Roger de Middleton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁶²
Roger de Middleton died before 16 Edward II (1322), leaving his wife Agnes and six daughter, his coheiresses. Of his daughters, Matilda, or Maud, was the eldest and the wife of John Barton of Fryton in Rydale, in North Riding, Yorkshire. Their son was Ralph, who died seized of the manor of Middleton in 1406. Ralph's son and successor, William Barton of Middleton married Isabella, the daughter of William de Radclyffe. Willaim Radclyffe was alive in 6 Henry V, and his daughter and William Barton married sometime after 44 Edward III. William and Isabella had a son and heir named Richard Barton who was alive 6 Sep 9 Henry V. Richard had two sons. One was Richard, who married Alicia, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, who was alive 5 Edward IV. The other son, John Barton, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Nicholas Byron, Knight. Margery, the only daughter of John and heiress of Richard Barton, married sometime after 15 April 17 Henry VI, to Sir Ralph Assheton. Sir John Assheton was the son of Sir John Assheton of Assheton by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Knight.

~Examynatyons Towcheynge Cokeye More, pg. 27

• Records and Notes. ⁸⁶¹

Roger de Middleton and Roger his son attested a Rochdale charter in 1296 [Byron Chartul. Edw. I, 15]. In 1306, as Roger son of Roger de Middleton he appeared as defendant [Coram Rege R. 184, m. 24 d]. He obtained from Ellis de Ainsworth, in 1310, a messuage and land in Middleton [Final Conc, ii, 6]. In 1317 he secured three messuages and various lands from Richard de Rumworth and Maud his wife [ibid, ii, 22].

In 1313, Roger de Middleton and his wife, Agnes, made a settlement of the manor, the remainders after the death of Agnes being, went to their daughters, in succession, Maud, Ellen, Alice, Margaret, Margery, and Joan. Again in 1317, a similar agrrangement was made with respect to the third part of the manor and the advowson to the church. Roger died in Aug. 1322, and his wife Maud was still living in 1353, but likely died sometime near this date. The manor and advowson went to the second daughter Maud who was the eldest of the living daughters. She was married to Thomas de Barton of Fryton in Rydale, by whom she had several sons.

~History of Lancaster, Vol. V, "Middleton," pp. 161-169