Sir Richard de Swynnerton

M, b. circa 1230
FatherJohn de Parva Suggenhull de Swynnerton d. 1254
MotherEleanor de Peshale
     Richard was born circa 1230 in Staffordshire, England. Around 1250, he received property in the Peshale Manor, and made the manor his seat. At this time he began using de Peshale as his surname.1

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Citations

  1. [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, pages 98-99 - From the Chetwynd MS. We learn that Sir John de Swynnerton, knight, purchased lands in Peshale from Robert son of Stephen de Peshale and Thomas son of Thomas de Peshale in the reign of King Henry III. [1216-1272 KLM]…which were given to his younger son Richard, who seating himself there, assumed the name of Peshall and was the progenitor of that family which in succeeding ages arose to very great eminence and esteem in this and the neighboring counties.