John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328–1363)Cokayne, ''

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'', new edition, Vol.6, p.316 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, who inherited the title

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 ...

in 1347 on the death of his grandfather

John Harington, 1st Baron Harington John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created Baron Harington by writ of summons to Parliament dated 1326.Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol.6, p. 314 Origins ...

(1281–1347).

Origins

He was the son of Sir Robert Harington (died 1334), who predeceased his own father the 1st Baron. His mother was Elizabeth de Multon (born 1306), daughter of Thomas de Multon and one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of John de Multon. She was the heiress of several estates including: Thurston in Suffolk; Moulton, Skirbeck and Fleet in Lincolnshire, of Egremont in Cumbria and of manors in County Limerick, Ireland. Elizabeth outlived her husband and in about 1334 remarried to Walter de Bermingham.

Career

In 1353 he confirmed the agreement made by his grandfather with the Abbot of

Furness Abbey Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness, is a former Catholic monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates back to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the cou ...

, his feudal overlord at Aldingham. In 1355 he nominated an attorney to act for him in Ireland, where he had inherited lands in County Limerick from his mother. John Harington was granted a lease of the manor of Hornby by

Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (– 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, Grosmont was a member of the House of Plantagenet, which was ruling o ...

and also held the manors of Bolton-le-Moors, Chorley and Aighton. In 1358 he moved to London to take part in services for king Edward III.

Marriage and children

The name of his wife is not known, possibly she was Joan de Birmingham, daughter of his step-father Walter de Birmingham. By his wife he had children including

Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington (1356-1406)Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol.6, p.316 of Gleaston Castle in the manor of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer. Origins He was born at Gleaston Hall in the manor ...

(1356–1406).

Death and burial

He died on 28 May 1363 at his seat Gleaston Hall in the manor of Aldingham, and was buried in

Cartmel Priory Cartmel Priory church serves as the parish church of Cartmel, Cumbria, England (formerly in Lancashire). Priory The priory was founded in 1190 by William Marshal, created 1st Earl of Pembroke, intended for a community of the Augustinian Canon ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

.F. L. Weis, (1999) "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists", 7th Edition, Pages 34-31

Sources

*Cokayne, ''

'', new edition, Vol.6, pp. 314–321, Baron Harington, pp. 314–16, biography of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington

References

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1328 births 1363 deaths Barons Harington