Gilbert de Southworth

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁵⁷
Gilbert had a son also named Gilbert, who had a son William whose name is recorded as a witness in 1292. William had a son who was also named Gilbert who was living about 1330. this Gilbert had a son, Sir Gilbert de Southworth who married sometime before 1332 to Alicia d'Ewyas. He was living in 1334 and his wife Alicia was living in 1363. Through Alicia d'Eways, Sir Gilbert became the lord of Samlesbury.

~The Genealogy of the Southworths, p. 405

• Background Information. ⁸²⁶
Before 1219, Gilbert de Croft, who also held the manor of Dalton in Kendal, [nq. and Extents, i, 90] granted Southworth to Gilbert son of Hugh de Croft, who was probably a near kinsman, and this Gilbert, taking the local surname, was the founder of the Southworth family, which held the manors of South worth and Croft until the beginning of the 17th century. The service to be rendered was a pound of pepper annually. [Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 23, no. 4] Thurstan Banastre, lord of Makerfield, confirmed this charter, and reduced the annual rent payable to him to 13s. 4d. [Dods. MSS. loc. cit] The remaining part of Croft was later acquired by the Southworth family; 1 oxgang of land therein was granted to Gilbert de Southworth by Agnes daughter of Randle de Croft, [Kuerden fol. MS. 75, no. 313] and 2 oxgangs to Gilbert son of Gilbert. [ Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 17b] From this time Southworth and Croft have descended together.

'Townships: Southworth with Croft', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 168-170