Adam Fitz Swain

  General Notes:

K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, Vol. II, Adam filius Suein, p. 961

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁹³⁶
Son and heir of Swain fitz Alric was Adam Fitz Swain, who founded the Priory of monk-Bretton, and died before 1159 [Pipe Roll, 5 Henry II]. Adam left two daughters. The eldest was Amabel, who married as her first husband Alexander de Crevequeur, and second, to William de Neville. Adam's second daughter was Matilda who married Adam de Montbegon.

~William Farrer, Lancaster Chirographs, or Feet of Fines, p. 57

• Background Information. ¹⁷⁰
Swein was succeeded by his son, Adam, who is recorded in a charter to the Monks at Pontefract recognizing his father's grant to them as "Adam Filius Swani Filii Ailrichi." With Adam, the male line of this "great Saxon" family became extint. Adam left two daughters and coheirs. Adam's daughter, Matilda, married Adam de Montbegon as her first husband and John Malhert as her second.

~ A History of Cawthorne, pp. 15-18

• Background Information. ¹⁰³¹
Swain fitz Alric was likely granted a portion of Wennington, Farleton and Tunstall by Henry I. Swain was a benefactor to the Priories of Pontefract and Nostel, and died before 1130, at which date, his widow married Haervey de Vecio. Swain's son and heir was Adam fitz Swain who founded the Priory of Monk-Bretton, and died before 1159, leaving two daughters: (1) Amabel, the eldest, who married as her first husband, Alexander Crevequerur, and as her second husband, William de Neville; and (2) Matilda, who married Adam de Montebegon, a military tenant of the Honor of Lancaster in the counties of Lincoln, Lancaster and Suffolk.

~Final Concords of the County of Lancaster: From the Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Part I