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