Nigel de Plumpton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁵⁷
Before the first Sunday in Lent, in the year 1168, William de Percy made a return of the knights enfeoffed of his honor, both of ancient feoffment of the time of Henry I, and the new feoffment since the death of Henry I. Of the newly enfeoffed, he names, "Nigellus de Pluntona de I. milite." The earliest deed bearing Nigel de Plumpton's name was a grant of a tenement of two acres of land in Plumpton from Nigellus de Plumpton to Gamel, son of Elewin, his marshal, and had a seal attached to it with the impression of a knight on horseback holding a drawn sword. Another deed was more of an extensive grant to his seneschal, and to which a seal with the same impression was used.

In 16 Henry II, for some transgression in his lands, Nigel de Plumpton was amerced at the assize, and the Sheriff of Yorkshire for that year wrote in his account at the Exchequer: "pro wastis et assartis et forisfactis forestæ de Evervicscira," had acquittance for 6£ 13s 4d paid to Henry de Lacy by precept from the King, " de misericordia Nigelii de Plunton." [Rot. Pip. 16 Hen. II]

Nigel de Plumpton died in the reign of King John, leaving Juliana de Warewick, his wife surviving. Nigel's son and heir by his first wife, Maria, was Peter de Plumpton. Their was a fine passed between Juliana and Peter of the third parts of the vills of Plumpton, Gersington, Idell and Ribstaine, which she claimed as her dower. Peter de Plumpton was among the barons who opposed King John, and his lands were seized. At the death of King John, he did homage to Henry III, and his lands were restored. Peter was succeeded by his younger brother Robert.
~Plumpton Correspondence , pp. xi-xvii

• Background Information. ³²⁰
Sometime before 1200, William de Stutevill, lord of Knaresborough, granted Nigel de Plumton, and his heirs, for the usualal services, and on horse of the value of one hundred shillings, all that part of the Forest of Knaresborough which included Little Ribston, Plumpton, and Rudfarlington, along with the right of chasing the fox and hare throughout the whole forest, reserving to the superior lord the deer, the hind, and the roebuck. Nifel died during the reign of King John.
~The history and topography of Harrogate , p. 265

Nigel married Juliana de Warewick ⁸⁵⁷.^,858