Sir Henry de Trafford (died about 1334)
Knight of the shire in 1312
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: soon after 1334.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Lancashire VCH (v. 4, sub Stretford).
Relationships
Father: Henry de Trafford.
This relationship is given in the Lancashire VCH (v.4, sub Stretford).
Mother: Loreta.
Loreta or Lora was Henry’s widow.
Spouse: Alice, daughter of Hugh de Clifton.
This seems to be implied by the evidence in the Evidence section below. I am not sure about this.
Spouse: Margaret.
Margaret appears as Henry’s wife in a 1325 fine.
Children (by Alice):
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Richard de Trafford
Robert de Trafford
Thomas de Trafford
Ralph de Trafford
Nicholas de Trafford
Geoffrey de Trafford (died 1345)
Henry de Trafford
Evidence
from the Lancashire VCH (v. 4 sub Clifton):
Alice widow of Hugh de Clifton claimed dower in 1277 against Henry de Trafford and Alice daughter of Hugh; she also made claims against Robert son of Beatrice, and Ellen and Margery daughters of Hugh de Clifton; De Banco R. 21, m. 18, 82 d.
In the former case Robert de Brumscales and Maud his wife were called to warrant, and Margery and Cecily, Maud's sisters, were also summoned. Alice daughter of Hugh de Clifton was prosecuting a suit in 1292; Assize R. 408, m. 32, 44.
She granted to Alice daughter of William the Clerk of Eccles the house and grange, with adjoining land, formerly held by Diota, Hugh's mother, at the rent of a pair of white gloves; Ellesmere D. no. 223.
Alice daughter of William the Clerk was defendant in a Clifton plea in 1274; De Banco R. 5, m. 102.
Alice de Eccles complained in 1278 that she had been disseised of her common of pasture in Clifton by Henry de Strafford (Trafford) and Henry son of Hamlet.
The former Henry stated in reply that Clifton was of his fee and demesne and that he approved for himself what he liked, by the Provision of Merton. The jury found that Alice had a several tenement, and that by Henry's improvement she had lost free entry and egress; she therefore recovered and damages of 12d. were allowed; Assize R. 1238, m. 32; 1239, m. 37.
Henry de Trafford in 1280 purchased land in Clifton from Hugh the Mey and Alice his wife; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 157.
In 1292 Richard son of Henry de Trafford claimed lands in Crompton, Edgeworth, Quarlton, and Clifton against his brother Henry, and against Lora his father's widow; Assize R. 408, m. 5, 36.
The settlement effected did not touch Clifton; Final Conc. i, 170.
It seems to have been the younger Henry who was the husband of Alice. In 1307 the manor of Clifton was by Henry de Trafford settled upon his sons in succession—Henry, Richard, Robert, Ralph, and Thomas; ibid. i, 210.
These were probably younger sons. In 1324 Henry de Trafford held a plough-land in Clifton by the yearly service of 8s.; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 38.
This Henry died about ten years later. In 1338 the fine of the township for the goods of Henry son of Henry de Trafford, a fugitive, was 40d.; Coram Rege R. 312, m. 50.Add. MS. 32103, fol. 146;
In 1346 William son of Thurstan de Holland and Roger son of Richard de Tyldesley held one plough-land in Clifton by a rent of 8s.They obtained it by marrying respectively Margery and Cecily, daughters and coheirs of Henry de Trafford, i.e. Henry son of Henry.
from Final Concords for Lancashire:
No. 43.—At Lancaster, on the Octave of Holy Trinity, 20 Edward I. [8th June, 1292].
Between Richard, son of Henry de Trafford, plaintiff, and Henry, son of Henry de Trafford, tenant, of thirteen messuages, eighty acres, and ten oxgangs of land, six acres of meadow, twentysix acres of wood, and 30 acres of pasture, in Clifton, Crompton, Egeword [Edgeworth]; and between the said Richard, plaintiff, and the said Henry, whom Lora, formerly the wife of Henry de Trafford, called to warrant, and who warranted to her seven messuages, four oxgangs and thirty acres of land, ten acres of meadow, ten acres of wood, and twenty acres of pasture, in Clifton and Eggeword.
Richard acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Henry. For this acknowledgment Henry gave and granted to him two messuages, two oxgangs of land, sixteen acres of meadow, twenty acres of wood, and thirty acres of pasture, in the said town of Crompton, to wit, those which Henry held there on the day of the making hereof; to hold to Richard for life, rendering yearly a rose at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all services; remainder to John, brother of Richard, for life, if he survives Richard, with reversion to Henry and his heirs in perpetuity, to hold of the chief lords by the services thereto belonging.
