John de Heaton the elder
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: probably between 1301 and 1312.
Place of Death: unknown.
See the evidence section below.
Relationships
Father: Ellis de Heaton.
This relationship is given by the Lancashire VCH (5:sub Heaton).
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: unknown.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Evidence
The account of a suit from the assize rolls in the Lancashire VCH sub Heaton:
In 1301 John son of Ellis de Heaton was defendant in a claim made by John del Shaw from reasonable estovers in Heaton, without view of the foresters, for housebote and heybote.
The Lancashire VCH sub Bury describes a suit in the Duchy of Lancashire Assizes which may involve the Johns of this page:
Henry de Bury in 1309 claimed 4 acres of land and half an acre of meadow against Robert del Bridge; De Banco R. 179, m. 206 d.; and three years afterwards the defendant called upon John son and heir of John de Heaton to warrant him; ibid. R. 195, m. 219 d. It was found that John, the heir, was a minor, and the case was adjourned till he should be of age; ibid. R. 198, m. 36 d.
References
A History of the County of Lancaster:Volume 5, ed. William Farrer and J. Brownbill (London, 1911).