John  Lilburne

Past and Present

    by Janet McNeilly  © 2002

27 July 2012

Sir John  Lilburne

Sir John Lilburne III was the son of Sir John Lilburne II

 

He was called to Parliament on 12 November 1384 according to " Free-Born John, Biography of John Lilburne" by Pauline Gregg

 

He was resident at Shawdon when son born 22 Feb 1387.

 "Sir John rode to Alnwick and invited Henry Percy, first Earl of Northumberland, and the Abbot of Alnwick Abbey to be the child’s godparents. The Earl was actually present at the child’s baptism at Bolton church – evidence of the family’s powerful connections. The grandson of this Sir John became Constable of that very Alnwick Castle to which his grandfather had ridden in 1387 to summon a Percy to a Lilburn baptism." from Buiography of Free-born John Lilburn  by Pauline Gregg.

Therefore, his son, listed as ......... Lilburne, of Thickley, Punchardon on the Lilburn pedigree had the following children -

bullet William -
bulletJohn - was Constable of Alnwick Castle.
bulletIsabel - married William Proctor

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