No. 149.—At Westminster, on the Octave of St. Hilary, 35 Edward I. [20th January, 1307].
Between Henry, son of Henry de Trafford, plaintiff, by William de Werberton, his guardian, put in his place, and Henry de Trafford, deforciant, by Robert de Ashton put in his place, of the manor of Clyfton, near Pennylbury.
Henry de Trafford granted the manor to Henry, son of Henry, and rendered it to him, to hold to him and the heirs of his body, of Henry de Trafford and his heirs in perpetuity, rendering yearly during the life of Henry de Trafford ten marks at the feast of St. Michael, and after his decease, one rose yearly at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and performing the services due to the chief lords of the fee; remainder to Richard, brother of Henry, son of Henry, and the heirs of his body, to hold of Henry de Trafford and his heirs, as aforesaid; like remainder to Robert, brother of Richard, and the heirs of his body; like remainder to Ralph, brother of Robert, and the heirs of his body; like remainder to Thomas, brother of Ralph, and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Henry de Trafford and his heirs.
Farrer’s note:
This concord seems to suggest an error in the Trafford pedigree printed in Baines' History of Lancashire, edition 1893, iii., p. 236. Henry de Trafford, living temp. Henry III., had issue by Lora his wife (Cf. No. 43, p. 170), Henry, his heir, Richard (Ibid.), and John (Ibid.). This Henry is the deforciant in this concord. At Lancaster Assizes, 20 Edward I., he claimed against his cousin the manors of Chadderton and Foxdenton, referring in the pleadings to their common grandfather Richard de Trafford. The said Henry, by Margaret his wife, had issue Henry, his heir, Richard, Robert, Ralph, and Thomas, all named in the settlement, which this concord established. He died in 1334, when he was succeeded by his grandson Henry, son and heir of the Henry, son of Henry of this concord. This concord was probably made after the death of Margery, mother of Henry, son of Henry, upon whom the manor of Clifton appears to have been settled, in order to establish a settlement upon her eldest, and other sons successively in tail.
150. At York, on the Octave of St. Martin, 17 Edward II. [18th November, 1323].
Between Nicholas, son of Henry de Trafford, plaintiff, and Robert de Penilbury and Agnes, his wife, Roger del Hogh and Cecilia, his wife, and Thomas, son of Robert Teddyson, and Joan, his wife, deforciants of a messuage, 48 acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow in Wythynton.
The deforciants granted the said tenements to Nicholas, to have and to hold to him and the heirs of his body, in default to remain to Geoffrey, brother of the said Nicholas, and the heirs of his body, in default to remain to Thomas, brother of the said Geoffrey, and the heirs of his body, in default to remain to Robert, brother of the said Thomas, and the heirs of his body, in default to remain to Richard, brother of the said Robert, and the heirs of his body, in default to remain to Henry, brother of the said Richard, and the heirs of his body, in default to revert to the deforciants and the heirs of Agnes, Cecilia, and Joan, for which Nicholas gave them 20li.
Farrer’s note:
This Fine may be compared with no. 149, pt. i., p. 210, and no. 168 post. Somewhat similar entails of property upon the sons of Henry de Trafford occur among the Trafford muniments in deeds dated in the 9th, 11th, and 12th years of Edward II. A correction which should be made in the Trafford pedigree gives Henry, son of Henry de Trafford, eight sons in the following order of seniority:—John the eldest, who died during his father's lifetime, circa 12 Edward II., upon whose son and heir, "Henry, son of John, son of Henry de Trafford," the last-named Henry settles the manors of Trafford and Stretford and lands in Withington by Fine of 27th January, 1325; Richard (2); Robert (3); Ralph (4), who died young; Thomas (5); Nicholas (6); Geoffrey (7); and Henry (8). It would appear that Agnes, Cecily, and Joan were sisters of Margaret, wife of Henry, son of Henry de Trafford.
168. At Westminster, on the Quindene of St. Hilary, 18 Edward II. [27th January, 1325].
Between Henry de Trafford and Margaret, his wife, plaintiffs, and Henry, son of Adam de le Mulnegate, chaplain, deforciant of the manors of Trafford and Stretford, and of 12 messuages, 300 acres of land, and 30 acres of meadow in Withinton.
