||||||||
Main sources:
(1) TCP (Heron), 'MedieGen', BE1883 (Heron)
(2) 'Northumberland Families', Volume 2 by W. Perry Hedley, 1970.
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