Lord Thomas de Moulton (21 February 1276 – 26 November 1313) was the first Baron Multon of Gilsland.

Life

Thomas was the great-great-grandson of Thomas de Moulton (d. 1240) and grandson of

Thomas II de Multon Thomas II de Multon, Moulton, or Muleton (died 1271), Baron of Burgh and Gilsland, was an English noble. He was the eldest son of Thomas de Multon and Ada de Morville. He succeeded his father in 1240. He died in 1271 and was succeeded by his ...

(d. 1271). His father Thomas was the heir to Thomas II's estates. On 26 August 1307, Thomas de Moulton was summoned to Parliament as Baron Moulton of Gilsland, the only creation of that title in the

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. He was engaged in many of the Scottish wars and subsequently obtained many immunities from the crown in the shape of grants for fairs and markets upon his many manors. He died on 26 November 1313 leaving an only daughter and heiress,

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, who inherited the title and estates and was later nicknamed the "Flower of Gillesland". She married Ranulph (Ralph) de Dacre, whom she married because she found him chivalrous. Her father originally opposed the match, but relented when he discovered that the Dacre family was equal to his own in wealth and power, according to the Moulton Annals. Ranulph was later summoned to Parliament as Lord Dacre in 1321. The Multon title and estates were inherited by the Dacre family after Margaret's death in 1361.

References

* A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance, (1831). John Burke, Esq. page 379 {{DEFAULTSORT:Multon, Thomas de, 01 01 1276 births 1313 deaths People knighted at the Feast of the Swans Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown 14th-century English nobility