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John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) of

Aldingham Aldingham is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is situated on the east coast of the Furness peninsula, facing into Morecambe Bay, and is about east of Barrow-in-Furne ...

in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created

Baron Harington Baron Harington, of Aldingham, was a title in the Peerage of England. On 30 December 1324 John Harington was summoned to parliament. On the death of the 5th baron in 1458, the barony was inherited by the heir to the barony of Bonville, with wh ...

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of summons to Parliament dated 1326.Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol.6, p. 314

Origins

John Harington (''alias'' de Haverington) was born in 1281 in Farleton, Melling, the son of Sir Robert de Haverington (died 1297), of Harrington in Cumbria, by his wife Agnes de Cansfield (died 1297), heiress of

in Furness, Lancashire. Agnes was the daughter and heiress of Richard de Cansfield by his wife Aline de Furness (''alias'' de Fleming), heiress of Muchland (''alias'' Michelland) in Furness, that is to say a moiety of the manor of

Furness Furness ( ) is a peninsula and region of Cumbria in northwestern England. Together with the Cartmel Peninsula it forms North Lonsdale, historically an exclave of Lancashire. The Furness Peninsula, also known as Low Furness, is an area of vill ...

which had its

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