Maud de Middleton

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁶¹
Maud, daughter and heir of Roger de Middleton, married Thomas de Barton of Fryton in Rydale. She and Thomas were defendants in a plea in 1331, having to do with a messuage and lands in Middleton. The Bartons were usually described as "of Rydale," and did not begin to reside in Middleton until the end of the 14th Century. After the death of her husband, Thomas de Barton, Maud married John de Amsworth who continued to hold onto her lands after her death. This was outlawed, and Maud's right to the manor passed onto her son John de Barton.
~History of Lancaster, Vol. V, "Middleton," pp. 161-169

• 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

Maud married Thomas de Barton ⁸⁶¹.^,862 (Thomas de Barton was born in Fyton, Rydale, and died after 1370.)