Events
Date of Birth: probably before 1181.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Chetwynd-Stapylton (p. 9) notes that John seems to have been of full age in 1202.
Date of Death: by 1248.
Place of Death: unknown.
Chetwynd-Stapylton (p. 10) notes that there had clearly been a change in the succession by 1248.
Relationships
Father: Sir Adam de Chetwynd.
This relationship is given by Chetwynd-Stapylton (p.
Mother: said to be Agnes Lovell.
See the Commentary section on Adam’s page.
Spouse: said to be a daughter of Robert de Stafford.
See the Commentary section.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John de Chetwynd (about 1225 - 1281) married Cecily.
Philip de Chetwynd (died 1294) married Isabel de Mutton.
Adam de Chetwynd (died 1282) married Eva de Oswaldestre.
Evidence
from the Book of Fees:
Salop. 1242-1243.
Baronia J. filii Alani.
Johannes de Chetewynd ij. feoda in Chetewind cum pertinenciis.
Johannes de Chedewind’ ij. feoda in Chedewind’.
from the Feet of Fines:
Lichfield. 3 February 1248.
Plaintiff: John, son of John de Chetwynd.
Defendant: Richard, Prior of St. Thomas, near Stafford.
Property: Twelve acres of land in Weston. John and his heirs to hold the land of the Prior and his successors for 10s. yearly.
Commentary
On Sir John’s wife.
Chetwynd-Stapylton notes (p. 11) the evidence that she was a daughter of Robert de Stafford:
-The Prior of St Thomas’ below Stafford admitted (the younger) John de Chetwynd’s right to land at Weston-next-Standon at an assize of mort d’ancestre, which implies that he inherited it from his father or mother (or someone in their generation).
-Adam de Standon held Weston tempo Henry II of Robert de Stafford, and “soon after it came to the Chetwynds of Salop, as I think in frank-marriage” (Walter Chetwynd in 1680).
-A copy of Glover’s Visitaton of Staffordshire in the British Museum has filia Roberti dni Stafford written in a later hand for John’s wife.
In the younger John’s inquisition post mortem:
Weston
The manor (extent given), including a falconry (volata) worth 6d. yearly, held of Robert de Staundon by service of 1 small knight's fee of Mortain and suit at the court of Staundon, and the said Robert holds it of the baron of Stafford.
I am not sure how compelling this evidence is.
References
Chetwynd-Stapylton, H.E. The Chetwynds of Ingestre (London, 1892).
Eyton, Rev. R.W. Antiquities of Shropshire. (12 volumes, 1854-1860).
Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS. v. 2 (1923).