Henry de Trafford acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of Henry, son of Adam, for which Henry granted them to Henry de Trafford and Margaret, to have and to hold for their lives, after their decease the said manors to remain to Henry, son of John, son of Henry de Trafford and his heirs, and all the other tenements to remain to the said Henry, son of John, and the heirs males of his body, in default of heirs males the said tenements to remain to Richard, son of Henry de Trafford, and the heirs males of his body, in default to remain to Robert, brother of the said Richard, and the heirs males of his body, in default to remain to Thomas, brother of the said Robert, and the heirs males of his body, in default to remain to Nicholas, brother of the said Thomas, and the heirs males of his body, in default to remain to Geoffrey, brother of the said Nicholas, and the heirs males of his body, in default to remain to Henry, brother of the said Geoffrey, and his heirs.
This concord was made, as regards the said manors, by the King's command.
from the Lancashire VCH (v. 4 sub Stretford):
He was succeeded by his son Henry before 1292, in which year the younger Henry had a dispute with his brother Richard. The dispute concerned lands, &c., in Clifton, Crompton, and Edgeworth; Assize R. 408, m. 3 d.; Final Conc. i, 170.
Lora widow of Henry de Trafford had called Henry son of Henry to warrant her. Lora appears as plaintiff in 1305; Assize R. 1306, m. 20 d.
In 1292 Henry had also to defend his title to the manor of Stretford against Hamon de Mascy, Loreta, his father's widow, then holding a third part and himself the remainder. The plaintiff was non-suited; Assize R. 408, m. 36.
Henry also defeated a claim to a tenement in Stretford put forward by two sisters— Alice wife of Thomas son of Richard (or Roger) de Manchester, and Avice wife of Henry de Openshaw; ibid. m. 32, 36 d.
As grandson of Richard de Trafford he claimed the manor of Chadderton; ibid. m. 40 d, 47 d.
Henry de Trafford in 1302 contributed to the aid as holding part of a knight's fee in Harwood near Bolton Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 312.
In 1307 he made a settlement of the manor of Clifton. Final Conc. i, 210;
the remainders were to his sons Henry (a minor), Richard, Robert, Ralph, and Thomas. These would be the younger sons. The manor of Clifton does not appear again among the Trafford estates.
In the Parliament of 1312 he was a knight of the shire. Pink and Beaven, Parl. Rep. of Lancs. 15.
In 1324 Henry de Trafford had the king's leave to settle his manors of Trafford and Stretford upon Henry son of John son of Henry and his heirs Inq. a.q.d. 17 Edw. II, no. 92.
The jurors found that the manors named were held of the king by the service of 5s. yearly, and suit at the county court from three weeks to three weeks, and were worth 20 marks clear. Henry de Trafford also held twelve messuages, 260 acres of land, and 30 acres of meadow in Withington of Nicholas de Longford by the service of 1d. yearly, and worth 60s. clear; the land and meadow were of no value, because in waste among the heath; another 40 acres were held by a rent of 12d.
In 1324 Henry de Trafford held half a plough-land in Trafford by the service of 5s. yearly; Dods. MSS. cxxxi, fol. 38.
Final Conc. ii, 60.
Henry de Trafford and Margaret his wife were plaintiffs; the remainders, after Henry the grandson, were to the elder Henry's sons—Richard, Robert, Thomas, Nicholas, Geoffrey, and Henry.
See also the remainders in a fine respecting lands in Withington in 1323; ibid. ii, 54.
These younger sons appear to be the Traffords of Prestwich of 1350; ibid. ii, 128.
There are a number of deeds relating to them among the De Trafford muniments; in some the father is called Sir Henry, e.g. in one of 1343 by which John son of John the Marshal gave his lands in Manchester to Geoffrey son of Sir Henry de Trafford; no. 9.
A number of Traffords were killed at Liverpool in 1345 together with Adam de Lever, viz. Geoffrey son of Sir Henry de Trafford; Richard de Trafford, son of Sir John the elder, and John and Robert his brothers; also Richard brother of Henry de Trafford; Coram Reg. R. 348, m. 22.
In 1334 Sir Henry de Trafford acquired John Grelley's lands in Chorlton-upon-Medlock. De Trafford D. no. 124.
from the Calendar of Patent Rolls:
1324, November 6. Westminster
Licence for Henry de Trafford, to enfeoff Henry son of Adam de la Mulngate, chaplain, of the manors of Trafford and Stretford, co. Lancaster, held in chief, and for him to regrant the same to the said Henry and Margaret his wife, for their lives, with remainder to Henry son of John son of Henry de Trafford and his heirs. By fine of 20 marks. Cambridge.
References
Crofton, H.T. A History of the Ancient Chapel of Stretford (Chetham Society v. 51 New Series, 1903)
Final Concords for Lancashire, Part 1, 1189-1307. (William Farrer ed.) (Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1899).
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (Victoria County History, 1911).