Marmaduke of Thwing (knight, † after 1234)

Marmaduke of Thwing , also called Marmaduke I of Thwing or Thweng , († after November 1234) was an English knight.

Marmaduke of Thwing came from the Thwing family , a family with possessions mainly in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire . He was a son and heir to Robert II of Thwing and his wife Emma Darel . Before 1199 he had inherited from his father when he served as guarantor for Richard de Malebisse . In 1294 Thwing was imprisoned for an unspecified crime. In return for payment of 100 shillings , it was handed over to twelve guarantors, including Peter de Brus . Finally he was released in the same year against a fine of 40  marks and the provision of securities. In 1208 he served as a member of a jury . During the First War of the Barons , like many other barons from Northern England, from 1215 he supported the aristocratic opposition in the fight against King Johann Ohneland , before he joined the Regency Council in 1217, which was responsible for the underage new King Heinrich III. the government led, subjugated. In the next few years he apparently took on various local offices in northern England. In 1218 he was on a commission investigating a complaint from Bishop Richard Marsh of Durham about a blockade of the River Tyne . In 1226 he was a member of a commission investigating the condition of the fortifications at Scarborough and Pickering Castle , and in 1230 he was to receive oaths of loyalty to the government along with other officials. To this end, he served as an assize judge between 1221 and 1229 and as a coroner until 1230 , before he resigned his offices because of his age. It was last mentioned in November 1234.

progeny

Thwing's wife's name is unknown. He left several children including:

• Cecily ∞ William the Constable , Commandant of Holderness Castle
• Robert III of Thwing († between 1245 and 1257)

His heir became his son Robert III of Thwing.

Web links

• John Walker: Thwing [Thweng] family (per. 1166 – c. 1234). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004