Thwing (noble family)

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Kilton Castle, seat of the Thwing family after 1228

The Thwing family (also Thweng ) was an English noble family that belonged to the gentry of Yorkshire , Lincolnshire and Northumberland from 1166 at the latest . In 1374 the main line of the family died out in male succession.

The family may be from Durham and related to the fitz Marmaduke family , the Barons of Hordern in Durham. The first known member of the family was Robert I of Thwing . His son Robert II of Thwing was in 1166 as a vassal of William de Percy in possession of several estates in Lincolnshire and probably as a vassal of Adam de Brus also owner of Thwing south of Scarborough in Yorkshire, after which the family named itself. Through Robert's marriage to Emma Darel , he came into possession of further estates in east Yorkshire, which he held as a vassal of the Bishops of Durham . Before 1199 his son Marmaduke I of Thwing became his heir, who like many other barons in northern England fought on the side of the aristocratic opposition during the First Barons' War against the king, but after the end of the war was apparently a loyal supporter of the government. His heir was his son Robert III of Thwing , who was one of the leaders of the anti-papal riots in northern England in 1231 and 1232. He married Mathilda , heiress to William of Kilton , through which he acquired Kilton Castle and other estates in Yorkshire. Before 1257 his son Marmaduke II of Thwing inherited the family estates. He had acquired the Skelton rule through his marriage to Lucy de Brus . His son Robert of Thwing died before him, but left a daughter with Lucy Thwing . She had to grant Marmaduke III of Thwing , the second son of Marmaduke II, part of the inheritance. Marmaduke III of Thwing was 1307 as Baron Thwing in the Parliament appointed. He left three sons, who died without male descendants until 1374. Thereupon the family estates were divided among the daughters of Marmaduke III and their descendants. The title Baron Thwing fell into Abeyance .

The later canonized clergyman John of Bridlington (around 1320-1379) was sometimes referred to as John Thwenge (or Thwing ) and may have come from the family.

Coat of arms of Robert III of Thwing

Master list (extract)

  1. Robert I of Thwing († before 1166)
    1. Robert II of Thwing († between 1172 and 1199)
      1. Marmaduke I of Thwing († after 1234)
        1. Robert III of Thwing († between 1245 and 1257)
          1. Marmaduke II of Thwing († between 1282 and 1284)
            1. Robert of Thwing († 1279)
              1. Lucy Thwing
            2. Marmaduke III of Thwing, 1st Baron Thwing († 1323)
              1. Marmaduke of Thwing (⚔ 1297)
              2. William of Thwing, 2nd Baron Thwing († 1341)
              3. Robert of Thwing, 3rd Baron Thwing († 1344)
              4. Thomas of Thwing, 4th Baron Thwing († 1374)
              5. Katherine of Thwing ∞ Ralph Daubeney
              6. Lucy of Thwing ∞ Robert de Lumley

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Thwing of, Marmaduke, first Baron Thwing (d. 1323). 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